@Dan1283 Yeah but them lying isnt really surprising. The game was supposed to be day 1 on GP both PC and Xbox, they didn'r really notify us about the delay untill the launch day or like a day before too. No date was given after that and today I was just randomly surprised by a phone notification that its out
@NeutronBomb Don't really feel the need now as Im not really missing out on anything that I would really want. With Darktide, nothing of value was lost. I'm more into age of sigmar myself but still, the game has been a poo-show since launch and most of its players base is already burned out. We also know Darktide is poorly optimised on PC aswell so its not the S fault, as it rarely is and its more about the devs. This is especially strange considering that S made over 70% of revenue, so its the more widespread one. Given Darktide isn't on PS and no word wheter it ever will, they esentialy made the product worse by not keeping promises for over 70% of their console market
@MasterPlayerOne Did you actually read the review, or the conclusion? „Assassin's Creed Mirage is a successfully stripped back return to the roots of this long-running franchise that ditches the bloat and enormous scale of Odyssey and Valhalla in favour of a very manageable romp that doesn't waste any of your time."
@InterceptorAlpha well, just like darktide it will take years for it to be actually playabale. All my pc friends are already burned out and dont want to jump back in. Plus promised 60 FPS on the S but apperantly it runs on 30 only so yeah, fatshark is gonna fatshark
@Judas oh really? Will give it a go since its on gamepass but I've read on reddit that its actually returning more to its roots (I prefered the first payday game) so the gameplay is great but lost a lot of its personality
@GamingFan4Lyf Well I think it already happend a lot of times that game released with 30 and got a 60 update sometime later on the series S so I do think its just playing it safe to meet a deadline, then its just a question whtere or not the devs care enough to boost it post launch
Am I the only one who couldn't care less if game requires me to be always online? I mean Payday is MOSTLY coop title and while it can be enjoyed solo it is far from ideal so it kinda seems like being mad that World of Warcraft requires you to be always online
@old-dad Yeah I get it, I don't really care about AC personally but I know that if they'll remake it, it will sell and if it will sell we will see more and more unnecesary remakes
Brumble dev answer to a question about gamepass: „All of that was handled by our publisher, so can't say how it all panned out. But working with Xbox is a pain-free experience that we highly recommend to all devs. It's been a smooth process."
@sixrings Its not that the update itself is that big but apperantly it reinstalls the game so the multiplayer and singleplayer are a seperate client. This will allow them to tweak each version differently because up until now every time they tried to nerf/buff soemthing théy had to make sure it won't break the campaing
@StonyKL I promised myself a long time ago I wont give any money to blizz. Would LOVE to play Diablo 4 but I stand by my words. IF it will reach gamepass, however, thats a whole different story
@Chinesus I'm more of a Age of Sigmar guy myself so I really hope Realms of Ruin will be good. Even preordered Stormground (naive I know) back in the day, still think the game in its core is quite fun and still do return to it from time to time but the devs abandoned it rather quickly. Damn shame, I saw a pontential in its multiplayer. Hopefully one day I'll get a good Age of Sigmar game
EA really knows how to optimise on consoles. I'm currently playing Battlefield 2042 with two of my mates who play on PC while I'm on series S. Both of them have custom build gaming PCs that are WAY more powerful than Series S, yet I'm always the one waiting for them to load.
@Neverwild 100 mil? Where did you get that number? Also not true about mobile players. Sure might be true in the west but have you ever heard about China? Everyone and their dog there plays on mobile since phones are rather cheap there and there are millions living in big cities with great Internet coverage, so cloud gaming is definitely doable there and it is a giant market
@Rmg0731 It is the devs being lazy. Gotham Knights was the last game that blamed Series S while running awful even on Series X and PC, the game was just terribly optimised all across the board. Sonic is also an unpolished product (see the twitter link in my comment above)
@Gloki_junior Not only wrong (most of the games that have issues on Series S came out on weaker PS4 and also the switch in some cases but they also face issues elsewhere, Gotham Knights came to mind as a recent example where the game runs awful on Series X and PC aswell) but Sonic also shouldnt have released, its clearly not finished/polished game: https://twitter.com/sonic_hedgehog/status/1589751188798738433 There just seems to be a new trend of unfinished games releasing and people blame the Series S for it for some reason
@Chaudy Cyberpunk? Castlevania? Arcane (LoL)? Dota? Now I would even try to claim Dragons Dogma but I am aware that most people did not enjoy it and my enjoyment of it probably comes from being starved by the lack of Dragons Dogma content
@StylesT Oh I did it like 4 times by now. The difference between NZ and my Country is 10 or 12 hours (depending on winter/summer time) so it really is a "day" difference for me. Don't know which title it was the last time but there was a game that if I waited for it, it would mean multiple days of waiting as I had to leave home for couple of days on the release date, this way I got multiple hours to try it out the day before I had to leave and the game actually released in my time zone
Oh wow, surprised by the score here. One local videogaming site gave it 5/10 saying "This feels like the work of a bunch of guys in suits who had to look up the definition of Fun in dictionary" lol
This just looks so great, but I'm so worried it will flop. Now I don't mind changes in story, I've come to expect those with every adaptation, I just really need this to not suck
@Richnj Wasnt it the case of him playing live and releasing music on youtube that was owned by bungie? They essentialy did to him what he is doing now, or am I wrong? Not too familiar with him and his lawsuits so a genuine question
IS 30 FPS really that bad? I do own Series S, I'm just not interested in Dying Light but I assume 30 FPS in a non-competetive singleplayer game wouldn't be that much of an issue? I saw some gameplay videos and the world does look dense af so Tymons comment makes sense to me. I feel like 60 fps would be achiavable but the pop-in would be awful to look at
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Re: 'Gears Of War: E-Day' Is The Next Instalment In Xbox's Famous Franchise
I was hoping for Gears 6 but I'll take what I can get
Re: New Xbox Showcase Rumour Hints At Plenty Of Surprises This Sunday
Just give me Gears 6 please
Re: Our Predictions For The 2024 Xbox Games Showcase
@nomither6 Nah, give me Gears 6, I just went through 1 - 3 and can do so whenever I want to, new installment would be much more appreciated
Re: Leaked Images Reveal 'First Look' At White, All-Digital Xbox Series X
@CaptainCluck Well with this one I might finally make the switch from series S to series X
Re: 10 New Xbox Games To Look Forward To In November 2023
So excited for Warhammer
Re: Halo Infinite Season 5 Brings Firefight Back To The Series
@Benjamin Honestly, I have played a LOT of shooters in my time but I am having the most fun I ever had with Halo Infinite since season 4 dropped.
Re: Warhammer 40K: Darktide Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (October 4)
@Dan1283 Yeah but them lying isnt really surprising. The game was supposed to be day 1 on GP both PC and Xbox, they didn'r really notify us about the delay untill the launch day or like a day before too. No date was given after that and today I was just randomly surprised by a phone notification that its out
Re: Warhammer 40K: Darktide Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (October 4)
@NeutronBomb Don't really feel the need now as Im not really missing out on anything that I would really want. With Darktide, nothing of value was lost. I'm more into age of sigmar myself but still, the game has been a poo-show since launch and most of its players base is already burned out. We also know Darktide is poorly optimised on PC aswell so its not the S fault, as it rarely is and its more about the devs. This is especially strange considering that S made over 70% of revenue, so its the more widespread one. Given Darktide isn't on PS and no word wheter it ever will, they esentialy made the product worse by not keeping promises for over 70% of their console market
Re: Warhammer 40K: Darktide Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (October 4)
Promised 60 FPS on Series S, getting 30 even after a year of delay. Its a pass from me, can't be bothered to download it even from gamepass
Re: Review: Assassin's Creed Mirage - A Super Slick Return To The Series' Stealth Roots
@MasterPlayerOne Did you actually read the review, or the conclusion? „Assassin's Creed Mirage is a successfully stripped back return to the roots of this long-running franchise that ditches the bloat and enormous scale of Odyssey and Valhalla in favour of a very manageable romp that doesn't waste any of your time."
Re: Warhammer 40K: Darktide Unveils 'Biggest Update Yet' Alongside Xbox Release
@InterceptorAlpha well, just like darktide it will take years for it to be actually playabale. All my pc friends are already burned out and dont want to jump back in. Plus promised 60 FPS on the S but apperantly it runs on 30 only so yeah, fatshark is gonna fatshark
Re: Payday 3 Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (September 21)
@Judas oh really? Will give it a go since its on gamepass but I've read on reddit that its actually returning more to its roots (I prefered the first payday game) so the gameplay is great but lost a lot of its personality
Re: Remnant 2 Dev Confirms Graphics Options For Xbox Series X And S
@GamingFan4Lyf Well I think it already happend a lot of times that game released with 30 and got a 60 update sometime later on the series S so I do think its just playing it safe to meet a deadline, then its just a question whtere or not the devs care enough to boost it post launch
Re: Payday 3 Dev Says 'We Need You To Be Online' For Upcoming Xbox Game Pass Title
Am I the only one who couldn't care less if game requires me to be always online? I mean Payday is MOSTLY coop title and while it can be enjoyed solo it is far from ideal so it kinda seems like being mad that World of Warcraft requires you to be always online
Re: Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Remake Supposedly In Development At Ubisoft
@old-dad Yeah I get it, I don't really care about AC personally but I know that if they'll remake it, it will sell and if it will sell we will see more and more unnecesary remakes
Re: Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Remake Supposedly In Development At Ubisoft
@old-dad Well, unlike the others you mentioned, AC is actually saying like crazy every year, they'll stop making them once people stop buying them
Re: Jim Ryan: Publishers 'Unanimously' Do Not Like Xbox Game Pass
Brumble dev answer to a question about gamepass: „All of that was handled by our publisher, so can't say how it all panned out. But working with Xbox is a pain-free experience that we highly recommend to all devs. It's been a smooth process."
Re: Halo Infinite Multiplayer Adds Raytraced Sun Shadows On Xbox Series X|S
@sixrings Its not that the update itself is that big but apperantly it reinstalls the game so the multiplayer and singleplayer are a seperate client. This will allow them to tweak each version differently because up until now every time they tried to nerf/buff soemthing théy had to make sure it won't break the campaing
Re: Payday 3 Looks Like It's Finally Coming To Xbox This September
@UltimateOtaku91 So how exactly are you able to look into the future?
Re: Talking Point: Are You Picking Up Either Of These AAA Juggernauts On Xbox This Month?
@StonyKL I promised myself a long time ago I wont give any money to blizz. Would LOVE to play Diablo 4 but I stand by my words. IF it will reach gamepass, however, thats a whole different story
Re: Payday 3 Looks Like It's Finally Coming To Xbox This September
@UltimateOtaku91 god I hope so
Re: Last Year's Xbox Showcase Included 14 Games That Haven't Released Yet
@Adol-Bannings Just take the L my dude
Re: Xbox Games Showcase 2023 Will Be Livestreamed At 4K / 60FPS
@Tharsman Maybe the 4k will run on some Microsoft site?
Re: Xbox's Activision Blizzard Deal Approved By South Korean FTC
@Snake_V5 You clueless my guy
Re: Roundup: Every Xbox Warhammer Announcement At The Skulls Showcase 2023
@Chinesus I'm more of a Age of Sigmar guy myself so I really hope Realms of Ruin will be good. Even preordered Stormground (naive I know) back in the day, still think the game in its core is quite fun and still do return to it from time to time but the devs abandoned it rather quickly. Damn shame, I saw a pontential in its multiplayer. Hopefully one day I'll get a good Age of Sigmar game
Re: COD Going Xbox Exclusive 'Would Not Significantly Harm Competition', Says EU
@DoctorJohnDisco Was able to participate in the XDefiant beta and that game is going to be a great CoD alternative to be sure.
Re: Justin Roiland: High On Life Features 'So Many' Secrets Players Will Be 'Discovering For Months'
Is there a typo or there is a guy called Hoiland in Roiland & Co?
Re: Xbox Owners Stunned By 'Insane' Fortnite Graphics Following Unreal Engine 5.1 Upgrade
@RetroMan71 There has been a Zero Build mode for quite some time now so you can hop in and play without anyone building
Re: Need For Speed Unbound Impresses At Over 1080P, 60FPS On Xbox Series S
EA really knows how to optimise on consoles. I'm currently playing Battlefield 2042 with two of my mates who play on PC while I'm on series S. Both of them have custom build gaming PCs that are WAY more powerful than Series S, yet I'm always the one waiting for them to load.
Re: Pick One: What Was Your Favourite Xbox Game Pass Game In November?
Having a blast with Battlefield 2042, was surprised to see how good the game plays and feels after its awful launch
Re: Activision Has 'Concerns' About Xbox Game Pass And PS Plus, Explains Microsoft
@Neverwild 100 mil? Where did you get that number? Also not true about mobile players. Sure might be true in the west but have you ever heard about China? Everyone and their dog there plays on mobile since phones are rather cheap there and there are millions living in big cities with great Internet coverage, so cloud gaming is definitely doable there and it is a giant market
Re: SEGA Responds As Sonic Frontiers Suffers Performance Issue On Xbox Series S
@Rmg0731 It is the devs being lazy. Gotham Knights was the last game that blamed Series S while running awful even on Series X and PC, the game was just terribly optimised all across the board. Sonic is also an unpolished product (see the twitter link in my comment above)
Re: SEGA Responds As Sonic Frontiers Suffers Performance Issue On Xbox Series S
@Gloki_junior Not only wrong (most of the games that have issues on Series S came out on weaker PS4 and also the switch in some cases but they also face issues elsewhere, Gotham Knights came to mind as a recent example where the game runs awful on Series X and PC aswell) but Sonic also shouldnt have released, its clearly not finished/polished game: https://twitter.com/sonic_hedgehog/status/1589751188798738433
There just seems to be a new trend of unfinished games releasing and people blame the Series S for it for some reason
Re: All New Xbox Games Coming Out In November 2022
@FraserG ouch, that one hurts. Thanks for the info tho! Saved me from a big upcoming confusion and refreshing gamepass.
Re: Gears Of War Is Coming To The Big Screen With Pair Of Netflix Projects
@Chaudy Cyberpunk? Castlevania? Arcane (LoL)? Dota? Now I would even try to claim Dragons Dogma but I am aware that most people did not enjoy it and my enjoyment of it probably comes from being starved by the lack of Dragons Dogma content
Re: All New Xbox Games Coming Out In November 2022
Isn't Darktide also coming November?
Re: Xbox Players Warned Against 'Moving To New Zealand' For Modern Warfare 2
@StylesT Oh I did it like 4 times by now. The difference between NZ and my Country is 10 or 12 hours (depending on winter/summer time) so it really is a "day" difference for me. Don't know which title it was the last time but there was a game that if I waited for it, it would mean multiple days of waiting as I had to leave home for couple of days on the release date, this way I got multiple hours to try it out the day before I had to leave and the game actually released in my time zone
Re: 343 Has 'A Lot' Planned For Halo Infinite Beyond The Winter Update
@TUCKABAGZ I just retured back to Halo after getting burned out and I'm having a blast again, also having high hopes for the winter update
Re: Review: Gotham Knights - A Dark, Dense And Surprisingly Gripping Adventure
Oh wow, surprised by the score here. One local videogaming site gave it 5/10 saying "This feels like the work of a bunch of guys in suits who had to look up the definition of Fun in dictionary" lol
Re: Mutant Football League 2 Is Returning To The Field On Xbox Series X|S
Is this like Bloodbowl?
Re: Halo TV Star Calls Out 'Fans' Who 'Hated The Show Before They Saw It'
@RevGaming Castlevania on Netflix is also amazing, but then again, also not much like the games.
Re: Deals: All 60+ Backwards Compatible Games In This Week's Xbox Sales (March 22-28)
@Qphlat27 I loved both Manhunt games, if you are into stealth games and you are ok with gore than these games are for you.
Re: Review: Shredders - An Ideal Snowboarding Game For Xbox Game Pass
Do we have a release time? Is it midnight?
Re: Halo's Live-Action Scores Second Official Trailer, Here's A Look
This just looks so great, but I'm so worried it will flop. Now I don't mind changes in story, I've come to expect those with every adaptation, I just really need this to not suck
Re: It Looks Like Redfall Is Still Deep In Development As Arkane Looks For Devs
I'm really starving for more info/videos on this one. The trailer, while it didn't say much, still got me hyped
Re: Capcom Is Teasing A Couple Of Announcements For This Week
Give me Dragons Dogma 2 please
Re: LEGO Brawls Is Bringing Smash Bros-Like Fighting To Xbox In Summer 2022
Damn shame there are none of the major third party licenses. I would love to see Yoda and Frodo fight eachother
Re: Halo's OG Composers Are Suing Microsoft Over 20 Years Of Unpaid Royalties
@Richnj Wasnt it the case of him playing live and releasing music on youtube that was owned by bungie? They essentialy did to him what he is doing now, or am I wrong? Not too familiar with him and his lawsuits so a genuine question
Re: Halo's OG Composers Are Suing Microsoft Over 20 Years Of Unpaid Royalties
@IronMan30 I'm rooting for microsoft on this one, shouldn't take 20 years to realise
Re: Dying Light 2 Lead Designer Says Xbox Series S GPU Is 'Holding Us Back' From 60FPS
IS 30 FPS really that bad? I do own Series S, I'm just not interested in Dying Light but I assume 30 FPS in a non-competetive singleplayer game wouldn't be that much of an issue? I saw some gameplay videos and the world does look dense af so Tymons comment makes sense to me. I feel like 60 fps would be achiavable but the pop-in would be awful to look at