Xbox Showcase/Starfield Direct

[Seedtype]

Does Keanu have an AI voice?

 

[Jussi]

Phantom Liberty September 26th.

Is this Cities Skyline? Skylines 2. Is that October 24th or October 2024?

 

[Seedtype]

Quite the Atlus presence in this conference.
(not that I'm complaining, heh)

 

[Jussi]

Clockwork Revolution, new IP?

 

[JimmyApples]

Clockwork Revolution, new IP?

Looks great!

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Yes, that looked interesting

 

[Jussi]

1 TB Series S coming September 1st.

 

[Seedtype]

Xbox did a good job, though again no reason for me to buy an actual Xbox.

 

[Jussi]

Todd's voice cracking on my stream. Never mind only during the introduction.

 

[JimmyApples]

Starfield looks f***ing incredible

 

[93LEAFS]

Xbox did a good job, though again no reason for me to buy an actual Xbox.

It was strong with all the gamepass games if you have gamepass (especially for 3rd party non-exclusives like Cities Skylines 2). Most of the stuff was known for years (Avowed, Hellblade 2, Fable), and Hellblade and Fable still haven't shown off anything more than in-game cutscenes. Very strong showcase if you are a big WRPG fan though (Fable, Avowed, the new inExile game).

Similar to the Sony showcase, most of the studios in the X-Box ecosystem I care about were absent. Was hoping for a mic-drop moment such as iD showing off Quake or even a new Doom (seems iD is busy helping Bethesda with gunplay for Starfield). Would have loved to see an update from MachineGames on either the Indiana Jones game or Wolfenstein 3. Didn't expect to see anything from Double Fine but that would have def caught my attention. Felt like a lot of DLC's packed in the middle for franchises I don't really care about (ES: Online, Fallout 76, Flight Simulator).

 

[Knave]

The promises seem massive on Starfield and I have no idea how they are workable. The obvious worry is a lot of the maps will feel empty.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

So ready for Starfield. I think it looks legit.

 

[JimmyApples]

So ready for Starfield. I think it looks legit.

This game has so many layers of creativity

 

[King 88]

Looks amazing but can bethesda really pull all this off?

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

It was strong with all the gamepass games if you have gamepass (especially for 3rd party non-exclusives like Cities Skylines 2). Most of the stuff was known for years (Avowed, Hellblade 2, Fable), and Hellblade and Fable still haven't shown off anything more than in-game cutscenes. Very strong showcase if you are a big WRPG fan though (Fable, Avowed, the new inExile game).

Similar to the Sony showcase, most of the studios in the X-Box ecosystem I care about were absent. Was hoping for a mic-drop moment such as iD showing off Quake or even a new Doom (seems iD is busy helping Bethesda with gunplay for Starfield). Would have loved to see an update from MachineGames on either the Indiana Jones game or Wolfenstein 3. Didn't expect to see anything from Double Fine but that would have def caught my attention. Felt like a lot of DLC's packed in the middle for franchises I don't really care about (ES: Online, Fallout 76, Flight Simulator).

Is that a surprise or something? Of course they’re going to focus on gamepass…

It’s not like Gamepass is the only way to play them.

 

[Jussi]

Pirate lady has won me over.

Starfield controller confirmed.

 

[Jussi]

IS there anything (equipment) you can't mod in this game?

 

[93LEAFS]

Is that a surprise or something? Of course they’re going to focus on gamepass…

It’s not like Gamepass is the only way to play them.

It seemed more focused on the pipeline than must play experiences outside of what they pushed at the end with Starfield. I felt it was more selling a continual subscription for a constant feed of games over massive must-play games. None of the showcases this year have really had any mic-drop moments. We saw mostly what we know is already coming, plus some new IPs mixed in.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

People got to play Starfield, so impressions are coming.

 

[JimmyApples]

Well that absolutely checked all the boxes for me. New, interesting IPs. Avowed and Fable. Starfield looked insane.

Wish we saw a little more Hellblade 2 but I’m sure it’ll be in a future Direct. 9/10 show for me and blew Playstation and Summer Game Fest outta the water.

 

[Jussi]

I'm usually not into these huge exploration or Fallouts etc but Starfield has piqued my interest.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

 

[Knave]

Hopefully we hear something about Perfect Dark and Age of Mythology.

 

[JimmyApples]

From the majority of intake on Twitter and social media, Xbox hit this one out of the park!