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@Nighto4 What do you mean matey? I don't follow.

@Nighto4 True, very true.

@OldGamer999 Yeah they're my thoughts too. I'm curious as to how this one plays though. Do you think it's in the same style as the last three? Or have they reinvented the wheel?

Expedition 33 is GotY - and it's not even close. Not by a mile.

@OldGamer999 Haha yeah I got there in the end. yeah they look great but I would love to know where they sit in the franchise. Even if just roughly.

@Cakefish I honestly cant keep track of her myself lol. She must be what, 40-50 now? It could be that Catalyst takes place after Underworld.

@Cakefish I don't think they will reboot it. They recently had someone tying all the games and lore together didn't they? Or am I mistaken. I'd assume Catalyst is post SotTR and the other TR is based somewhere during Lara's early years?

They didn't get robbed. They got trampled on. E33 was very deserving of the awards they've accumulated. We're talking about a small team that absolutely rattled the RPG space out of nowhere, and delivered arguably one of the greatest turn-based RPGs since the late 90s / early 2000s.

I do, however, think it's time that RPGs got some sub categories for award ceremonies. Turn-based RPGs and ARPGs can almost be entirely different. KCD2, for example, I see as a life-sim RPG. It's almost unfair to group games like this together if you ask me. Nonetheless, E33 beats every RPG ten times over.

I'll be grabbing this. I really wish Creative Assembly would make a survival horror of Terminator in the same fashion as Alien Isolation.

Fable, Clockwork, Gears, FH, and Halo (with an additional surprise I think - perhaps SE related?). I just hope we see the summer showcase unveiling SoD 3!

I can already see the modding community rubbing their hands at this lol.

I'm yet to catch up on all the news, but are these two games with the latter a sequel to the former? The trailers seem to have very distinct age differences for Lara. Do we also yet know if these are based before / after SotTR?

@Fiendish-Beaver You've never annoyed nor offended me brother. I value your replies and comments ❤️

@NeutronBomb Be my guest. We're talking about the same character that spent 3 days in Raccoon City (RE3) without ever taking a bath

I think we will get some pretty nifty BC game dumps, or, some remastered classics.

@Chip-Douglas Hopefully they don't waste take twos time and money like they did with Microsoft on perfect dark!

Exactly this.

They need to kill off a few of the OG characters IMO. The plot armour is unreal. Chris needs to be eaten, Leon (much as I love him) needs to be eaten, and Jill needs to be eaten.

We barely see Billy, or quite a few of the other OG characters as much as we do the current ones.

This will sail through on the basis that MS got theirs through with concessions, and on the basis that Disney exists (whom I'm assuming are bigger than Netflix across the board?). I don't see any issues preventing this merger myself.

Sidestepping that - it'll be interesting to see these sharing IP. Netflix IP for games and WB IP for Netflix movies and shows - without having to worry about licence fees.

I tried hard to get into these but I just couldn't get through the first few hours.

@Cptnemouk Lol it's too funny isn't it.

Glad you're having a good time man. It's one hell of an amazing game.

The problem with Destiny is, as Mighty points out, they vault content. Bungie are world class when it comes to gunplay and world design, but anything outside of that, frankly, they suck at. They often need guidance from their community of fans to shape things up the way they should have been shaped from the get-go.

The next problem is the storytelling and expansions. They don't have a great track record there neither. To me, I felt like Destiny 2 closed the series off quite well. Destiny 3 at this point feels unnecessary, and I'm far convinced that Bungie has what it takes to learn from their mistakes. This just feels like clutching at straws to stay relevant.

E33 deserved all the awards it won. I'm absolutely stoked for them.

I wonder if Rockstar add in the grave from the prequel?...

@abe_hikura @FraserG Thanks guys - really appreciate it. I certainly hope that it is. Guess it's time for me to finally revisit this masterpiece of a game. It's one of my all time faves.

I do wonder if R* will ever bring back Manhunt. That'd be very interesting to see these days lol.

@FraserG Is this a whole new client, with its own achievements ect...? Or is this literally just a prettier version of the version I already have?

They need to stop the "filler" years IMO. This happened with the reboot of MW and again here - it's an unnecessary expense for what is ultimately bad press. They only do this to keep the annual cycle of CoD MP going. If they're smart - they'd scrap the filler campaigns and just release "something" for the MP side of things.

Also, I don't get why they keep dipping into the future warfare vibe. We've been here before and it doesn't end well. Boots on the ground - raw warfare, is where most of the interest is. That's why classic CoD and Blops 1 are considered the best.

@Weebleman Ah gotcha. Thanks bud. Yeah not sure what's up with his wording but you make it make more sense than he does lol! I have to say though, 50 million for the halfway point isn't too shabby unless latter development is more costlier.

@themightyant @ILuvGames @Coletrain The price is exactly my concern too. I think between the Pro 5 and the Rog (and MS saying the other day about the next Xbox being premium) we could see a very hefty price tag next gen - which might even throw me off. I wont spend more than £600 on a console. No matter how great it is. I'll wait for a sale or get refurbished lol.

That said, I'm optimistic too. I agree that having barriers removed such as online play going away and having more storefront access is only a good thing in my book. However, I do think MS need to step carefully and listen to feedback - which they're usually good at fortunately - if indeed it takes a while for the penny to drop lol.

Not quite sure what he's waffling on about there. No one is getting 50 million for free...

If a game costs 100 million to make and then it tanks, you're losing invested money.

The most someone is going to get is a game that's already had 50 million spent thus far. That's already a lot of money to recoup for a game half way through.

Routine wins out the two for me. I'll definitely be firing that up if my backlog is clear by then lol.

@CrispyMango92 Now that it’s almost here, I can’t help but be cautious 13+ years of development is insane.

Totally with you on that. 13 years seems like a little too long, unless the devs have been in and out of development, there's no real reason for it to take that long. I think Duke Nukem Forever was done before that time lol

I know I'm often seen as the outlier here, but I'm massively excited for the next Xbox. I think every little piece of info and hints and teases we've gotten so far (throwing in MS' constant insight to how they want to reinvent the wheel) points to a very tasty picture indeed. I've said it a thousand times but I think next Xbox will absolutely be a defining moment in gaming and I think it's going to turn a lot of heads.

DayZ? I thought the remake / revitalized version skipped Game Pass? Don't we just have the old botched version that was broken and buggy? And if so... Why the heck is the expansion coming if the core game isn't? @Kezelpaso

This is one I'll no doubt skip. It doesn't really look that good to me. It may be the genre, or the gameplay, but I don't know, it looks kinda cheap.

Quite a few in this list have me intrigued, but I think Ungodly has my interest the most.

Soon as I'm done with PW2, I'll mop up the last minute bits in E33 and jump into OW2.

Is this any good compared to the other BR games on the market?

Despite my reservations with how this has been handled, I'll enjoy this. I'll enjoy this more than other Halo 1 iterations because (whilst I love MP) it's single player only and the achievements will not be determined by how well I stack up against others in PVP lol.

@NeoRatt You're not wrong. I mean, it's hard to believe that the last GTA released back at the tail end of the Xbox 360 days. That being said, whilst I'm looking very much forward to GTA 6 (I skipped 5 as it never interested me) I'd love for them to go back and try another stab at Manhunt, or something new.

@Fiendish-Beaver LOL! We'll you'll be happy to know that I'm almost back to normal in regards to freeing up my time, so I'll be here to prove you wrong, over and over again, soon enough

Glad you're well brother!

P.S. Where is PJ these days? Not seen him post a post or review here for ages :/ He alright?

@Weebleman Oh I'm looking at getting one in the middle of next year depending on what we hear about consoles in the summer so I'll have plenty of time to pester you 😅 I've got a lot to learn too (Oled Vs whatever the heck the other one means, stats, accessibility etc..) I'm well thanks brother. How's about you?

@NeoRatt You're right. I think there's only a very select few that will stand the test of time (Rockstar likely being the only candidate that will live as long as consoles do).

@Fiendish-Beaver Hey you 🥰 yeah it's been a hectic month for me but other than that I'm okay. How're you?

PowerWash Sim 2

Shoulder to shoulder? It's hard to make that a sound analogy when this version comes without something that the previous version had... Don't get me wrong, the campaign alone is worth the time and I'm massively excited for it, but let's not compare Halo Campaign Evolved to Halo Combat Evolved, when the former is merely a piece of the latter...

I question TikTok's popularity myself, and ponder whether it would have blew up as much as it did, had it not been for Covid.

I'm cool with it. Makes no difference to me in the slightest.

For the sake of keeping the rest of the team in place, he's not going to openly admit T10's real future. They're going to be shuttered in due course (likely after FH6).

@Weebleman Very true. I'm still not going to get one myself, but I am toying with the idea of moving to Steam Deck. The games are cheaper, and it seems the return laws are a lot more lenient than on console too. I'll still get Xbox next gen, but, I'll probably play it less (by a little) if I get SD - which I hear sell very well too.

Looking forward to Powerwash Sim 2. First game was epic.

I think between the solid sales and the great feedback, MS will return to the drawing board for their own handheld. That said, I'd like one of these but the cost just isn't ideal for me.