@scotty said in Xbox E3 2021 post-show thoughts:

instead Arkane's average looking new game.

You mean Arkane's average looking new CGI mini-movie.

I loved the anti-BS Outer Worlds 2 reveal. xD

@dmcmaster said in Xbox E3 2021 post-show thoughts:

Psychonauts 2 is this year

I've seen it shown in some form so many times, I thought it was Psychonauts 3 at this point.

@scotty said in Xbox E3 2021 post-show thoughts:

And that BF 2042 trailer was really hype even though I'm a singleplayer lover.

Yeah, it looked pretty ok. I'll be keeping it on my mind.

Art style of the Halo Infinite campaign looked promising, a combination of Halo 1 and Halo 3 with a modern sheen. But no gameplay shown.

Halo Infinite multiplayer, on the other hand, pained me. Zero classic Halo vibes aside from the announcer. Struck me visually as Halo 5 multiplayer with different lighting, weapons felt like they had no impact just like the flat Halo 2 Anniversary multiplayer. It really seemed like, and maybe it is actually, that the campaign and multiplayer are being built by two entirely different teams.

No Starfield gameplay, and the in-engine footage didn't even show outer space. Launching 11-11-22 though, so next year will be its proper showing.

Forza Horizon 5 looked very nice, though the things that make Horizon Horizon - super loose handling, emphasis on exploration over racing on a course - aren't my thing. Still, it did manage to tickle my fancy a little bit.

Also, is anything launching this year? Over and over, 2022, 2022, 2022, 2022, 2022...

@sentinel-beach said in The EZA Community Top 20 Best of 2020!:

Animal Crossing was ALMOST the game that got me to buy a Switch. That moment in time, the early days of the pandemic and all, and then the beautiful reviews of the game came along. I was honestly suddenly ready to spend hundreds of euros the next morning as I was checking the prices and the opening time of my local stores here for the following morning. Like I was under some spell. Then I finally broke free right before going to bed that night. Mainly because of the money. ':)

Switch games I own:

Paper Mario: The Origami King
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
Super Mario Odyssey
Yooka-Laylee
Labo Vehicle Kit
New Pokémon Snap

Planning to buy when I can afford them:

Pokémon Shield
Luigi's Mansion 3
Dragon Quest XI
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
Ring Fit Adventure
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

And of course, planning to buy Breath of the Wild 2 when it comes out (played BotW 1 on Wii U).

The Switch library is excellent, and I suspect Tuesday's Direct is going to give it another great boost. Skip some meals and buy it. :-)

I personally would like to see 1999. Mid-cycle N64/PS1, Dreamcast launch year, some good PC stuff too. Earliest we've done is 2000.

@mbun said in Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope:

First was good, so would play. I'm not super sold on the new party reveals yet though. Also, if this thing doesn't have Kirby DLC the way the original had DK DLC I'm going to be upset.

I doubt they'll have Nintendo characters not connected to Mario.

@sentinel-beach said in Sports?:

UEFA EURO 2020 starts tomorrow on Friday! And Finland is IN! For the first time ever. A month worth of football ahead of us, man this is sweet. :)

A big congrats to Finland on the win, though under unfortunate circumstances.

"Following the medical emergency involving Denmark’s player Christian Eriksen, a crisis meeting has taken place with both teams and match officials and further information will be communicated at 19:45 CET.

The player has been transferred to the hospital and has been stabilised."

The match is currently suspended. This is made all the worse by being played in Copenhagen with a large crowd. His wife was shown crying on the sidelines.