How massive? That's a question Bethesda's Todd Howard asked himself in the presentation, and he answered with this: 1,000 fully explorable planets, spread across 100 star systems, all accessible via player-created and customized space ships. Not only is this game the spiritual successor to Skyrim, one of the most long-lived and widely-loved RPGs of all time, but it's MASSIVE.
Knowing what we do now, it's completely understandable. Not only did it get the single longest presentation, but it closed out the show. This is the title that was widely expected to be the showpiece of the whole event, and Microsoft delivered on those expectations. It also includes an RPG-esque progression system to help you customize those powers and weapon combat. The gameplay looks to be a mix of stealth-focused and traditional FPS portions, with a heavy focus on power-based combat, a la Overwatch or Valorant. She's helped out by a predictable rag-tag group of friends, including some classic gaming archetypes like a sharpshooter, a "tech expert" with a robot dog, and more. You play as Layla Ellison, a young girl with a fairly nebulous set of mysterious powers. Apparently, a group of vampires have taken up residence there, blocking out the sun and attracting an increased number of the town's residents to their cause via cults. The previously-revealed FPS got fleshed out considerably, with gameplay footage showing a squad-based (or solo) shooter that takes place in the titular town of Redfall, Massachusetts. Microsoft gave this title a place of pride as the one it opened the show with.