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Tony Hawk Underground was so good, I would go absolutely nuts if we got a modern day sequel. Sad that the botched 5 re-killed the series for a while and no one liked HD. Get the physics right and put in a THPS2 level of effort and a proper comeback would be a huge hit I think. Maybe in a few years

 

The HD version on my PS3 I honestly found to be a lot of fun. Wound up playing it more than I expected.

 

Can't tell you guys how excited I am for Forza Motorsport 7 as it has more than 700 cars (which is at least 100 more than any previous Forza game) and with Porsche being in from the start while also featuring more from them than in any other racing game in history I cannot wait for October to come.

 

The Forza series is pretty much the pinnacle of racing games. I'm pumped.

 

7 looks good. Hopefully they don't have the same issues as Horizon 3 had on PC

 

I really shouldn't buy 7 since I didn't get nearly far enough into 6 before I got distracted and didn't go back but I don't know who I'm kidding it's my favorite non nintendo series OAT

 

Can't believe it but I'm going to get a third game to make a trilogy out of one of my favorite series with Metro Exodus, it looks incredible.

Then we have another sequel I am looking forward too in the form of Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus which like Forza 7 is coming out in October, going to be a busy but fun month.

 

On Microsoft's conference:

Phil Spencer has said months ago that the Xbox One X is a premium product and that the large majority of consoles they will sell will be Xbox One S models (which are now the base models). I therefore think a lot of media opinions on the price are kind of unfair or at least misguided. That being said, I probably won't get one at launch (unless my family gets me one for Christmas) because 500$ is a lot and I want to know if developers actually make use of it, especially with regards to a stable 1080/60. The tech in this thing is pretty damn impressive though so Microsoft at least put down a great foundation. It will likely be the "best" console for 3rd party games simply because of raw power. I think the name is bad.

Forza is Forza. It's amazing but I personally don't need more than one per generation.

Metro looks very intense and the graphics are crazy. It'll probably a great game but too spooky for me.

I'm hyped for AC. Turning the game into more of an RPG makes sense given the setting. It's looks great. Third party games like that could convince me to get a Xbox One X just for the improved graphics I guess, but we'll see.

PUBG as an exclusive is a big deal of course. I kind of saw that coming. Can't wait.

Deep Rock looks fun. Astroneer with guns.

State Of Decay was a great survival game with some unfortunate jank. The second one will be even better I'm sure because it'll be more polished. It's the only Zombie game I still want to play.

The Darwin Project is one more of those games I guess. No more eSports and "live commentary" on stage please. Please.

I have never played Minecraft and I'm not sure I ever will. It's fascinating though.

No thoughts on Dragon Ball, haha.

Black Desert is a cool MMORPG. That's an interesting console exclusive for Microsoft.

Holy shit The Last Night looks amazing. Can't believe how beautiful it is.

The Artful Escape looks cool and pretty too. I like that it reminds me of Broken Age.

Fuck yeah Code Vein.

Sea of Thieves has a cool look. I think this game will either be amazing or pretty bad. I wonder how ambitious it'll actually be. I'm not as hyped as some other people but I also don't really like pirates. It's a really unique exclusive first party game though so that's cool.

Tacoma looks way better than it once did. I'm glad they took their time (got time by Microsoft?) to start over.

I've always wanted to play Lucky's Tail. This one looks fun. I'm pretty picky though when it comes to platformers.

Cup Head is so fucking cool. I hope it plays well. Thank God it's finally coming out.

Crackdown 1 is one of the most fun games I ever played. 2 was a letdown. Crackdown 3 looks like dumb fun and it has been a while. Also: FUCK YEAH TERRY CREWS. I'm hyped as fuck. If this is significantly better on Xbox One X it might get me to buy one. I can see why some people aren't into this though.

Some cool stuff in that sizzle reel. Conan!

Ashen looks interesting. Kind of reminds me of Dark Souls x Brothers.

I love Life Is Strange so much.

Shadow Of War is a game I'll get when it's on sale and probably not finish. I can see why some really love it though. I'm already annoyed at the frequent combat to mini cutscene to combat transitions. I'm so over that. I hardly made it through The Witcher 3 DLC because of that after playing Zelda this year.

I'm sure Ori will be great.

Backwards Compatibility is fucking great. It's cool that the Xbox One X will improve OG Xbox and 360 games.

Anthem looks cool as fuck. I'm very excited for that. Could also be a selling point for the Xbox One X for me. I know people are saying this is a Destiny clone, but it might just be a Destiny killer. It really looks like it could set the bar very high for games like that. I'd still rather have Bioware make RPGs though I guess. Also, again, please no more fake multiplayer conversations. Please.

The conference was good and the pacing was also good. I do wish they had showed some big first party (or second party) game we did not see coming, but I guess they're not ready and Phil does not like showing games early (which I agree with I guess).

Random thought: if you have the budget and patience for a PC and you wanted a recommendation as to which platforms to buy, I'd say just get a PC and a Switch. I like consoles though.

 

The biggest problem with the Xbox One X is the fact you need a 4K TV to get the best out of it and the best TV's in terms of size and quality are as expensive if not more so than the console itself.

 

That depends on what you want. They put tech in there that basically crams the 4K into 1080p (very badly worded) which looks amazing. So if you wish more games would be 1080/60 this is the box for you.

 

So would not having a 4K TV not really matter?

 

If you want 4K it matters, but it's safe to say that many games will peak at 1080p (or somewhere between that and 4K) and upscale to 4K. Also, the games that will be 4K will downscale to 1080 on your 1080p screen in a way that looks great according to Microsoft. Not as good as on a 4K HDR screen, but better (in some cases much better) than what your current Xbox puts on your 1080p screen. So depending on your wishes it does not matter, though some of the features you are technically paying for (HDR, 4K Blu Ray Player) won't be usefull for you I guess.

 

Ah ok, that has eased my mind. Was worried I'd need a 4K TV to get anything additional over an ordinary Xbox One. Guess I best get saving.

 

You will technically be paying for some feature that won't be of use to you, such as HDR (which the S also has) and 4K Blu Ray support (which the S also has, though both'll play normal Blu Rays and stuff too), so keep that in mind, but your games will largely look and run better than they do on your current Xbox no matter what TV you have, especially all games that come out after the console launches

 

Yeah I realise that but the console itself will last a good few years and 4K TV's will reduce in price over time so I will get those features eventually.

 

Also, most people can't really see a difference between 1080p and 4K unless they are very close to the screen. HDR is very visible though.

 

Yeah definitely. I think the messaging about all of this is really bad. Even when they adress it they use so much bullshit tech talk that a lot of people still don't know whats happening.

 

It's so small

 

Agreed, I love gaming and technology but even I am not the most technically knowledgeable person.

 

Same, this just happens to be something I dug into because it was driving me crazy at some point haha

 

Haha, I agree that it looks small by the way. Wish it was coming out earlier though to coincide with the two big releases I am looking forward to.

 

That's awesome.

 

On Bethesda:

I's be really pissed if I would go to a conference only to sit there and watch their version of a Nintendo Direct. Why make people sit in a room forever at that point? That whole thing was kind of a trainwreck in my opinion. I'm glad Dishonored is still alive. All of that Wolfenstein stuff was really cool too.