My thoughts...
So I have ignored pretty much everything outside of Bethesda, just to be honest...
Devil May Cry 5
-Not a Bethesda game, but this is honestly the first time I've been interested in a DMC game. It actually looked fun, although the female van driver was a bit on the eh side (for me anyway). I am wondering if it's not a merge of the previous DMC series and the reboot from a few years ago, especially based on the ending. Could be cool!
-6/10 on excitement scale.
Doom Eternal
-I loved Doom 3 and the expansion, played through it two or three times. Bought the newest Doom but never played it. The gameplay looked amazing, and I did actually play the first level and enjoyed it, but like I said, I never got far into it... Regardless, the trailer was cool. Probably something I'd pick up when it goes on sale and never play, hahaha...
-6/10 on excitement scale.
Fallout76
-Fallout 4 was highly entertaining, but failed to capture the magic of both FO3 and FONV. It didn't feel unique enough, and although the settlement building mechanics were great fun, the world felt so generic when it came to NPCs and urban settlements.
-That being said, I'm not much of a multiplayer game type, so FO76 concerns me in that it will be a more story-oriented DayZ or yet another survival multiplayer game. I didn't get to listen to the whole shebang, but that was the word on the street before going into E3. The game could be fun, but likely won't be my cut of tea. I'll save my judgment though. Based solely off of the teaser and trailer thus far, I'm not overly excited. I mean, as an Elder Scrolls buff (my second favorite series behind Chrono Trigger), ESO was a huge letdown. Yet another generic MMO that I tried and tried to get into.
-7/10 on excitement scale
Elder Scrolls Blades
-Not super excited, but I'm sure I'll play it... but I'll likely never end up spending money on it since it's a freemium game. This is how it goes with freemium mobile games for me (FF Record Keeper, Kingdom Hearts Unchained X, FF All the Bravest, FO Shelter). Fun for a few months and then it hits huge difficulty spikes that can only become through insane grinding or shelling huge real world cash in troves.
-All in all, 6/10 on excitement scale.
Starfield
-This game has had me hooked for a while, and it's nice to have a trailer... although we still don't know anything about it yet. The fact that it's "nextgen" means it will likely be a while, and maybe for the rumored PS5 in development? I'm mostly a PC guy these days (what little time for gaming), so as long as it's on PC I'm good.
-7/10 on excitement scale.
Elder Scrolls IV
-Bold move to drop this right at the end, and to have a super teaserific teaser at that. I am guessing this is also next gen based on previous comments from TH about the tech still being worked on (new game engine finally?!). I'm hoping this is really graphically pushing the boundaries like previous Elder Scrolls games.
-I'm also on the fence if it's High Rock / Orsimer or Hammerfell. It looked more like High Rock at first glance, but northern Hammerfell is not arid, so it could be either. Either way, I'm down.
-Off topic, but I had heard that Michael Kirkbride once said that the original intent was for every third game to be really alien and weird. I was (and still am) really hoping for something more akin to Morrowind: a truly original, creative world with immersive lore and alien beauty. Oblivion and Skyrim are both great games (although Skyrim has aged much better than Oblivion for me), but they haven't captured that oomph that Morrowind offers (ignoring gameplay issues with Morrowind, of course).
-All in all, there is not much here to get excited about, or to analyze. The fact that there is an official announcement is great, but I'm sure this is a 2020 or 2021 game, so who knows.
-7.1/10 on excitement scale.
