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I just bought my first steering wheel, but I'll probably stick to Forza Horizon 4 anyway...

I'm finally playing Hitman 3, as well as the occasional Flight Simulator. Sadly The Ascent didn't click with me. I finished Omno a couple days ago, a nice, relaxing game and a very easy 1000 G.

It looks interesting to me. I hope it's good and arrives at Xbox soonish.

@GamingFan4Lyf are voices assigned to AI models, though?

I was under the impression that you could pick voice and appearance separately.

@Tangerine umbrella run is not as bad as it seems. The trick is to rely on ranged attacks and upgrade magic first.

2, CE, 3, Reach, 5, 4, ODST

@awp69 Omno is very good! The Ascent and MS Flight Sim got all the attention and this little gem has passed unnoticed. It didn't even get a review from Pure Xbox. It's currently sitting at 81 in OpenCritic after 10 reviews, I think more people should try it.

It's a very relaxing puzzle platformer with a beautiful low-poly artstyle. And its achievements come very easily as well, for people who care about gamerscore.

@Broosh how about the trail of litter that tourists leave behind?

I've played for a while as well. On the Series S the frame rate did not bother me. I'm enjoying it, it's beautiful and relaxing.

I think some of you are forgetting to account for the costs of Game Pass. 23M people paying $10/month makes $230M/month of revenue.

However, MS cannot reinvest all that revenue on making two $115M games every month. Part of that share will be used to pay 3rd party studios that put their games on Game Pass, deals with publishers like EA, a part will be used on the maintenance of the service, and let's not forget that there will be a share taken as profits for the shareholders.

So, the fraction of your $10 that will actually pay for new games is much lower. I have no idea how much, maybe $1 or $2. But even assuming it's $1/month, with 20 million subscribers you'll still amass the budget for a $120M videogame every six months. Once they grow to 40 M subs, they would manage to fund one of those games every quarter, which is their target.

Surely Microsoft knows what is the magic number of subscribers that makes Xbox Game Pass break even. They might have already reached that number, or maybe they aren't there yet, but once they reach that critical mass, every new subscriber means easy money for them.

I flew mostly over my country. Which sucks, because other than Rio, Brazil didn't get much love from Asobo Studios. Brasília is missing its iconic buildings, the Iguazu Falls became a flat river, cities with beautiful 16th century colonial architecture like Ouro Preto look like just boring regular cities... Even Macchu Picchu in the neighboring Peru is nowhere to be seen. At least they got my neighborhood mostly okay-ish.

Hopefully South America will get some attention in the World Update #154 in the year 2029...

If by happy you mean I'll play any of those games, then no, I'm not happy. I already own and played Yooka-Laylee, anyway.

When do we get the first reviews?

I'm waiting for the same update. At least it's still noon at my time zone, hence I'll have a lot of time to play it later.

I'm happy to see this game was successful even though it did not release on Xbox Game Pass. We are a bit spoiled expecting games to be free-ish, but this game certainly desearves a purchase.

Easily The Ascent for me. I'll mess around with Flight Simulator, fly above my hometown and some tourist spots, share some pics with my friends, but I don't think that's a game that will keep my interest for long.

@SplooshDmg you're showing your age

_ Can this game run in consoles?
_ Surely you can't be serious!
_ I am serious. And don't call me Shirley!

@The_New_Butler beating the game with the umbrella is not as hard as it seems. Of course, the umbrella is garbage, but it forces you to rely on your ranged abilities, which are very OP once you upgrade them. By the end-game a charged arrow can one-shot all regular mobs.

Loved this game. I don't usually go for 1000G on games, only if I like it a lot and the achievements don't feel like a chore. Death's Door checked both boxes and I just completed it.

I've tried Alice recently on Game Pass. The visuals are gorgeous and both story and atmosphere are great, but the platforming isn't very precise and the combat is boring. This game is in more need of the "complete remake" approach than Dead Space, whose gameplay hasn't aged as poorly.

I'm doing my "umbrella run" in Death's Door in order to secure my 1000G.

I thought Respawn was working on Jedi: Fallen Order 2. Who's developing the sequel, then?

Things I want them to change in the remake:

• Give Isaac a voice, like in DS 2.
• Bring the Javelin Gun and the Seeker Rifle from DS2, but no weapon building as in DS3.
• Better control in the vacuum, as they commented.
• Give DS 1 a story DLC, that's the only main game in the series that never got one. I'd love to see a prequel showcasing the events in the USG Ishimura before Isaac Clarke's arrival.

Other than that, just keep the game as it is, specially the gameplay. It's near perfect already.

Good to know that we, from the Series S master race, will not be disappointed

@carlos82 do play it! The first and the second one. You're in for a treat. I've beaten each one at least three times, so if this game happens to be your thing, I don't think you will be done after your first playthrough (and if it's not, you will just save yourself $70, since the whole trilogy is available on Game Pass).

Moreover, the remake is probably years away and it will not be a 100% faithful recreation of the original game.

YES!!! I'm so excited, I love Dead Space so much. Both games are phenomenal! Yes, I said both. Because two, exactly two, mainline Dead Space games were ever released and not a single one more.

@LtSarge not to mention that Sony also develops movies and TV shows and currently doesn't own a streaming platform — and in this oversaturated market I don't think it should create yet another one.

Sony + Netflix would be a perfect match for a lot of reasons. Too bad HBO already snatched The Last of Us.

@LtSarge Microsoft's plan is to release one big 1st party title per quarter. That's very ambitious and only a massive publisher with 23 studios and counting can do that.

In order to compete with Xbox Game Pass, Netflix would need to either invest a lot of cash that they don't actually have OR partner up or even merge with another player. Joining Playstation would make a lot of sense in that case.

I've played it for an hour. Loving it so far.
@Roqka it is challenging, but not as hard as a Souls game. Well, the very first enemy you fight in the game is actually a mini-boss, and I died to it several times, but later on it gets far more manageable.

Already purchased Death's Door. It looks gorgeous. I wonder if the fact that it's not on Game Pass will hurt it.

@SplooshDmg I agree with you. Videogames company don't merely have customers, they have fans. There is passion for the big 3 brands. You can't build that overnight, it takes a long time and a major investment to make hit games that will create that fanbase.

@SplooshDmg my thoughts exactly. It would be very expensive for Netflix to make something that could compete with Xbox Game Pass. At the very least, they would have to make a major purchase rivalling what Microsoft payed for Bethesda. Even Google doesn't look very keen to shell out that kind of money for 1st party studios at the moment.

I believe Netflix is eyeing the mobile game market. Stuff you can play on your cell phone through Netflix's app.

All I want from Forza Horizon is a less intrusive story. Who needs story anyway? I don't want obnoxious NPC interrupting my game all the time to tell me how awesome I am.

@UltimateOtaku91 mine is retired, back in its box forever due to joycon drift and a glitch in the software that prevents me from downloading or updating digital games. I tried everything, including resetting it to factory settings and nothing works. And Nintendo is not officially in my country, so I can't just ask them to replace my console. I'm very angry at Nintendo and I don't intend to buy any of their products ever again.

@FatalBubbles you know, the first time I tried Doom Eternal the gameplay didn't click with me. But now I gave it another chance because of the Xbox Series upgrade and I'm loving it, having the time of my life.

It happens, sometimes you're just not in the right mood to enjoy a particular game. I didn't like RDR 2 either, not because the game was bad, but because I was not in the mood for such a slow burn game when I tried it. So, who knows, maybe if I gave GoW another chance I could enjoy it just as much as you did. Sadly I don't see it happening in the foreseeable future because there are just too many games to play...

Called it! https://www.purexbox.com/news/2021/07/xbox_store_now_highlights_diverse_games_made_in_latin_america#comment6429651

@Rafie well, the cover based shooting part is copy-pasted straight from Gears...

@ISD1982, boy, I thought I was the only person that couldn't get into God of War. I'm not a Playstation hater, I loved HZD, Spider-Man, even the much reviled TLoU Pt. 2... but GoW's combat gets boring and repetitive. I never finished it.

I like the narrative-driven Playstation exclusives a lot. What I don't like about Playstation 1st party output (which doesn't include the likes of Bloodborne and JRPGs like Persona 5) is that pretty much all of them are cast in the same mould: 3rd person action-adventure games, usually there's an AI companion to banter with and/or to protect and bond through an emotional journey... good stuff, really, but they lack variety.

In comparison, Xbox has released very few noteworthy exclusives over the last years, but they seem to be in the right track now and offering a more varied menu. Narrative-driven 3rd person action-adventure stuff would very much welcomed additions, as long as they aren't all that we will get.

I used it for a while, back when I didn't own a Smart TV. Since I used to run Netflix on Xbox One it was nice to have live TV one click away. I even owned an Xbox Media Remote back then, the Xbox One truly was my main media hub

Now the only media I stream to my Xbox Series S rather than on my Smart TV is HBO Max, because its app is buggy as hell in the TV and it runs much better albeit not flawlessly, on Xbox.

Not looking forward for anything this week. Which means I can focus on finishing Doom Eternal and Dead Space 3 before Death's Door hits next week and then both MS Flight Sim and The Ascent arrive in the end of the month.

I just want them to tone down that whole backstory about the Horizon Festival and the obnoxious NPC calling me all the time to tell me how awesome I am. Geez, guys, keep it in your pants!

@Dezzy they totally should do it for all regions. I believe Latin America is getting "special treatment" because there is an important latino community inside the USA and because Xbox is striving to grow within Latin America itself. Not to mention that Phil Spencer specifically said more than once that he wanted to have studios in Latin America. I'd expect a couple of the studios in the region to be acquired soonish.

@BrilliantBill all rumours point to EA Motive.

The hype is real!
God exists, and I'm gonna cut off his limbs with plasma!

Don't care. Give me Dead Space or GTFO!

Mine is Resident Evil Village.
I did enjoy Knockout City a lot as well.
Hitman 3 is something I might like, but I haven't tried it yet.

@UltimateOtaku91 I was hoping Obsidian would make the next Fallout, but they have their hands full as well with Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2.

I think Fallout will skip this generation.

@IronMan30 I'm 36. I'm certain that it won't come out before I'm 40...

@Igorfgon probably both numbers refer to different things. I'm no economist and I could be wrong, but I suppose that, for example, in a family of four where two adults work but two children do not, the average income per family member will be lower than the wages of the parents.

Anyway, you got my point. Videogame consoles are a luxury in developing nations and thus the Xbox Series S is a godsend for us, making that hobby more accessible to people who otherwise would not be able to play videogames at all.