Topic: General Xbox Series X|S Thread

@BolkaRover Would personally not get one.. Also I understand some devlopers struggle to get their games running on the Series S so you are not doing them any favors if you buy one.

Believe it or not but I started 2025 by playing a Halo mp match. Dreams anyone?

Not sure it Iam right or wrong but I think that 2025 could be a big year for Halo. Not sure what you ohter guys think.

@VoidPunk huh? I'm no xbox apologist or anything, but avowed is sitting at 80 on metacritic and indy scored an 86. Many people pegged it as their goty, myself included. Doesn't seem like multiple failures in a row to me.

@NintendoByNature Don't feed the trolls mate. With Indy, and Avowed posting great review scores that user has no idea what they are talking about. Just some PS fanboy that wondered in here that's all. Just look at their post history. All they do is post how bad MS is doing and how everything is a failure.

@Tasuki good call 👍

@NintendoByNature With that said I watched my son play about 2 hours of Avowed and it looks good. I posted my thoughts in the Avowed thread. I seriously want to play it but I need to finish Indy first before adding another game to my play list lol.

@Tasuki and I'll be playing it after I finish visions of mana, and then i went to start a quick game like alone in the dark. I just can't do avowed after a long jrpg in visions back to back.

@NintendoByNature Right you need that palette cleanser I understand. That's kind where I am right now. I want to start Avowed but I want to finish Indy first and even then I might play a shorter game after that due to the similar game play style that Avowed and Indy have just one is fantasy and one is set in World War II if that makes sense. But still loving what I have seen from my son playing it. The biggest take away I got from it is they allow alot of freedom with your character build it revolves more about how you play rather them oh you need to play a magic user here or stealth at this point.

@Tasuki very cool. It looks beautiful, so I'll definitely play at some point.

Great circle had even more dismal numbers than Avowed. Saying that game was successful when they had to pay for the license is impossible.

@VoidPunk How was Indy a catastrophe? Really great game that got excellent review scores and from most accounts was financially successful. Also, Flight Sim was bad at launch and got fixed quickly, and Avowed it's being really enjoyed by a lot of people (myself included). So, yeah, maybe chill out a little bit.

@VoidPunk I think it's really hard to consider Indy a failure due to low Steam numbers, considering that doesn't include game pass. All sources online seem to consider it a success. But even if it wasn't a financial success (which we can never really know because game pass) I think it was a success for MS because it showed everyone they were still capable of releasing games that live up to the hype. That consumer trust is extremely valuable, especially for the subscription model MS is going for.

You also mention Motorsport, which I'm honestly pretty indifferent to tbh. Did enjoy what I played of it, but sim racers aren't my favorite type of games. It seemed solid though.

Honestly, what happened to this site? It used to be full of interesting comments and dedicated gamers sharing their passion. I'd even say it was the best Xbox site worldwide and certainly the best of the three Hookshot sites in terms of community and vibes. Now, every comments section and even the forum are all packed with Xbox haters that have scared all the genuine users away. It's sad.

@Banjo- It's because the lack of moderation I suppose. They just allow the trolls and such to post there stuff and regular users just don't want to deal with that *****. Honestly once Nintendolife and the rest of the sites partnered with Gamer Network the moderation just went down. I get it they want numbers and it doesn't matter who posts what as long as people post and make the site look active but come on this is not the way to go.