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Xbox Game Studios |OT6| I'M BACK (TO RISE)
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TThey also can't separate them because they're looking at MASSIVE backlash
Thanks for this. It's good to hear what their vision and intentions are for Infinite. While I personally don't believe I will ever get that feeling back of playing Mario 64 for the first time, I guess....never say never. I just want Halo to go back to being great again. 5 just wasn't that for me at all.
As for the guy leaving, I was wondering if a huge project like this wouldn't have multiple creative directors and it sounds like it does, so that's only good. Do we have any examples other than Cyberpunk (and we need to see if the game is top notch, I think it is) of creative directors leaving and the game turning out fine?
Ninja Theory is a AAA capable studio but they're making AA games.
Hellblade has AAA graphical production value but in a limited scope. It's a higher tier of AA but not quite AAA.
If it has AAA production value who cares what the scope is.
I don't know about backlash tbh.
Current rumors with Blizzard suggest they are developing a seperate Overwatch for casual multi fun (campaign) while current OW is their eeports game.
It can be done. It's just how they approach it.
It has AAA production values graphically.
Everywhere else it's still a title that shows its modest budget through its seams.
The difference in scope is reflected in the game's feature set, level design and gameplay depth. In all these aspects, Hellblade is very cleary a AA game to anyone that has a reasonable understanding of what that entails.
Hellblade definitely has AAA production values. Senua's character model is astounding. If we're going to get a bunch of games of that scale, but with potentially even better production values (remember, Hellblade was made on a $10 million budget, and now they have MS-level resources), I think they're going to become one of the best studios in the biz.
I've argued for this in Halo for a while, honestly. Decouple MP, have it as a single, ongoing 'generational' MP component that is supported and updated for years to come. That does then open them up to criticism if they try to sell an SP-only boxed product at full price, but maybe they could have the standalone MP be, I dunno, £20, and then have the boxed campaign include access to MP? My thinking would be a separate MP component would be F2P, but then they'd probably need to load it up with purchasable cosmetics to be able to keep it supported, so maybe a small (relative) upfront fee would work better.
/spitballin'
It has high production value, sound, animations, story, voice acting, focus, art. Idk man. I just disagree
Animation is stretch.
You can disagree if you'd like, but the industry at large has recognised Hellblade as a AA title with good reason.
They should do it next gen.
Games are getting expensive and take years and years to make.
If for example they make a game like Halo World with hub like ODST with always on going constant story/coop campaign it would be better than waiting for Halo 7 after another 5 years or so.
The MP package is for the hardcore multi guys. In fact I'd argue they can beta test it with Halo 5 right now. Halo 5 forge is already on PC. Make it the full multi and see how it fares on Steam.
I have every Halo game but only played like two games in multi because:
1- I only love Halo campaign/coop.
2- unlike Overwatch, Halo is absolutely not noob friendly at all. The moment you hit that game you will have veterans up your ass from the first Halo. Like chill dude.
I don't understand the debate the last couple of pages about future AAA from microsoft. Right now we have this AAA capable studios/games in XGS:
343i: Halo
The Coalition: Gears
The Initiative:???
Obsidian: ???/The Outer Worlds 2
Ninja Theory:???
Playground Games: FH/Fable
Turn 10: Forza Motorsport
Rare: Sea of Thieves/???
Plus: According to Booty they want Undead Labs to grow and State of Decay to become AAA
Even if all the other studios keep making AA games or even smaller indie titles, is all this suposed to be not enough? The still can even hire second party via Global Publishings and add a couple AAA exclusives from external studios. I get that Microsoft should be open to free The Coalition and 343 to make different games if they want, but even if they keep making only Halo and Gears games I think the potential portforlio of exclusives looks awesome.
343i: Halo
The Coalition: Gears
The Initiative:???
Obsidian: ???/The Outer Worlds 2
Ninja Theory:???
Playground Games: FH/Fable
Turn 10: Forza Motorsport
Rare: Sea of Thieves/???
Plus: According to Booty they want Undead Labs to grow and State of Decay to become AAA
Even if all the other studios keep making AA games or even smaller indie titles, is all this suposed to be not enough? The still can even hire second party via Global Publishings and add a couple AAA exclusives from external studios. I get that Microsoft should be open to free The Coalition and 343 to make different games if they want, but even if they keep making only Halo and Gears games I think the potential portforlio of exclusives looks awesome.
I do wonder if it's something that they've discussed internally. I have to imagine they have at some point, even as just a 'what if' scenario.
On the latter point, I don't know if I think Overwatch is more noob friendly. I think it's just more inviting, partly because an assist counts as an elim, so you feel like you're contributing even if you aren't doing as well as you might like. There's a lot to keep track of in OW if you want to be doing well; you need to know your hero and their abilities, have at least some understanding of the other heroes as you're going to be coming up against them, and work reasonably well as a team for pushes, etc. In Halo, everyone has the same abilities, so it basically comes down to map knowledge, movement and weapon skill. Which I do agree can feel more daunting, as those are skill/experience-based things, and I think that can make it feel less like a casual "jump in" game, like Overwatch manages to do.
It's the difference between a single player game and a live service game, yeah. But I completely agree, Sea of Thieves will continue to grow every year. I think Sea of Thieves could be one of the games with the most active players on the next Xbox.
So all I've gotten out of the Halo departure is the game is a train wreck that should be canceled and 343 disbanded. Did I miss anything?
Ah that's good, was a little worried it wasn't releasing day one on steam but glad to see that's cleared up.
I hope so my friends and I play that now on an almost nightly basis. It's replaced destiny.
Ybarra's WoW tweet brought back all my yearnings for WoW on console....still shocked neither MS or Sony has tried to snag it.
Still have hope for it esp. with MS getting PSO2.
Please Phil lol....
Still have hope for it esp. with MS getting PSO2.
Please Phil lol....
This is quickly becoming one of my fav. games and I can't believe I'm saying that lol....
Quick xCloud question, but why is the initial focus so much on the phone? It's very odd to me. I honestly feel like it's the least interesting place for game streaming to exist, as opposed to a tablet, web browser, or "streaming stick".
Hope so!!!
Wonder if WOTW will be on Switch as well.
Hope so!!!
Wonder if WOTW will be on Switch as well.
I don't think I would like to play Sea of Thieves every day. I really enjoy it since launch, but I think I only play it something like one time by week on average (sometimes three times in a week, sometimes not in a month). Sea of Thieves is perfect for that, but I'm not sure I would enjoy it as much if I played it every day.
Because phones are widely used more and also are brought everywhere someone goes.
I'm pepega at DPS so when I first started OW, the art style was what made me play it for more than two years now + Mercy is such a good introduction to the game and in general to ability based online games.
Think of the Switch as a big Android handheld. Why shouldn't MS or any company release their games on Android? If you want a mobile target audience, Switch is the best.
Cuphead, Ori and Banjo are getting more sales on mobile/Nintendo. Pray that money get converted to future projects on the big console Xbox.
I want my Crimson Skies next gen propeller plane dogfighter with a kick ass 1P campaign. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow but brighter color palette and with some humor mixed in. Embrace the drama mixed with cheese. Throw trying to be edgy and cool to the wind. TailSpin style.
People will shout you down but there's a point to this.
It's not like Astral Chain will ever get a port to XB1.
We are burning through the anniversary update content currently. I am sure we will burn out and move on but right now we are thoroughly enjoying it.
These moves make them an ideal partner for so many independent devs out there it also keeps their current partners very happy.
Yeah, me too. I don't even have finished the Shares of gold content, so I haven't done one of the new mercenary mission... and the next update will come soon.
People in this thread is lazy, just ignore the eye guy and thats it, is not that hard.
No way this is real, Cloud computing being this amazing, who would have guessed this back in 2013?
Flight Simulator and Age of Empires are PC gaming icons; their return is maybe my favorite part of the last year of XGS' revitalization. I realize neither franchise likely moves the needle much for console players, but they mean something to the PC community. Microsoft picked the right franchises to bring back to life. While previous iterations always sold well (multi millions) and retain a strong following to this day, both were sadly victims of the shifting focus to consoles. It's good that they'll be back soon.
I see "Cccccccombo Breaker!!!" KI2 confirmed and coming so very soon
Best graphics ever. Insane.
I hope they have an arcade mode for those of us who simply want to see the scenery but not get in to the intricacies of flying a real aircraft. I realise that's totally not the point of MS Flight Simulator, but when it looks this good and you can fly around the world seeing the sights, there's a much wider target audience here than simply aeroplane enthusiasts.
Edit: Just realised this will be coming to Game Pass, obviously. Holy shit yes.
I'd imagine they'd have a casual mode for us filthy casuals to play. LOL
Good. I know there are people face-palming as they read this lol
I think MS Flight Simulator has a chance to be huge on PC and a system seller for Scarlet.
I do too, I always got suckered into buying The Crew because I liked the idea of traveling the country and taking in the scenery. I hope this is something they can add to Forza Horizon but I'm sure loading in these kinds of graphics at 190mph isn't realistic yet (atleast I don't think)
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