@UndyingInsurgent95 nah that's fair, I had the exact same thoughts and figured you'd have the same strong feelings about it haha Can't wait till I get a playtest invite from 'PulluP' 😂 Also, I see you changed it 👀 What is it now The Surge?
@UndyingInsurgent95 nahhh, really tempted because I genuinely think it looks great. It's a looter shooter that's right up my alley.
But I don't think it's worth its mrsp, besides with their stance on the battle pass system I'm not really missing out on anything if I get it down the line instead.
If anything it'll be more worthy of my money.
Also, my gpu is running out next month and I don't think I'm gonna extend it, at least not right away.
The game wouldn't be as playable without it.
Only two weeks left for Banishers though, I'm not picking it up but assume you are so I hope the game's great!!
P.S. I preferred your Atlas Fallen pfp
@UndyingInsurgent95 I played the suicide squad beta for about four hours, thought the campaign was great.
Pretty small sample size for sure but I don't think it's gonna be as bad as people make it out to be.
I thought it was better than the first four hours of Marvel's Avengers.
@StylesT same, props to Troy. I thought that if they had actually gotten Ford they would've promoted the hell out of it. But the resemblance was a bit too uncanny at times.
Ima miss the lock on to invincible mfers. Still running medium, switched to the AKM. It's so hard sometimes but when it flows the game is a blast, literally.
I personally loved it, plays great. Didn't have any bugs/glitches/crashes in my 4 hours of playtime. Combat was good, cutscenes were great. But I'd be dumb to buy it at launch, looks set to be a very deep discount title within the first two months.
Out of these I think I've only played Asylum maybe two years back and it bored me to death. The constant stealth got to me, too linear and some puzzles were mad annoying. Enjoyed my time with Knight more. @Kaloudz you gotta get on The Batman (2022) Kaloudz, what a movie that is 😮💨
@RBRTMNZ I just wanna counter by saying that your critique might be missed nonetheless.
Sometimes someone can't quite put their finger on why they don't or can't like a game as much as they would want, your input might be critical.
And yh I know people aren't waiting for 'negative' comments, or anything really that shoots down their fav game or game they just liked but I wanna point out that even though it might not look it, your critique might very well be underappreciated mate.
Know at least that I appreciate both sides of the coin in an argument. 🫡
@Edwirichuu Valhalla is probably the biggest game, and proper ubisoft open world. You won't run out of things to do. If however you're bored of the ubi open world formula try any of the older games ( anything before Origins). Do however be mindful of how outdated they can be, they don't really have 'combat', some look pretty ugly and bugs are still aplenty. Also if you want a proper introduction to the whole Abstergo narrative then again the older games are the ones to recommend as a starting point. 1st game is backwards compatible. AC2, brotherhood and revelations (so 2nd-4th games in the series) are part of ezio's trilogy, which isn't a direct sequel to the first game, but cheap enough on sale and rather fun, albeit, again rather outdated.
@jedinite nah no worries, I love reading up on people's experiences with older games because it's stuff I missed out on during my childhood. I don't even know any of those retro games 😭 But as far as newer games go yh I can't wait to get around to AW2 as well, loved the hell out of Lies of P, probably my goty this year, really loved Remnant 2 as well. And Robocop looks pretty amazing, glad the dev is going from strength to strength. Their terminator game looked a bit off haha, here's to hoping they do a Judge Dredd game after this, I need more of those 80s movies inspired games 😮💨
@jedinite yakuza 0 was my first yakuza game, and one of the first few games I played for context.
I played it for 55 hours. Prolly was more like 50, but spent some hours doing random stuff from the trophy list.
There was this one cheev for instance that had you walking around the town until someone would light a cigarette for you.
Very trivial thing but as the majority of gamers just run around it's a very neat thing to just experience. Makes it all feel more alive.
The average playtime would depend on your playing habits I suppose, if you like playing story heavy games, lots of cutscenes in a relatively small sandbox then you'll probably spend a similar time on it, or even more.
On the other side of the coin you might dislike the amount of cutscenes in it, especially towards the beginning when they try to setup the story. The game isn't very interactive just yet at those stages and it's one of the main complaints I've seen very often.
In that case, if you were to somewhat 'rush' it I still think you'll play it for about 20 hours give or take.
And yh you're right lots of modern day sensibilities, just say your say tbh
Sorry for the rambling, been a while since I played it, brings forth some very fond memories.
If you manage to get around to playing it I hope you love it as much as many others do, used to be one of my favorite ps exclusives before it got ported over, I'm glad it's more readily available now.
Edit: seems I misremembered, according to truetrophies I've played yakuza 0 for 65 hours.
@jedinite granted I only played P5 I don't think the two series share a similar look.
Beyond being japanese sega games they don't really share much of a resemblance.
Persona games are anime style and yakuza looks kinda realistic.
Hell people used to call the yakuza games gta clones, don't think I've ever even seen anyone call em a jrpg at least before some of them turned into turn based games a few years back.
Also if you wanna give the yakuza games a chance I'm of the opinion that yakuza 0 is a better starting point. (Like many others actually).
Like someone else on here mentioned this gaiden is a spinoff to bridge the gap between games. It also references lots of events from the older yakuza games.
How tf has it been two years already 😂
That's crazy. Be cool if we got one next year with the dud that's FM.
More importantly, what would the setting be.
Looks like TDU has got Hong Kong and flashy night neon lights on lock. I'd still wanna see what they do with Asia though.
Not too surprised, back in October they announced the alpha and I've been waiting for any news on it since. It is looking good though, at this point they might as well take more time and try to release it a bit before fifa hits to gain traction and maybe nick some of their users.
Definitely on the way up but still a pretty terrible year in my opinion given that ghostwire released last year the only redeeming aspect was hi-fi rush. FM had too many issues holding it back and redfall was plain terrible. Only a few hours into starfield though.
Can't speak on resi 4 but the sotc remake has def been robbed of a goty nomination, maybe even a W though I don't think they ever would've in 2018. 😮💨
@UndyingInsurgent95 that's very par for the course lol, get those gains G 😤 Yeah I noticed the new pfp, reckon the hype's building 👀 I actually finally got a playtest inv btw for insurgency, but I've already played that years ago so I didn't give them a reply. Still holding out hope to get a Banishers inv or sth haha And yeah I'm doing well, I'm glad to hear you're doing better as well, looking forward to your future contributions 🫡
Toilet paper holder in a CE is crazy 😂 @UndyingInsurgent95 you're back!!! Your presence has been missed on focus home articles, hope you're doing well 🫡
Game's great. Played two consecutive days with the same two dudes and had a great time with it. They did some marginal improvements over the beta now all that's left is to see if they can add meaningful updates over time. Like Kaloudz says the only thing that can bring it down is lack of support.
@DennisReynolds that's fair. In that case I hope they manage to beat your expectations man.
@Kaloudz you watched the blade movies? Didn't somehow die during the rave scenes and that disco fight in the first movie?
@DennisReynolds their last game was deathloop, granted youngblood wasn't the best but I'd like to think that was mostly to do with Arkane Austin. Don't think we have anything to fear
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Re: These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (January 29 - February 2)
@UndyingInsurgent95 nah that's fair, I had the exact same thoughts and figured you'd have the same strong feelings about it haha
Can't wait till I get a playtest invite from 'PulluP' 😂
Also, I see you changed it 👀
What is it now The Surge?
Re: These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (January 29 - February 2)
@UndyingInsurgent95 lmao and I thought I was a big fan of theirs 😂
How do you feel about their name change?
Changing it to PulluP
Re: These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (January 29 - February 2)
@UndyingInsurgent95 nahhh, really tempted because I genuinely think it looks great. It's a looter shooter that's right up my alley.
But I don't think it's worth its mrsp, besides with their stance on the battle pass system I'm not really missing out on anything if I get it down the line instead.
If anything it'll be more worthy of my money.
Also, my gpu is running out next month and I don't think I'm gonna extend it, at least not right away.
The game wouldn't be as playable without it.
Only two weeks left for Banishers though, I'm not picking it up but assume you are so I hope the game's great!!
P.S. I preferred your Atlas Fallen pfp
Re: These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (January 29 - February 2)
@UndyingInsurgent95 I played the suicide squad beta for about four hours, thought the campaign was great.
Pretty small sample size for sure but I don't think it's gonna be as bad as people make it out to be.
I thought it was better than the first four hours of Marvel's Avengers.
Re: Saints Row's Price Appears To Have Been Permanently Slashed On Xbox
@Lup that was originally my plan as well but didn't manage to get through it all, quite a bore after the first few hours
Re: Xbox's New Indiana Jones Game Swaps Out Harrison Ford's Voice
@StylesT same, props to Troy.
I thought that if they had actually gotten Ford they would've promoted the hell out of it.
But the resemblance was a bit too uncanny at times.
Re: The Finals Update 1.5 Now Live On Xbox, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Update the revolver damage already 😮💨
Re: Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered Features Modern Control Scheme & 'A Few More Surprises'
@__jamiie why's that lol? Nothing wrong with the games is there
Re: These Seven Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (January 18 - February 6)
@Deljo I remember the days of old 😮💨
Re: The Finals Update 1.4.1 Arrives After 'In-Depth Review' Of Aim Assist Mechanics
Ima miss the lock on to invincible mfers.
Still running medium, switched to the AKM.
It's so hard sometimes but when it flows the game is a blast, literally.
Re: Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League NDA Partially Lifted, Players Share Their Early Impressions
I personally loved it, plays great. Didn't have any bugs/glitches/crashes in my 4 hours of playtime.
Combat was good, cutscenes were great.
But I'd be dumb to buy it at launch, looks set to be a very deep discount title within the first two months.
Re: Poll: How Often Do You Buy DLC Packs & Expansions For Your Games?
Don't think I've bought any DLC since 2017.
Re: Five Years On, Batman: Arkham Collection Is Dominating The Xbox Charts Once Again
@Kaloudz no sarcasm. I love the movie to bits
Re: Five Years On, Batman: Arkham Collection Is Dominating The Xbox Charts Once Again
Out of these I think I've only played Asylum maybe two years back and it bored me to death. The constant stealth got to me, too linear and some puzzles were mad annoying. Enjoyed my time with Knight more.
@Kaloudz you gotta get on The Batman (2022) Kaloudz, what a movie that is 😮💨
Re: Talking Point: What Are Your Gaming Resolutions For 2024?
@themightyant gonna miss your comments on here and eurogamer 🥲
Re: Talking Point: What Are Your Gaming Resolutions For 2024?
@RBRTMNZ that's very fair, good on you for that insight fr
Re: Talking Point: What Are Your Gaming Resolutions For 2024?
@RBRTMNZ I just wanna counter by saying that your critique might be missed nonetheless.
Sometimes someone can't quite put their finger on why they don't or can't like a game as much as they would want, your input might be critical.
And yh I know people aren't waiting for 'negative' comments, or anything really that shoots down their fav game or game they just liked but I wanna point out that even though it might not look it, your critique might very well be underappreciated mate.
Know at least that I appreciate both sides of the coin in an argument. 🫡
Re: Here's What Might Be Leaving Xbox Game Pass In February 2024
@Kaloudz 😭😭
Re: Here's What Might Be Leaving Xbox Game Pass In February 2024
@Kaloudz be a shame imo I loved em both.
Did you even get through SW3? Quite flashy at times
Re: The Xbox Series S Toaster Is Real, And It's Out Now In The US
@Balie3000 I don't know man, if they could give us a deep fry series s that'd be dope.
Re: These Seven Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (January 4-16)
@awp69 first time I've seen you disappointed by gamepass, very unlike you awp 👀
Re: These Seven Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (January 4-16)
@Edwirichuu Valhalla is probably the biggest game, and proper ubisoft open world.
You won't run out of things to do.
If however you're bored of the ubi open world formula try any of the older games ( anything before Origins).
Do however be mindful of how outdated they can be, they don't really have 'combat', some look pretty ugly and bugs are still aplenty.
Also if you want a proper introduction to the whole Abstergo narrative then again the older games are the ones to recommend as a starting point.
1st game is backwards compatible.
AC2, brotherhood and revelations (so 2nd-4th games in the series) are part of ezio's trilogy, which isn't a direct sequel to the first game, but cheap enough on sale and rather fun, albeit, again rather outdated.
Re: Starfield Wins Steam's 'Most Innovative Gameplay' Award
That's ridiculous 😂
In a year as good as 2023?!?!?
The game isn't wholly bad but exactly what parts of its gameplay were innovative 🤔
Re: Pure Xbox Game Club January 2024: Like A Dragon Gaiden
@jedinite nah no worries, I love reading up on people's experiences with older games because it's stuff I missed out on during my childhood.
I don't even know any of those retro games 😭
But as far as newer games go yh I can't wait to get around to AW2 as well, loved the hell out of Lies of P, probably my goty this year, really loved Remnant 2 as well.
And Robocop looks pretty amazing, glad the dev is going from strength to strength.
Their terminator game looked a bit off haha, here's to hoping they do a Judge Dredd game after this, I need more of those 80s movies inspired games 😮💨
Re: Pure Xbox Game Club January 2024: Like A Dragon Gaiden
@jedinite yakuza 0 was my first yakuza game, and one of the first few games I played for context.
I played it for 55 hours. Prolly was more like 50, but spent some hours doing random stuff from the trophy list.
There was this one cheev for instance that had you walking around the town until someone would light a cigarette for you.
Very trivial thing but as the majority of gamers just run around it's a very neat thing to just experience. Makes it all feel more alive.
The average playtime would depend on your playing habits I suppose, if you like playing story heavy games, lots of cutscenes in a relatively small sandbox then you'll probably spend a similar time on it, or even more.
On the other side of the coin you might dislike the amount of cutscenes in it, especially towards the beginning when they try to setup the story. The game isn't very interactive just yet at those stages and it's one of the main complaints I've seen very often.
In that case, if you were to somewhat 'rush' it I still think you'll play it for about 20 hours give or take.
And yh you're right lots of modern day sensibilities, just say your say tbh
Sorry for the rambling, been a while since I played it, brings forth some very fond memories.
If you manage to get around to playing it I hope you love it as much as many others do, used to be one of my favorite ps exclusives before it got ported over, I'm glad it's more readily available now.
Edit: seems I misremembered, according to truetrophies I've played yakuza 0 for 65 hours.
Re: Pure Xbox Game Club January 2024: Like A Dragon Gaiden
@jedinite granted I only played P5 I don't think the two series share a similar look.
Beyond being japanese sega games they don't really share much of a resemblance.
Persona games are anime style and yakuza looks kinda realistic.
Hell people used to call the yakuza games gta clones, don't think I've ever even seen anyone call em a jrpg at least before some of them turned into turn based games a few years back.
Also if you wanna give the yakuza games a chance I'm of the opinion that yakuza 0 is a better starting point. (Like many others actually).
Like someone else on here mentioned this gaiden is a spinoff to bridge the gap between games. It also references lots of events from the older yakuza games.
Re: Ten Of The Best Xbox Games We Didn't Get Around To Reviewing In 2023
Finished Remnant 2 two days ago, brilliant game.
One of the few that has tempted me to start a NG, on a higher difficulty as well. 😮💨
Re: Talking Point: Do You Think We'll See Another Forza Horizon Game Anytime Soon?
How tf has it been two years already 😂
That's crazy. Be cool if we got one next year with the dud that's FM.
More importantly, what would the setting be.
Looks like TDU has got Hong Kong and flashy night neon lights on lock. I'd still wanna see what they do with Asia though.
Re: Xbox Sparks Fury Over Using AI-Generated Art To Promote Indie Games
@SoulChimera word, stay safe out there dawg.
The image doesn't even look that bad at face value 😭
Re: Free-To-Play Football Game 'UFL' Delayed To 2024 Following Recent Alpha Launch
Not too surprised, back in October they announced the alpha and I've been waiting for any news on it since.
It is looking good though, at this point they might as well take more time and try to release it a bit before fifa hits to gain traction and maybe nick some of their users.
Re: In The End, Are You Happy With Xbox's First-Party Lineup For 2023?
Definitely on the way up but still a pretty terrible year in my opinion given that ghostwire released last year the only redeeming aspect was hi-fi rush.
FM had too many issues holding it back and redfall was plain terrible.
Only a few hours into starfield though.
Re: Soapbox: Remakes Like 'Resident Evil 4' Deserve To Be In The GOTY Conversation
Can't speak on resi 4 but the sotc remake has def been robbed of a goty nomination, maybe even a W though I don't think they ever would've in 2018. 😮💨
Re: Poll: What Were The Best Xbox Game Pass Additions In 2023?
SW3, Lies of P, Atomic Heart, Ishin and
Remnant 2 for me.
Edit: I forgot about Jusant.
Re: Random: 'Brink' Fan Says They'll Keep Buying Copies Until Xbox Makes A Sequel
Never even heard of it
Re: South Park: Snow Day! Launches On Xbox Series X|S March 2024
@UndyingInsurgent95 that's very par for the course lol, get those gains G 😤
Yeah I noticed the new pfp, reckon the hype's building 👀
I actually finally got a playtest inv btw for insurgency, but I've already played that years ago so I didn't give them a reply.
Still holding out hope to get a Banishers inv or sth haha
And yeah I'm doing well, I'm glad to hear you're doing better as well, looking forward to your future contributions 🫡
Re: South Park: Snow Day! Launches On Xbox Series X|S March 2024
Toilet paper holder in a CE is crazy 😂
@UndyingInsurgent95 you're back!!! Your presence has been missed on focus home articles, hope you're doing well 🫡
Re: Poll: Four Months Later, Are You Still Playing Starfield?
Can't believe it's already been 4 months. I happened to have started it today and actually quite like it.
Re: The Finals Becomes 'Top Free Game' On Xbox Following Impressive Launch
@InterceptorAlpha maybe that's a tournament thing.
4 groups of 4 teams consisting of 3 each.
Factually correct.
Re: The Finals Becomes 'Top Free Game' On Xbox Following Impressive Launch
Game's great. Played two consecutive days with the same two dudes and had a great time with it.
They did some marginal improvements over the beta now all that's left is to see if they can add meaningful updates over time.
Like Kaloudz says the only thing that can bring it down is lack of support.
Re: Site News: PX Fans, Would You Kindly Fill Out Our Reader Survey?
@Kaloudz it's really just used as an adjective lol
Re: Site News: PX Fans, Would You Kindly Fill Out Our Reader Survey?
@Titntin you're just overpowered man 😂
Re: Xbox Countdown Sale 2023 Now Live, 1400+ Deals Included
@NintendoByNature "my time has come" - Master Oogway
Re: Redfall Fans Show Off Their 100+ Hour Playtimes On Xbox In 2023
Just finished it, it's fun (with friends) but terribly broke nonetheless.
Kinda crazy this
Re: Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (December 14-17)
EAFC free play days just when the clubs playoffs are about to start, coincidence?!?? I think not.
Lesgoooo
Re: Years Later, Some People Still Believe Xbox Is Working On A 'Gears Collection'
@Zenszulu average mindset of the people asking for a bloodborne pc port lmfao
Re: It's That Time Again! Your Xbox 'Year In Review' 2023 Is Now Available
@eire-shabba could be worse. My top three on xbox is fifa, fifa and ea fc.
And also #1 on ps 😭
Re: Two More Dynamic Backgrounds Now Available On Xbox Series X|S
@NarutosBiggestFan yh the ghostwire one is sick. But I've had it for so long already I just swapped it out for this new xbox one.
Re: Free-To-Play FPS 'The Finals' Just Got A Surprise Launch On Xbox Series X|S
@Kaloudz time to go out with a bang my G
Re: Xbox Studio Arkane Is Officially Making A Marvel's Blade Game
@DennisReynolds that's fair. In that case I hope they manage to beat your expectations man.
@Kaloudz you watched the blade movies? Didn't somehow die during the rave scenes and that disco fight in the first movie?
Re: Xbox Studio Arkane Is Officially Making A Marvel's Blade Game
@DennisReynolds their last game was deathloop, granted youngblood wasn't the best but I'd like to think that was mostly to do with Arkane Austin.
Don't think we have anything to fear