Crap, I forgot it was today.
Did you like Micro's showing in GamesCon? | |||
| Yes | 189 | 36.91% | |
| No | 118 | 23.05% | |
| It was ok. | 125 | 24.41% | |
| You can't expect much fr... | 37 | 7.23% | |
| At least they had a GamesCon showing... ZING! | 43 | 8.40% | |
| Total: | 512 | ||
A solid 6. QB, Crackdown, Forza and Scalebound all looking great (feels like QB as been around forever). It did feel that a lot of the content was left out of E3 just to be used for Gamescom (TROTR gameplay for example). Sort of trying to get 2 lots of content from 1.
And is this a new standard. "Play first" through a preview programme is now a thing?
Fifa bundles will help sales in Europe and a few indie titles look good. Nothing mindblowing!

It felt like a DLC episode to E3. It was good people got to see some stuff and having a showing is exciting and a nice fan service, but it seems they toned it down since their main competitor wasn't there.
I think one of the things that I noticed the most was the fact that Dark Souls III was at the Microsoft E3 and Gamescom. While I figure that Microsoft is just getting Timed Exclusive DLC™ and probably a copy of Dark Souls 1 and 2 (as is Microsoft's thing these days, which is actually pretty awesome), it would such an absolute pleasure to watch the internet if Microsoft managed to get Dark Souls III as another timed exclusive. That said, I am absolutely certain that Microsoft does not want that kind of negative PR, since the RotTR negativity would be nothing compared to it. On a different note, I would give Microsoft all of my love if they managed to strike a deal where the Xbox One copy of Dark Souls III came packed exclusively with a copy of Bloodborne for the PS4.
Quantum Break was... slightly underwhelming. I was hoping for a lot more time-based puzzle solving, but it seems to be kind of like a cross between a third-person cover shooter and InFamous, which isn't bad by any means. I guess I was just hoping for something different.
Scalebound looks really cool. I can imagine a lot of Platinum fans would feel alienated because it's so different, but it definitely seems like a game I would enjoy. But... good god, they need to fix that framerate.
Exceeded my expectations greatly and right up there with MS's E3 in terms of announcements, maybe not the better presentation though.
MS 2016 list so far with more announcements coming:
Quantum Break, Killer Instinct Season 3, Recore, Gears 4, Scalebound, Sea of Thieves, Crackdown, Halo Wars 2, and it's safe to assume Forza Horizon 3 as well.
Just crazy.
-Quantum Break looks incredible. Media with 'time' as the narrative just interests me to no end. Also was not expecting the TV show to look that well done.
-Creative Assembly working on Halo Wars 2 AND its coming to PC. That is just dope.
-The destructible city in Crackdown looks so badass and fun to play.
Scalebound looks okay. Its cool that you can customize the dragon, but they need better physics for the dragon's movement in gameplay.
Halo Wars 2 = automatic 10
DVR crap = automatic -1
= 9/10
Also all Xbox 360 Games with gold will be backwards compatible. So that's 4 games to play on Xbox One each month.
where can I go to watch it?
My Console Library:
PS5, Switch, XSX
PS4, PS3, PS2, PS1, WiiU, Wii, GCN, N64 SNES, XBO, 360
3DS, DS, GBA, Vita, PSP, Android