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The two games are completely different and only share the same theme. Game devs can't stake claim to an entire concept for a video game. It's like the Harvest Moon IP holder going after any game with farming in it like Stardew Valley. In fact just about all of the ideas in Drug Dealer Simulator originated elsewhere.

I feel like Xbox took all of the good momentum they had this gen and ruined it lately.

This review reminds me of why I stopped trusting reviews

Yeah, it really does feel like Switch 2 has the worst reveal since the Xbox One, but at least Microsoft had the good sense to quickly abandon everything that everyone hated about it.

First off I rarely ever buy new $70 games as it is, it's gotta be something that I REALLY want badly, like I know 100% sure that I definitely want to play it and will definitely enjoy it sort of thing, and even then I seem to wait for a sale most of the time.

As for Gamepass, Ultimate already got too expensive for me to justify considering the quality of games they've been releasing lately. I downgraded to Core.

I went from not really caring about the Xbox handheld to suddenly having a strong interest in it. If I'm going to be paying $450 for a Switch 2 it's like I might as well be cross shopping it with something like this now, and if Nintendo wants to start charging $80 - $90 for their games the prospect of me getting a next gen handheld with access to games I already got from Xbox, along with the much lower price games will likely have on the Microsoft store makes the Xbox handheld look a lot more attractive.

Gamepass Ultimate has already become too expensive for me to justify anymore.

@GeeForce Yeah most of the animated backgrounds are really disappointing, just minimal animation on a lot of them.

This looks kinda lame. I just stick with the original Xbox background, it's the only one I really like.

@Agamembar Any USB keyboard will work, I use one to write reviews once in a while. Game support is really dependent upon the game.

Yeah but I realized how a big part of my active interest was simply getting new monthly cars and checking them out. Now that they have pretty much stopped releasing new cars I have lost a lot of interest, like there isn't anything for me to go back for outside of just driving around cars whenever I am in the mood.

@Residentsteven Yeah I always wondered this myself, and it seems like there is a real trend with people who complain about issues having numerous instances across various platforms and manufacturers. This tells me how there is probably something to the way some people are handling their controllers to where they are far more prone than most when it comes to experiencing problems.

I mean I can't think of any time I had serious issues beyond a few PlayStation controllers no longer being able to work or charge. I mean I will use some controllers so much I will wear the rubber on the analog sticks out before anything actually breaks or malfunctions.

Weren't these gaming sites just telling us what an incredible success the latest Assassins Creed supposedly is, yet here's Ubisoft selling themselves to Tencent shortly after.

@Daniel1221 Yeah having a story mode is something EA was big on with the last GRID game and it does feel out of place for a racing game, especially when they try to take it seriously. I remember when they were doing story stuff for NFS games like Most Wanted and it worked because it all felt so cheesy and goofy it was entertaining just for that. That and I think they are just trying to make the F1 games more like the 2K sports titles in the way they have these story driven career modes.

What is up with Xbox and having such unappealing games lately?

Sounds like they no longer understand the concept of "exclusive"

@Scrubchub Yeah, how dare I not cheer on blind consumerism!

Not surprising, there's a lot of big franchise fanboys who still pre-order this kind of thing. Kind of sad really.

@Bmartin001 This. It's hard to properly do backwards compatibility without a disc drive because there's just too many old games that can't be sold anymore.

Honestly if they have some big push for streaming I'm just over Xbox and got no interest in their next gen console.

Glad it's finally getting a proper console release, AA games like this have been the savior of video games lately IMO.

Honestly I found Doom Eternal to be very overrated but that's just my opinion. Not a fan of the direction they took with it and this looks like it will just be more of that.

I imagine this will probably wind up being a crossgen game eventually like the original, only for this and next gen consoles.

Anyways this is one of those sequels where I really don't need it but I still welcome it.

Interesting.

Still not buying it.

Tom Clancy, Assassins Creed is cooked and Watchdogs as well as Farcry are over-extended and boring. The rest are relatively minor by comparison.

There's actually people who still want this?!

Weren't they also supposedly coming out with a new standard controller with haptic features as well?

@Rodimusprime13 Yeah I think the occasional movie perks are the only decent ones most of the time and they also seem to be regionally exclusive. Too often the DLC will be for some game I will never play.

Based upon everything I've heard I just don't see the point in this when I already got a Steam Deck.

Feels like IGN has become the downfall of Hookshot media, it's all competing for attention and audience within the same company now and IGN is simply the big corporate behemoth with all the support from corporate. A real David vs Goliath situation when it comes to the internal politics I imagine.

@IOI Yeah I'm getting that feeling as well, especially since their new handheld they've been talking about will only be compatible with play anywhere. The future of Xbox consoles isn't looking good.

@abirazor Yeah that would be nice but it doesn't seem like they care about that anymore, they would rather focus on things like streaming and AI.

Oh exactly what I wanted from my gaming experience, more AI and smartphone integration.

So it's subscription and cloud based gaming? That's a real deal breaker.

Could gaming? No thanks, instant deal breaker. Absolutely no purpose in having a dedicated handheld for that when my phone can do that just fine.

I'm pressing X for doubt.

Nope. This gen has basically ruined my desire for next gen consoles going forward. I am just going to build a good gaming PC whenever my Series X and PS5 are getting too old by the sound of things. Xbox won't even have any real exclusives anymore anyways. Their entire plan going forward seems to revolve around services and I am tired of dealing with services and paying for them. To top it off Microsoft just isn't making nearly as good of games as they used to IMO. Time to move on I guess, wish it didn't have to be this way but Xbox is going in the direction they're going in and I guess I will just go in my own direction as a result.

After a generation like this I think I'm over consoles for the most part.

PC gaming wasn't nearly as good in the 360 generation for porting console games. I think a lot of people forget how long PC gaming went without standardized controller support.

Putting a screen on a controller always seems like a bad idea, especially if it's wireless. That and does this wireless tech even work natively with Xbox like the standard controllers?

Honestly I would much rather just buy a design labs Elite controller and call it a day if I'm going to spend this kind of money. If I really want some pro gamer spec controller I would just buy one of those custom controllers where they modify a standard official controller, lots of companies do that now.

@Skedaddle Sure dude whatever you want to think lol

This is still arguably the best theme park game.

I got no hype for this.

I think Avowed flopping has a lot to do with this. Probably changing the direction a bit.

I feel like Xbox has become terribly mismanaged in recent years

I have a hard time believing they would do a good job with that.

I wouldn't trust critic reviews on a game like this.

Based on what I've seen this looks like a poor man's Skyrim.

Sounds awful.

Didn't this studio change the lead around to suit some ideal? Can't say I have any excitement about this one.

I was disappointed in it. Loved all the past games in the franchise but this one felt like the weakest. It's the only one I don't care about owning, after playing through it on Gamepass I was glad to be past it.