Can anyone enlighten me about what people are talking about when they refer to “x box tax” please? I keep reading it and don’t have a clue what it’s about..
@Kaloudz It is survival horror and it was very contentious at the time of release. Many fans were upset that they’d gone away from the Doom formula but many loved it (including me)
I loved Doom 2016. Doom eternal was good but I didn’t like how you needed a specific weapon to take down a certain enemy. I hope they’ve moved away from that formula and we can just blast away with our preferred weapons. Looks cool though I have to say.
@swedetrap I 💯 agree with you. I’ve played nearly 20lbs on my series X and haven’t come across one bug yet. Not to say there won’t be any but I can only give me experience. Is the game perfect. Absolutely not but a 4/10 is a joke of a score. I’d give this 8/10 and if they fix some of the issues in the game then it’ll go higher. 4/10? lol. Crazy
Can anyone explain to me why some reviews are giving this 10/10 and others like skill up don’t recommend it? I haven’t played one before and im tempted but slightly confused
I’m hugely enjoying the multiplayer tbh. A lot of fun I was surprised when I went on the BO6 community on Reddit and most absolutely hate the maps. I’m sure some people are just never happy. Sure some are a little small but sure we’ll get that evened out with DLC.
@Widey85 Get yourself a cheap copy of one of the X com games which are always on sale for dirt cheap. They’re great games with turn based combat. You’ll at least find out if you like the combat and not waste a load of money.
Fully agree with the score on this. Having had the game since early release and invested 25hrs to date its a great game. 9/10 seems about right as it definitely isn’t perfect as some reviewers have made out and is no way a 7 that IGN and Gamespot gave it. Ultimately the more I play the more fun it gets and I’m hooked.
@Halucigens I own a steam deck andI was thinking of getting BG3 on my it but have decided to purchase on PS5 as according to an awful lot of players on Reddit act 3 is unplayable.
I own both x box series x and ps5 ( I’m sure like many of us) and this wiped the floor with Sonys the other week. Exciting times ahead for x box which I haven’t switched on for months tbh.
I have to say the game looks extremely impressive indeed. My x box hasn’t had much activity over the last 6 months but this will change that for sure. Exciting.
@BlackMayge Not sure anyones throwing a fit mate. Just expressing their opinions that it’s nowhere near a 10 as I did. Everyone’s entitled to their input. Doesn’t mean they’re going off their nut about it! Lol
@Kooky_Daisuke Sorry to hear about your dog mate. We lost our family dog after 16 wonderful years last September. I was extremely upset. They give you so much love and joy. Try and think what a great life you gave him. Hope you’re doing ok.
This is a cracking game. Bought it Friday gone and it’s stopped me playing Gran Turismo and Elden Ring atm. Brilliantly fun gameplay. Addictive game loop and challenging. The 15 different characters and random room generator means every run feels fresh. Take a chance if you’ve the slightest inclination you may like enjoy this. Worth every penny. 10/10 from me
Too little too late. Game had potential in places (mostly old maps to play rush on) but way too much missing. The fact it didn’t have a scoreboard more than annoyed me as it’s such a basic thing. Felt like it was removed so peoples feelings weren’t hurt if they can’t bottom to me. Anyway there’s zero chance of me buying this game now. I’ve had all the battlefields up to this point. Too much of a game backlog and any time I do have is invested in Elden Ring and once I’m done with that I’ll be diving into Cyberpunk.
@Bmartin001 absolutely agreed I forgot about that too Absolutely can’t stand the dumb challenged rather than rewarding you for playing well. Instead let’s make the player base play game modes or use weapons they don’t want to.
Lack of game modes Lack of variety of maps Taking weeks and weeks to fix big team battle Ranking is a mess. The transactions completely over priced if that’s your bag. Etc etc
@Nibblo In the original game the risk at night absolutely made the game for me. I genuinely didn’t want to be caught out at night and did everything to get to a safe zone.
@themightyant It looks fantastic you’re right. Just upgraded from my Switch V1 and loving the upgrade. The game itself is superb. The challenge, the atmosphere, enemies, the music. There’s not one thing I’d change. It’ll definitely keep me going until the release of Silksong (hopefully in the next 12 months)
I completely understand they need to make money the game but the pricing is way too expensive for me. If they charge £10 for items such as this is be tempted. £20? Err. No thanks.
Just think 343 have missed a trick here tbh. The games free to play so they will naturally charge for cosmetics. No one has a problem with that. However if they lowered the asking price to maybe £5 -£8 for each one they would make a tonne of sales. As things stand very few people are buying them.
It’s cool. It’s halo. Grapple hook definitely adds to gameplay. Not a huge fan of the open world part tbh. Anyone else think heroic difficulty really isn’t that hard? It seems easier to me. Most enemies are going down way too easily.
@NEStalgia Same mate. I bought resident evil village on sale last week on my PS5 so enjoying playing that. Along with Infinite multiplayer I’m happy to wait the extra day to play the campaign.
Glad I got a 200mbps internet connection but honestly don’t even think that’ll be enough as the servers will be absolutely rammed with people downloading it. I’m happy to wait until Thursday to play
Resident evil village on PS5. Bought it for £23 in the PS store. Absolute bargain. Deathloop (also on a huge discount) Halo Infinite multiplayer. Happy days
That list is utterly ridiculous proving that this game should not have been released yet. They’ll be much more to come too Well they’re not having my money until 6 -12 months down the line (when it’s on sale) This is complete deja vu in relation to BF4. Oh….and put a bloody scoreboard back! I went to see how I got on as well as everyone else
It’s a mess and should never have been released yet. On series X I’ve played the 10 hour trial and it crashed multiple times. Loads of missing features and other bugs. Thank God for Halo.
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Re: Review: Avowed (Xbox) - Flashy Action & Excellent Exploration Make Up For A Surprisingly Breezy Narrative
Can anyone enlighten me about what people are talking about when they refer to “x box tax” please?
I keep reading it and don’t have a clue what it’s about..
Re: Talking Point: Will DOOM: The Dark Ages Become id's Best Modern DOOM Game?
@Kaloudz
It is survival horror and it was very contentious at the time of release.
Many fans were upset that they’d gone away from the Doom formula but many loved it (including me)
Re: DOOM: The Dark Ages Punches Onto Xbox Game Pass In May 2025
I loved Doom 2016.
Doom eternal was good but I didn’t like how you needed a specific weapon to take down a certain enemy.
I hope they’ve moved away from that formula and we can just blast away with our preferred weapons.
Looks cool though I have to say.
Re: Review: Stalker 2 (Xbox) - GSC Game World's Long-Awaited Sequel Is A Mess
@swedetrap
I 💯 agree with you.
I’ve played nearly 20lbs on my series X and haven’t come across one bug yet.
Not to say there won’t be any but I can only give me experience.
Is the game perfect. Absolutely not but a 4/10 is a joke of a score.
I’d give this 8/10 and if they fix some of the issues in the game then it’ll go higher.
4/10? lol. Crazy
Re: Dragon Age: The Veilguard Dev BioWare Thanks Fans For Support
@VisitingComet1
Cheers for your comment mate. Appreciated
I think I’ll give it a go at some point.
Re: Dragon Age: The Veilguard Dev BioWare Thanks Fans For Support
Can anyone explain to me why some reviews are giving this 10/10 and others like skill up don’t recommend it?
I haven’t played one before and im tempted but slightly confused
Re: Review: Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Xbox) - Game Pass Gets A Cracking New COD
I’m hugely enjoying the multiplayer tbh.
A lot of fun
I was surprised when I went on the BO6 community on Reddit and most absolutely hate the maps.
I’m sure some people are just never happy.
Sure some are a little small but sure we’ll get that evened out with DLC.
Re: It's Finally Time! Baldur's Gate 3 Is Available Now For Xbox Series X|S
@Widey85
Get yourself a cheap copy of one of the X com games which are always on sale for dirt cheap.
They’re great games with turn based combat.
You’ll at least find out if you like the combat and not waste a load of money.
Re: Review: Starfield - Bethesda Serves Up Its Best RPG Yet In A Messy, Exciting And Emotional Space Odyssey
Fully agree with the score on this.
Having had the game since early release and invested 25hrs to date its a great game.
9/10 seems about right as it definitely isn’t perfect as some reviewers have made out and is no way a 7 that IGN and Gamespot gave it.
Ultimately the more I play the more fun it gets and I’m hooked.
Re: Phil Spencer Gives His Thoughts On Baldur's Gate 3's Xbox Series S Issues
@Halucigens
I own a steam deck andI was thinking of getting BG3 on my it but have decided to purchase on PS5 as according to an awful lot of players on Reddit act 3 is unplayable.
Re: Xbox's Internal Teams Are No Longer Making Games For Xbox One, Confirms Exec
@InterceptorAlpha
Lol ….enjoy mate
Re: Xbox's Internal Teams Are No Longer Making Games For Xbox One, Confirms Exec
@InterceptorAlpha
Can you have a launch party with two people?
Not sure that counts as a “party”
Lol
Re: Poll: How Would You Grade The Xbox Games Showcase 2023?
I own both x box series x and ps5 ( I’m sure like many of us) and this wiped the floor with Sonys the other week.
Exciting times ahead for x box which I haven’t switched on for months tbh.
Re: Yes, Starfield Really Will Feature 'Over 1,000 Worlds'
I have to say the game looks extremely impressive indeed.
My x box hasn’t had much activity over the last 6 months but this will change that for sure.
Exciting.
Re: Talking Point: Are You Picking Up Either Of These AAA Juggernauts On Xbox This Month?
@Lup
You might be waiting for a bigger drop but you can already pick it up for £43 on Amazon and other sites.
Re: Reaction: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Is Beating Battlefield At Its Own Game
I really didn’t get on with ground war in modern warfare 2019 but this is a blast.
Maps are superb and having a lot of fun.
****would love a night or dusk map in a future update****
Re: Hands On: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Flexes The Series' AAA Muscle
@Nightcrawler71
Campaign only was released a week early so has been available to play since 21/10
Re: Hands On: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Flexes The Series' AAA Muscle
I’m enjoying it. Completed 9 of the 17 chapters so far. All different. Gun play is great. A great blast
Re: Review: Deathloop - Arkane's Best Game Finally Arrives On Xbox
@BlackMayge
Not sure anyones throwing a fit mate.
Just expressing their opinions that it’s nowhere near a 10 as I did.
Everyone’s entitled to their input. Doesn’t mean they’re going off their nut about it! Lol
Re: Review: Deathloop - Arkane's Best Game Finally Arrives On Xbox
This is never a 10/10.
Played it on PS5 and got bored after 10 + hours or so and gave up.
7 or maybe 8 at best
Re: Pick One: What's The Best Racing Series In Xbox History?
PGR for me. They need to reboot it.
Re: Pick One: Which Of These Upcoming Game Pass Launches Are You Most Excited About?
Silksooooooooooong!!!!
Re: Here's Our First Look At Raw Gameplay For The Callisto Protocol
This looks absolutely superb.
Really looking forward to this.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 28-29)
@Kooky_Daisuke
Sorry to hear about your dog mate.
We lost our family dog after 16 wonderful years last September.
I was extremely upset.
They give you so much love and joy.
Try and think what a great life you gave him.
Hope you’re doing ok.
Re: Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (May 27)
Cricket 22 will be getting some play time.
Enjoy the sport but never played a game of it so I’m intrigued
Re: Certain Changes Are Proving Unpopular In Halo Infinite Season 2
@jikflet
Spot on
Re: Certain Changes Are Proving Unpopular In Halo Infinite Season 2
Really enjoyed the gameplay of the multiplayer but just can’t be bothered with the challenge system
Haven’t played for months tbh
Re: Review: Rogue Legacy 2 - An Xbox Console Exclusive You Don't Want To Miss
This is a cracking game. Bought it Friday gone and it’s stopped me playing Gran Turismo and Elden Ring atm.
Brilliantly fun gameplay. Addictive game loop and challenging.
The 15 different characters and random room generator means every run feels fresh.
Take a chance if you’ve the slightest inclination you may like enjoy this.
Worth every penny.
10/10 from me
Re: Battlefield 2042 Finally Updates Scoreboard, Voice Chat Coming In April
Too little too late. Game had potential in places (mostly old maps to play rush on) but way too much missing.
The fact it didn’t have a scoreboard more than annoyed me as it’s such a basic thing.
Felt like it was removed so peoples feelings weren’t hurt if they can’t bottom to me.
Anyway there’s zero chance of me buying this game now.
I’ve had all the battlefields up to this point.
Too much of a game backlog and any time I do have is invested in Elden Ring and once I’m done with that I’ll be diving into Cyberpunk.
Re: Atomic Heart Will Be Like DOOM And Wolfenstein, "But Way Crazier"
Pretty cool trailer.
You have my attention.
Re: Halo Infinite No Longer In Xbox Live's Top Five As Player Numbers Decline
@Bmartin001 absolutely agreed
I forgot about that too
Absolutely can’t stand the dumb challenged rather than rewarding you for playing well.
Instead let’s make the player base play game modes or use weapons they don’t want to.
Re: Halo Infinite No Longer In Xbox Live's Top Five As Player Numbers Decline
Lack of game modes
Lack of variety of maps
Taking weeks and weeks to fix big team battle
Ranking is a mess.
The transactions completely over priced if that’s your bag.
Etc etc
Re: Review: Dying Light 2 - More Is Less In Techland's Latest
@Nibblo
In the original game the risk at night absolutely made the game for me.
I genuinely didn’t want to be caught out at night and did everything to get to a safe zone.
Re: Best Xbox Indie Games: 40+ Great Games To Try In 2022
@themightyant
It looks fantastic you’re right. Just upgraded from my Switch V1 and loving the upgrade.
The game itself is superb. The challenge, the atmosphere, enemies, the music. There’s not one thing I’d change.
It’ll definitely keep me going until the release of Silksong (hopefully in the next 12 months)
Re: Best Xbox Indie Games: 40+ Great Games To Try In 2022
Just started (15 hours in) to Hollow Knight.
What a brilliant game. I’m finding it very addictive on my switch OLED.
Re: Halo Infinite: How To Get The 'Mister Chief' AI In Multiplayer
I completely understand they need to make money the game but the pricing is way too expensive for me.
If they charge £10 for items such as this is be tempted.
£20? Err. No thanks.
Re: Cat Ears Have Some Players Worried About The Future Of Halo Infinite
Don’t like them so I don’t buy them.
Don’t care if others do tbh
Bring on the dog ears!
Re: Halo Infinite Players Complain About The 'Insanely High' Prices For Skins
Just think 343 have missed a trick here tbh.
The games free to play so they will naturally charge for cosmetics. No one has a problem with that.
However if they lowered the asking price to maybe £5 -£8 for each one they would make a tonne of sales.
As things stand very few people are buying them.
Re: Poll: How Are You Finding Halo Infinite's Campaign So Far?
It’s cool. It’s halo. Grapple hook definitely adds to gameplay.
Not a huge fan of the open world part tbh.
Anyone else think heroic difficulty really isn’t that hard? It seems easier to me. Most enemies are going down way too easily.
Re: Don't Use Quick Resume With Halo Infinite For Now, Advises 343
Now you tell us! lol
Re: Halo Infinite: How Long To Beat (And 100% Complete) The Campaign
You have do play Halo on heroic not normal on first play through.
Then go back and have four arse handed to you on legendary.
Re: 343 Reveals Halo Infinite Download Sizes For Campaign & Multiplayer
@Odium
Cracking mate. Sounds like you’ll have a great day full of Halo greatness!
Happy birthday too 👍
Re: Heads Up, Halo Infinite's Campaign Won't Be Getting A Pre-Load
@NEStalgia
Same mate. I bought resident evil village on sale last week on my PS5 so enjoying playing that.
Along with Infinite multiplayer I’m happy to wait the extra day to play the campaign.
Re: Heads Up, Halo Infinite's Campaign Won't Be Getting A Pre-Load
Glad I got a 200mbps internet connection but honestly don’t even think that’ll be enough as the servers will be absolutely rammed with people downloading it.
I’m happy to wait until Thursday to play
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (December 4-5)
Resident evil village on PS5. Bought it for £23 in the PS store. Absolute bargain.
Deathloop (also on a huge discount)
Halo Infinite multiplayer.
Happy days
Re: Battlefield 2042 Update #3 Makes 'Hundreds' Of Changes, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
That list is utterly ridiculous proving that this game should not have been released yet.
They’ll be much more to come too
Well they’re not having my money until 6 -12 months down the line (when it’s on sale)
This is complete deja vu in relation to BF4.
Oh….and put a bloody scoreboard back!
I went to see how I got on as well as everyone else
Re: Talking Point: What Have You Bought In The Xbox Black Friday Sale 2021?
@Somebody
Holy crap you’ve got some backlog to get through now! Lol
I wouldn’t know where to start with that lot 😂
Re: Battlefield 2042 Draws Significant Criticism In Its Opening Weekend
It’s a mess and should never have been released yet.
On series X I’ve played the 10 hour trial and it crashed multiple times.
Loads of missing features and other bugs.
Thank God for Halo.
Re: Xbox Series S Reportedly Outsells Series X In Various Key Markets
A mate of mine wanted a series X but couldn’t find one so he settled for an S instead.
Might be a common factor here?
Re: Review: Battlefield 2042 - At Its Best When Embracing The Series' Past
@GuyinPA75
I agree. BC2, BF3/4 were superb.
I really did enjoy BF 1 although not everyone’s cup of tea.
This has potential but time will tell eh.