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@Zucaritas it was not on the betas, but swat is a staple of Halo multiplayer, I fully expect it to be present at launch.

@Zucaritas play Swat. That's a game mode in Halo where Spartans have no shields and can be killed with a single headshot.

@UltimateOtaku91 the original Banjo Kazooie is coming to Nintendo Switch Online library of N64 games. I think that's the reason why Phil had a Switch on his shelf and the stuff MS and Nintendo were discussing, that we learnt about from the Epic Games trial.

@RavenWolfe81 he wrote that in Japanese. Master Chief is probably not very well known in Japan.

That said, I don't think it will be 117. My guess is Waluigi. Fans are asking for him for a long time and he's not that well known, since he doesn't have his own game.

I'm looking forward for Halo Infinite, but I only played the multiplayer flight one afternoon. That's not because I did not like it, but because I recently discovered how fun is State of Decay 2 and that game is sucking up the entirety of my time.

What a great week, with both Alan Wake and Far Cry 6 releasing! And so the barrage of fall blockbusters has begun...

I was very excited about Far Cry 6, but I recently started State of Decay 2 and I'm completely addicted to it!

I played SoD 1 for a while and I thought it was nice, but I never expected to become so enthralled with the sequel.

That means I won't be buying Far Cry 6 day one, I can wait for a price drop. SoD 2 will keep me entertained for a while.

I'd enjoy the MP more if I didn't suck so much 😀

@Chaudy I would expect Starfield to be featured heavily at E3 2022, I don't believe we will have any major updates before that.

@BrilliantBill I'm not a Playstation hater, on the contrary, I loved Spiderman, The Last of Us Pt. 2, Bloodborne, Uncharted 4... but I just can't get myself to enjoy God of War, "the greatest game of all time"® according to IGN. It's an okay game with repetitive combat, some annoying levels and yet another daddy issues story.

@GamingFan4Lyf well, most of the concerns about the campaign were about the graphics. Do you think the campaign will look much different from the multiplayer? Because it looks very good to me, and I'm playing on the Xbox Series S. I wouldn't complain about seeing how Craig looks like today, but I'm not very concerned about the campaign looking bad right now.

@GamingFan4Lyf even if there was a preview of the single player, do you believe it would be enough to address your concerns?

The demo would necessarily cover only a small fraction of the campaign, so it would not dissipate the concerns about it being bad.

And the multiplayer preview already lets us have a taste of the core gameplay that we will enjoy in the campaign.

I think what would build confidence in the single player campaign ahead of launch is early reviews with good scores.

I hope they show some gameplay this time around. I'm eager to see how Ninja Theory improved on the combat.

I believe this game could be due to 2022, since other than the Bethesda titles and Forza Motorsport, there is no other Xbox Game Studios title that seems likely to release next year.

I think Fable, Perfect Dark, State of Decay 3 and Avowed are all scheduled for 2023 or later.

@John117 "Either come and enjoy the multiplayer preview or shut up is my opinion."

So, your opinion is that people with whom you disagree are not allowed to voice their opinions?

@BlueOcean I don't know why people assume that Google gave up on gaming because they closed their 1st party team. Maybe they just changed their strategy and decided to purchase a major publisher, instead of building their own from the ground up.

We haven't heard any news from Stadia recently, hence you could be right, maybe they're cutting their losses... or maybe they are the ones who are actually buying Take-Two and we will know about it once the deal is done.

Wow, a good GWG month? That was unexpected...

@RavenWolfe81 Valve cannot count to 3. We'll have to make do with B4B.

Dodgeball Academia
State of Decay 2
Hitman 3

Halo Infinite.

Just finished Paychonsuts 2 and claimed 1000 G.
Now I think I'll play some Hitman 3 and Quake, maybe try The Artful Escape as well.

As a Linux user, it would be terrible if Microsoft bought Valve. Valve single-handedly put Linux gaming on the map.

If they announced Persona 5 for Xbox, technically that would not be a "new global debut".

If they make a sequel to Recore before Banjo-Kazooie and Conker I'll riot.

Fun fact: while Marvel's Spiderman was a huge hit on PS4 and PS5, Marvel's Avengers was a flop.

You know, because Marvel's Spiderman is a great videogame and Marvel's Avengers is a hot pile of garbage.

At the end of the day people are looking for good videogames, with or without superheroes. And bad games will fail, no matter how many known licensed characters are there.

@RadioHedgeFund
I was about to say the exact same thing. Master Chief is a supersoldier in a high-tech armor, kind of Capitain America + Ironman. Kratos is an invincible god with a bad temper, like Thor + Wolverine. Corvo Attano manipulates magic, mind, matter, space and time like five or six different X-men combined...

What people are asking for are licensed superheroes, and in that point I'll have to agree with Jez Corden: it costs money and you lose freedom on telling the story that you want with the gameplay elements that you want.

No player from Esporte Clube Bahia on the top 10? That's it, I'll boycott FIFA 22.

I've just watched the GT7 trailer in order to see what the fuss is all about and there are litterally a handful of frames that lack detail and look a bit off. It reminds me of the Craig situation.

I'm sure GT7 will look awesome. And so will Redfall - but I'm not very keen on looter shooters, I was expecting Arkane's usual fare of immersive sims.

@FatalBubbles keep in mind that those screenshots were leaked. They were never intended to be shown to the public. Because most likely that's still a work in progress. We should wait to judge the graphics when they show Redfall again, which should be soonish, considering that it's scheduled for summer '22.

I haven't played Death of the Outsider yet. My favorite out of the two numbered games is the first one, but I enjoyed Dishonored 2 as well.

I wish Arkane would try an open world Dishonored 3. Not a huge game like the moder Assassin's Creeds, I just want a more open sandbox where I can traverse seamlessly through the city an do most missions in any order I want.

Not only did they charge for the upgrade, but also, it looks awful on the Xbox Series S. It's 60 fps, but the resolution and image quality are abysmal.

It looks beautiful, even though I have no intention of watching that film. I'm so tired of superhero movies...

I've played Sable's demo. It looked very promising, but very unpolished... I understand that was a demo, but I hope they had enough time to work on that.

Yep, I recommend Hotshot Racing as well, you all should try it while you can.

But it baffles me that Forza Motorsport 7 is being delisted. I understand the licensing issues, but that's still very weird that we won't be able to buy any FM for a whole year.

@Dezzy70 Tim Shafer has been asked about Banjo Kazooie before and he said he is not interested in working with someone else's IP, Double Fine would rather make its own thing.

Spiderman on the PS4 was so good! Too bad I won't be playing the upcoming sequel, since I don't plan to go multiplatform this generation. Consoles are too expensive, and specially so here in Brazil, where the economy is in a very, very, bad shape. 😥

@Tasuki oh, you mean handegg?

@Hurblyburbly I love that HR Giger aesthetics, though.

@Chaudy "Campaign will be horrid but MultiPlayer will be good"

So, Halo 5.2? Maybe they're holding back on showing the campaign in order to hide that you play 80% of the game as Spartan Locke...

It will probably not be eligible for The Game Awards, releasing on December 8th. And maybe that's intentional. Like Cyberpunk 2077.

It makes sense to release Halo Infinite in early December, since Forza Horizon 5 was already slated for November 9th. In retrospect, I think it was wishful thinking to expect Halo for November as well.

@Royalblues but Activision already announced a release date for CoD last week. What's 343's excuse now?

No release date for Halo Infinite? That's troubling...

@LordMonkfish I actually agree with you. Xbox has been underwhelming in the matter of 1st party games for a while. Other than Forza Horizon, the only Xbox games that could be regarded as some of the best of last generation are the Ori games - which are not exclusives, since they're both on Switch - and maybe Sunset Overdrive, whose developers are now owned by Sony.

I really hope Microsoft will step up their game this time around.

I don't believe there is an 'Xbox tax' in game reviews. However, I'm positive there is a Nintendo... what's the opposite of tax? Anyway, Nintendo games are scored much higher than they deserve. Specially if they are called Zelda 😉

I'll be very worried if they don't announce a release date for Halo Infinite.

@Hurblyburbly Spelunky is a roguelike, because there isn't any progression (well, not really, there are shortcuts, but they're not worth it), in order to beat the game you have to "git gud". Hades is a roguelite, because you unlock progression that can make further runs easier, so if you persevere enough, you most likely will beat the game eventually.

Either way, my tip for either roguelikes or roguelites is to keep trying. Enjoy the journey. It's not for everyone but if you're into it, just keep going. Those games are infinitely relayable.

For hades specifically, I suggest you try using the shield. It makes the game so much easier... so far I've beaten the game four times. In three of them I used the shield.

I'm loving this game, I've beaten it twice already and I'll keep playing it at least until Psychonauts 2 releases.

I'm a sucker for roguelikes, though. Spelunky is one of the goats in my opinion. Dead Cells is incredible too.

I'm hooked on Hades. I've escaped twice, both using the shield (aspect of chaos). Now I'm trying to beat it with the other weapons.

Achievements are still kind of broken in this game, though. I only unlocked the cheevo for beating the game after my second successful run, even after quitting quick resume and powering down my xbox.

@Bobbycuckoo just to make you feel better, I'll be twice as much pedantic and demand Pure Xbox to change to a 24-hour clock, which is the least confusing system anyway. Midnight is 00:00, noon is 12:00, and you fine Brit gents take your tea at 17:00

What about Xbox Series S Master race?

Instead of using any classicifation system, I think Xbox should copy Netflix and just recommend games to you based on the data they have about what kind of games and themes you enjoy.

They could keep the 5-star classification or a thumbs up/thumbs down, not to display reviews publicly, but rather to use them as an input for their recommendation algorithms.

They should get rid of user reviews altogether. There's just too much toxicity in the gaming community to take them seriously. Suffice to look at the reaction to The Last of Us: Part 2 for example: " Too many LGBT characters: 1/10"

I wonder if we'll get a console version eventually. It's releasing on Stadia, so it most have been designed for controllers as well, right?