Forza look amazing, can't wait to play it and see how it's stacks up to my 190 hrs in gt7

No release date still!!! Wtf!!

Red Fall looks good but it looks like Borderland, back 4 blood, and COD Zombies. Hopefully it has a great story. It's not original though. I wasn't blown away by it

That lighthouse mission looks boring af and looks slow movement wise, meh direct but Forza MS looks great.

Redfall looks like an Xbox One game, base vcr Xbox One game graphics wise.

Forza looks insane, unmatched visuals for sure. And on-track raytracing at 4k60. This is next-gen racing.

Hi-Fi Rush was a huge surprise, and from Tango none the less, would not have expected that. Looks great and the 'available today' drop was a nice surprise.

MC Legends actually looks pretty interesting, but not sure if I'll be able to get into it. But it's MC, so I'm sure it'll be a huge hit.

Overall though, this presentation format was better than what Xbox normally does. They should use this style going forward for E3 etc.

How long is this presentation going to be?

HI-FI RUSH!!!! It will be a long night.

Where are the next Gen games? . Beside another forza, without launch date. I don't understand. Is redfall coming also on xbox one? And hi rise? Also.

The show was too long and should have cut the music.

Microsoft needed the wooo factor. There wasn't.

Mediocre as hell IMO. Coming from an Xbox fan, aren't 1st party games supposed to be leaps and bounds superior to 3rd party counterparts? Plague Tale Requiem looks more next-gen than any of these games. Hell, P.T. looks more next-gen than Redfall smh.

The direct was very lackluster. The only game that looks fun to play for me is Redfall which finally has a release date,though the graphics looked cheap but the gameplay looks fun. Out of curiosity I will demo the Tangoworks Hi- Fi Rush, it looks somewhat interesting but it's a rhythm game so I may not get into it.

LMAO! wtf was that HAHAHAHAHA

I wasn't blown away at all. Redfall looks decent to play but the little rest was shown I don't care about. At least next month & March there's the multiplats Atomic Heart & Wo Long to play on GP until Redfall releases on GP in May.

Well that was not great but i suppose they can't show all the 1st/3rd party console exclusives that MS usually show at their gaming events due to them pretending to the FTC that they need Activision in order to be equal to Sony in the industry.

The only game that looked like next gen was Forza and even then it doesn't scream the type of game that was developed for a 12TF console. I'm disappointed by both XSX and PS5 it's 2023 and we still don't have any games that look and play like games that can only be done on their hardware.

OK overall thoughts and ramblings

Ok, not a fan of Minecraft but Warcraft3 meets Minecraft sounds like a great idea for PC players just don't know how they can make this work for the console.

Forza 8 sure looks incredible but no real date feels like it will be pushback to November 2023
Still, this blows away the already impressive Forza HZ 5 in terms of graphics.

ESO... I guess it's nice if you love this kind of game, never been a fan of FF14, DC online, Sea of Thieves, WOW, etc.
But seeing the numerous expansions they made shows that the game is popular and well-supported.

Redfall is a tough cookie to crack because it's impossible to nail exactly what it is. Is this a coop game like Back 4 blood?
It's an open world so is it like Dying light?
If it's story-driven then why show nothing about the story cause it sure lacks something at the moment.
The real ray of hope for this game is it was made by Arkane and they have yet to disappoint with what they do ( I wonder how they will connect this to the Dishonored universe).

Last but not least
Hi-Fi Rush Now that is a freaking nice surprise Is it I of this oose of Sunset Overdrive meet Devil MC Cry.
I was expecting just a trailer and more at E3 but we got a deep dive into the game and it's releasing tonight!!!!!

Hi Fi Rush is seriously my type of game. That looked fantastic. Reminded me a bit of Generator Rex, which I also loved

Redfall also looked really good. If I can get a L4D and Far Cry combined experience then sign me up

E3 had better be a banger for them this year, although I’ve said that for the last 10 consecutive years. My wife laughs every year when I say it now…

Forza looks good as usual. Wish gt7 was built for next gen only like this was. Red fall will probably try on pc with some friends. Mainly looking forward to starfield. The show was a little eh but at least we get some gaming news.

2/5 overall maybe 3/5, however I did enjoy the format of the presentation.
I guess these directs are like Nintendo direct and state of play, you'll have some awesome ones and meh ones
It all comes down to the type of games you like at the end of the day for me it was just Forza this time round and the others not so much but can appreciate lots of gamers will enjoy Minecraft, ESO, redfall etc.

so many years later this goldeneye is the best they can give us, a fkin port???

You watch this presentation and it really shows that Microsofts heart is just not that into videogames as an artistic endeavor. They want product, even if they have to pay a premium for it, to cram in to their company wide service based model. Redfall, one of their heavy hitters this year, looks so benign and generic it kind of remarkable. Nothing has been presented/released that shows the power of the series x, and we're going into year 3.

M$ sucks, (xbox "fan"..OG x-box to present) this "showcase" was garbage. Just shows that M$ has no idea, nothing more than the continued "the games are coming". I now hope that FTC somehow is able to block the Activision deal. They couldn't even announce Forza release...what a joke, never mind releasing Starfield, which at this point IMHO is nothing more than vaporware, and more "it's coming" rhetoric. I really feel bad for Todd Howard and Bethesda, and look to him and many others jumping ship to either start a new Company outside of Xbox, or just go to Sony/tencent/other.. M$ has so much $ that they could rapidly produce great games...but instead continue to give gamers nothing other than Gamepass and a BIG bag of D's.

This showcase was a hifi rush advertisement. Brilliant honestly. Complete silence and then launch with a showcase? Marketing budgets can be ridiculous even matching production in some cases. A day of video editing is what? Hifi rush does look uniquely cool. Not something I’d buy day one but I will play it eventually I think.

Overall underwhelming showcase from a present view. The drought is still mysterious. For the purpose of marketing hifi rush though? Well done. Now if they start dropping “out todays” like scatter bombs throughout the year then that’s a different story. That would be sick and a respectable move.

Great showcase, all the games I thought were enticing and fun. Looking forward to playing them.

Good communication... They told us what to expect, they made a short show showing their games and shadow drop a very fun looking game same day at gamepass...
If Microsoft stick to this as standards they will advance (i wish they could show release dates but their is a forza only show... So maybe they save that for the show

What a crapshoot of a show.
Sure the HIFI was interesting...just not my type of game. Though Ill keep an open mind on it as I do with most bombastic games.

Astral chain wasnt up my alley until I actually sat down with it and played.

Everything else is same old same old. Nothing new. Atleast we got a release date for redfall but damn...those character options are aweful. My hope is theyll design better ones after launch. We got afro lady, indian man, generic female and generic male

Looks like these were XB1 games they waited until around now to release besides Forza .

Forza was great, but that was to be expected, no release date tho

the rest was meh at best. not worth a whole presentation tbh

Minecraft Legends, HI FI RUSH and Redfall look like games-games that are built to have fun and enjoy yourself. Sure they might not be big cinematic experiences like Sony's titles, but I enjoyed playing sea of thieves and state of decay 2 with friends last gen A LOT MORE than going through God of War or Days Gone.

Redfall doesn't look like it needs Series X/S to run the textures looked early last gen and style wise not of my taste at all.
Couldn't cared less for ES Online.
Minecraft is Minecraft not interested.
Forza looks good but I need more info.
Hi-Fi Rush is the only surprise but I'll have to try it first.

Ok I have to admit that the direct format was really nice this team. They did not bore us to death this time with developer speak. I think it striked a good balance between gameplay and information.

Forza was pretty good. Almost sure to be a hit. The rest were not all that impressive. A bit dissappointed in the elder scrolls one as its more of the same.

Weak!

If only Bethesda made good games.

Underwhelming, even the people in it looked crazy. Something is way off here. Not the Ms I remembered.

I'm going to have to stick up for MS here,. Hifi looked fun a hell, forza a masterpiece, Redfall looked fun gameplay if not the blockbuster graphics wise, and I don't care for Minecraft but overall 9/10 from me