Chaudy

Sir what exactly is there to be proud of?

Also where did he learn software/game development? You certainly do not release broken code with the aim of fixing it later.

No way Hellbalde 2 is coming out this year. Next year maybe but I'm not expecting any new first party releases this year apart from Forza and Starfield.

I think the FPS rage is more to do with people paying a premium for new consoles and then paying 70 dollars for new games. After all that money, you'd expect best quality product. So naturally some people don't like getting 30fps.

@Sol4ris fair point you make, heres to hoping Starfield is a master piece

@Sol4ris not saying I'm a master of anyone's opinion. It's freedom of speech. Say whatever you or I want. This is just an observation based on the player outcry.

The issue isn't just limited to Redfall having bugs or performance problems. It's more to do with bad game design. If it was limited to just bugs and performance then it wouldn't have been this bad, Jedi survivor launched with plenty of performance issues but still got great reviews and is doing well with players.

Redfall on the other hand has bad game design, the quests are bad, the story presentation is bad, the AI is bad, the combat doesn't feel good, these issues are beyond performance. If Xbox first party triple A games come out this bad then naturally the brand will be associated with bad quality games going forward. That's because first party triple A games have high expectations and are often on most anctipated game lists. It's a quality issue with Xbox.

@Sol4ris lol nice sarcasm but obviously it's not going to go that far for xbox to the point that they pull out of the industry all together certainly not after spending 7 odd billion on Bethesda but it is going to have long lasting implications as far associating quality is concerned with Xbox brand

This aged poorly, how much was that lying journalist paid? "GoTY contender"

I Want to know how much that journalist at God is geek was paid for calling Refall an early GOTY contender

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2023/03/redfall-dubbed-serious-goty-contender-as-hands-on-previews-go-live

The game and Xbox management have been destroyed on the Internet. People are furious and rightly so. Redfall was the final nail in the coffin for a lot of people It seems.

Titanfall 2 is one of the best games of all time. It has a cult following but obviously didn't sell well hence they never bothered with Titanfall 3.

@TakeItEasy Or like PSG in the champions league. So many great players and so much money but never win the trophy

@Chaotic_Neutral yep, last game I played on it was Hi-Fi Rush and that was 3 months ago.

I think until Starfield comes, I'll probably not subscribe.

@Dezzy70 Arkane, Bethesda etc..

First Party studio, makes First Party console Exclusive for its console but it still requires changing settings?

@Dezzy70 lol, I know how you feel. Its okay, Starfield might be good who knows

@Sebatrox I think they eventually make it 60fps right? Isn't that what they said? Post launch?

@Sebatrox they will probably fix majority of the bugs soon. So more updates probably on the way. Yh I guess account creation could be a little annoying.

Yo @Sebatrox be honest man, Console war rubbish aside. Are you actually liking Redfall? What about the technical issues? Is that not ruining the exprience?

@Markatron84 hahaha nah we're not arguing 🤣🤣 it's just fun banter.

@Sebatrox lol its just a joke 🤣

@themightyant I know right, anyway mate hope you enjoy Redfall 👍like we both say its all about personal preference and here's to hoping Starfield is still a Masterpiece

@Sebatrox logic, Forspoken = Trash because sony

Redfall = Masterpiece because Xbox.

It's even worse when you factor in that this is Arkane's first Xbox exclusive post acquisition.

If Starfield turns out to be bad then I think even the hard-core Xbox fan boys will have tough time defending the brand.

@themightyant that's exactly what I wrote on previous posts but was attacked. Its funny how the same people have now gone into hiding now that Redfall and Forspoken have practically the same reviews. I always said it was about personal preference.

It currently has the same Metacritic score as Forspoken.

If all these rumours about Redfall turn out to be true then this will be one of the worst few last weeks the Xbox brand has ever seen.

In the space of just a few weeks they've had a major acquisition blocked. Which could result in them paying $3 billion to Activision without gaining anything.

They would have a huge triple A title, (their first since Halo Infinite in 2021) be critically panned.

They've reported a slump in sales of hardware and decreased revenue.

Their big new game pass indie game (last case of benedict fox) is not sitting well with majority of the players.

Where are the reviews? So close to launch.

The game is unfinished. Its probably the most disappointing game pass addition this year. I had very high hopes. The controls are broken, the animations has problems, the story is disjointed at best, the combat so many flaws. It's honestly very disappointing.

How? There's no Lore, no story, all they'll do is use the name Vampire Survivors and create a story from scratch.

@k3lt0n 2 countries. It was blocked by US as well. That's 2 huge markets and if EU goes the same way then yes its effectively dead.

So now they are threatening the UK because they couldn't get their own way?

This acquisition has really shown these corporate clowns true colors. I'm so glad it's being blocked. It's game over for this deal. Better spend some money on your internal resources now before the brand takes another hit.

Doesn't matter what some cloud gaming service has to say. Fact is this deal isn't going through. Its blocked in the US, its now blocked in UK and in a few days it'll be blocked in the EU. There's no way Microsoft will be battling all 3 in court.

The sensible thing to do now, is to invest in their existing portfolio of studios. Let's not forget that they have 23 studios which is the most any console manufacturer has had in history. Yet the output has been poor, they launched a console with no new first party games and then had problems with Halo a year later. Last year they didn't have anything except that side scroller low budget game made by Obsidian. They've delayed Starfield twice and still haven't given Motorsport a release date despite promising it would be out by June 2023.

Maybe fix the internal studios first and then think about acquisitions. As for this deal, it's definitely dead.

Unless they fixed that horrible map, got rid of back tracking and removed the enemy respawn after healing, I'm not interested.

A couple of days ago most of you were convinced that the deal is in the bag. Goes to show none of you have any idea as to what you're even talking about.

Even now the comments are mostly ridiculous. "They should buy Sega", "they should get cod Exclusivity". "They should partner with Activision on Game pass".

None of us know what they are planning to do in the future. It's very unlikely that this deal has any sort of bright future for Xbox. This could have negative implications for the Xbox brand or it could be turned into a positive where Xbox decide to focus on what they have at home and stop the ridiculous shopping spree.

Only time will tell, one thing is for sure, it's a trillion dollar company trying to make even more money, they are not in a school playground where they will decide to take revenge on Sony by getting some sort of cod exclusivity.

I suspect the EU will follow the UK's decision and if that does happen then surely US will block the acquisition as well.

This decision has taken months and months of deliberation and its unlikely it'll be overturned. I think eventually the deal is just going to die. Microsoft may end up battling UK, US and EU in court which will not be worth it. This is probably the start of the end as far as this acquisition is concerned.

It would certainly lose its value, would be pointless to subscribe. The whole USP of game pass is day 1 first party games. If you take that away then it has no USP.

If they wanted to make money via sales then it wasn't a great idea releasing day 1 on Game Pass.

Halo as a franchise is dead. Its no longer as popular as it once was. It does still have a few die hard fans but majority of xbox gamers don't really care for it and the evidence can be seen in the number Players who play halo Infinite online on a daily basis.

Bad name choice and equally bad logo design.

I don't support any corporation as all they care about is money and are essentially the definition of greed.

Microsoft will eventually make millions jobless as they continue to invest millions in artificial intelligence which will eventually replace many jobs. But as far as the Gaming space is concerned. What good is going to come out of crying about it? Sony just needs to up their game now. This deal would only hurt Sony, If in the future CoD is made exclusive, otherwise I don't see much of impact on Playstation.

Of course it's possible to create pokemon clone but there is a huge problem.

Pokemon has been around for a very long time so the actual Pokemon like Pikachu have become so iconic and part of childhood for many people. It has that special nostalgic and emotional connection. That's something no dev team can replicate. This and the product diversity of pokemon, the cards, merchandise, anime etc is what makes It so successful

Going to play this regardless of difficulty

Resident evil 4 Remake

This is one of my all time favourite games. The setting, the story, the Gameplay, the characters. It was all very well done. Some great memories..

Recently started playing Devil May Cry 5, it still haven't finished inFamous 2, so will continue that as well.

Also thinking of starting Mafia Definitive Edition.

@SplooshDmg why did you just leak the plot of the last of us part 3? Somebody needs to take legal action here.

Watch how Sony will run and take the 10 years now

@Kaloudz yeah they have a similar article on push Square. You can see in comments it's either "Phil Spencer is scummy" or "redfall will get 6/10" 🤣

Not going to lie, the push square community hoping redfall gets bad reviews is hilarious 🤣