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@Banjo- Man, I would have loved to play the Wii games back in the day! Sadly, I skipped the Wii (I played mostly with PS3 for that generation). In fact, before the announcements, I was tempted to buy a second hand Wii to play them.

@EvilSilentFrame You're right, Crimson Butterfly was released on Xbox, I forget that. I was a PS2 guy those days, so I played the first two there and the physical copy of Crimson Butterfly is one of my most precious gaming items . I played 3 on PS3, which was nice, because physical copies of that one were scarce and expensive!

@EvilSilentFrame I surely hope Koei Tecmo (if the rumours you saw are true) will reconsider! As you say, I will take the game as they are (I am quite fond of Crimson Butterfly, btw - it brings back some of the finest gaming experiences in my life). IIRC, the first three (correct me if I am wrong) were (are?) available on the PS3 digital store, so maybe they can do something on that vein?

Nice news for my mate @Banjo- !

Can't wait for this one. Hope we can get the first 3 titles in some form!

@themightyant Yes! It is very cool, indeed. So @Banjo-, if you want to try it, this is the way to go.

About Hellbalde 2, I would love to see it in 2023...but I don't have any hope for this year. Probably, we will only get some release window, not an exact date.

Of course, a shadow drop would be lovely (but highly unlikely)!

@Kaloudz hahaha I know! I have most of the games I would like to play already, and by noticing this, I realized that I am big a Ubi fan, XD.

@J_Mo_Money I am with you on this one, friend! Ubi, gave us a sequel to Immortals!

That Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water discount is great for those who haven't tried it yet. And Mask of the Lunar Eclipse is right around the corner

@themightyant I know, right? Too much complaints about 2022 being "dry" on games, but we had a blast last year with absolute bangers on each front (Xbox, PS, Nintendo)! This year looks great too, tbh.

About the list, the most anticipated, for me, is Hellbalde 2 even though I doubt it will see the light of day this year. I am happy just to get it whenever it is ready

@BrilliantBill @FraserG Yes, I checked if I can buy Prince of Persia, but it wasn't even listed here in México.

Three things...

Very nice to see a mostly bug free game (finally!). The level of polish in this game is great, great, great! Great work overall.

Good to see a new IP joining the lineup. It is a breath of fresh air, indeed.

And 808 is awesome! You can't go wrong with a cat

@Mrzoomer Hybrid Heaven? Cool man! I think I played that one before Goldeneye (it was cheaper, because it was relatively unknown). And this along with Castlevania 64 were my first 3D games. I still remember how I went "wow"! Those games looked "super realistic" for me (at the time of course). I felt like playing a movie, lol. Those were the days...

@Banjo- It would be very nice if they add this one to the FPS Boost program.

Oh man, those times when the frame rate hit the 10s and 20s, it felt like if you were playing in slow mo! Even with that, it was beautiful in its own kind of way.

And now, with a (mostly stable, I think) 30fps it feels sooo good. I have never emulated it but with 60fps I will be a blast, that's for certain!

@Mrzoomer I don't know if all these are retro, but on the top of my head:

Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow (I think it was released for the SNES and it's on Steam and GOG), a shooter/platformer with Donald Duck as protagonist. It is very simple, but it was colourful, dynamic, and it had great music.

Also I loved the Tiny Toons games (of the NES era I think) and the Robocop games (there was a crossover one with Terminator, methinks - I would love to see these ones on the new cartridges that the retro market releases from time to time for the retro consoles).

On the more modern ones, I would say Soul Reaver 1&2 (classics!), Killer7 (obviously, with my profile pic showing it), the old Castlevanias (I play IV every now and then), and even two lost "gems" of the N64 era - Body Harvest and Hybrid Heaven.

BTW, I would love if Konami and Nintendo bring back Castlevania 64 and the aforementioned Hybrid Heaven on their NSO service. Good memories, good formative games of the 3D era

By the way, congrats! ☺️

@Mrzoomer Yeah, agreed with you on that! There is so much bloat (sometimes mandatory, and that's the worst kind of bloat) in games these days. I prefer to dwelve in the old days, where games where fun, tight and focused. I love Goldeneye 007 even in this imperfect and janky way.

@Kaloudz Haha, the cool kids with their VR games and new IPs. I am feeling like a grumpy man that thinks "Where have all the good times gone?" (with The Kinks song in my mind, lol).

@Kaloudz Cool that it works now, mate! .

About the game, I will be interested to see what the young'uns think about it, lol.

I played it last night (26th). I loved it as much as when I played it for the first time. Top notch game design, IMO.

@Kaloudz Are they still locked? Have you checked the achievements section on the dashboard?

I think they were locked last night or not functioning when I played the first 4 missions. However, I saw the achievements section on the home menu and I saw I got them, it just happened that the "pop" notification (the one that appears on screen) wasn't showing them to me.

Hope it helps, had a blast last night when I downloaded it!

@Kaloudz mummy? Lol!

@Kaloudz Fully agreed with you, mate.

I respect people who decides not to consume/buy/like something (VG, music, books) based on the creators life...but if we start to apply that criterion, we would have to cut out a lot of great art made in the past centuries.

@Tharsman Yes. I guess the reputation of the game made it possible, because all the licensing hell would have buried a less known game.

And about the show, Redfall looks great! Before the show, it was "meh", but now I am interested.

Glad to have the MP options, but if it can be played solo, I will be delighted with a focused campaign.

@Balta666 @Kaloudz Glad to see I am not alone on that one 😅! Tried Metal: Hellsinger, but it was too complex for me, lol.

@Kaloudz That's a really nice idea, indeed!

@Kaloudz I know, mate! I am starting to feel like that old Steve Buscemi meme whenever I see those young, brave new gamers with their Elden Rings and soulslikes, borneslikes, metroidvaniasoulslikes and whatchamacallit 😂.

I can't wait to try the 00 difficulty again! Let's see how many "zeroes" are left in this old body of mine.

@themightyant You have the right way of thinking!

But I have verified how I have aged when some middle of the road modern game played on "normal" (like High On LIfe, which I kinda liked but also I acknowledge is very flawed) crushes me every five minutes, lol.

@Banjo- Yes, indeed! Rare Replay is a great collection and this is the first time I play Conker .

@Kaloudz I did the 00 difficulty too, and indeed it was brutal, like @themightyant said. But, tbh, I think is wasn't as brutal as some "standard" difficulty of more modern games I have tried recently.

Or maybe it's me that's getting older and slower, lol

@Banjo- hey, one can only hope, right?

BTW, playing Conker on the Rare Replay collection.

@Banjo- Man, I would shake oyur hand as I know this one is one of your faves .

Hello guys at Pure Xbox staff, you planning to have a review soon?

Yei! Friday I will be running home to play it...

"For England, James...".

@Banjo- @Lup Agree with both of you, guys.

@Tharsman Thanks for the insight, mate! Nice comment.

It does suck, indeed, but like you said, the important thing is to keep it as worker friendly as possible.

Because, in the company that I work right now...well, they can be downright cruel.

@Clankylad @Kaloudz I felt that way too with the vanilla version of P5.

Hey, I love P5 as much as anyboby else. But it felt tooo much, even if I liked most of it. I threw the towel around the 80 hours mark to never return...

Now, I want to try and finally beat P5R and see if this is indeed a "better" version (having played Strikers and SMTV last year).

I would like to make a Persona-thon and beat 3,4 and 5 this first half of year, but that would be lying to myself, lol.

@Kaloudz I completely empathize with that.

One night, I played the first one with the lights off. It was 1 a.m., maybe 2 a.m. when I switched off the console. Man, big mistake staying so late with that game, lol. I couldn't sleep that night, because every single little noise I heard reminded me of those bloody ghosts!

@Kaloudz Agreed, my man!

I would love to see remasters of the three first Fatal Frame/Project Zero games. I remember them looking so cool and scary on PS2. Sadly, this is highly unlikely considering it is a very modest franchise sales wise.

I know Ubisoft ha smade some wrong choices and all that about the toxic working environment...that's all their own fault, to be honest.

BUT...I have liked their games since the late 90's, and I can honestly say that I spent many happy days enjoying their output. So, I would like them to get their act together sooner than later and start making some smart moves, even if it seems unlikely.

Played Scarlet Nexus back in March, I think...not a bad game by any means, but it didn't hook me like others GP games did. Sad to see it go, though.

@FraserG No worries! I hope everyone on the staff recovers soon!

Maybe Shredder's Revenge. But I am pcurrently playing A Plague Tale: Requiem and yet to start Pentiment...

@Banjo- Agreed!

I think QR is a little touch that neverless seems truly next gen for me.

@somnambulance I am with you, love Remedy.

I know MS play with Game Pass is aimed at the long run...but, to me, thier approach is kinda odd.

Like other gamers have said, GP is great value for a certain market. BUT, outside of those already subbed and people who come to sites like this, there is like ZERO advertising for what it is the stellar gaming program of MS/Xbox.

Of course, the severe lack of first-party/exclusive games is hurting the program too. I wonder if MS will be pushing hard GP in 2023...

@UltimateOtaku91 Totally agree! That one is way cooler.

@Kaloudz Oh yeah, I don't remember exactly, but I think it was in the 360 era. In fact, my account was created around that time, so I have many games there.

But nevertheless, I will take my chances, all for the sake of playing playing Super Mario RPG! (Just kidding, LOL).

@Kaloudz that's crazy!

Until you said so, I wasn't aware that you could loose all your games attached to your account. I t makes one extra cautious, I guess.

@Kaloudz I was wondering what's the worst it can happen? But yeah, losing ALL your games linked to your account is a big deal, lol.

Looks great! I'll try this one.

@FraserG Great and useful idea! I will want more articles like this

@somnambulance Hope you're right, if AW2 is on the same level (or better) than Control, count me happy!

Sorry, I may be part of te problem here, but Alan Wake is one of my all time faves - so I just bought it on Switch (but haven't tried it yet).

Currently, now I have the original X360 game (which plays beautifully with FPS Boost, like @Kezelpaso said), the Remastered version (on PS5 - just love to have it on a PS platform too) and now on Switch.

I am a sucker for Remedy games - now, bring back Quantum Break to the shared universe (with a sequel, maybe)!