/\ Pretty much this. But hey, that's what makes these discussions so fun ;) To me the conference was quite boring. Once they rolled out Kinect and all that, I lost interest and started browsing the web. Hopefully the other conferences will be more entertaining and interesting
Lots of heavily scripted gameplay, quick time events, derivative shooter sequels, hardly any ip's; I really wasn't thrilled with this press conference, especially as a read of the current industry. All the AAA footage they showed would have been better off properly produced in a movie.
I understand... i like stealth as well. I thought the last splinter cell had a good balance. I really like the marking and shooting with the animations of him walking into the room shooting everyone with a separate camera animation. Really cinematic. AND! i don't think we'll see much of new consoles just yet.... at least…
I wouldn't say it was a "bad" press conference. It's just they didn't have anything MAJOR to announce, smart glass looks cool nothing made me feel like I need it. Maybe this year is just a slow year for Microsoft. The only thing I'm really excited for is the new Unreal Engine. Other than that.....meh. (Probably would of…
For the press and investors in the audience, that was a great show. Microsoft throwing out big words like integration and connectivity makes that group happy. We the gamers however were subjected to another year of having pointless kinect functionality shoved in our faces. Halo 4 looked great, South Park looks like a ton…