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@Strawbnyan yes.

@Xbox360Gamer ah cheers. So it probably makes a small difference. I would have liked the video to mention it , even if it made no difference, but they didn’t. They just drilled home how unexpected it was that it performs better on Series X, which I found a little bizarre tbh.

@BobaTheFett you seem like the perfect sucker to drop another £600+ on a PS5 pro console. Enjoy 😂

I went with the X version, happy days! Not sure what difference to performance mesh shaders actually make, I wish DF would have at least given some indication, but they can’t dump on their golden goose console.

Either way it just goes to show, optimise properly for the Series X and there should be an advantage going forward, especially as games get graphically more demanding like Wake 2.

I’m glad this turned out well. I played the original on the 360 so will be buying this for the Series X. Remedy are magic, no one else makes games like they do.

@FraserG im like you. Not into D&D or previous BG games but I’ve been enjoying BG3, it stands on its own.

@Fiendish-Beaver I’m still on act 1. 35 hours in. I like the game overall but for me it has a few issues. I’ve been playing through as an utter ***** and to me some content seems unfinished or not very well executed if you make certain choices, I can’t really go into it without spoilers so I won’t here. I will say playing as a bad person it feels like the game massively punishes you for your choices 😂 party members have already left or I’ve killed them. I’ve had a few annoying bugs too. It’s not held my attention like I thought it would, but I’d still like to see it win GOTY.

Starfield was my most anticipated game this year and I’ve still not started it 🤣 just too much else to play. I’ll get to it though.

Skipped the Xbox one completely so no chance of owning it 😂

1 and 2 are classics, I adore those games. 3 was good too and I enjoyed 4.

5 was just okay, I thought the open world stuff hurt it more than added to it, they jumped on the unoriginal open world bandwagon like everyone else. Apart from Fenix junior, who at least has kind of an interesting arc, the cast is forgettable and I don’t care about them. That’s a massive failure, the originals were character driven, Marcus, Dom, Baird, Cole are all iconic characters but I fear those days are in the past, we ain’t allowed strong bro characters in games kicking the sh*t out of things for the most part now. I don’t hold much hope for the future of the franchise tbh.

So not only would I like to see it return to its horror roots, I’d like to play as great characters again that I can care about.

Sonys COD exclusivity deal comes to an end next year. Interesting times ahead. I doubt we’ll see much of an impact to be honest. I can’t see huge amounts of gamers dropping COD on PlayStation or huge numbers swapping to Xbox if COD gets dropped on Gamepass day one. One things for sure Microsoft are going to be swimming in even more money.

Great game glad to see its success. I’ve been chipping away at it and am currently at the end of chapter 6. It runs at a flawless 60fps and looks great, I thought it may have gotten lost in the shuffle but it’s not the case. Great stuff.

When is UE5 going to come good? It was hailed as the next best thing and so far all it’s given us are sub 1080p games with garbage performance. I think Halos engine was actually good and was the least of 343’s problems. UE5 isn’t going to save the series direction or writing.

I’m not seeing a karma thing here what am I missing? Seems like a bizarre use of the phrase 😂

Also I don’t get why the internet acts like Bobby has come up to them and punched them in the face.

Lies of P mostly. Just hit act 5. Great game.

Business is dirty.

Had high hopes for this one, ah well still enjoying Lies of P.

@InterceptorAlpha like Remedy have said, the GPU on the Series S is a big issue. Its woeful. First party Xbox games are going to be held back by that machine, I’ve said it since day 1 and will stick to my prediction.

I tried it on Gamepass, love turn based games, but this is rough. I had no crashes but performance from the off was rough, pop in everywhere and stuttering. The animations are terrible and combat doesn’t feel fluid at all to me. I was really disappointed.

@Moonglow I was talking about Square struggling and maybe realising Sonys money isn’t the best option for them anymore financially.

PlayStations business model is a whole different discussion but I think they’re learning the hard way that top end multimillion $ games isn’t sustainable in the long term.

Sonys money not cutting it anymore? SE are not in a great position, they’re struggling. Maybe they’ve realised cutting themselves off from other markets and taking money isn’t the most profitable anymore. I think they’re kind of being forced to open up due to their poor performance.

@Dan1283 I haven’t had it crash but man performance is atrocious 😅 tried the game on performance mode and it’s bad, pop in everywhere and terrible frame rate. It shouldn’t be like that it’s not pushing any boundaries with its graphics. There was a patch a couple of days ago so I don’t know what that’s done but I don’t even know if I wanna give this game another shot, what I did play was disappointing.

@Fiendish-Beaver a common thing reading the reviews is that it’s ’a great release to build on’. That’s something I don’t really like seeing in a review. How can the reviewer possibly see the future? What if they release a patch like Diablo 4’s and ruin the game (lol)?

While it’s true the game probably is a great place to build on, people are dropping their money on the game now.

Not my cup of tea FM but I’ve watched a video or 2 and read the review. Something seems ‘off’ about it graphically to me.

@MasterPlayerOne true it was built with 30fps in mind they’ve stated that. Maybe the cutbacks they had to make to get the game running on Series S allowed them to realise they can run the game at 60 with similar settings on stronger hardware. We shall see.

@MasterPlayerOne not sure what you mean? They’ve confirmed PS5 and X will have a ‘60’ fps mode.

Lamplighters league and Darktide I’ll try if I get time. Jusant looks interesting but I don’t like Dontnod as their games usually push some sort of ‘message’. If it turns out decent I may try it.

BG3 still on act 1, been busy this week so game time has been limited.

Other than that Sea of Stars and Lies of P on Gamepass. Just at the very beginning of ‘act 4’ on Lies of P.

I’ll play this it’s my type of game but it sounds like it needs patching asap. I’m happy to wait and see if issues get fixed, plenty of other stuff to play for now.

I really like this game. About 6 hours in and I think it’s great. The graphics are fantastic, enemies are interesting and fun to fight and it’s tough. I like the world it’s set in and it’s pretty linear which I think works in its favour.

I’d score it a 9 at the moment I like it that much.

Then I’ll be playing in performance mode. This game is pushing graphics hard so will be fun to see the compromises to hit 60.

Looking forward to this one, love the original.

@Pimpernel I dropped GOW:Ragnarok when BG3 came out, that game is both good and dull. It reminds me of Gears 5 in that it just has open world areas for the sake of it and the game as a whole feels less focused and suffers because of it.

You’re looking forward to Forza right? 😄

@Pimpernel I would absolutely not copy what Sony do. 3rd person open world or story driven games and little else in terms of variation. Their formula has become so stale to me personally, Ubisoft like almost. Xbox pump out a greater variety of genres from their studios they just need to be better in general.

Microsoft don’t need to buy more, they should invest in the studios they have and improve them.

I am playing BG3 and enjoying being an utter b*stard.

Sea of Stars on Gamepass still also.

@OldGamer999 yep they’re the ones. I was listening to their special podcast today about it too. I will not be interested in a console that uses the cloud, I don’t like it now and I doubt it’ll be any better in 5 years time.

@OldGamer999 if I really had to pick one I think Xbox would just nudge it right now. I’m playing more indies and double A games than ever and Gamepass is great for those titles. The leaked documents make me worry about Xbox’s vision for the future however.

@OldGamer999 choosing one of the 3 is tough. I can easily say at this point in time I can do without Nintendo, I’ve hardly picked the Switch up over the last 2 years.

Between the other 2 it’s tough but I feel for the most part both have been disappointing. I’m bored of PS current exclusives and Xbox have continued to struggle to get incredible first party titles out. Very hard to choose between the 2.

@Spider-Kev so you think they should be the only console maker and therefore console gamers would only have one market place to buy their games? That wouldn’t end well.

I’m not sure what care to their fanbase Nintendo show? They’re pretty close to an ABK or Sony with their pricing now and seem to have jumped on the remaster bandwagon charging top $ for them.

@Spider-Kev we need the big 3 for competition are you mad? I dread to think of a world with one unrivalled console company, it would be awful. All 3 companies need do better, Nintendo ain’t perfect either.

ABK make nothing of value for me, glad this is nearly over.

That’s crazy. I would have thought a split of around 60/40 in favour of S but 75/25 is significant. I still don’t like the approach Xbox took having 2 separate systems and still think we’ll see the X suffer for it going forward but as a business decision it has been a success, there’s clearly a market for it.

@InfamousOrange BG3 has mass appeal. CRPG’s in general you could argue don’t but BG3 has had massive success. It could be the genres defining moment that brings more players into it going forward.

I’m playing through when I can and while I think BG3 is a very good game I’m not sure I’d consider it as my personal GOTY, but I can understand why many would. Did MS misjudge the popularity of the game? Absolutely and they’ve lost sales from their decisions no doubt.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner what’s not fun to you is to others. If it’s too hard, don’t play it, the developers chose to take that risk, it’s their choice and like I said I see no issue with it.

There are so many games out there, one not catering to you or me doesn’t matter, play a game you enjoy (like Starfield you mentioned) while others play some games you can’t. Like I said not every game has to be for everyone. That’s okay.

Like a Dragon was phenomenal. I’ll be getting the sequel for sure. I like Ichiban more than the other Yakuza guys easy.

@NeutronBomb why? It’s a developers choice to decide the difficulty of their game. If they’re willing to not cater to a portion of gamers then I don’t see a problem with it’s their choice.

@Kaloudz Those policeman grunts are no joke 🤣

@BAMozzy ‘In some ways it’s teaching people an important life lesson’

I think there’s real value in this, if you fail, do better next time, don’t give up. That’s what make these games so rewarding and it’s also a good attitude to have outside of gaming too.

@Kaloudz it gets harder 🤣 I beat the demo and the last boss on it, yeah…. 😂

I’m a fan of the game though but it’s tough. The parrying is extremely tight and unforgiving. Not every game has to be for everybody and that’s okay.

‘We’ll share the “real” plans when we are ready’

I read that as if a villain from a movie was saying it 😂

I’m glad they didn’t. Bloody hell.

Oblivion remaster. That’s what stands out to me. Love that game.

I’d be more surprised if it wasn’t.

Why do these games have the cringiest, unlikable characters introducing you to the game and giving you stuff to do? Horizon is the same, I don’t want to interact with these people.

This is a pure Forza Horizon rip off and the review makes it sound like a pretty good one but I’m not interested.