VenomousAlbino

Has anyone on the planet ever bought Starlink at full price? Game's on sale every other week.

@VisitingComet1 I can't put my finger on what exactly, but nothing about what I saw appealed to me. And I loved ME1 and ME2; the only two instances where I've played through a game twice in quick succession.

I've played 1 and 2 and that's it. Prior to launch, I was all set to dive into Legendary Edition, but after watching some actual footage (see: not trailers) my excitement has all but disappeared and I don't think I'll bother.

@Kalvort don't pay no mind. You're under 18, you won't be doing any time.

The matchmaking times are ridiculous, though. I gave up on Gears 5 because I have better things to do.

@LtSarge Yeah, it's the same mentality that partly contributed to Xbox One's struggles; people never got past the "always online" thing, even though Microsoft abandoned the approach long before the console actually launched.

The lineup you mentioned that Microsoft has got its hands on is indeed tantalising. And that's without the inevitable Deathloop and Ghostwire Tokyo ports (both of which will likely sport enhanced features and extra content) and the potential for comebacks from stuff like Quake and Commander Keen.

@blinx01 Yeah, it's not exactly cryptic, is it? Is Game Pass on PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5? No? Then you ain't playing it there. I bet the Internet is collectively trying to ascertain whether Bethesda games will be Xbox/PC exclusive even after each game has released for years to come.

I got my Xbox in 2003 with Marvel vs Capcom 2, Crazy Taxi 3 and Jet Set Radio Future (can you tell that I was a massive SEGA guy?) and lugged that thing home from Cardiff city centre to North Cardiff by bus and quite a bit of walking. To date it is the most physically strenuous thing I've ever done.

@BionicDodo I like X, although I can't speak for how it compares to IV, VI or VII because apart from XV (which I'm playing through now) it's the only Final Fantasy game I've played.

All the studios Microsoft bought haven't announced/released new games yet? It's almost as if AAA game development is an incredibly difficult and lengthy process that's been exacerbated by the entire planet being an utter sh*t-show for the past year and a half.

So glad I played through Life is Strange 2 last week and both Telltale Batman games earlier in the year.
I need to learn to save those sorts of games for events like this.

I'm most enjoying the cool stuff Microsoft has done to improve old games; Auto HDR, FPS Boost, things like that. Along with the SSD slashing loading times, these features completely transform the experience of playing older games.

It's also cool whenever we get a surprise Series X upgrade.

I'm currently jumping between Borderlands 3 with the wife and Final Fantasy XV.

@FraserG for the Weird Al reference, you have my total and neverending respect.

@JayJ Sooooo... you can just play Judgment in future, as that's the fork in the road that's better suited to your tastes.

I like this approach; keep fans of both gameplay styles happy with two separate series set in the same world. Plus, I like both styles so I'll play whatever Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios puts out.

I only just bought Final Fantasy XV, so I can wait.

The game would only let me play in solo mode for a long while after the Super7 update. It eventually got fixed, but it was really annoying because solo mode populates the game world with AI Drivatars that you don't ghost through like you do with actual players when in free roam, which got old quickly because it puts a ton of them in.

Square Enix games just keep coming to Game Pass, and with so many day one releases! They must be seeing some healthy engagement from subscribers.

Also... Anthem? Really? What a waste of time, effort and money. You won't even be able to play the game in a few years' time.

Microsoft: don't expect lots of FPS boosted games right away. It'll be gradual.

Also Microsoft: BAM! FPS BOOST DELUGE MOTHERF**KERS!

The fact that this had to be okay-ed by someone is hilarious to me. How out of touch do you have to be?

Less than decent shots fired.

@gingataisen maybe it will be the only patch, maybe it won't. But I refuse to believe that EA and BioWare haven't been watching the Cyberpunk saga (where there seems to be another 40-50GB patch every other week and the game is still utter bunk) and thought "yeah, we can't do that", especially after Andromeda and Anthem.

I'll take a game that needs a patch if the patch is ready to go day one. At least the approach here isn't "release the game and chip away at making it good over the next year or so". (cough) Cyberpunk(cough)

Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition for £15 seems like a good deal. Gotta be a lot of bang for your buck, right?

@ThumzOfDeath Cheers. 😀👍

@Fiendish-Beaver Same here. Ralph (SkillUp) did a preview and then a review of the PC version a while back and since then I've been waiting for the console port.

I actually have a question: if I redeem some of my points, it doesn't reset any streaks I have, does it?

@GateCrasherUK Do all the Game Pass quests every day/week/month, check out the rewards app on the Xbox One and/or Series X, and do all the daily Bing activities. You have to commit to it because the more you engage, the more points you get. I'm going to get 1,000 points tomorrow alone for a 10-week streak on the Xbox rewards app.

Nearly 36,000. Not saving for anything in particular. Figured I'd just keep going and see what happens.

I'ma leave this here...

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2021/04/these_10plus_games_are_coming_to_xbox_this_week_april_27-30

@JGRockford or, SURPRISE, we bought FromSoftware!

Said it before and I'll say it again: Game Pass already gives me access to more games than I feasibly have time to play, so I don't lose sleep over the GWG offerings being stuff that's less desirable.

I hate, hate, HATE that this game is titled Judgment, and not Judgement. I was looking for this game on the store to add it to my wish list and it took me a good 10 minutes to realise why it wasn't appearing when I was searching.

I should probably start playing Warframe, what with the amount of free stuff I could be getting. 😂

@JetmanUK This.

I'd give Warzone a go if the file size wasn't disgusting.

@blinx01 Who did the Series X port for FH4 has nothing to do with my reasoning; just the fact that it happened at all. I'm confident it's because FH4 is going to be THE Horizon game for quite a while, whereas FM7 is going to be usurped by FH8 sooner rather than later.

@Carck Yeah, and FH4 did as well. But only FH4 got the Series X upgrade, which says to me that that game is intended to be around for a long while before FH5 comes out. FM7, however, didn't get a Series X upgrade, which tells me that FM8 is closer to release than people think and that it'll arrive before FH5. That's just my opinion anyway.

I still think that Horizon 4 getting a Series X upgrade (while Motorsport 7 didn't get one) is an indication that we see Motorsport 8 release before Horizon 5.

@Murray When Jorg Neumann says that most of the work to be done is on the experience side and not technical, I take that to mean that the Series X version is feature complete and now they're figuring out how the game actually plays on a console. If you're developing on PC, you do so in the knowledge that everyone has a keyboard and mouse, but on Series X they're going to need to adapt the control scheme to account for far fewer input methods. That's how I read into it anyway

I also also recommend Inside.

@FraserG man, those reward points! I don't know if this is good or not, but I've racked up nearly 31,000 points in the last two months. It's become like a second job.

@BigP Yep, I'm frequently paralyzed by choice. It's a nice problem to have.

More importantly, it's a huge get for Game Pass. Between this and Outriders, we've saved a lot of money this month compared to PS5 owners.

I imagine any turn-based game would work alright via xCloud, especially ones that aren't reliant on timing-based inputs. Also doesn't hurt that Octopath is banging wherever you play it.

@LtSarge fellow Nuts & Bolts advocate over here! Everyone wants a "proper" Banjo-Kazooie 3, but I'd lose my sh*t over a Nuts & Bolts 2.

@Dezzy there are only two reasons to ever take a photo of your food:
1. it's hilarious (example: food rearranged to look like genitalia)
2. ...

@Royalblues not only that, but industry workers might be less candid with him in the future. Same with Jason Schreier; he wouldn't get half the scoops and insider knowledge that he does now if people a) didn't think he was trustworthy, or b) weren't safe in the knowledge that he checks his facts, keeps people anonymous when requested, etc

@Royalblues Jez has repeatedly stated that he doesn't like to outright tell everyone things he's seen or heard about concerning unannounced upcoming games because it isn't fair to the marketing teams, PR teams or the people making the games, and I can see where he's coming from. The announcement and marketing of a game is as much a balancing act of time and resources as developing the game itself and it wouldn't be fair for someone like Jez to spill the beans and completely derail a maybe years-long marketing and PR plan - and maybe jeopardising peoples' jobs - just because someone on the team leaked the game's existence.