WORLD PREMIERE
Let me tell you, being at anXbox Games Showcasein-person is quite theexperience.
Many wore Xbox jerseys.
One man had an Xbox logo shaved into his head.
Meanwhile, those dressed in their Microsoft jerseys crossed their forearms and hollered.
The countdown flashed up on screen and the crowd started chanting, “five, four, three!
The crowd was on another plane of existence and, for brief moments, I was there with them.
At other times I felt the physical fatigue of the trailer train more acutely than ever.
I thought, overall, the Xbox Showcase was pretty strong!
The crowd roared forFable, which managed to capture the excitement of adventure mingled with Lionhead’s killer Britishness.
How aboutFlight Sim’s update eh?
Like, the game lets you pilot a plane and dohow manydifferent jobs?
The jobs don’t stop.
For the first time, I clapped lightly.
More and more and more trailers, one after the other.
I witnessed my boyIchiban Kasuga butt-naked on a beach… in the USA?!
Kasuga’s appearance was welcome relief after the slightly bleak, lengthy murmur of theHellblade 2trailer.
c’mon don’t wrench that away from us, RGG.
People opted for toilet breaks as Elder Scrolls Online andOverwatch 2entered the fray.
I chuckled to myself, then felt a bit bad about chuckling to myself.
How much actual gameplay have I seen in this bowl swimming with cheers?
Metaphor: ReFantaziolooks gorgeous andit’s by the makers of Persona 3, 4, and5.
Atlus and high fantasy.
And it got less of a reception thanStarfield’s limited edition controller, which says it all really.
Big Phil Spencer announced their biggest “one more thing” yet.
One of the execs before the presentation describedStarfieldas something like, “The most important RPG ever made”.
They aren’t ones for hyperbole, it seems.
Bethesda are capable of magic and I’m hoping what we saw is a glimpse of it.
NotE3 and Summer Game Fest 2023 is over for another year.
