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So glad this is atleast a consistent thing for most xbox studios. Can't wait to play fm with my blind buddy 🫡

@SodaPop6548 hope it turns out well. Do you think you'll be playing it in Arabic or English?

He's been saying this for years dawg, what future is he even talking about at this point, evil skynet future, total recall future, Akira future?!?! 😂
I do wonder if we'll get a gamepass drop given how stacked the month already is, I've been praying for Tales of Arise for a while now and it would actually make sense now given the expansion, but not that big of a miss if they don't.

@Beermonkey what was it like 🫡

@Kaloudz whatchu talking about, you got a whole ass conversation on your destiny 1 flawless raider post 😭😂
But yh I guess it's different for newer posts, instead of looking back at nearly a decade ago.

@Kaloudz

Most my rare achievements are unlocked simply because not a lot of people bother with side content etc... so I see it less as a rarity and more of a scarcity. If that makes sense?

Yh that makes a lot of sense, I've seen it mentioned before throughout the years. I've spoken to trophy hunters about it before, hence why trueachievement have their own score system and formulas for cheevs and whatnot which iirc was based on their actual difficulty.
Worth checking out if you haven't.
Also I suppose if you remove the rare cheevs on xbox, the whole thing might become a bit barebones 😭
On playstation you at least have bronze/silver/gold/plat.
Now whether you're against or for it, there's at least more to it in that way.
Maybe you've acquired some of my man Indy Jones tendencies and would like to see rare achievements in a museum instead 👀

@Kaloudz why? I feel like they could play a bit with the margins to denote what is and is not a rare cheev and I could be wrong because I've not gotten a cheev in a while but the different sound effect, if any, is pretty nice.
I would like to know more about rare cheevs though, I completely forgot about this side of gaming for a while now that you mention it.
Does a 'rare' achievement ever lose its rare status?
Or does a none rare achievement become rare after a while? I'm no trophy hunter so I wouldn't know.

@NeutronBomb no way 😂😂
I just watched the df direct bit on it, crazy eurogamer randomly lied about that in the article, reckon it might be a bit of miscommunication between eurogamer and bethesda US.
Thanks for letting me know, off to Eurogamer now haha

@GrumpyDev always has been, always will be 😮‍💨

Eurogamer employees must still be mad 😮‍💨

@Tomato_Goose
yhh that's true. And I'm not complaining, the more people play Control the better, one of gaming's very best experiences.
***** Remedy and Epic for not doing a physical release for Alan Wake 2 though 😤

Swear this is the fourth time or so Control is on this

@Cashews they're as similar as the comments on these articles.
God I'm glad games with gold is no more 😭

@Cashews thank you for the detailed reply, and that does make a whole lot of sense.
The soundtrack is a definite standout, especially the boss fight soundtracks.
I enjoy the linearity as well, kinda wish Tunic was more streamlined.

@Cashews not tryna flame you or anything but what do you like about it so much? Feel like I'm missing sth here
(I've played it for 13~ hours but don't think I'll continue)

Yessss Solar Ash is such a big W!
But are they really replacing 9 games leaving with just one new announcement lmao 😂

Looks like wolfenstein gameplay with some added camera shake and recoil plus battlefield like environment damage.
Add a metal soundtrack to it and it looks glorious

@Wanturo
There have been multiple vtm games since yh, mostly visual novels though.
Maybe you're thinking of Swansong?
I'm supposed to believe a new developer will get this on track within a year after it being in development hell for so long? 🤔

Gris is ***** great, barely has any dialogue but it's all about the immaculate vibes really. Great 2d platformer as well, kinda reminds me of a two dimensional 'Journey'.

Gonna be weird racing on spa again with normal cars instead of the f1 cars.
20 doesn't seem like a whole lot but I guess you can drive them in reverse as well next to what's mentioned.

@Kienda nah nvm you're right, apparently I suck even harder at maths haha

@Kaloudz forgot to mention btw I saw the thing as well a few weeks back.
I had previously only seen The Thing (2010) not even knowing who Carpenter was and I've actually always thought the 2010 version was a remake instead of a prequel.
So I watched the original The Thing, ***** was mad scary but properly enjoyable. In hindsight kinda bummed it didn't 'feel' as Lovecraftian as Prince of Darkness and Into the Mouth of Madness.
Most of all after watching so many of his movies in succession I can't quite wrap my head around if 'The Thing' is a lovecraftion horror or if the movie's supposed to just be a regular horror flick.
Definitely got more of the latter vibes from it.

@Kaloudz
If anything, Renfield's trailers are more telling of the final product than The Last Voyage of the Demeter is.
Also, Renfield nails social commentary. It's very modern in a good way.
Indiana Jones? Yeah man I watched Indy 5 the day before yesterday.
Been waiting for it to hit digital forever 😭😂, which is crazy btw cause I distinctly thought the first three movies were a bit of a letdown.
For reference I never watched the IJ movies before this year, I ran through the first four like 2 months ago.
I think they hold up pretty well actually but I dislike the whole schtick about Indy discovering something only to be captured by the bad guys, just to escape and be captured again later on.
They feel like very forced confrontations if you get my meaning.
But in the end, I always watched the next one because I foremost watch these types of movies because of the adventure part, them figuring out the puzzles, going to some exotic location and seeing mystical stuff.
I guess it's why I like the Uncharted games so damn much, and thought the movie was pretty fun and not all that bad.
I'd still rather have Mark Wahlberg as Nathan Drake though 😂
So after watching the first three I wasn't keen on watching 4 because I was led to believe it's somehow worse than the others but I ended up liking, especially Mut's character wasn't as bad as people made him out to be.
I hadn't seen the whole Greasers vs Jocks (I think) depiction in quite a while either so it felt more genuine transporting to a different era.
The s***tiest thing about IJ 4 is the ridiculous accent Cate Blanchett, apparently because it was on short notice, did through its entirety. I was cringing every time.
Ayy ngl I wrote this whole thing up before reading your last paragraph lmao, but 5's fine man. Kinda nice having a german villain again, stunts ain't all that bad either for an 80yo. The whole "I'm too old for this *****" schtick isn't drawn out either.
I prefer it over the others. Wasn't quite as good as I had hoped Mangold would make it though, I must note.
It would be cool if they manage to secure Harrison's voice actor for sure.
After 5 flopping it looks like Disney won't pursue the IP which I think is a shame, would definitely like a limited series or sth similar, wouldn't know who they could get for it though with everyone being so damn old lol.

@Kaloudz ehhh I don't want to hold you off from wanting to watch it but lemme explain nonetheless
I dunno if you've watched the BBC series (january 2020) with Claes Bang.
A three episode mini series based on some chapters from the book. I haven't watched it since but from what I can remember its second episode, based on chapter 7, handled the source material better, despite not having read the book.
The movie felt a bit lacklustre, disjointed, and not quite as thrilling as it should've been. The transition between day and night should've felt more like survival but instead it felt like just another take lol
It lacked a bit of a punch, though granted it had its better parts.
It also wasn't even the best Dracula movie this year, despite being two entirely different spins on the IP I much prefer Renfield.
Anyway don't let me get you down mate, I hope you enjoy it despite my ranting 🫡

@themightyant don't you think one could argue though that the 87 score is more likely to drop than stall or rise when the ignored parties launch their reviews 👀

Will be interesting to see who will get #1

@Kaloudz nah I haven't, never even heard of them. Apparently there are two sequels, both direct to dvd so I'll skip out on those.
But the first being a neo western action horror movie about vampires is enough to convince me. I'll watch it before the end of the week!
Actually happened to watch the Last Voyage of the Demeter yesterday, very middling and I can see why it was released on digital within nearly two weeks. It's made me wanna read Bram Stoker's Dracula, been meaning to read something else anyway.

@Kaloudz I've not seen reviews of either game anywhere. I'll be watching the DF vid on Starfield so I'll know what settings I might need to play with beyond the usual ones and just as a general idea of what to expect performance wise. Other than that I'll try and go in as blindly as possible.
A friend of mine convinced me to play Sea of Stars and I wasn't interested in playing it prior.
By store reviews, do you mean the reviews on the console's store?
If so, I never check those anyway because it's mostly empty like there aren't any reviews or there might be a review with no text. Even if something is written up it's nonsensical.
Feel like there might be a character limit to it the way no-one manages to write anything comprehensible lol

@Kaloudz you've succesfully waited long enough to have to pay to play lol
It's pretty fun man, I quite enjoyed it years back. Suppose it's gotten way better since as well. Would recommend (not for the story though)

@OrfeasDourvas proper xbox gamer lol
@Kaloudz ayyy I'm tryna have Sea of Stars tie me over as well untill Starfield finally releases on day +6

Bring on Dead Space and Wild Hearts already ya cowards
@Kaloudz it's an mmo tbf

@Kaloudz it's Bruce Campbell as Ash from the Ash vs Evil Dead (2013) series.
Been watching lots of horror stuff lately, Carpenter, Garland and Raimi's Evil Dead for instance.
The 2013 show is one of the best things on our not so green earth.
@Amigator ohh okay. Honestly expecting machinegames to randomly do a third person action adventure game is a bit odd yh.
Mirror's Edge but more fleshed out is a good shout, maybe a mixture of Ghostrunner in there as well but more cutscenes.

@Amigator why do you think that? I'd think Kaloudz is on the right track

@Rmg0731 it's not much of an 'internal' memo anymore yeah but I kinda like them

Yh sure, 5 was a bit limited. Well done with the skiff and all as far as transportation goes. But I'd like more.
Preferably do multiple destinations like the island in 5's dlc

@Lightweight lmao I trash people all the time but you must've done tremendously well for someone to do that 😂😂
You happen to play pro clubs and looking for a club? 👀

@Cashews you're about to get every single xbl user banned lmao 😭😂
@bpomber lmao I rate it, ya should be happy you didn't comment it anywhere on xbox else you would've been treated to a ban

@Foxx_64740 chorus is pretty damn great, but I haven't even played anything else from that list except dmc 4, which I couldn't stand because it's corny af.
If you have gamepass they recently dropped Everspace on it which I think looks pretty similar to Chorus, if you like it enough I suppose you could go for Chorus.
But they're all pretty different games tbf so depends what you're feeling.

Ah speaking of I do hope quick resume works as it should on this one

Never played Payday before, I hope 3's quality. Really looking forward to heisting with some friends 🥹

@Kaloudz just messaged you buddy

@Kaloudz ya shoulda gotten it now

@Nightcrawler71 aha, I was wondering whether they'd drop a trial. Guess I'll have to wait for the full game to drop to give it a try.

Looks nice but not all that dynamic 🤔
Gonna have to test it out meself

@Hutchilawd I'd highly disagree, feel like I mention it quite often but I think it's great.
Actually looks distinctly different compared to other racers because of the effects and it just plays well. MP is lacking in content and SP might get boring fast but it's definitely worth a try

I know for a fact I'll somehow mess up in applying the wrap and make the xbox look infinitely worse lol

@Kaloudz nah it's only the gear shop man, buy some shirts or whatever. I haven't checked the store yet but it was mostly branded merch before.
Last time I entered in 2021 I got my rewards three days after in my mailbox.
Apparently I ended in the top 2500 back then 😅

@Kaloudz huh, that's pretty surprising. Here I was thinking at least the top 10 folks must've used AI but maybe they used a different one. Or they actually just knew that much.
And yh speed must've mattered a lot, got one answer right within the last few seconds somewhere half way through and ended up staying in the exact same rank lol
Any plans for your shiny newfound tenner and the gear shop code 👀

@Kaloudz ohhhh nice, how'd Bing not manage to get you top 1 though. Did you get any answers wrong?
This is why people don't use Bing lmao

@Kaloudz #397, how about you? You get to google anything within the 12 secs?
Pretty neat btw, for some reason I thought top 500 got a $10 gift card instead of $50.