Well, that was probably the most crushingly disappointing E3 conference I have ever seen. Don't get me wrong, the games they showed were mostly OK. What killed this conference for me was about 30 seconds.
$499 at launch (or $499 in many other currencies). There is only one way I would purchase one now (winning the lottery). I would have pre-ordered one at $399. I don't see a price drop happening until 2015 at the earliest either. I guess that suggests that Sony's machine is probably in the same ballpark (have competing consoles ever got together and fixed launch prices?)
For the first time in a while, maybe i'll watch the Sony conference.
There was one game on the Xbox 360 that interested me; Max: The Curse of Brotherhood (though it will probably be a downloadable title at $20). It is interesting that Gold (starting in July was it) will get two free downloadable games a month (Assassin's Creed 2 and Halo 3 the first month - but I have both of them).
Ok how about the games shown:
* Metal Gear Solid: Phantom Pain: an MGS game, not really my things (as I detest stealth). It looked OK.
* Ryse: Son of Rome (EXC): this was a little disappointing to me. It looked like it was a hack and slash action game with an overabundance of timed button presses (I guess mostly finishers, blocks, etc.)
* Killer Instinct (EXC): not really interested. i'm not sure if it is a retail title or downloadable (probable).
Edit: apparently Killer Instinct is a free to play downloadable game (the Jago character free, the rest you have to pay for). There were originally 11 characters in the original (and 4 more in the sequel). I may be wrong, but I assume this is essentially a $20-25 downloadable game (with all characters not a full sized $60 game). In other words, I believe that the characters will probably go for about $2-3 each (speculation).
* Sunset Overdrive (EXC): the exclusive from Insomniac. It actually looks like the most interesting shooter they showed (to me anyway).
* Forza 5 (EXC): maybe the price of the console would be reasonable by the time I actually finish all the races in Forza 4. Ok, Forza 5 looks nice. They added a kind of cloud drivatar thing (not the drivatar again, see Forza 1). Apparently your drivatar can get you in game credits when you are not playing (by doing races)
* Minecraft Xbox One Edition: I've never played Minecraft. If the price of the retail copy drops to $15 I might. This just looks like a port from the 360 maybe it has more features, maybe it doesn't.
* Quantum Break (EXC): this game is still the most interesting Xbox One game to me.
* D4: I would like to see more information on this game. It seems to be a cell shaded action game of some sort.
* Project Spark( EXC): I see this game as Kodu (indie games I think) on steroids. You can build worlds and set up conditions. Then people can tweak you designs online. I have absolutely zero interest in this type of "game".
edit: Project Spark is supposed to be a free download Not disk based game for Xbox One, Windows 8 and Xbox 360. free is good.
* Crimson Dragon (EXC): this game has taken a while. Basically it is a spiritual successor to Panzer Dragoon Orta and seems to be a flying dragon game.
* Dead Rising 3 (EXC): a zombie game from Capcom Vancouver. I guess it would look a lot like the previous two if you've played them (I haven't)
* Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt: the sequel to Witcher 2 (mature action-rpg). It looks more open world (i'm not sure that is a good thing) and suggests over 100 hours of gameplay. It added voice commands and SmartGlass for the Xbox One.
* Battlefield 4: maybe this was a sign of impending doom when the video/demo they were trying to do would not load twice (the third time was the charm). It is another FPS
* What Lies Below: this seems to be an indie game from Capy. I am not sure exactly what type of game this is or if it is the semi-Minecraft vein. It looks like a downloadable title (XBLA)
* Untitled Black Tusk Game: from the very little they showed, this game could have promise. It looks like an action game
* Halo: I think the trailer looked pretty good (a desert with a cloaked figure, who happened to be Master Chief). This isn't coming until 2014 and maybe just be Halo 5 on the Xbox One
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