![]() 343 have vowed to use their extra year of development time to its fullest, but despite their promises, I wouldn’t expect a stunning turnaround. Meanwhile, the game’s multiplayer looks fun, but not exactly groundbreaking, with the move to free-to-play seemingly being the main selling (or not-selling) point. ![]() Our new look at the campaign mostly focused on talking heads, keeping anything graphics hounds might criticize hidden. Given it’s disappointing debut last year, all eyes were on Halo Infinite this year and while 343 Industries didn’t fumble, they didn’t exactly run it in for a touchdown either. Again, I applaud Microsoft for actually laying down some release dates, and they can’t show everything at every E3, but it was hard to feel just a little let down by their showing. Meanwhile, Rare’s Everwild has reportedly been completely rebooted and won’t be arriving until 2024 at least, and Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is somehow still stuck in preproduction. Games like Perfect Dark, the new Fable, and Obsidian’s Avowed weren’t even mentioned. Hopefully this is the norm going forward!Īs solid as the 2021 Xbox calendar looks, the number of big Microsoft projects missing in action at E3 2021 was hard to overlook. Microsoft proved that was no longer the case this weekend, confirming release dates (or release windows) for a strong lineup of exclusives including STALKER 2, Psychonauts 2, Forza Horizon 5, and Halo Infinite. Microsoft’s E3 showing was less bombastic this year, with fewer games shown overall, but there was something they did provide in quantity – actual release dates! Microsoft has bought a lot of studios and announced a ton of big games in recent years, but the knock against them has been that, in the here and now, Xbox still doesn’t have a lot to offer. Clearly Battlefield 2042 is tapping into something folks have been hungry for, so who am I to argue? High: Xbox Drops Dates That’s kind of surprising considering DICE is once again not bothering to turn in a story campaign (something they’ve caught heavy flak for in the past), but admittedly, the new multiplayer action looks pretty damn cool. The gameplay reveal of DICE’s new shooter was the biggest event of E3 in terms of viewership, and the response seems to be overwhelmingly positive. They liked Battlefield 1, weren’t so hot on Battlefield V, and are apparently all the way back on board for Battlefield 2042. ![]() ![]() I won’t pretend I fully understand what motivates the Battlefield community, but it seems like they alternate from game to game – they like one, they hate the next. Related Story Francesco De Meo Elden Ring 1.07.1 Patch Introduces Balance Changes and More High: Battlefield 2042 Gives the People What They Want Overall, the overwhelming impression you got from Ubisoft’s presentation is of a company biding its time until their next big things (Assassin’s Creed, their Star Wars game) are ready. The only real surprise was Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, although we weren’t given much indication of how the game will play and it won’t arrive until 2022 at least. Their showing mostly focused on updates to their many live-service titles and a few new games, like Rainbow Six Extraction and Riders Republic, that can be slotted into their lineup with little friction. Meanwhile, Ubisoft ladled out a nice big bowl of Ubisoft at E3 2021. In a year when it felt like a lot of companies were holding back, Koch was one of the few really swinging for the fences. Perhaps you’re tired of the Souls formula, that’s fine, but many aren’t, and for those folks the Elden Ring trailer delivered pretty much everything you could hope for.įor most of its existence, Koch Media has happily chugged along as an unflashy B-tier player, but at E3 2021 they upped their game, announcing their new Prime Matter label and a slate of promising games including Payday 3, a new Painkiller, the sci-adventure Scars Above, the slick FPS Final Form, narrative adventure Echoes of the End, and a bunch more. Martin on board, hopefully we’ll be getting a more developed, coherent story. The first Elden Ring trailer teased a wider, more-open world, rideable mounts, and bigger bosses and set pieces, and with George R. For the first time in over a generation it also feels like From Software is making a serious effort to push their formula forward, rather than tweaking it slightly as it did with each new Dark Souls sequel, or making lateral moves like with Bloodborne and Sekiro. The game looks to largely stick to the Souls formula, but that certainly isn’t a bad thing. Probably the most exciting single moment of E3 2021 was the big reveal of From Software’s much-anticipated Elden Ring. High: Elden Ring Looks to Elevate the Souls Formula
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