ThePrettySenshi

@lolwhatno and @Xiovanni

Gender is the social construct, and Sex is biological. But aside from that, I'm kind of with Xiovanni. I wish there were more secondary physical characteristics besides just waist size when we choose body type. I love the gameplay from Halo infinite, but I never felt like my spartan was an in-game personalized version of myself. But Halo 5, despite having a bunch of haters, felt way more personal with the customization.

Also, there's this really annoying glitch where sometimes we spawn with default body and voice. And then the rest of the match I'm stuck hearing weird manly death grunts (I die a lot). lol

I miss Halo 5 bodies.

well done, Phil.

@Lionyone
I've bought the game Stranger of Sword City, Asian region because it had english subtitles, was cheaper and the U.S. never got a physical release.
But tbh, if you live in the U.S. it's actually the other way around 99.99999...% of the time. We get the physical releases and the best prices because Xbox is an American company and everyone else usually imports from us. Regional sales is probably one of the reasons why Sony moved their headquarters to the U.S.

@graysoncharles
that picture...

but back to the article, yeah, tbh most of the evidence is kind of circumstantial, except for the Sega tweet with the lady doing an X by a box. That pose seems a little too thought out. I doubt it means a buy out but maybe a partnership deal?

Although, if they did buy Sega that would finally be the moment where I can lay back and just enjoy the Xbox because imo the only thing it lacks right now is a stronger Japanese support.

@XBontendo That's ok, you don't have to like it. ( ^_^)

Personally, I looove the first one. It had so much charm and all of the characters really grew on you, and there was just this real wholesomeness to the way the world was presented and the way that everyone treated each other.

So having the f-bomb dropped in the first 30 seconds really really bothers me. I'm sorry, but this isn't the game I want, and it's not the Beyond Good and Evil that I remember.

Looks... ok... but if it had an X over the black grill thingie it would have looked amazing!
As it is right now it looks too much like a speaker. lol.

@Ocat
Oh!! I love Pokemon and would definitely consider picking this up too.
I guess the only two questions I have for now is does this have online battling against other players?
And is there any kind of player customization? Like clothes, hats etc.

The prince looks cute, but everything else looks scary.
( o.o)

@Mamabear
Yeah, and unfortunately some Nintendo games only get limited prints and run out pretty fast. ( T_T)

Nintendo why are your games so good...

I'm definitely picking up an Xbox Series X eventually, but probably nothing until either Halo infinite comes out or Final Fantasy.

Tbh, I was bummed out that Sony didn't drop their digital only console to 300 dollars because I would love to play Demon's Souls. But that's ok. Plenty of other games to look forward to and I'm definitely sticking with Xbox. ( ^_^)

@playstation_king There's quite a lot of games that Square Enix have made as "exclusives" and as soon as the time ends it came to Xbox so I bet the same thing will happen here.

But anyhoo, I'm not going to lie, I was a little bummed out when I read the headline. But after the trailer I'm ok with waiting while I work on my other games that I own. After 15 I was hoping we would go back to a woman as the main character. And as much as I love Kingdom Hearts, I wish we still had traditional jrpg experiences instead of action jrpg. I'll still pick this up as soon as it comes to Xbox, but I'm willing to bet that FF7 Remake will appear around 16's launch so that will keep me more than happy until then. I'm playing the original right now and loving it.

I like the black version better. The white one with the black circle looks a lot like the speakers my cousin owns.

They've probably been holding off so long because of the price point. Tbh, this is probably a result of the pricing contest between them and Sony to see who can go lower. Oh well. Too late now. I guess that means that Sony has the advantage and can adjust their marketing appropriately.
c'est la vie, as the elves in Middle-Earth tend to say.

They never have any dlc for the games I play. ( T_T) I've been waiting forever for Final Fantasy XIII-2's bundle to go on sale.

btw, I finished the Metal Gear Solid series (which I loved!!). Splinter Cell is on sale, would it be worth getting? I've avoided it before because it seems to be only realistic grittiness and only a bunch of guys running around. But I'm having stealth withdrawals and am thinking of trying it out.

wow. That's a surprisingly low price. It's literally the same price of a Nintendo Switch right now and with the library of games it can play, a pretty tempting offer.
I would get it, I like how it looks, but I've started to collect too many classic games and not being able to play them because of a lack of a disc drive is disappointing.

But if I was looking at a first console to get into games, this would be it.

nice! Part of me is hoping that the reason Deadly Premonition came back is that they are planning on announcing Deadly Premonition 2 for Xbox. But that's just wishful thinking on my part...

DP is definitely a weird game. It's like a PS2 game that somehow got released 10 years too late. But it has a lot of charm and for anyone who is a huge fan of the old tv show Twin Peaks it's a must play.

I remember my sister and I borrowing the first one and Beyond Good and Evil back when we had a Gamecube. She really liked it, but I didn't really play much because Beyond Good and Evil was sooo good.

but later on I fell in love with the 2008 version. The whole story, the growing relationship with Elika and the Prince, the ending, it was so well done. Just a quick bit of advice for anyone who hasn't played it, don't buy the dlc. It adds about an hour and a half of gameplay that isn't that much fun, and completely ruins the tone of the original ending.

I have a bunch of friends that eat there all the time. Maybe I can convince them to give me all of their codes. lol.

OMG!! This is great news! ( ^_^)
I bought the game awhile ago because I wanted something Mario-esque. The game really won me over with it's cute style and fun gameplay. The final boss was pure platformer bliss.

Can't wait to play the dlc.

@playstation_king
It's not about money. It's about respecting the purchases of gamers who have followed a company for generations, and most importantly it's about preserving the past.

Videogames have a history just as rich as any other media and for the longest time they not only failed to protect it but actively even worked against it (destroying source codes, losing files etc). Backwards compatibility is one of the greatest ways of remembering where games come from and allowing future gamers the opportunity to enjoy those games. We learn the origins of our favorite developers and experience how the industry has evolved over the decades.

It's so weird seeing real life people in games. Like, if someone told me Reagan was going to be in an action game I would never have believed them. lol.

This was my favorite moment of the entire show and it was only part of the pre-show. lol.
Definitely picking this up because it's giving me some strong Code Vein (same developer) and God Eater vibes. It's still not where it needs to be, but I'm happy Xbox is getting more Japanese support.

Never played a Tom Clancy game before... I guess now is a good time to start. Overall, I guess this month's is ok... but definitely better than some of the months we've had this year.

oh!! this is one of my more anticipated games for this year. I really really liked Life is Strange 1, and Before the Storm.

I wish Remember Me was backwards compatible on Xbox like you have no idea.

I like them but it depends on the game. I'll try to play a game naturally the first time through. Sometimes I'll go out of my way for an achievement if it looks like it would be fun but I don't let them become more important than enjoying the story.

After beating the game though, if I loved the game enough to play it again at a later date then I'll pick a few more achievements to go for just to change up the playthrough a little bit. Sometimes if I like the game enough I try to 100% it.

but grindy achievements like buy all x, or do this thing 1000 x are just terrible if the only reward is the achievement. bleagh.

@BANJO
yay!!

Also, sorry, I don't check this website every day and I'm so slow with replying ( T_T)

I haven't checked yet, but you know, if you download the Bing app and sign in with your Xbox account you can earn points by just regularly searching the internet or doing little quizzes. And then you can trade those points for things like a free month of Gold or giftcards.

So far I've received:
1 month gold
1 month gamepass
5 gift cards at 5$
1 gift card at 10$

( ^_^)/

If the game is going to be delayed for a year or more, then as much as I don't like it, it doesn't make sense to keep the One version. Besides, by then there will be a much bigger adoption rate for the Series X.

But if it's only delayed a few months that I can see a lot of people getting upset if there's no One version.

I went on a Castlevania shopping spree!!
( ^_^)/

I'm going to be spending August and September playing Final Fantasy IX and VII, and save all the Castlevania games for October. Although I've heard the Castlevania games are pretty hard, so maybe that's a bit too optimistic?

lead scriptwriter? what does that mean for video games? Is it like the head person who is in charge of the story and dialogue?

If so, then yeah... I don't expect this game any earlier than 2022.

@FraserG
I mean, sure, but wouldn't a headline like "Xbox One controllers will work with Series X" come across as less partisan? The current headline does kind of come across as a little bit of a dig at Sony.
It's nowhere near as bad as some of the passive aggressive stuff over on Push Square so it's not that big of a deal, but it's a slippery slope.

I don't mind but I wish we had an option to remove the visual pop-up saying we took a picture and instead just relied on the audio cue. It's kind of weird, but there's been a few times where I've been taking a lot of pictures and I've had screenshots ruined because they had the pop-up also captured.

this is a company that really cares about its fans. Like, how easy would it have been to shrug their shoulders and just keep doing the same thing. I know its just a little thing, but when added to all of the other stuff they've been doing with Xbox, I'm really happy Phil Spencer came in and changed the culture at the company.

I don't know what most of these things mean, but crossplay is going to be fantastic!! The more the merrier!
( ^_^)

Silent Hill 2 on the original Xbox
Silent Hill 4 on the original Xbox
Fatal Frame (not sure which ones came to Xbox, but I want all of them!)
Any Japanese games that haven't been included because they were too small, like Bullet Witch, 99 knights etc.

and please please please, Nier Gestalt from the 360. With Nier Replicant coming out, and Automata available right now, I think this would be an amazing trilogy (of sorts).

huh...
maybe I'm not as much of a hardcore gamer as I thought I was, but I thought the game looked great and fun to play. I'm sure someone can explain why I'm wrong, but I'm excited for it and will definitely pick it up when it comes out.

p.s. I guess I wouldn't mind more hair on brutes.
p.p.s. And I hope we don't have to interact with the pilot too often (or he really takes a chill pill) because he was really annoying.

heck yeah. I used to be a huge fan of Games with Gold, but it seems like after Gamepass was released the quality of games started to drop. And tbh, I don't blame MS. Gamepass has so much more potential.

noooooooo!
Darn it. This is just like what happened with Gamepass quests. I use Gamepass a lot but I'm not the one paying for it so I miss out on all sorts of perks.

But now that I think about it... I didn't spend any money on Gamepass. So maybe that's the best perk of all?

lol. I don't know how much my vote counts because Halo is the only one I'm familiar with (never played Forza or Fable before).

But I wouldn't mind playing either one of them. We have gamepass so honestly, there's no excuse.

I love it!! He looks very sexy and wh-what is that!!! There's something creepy kind of reflecting in his visor!

But honestly, it feels like a brand new phase for Halo and I'm very excited. ( ^_^)

@FraserG
Oh!! if this is what happens I think it will be the best of both worlds and I very much approve. I like Gamepass but sometimes my subscription ends and it takes me a little bit of time before I can renew. Being able to play online for free while I am waiting to budget for gamepass would be amazing.

There is one huuuuuuuge thing that Xbox can do that would help them get a lot of goodwill with Japanese developers.

And that is to let them know, that under no circumstances will they censor any game that comes out of Japan. Right now there is a huge discussion going on culturally in Japan about freedom of expression. Even the Japanese Diet has gotten involved. The manga and anime industry are worried about the United States and China imposing their cultural standards on Japanese works. It has also affected the video game industry with many developers also expressing dissatisfaction and concern.

Please Xbox, no censorship.

Perfect Dark Reboot. It has the most potential imo, to fill in a genre that has been empty since Metal Gear ended and Kojima left Konami.

all of the little logos and labels about optimization etc should honestly be on the back. But it only works if publishers decide to do more with their covers instead of just slapping the main character on the background.
They should be mini posters of wonder and excitement!

@Grot
If you love Jrpg you'll love the combat system of XIII. It takes a bit of a learning curve but imo this wa Square Enix's last game with turn based battles. Now everything is action jrpg.

it updated for me last night. Woke up this morning to find out I had less space on my hard drive. lol.
Even though it's something small, I love being able to look at our Spartan model while customizing her. It's going to come in really handy for drawing references for the armor.

@Mamabear
Maybe I'll pick up Control when it goes on sale. ( ^_^)

@zane547
Gamepass is so amazing for trying out Indie games. I've been able to play a lot of hidden gems that way.

But every now and then there's an indie game that looks so good I'm willing to buy it day 1.

voted Control.

Mostly because I've read there's a few performance issues on original Xbox One and that's the console I own. If the issues are bad enough I'll be happy that I tried it out on Gamepass instead of buying it.

@Makina
I'm not sure I understand what you're getting at.

but have you ever opened an Xbox One case before? If you have, you'll know what I mean.