xMightyMatt14x

Halo 2 and Uncharted 2 are tied for me. Both, in my opinion, have the best campaign experiences of their respective series. Super Smash Bros. Melee as well. And Mass Effect 2. Playing that again recently was still an amazing experience.

The real question is. Within a limited saga (3-4 games in a set storyline) which has the best finale?

I would in many ways count the original Halos (reach - 3) in a separate story from the newest storyline for this. Same with like the different Ratchet trilogies and so on.

For me it would either be Halo 3 or Ratchet and Clank Futures: A Crack in time.

@GamingFan4Lyf out of curiosity how did Phil do in your match?

@brunojenso that’s a hard one. Basically, Halo 1 at the time was a remarkable experience. The story is great and it sets up the universe. Definitely one of the best starts to a new series ever to exist in gaming. However, it’s level structure shows age and will feel extremely repetitive (it was 2001 after all).

I would say you really need to play 1, 2, and 3 to appreciate the story if you are a story guy. But fully expect to feel repetitive gameplay in Halo 1, until Halo 2 which really brought the campaign to a whole new level.

You’re right though. The gameplay looks generic, because basically Halo invented the gameplay that is now considered generic, at least on consoles. But it’s experiencing the whole package of gameplay, story and multiplayer fun that made this probably the best shooter series of the 2000s. It’s worth experiencing, even if you have to work a little to appreciate it since everything has “improved” on it since.

Halo 2 and 3 are tops. 1 is up there for it’s campaign and nostalgia. I’m going with 2. The story is very well done and I remember at the time it felt like playing/watching a top notch movie as it flipped back and forth between two storylines but linked them well. The story had a great sense of mystery and good flow as it did this. I know they tried to do the two storyline I thing again with Halo 5 (and failed miserably) but 2 is an unforgettable experience for me.

I couldn’t help myself so I actually tried to find it. Then I saw it was super long plain text and I was “okay this will take forever I’m not reading this.”

I do see a silver lining though. Most people who have read the leaks are saying “ok that’s not too bad.” Still sucks it leaked and that many of us will have our experience lessened as a result. But at least maybe we won’t have to worry about it being an awful story?

Out of curiosity has anyone went back to Cyberpunk 2077? Is it fixed? I remember a lot of people saying it would’ve been a great game if it wasn’t bug filled.

@SplooshDmg yeah haha. I basically put on all assists to where I can just pilot simply with the stick. Now I’m doing screenshots at a bunch of random locations around the world.

@SplooshDmg thank you so much man!!

Can anyone help me figure out how to pause in midair to take screenshots? I know you can do that on pc but I can’t figure out how to on console.

I usually try to pick up lego games during these sales and I’ve been waiting on Lego Pirates of the Caribbean. Glad to finally get it on sale!

@LordMonkfish gotcha. Nor as familiar with game-making as I am playing. Thanks for the help in understanding!

I wonder how easy/hard this is to work with compared to other engines?

@SplooshDmg thanks for the info! This wasn’t on my radar until recently but I think I’m gonna have to get it now.

@Flurbdurb how hard is this? (Like, would I die a ton?) I’m really interested but have less gaming time now with young kids.

Went over to a friends house who had bought the new Xbox (I had a GameCube at the time) and we played two games that both blew my mind: Halo (of course) and Mad Dash Racing (anyone remember that??)

@antstephenson it’s only on gamepass because it’s in the EA vault. I think it’s more of an EA decision as all of EAs vault is automatically in gamepass after the deal.

@UltimateOtaku91 haha no clue honestly. Since I was able to snag my x I’m good.

@UltimateOtaku91 to concur with @uptownsoul you basically can’t find an s or x at all in the wild here in the US. I only got my x through the All Access program from GameStop after months of trying.

This is going to be great for my 5 year old who loves Psychonauts (he saw me playing it a year ago and he tried it out as his first game ever and he absolutely loves what he calls “Raz” now)

@LtSarge I really like your idea of TT doing Banjo if they lose the Lego license. Their skills are definitely for puzzle and collection games. They would have to get used to working with their engine in new ways but very doable. I think TT is a quality purchase no matter what. Let’s hope MS gets them for this reason!

@LtSarge @TC2020 I would love to play Lego MS IPs with the kids. My son is a huge Lego fan and has been making me track down custom Banjo and Psychonauts sets (which is where this idea came from). I’m really wanting more family friendly stuff and this would be perfect.

Is it wrong that the main reason I would want this is to get The Lego LOTR and Hobbit games to finally become backwards compatible? That and future Lego games with MS ips (like a blended universe with Lego Banjo Kazooie and Psychonauts and others)

I think I put a Blu-ray in my series x once lol I’m all digital

@Cyrus29 that’s crazy. That guy is too much. I’m an Xbox guy and I’ll always admit that. I also could care less about this specific deal but to go so far as to make a petition? That’s lame.

@RavenWolfe81 based on some interviews with Tim Schafer I think they are going the direction of a new IP. But I’m. It 100% sure.

ME Legendary edition. Nuff said.

@BigBoom3ai3 Interesting. I’m not hating them because they are doing something incredible here. I’m more mad at Apple for being jerks about this whole thing. It would just be nice for it to work lol.

I have an iPhone and 400 mbps internet and still haven’t gotten xcloud to actually work once. Every time I try to load a game it won’t load.

Haven’t played any of their games but they have a reputation for quality so at least they’ll get more funding for their projects!

@Kienda I agree. And the challenge here is we live in a world where on voice is magnified by the internet. We could grow to a point where you could count the number of outwardly toxic people on one hand, but any comment they make gets blasted and promoted as if it represents the opinions of millions.

Perfect example was a few years ago when a Starbucks changed their cups from saying Merry Christmas to Happy Holidays. Afterwards there was supposedly “outrage” from a large number of people. Turns out it was one random low level blue check mark and like 3 who shared it, but everyone started sharing the tweet and pretending millions of people were extremely outraged by it so they could push a counter-anger message. Every article talked about “backlash” against Starbucks but shared the same 3 tweets then stated that the backlash was “large”. The problem is today’s messaging doesn’t represent the average or the vast majority of opinions, but rather the extreme. By that I mean that as long as there is one toxic person the internet will take that message and blast it to promote the idea that there are millions. It’s really hard to see if growth is happening as a result of this method. Without talking to people face to face, and see how people are in real life, we could be easily misled to develop perceptions either way.

@Hypnotoad107 I’m a pretty big SoT fan and I have a group I play with so that sounds great! Thanks for the reply man! I appreciate it!

@AlienigenX I haven’t played this one yet but you can definitely do tall tale missions solo and it’s solid. It definitely is more fun with friends, but they have adjusted the game so that when you’re soloing you run into dangers less often so it’s not so bad.

@Halucigens that’s sounds awesome! I’m looking forward to getting the chance to play it.

I’ve downloaded this but haven’t got the chance to try it yet. Anyone out there tried it? Is it fun? I loved the other Tall Tales.

@BlueOcean probably depends on wolfenstein 3 (if it’s a thing). My guess is 3 years after wolfenstein 3 releases. 2025 is a good bet.

I’m shocked there were several on here who selected 2022 in the poll lol

This was TOUGH! But I chose Halo Infinite over Psychonauts 2 and Forza because I really want to see what’s happening with Master Chief.

Gave it a B because it was basically as expected if not dull at times with a couple nice moments.

Let’s have a poll! Release of Hellblade 2. Options : fall 2023, spring 2024, fall 2024.

Been waiting on this to come back!!

Really enjoyed E3 this year! I disagree with those who say E3 should die. Take away E3 and we are left with scattered Directs and there’s no “Super Bowl” of gaming announcements. The fun I have every year has little to do with the actual quality of the presentations and more it’s a time to throw a party and celebrate gaming with my friends. Plus we need to remember this year was still affected by CoVid. When we get back to crowds and demo halls next year it’ll be timed perfectly with major games coming between 2022 and 2023. I personally never want to see this time of celebration go away.

If I type in CCP will it give Lebron invincibility?

@AtlanteanMan they’ll be limited to the academy at first. But this is a 10-year, evolving game. I’m sure they’ll put them in regular multiplayer before long.

@UltimateOtaku91 I think he was joking with that statement lol

Imagine the end of 2022 into 2023. That might end up being the best 18 month period Xbox has ever had. We end 2022 with Starfield and Redfall. 2023 brings us (in any possible order) Perfect Dark, Fable, Compulsions game, Contraband, Forza Motorsport, InExiles game, Hellblade 2 and Avowed. Spread throughout the year that would be an incredible lineup. Heck I would be fine if 2 or 3 of those fell into 2024 with Everwild to receive extra polish. Then in 2024 you already have Everwild, Project Typhoon, and Project Dragon.

@UltimateOtaku91 not every game has to be played in co-op. For most it’s an “option”. Kinda like the borderlands series has been for a while.

We don’t know specifics yet but I only know of one game that “requires” 2 players and that’s It Takes Two.

Honestly, based on how they spoke about the game this might not be terrible. The previous director and others kept mentioning how it’s a beautiful world but they “don’t know what game it is yet”. Maybe this change will give it an actual direction so they know what game they are making now.

@abe_hikura rumor I heard is Hellblade 2 was supposed to have a vidoc update yesterday and it got cut which is why the runtime was a few minutes under 90 minutes. They’ll probably just show the vidoc at this on Thursday.

A lot of fun for me. As a huge sea of thieves fan that was an amazing announcement. I’m so pumped for that. Halo Infinite also looked incredible!!! And Forza looks amazing. Redfall looks interesting. Starfield I wanna see more of. I think with how little they had of that it was a better start than finish.

What is plague tale like? Worth it?

@Skedaddle I loved SoD 2! I can’t believe that one slipped my mind!

And I didn’t know about Typhoon and Omen. Those pique my interest for sure! Thank you! I’m less deflated now lol