"You need to know your target audience" – the fundamental rule of the business. Representing the world Xbox One on E3 2013 , Microsoft took a clear course on the audience of casual. Hardcore players came into such rabies that they paid attention to this even in Microsoft itself. But instead of going further, the company suddenly decided to rehabilitate themselves in the eyes of hardcores.
In E3 2014, much more really interesting projects were presented, and the words “TV”, “Sports” and “Kinect” almost did not sound. Xbox One really began to look much more attractive, but doubts are still remaining, and Gamescom is a great mek to dispel them.
Heavy artillery
Xbox One is still sold twice as much as PS4 (about five million shipped consoles against ten million PlayStation 4), and in this position Microsoft should act decisively and tough. It is necessary to shock the audience, from the first minutes to lure hectic players and lure Sony adherents. But instead, the Bolshoi M for some reason decided to start a presentation with and so all well-known Assassin’s Creed: Unity And FIFA 15.
► In Assassin’s Creed: Unity, we will play for the heroistocrat hero for the first time. He joined the Order of the Assassins in order to be even with responsible for the family tragedy of his childhood.
On the one hand, the move is quite understandable – these games are in stable demand among so many. However, in the case of Assassin’s Creed, there was no question of any talk about any for the platform. And nothing interesting from the new video could be taken out. Although he himself is very beautiful.
FIFA 15 will delight football fans with an exclusive opportunity to play for the legendary players of the past. For the announcement of this event, the legendary goalkeeper "Manchester United" Peter Schmeichel even rose to the stage. The platform “exclusive” looks very tempting for connoisseurs of football simulators, but it is unlikely to be a reason for buying a new console for anyone.
► FIFA 15 screenshots for Xbox One. It seems that we already know which of the platforms will be the most complete edition of the main football simulator of our time.
Soul games from indie developers
However, for the sake of indie projects of the https://giant-wins-casino.co.uk/ console, it is also unlikely that anyone is buying, but Microsoft devoted quite a lot of time to them. Interesting projects as part of the program ID@xbox There, of course, were also observed, but we have already seen most of them. Something like Space Engineers, It sailed directly from Steam, and something generally from the browser is about an innovative shooter Super Hot , where time goes forward only with the player. The first platform for Super Hot will be Xbox One.
The Below is truly intriguing, a two-dimensional adventure dedicated to the “tiny warrior studying the dungeons of the distant island”. Looks as beautiful as it is not clear. The creators of the "cuckolds" are inspired, they promise a procedurally generated world and merciless rules. Read more about this exclusive in our material about indie on e3.
► Below in aesthetics resembles Titan Souls and, of course, the previous Capybara Games project – Sword & Sworcery.
No less attractive is the Blind Forest platformer-metro-meter. Not only does he make a strong impression with his appearance – the authors claim that at least a year and a half of the development of four, they went to polish and improve mechanics. And besides Xbox One, the game will definitely look at PC.
► Despite the external resemblance to Child of Light, the project has nothing to do with Ubisoft or the Role Games genre. ORI – a purebred platformer with an extremely strict attitude to players. It is most appropriate to compare it with Super Meat Boy.
The most epic moment in the presentation of promising indie games was the announcement of the scandalously known Goat Simulator for the Xbox One, to which Sony answered three hours later by the announcement Dayz. It was these two games that immediately called the main competitors from among the releases that had already been famous on PC, which guaranteed recognition on the corresponding consoles.
Quantum balance
Despite the presentation of the multiplayer yesterday Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare For Xbox One, Microsoft decided to return to this game again. This time we were demonstrated by the new “collapse” mission from the story campaign, with a bunch of interesting episodes – a truck clogged with “pirate” (unlicensed) drones, and the collapse of the bridge Golden Gate. The fresh video looks very fresh and interesting, the pursuit of Michael Bay's best episodes of the work on the Bay’s work, and the protagonist of the protagonist, is so that the company has to “lock” his speech in memory. It seems that Sledgehammer really has a chance to breathe a new life in a franchise. Well, if not, at least the sight will turn out a noble.
Fans of shooting in fantastic monsters were also not deprived of. Without Evolve , ideological heir Left 4 Dead , Not a single company conference costs. Looks, as always, fun, but … nothing new. The game has chances to overshadow the ancestor, especially if Valve does not announce Left 4 Dead 3. Beto will be launched already in January and, of course, exclusively for Xbox One.
► screenshots Evolve. At the presentation, the authors in an interesting way divided the letters from the name of the game – EVOL corresponds to the names of four heroes, V means confrontation, and E is the level of the level that the team has to overcome in a difficult struggle.
But the first gameplay shown is much more attracted Quantum Break. All chips with slowdown and distortion of time seemed to have outlived themselves for a long time, but Remedy clearly show that with proper performance, the idea can still work. The shootings themselves, which is quite expected, as if collected from the elements of Alan Wake and Max Payne, but this is very good. You should not worry about the story either-someone who has not yet failed us in this regard. In a word, at least one reason to buy Xbox One still has. True, the game looks somehow … is grayish, but we hope that the whole thing is at the scene and that other locations will be brighter.
Well, of course, they did not go away and Halo 5. However, they talked more about this game than showed something, and it was only about multiplayer. No less conversations were carried out and about Halo: The Master Chief Edition. The remake turns out good, and although everyone is already familiar with the classic parts of Halo, we willingly return to the original trilogy, where the picture was pulled to modern standards! Wait a detailed report on the site in the near future.
And we also promised us a strange service Halo Channel , a place where we can watch a series on Halo, communicate and actually play. Anyone may be interested, but this announcement is far away to break through. In addition, set renamed Halo WayPoint as something completely new not quite honest.
But the main surprise was Rise of the Tomb Raider. And they didn’t even show the game, but they announced that it will appear only on Xbox One. Evil tongues are already whispering now that the exclusivity will be temporary, but who knows! The release of the game is scheduled for the "festive season", that is, at the end of 2015.
► three “art”, which appeared along with the announcement of the new adventures of Lara Croft.
For all ages
The reason to get Xbox One can already be release this fall Sunset Overdrive In October. There are categorically not enough such bright and crazy games today. Besides Insomniac They ate the dog on such things, and it is hardly worthwhile to worry about the game. The video showed peppy and dynamic, with references to the great series Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater , But about the plot and characters are still silent. It's a shame, we still managed to evaluate the dynamics on E3. Oh yes, the final date of the release became known-October 28, 2014! Also complete with white Xbox.
It turns out no less bright and Forza Horizon 2 , which will look at Xbox 360. The Forza series has always sought to resemble Gran Turismo, and it is almost impossible to reach this level. But the branch of Horizon rejects excessive flirting with realism, and the output is a pleasant solar autoarkade, in some places reminiscent of Outrun, – rainy in the fall will be very much in place. In addition, developers promise to introduce a network mode directly to a single campaign. No lobby and expectations – comrades go correctly.
► FORZA Horizon 2 screenshots, main competitor DriveClub and Gran Turismo 6.
The parade of bright and funny games continues Fable Legends. The creators say that history takes an important place in the game, and the game itself will turn out to be similar to the series – DLC will be released for a long time after the release. A curious thing, yes, but something tells us that there is almost nothing left of the original series in the game. However, some believe that the series could be buried after the first part – they probably were upset that Fable 2 I did not go out on "Personalities".
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Neither “TV” nor “Kinect” at the presentation almost did not sound, so such things important for many as the introduction of the long -awaited support of the MKV format remained behind the scenes. A new trend is the departure from Kinect, because even the announced gangs will go without this device.
New games, according to the Hamburg account, was not enough. Alas, most of the projects shown we have already seen on E3 2014. And from Gamescom, players have the right to wait a little more than a simple repetition of games with E3 ..