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This and Metroid Prime 4. That is all i need for 2025…everything else is butter

@Weebleman so you're saying pay the 34.99 to play early, pay the monthly sub costs and, when you cancel, buy the game as well.
And this saves you Money how?

For one thing gamepass is not just Indiana that you are paying for. All I am saying is it is a choice. However much money you want to spend on a game is the individuals choice. Don’t like the options don’t buy in. Just get the physical or digital and do not subscribe to gamepass then nothing has changed. Think you will enjoy the game and want to get the dlc then go for it. I have in the past and some were great and some I played for a few hours and that was it there went my $70, $60, &50.

If you have gamepass you do not have to get the dlc. Turn on the xbox on Dec 9th and play the like anyone else who has not bought the dlc.

This is just like any other promotion whether you get a poster at Gamestore or an extra mission for paying more…due to digital nature playing 3 days or 5 or 7 early is just another poster or extra mission but the few days earlier seems to be the latest that buyers are looking for nothing else.

Maybe i am getting old but this has been around before gamepass, before digital. Gamepass is still Day 1 alongside all physical or digital base game purchases. However if you want to pay for the DLC up front regardless if gamepass or base game purchase part of the bonus is to play 3 days early.

No harm no foul. If no one buys the Dlc pack then no one plays early.

Nothing new.

Think of it this way. Let’s say you buy the DLC while you have a gamepass sub. And one day you stop the sub most likely the base game will be a fraction of the price on release and you will save a few bucks. There is no forcing anyone to do anything currently it is still a choice.

Atomfall…looks like my type of game. Great extended gameplay and look fowward to playing it in 2025!!

I pay for Ultimate this should be entirely add free. You know what even if i didn’t put adds in the store and take it out of my dashboard. I struggle so hard watching the olympics with all the adds. I only watch what i want on physical or streaming with no adds.

I really enjoyed 3 and have not finished Genesis. That being said if it is more like 1 then we will have something special!

Well if there is no internet to verify purchase how would you be able to play?

Expedition 33! Since not on list then Fable 😏

@GuyinPA75
Yeah Love McFarlene! Here is a link to the image: https://ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/web01.ho-sting/videogamesartwork_com/public/concept-art/1590656839/assassinscreedivblackflag_promotional_poster_by_todd_mcfarlane.jpg

It was a 24in really nice size for a game pre order

@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!