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@GuyinPA75 starfield rig was a giveaway before the game came out. Would have been nice to own 😏

A lot has changed in the last 5-7 years. I only pre order when i know i want to play it on release to get the pre-install so it is ready really. The last great pre order bonus for me was the Todd Mcfarlene poster for Assassins Creed 4. In. Frame on my wall. That was a great poster!

Does the Starfield xbox slip cover count? That is most excellent!!

I played more before getting married and have 2 wonderful children. I played a lot less raising them. They are both now in college or living the adult life. Each year i play more now since my wife and I are now empty nesters. We travel and enjoy heading out to the mountains or beach but when home we both work and play 🤓

Pretty much any other then official ones. When you look at a mod it does say whether it disables achievements or not.

I have a good feeling about this!

If the game is fun to play, then it doesn’t matter when it releases. I judge each game for what it is when i play it not what the hype expects it to be.

Take Skull and Bones as an example. I was hoping i would get the same fun i had when playing Black Flag. I tried the demo and it wasn’t so i don’t play it.

So many potentially amazing games on the horizon I hope this is as well and i am excited but if it turns out to be something bad or just not the type of game i like to play than it isn’t.

All this talk about Transformers Armada makes me want to play it. Looks like i will be popping it in tonight!

@Mustoe
If you are talking about this one: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NqTcha4vK5U

Yes i really enjoyed this take on the Armada universe 👍

I would love to see a Transformer Adventure RPG game where you are a new bot that grows and interacts with existing transformers and teams up however the story is around your creation and what it means to the transformers universe. I love transformers and one toughest thing with these games is what robot do you play with. Something like Hogwarts where the lore is all around you and interact-able but a unique and focused story independent of the films and comics.

From the game play trailer it does appear that Dreadwolf is the primary focus at the beginning but then something happens and from the end of the trailer looks like to be a lot more the the wolf and Vielguard actually makes sense from the little that is currently known about the story.

So many great choices but for it has to be the one the surprised me and made me fist pump for the first time in a long while…Expedition 33! Here is hoping it triggers interest for other turn based jrpgs. Penny Blood i will mention as they are looking for a publisher here is hoping the excitement over Expedition 33 helps them find one!

@LikelySatan true enough. By the way…fun name you have 😈

A lot of discussion about character creator. Fable never had one. First Fable there was no choice and then for 2 and 3 was either brother or sister to choose. The hero journey is what changes you depending on the choices. So not that important to me if you start as male or female or choice of either. There will be some story element/reason why you are who you play with connections to the world.

I will say that regardless of who you control i agree with others this feels like something is off about these trailers even the first one. The giant didn’t feel evil but this “hero” killed him and was very blasé about it at the end not even finishing her sandwich. Almost feels like they are trying to be hero’s but not. Hard to explain. Anyway, loving all this discussion about the game!

@Banjo-
Interesting indeed…what appears to be the villain showing up at end of trailer may actually be the Hero’s sister from the first Fable? Ah man…now the wait just became that much more difficult!

@NEStalgia

Character in trailer is Jack! Origin story?!? Can’t wait to find out what is and isn’t

In the showcase trailer around the 52-58 second mark is my clearest indication this will indeed be a Fable game. With fans and non fans. “It’s like a fan club, but we hate you” loved that bit. And also looked like they showed an empty Heroes guild. So all told just a small glimpse but starting to feel like Fable. 🥰

You know Hogwart’s is the most current Fable game. That was a joy to play!

Side note: I believe Penny Blood and Armed Fantasia still looking for a publisher…Microsoft i am looking at you!!

Fantastic list already! And like many others have said Expedition 33 was not only surprise of the show but now my most anticipated game release.

For those that love Turn based RPG. I supported kick stater campaign for Penny Blood (from the makes of Shadowhearts). Still in development but another potentially great RPG if you are interested. There is also a Wild Arms spiritual successor called Armed Fantasia coming as well!

When you look at excellent remakes like Shadow of colossus, Resident Evil, Demon Souls, and the phenomenal remaster that feels like a remake Metroid Prime. You got to do it right. I will gladly wait till 2026 as 2025 is already starting to get full for me. Expedition 33 just stole my heart!

So many excellent games, anything less will just be forgotten in the sands of time

@StylesT
When you select a mod it tells you if it disables achievements. It appears curated mods you pay for does not disable achievements

@UndyingInsurgent95
I like this approach. Concentrate on my character but if need something from another companion…open ability wheel pause action, decide and implement and continue with action. Similar to Inquisition and Greedfall. This I like 👍

Looks great! Really looking forward to this. The combat looks fantastic will just need to see if there is any additional companion control? This is what I was hoping for. Another stacked year. Divorce papers in my future 🫣

@CutchuSlow
Agree! Expedition 33 is the JRPG turn based game i have been wanting since PS2 360 era! I see elements of Lost Odyssey, Legend of Dragoon, Shadow Hearts, for offense mechanics and for defense i see Tsugunai Atonement a classic PS2 game! Besides Fable this is the game i am most looking forward to in 2025!

@Banjo- so true.

I just like enjoying the show and if there is something for me then great. There are so many games right now. Plenty to play.

Is it really a shadow drop when you are expecting it? More like a partially visible drop?

@TheSimulator
Both!!

Fable gameplay and release window would do me just fine 😊

Original Xbox for me. I love games and another system to game is all it took. I have no brand loyalty i look for the games i want to play and that is it. I am a console player. My PC is for finances and surfing…much less surfing now that we have smart phones 🤓

Games like Fable, Azurik, Buffy, Darkwatch, Blood Omen 2, lord of the Rings third age, knights of the old republic, and Sudeki helped round out that generation for me. 360 i got when Oblivion came out with collecters edition and the rest is history.

Where is the vote option for Continue playing? I hop on regularly in my current Universe. Looking forward to this update and the eventual land vehicles. Plan is to explore planets more fully with the vehicle in the meantime doing side content and building my funds the work on my ships!

Right now Xbox is the only console I trust to continue playing all the games I currently play in future consoles. I buy all my 3rd party games on xbox for this reason.

Very cool. However I still have the console currently on display. I do plug it in from time to time for games that are not backwards compatible. When it comes to legos or bricks i tend to get something unique I don’t already own. If a price drop i may be tempted 😏

@AM2fl4m3 that’s right!

They just announced Golden Sun 1 and 2 for GBA on Switch!

Camelot needs to keep making RPGs

Skies or Arcadia
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Phantasy Star IV
Shining Force III (all 3 games) (not sure if this is Sega?
Phantasy Star Online (all chapters and none of the crazy 100 different ways to spend money on cosmetics that is in the sequel)

That is my list that will never happen 😢

I saw somewhere that a Ship Building career mod was added. Allows you to take on job requests to built specific spaceships for clients based on their needs. Then you could actually chance upon them in space. With such a big part that ship building is in the game i would love to see something like this added. Also, naming all the solar systems would be nice. You could turn them on and off like in the powers menu. Love the game but so much can be made better.

I might be done with Starfield by next summer 😊

First time trying this and hopefully link works…i am too old for the internets 😵‍💫

https://photos.app.goo.gl/2Z5wUh61dvDL5kiz7

Should be a pic showing my xbox on display with the starfield wrap

Extremely happy with the Starfield one! Looks great and feels great. Really good material and has a nice weight to it. Wrap and snap. Simple and now my Series X is taking center stage next to my tv!

Anyone else experience Vasco appearing in ship through the floor. Happens on all my ships except the first one?!

Blood Omen 2. I still pop it in to my original Xbox to play it from time to time. Great extension to to Blood Omen series. Loved Soul Reaver on the dreamcast too. Wish they could bring all those games back. And put out a new one!

So…it seems like Starfield has it’s hooks in me. The over arching story beyond the first play through really has me questioning the type of person i want to be in the universe and what these choices will mean in years to come. Besides that the exploration and building whether it is ship or outpost or just taking on side quests is like a comfort zone when i just want to relax and un stress after a long day or week. I have tried playing other games but after a few hours i keep coming back to Starfield. I am sure at some point i will pause my time in this elaborate universe that was created but have not hit that threshold yet. Is it perfect…no. The more i play the more i see areas of improvement or would be nice if there was more. But regardless for me personally i wanted a universe to dive into and i have that. Each person is looking for their own reasons to play or continually play a game and different for everyone. If asked the question if there was one game you could take with you to a deserted island right now this would be the one for me.

What we need is a suit/weapon set system that maybe can be stored in your ship. Depending what you are doing you can grab the appropriate set instead of trying to do a load out that is good for anything that can happen. Exploring can have its own sets, hunting pirates another and so one. Have like a suit locker on the ship with the different loadouts that can be saved and upgraded as you find or make better gear for each set. This would make the different biomes and danger a lot more fun to mange then trying to keep it all on your personal inventory and getting encumbered after picking up 1 pistol.

I am not sure if this has been stated but this feels like it might be intentional on Microsoft side. Like here are these things we are thinking about let us slip it out and feel out the community response to these possible scenarios. This way they have a wide range of critical feedback to help them gage the potential release. For example many are excited about the controller so they can move forward with the controller. However other items that gets the most negative or disinterested comments they can re-work or say it was a leak and not really in the planning as it was internally communicated. In the end i think this will help Microsoft move forward with better options for their fans.

About a year ago maybe more, bestbuy had this wacky sale where cyberpunk 2077 was only $4.99. So i was like what the heck maybe one day I will play it. Looks like that day is finally here! It will have to wait a bit longer as I am neck deep in Starfield but this will be next! Glad to hear the wait is worthwhile 🥰

I would love the ability to create a shipyard at an outpost so I can display all the ships I own! Won’t hold my breath but most likely a mod for this will 1 day happen!

@BaldBelper78 “ Sea of Stars is superb.”
I have no doubt! I played the demo and enjoyed it and will play this when the time comes. Starfield is the game i have been waiting for to have the experience of living my own sci fi adventure!

My anxiety of having the main story spoiled had me kinda rush a bit but i am glad I did. Now I am in the new game plus and slowing way down and truly enjoying the sites and world that has been created! Very excited to truly explore at my own pace 😊

Normally i am jumping around and hard to stick to any of these new games. I really want to play sea of stars and lies of P! However, since I started Starfield things have become easier. Unless something changes in the coming months i will be playing Starfield and pick up new games starting in 2024. Only exception is FFX14 i need to log in regularly so I don’t loose my home 😏

Starfield! Every hour in better than the one before. Oh and the Kids Stuff trait, just keeps getting better as the game goes on! Highly recommend for those about to start the game!

I am up for having options and land vehicles could be great. However, even on skyrim I rarely used a horse due to the way it was implemented. Anything you see you would need to get off and pick up or get into random battles. They would have to introduce a whole new other system for scanning and picking things up leaving the vehicle behind to go checkout a cave or mine or what have you. But with the boost pack everything around you is at your fingertips tips and though i am still early looks like there are skills that would make it even more fun to traverse with the pack. That being said an exoskeleton would work great like Death Stranding with not only helping you traverse but increasing what you can cary. Looking forward to how the game feels towards the and post the main story ending as you unlock more skill’s compared to how it feels at the beginning. 😊