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He must be good if Prince Andrew is still a free man.

It will happen but with some major concessions. But it all hangs on the EU's decision tbh though.

@themightyant Hmm Open critic seems to be more harsh that way, as you say the switch does have a few bad ports that work perfectly on xbox/playstation so wouldn't be fair to bring the overall score down. I think Metacritic has it spot on but they need to fix their user score system to include people must log in via an playstation/xbox account to validate they actually played the game.

@Sebatrox You having fun with Redfall isn't a problem, but you always bring playstation games into arguments bashing them. Take forspoken for example you're always putting it down yet here you are enjoying a worse game (by metacritic) and don't like people saying its crap.

The roles have reversed, and if you don't like it then maybe in the future it will prevent you from bashing playstation games for no reason.

I voted for Prey, loved the setting and gameplay. Hopefully we haven't seen the last of it.

@Cherip-the-Ripper I'm assuming Redfall is the only Arkane game they've played so had no choice but to vote for it 😂

@Chaudy You would think PC would be the higher one given that PC is more powerful so would surely run the game better and look slightly better.

30fps for the PC version just doesn't make sense.

@Chaudy Its 56 on PC so I wasn't totally wrong lol I don't get why each version gets it's own score.

Haven't got round to playing it yet so I can't say too much.

But I will say from what I've seen on YouTube and reviews that I've read that it's a massive dissapointment to those who either subscribed to gamepass specifically for this game and to those who paid £70 for the game. Id be demanding refunds.

Surely this is Bethesda's worst game by far with a 56 metacritic rating.

@Razputinman You will enjoy Returnal, it's an excellent game and can now be played online with another person which does help as the game gets quite hard fast.

On Playstation 5 I will be continuing with God of War Ragnarok, Project Zero Lunar Eclipse and YS 8 Lacrimosa of Dana.

On Switch I will be playing Splatoon 3 as its Splatfest weekend, Bayonetta Origins and Harvestella

@obiwan3001 Yes it includes PlayStation 5 sales, PC and Xbox sales and people who played it "free" on gamepass and playstation plus.

@Total_Weirdo I disagree, I honestly believe if Sony allowed it Microsoft would put gamepass on playstation consoles.

@Somebody I think that will definitely happen before the end of this gen, but for me id rather them concentrate on making cloud gaming 1080p first (mobile).

Also the eighth generation did consist of the WiiU, so Phil you didn't lose 😂

Was looking at this earlier, as much as I love my backbone one I'd prefer to play handheld games natively and the steam deck just looks too bulky. But from what I'm reading it could cost €700-€800 euros which is just way too much for me.

Good there's no point in more than one console following the same path. We are in a situation where Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo all have consoles that bring something different to the table. Microsoft with its subscription and cloud gaming and Western Rpg's, Nintendo with its family orientated games and hybrid console design, and Playstation for its Cinematic blockbusters, JRPG's and VR content.

Never has there been more of a reason to own all systems in my opinion, something last gen and possibly the gen before didn't really inspire people to do.

@Kaloudz I do yeah, I'm a huge anime/manga fan so that helps plus I like Japanese food a lot. I first went there in 2018 and I felt like I was in the a different world compared to the UK 😂, I'd love the next Forza Horizon to be based in Japan, would be cool driving around snowy Hokkaido.

@Kaloudz Yes playing it on gamepass via cloud on my backbone one, and there is DLC but it's not Akihabara 😂

Akihabara is a town in Japan which is known for its Anime aesthetics and advertising, maid cafes, gaming and electronics stores. Very colourful place lol

Ive put about 3 hours into it so far and I kinda like it, I've been to Japan twice so it's nice to see some areas in the game that haven't changed. Needs some Akihabara DLC though 😂.

@mousieone Seriously though if you're not interested in Sony's exclusives then wouldn't expect you to get one, just stick to what you're comfortable with, for the jrigs that don't come to xbox you can always get them on the switch.

@mousieone Just do it.

I promise i won't laugh..... 😏

@Dezzy70 I know Phil turned things around after the xbox one launch disaster but was it really all that impressive? Just creating a subscription service by improving over the existing competitions service, as playstation had a subscription service first so it wasn't exactly revelutionary for the console market.

They need someone in charge similar to the leadership during the 360 gen. They got a lot of great exclusive games out, got the Japanese devs on their side for exclusive content, better marketing, better dashboard.

Phil says they can't compete with Nintendo and Playstation, but during the xbox 360 gen they were competing.

@Ralizah Well maybe Gamefreak need to team up with Monolith soft for their next game then as I agree, xenoblade chronicles 3 was a technical marvel considering how well it performed, considering the size of the map, the amount of enemies on the map, cutscenes and thousands of voiced dialogues lines, and for it to run as well as it did and look better than Pokémon Scarlet/Violet. Plus id wager it had way less of a budget.

Man thinking about it I'd love them to joint make the next pokemon game or spin off.

@Tharsman well maybe I was a bit hasty with the phrase "no one" 😂, but people do get tired of the same games, especially if they don't change things up.

For example with Zelda and Pokémon they are keeping things thresh by going with an open world design. Same happened with Assassins Creed but even then people still moan all the time about it and Far Cry.

@Dezzy70 I think they just need a massive shake up and create new IP's, I will use playstation as an example, all they were creating were uncharteds, Jak and Daxter, ratchet and clank, God Wars and Killzones and it got to a certain point where people were getting bored of the same games. Then they got those studios to create new IP's to freshen things up.

Naughty dog made TLOU and now look at how big it's got, instead of insomniac creating ratchet and clank non stop they moved onto spiderman and now wolverine and are now considered their best Studio, Guerrilla finally left behind Killzone and created Horizon which sold more copies with its first game than the entire Killzone franchise. Sucker Puck left behind the infamous franchise and came up with Ghoat of Tsushima which is now one of the best games. No one wants to keep playing the same games every gen. I feel the same about Santa Monica, it's time to move on from God of War, as great as the game is I'm bored of seeing Kratos for the 8th time, personally it's a waste of talent to stick to one thing for decades.

Same with Xbox, it's mainly always Halo, Gears, Forza and Fable, they need to come up with new great IP's that show these studios aren't a one trick pony. Let 343i make a new game, let coalition make a new game same with the Fable dev and maybe the forza devs too, and for Microsoft to support them fully and give them the funding needed and market them the same level sony markets their games, a large portions of Sony's game and console sales is down to their marketing.

@Tharsman Well you would hope Gamefreak would maybe take pride in their work and want to make the best possible game they can even if that means upgrading themselves. Pretty sure they've been using similar assets since the 3DS for certain things (or atleast Sword/Shield were).

Maybe it's down to Nintendo's hardware limitations and Gamefreak are taking the flak for it, I don't know. But what I do know is that I've seen user made Pokémon games/concepts on YouTube that look years ahead of the current Pokemon games.

Hopefully we can get to that stage one day with the actual games.

So still Baffles me to this day how Nintnedo have never acquired Gamefreak or the PLC, all it takes is one massive break up, we've seen it with studios like Bungie going their seperate ways.

"gamepass feels like it has been in a bit of slump for decent new indies in the last few months."

That's most likely done to them wanting to focus on promoting Atomic Heart, Wo Long, Ghostwire Tokyo and Redfall.

@Ralizah With the amount of money that Nintendo, The PLC and Gamefreak are making from the Pokémon games and other merchandise I'm pretty sure that if they wanted to they could easily upgrade Gamefreaks Studio and employ more people to make sure a consistent high quality is being met via performance and visuals and still turn out the same amount of games they usually do. But for some reason they dont.

@Dezzy70 Well there's likely another lie in that statement as they say Starfield is coming the first half of 2023, but we're 5 months in and we haven't seen much of it yet and no real marketing for it either. Now they might keep their word but that would mean either releasing it a couple of weeks after their showcase or shadow dropping it which is 99.99% unlikely.

@Tharsman ah I see thanks for the details. I would still say Nintendo have some say in actual games though especially if they own the IP and are the publisher. It's not like Sony with Forspoken as they didn't own the IP and they wasn't the publishers but in Nintendo's case surely they would of sat down with Gamefreak and gone through the game before releasing it.

@mousieone No but I like to debate people's false statements 😂

@Ralizah So who owns Pokemon? If its Gamefreak then Pokémon could come to other platforms, if Nintendo own the IP then they would still have the final say and oversee it's development to a certain degree.

@old-dad Nintendo own Pokémon so Nintendo not only supply funds for their games but also oversee the project and have the final say. Same goes for Redfall, it's on Microsoft as much as it is Bethesda and same with playstation if any of its First Party games launched a mess, it would be Sony's fault.

@Chaudy well officially Redfall is now worse than forspoken, Redfall is sitting at 63 metacritic for xbox and 59 for PC, Forspoken is higher on both. So yes you was right with your logic.

Currently at a 64 on metacritic, exactly the same as forspoken 😬

IGN's review on progress is also a stinker, but what is quite worrying is this part of their review.

"Redfall doesn’t save progression for any player but the host in co-op games"

@Tharsman You may be right, just done a quick search on google and Redfall and Starfield are their first delayed games, which coincidentally are their first big releases under Microsoft, so maybe it's the other way round.

You can't help but wonder if Bethesda wanted to delay the game again but Microsoft basically said no more delays. The amount of videos of bugs and graphical glitches going around on social media is quite concerning as well.

If starfield is also in this state then hopefully the bad reception this game is getting means Microsoft are more open minded to delaying starfield again instead of forcing it out.

You know FF16 is going to be great when it's talked about more on article about an xbox exclusive.

@themightyant It was Noisy Pixel that gave the game a 4/10 with the header blood suckingly painful, so yeah doesn't look good. The 78% Review from CoG mentioned how difficult it was for single players which all of these reviewers would be doing (surely) so that alone would maybe ruin their experience. This is going to get a mixed reaction so I'd say a metacritic between 65-70.

@Martsmall Yes but I also put why, due to Microsoft, Tencent and Embracer buying up everyone. Sony need to do the same as the competition otherwise in 20 years they will be in a bad position, and square enix is the one I'd want them buy as PS is my jrpg machine.

@Martsmall Yeah and what's so bad about that? I don't want Microsoft buying the publishers who's games I play on playstation such as Square Enix, Atlus or Capcom.

@Martsmall it was a joke, you know as playstation say its for the players, I was saying CMA is playstation....

With the amount of games I want in may plus the ones im already playing I may have to skip this at launch. Unless the Reviews are something special to convince me otherwise.

I think that's one event people don't want to remember, that one event could of potentially cost Microsoft the whole gen.

@abe_hikura ah I see so similar to daemon x machina on the switch, sounds like a game I will give a try then, especially there's some added online co op modes.