No kinect game looked even close to be fun to play.  Wondering which confrence was worse: this or nintendo 2009 

@CitizenKane said:

@Ghost_of_Perdition said:

@CitizenKane: I really hope it won't, but seeing them spending development time integrating kinect support is not something I want to hear. They need to have something better to show at EA's conference.

I'm sure EA will show more of it than MS did, same thing with Ghost Recon: FS and Ubisoft.

The other thing to remember is that MS wanted to focus mostly on their exclusives.  Yes, there weren't a whole load of those but there's a ton of other 3rd party games that will come to the Xbox that they just didn't spend time on in their conference.

So everything sums up to "I am the controller"

You guys noticed when Peter Moore got on the stage, he jokingly referenced the line from his "appearance" in South Park: "Get... the fuck out of my office". haha, I thought that was neat.

@ricetopher said:

Haha amazing.

I don't know what they did with the engine, but everything in MW3 looks a lot cleaner and smoother.

I am actually get more and more interested in this game due to this Spike trailer.

I don't know what they did with the engine, but everything in MW3 looks a lot cleaner and smoother.

I am actually get more and more interested in this game due to this Spike trailer.

You don't have to have a blue screen name to shit on Kinect, you need goddamn eyes and a sense of taste.
 
Totally called how this conference is going to go. They'll show something stupid for Kinect, something idiotic for Kinect, something dumb for Kinect and something pointless for Kinect, and then quickly try to divert your attention away by going "Halo something something MW3 map packs Gears"
 
And then continuing with bullshit.
 
The fact that Mordin is in Mass Effect 3 was the best part about the whole thing.

http://laffingfish.com/2011/06/06/guess-what-everyone-youre-still-the-controller/

@Belmont_Shadow said:

@CitizenKane said:

I don't know what they did with the engine, but everything in MW3 looks a lot cleaner and smoother.

I am actually get more and more interested in this game due to this Spike trailer.

It loks the same to me. 60FPS, same animation same graphics same everything. You must have magic eyes.

I must have, because it does look different to me.

Surprise suprise! It was the Kinect show, with goofy, stilted acting and excessive boasting galore. There is literally nothing I want out of Microsoft's showing this year, especially when the only things worthwhile are all sequels. A time of excitement and innovation indeed, Microsoft!

Anybody else get worried when the conference started with CoD:MW3, a multiplatform game of all things? That looked cool enough. Lara Croft looked okay if it wasn't for her talking to herself. Halo 4 at the end was neato too. It's all the stuff at the middle that was kinda bad. If you thought the show's structure seems eerily familiar, it's because it resembles one thing almost exactly: a shit sandwich.

Yeah.... that wasn't very interesting at all. The only real surprise was Minecraft.

Also, I'm still raging at "World's greatest storytellers"
 
Where the fuck did that even come from and why the heck do they have a 12 year old writing their scripts?

 
 
another poster made a good point, what if you don't like halo / gears or have a kinect  
i've tried them and i don't (haven't tried a kinect but the fun labs stuff looked impressive)  
 
i was lost on 90% of the stuff, which is unfortunate, i paid for a 360 i'd like to have a reason to use it;  
i dont play online or use it as a media hub so that was also lost on me 
 
as i stated in another post, i can completely understand what microsoft is doing, its a press conference, couple big name exclusives, loads of kinect stuff to prove that its not just a forgotten peripheral and media hub stuff 
 
but i also understand peoples disappointment with it, the people who will be using the lighter features such as kinect / tv etc aren't going to be watching this conference so i don't think it was necessary to labour the point of kinect especially considering, in my opinion at least, that they were largely unimpressive 
 
even the more hardcore titles with integration such as ME3 and Ghost Recon didn't make a lot of sense; i really can't see myself calling orders in the former and the weapon customisation in the latter i imagine would get very tiresome 
 
as i said, the fun lab stuff looks cool (finger tracking / scanning) but then they didn't even put it to use in a game proper, they just stated that its there, i thought that was a lost opportunity at one of the biggest game shows in the calendar 
  
the thing i don't get about kinect is why its being shoe horned into previous genres, kinect clearly doesnt work, on rails or otherwise, as an FPS or waving your arms around like a jedi; i think if they approached it as a new interface rather than a strange eye-toyesque camera attachment then you could see some great games; it doesnt need to be a 'new controller type' for existing IPs and genres it should be its own thing with its own games
 
its unfortunate i think that microsoft is positioning kinect and 360 as a media hub along the lines of their other rival Apple, of course kinect and these light features make sense for portfolios and profits but it doesnt do much to push the gaming industry; which they pretty much confirmed isnt going anywhere by announcing another three halo games 

Especially excited for Gears of War 3's HORDE MORDE, as put by Ice T.
 
But yeah the conference sucked.

Trash.

The best part was the controller fuckup in the first fifteen seconds of the show. And even that was less of a fuckup than all this Kinect focus nonsense.

Best conference so far!

Best conference so far!

Wasn't too bad in my opinion - was pretty professionally presented and had a nice variety of stuff.

Agree that there was way too much Kinect pushing though, although I'm pretty happy too see more stuff for the the Kinect.

My highlight Tomb Raider. What a disappointing conference. 

Would anyone happen to have or know where i can find a download link? Would like to watch this on my tv. I tivo'd it but Spike had there times all wrong so it didnt actually record any of the Microsoft conference :(

Just watched Apple's WWDC keynote after the MS E3 one. It;s amazing how much more slick Apple can make a keynote/conference.

But back on topic, the gears demo looked amazing, not too excited about the kinect stuff as my room isn't suitable to have one.

So pumped for Crytek's new game.

I just have to say...Halo 4? THATS FUCKING AWSOME!! now if only i had the extra money to go out and buy an Xbox... Gears 3 also looks promising. But Halo 4 (and the announcement of it being the start of an all new triliogy) stole the show for me.... 
 
<3

Pretty glad I didn't watch the whole thing.  The gears 3 demo was pretty cool but everything else was meh.  But am I the only person wondering where the hell is Shadow Complex 2?  It's like hey let's not make a sequel to one of the best XBLA games of all time.   Micro
Super pumped for Nintendo's conference though.  
 
Found this on Gaf

I think it's safe to say I was pretty annoyed how much of my time before work I spent watching the Microsoft Press Conference when a very large chunk of it was all Kinect games. Once they got the fake families and bros up on stage I had to fight the urge to punch myself in the face in hopes it would distract myself from what I was watching.

I will say the the Kinect interface features look absolutely awesome. They absolutely nailed the new Kinect dashboard integration and the scan applications look mighty impressive.

They saved Halo 4 for last after attacking you with Kinect games. As if the enthusiast gamer would suddenly just forget everything they just saw and get pumped for the reveal of a new Halo game. OH SHIT, that game Microsoft said was coming ever since practically the inception of 343 Studios? I NEVER SAW IT COMING DUDES!

Wasn't really impressed. Gears 3 looks awesome. Tomb Raider looks good but aside from that? FIST BUMP!

So pumped for Crytek's new game.

Microsoft has become the new Nintendo from 3 years ago.

Wouldn't Microsoft be in a "damn if you do and damn if you don't" spot no matter what they did this year?  If they went all out hardcore gaming the major press would have grilled them as to why they didn't focus on the Kinect.  So by giving a almost split conference they upset the hardcore audience who says they spent too much time on Kinect.

This has "Epic Win" all over it.

@aceinet said:

Wouldn't Microsoft be in a "damn if you do and damn if you don't" spot no matter what they did this year? If they went all out hardcore gaming the major press would have grilled them as to why they didn't focus on the Kinect. So by giving a almost split conference they upset the hardcore audience who says they spent too much time on Kinect.

the hardcore is constantly upset over something. personally i'm glad they are pushing the kinect this hard.

i wonder how voice command outside combat would work in ME3?

Tali - Unmask!

Miranda - !!!

No the hardcore complain when hardcore games are not being show. 
 
Thats how it works guys. 
 
And kinect looks shit because it is shit.

@theoldhouse said:

No the hardcore complain when hardcore games are not being show. Thats how it works guys. And kinect looks shit because it is shit.

how gears/halo/tr/me3 not "hardcore" enough?

Microsoft had some cool stuff. They started strong. Tomb Raider was the best game I took away from that conference, but MW3 and Ghost Recon looked alright. Gear of War 3 looks amazing. (Of course Mass Effect 3 which looks like the best game ever, but that was more focused on at EA). Then they went into dark territory for me and started talking about mad Kinect stuff. Fable The Journey looked bad. They ended with Halo 4, which was weird that they billed it as a "new trilogy" and thought it was a huuuge surprise.

It was all over the place in a bad way for me, but it was still a decent conference.

All i took from this was that Kinect is gonna be in alot of games which i dont care about, Gears is all i cared about here.
 
Does anybody here really want to play ME and Ghost Recon with kinect? it looks like cool tech but doesnt really make me want to buy kinect.

i personally can´t wait for the gears inspired song from ice-t...

If Kinect-like functions are built in the next Xbox, fine, but there is no way I would buy a Kinect for these tack on features to games

Why is Gametrailers showing a trailer for Resistence 3 (Sony Game) at the Microsoft Pre-Show?