ParsnipHero

A dollar for Anthem and I still feel robbed!

Balder’s Gate 3 is becoming a bit of a drag at the moment. We’re still fairly early on. I’m not sure if it’s because we’re doing too many side quests which we’re underleveled for or if our least level up wasn’t all that exciting or the loot isn't very forthcoming but yea. We need something to pop to keep our interesting going.

Other than that I’ve been playing Halo Infinite. A bit of Quick Play and Husky Raid. Firefight when I have a bit more time.

Look I know Halo Infinite didn’t come out this year but the return to form for the series has been incredible. It’s my game of the year.

@nomither6 we’re either fickle or have no time to play. I know I fit into the first category. I play Infinite now.

Go Mecha Ball is a big win for me. I’m really looking forward to playing it.

344hrs total in Halo Infinite. I cut back a bit too.

Next up was Sea of Thieves with 155hrs but I don’t play that any more.

746hrs total.

I appreciate what we had but I'm fine with everyone doing their own thing.

My earliest memory of online video game showcases was trying to watch Spaceworld in the 90s on Real Player or Quicktime.

As others have said what more can you do? Short of the impossible which would be adding Halo 5.

The player base is likely not there either. A small dedicated group of people. Nothing compared to Infinite or other FPS games.

Fair play to them. I know I've griped about BG3 at bit but I believe in Larian to get whatever's needed fixed.

This game is a critical miss in so many areas. You hear about how there are 1000+ bug fixes in each one of the patches that come out on other platforms and then you wonder how it made so many people’s and critics game of the year.

Then you play it and it works then you realize why. Had a great split screen session last night with my wife. It was a great time.

@BBB I’ve played ranger and rogue myself. I’d like to give Bard a go too.

Problem is I’ve been through the initial ship starting area twice. Not sure I can do it again any time soon.

I’m afraid to say our initial experience of Baldur’s Gate 3 online multiplayer has been a poor one on Xbox.

Over a 3 hr session we had many glitches including having to restart the game just to get a session started. On getting defeated my wife got booted to her own single player game. I had to invite her back in again. At one point her controller stopped allowing her to loot stuff. Combat on her side had been fairly glitchy too.

Some of this you could put down to our inexperience with the genre but a lot of it was straight issues with the game.

Generally compared to single player it was a less than ideal experience. Waiting for party members to take turns. Missing the character speak in cutscenes (despite listening in). It’s just not quite as good as playing solo.

We're considering playing split screen for a little bit to see if that helps. At least we’ll be in the same room. I chose online multiplayer for extra screen space but I think I’ll just end up playing the game solo eventually.

Other than that? Halo Infinite probably. Firefight is amazing! Just got my first perfection with top damage too. Love that mode so much.

“The city is dead and there are barely any open buildings.”

Well there’s your problem! You got barley stuck in there!

Hopefully with enough tooling around Forge players will make their own campaign levels. People are already doing it we just the game types and UI so it doesn’t look like it’s in multiplayer.

There were some interesting admissions in the interview. I think Ske7ch was really open and honest. Especially about the Mark V shop inclusion.

The beta was pretty fun. Not sure I have space for it in my line up at the moment. They’ve done a great job here I hope it has staying power.

Okay. So I guess this is great. Time to play full price and possibly not finish it.

I mean no Baldur’s Gate Xbox release date/10.

The “time to join the party” trailer announcing the physical release was such a tease.

Edit: I realize the game got shadow dropped. Thanks for the tip @Aidax89!

I wouldn't mind playing an extraction shooter. There are hardly any on consoles.

I hope Lightyear Frontier hits that release window. I've been looking forward to this one for a while.

We got flour the rumor mill is running so much.

Parcel Corps looks great but I recently played Rollerdrome and that made me dizzy so I might not be able to stomach this either.

@Fiendish-Beaver you should be able to do a custom game from tomorrow. I don't know if the difficulty will scale though.

@G1lbo I bet you would. I'm sorry that you're not able to do so. 343 really dropped the ball your split screen coop fans.

@G1lbo split screen coop campaign got canned but multiplayer it’s apparently a thing. Never tried it myself.

Really excited about this one. Hopefully a PVE experience will be a nice change than PVP all the time.

The maps look fun too.

For me it’s Minecraft. My wife and I are feeling nostalgic. We started a new world yesterday which is providing some interesting things to see.

I’m currently working on terraforming and building out the overworld around our house. While she goes out and mines.

@Kraven congrats on the anniversary!

Yea, I expected it’d be out Tuesday. The week after is too close to the Christmas break.

Looking forward to finally giving firefight a go. I’ve not tried the “unofficial “ variants on custom game browser.

@Jenkinss Kai was great easily the best part of the show.

The helmets from the show were leaked in Halo Infinite a while back so let’s hope players can unlock those for free and it’s not a paid for thing in the shop.

I love a Yorkshire Tea but I wouldn’t stump that much for a controller.

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone was a game I played a lot as a demo. I bought the full game and didn’t spend as much time with it.

Is a great little game though. I think it’s voxel based and you can slice of limbs off your enemies and likewise you too can lose pieces making it a fun roguelike.

Internet scalpers have really ruined the concept of limited edition consoles. The last limited edition console I got was the Halo 4 Xbox 360 slim. Not exactly pre-internet but it was something you could go to your local GAME and pick up.

Maybe I'm just salty because Xbox Series X|S launched during COVID when scalpers were at an all time high.

@Sakai it can be great until the spawn camping gets out of hand.

@Markatron84 it's a shame. They really moved away from "equal starts" which is the foundation of a good Halo multiplayer. Reach and 4 being the outliers with loadouts.

Personally I always felt like Bungie should have gone the way of Guild Wars 1 where you could create a PvP character who could buy equipment from a PvP only vendor. This character could not be used in PvE. PvE characters can still be used in PvP if they wanted. It mitigates some of the grind needed like powerful weapons locked behind raids or 100s of hours of content.

I don't blame anyone for playing Destiny 1 or 2 they've crafted a long journey for people and their guardians but as someone who couldn't care less about the PvE side of things it stopped appealing to me a long, long time ago.

It’s a real shame see Bungie end up this way. The reality though is this hasn’t been a sprint to infamy they’ve treated it like a marathon.

I didn’t mind Destiny and Destiny 2 early on but it never felt like a worthy successor to Halo where it mattered to me, the PvP. Creatively elsewhere the game is great but mechanically and systems-wise awful.

One of ours is really into both city building and base defence games so this will hopefully be right up their alley.

They’ll be playing it on their switch but I’ll give it a look on my Xbox Series X.

@Tharsman I guess it’d be nice to have to variety but I can’t talk, I mostly play Halo.

Dave the Diver for Xbox and PS5 ideally.

@HelloCraig I have to say I was resistant to the banished Narrows because I’m not big on their aesthetic but it may be the best of the bunch because of the extra areas they added on.

I’ve mostly had The Pit, Banished Lockout and Narrows.

Not played much Halo this week with Thanksgiving being a busy time but I’ve enjoyed the maps for most part. I think the AR/BR starts was a smart move.

@Ocat probably worth the wait actually. It’s already solid. Mods are here already and added via free DLC and the paid DLC will likely be cheaper. You might end up finding a definitive edition but the time you’re ready to play it.

I've loved my time with the game so far. One of the level was a bit challenges to 100% for me but I suppose it'd be boring if I could stomp through them without a challenge.

Used to love the LAN days of playing Halo 2 with my brother and friends. Headlong 2 vs. 3. Me and my friend vs my brother and friends. Sneaking around with a battle rifle while there's a banshee running a muck in the sky and a warthog with a gunner roaming around. Great times.

Terminal was great fun as well.

@GamingFan4Lyf Beat me to it. Well played.

So long as they have the “no-no, that’s not how it happened” on death I’ll be happy.

My biggest hope for the game awards? Dave the Diver gets a Xbox & PS release date or, better yet, shadow drops.

For me it’ll be Halo Infinite for the Refuelled playlist. Teardown and Super Mario Wonder.

I love it so far. I like how some of the missions aren't a mindless smash and grab you have to plan it out.

The marina is probably my favorite level so far.

My only gripe is I wish you could turn off the motion bobbing. It makes me a little nauseous at times.

I once met a chap in Wolverhampton GAME who really enjoyed Football Manager games. That’s my story.

Yea, I'm up for this. Been holding it off getting it on PS5 because I want to play it via online multiplayer with my wife.