I am excited that Xbox is pivoting back to the genres that helped to build the brand at its peak: notably, shooters/action games & roleplaying games.
I can't wait for xCloud to upgrade to the Series X blades because I know it's the only way for me to play Fable 2 in great quality.
Oh yeah, I have a strong feeling it'll launch in 2024 or so.
Yeah i agree. I am playing the game right now. I fully expect the next game to be incredible with the higher budget and more developpers.
Co-signed. I really want MS to embrace a diversity of aesthetics and styles. Hyper-realism and chasing reality is great and all, but stylised presentations be it Cell-shaded, Pixar-like, are stunning. Also as you said, cell-shading is generally pretty light on system requirements; would definitely enable MS to push other features further e.g. destructibility, scale.
Based on the speed Obsidian works at I would guess something like September 2022 maybe
No chance for that. The game is still in pre-production. They released TOW1's DLC this year. They literally said in the trailer that they have just a logo for now. Most of the studio is busy with Avowed. The first TOW took them 3 years, so 2024 is the earliest they'd release the game, IMO. It's likely even further away if they're going for a bigger scope.
Pretty sure when Ikumi Nakamura(original director) left Tango, Mikami took over directing duties.
I'm very excited for Fable too--I think Playground will nail it--but I'm a little more excited for Starfield. It's very clearly a labor of love for BGS--they sound so much more excited about it than about Fallout. "Han Solo simulator" sounds awesome and them doing character backgrounds again gives me some strong Morrowind vibes. This game is going to be special.
Sony's boys crying so loudly so hard
My mistake then. But even with Avowed September 2022 would be very unlikely in my opinion. MS didn't shy away from having games releasing next year at the conference. Avowed not being there makes the chance of a 2022 release very slim. Outside of maybe a few surprise publishing deals, I think we already know games releasing in 2022.
Apparently the new director is Kenji Kimura, not Mikami.
You mean great game with no sequel? I'd be alright with that if it's From quality. The difference between an even well made Souls-like and a true blue Miyazaki Souls game is massive. To me it would be like trading out Gears for Outriders or something.
Let's hope phil can convince him to direct another game then.
I wasn't a fan of the open areas of the second game tbh. Art direction and overall atmosphere was also better in the first one.
You should be good for about a year, but it all depends. I want to say the shortest time for a game is 3 months, while most are a year+.
ALL OF THEM! but near future would be starfield, avowed and fable.
