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Sorry Ubisoft but I'm not buying what you're selling.

The FTC needs to stay in it's lane, it's not their job to dictate to companies how to run their business. Their authority is simply in trade deals, that is it.

@Kaloudz Sorry but you come off as a corporate stooge the more you try to defend live services. It's been proven to be a very predatory business model that has been cooked up by the big business executive types working in the gaming industry as a way to continuously extract money out of people. That and as we have already been seeing with games like The Crew, they can just decide to take the servers offline at any time, and when they do you are left with nothing and the game basically disappears entirely along with anything you put into it. That and it's always been asinine to release a game that is playable as a single player experience and force a mandatory always-online requirement. It's no wonder why people complain, and don't try to act like games can't be profitable without such a predatory scheme either, there's no shortage of successful games that have made a lot of money that have nothing to do with live services. At the end of the day live services is simply greed, pure and simple.

So I guess Below Zero wasn't Subnautica 2? Hate how everyone goes about numbered sequels these days, making one then calling the next game 2 as if they didn't already make a second game.

Anyways, Below Zero, however they want to think of that game (since it isn't a sequel apparently?) wasn't nearly as good as the first game, so I can't say this is a big deal to me. Subnautica is basically a one-off concept for me, they did a great job with the first game, but I don't expect that lightning to land twice.

Well that is certainly an improvement, I'll give them that. Might actually make me return, as not being able to just build an ideal car I would want to race was my biggest complaint. I am used to paying credits, that's how the old system always worked, I might prefer it to be a little cheaper though.

@PJOReilly I guess I can't tell you anything besides be honest, and if you were I suppose I have no reason to hold anything against you. I don't think I will ever agree with every critic, and you seem sincere so I guess my complaints shouldn't be specifically directed at you.

Nope downloaded it when it launched and tried to get into it, couldn't. Deleted it. Downloaded it again about a month ago, tried to get into it again, and ended up deleting it again. As a longtime fan of Forza games since the original, it's just got so much wrong with it. Biggest issue for me is the car leveling system, it has turned any attempts at car builds into a slow tedious grind and I don't like that. On the few cars I managed to level and do something with I can get a rare glimpse of what I liked about Forza games and enjoy myself, but it has become too time consuming to get there.

@JokerBoy422 This is easily one of the most positive reviews for this game I could find across the entire internet. That should tell you something, and it's completely at odds with the majority of user feedback.

@Bigmanfan Big AAA games with big marketing budgets like that hardly ever receive honest criticism on gaming sites, been that way for a long time. I never really take reviews seriously, youtube videos have always done a better job of showing off if I will like a game or not. Demos are the best but they rarely exist these days.

Never been a fan of driving games when they take themselves super seriously, like making you use indicators and drive the speed limit and so on.

Well I guess if you want your Xbox background to be a reflection of your politics... can't help but to feel like this is just the typical corporate virtue signaling of today. I'll be sticking to the original Xbox look, it looks nice and like the comment above says, it reminds me of a time when these gaming platforms weren't about statements.

Always loved this game, could never figure out why the internet wanted to hate on it.

@KillerBoy Yeah I play a lot of racing games but FH5 and GT7 are the only ones I keep coming back to.

Only 3 reasons I'm holding off on buying Infinite Wealth: 1 - I have far too many games I am trying to get through right now, 2 - I have far too many Yakuza games I want to get through, and 3 - I have a good feeling it will hit Gamepass eventually like most Yakuza games have.

Embracer has become an IP troll by this point, just buying up names they don't intend to produce anything with.

Personally I can't get enthusiastic about anyone who has been responsible for recent COD games being promoted anywhere.

Pretty weak month IMO, but I guess the Persona game isn't bad.

Sure, but I think I'll wait for a good looking special edition or buy a new elite controller with those features.

I have a ton of OG and 360 Xbox games, hardly bought any for the Xbox One (only bought them early on when the console launched really) and I haven't bought any physical games for Series X.

I am over physical media for the most part, it lost it's purpose when they made you install all the data and started relying upon online updates. Became a physical version of DRM IMO.

Like the gold analog sticks.

@rustyduck Shouldn't be a surprise how AI will eventually replace the former need for a lot of jobs. Most of the desired employment will become increasingly focused on creative work.

@MattWithoutFear Lets face it, ActiBliz was a mess and it doesn't surprise me how Microsoft decided to clean house with a lot of it and restructure the brand.

@EvenStephen7 I felt like the old Blizzard died when Activision acquired them. If anything we are looking at the death of THAT Blizzard, the Activision Blizzard, and if that's the case I will play the world's smallest violin for it.

@Whybox Sadly the hard drive space argument is why I stopped buying physical games early on last gen. It became clear to me how discs had become little more than an extension to DRM, just a "you must have the disc in the drive" version of the concept. I loved buying physical games back when it meant you could play the game directly off the disc or have a minimalist install. As soon as the disc version required me to install the same amount of data as I would having bought the game digitally, I was over it. It's simply more convenient not having to deal with disc swapping or having to worry about the disc drive breaking, not the mention how it saves a lot of physical space that discs and their cases would take up in my home. The mandatory full installs ruined it for me.

It's amazing how they keep pumping these games out while the quality remains so high.

Never liked the concept of story modes for fighting games, arcade mode is always what it should be IMO, leave the character lore for the cinematic after you win like it used to be. I have also never been a fan of the "rage art" that got introduced in Tekken 7, felt like it made Tekken too similar to Street Fighter, throwing off the feel that it used to have.

That said I'd easily take this over the new Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. I also think this is somewhat of a return to form for Tekken. Tekken 7 felt like it took so many missteps and the single player really got sidelined with what felt like a regression in the overall experience. With Tekken 8 however it seems like they have offered one of the best experiences with the new Arcade Quest mode, and I can see the Super Ghost Battle mode being a lot of fun when they get some downloadable ghosts, pretty much my ideal take when it comes to online gaming with fighting games. Combine that with the new mechanics and revised approach to rage arts and I think this plays much closer to the Tekken I knew and loved.

@CaptainCluck So in other words you're a completely delusional Sony fanboy. Cute, but I think you're on the wrong website.

@CaptainCluck Sony released a digital-only version of the PS5 when they launched it and seem to be onboard with the digital sales and live services direction as well. Then you have Nintendo who seems to be planning on making the Switch 2 digital only. I guess like time will tell but it seems like the days of physical media being a big deal is in the past. The greater majority of the market doesn't seem to care anymore. At best it's just someone trying to score e-points that most people won't care about. Physical has become a real niche market.

Discs are on their way out, physical media sales are only a small minority these days.

Played this game for free with PS+ and it's even more awful than I thought it would be. Getting through the intro felt like a total chore and the characters are simply awful. None of the past Saints Row fun, charm, or humor was present. Can't think of anything good to say about it.

@IGN_Commenter Yeah I've tried it in all sorts of settings, still don't like it. I simply enjoy having all my movements centered around deliberate actions like moving my analog stick with my thumb.

Heck I remember when Xbox released that gyro racing wheel, the one where you just hold it and tilt it around. Seemed interesting, but I hated it in practice. Made me realize how important it is to have resistance and a mounted center point.

@__jamiie I'd argue that's just because they did such a poor job with the dual analog control.

@OldGamer999 Honestly I just like having the disc drive for backwards compatibility and watching movies these days. It's the only reason I can still play the original Forza Horizon for example.

Seems really weird how only this one game would be getting that kind of treatment considering all the games that sit around on shelves for years.

@IGN_Commenter I never liked gyro, never understood why some people desire that, always felt like a really niche feature. I don't want to be having to think about how I'm holding my controller and having it move things around just because I'm moving. I don't think I ever played a game where it felt desirable, but the Wii remote might be an exception.

@BacklogBrad Yeah I always thought "haptics" and "HD rumble" were very disappointing, not much different from any other rumble feedback IMO, overhyped features for sure. I think the adaptive triggers was by far the most interesting feature on the dualsense controller though, that's something I actually notice that can make a difference.

Everything looks great, and I love how they are keeping the swappable battery design. Hate the "clean" internal battery designs, like yeah, it's so wonderful not being able to simply swap out a battery.

So what happened to Quake 5?

Isn't games as a service great?

Sometimes a talented voice actor can do a great job of playing a famous acting role from a bygone era. Obviously Harrison Ford doesn't sound the same as he did back in his prime when he made the original trilogy.

@BBB Gotta have fun first for that to happen.

@Doomcrow To add insult to injury when they take this game offline (which they will, they took the others offline rather swiftly) you will be left with nothing to show for all your hard work. At least GT7 still allows you to drive your cars offline.

@SoulChimera Same, that's what I have been using since I bought my Series X. Everything else just doesn't hold up as well, I get tired of it.

@Kaloudz These kind of games always seem to be all about being the latest sensation. Bet everyone will move on to the next big thing before we know it.

Funny how people are only just now starting to enjoy playing the game now that they aren't forced to play it online with randoms. Says everything really.

This game just overall feels like an early access title.

Who the heck actually likes the car progression system?! It's easily the most complained about thing lol, even the people who aren't against it merely tolerate it.

Honestly, most of the fanboys these days seem to come from Sony's highly aggressive fanbase that seems to treat the brand like it's the most important thing in their lives.

@nomither6 A good reason for me is that a Series X is only $500 or less and it can play the latest games very well. A nice high-end Gaming PC that can offer improvements over that would be a massive power consuming device that costs a couple grand at least. Pretty big difference there.

I think Xbox consoles are basically the same to Microsoft as their Surface devices. Yeah, they like to sell their own hardware for their own software and services, but no, it's not something that I can see them giving up on really. Microsoft has always been open to having their software and services on as much hardware from as many companies as possible, it's how they built their business. I think Xboxes will always be here as a relatively cheap/affordable way to play the latest games. A home TV alternative to a gaming PC really. They will always be selling them as an entry point to their games and Gamepass as long as home consoles are a thing.

Basically their entire business is centered around maximizing software and service sales, the hardware simply exists to help sell those products.