Microsoft was the first up to bat today, and this year they focused primarily on one thing during their presentation: the games. Not just big triple-A games, either—there were plenty of small indie games showcased as well. People noticed.
In fact, in general, people seem to be responding pretty well to everything Microsoft unveiled today during their press conference, relative to the sentiments last year. This is not to say people didn’t have snark to offer—it’s the internet, and that’s just the basic mode of communication around here. Still, there’s the feeling that Microsoft upped their game from last year. Literally.
Here are some highlights of what folks are saying around the web, both about Microsoft or the games they presented during the conference:
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Great games shown off this AM. Our development community is stronger than ever. Congrats to all studios & teams that showed their new stuff!
— ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ʙᴏʏᴇs (@amboyes) June 9, 2014
(Boyes is the vice president of publisher & developer relations at PlayStation, by the way.)
It's kinda hard to process how good that Microsoft conference was because thats what we think conferences are supposed to be like.
— Tom Hatfield (@WordMercenary) June 9, 2014
Look, not everything in that montage looked amazing but it is nice that Microsoft has at least promoted indies in its conference.
— Ryan Letourneau (@Northernlion) June 9, 2014
This Microsoft press conference is really heavy on the "somebody rendered a trailer that has no gameplay footage in it".
— Casey Muratori (@cmuratori) June 9, 2014
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I wonder if Rise of the Tomb Raider will focus any more on this important, formative character moment for Lara. pic.twitter.com/YnJHMWQE6i
— Andy Kelly (@ultrabrilliant) June 9, 2014
It’s kind of funny to hear how folks immediately knew it was Lara, too:
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"Hideki Kamiya is working with Microsoft. This probably means Snake won't be in the new Smash!" (via @mikeisapoet) pic.twitter.com/ZSIYwkMhT8
— BadMiiversePosts (@BadMiiversePost) June 9, 2014
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This tweet is in reference to Crackdown—as is the next comment:
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So CoD is now Halo.
— Goldy (@GoldGloveTV) June 9, 2014
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(“King Joffrey” is definitely a reference to the dude we saw in Scalebound.)
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Microsoft Kinevermind
— 🌏🔎Leigh Alexander 🐬💿✨ (@leighalexander) June 9, 2014
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Would be a lot more excited for Crackdown if I hasn't just seen 17 other games about blowing up a city.
— fort90 (@fortninety) June 9, 2014
The first announcement out of microsoft is that they've bought temporary DLC exclusivity for COD. I'm not very optimistic.
— Simon S. Andersen (@snakepixel) June 9, 2014
I am a little disappointed there doesn't seem to be non-game stuff from Microsoft.
— Ranneko (@Ranneko) June 9, 2014
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Microsoft, I hate you, but nice stage, nice presentation. Nice, not thrilling, but nice.
— Red Luigi (@RedLuigi64) June 9, 2014
More Sony vs Microsoft debates while either company takes your money! Who's winning? It sure ain't your opinion!
— mos (@MoSDeF121) June 9, 2014
microsoft's e3 flopped on the basis that shenmue 3 was not announced;(
— Rafe (@rafeclarke123) June 9, 2014
In response to Fable Legends:
In response to the new Halo collection:
Other folks were a bit more emotional about the Halo announcement:
And at least one person didn’t seem happy with the amount of CGI the presentation had:
Francis, naturally, also has things to say:
What about you, what did you think about Microsoft’s E3 presentation? Let us know in the comments.
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