There Was Certainly a Lot of Games
For the past few years, Microsoft has made a point of making their conferences about the games Xbox users can expect to play in the coming months/years. E3 2017 was no different with the company showing off over 40 upcoming titles, 22 of which have some form of exclusivity on Xbox and/or Windows 10. While we certainly applaud them for their efforts (seriously, 20 is a lot, let alone 40+), quantity seemed to win out over quality, or, at the very least, newness.
The games kept coming, but there was quite a bit of deja vu with many titles being waited on for years that are just now getting release dates such as Tacoma and Cuphead. Crackdown 3, a title that seemingly fell off the radar (and had many fearing cancellation after the turn of events with Scalebound) finally got a release date that lines up with the upcoming Xbox One X. There were other small titles that many had seen before, mostly because they’d appeared on PC in recent years. In terms of new games, most were highly predictable – Forza, Assassin’s Creed.
The addition of the OG Xbox’s library to the backwards compatibility program was definitely noteworthy, though, We’re not sure how far they’re going to go with that – it wasn’t the most extensive library, but there certainly were some gems.
What’s interesting is the games that seemed to elicit the largest responses were multiplatform titles. Assassin’s Creed Origins certainly left us craving more, and Anthem looks like an amazing new IP from BioWare. Once again, major exclusives have taken a sort of backseat, a problem that has been plaguing the Xbox platform for a couple of years now. It’s slightly worrying, but that can easily turn around after the games actually release. I’m sure many were worried about Nintendo’s lineup for the Switch, but with each game receiving stellar reviews so far, more faith has been founded in them. The same can go for Xbox, and hopefully they make an effort to ensure their own games are truly the best that the Xbox One X has to offer.
