Fuck, that sounds exciting. Especially after having finished Contrast and We happy Few. Both games have some very, very cool elements and a great atmosphere.
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More info is here from Jez, along with some concept art: New upcoming Xbox exclusives revealed: Project 'Midnight' from Compulsion and 'Pentiment' from Obsidian | Windows Central
I genuinely believe this game is going to blow people away, especially since the majority of the industry donât know about it and/or forget about Compulsion.
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concept art doesnât always translate well to reality. it also doesnât help that their latest game was mid reception-wise to gauge the average consumers looking forward for their next project.
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Which is why the only way is up for Midnight. Compulsion have like doubled in size.
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Very true about concept art.
But I am very curious about their next one. WHF had a few very cool things going for it, it probably should have been less open, more linear probably. But the atmosphere was spot on, visually nice, music great, voice acting was very good. Interesting story. Bigger team, bigger budget and more time can do wonders. Phil has been very vocal about it too.
The DLCs for WHF are a good indication of what they are capable of. They were all great, especially the last one.
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Thatâs what I hear, that the main game isnât entirely representative of the vision because it saw some major changes along the way and the DLC represents them with more focus.
Still need to give it a shot, but they are a talented crew of people over there.
Between Compulsion and InXile, do you guys think both of their next games get revealed, neither or one of the two? Iâm hoping both but going with one of the two.
They talk about the games development in this documentary. They had problems with meeting different expectations. I reccomend it. Itâs pretty interessting.
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Impossible to say but expecting inXiles game being quite a bit bigger in scope, my guess is on Compulsion. Realistically though I think we see neither.
I would bet money on Compulsion, but I think itâs time for inXile as well. Honestly, weâre overdue for both announcements. Thatâs why I really, really hope they are announced with gameplay or in-engine footage and not just CG, because theyâve waited longer than usual to announce them. And we know Phil is sick of CGI trailers.
I reckon Midnight is 2024 and Cobalt is 2025, so itâs time to see them.
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I think Compulsionâs is more likely, but I doubt weâll see actual gameplay. If we see InXileâs game, itâll probably be a tone setting piece similar to what we saw from Fable. I hope we see both. I would love for Xbox to just throw everything out there and then say âSee, we have games. Now shut the F*** up about itâ. 
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If thatâs all they have for inXile, donât even bother. Wait until you have gameplay or in-engine footage. We have enough far out games with only CGI trailers. We donât need more.
Do what Sony did with GoW 2018 and Horizon 1. Announce with gameplay, one or two years out from release. Especially with new IPs. People are sick of CGI trailers for new IPs that tell us nothing about the game. It only works for established franchises where we know what to expect.
For example, New Vegas 2? Totally fine to show a really early CGI trailer. But for Midnight and Cobalt, please announce with gameplay. They waited five years to announce them, surely they have something in-engine to show. If not, wait until you do.
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Was looking up the release dates of WHF and itâs DLC and stumbled uppon that. Made me chuckle
Iâm talking about the part about Australia btw.
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Yeah, Compulsion is the studio that will most likely reveal their games. Weâll see what ends up being shown.
I tend to agree, but I just really want to know what theyâre working on and would love to see a tone setting piece or a small 2-3 minute doc piece where people from InXile were explaining what the game is. I donât think we see it for exactly the reasons you listed though.
Far as I can see the Starfield show is co branded with Bethesda and Xbox.
The main show is not.
I donât think we are going to see anything in the main show from Bethesda.
I know people argue this is just a branding change but Iâm not so sure.
Bethesda are preserving their branding so one would imagine theyâd have their name associated with the show if they were showing anything?
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Why do I get a feeling Persona 6 is gonna be there
That alone will be better than PS Showcase because of the message of relationship. Icing will be Game Pass Day One.
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I feel like theyâll announce that at a more Japan focused event, but who knows.