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Re: Gamescom 2015: Train Simulator Rolling Onto Xbox One

PacificMustang

I was just reading a blog post on Dovetail Games website about it's partnership with Microsoft. It looks like Xbox One will be getting TS16 instead of TS15 and it is being built on Unreal Engine 4. Which is freakin' fantastic news!

Other news that seem to slip under the radar at Gamescom is Dovetail is also working on an Xbox One flight simulator too. Both simulation games are slated for 2016 release. I can't wait!

http://www.dovetailgames.com/news/2015/aug/4/dovetail-games-looks-to-the-future-collaborating-with-microsoft

Re: Japanese ID@Xbox Offering Earth Wars Will Have Massive Weapons Galore

PacificMustang

If this is getting a western release let's hope Reversi Quest follows. Reversi mixed with SRPG? Yes, please!

There is a longer trailer for Earth Wars on YT that shows more gameplay. Reminds me a lot of the stuff Vanillaware does. I'll give it a go when it releases later this summer.

@Utena-mobile If you're interested in Japanese id@Xbox games you should bookmark the Japanese Xbox blog. Also here is a link highlighting a few more Japanese indie games coming to Xbox One via id@Xbox.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/xboxjapanblog/archive/2015/06/30/id-xbox.aspx

Re: Famitsu's Half Year Report Shows Just How Badly the Xbox One is Doing in Japan

PacificMustang

I find it really sad that the 3DO has better half-year hardware sale stats then the Xbox One.

Microsoft says they’re not giving up on Japan, but their actions say they kind of are. Japan is more than just anime and they need to focus on that.

My two cents on three things they need to do are:

Partner with Line Corporation to offer apps and services that Japanese people care about like Line Video Chat, Line Live Player and let them pay for Xbox/Windows content via Line Pay.

Partner with Nippon Professional Baseball for an exclusive app similar to the NFL app in North America. Also, there are NPB games developed by Konami. Get them on Xbox One and associate them with the Xbox brand similar to what they have done with Madden and FIFA.

Focus on getting some Xbox 360 games that are popular in Japan on the backwards compatibility list.

@SuperKMx At this point I don't see any big Japanese publisher being convinced to put big Japanese AAA exclusively on Xbox One. id@Xbox should be Microsofts main focus for exclusive content for the Japanese market.

Re: Gamescom 2015: Trackmania Turbo's Wacky Double Driver Mode Looks Set To Cause Chaos on Xbox One

PacificMustang

Trackmania is one of my favorite racing franchises, but I have to ask why Ubisoft would pass up release this on the 27th in the United States? That is Black Friday for crying out loud. Slap the box cover in Wal-Mart's black friday flyer, bill it as a great stocking stuffer and pay up for a display in the center aisle. Ubisoft is also skipping Cyber Monday too. No one will have money after these major shopping days for your game.

Re: Gamescom 2015: Train Simulator Rolling Onto Xbox One

PacificMustang

@GreatPlayer I've never played or heard of Go! Train, so I can't compare the two. I would recommend checking out Train Sim Live or Squirrel on Twitch. Engine-Driver.com is another good resource. It's where I started when I got into TS15.

The add-on content is very pricey. Take for example if you want the Soldier Summit route it will set you back $39.99. Which, brings up the question of how Dovetail will approach Xbox One version of the game. I usually wait for Steam sales to get my add-on content. Also the visual quality on some of the add-on content is hit and miss. But it is a fantastic game and I really love it.

While I'm going to double dip on TS15 I would love to see Pure Xbox sit down with Dovetail and ask them the hard questions about the Xbox One version of TS15. Is it a straight port of the PC version or being built from the ground up for Xbox One? Will there be cross buy/cross play via the RailWork hub? Will the PC version be moved off of Steam and branded a Xbox for Windows game? Will the pricing for add-on content cost the same on Xbox and PC? Will Xbox One version support mods? So many questions.

Re: Out Today: Rare Replay (Xbox One)

PacificMustang

Picked this up on my way home from work today. The first games I went to were Battletoads, R/C Pro Am and R/C Pro Am 2. It was like my childhood all over again.

Hopefully they add the Wizard & Warriors games and Battletoads in Battlemanics as post release content.

Re: Review: Ziggurat (Xbox One)

PacificMustang

I loved Heretic and Hexen back in the day, so I picked this up last night an played it for about an hour. It's really really good.

My only neg is there is some screen tearing, which is more noticeable at the character select screen, but nothing a patch can't fix.

Fantastic game and It will sit with Hand of Fate as a game the will be permanently installed on my Xbox's HDD.

Re: Out Today: Cabela's African Adventures (Xbox One)

PacificMustang

African Adventures is an good game, but It’s not worth double dipping if you own it already on Steam or last-gen consoles.

I question Activisions decision to port a game from 2013 to new-gen consoles and not last year’s Cabela’s Big Game Hunter: Pro Hunts, which is more of a pure hunting sim, and has big names like Jim Shockley attached to it. Pro Hunts is also a better game then African Adventures.