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This is perhaps all they should have done with Sands of Time as well rather than botch a remake.

@DirtDragon Sadly I am not a boomer and have a few more years before I leave this planet. I'm working on it though with an unealthy diet. Fingers crossed for that heart disease soon.
Would I like a world without adverts? Yes. Is that ever going to happen? Not unless I go and live off the grid.
Adverts are everywhere. On most people's clothing, in games via skins, on the sides of cars, all over social media. This was one of the least egregious forms of advertising in my opinion. If this is one of the worst for you then fair enough but some of the reactions were a little over the top.

@ZYDIO Games are ads in themselves these days with all the skins you can get. I don't have a problem with a screen that I can cancel off in a second and doesn't appear all the time. I would prefer it if it wasn't there but I'm not going to lose sleep over it. Forcing me to watch a video ad would be a big no though.
I used to hate watching TV as every 15 minutes you get the same adverts. I couldn't tell you the last advert I watched as I don't watch broadcast TV anymore to avoid them.

We are so used to not having to put up with adverts any more that when we do we over react it seems. These companies have to force these things down our throat in some way. A quick button press to get rid is fine. If we have to start sitting through a video ad then burn your console or sacrifice it to the God's or whatever. For now just press the cancel button and move on.

Gollum for 99% off?

Why would you get the one for the same price without COD as even if you aren't a fan you could trade it for something else?

Pac Man World Re-Pac only 50% off now. Guess I missed the boat on that one.

Activision have a load of studios with their eggs all in the COD basket. Hopefully Microsoft will sort that out.

I assume Ubisoft will give Microsoft mates rates for licensing Activision games to stream on Game Pass.

Burnout, Mario Kart, Wipeout, F-Zero are all above Forza for me. Forza is good but it doesn't have the fun factor of those franchises in my opinion. I remember vividly playing those over the years but nothing really sticks out about Forza.

Cyberpunk 2078. Releasing in 2078 going by how far in advance they announced the last one.

@Spider-Kev Sounds to me like you are part of the pet master race lol.

@Spider-Kev Sounds to me like you are a dog fanperson!

So according to these reviews it's on par with Superman 64. Seems about right I am sure. I'll make my mind up when I get home and can try it out but I have a feeling it will be a bit better than a 0 or a 1.

I'll barely see it assuming the game supports quick resume and doesn't crash often.

@ZuneTattooGuy You don't have to unsell it to me. I was getting tired of the routine ny the end of the original game and Miles Morales was just long enough to not outstay its welcome although I had feelings of deja vu playing it. I'll wait for the new one to hit PS Plus anyway.

@Fiendish-Beaver You sound worse than me on the game collection front.
Remember Me was a solid game. I played it on PS3 though. Think it was a PS Plus title at some point.

@Kaloudz Definitely the biggest on Xbox and biggest new IP but we have already had Zelda and still have Mario and Spider-Man to come.

Finishing up A Plague Tale Requiem and then finishing up Spiderman Miles Morales.

I will probably buy the expansion in a future sale or as part of a Super Duper Ultra Max edition further down the line. Not in any rush to pay £6 a day to play a game early with DLC teased for the future.

@smoreon I didn't even know their music was in a previous game. I guess I blocked that out.

@smoreon I'd forgotten about them. Turns out they are still chugging along and released an album earlier this year so they can't bring them back as it appears they never left. They are just dying a slow death as their fan base peels off.

As long as that music isn't in the game I'll be happy. I don't think any modern music would suit the game to be honest. It looks like it will be fun so just got to hope the price is right. If not it will be 50% off within a month.

Microsoft as a whole should just pull out of the UK and we'll see how that goes. Support what is already here as much as it has to but all new products cancelled.

I am ready for the usual suspects to be on sale with a handful of new games just to spice things up a little.

If you look forward to all 50 of these games then you are going to very busy this year.

The tiles take up around 50% of the screen and the area where most of the meat of that background lives so it leaves you with a nice black background.

This lawsuit is probably costing them more than if they each bought a Series S/X if the games they want ever stop coming to the system they own.

@Edwirichuu Sadly I have no idea. It is in my backlog. I just picked a game that I knew was long.

@EvenStephen7 In my heyday I could have done it. Life gets in the way of gaming these days and I am lucky if I can squeeze in a couple of hours a day.

@Nightcrawler71 I didn't say it would be easy but 10 hours a day if you aren't at school or working and give up any social life then you could just manage it.

How can you do a year in review until the year is over or almost over? With 2 weeks left of the year you could still knock out Persona 5 Royal if you don't have any other commitments.

@Sveakungen I made a bad joke about the fact that there is new simulator on Xbox every week it seems and this game made the joke very easy. I was not commenting on the quality of the game as I haven't played it so can't judge it.

They are really scraping the bottom of the cauldron with these simulators now.

Nintendo need to pipe up and say that they want COD on Switch and that is what Microsoft said they wanted to do if the deal goes through.

@Nugziam The only information they are getting from my searches of 'wigdvdjjfbrbrj' is that this guy is just doing this for the points.

It will be 50% off within a month when the inevitable sale happens.

Had to bite at that price for the 2TB. Hopefully this time I get 2TB. Last time I ordered from elsewhere I had to return as the box said 2TB but someone had resealed it and it had a 1TB inside which was a headache to deal with customer services to sort.

Is it going to feature all the latest slang terms like "wizard", "ace" and "hot diggity dog" so all the kids will play it?

@rhyno_888 The PS3 version was an enhanced version of the DS game from 2010 I believe.

@Murray They've got to play nice until the Activision deal goes through. That's when the gloves will come off.
I don't actually think they will put PS dollars at risk with those sort of tactics in the short term though but who knows long term.

At least the Xbox version can be purchased as a one off rather than being locked behind a subscription.

@Royalblues It took me 5 nights at 2-3 hours a time. Xbox says 13.5 hours but that is for full 1000g. I was a bit pants with the end boss and another bit near the end which cost me a bit of time.
@Kaloudz It is good for a linear game. I prefer a bit of exploration but the story and voice acting are top notch. Nice and fresh in my brain for the sequel.

Finished Innocence last night after finding out it was about to leave. Ready for this new one next month.

I'd been holding off on Plague Tale for a while. This gave me the proverbial kick up the rear to get it done. Luckily it is a fairly short game. At least it will be fresh in my memory for the sequel soon.

I was half hoping they'd knock a few pennies off the RRP everywhere just to see how that would play out.

@RicebinBernacky I could watch Todd Browning's Freaks every month it is that great a movie at 90 years old. Not saying Goldeneye is that good but I get why people want to play classics without having to resort to a retro set up or likely sub par emulation.

I'd be all over a 3DO2 or 4DO. I am sure the name could be brought for pocket change for Elon to make it happen.

I've gone all Beavis and Butthead with this game's title.

They gave away Torchlight almost 3 years ago. Seem to be getting a lot of repeats on the 360 side these days even though they added a load of new titles to backwards compatability last November.