Quote Originally Posted by Bolivar View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Noctis Caelum View Post
If you're a child and love colourful games and CGI trailers, you have a lot to be excited for. If you're an adult and you want games that take themselves seriously, you're left with nothing but disappointment.


But hey, if you're a fan of their brand, by all means continue to buy the third party titles. Just don't be that guy and say Microsoft is better than its competition.


I mean, THEIR BIGGEST GAME, Halo 5, had 15 seconds of promotion. And it was for the beta. Am I really the only person that thought that presentation was horrible?


And, last time I checked, Tomb Raider isn't a first party game. Typical Microsoft gamers go crazy for the third party titles, but fail to grasp that they're available on PC and PS4 as well.

I think "horrible" is going too far, as any way you slice it, they showed off a lot of fun-looking games. I will admit it was a little boring as it was pretty much the same group of games they show every year. Am I going to sell my PS4? Probably not but I have to think, for someone who doesn't own either next-gen console yet, that the decision of which to upgrade to isn't as easy as it seemed. They're going to have a steady stream of solid, if predictable, content in the near future and down the road. And I have a feeling Sony's conference will be similar - a solid lineup but few real surprises.


I would love to be wrong.
Maybe, but it fits the bill. They showed nothing of substance. Every game in attendance was either pre-rendered horsetrout, or it was an overly colourful game that is tailored to appeal to children. Like Fable. Does it look good visually? Absolutely, but it just doesn't look like a game that would appeal to a grown up. I'd like to assume most applies for the rest of that list, but what do I know? Different strokes for different blokes. But like I said, only two games appeal to me, and they took my childhood favourite game and PISSED on it. It was just unforgivable of them.

I talked to another friend of mine and he agrees with me that it was all-around predictable and horrible. Microsoft have this dirty reputation (particularly in the Xbox 360 generation) where they can get away with very limited exclusive titles. But the way they stay so relevant is because they rely on third party games (the Bioshock Infinites, the GTAs, the Call of Dutys and Battlefields) to thrive. Sony has a history of making world class first party exclusives for the last twenty years, and they just continue to POUR them down. I realize I sound heavily biased, but I do not have a PS4, and I do not have a XB1. I had an Xbox 360 for 7 years, and I now have a PS3. That makes me sound less biased, right? I know what system I'm going to upgrade to. The decision was pretty much made for me. Microsoft had an opportunity to bring me back, and wow me all over again. They could not have failed harder.

Worst conference I've ever seen.