Metro: The Inside Xbox show in May unveiled some interesting but smaller scale projects. The Medium and Scorn are both Xbox Series X exclusives, smaller in scale but potentially great additions to Game Pass. Really, Xbox’s chance to show what they can do is the upcoming July Showcase. I have dug through the rumors and speculation from various forums to come up with what we are likely to see from the showcase.
Perfect Dark surprises in its gameplay reveal as the creative mechanics and incredible design choices bring back the Deus Ex feel perfectly.
Uuuuuuh....what?
Maybe you got your games confused but that was nothing like deus ex besides being a fps
I don't get it. I watched the trailer and saw nothing mind-blowing. Why are articles trying to hype up a heavily scripted and edited supposed gameplay segment from a game stuck in development since founding of the Initiative studio in 2018? It wasn't even an actual live gameplay or a handson preview. Remember the early Crackdown 3 gameplay trailers and how the actual game looked and played?
Gameplay videos mean nothing without actual handson gameplay. This game has been in development hell for nearly 6 years with still no release date in sight. Games stuck in development hell almost never turn out to be good. People are only setting themselves up for disappointment by hyping this game up.
Idk when I watched the gameplay to me it seemed like a mix of Deus Ex: HR and Mirror's Edge.
It had a sci-fi immersive sim feel (when not parkouring) ... which is Deus Ex's territory ... hence the comparison
Did seem like it had potential imsim elements. Probably less rpg stuff than deus ex I'd wager.
I don't get how a scripted and edited gameplay video can have you believe this game is anything like Deus Ex. Especially without it having much context as to what the general gameplay loop will be like.
We saw some hacking, stealth, combat and such, that's where the vibe came from. Seems like you might get a wide variety of options for dealing with the levels. That's why people think of Deus Ex. It
Yes but how many games have we've seen that have shown off mechanics that give the impression that it'll be one way and then turns out there isn't really much depth to those gameplay mechanics other than just being extra padding? Can't trust gameplay videos these days, half of it is deceitful marketing.
Same, I thought the animation quality was subpar. I don't understand what people are seeing that I'm not!?
You're correct. Xbox fans have been not getting anything "exclusive" for so long that they don't know how to control themselves when after mostly 2 entire generations they've gotten close to nothing.
They lack the ability to look at things critically.
Oh geez. People have really gotten drunk on the MS show Koolaid.
They didn't show what the game will be or play like at all.
If anything it seems to try to take the cyberpunk approach. So I'm actually really concerned for it since they didn't show anything specific or any long period of gameplay segments. It didn't show what the world would be like and how you fit in that world either
Insider reveals Xbox's Perfect Dark reboot struggles in development, far from ready despite ongoing efforts.
The hits just keep on coming. Will not be surprised if this gets canned. It already got rebooted and they had to bring on an outside studio to try and help developement. Some of the original creatives have left the project.
But I will say, just wait until the MS showcase. If you don't see it there, then alarm bells should start ringing.
God, please don't screw this one up Microsoft! I am keeping my expectations super low, but Perfect Dark (the original) holds such a special place in my childhood. I want this to turn out well SO bad.
Just cancel it because we know you won’t be happy with its sales performance while giving it away on GP day one. GP is the biggest issue for developers and that affects the sales. No one can deny that now. GP equals to good deal for gamers and bad deals for AAA development. Take two CEO said it and he was 100% right. There are certain games that make sense on GP but not every game. 20 million gamers playing a game on GP doesn’t mean much to MS it seems because they still want sales. Just please start releasing all games on other platforms otherwise Phil is next now. You can’t spend 80 billion and be this bad
The studio was founded in 2018. It's still not adding up in my head how it can take 6 years to develop a game, with a whole dev studio working on it.
This is the only upcoming MS game I'm looking forward to. I hope it doesn't get canceled.
Kevin writes: "The upcoming Xbox Showcase 2024 is going to be important for the future of Xbox consoles and Game Pass, and here's 7 things we want to see."
Perfect Dark would be cool but I’m hoping for Fable. I’m really interested where they’ve taken the game.
Looking ahead now, I'd say Avowed is what I'm looking forward to most in the fall. Obsidian's been nothing but quality and consistency so I can't wait to see what they've been cooking
I’m hoping Ninja Theory will shock the gaming industry by showing Hellblade 2 gameplay. If Hellblade 2 gameplay looks anything like the trailer I’ll have a heart attack lol.
Console Exclusives
343 Industries: Halo Infinite
The Coalition: Gears 5 Enhanced
Turn 10: Forza (most likely Forza 8)
Ninja Theory: Hellbalde 2
Xbox Game Studios Publishing: Flight Simulator
Rare: Battletoads or Everwild
Mojang: Minecraft RayTracing (this one will be shown as it shows off Ray Tracing best)
3rd party developers
Cyberpunk 2077
At least one game from: EA, Activision Blizzard, Ubisoft, Square Enix, Capcom, Bandai Namco, Sega
Take 2 Games: Red Dead Online (they milked GTA why not Red Dead at this point)
Bright Memory: Infinite
The Ascent
The Medium
Scorn
Call of the Sea
Indies
Games they have in the works, but probably 2021 - 2022
The Initiative: New AAA IP
Playground Games: Fable or New AAA IP (I hope it's not Fable, we need new game MS)
Compulsion Games: ???? / New IP AAA Indie
World’s Edge: Age of Empires (the studio was made specifically for this game)
Obsidian: Releasing Grounded that month, next game possibly Outerworlds 2 for 2021
Double Fine Studio: Psychonaughts 2 (multiplat with PlayStation) / maybe a teaser for 2022 game
Inxile: Wasteland 3 (multiplat with PlayStation) / maybe a teaser for 2022 game
Undead Labs: Praying it's not State of Decay 3, but whatever it is it's a multiplayer game based on job openings
343: Open the show with Halo Infinite no more than 5 minutes of gameplay. Hopefully the single shot campaign is a real thing. Making for a nice cinematic feel. Brand new engine, characters, enemies, gameplay mechanics, abilities etc. Its said the game has 1200 people working on it. This game seriously cannot fail.
Playground's Game: Obviously it has to be Fable IV. The team is said to be using photogrammetry techniques for world building. Similar style as Forza Horizon games. They were teasing quite a bit last year but was a no show, I think this year we will definitely see it.
Going through each studio will take awhile so I expect something from The Initiative since the game is in playable form. Turn 10 will show off a teaser but won't release this year its said they're skipping this year's release. Obsidian was already announced they have something planned. Hopefully its the planned Pillars Of Eternity Skyrim Inspired AAA game. Undead Labs most likely SOD 3. This game needs to be AAA. If they're making a zombie survival they need to go all in and make it BIG a full blown AAA title. One new studio acquisition or possibly building a MS Japan studio for AAA JRPG's.
Here we go , more speculations. What happened to the PS5 SSD articles, did those run of steam?