Two Halo games, XBLA game from Epic, Alan Wake gameplay, FF13, Crackdown 2, Splinter Cell, Modern Warfare 2 on stage and a stunning new version of Forza 3 yea it was one hell of a show from Microsoft. I did not expect them to open with the Beatles rock band but I think it worked well for them because they have established it as a game for Xbox 360 and wile its coming to PS3, Wii etc showing it on 360 first is going to give them a huge advantage.
There was so much stuff shown I really don’t want to post about them all but I am looking forward to most of them. The biggest two for me of course was Halo ODST and Halo Reach. Halo reach looks to be the game I have always wanted because it appears to be set around the Halo book, Halo the fall of reach. Not much to say about reach at the moment other than its the game I am looking forward to most as of today. ODST on the other hand got a very big showing with the first ever gameplay. I was happy to see the scene from Halo 2 that was cut because of time. Basically when you first drop onto the Halo ring in Halo 2 it was suppose to be interactive where you could look around instead of a cut seen. Its great to see Halo 3 ODST is going to start off this way.
The idea of flashbacks is really interesting and I am looking forward to see what Bungie will do with it. But its a really interesting way of telling story. Alan Wake was the other massive show stopper for most people and for the first time since it was announced in 2006 we got to see what the heck it was all about. From what I can gather its an exploration detective type game by day and survivor horror by night. I also noted that the story has changed a bit as in Alan’s wife is not dead but went missing in the town they went to. If I talk much more its going to get old fast so
I will wrap it up but the new motion tec they showed at the end could have a massive effect on the industry and I was happy to see they are going to take there time with it and didn’t even announce a final name or release date. Also twitter on Xbox is going to be great! Microsoft gets an A- from be because of the lack of Mass Effect but a great showing. Hope Sony and Nintendo can do just as well.
