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Sounds great but why aren't people more skeptical about this being legit?

@BrilliantBill yep, people didn't care for Reach multiplayer at the time. Look at armor lock and the story didn't really follow the book either. "Halo fans" have generally had problems with all games at some point even before CE came out. No one hates Halo as much as a Halo fan. I guess you can say that about any "fan" of a long running series. Look at Star Wars.

I mean it really depends on who you ask and if you accept the opinion of random people on the internet.

@ZuneTattooGuy Depending on the point of time, Halo fans never enjoy anyone's take on Halo - Bungie or 343. It's just the way.

Also, depending on the point of time, Halo fans always enjoy anyone's take on Halo - Bungie or 343. It's just the same.

The real travesty here is the potentially wasted opportunities.

@EvilSilentFrame totally get that. I think there’s a way to do it properly but maybe this is what separates Lara from Indy or Drake.

@Kidfunkadelic83 that’s fair enough but surely at some point you’d wonder why no one else is raiding these tombs?

@somnambulance how so? Full price game with a cash shop?

If I had a bit more time for gaming I’d give Hawked a go.

Edit: looks like Hawked is offline until the 17th.

Edit2: looks like it was just a temporary outage with a fallback message. I gave Hawked a try. Not bad. Initial games feel a bit botty. And there’s a Hawked+ membership which seems a bit pay to win.

Either Halo BTB refresh (which I’m truly awful at) or some couch coop games with my wife. We’ve been playing Vampire Survivors but I’d like to play something else.

@InterceptorAlpha agreed. First thing I thought was a new controller revision. I’d prefer not to wait until the end of the year.

Long time coming! Glad they over delivered on what they promised in January too.

I’ll have to give it a go despite generally not enjoying BTB.

The thumbnail image of this article makes me sad that Assassin's Creed multiplayer never took off.

I didn’t care for it.

What the dickens went wrong with Rare that they made shovelware for the thing? Talk about a dip in form. It was Grabbed by the Ghoulies wasn’t it?

Probably just Halo if I play anything. Not been gaming too much recently.

I finished the Spirit of Fire operation and I’m working through Diamond Lance Corporal Rank 2 in career rank.

I feel like we all need to sit down, have a cuppa and a bit of a breather.

Aren't all BG3 patches hefty? Fixing 1000s of bugs. It's no doubt a complex game but amazing there's so many things to fix too. Game development is complicated.

@themightyant haha, nah. Just a parsnip!

@Kaloudz @themightyant looking for this? https://www.eurogamer.net/psa-avoid-your-console-apps-for-video-streaming-if-you-can

I only use the core apps like Store, Events, Game Pass.

@Zochmenos yea, I’m old too. I played halo 1 back in the day when all you could change was your color in MP.

The Halo community still think it’s 2009 when a company will happily sell you a boxed game with everything in. There’s no way MS is going to leave that money on the table. Don’t get me wrong I wish they would but the cat is out of the bag now. No triple-A studio creating a GaaS is going to release a F2P or full price game without micro transactions.

Since Halo launched I’ve played a bunch of GaaS games and know the score and I know it won’t change.

@Kaloudz Yea, There are some good examples of GaaS. I think Sea of Thieves isn't honestly too bad because Rare releases content so slowly. lol...

As I said though I've played mostly GaaS games over the last 10 years and I wouldn't continue to do so if they didn't offer some sort of value.

I generally hear the Halo community grumbling about live service all the time.

@Kaloudz as someone who have predominantly played live service/GaaS over the last 12 years they have a point.

I guess because, generally, GaaS take content which players would unlock naturally and stretch it over a period of seasons or lock cosmetics behind a paywall. I think the idea of GaaS would be fine if it meant the world could just grow dynamically but too often than not the game becomes a treadmill time sink monster.

I think DLC is probably a better way to get chunks of content out there to people because while it is typically paid it removes the ugly business model nature which comes with lowering that paywall. I don't know... swings and roundabouts. There could be a good GaaS out but if you look at most online shooters you'll see this time and time again. The base game is free and updated but at what cost?

SMITE Year 11? Crazy.

Good old Project Onion. Haven’t been this excited about a plant based game since Assassin’s Creed: Oranges.

Now this is something worth getting annoyed about. I kid of course. I'd love to see Dave the Diver on Xbox at some point this year.

@MrMCG8434 people can be inherently tribal and seek ways to differ and put themselves above others.

Disappointing but expected. We don’t know what the reality is.

What we do know is Microsoft clearly isn’t going anywhere any time soon. Gaming is a huge part of their business they’re not going to drop off the face of the earth. You’re not going to wake up next week and find your Xbox won’t turn on.

So long as I can play Halo with a decent controller I don't mind.

I’ll probably give it a watch when it’s all out but I’m not especially clamoring for more Pablo Halo.

I love the Illusion map. It’s just good Halo fun.

Probably a bit of Halo. Unlike previous operations I won’t complete this one in the first week.

I got an eswap 1 last year and it was fine for a few weeks but I got drift and went back to the official controller. I know whole idea is switch out modules but that was a little too soon for my liking.

The Halo stuff is amazing. Way more than we’ve gotten previous years. Here’s hoping other months get a similar treatment.

Nice! I was waiting for a firm release date for Lightyear Frontier and we get a demo too?!

I hope the demo has coop but that might be a bit much to ask.

I’m almost entirely digital. My one physical copy Series X game is AC: Valhalla. I just find see the point in physical for Xbox & PS these days. They’re just glorified DRM tools and you rarely get the actually full game on the disc.

I used have a bunch of 360 physical games but even then I welcomed being able to download some indies from the marketplace.

@Robocrop_Duster all battle pass content will be available as they always have after a season has finished. Halo’s passes don’t expire but the free track is no longer available without buying the premium version of that season’s pass.

There are a some (maybe one) exceptions like the Winter Update pass always being free.

Nothing for me this weekend. Wife & I are out in the city for the weekend. Might get some Halo or Go Mecha Ball in Sunday night though.

@DennisReynolds the actually quote was “It’s really about creating Halo Infinite as the start of the next ten years for Halo and then building that as we go with our fans and community,”

That doesn’t mean Halo Infinite would be supported for 10 years.

Infinite has been a mixed bag though. My hope is that we get a more of Halo Infinite’s direction from a gameplay perspective but some of the monetisation choices need to go. Armor coating and cores are not great for customisation. Forge had been great and the netcode not so much.

Let’s hope Chief’s story is one they actually continue with too.

@Kaloudz cheers, boss!

@Kaloudz played through the first three bosses. I think it’s going to be alright. Mentally taxing because it’s quickfire run and gun. I reckon it’s got legs.

@Kaloudz oh crikey. That’s rough! Probably wouldn’t recommend it. No exactly strobe lighting but it can get a little wild.

@Kaloudz give it a try. You might fair better than me! I stick to Halo for a reason. Hahaha…

@Kaloudz is fairly flashy. It’s pushing these late 30s eyes. I’m almost able to keep up.

@Kaloudz completely agree. I don’t think I’ll give it a go again though.

Go Mecha Ball is going to get my time today though.

@InterceptorAlpha that’s unfortunate. Thanks for the response!

It’s a nice concept for a map. A bit grey but otherwise some nice mechanics at play.

@InterceptorAlpha have you tried firefight or squad battle network tests?

@Scummbuddy I don't think they were well received by fans online but my wife absolutely loved both. She wasn't aware of the game series at that point but she's since then 100%'d World of Assassination.

After a quick google I believe there were both R-rated in the US.

That’s hilarious.

I’m stuck in the past. The only thing that scratches the itch for me is gen 1 and 2.

I remember importing a US copy of Blue back in the late 90s as it wasn’t in the UK at the time. The import company was called Excitement Direct. Imagine telling your Mum you wanted to order something through that? We had a good laugh about it at the time.

I think they advertised in N64 magazine. What a time to be alive.

@NoLifeDGenerate king of the hill firefight is pretty sweet though. I’d still like to see the classic version return this year though.