Smash burgers haven’t gotten to Hawaii to ruin the prices yet.
I think it was just a genuinely bad show, and I don’t think disinterest in new IP really factors into that.
Let’s look at what games were actually brand new and what were previously shown in some capacity and the trailers here just provided more info about content/DLC/release date:
Not new:
Monster Hunter Wilds
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Lost Soul Aside
Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
Dave the Diver
WWE 2K25
Borderlands 4
Split Fiction
Directive 8020
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Secret of the Mimic
The Midnight Walk
Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Metal Gear Solid Triangle: Snake Eater
Hell Is Us
Lies of P
Stellar Blade
Abiotic Factor
New:
Digimon Story Time Stranger
Darwin’s Paradox!
Warriors: Abyss
Dreams of Another
Days Gone Remastered
Blue Prince
Tides of Annihilation
Metal Eden
Mindseye
Saros
Of the new ones, Digimon, Warriors, and Days Gone are not new IPs.
Darwin’s Paradox is Inside with an octopus, and probably once of the better ones, despite its similarities with Octodad and unambitious design.
Dreams of Another is that voxely shooty game that does not look good.
Blue Prince is a first person puzzly game. This one looks kind of original. I’m not into this genre, but If say it’s one of the better new things shown.
Tides of Annihilation looks extremely Chinese, and has no identity of it’s own. Instead it’s cobbled together from other, more interesting IPs.
Metal Eden is that FPS with wall-running and robots. I could not tell you any unique features of this IP, because the footage was generic FPS.
Mindseye is sci-fi GTA from one of the former GTA leads. The age of GTA clones is back? Ugh.
(George) Saros showed no gameplay, but it’s hardly it’s own IP and they were already referencing Returnal on its debut.
I agree with @Herb that we are maybe just so trailer-literate now that we can see trash a mile away. If there were interesting new franchises shown, you better believe I’d be interested.
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I had the same thoughts too and gave it a punt. I’m pleasantly surprised! It’s by no means an all-timer but it’s a competent cross of Hades with the escalating freneticism of wild twin-stick shooters - and it feels like a Dynasty Warriors game in its combat but with an isometric viewpoint. The game is ridiculously generous with the number of characters it gives you to play as, with dozens to unlock in typical roguelite affair. Would I be compelled to do absolutely everything? Perhaps not but taken as what it is I’m enjoying my time with it.
As for the rest of the State of Play, I’ve long come to accept that the Sony games largely show off the same type of thing and I’m not at all surprised that it was the case again. Echoing a lot of people, few things particularly grabbed me; I’m eager to see how Housemarque’s game shapes up, I’ll end up getting Borderlands 4 to play with a buddy and separately with Ms LeFish even if it’s nothing special, and I’m optimistic that Q-Games know what they’re doing even if the trailer was unimpressive. I’m also more than happy to play new Shinobi and Onimusha games too.
Everything else? I’m more than happy to be wrong but I’ll wait on the sidelines to see how things play out.
From the same developer as one of my favourite games of 2024, Proverbs, is a free retrospective version of events in 2024. Obviously, it has some shitty news in it but also stuff that’s less shit.
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can they do it folks?
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Will Microsoft let them?
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I sure hope so. Please let every RPG studio follow this path, for me, specifically
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specifics escape my memory but there have been studios that have re-indepented themselves maybe Obsidian could do the same if need be
The Spiderweb Software guy has been pretty open about he manages to keep going over the decades and was posting not too long ago about plotting projects out into his retirement years. So I guess it’s possible to string together a few generations of workers if the scope is within reason.
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Bungie and Toys for Bob both escaped Microsoft. One of them is even still independent!
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I actually think it’s criticizing games that sensationalize violence by showing that in this world shooting things will create the world, and what not. It looks very silly and goofy.
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That looks like real prices.
I seriously doubt Obsidian will go independent again any time soon unless they have a super smash Skyrim style hit.
Looks like normal Japan pricing to me. Food is so cheap over there. I know it’s in Hawaii, but it’s through a Japanese lens ¯_(ツ)_/¯.
This Wednesday I paid McDonald’s $25.65 CAD for a quarter pounder with cheese, some promo burger with a fancy sauce and 2 medium fries 
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It was one of the worst burgers I’ve had in years.
The best part is that the only reason we went to McDanks is because Wendy’s was out of buns (???) this has nothing to do with videogames. I just want to complain about fast food.
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Here are eleven minutes of Videogame: the videogame. At least the dialogues should be memorable!
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They made Mordred an evil woman in an armored dress, though. I certainly don’t need more than that
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I had absolutely no interest in Tides of Annihilation and hadn’t watched the trailers until you mentioned Mordred. This is hot and Arthurian? That’s what I need to get into a video game.
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My partner and I bonded over this game on 3DS early in our relationship so I’m excited for the new one, but I also have a feeling it might feel dated and we’d be better off jumping back into Palword or something.
I’m not sure I’m emotionally prepared to be forced to kill a nap dragon.
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Hot and Arthurian is a great combination. It might be enough to carry the entire game for me, lmao
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I’m pretty interested in this, but I’d really like to know what’s going on with Decapolice. That game seemed really cool.
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I’m racking my brain trying to think of the last game Level-5 was able to release without some major retooling or endless delays or other self-inflicted problems… Ni no Kuni II, maybe?
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