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@Xiovanni 😂 an article of VGC said that their launch sales were 30% up on the launch of Fallen Order. Baffles me why people would buy any game at launch, but especially now with the state of AAA gaming. As long as people keep contributing to these sales percentages, companies will keep doing this. All they have to do is release an apology statement after launch.

It's very close between Dishonored 2 and Prey for me. I'll give it to Dishonored 2.

Seems like this site has garnered quite a number of trolls recently with all those Redfall votes. Shame.

Just listened to the interview and I don't know, I find it hard to dislike Phil. First of all props to the guy for turning up and doing an interview so soon after the Redfall debacle and I also agree with some of the things he said regarding the diversity in their portfolio and the fact that the games they have put out recently have done really well (Hi-fi Rush, Pentiment and so on). .

What is very obvious from the interview though is that Xbox don't seem to have much of an idea of what goes on in the individual studios and the state of these games before release. Comes obviously from their hands off approach but it's very telling how hands off they are and I don't think it's necessarily a good thing.

The format last year was good but the developer direct earlier this year was the best of any digital showcase put out.

Hoping Forza Motorsport finally gets a final release date.

@themightyant Yeap I watched his review and he did a really good job displaying the game for what it is.

Redfall really looks like a GaaS game that was put to Arkane to make by Zenimax/Bethesda like Fallout 76 and Wolfenstein:Youngblood but at some point during the development, all the live service elements was stripped.

I don't always agree with Skill Up's views but I have to 100% agree with him in regards to Microsoft not stepping in when they purchased Zenimax to curtail the development of the game early and moving forward, I think they should fix the brokenness of the game but not spend more resources on adding more content to it. Like he says in the review, "take the L and move on"

"We're proud of what we've produced"??!!

Bugs and performance aside, the game itself looks like something a single dev made over the weekend (hyperbole of course). It looks really really poor.

Just watch Skill Up's review, think it sums it up really well
https://youtu.be/YTpFvYbDuqA

Anyone finish this?

I tried this for a few hours and got annoyed with the gameplay and constant terrible chatter of the protagonist (even played it in Russian, cause I read of how bad the English voiceover was).

Usually games with an interesting setting and story gets me past the gameplay issues but not this. Everything just felt cumbersome

Oooof that's rough. I'm surprised that Arkane has come up with such a shoddy game. It would be forgiveable if the gameplay was solid but there are technical issues like Jedi Survivor but it seems like everything about the game is bad.

Comes back to the question that many of us Arkane fans had, did they really want to make this or were they forced to...

Well...great to hear a bit of Soundgarden there though 😅

If we're talking acquisitions, I wouldn't mind seeing something like EA? What do y'all think?

But I'm sure Microsoft could get creative and do exclusivity deals like some suggested here.

@electrolite77 yeah sorry bud..the last decade has been a bit of a cluster-thing 😅

How daft is this?? They blocked the deal on the basis of weakening of choice for gamers when it comes to cloud, when Microsoft have agreed a number of deals with cloud gaming operators to bring these games to their cloud services and hence giving more options to consumers. Blocking the deal means these games won't come to those services and players will not have access to them via these services.

Thankfully the UK is not a guiding beacon when it comes to good decisions and good governance.

I was going to download it Day 1 but I'm gonna skip it until the 60fps update drops. A real bummer for me personally that it's releasing like that, as I was really looking forward to another arkane game.

@FraserG ah shame you guys didn't receive code. But cheers for the information.

When does the review drop for this guys? It seems to be shaping up quite well just reading the previews on this.

Been trying to figure out what this game is most alike to and after watching this preview, I'm going to settle on Borderlands.

I am curious to see what the reviews are like for it but I assume the console review is going to be brutal for obvious reasons. Hopefully the gameplay loop makes up for it.

I was really looking forward to this and am surprised that we still don't have a release date. Didn't they say spring 2023 when the first trailer was shown last year?

Good to hear I guess for us users. But my confidence in Xbox running Activision -Blizzard well is not that high considering we are yet to see anything mind-blowing coming out of Bethesda since that takeover and Activision-Blizzard is in a bigger mess.

Yeah I think the statements are so contradictory that it doesn't make sense. They shadow dropped the title about a month ago and it straight went into game pass. How and why would people then splash money on it to purchase it? Even if they did, they would not do it so soon after release.

@InterceptorAlpha ahhh mate...as soon as I saw the headline I came in here to comment the same thing 😂. Beat me to the punch...

This game is hot garbage. So many of the issues at launch haven't been fixed until now and they now have the cojones to introduce pay to win aspects into DMZ (the only decent mode in the game).

Ooof 2 slaps on both cheeks of Xbox's face within a week. First Redfall with 30fps and now this.

@MegaWatts @grumpypotato I might give one of the RTS on Game Pass a try to see how they feel but I still find it more intuitive on PC with a mouse.

COH was the peak of my time with RTS games. It blew my mind how realistic it felt back in the day and ever since then I haven't really dabbled with RTS' anymore. Least not till COH2

Shame...I wonder if they're revamping some of the battle pass/skins rubbish

I loved the 1st game and the 2nd was also quite good..I think I'm gonna get it for PC but I'm curious how the console versions will play.

Anyone tried RTS games like Age of Empires games on Game Pass?

Hahahaha! In theory "great content" would be able to compete, you just don't have any.

That's really disappointing. I mean, I know they said it will release at some point, But I was quite excited about the game and considering the art design of the game you would think that 60fps on Series X should be totally doable

EA for me. Ubisoft games have to be the most cookie cutter games ever out there. They're essentially all the same game that's been reskinned.

This guy has moved into the "he disgusts me" territory. Instead of focusing on his own platform and pushing their studios to do what they do best, he's talking about Call of Duty and has been for the last year.

I struggle to think of any PlayStation exclusive that I'm excited about. And I've simply stopped investing into the PlayStation ecosystem for about a year now.

@Balta666 AHH cheers bud. I'll give it a try.

And also in Russian cause of all the criticism I've heard of the annoying English voiceovers😅

Literally just downloaded it 2 days ago but haven't started it yet. Hope the performance issues highlighted in DF's review on Series consoles are fixed. Would like to dive into it this weekend.

@ZuneTattooGuy well I just played it as recently as mid last year. So I'm sure there are those who would have had this on their list and haven't played it.

@Kaloudz have to agree with you bud. I typically take my time with games that I really vibe with and watching all the previews of the game recently means that I can easily see myself trying and maxing out all characters.

@Chaudy I was originally reading a lot of push square and also was part of the comments there but the last year or so has seen a tonne of children coming on there. You can't have a level-headed discussion about games anymore, then again it's the internet 😅

Shame. I really loved the game and thought of picking this up. Let's see what they come up with after the updates.

Great to se it doing so well. Never finished the original on PS2. Will definitely pick this up at some point this year.

Tbh I was not very impressed with the visuals of the demo. Everything looked a touch soft and it ran quite choppy. Played on my Series X.

@Decoy_Snake is there away you can play it in russian with subtitles? Heard the russian writing doesn't come off as bad

This is all Warner Bros. As if Gotham Knights wasn't an experience enough, they had to push all this Battle Pass crap for this game as well. Shame that it's Rocksteady's game.

Red dead redemption 1 for the first time. Purchased it some months ago for dirt cheap and am honestly amazed at how it looks on Series X.

@Trmn8r haha. You can tell I'm still salty about the game. I bought it full price (as I was a huge L4D fan from back in the day) and the first couple of weeks was perfectly fine. Nothing great but fine and then they ruined it with the difficulty updates and nerfing a lot of the cards.

Game was crap and a waste of my money. The stupid difficulty levels made absolutely no sense.

Nothing like the OG

@themightyant I think it's based on what you've played tbh. I am currently playing far cry 6 on disc and the only discounts I'm being shown is the upgrade to the Gold Edition or so-called "GOTY Edition" and nothing else.

Cool but we all new this already. Still waiting on that release date though

I haven't played Hi-fi Rush but Evil Within 2 has to be, for me, the best game from Tango. Thought the hub-base open world was fantastically done.

The part where they didn't reveal the release date for Forza Motorsport 😅.

Just kidding the presentation from the show was really good and just enjoyed it in general

The format was excellent. Giving developers the chance to talk a bit more in depth about their game should be how its done, instead of 1-2 minutes of CGi or gameplay trailers, where nobody knows whats going on.

Does it? Unless you're a pro gamer I don't see the point of these controllers. Also the price of the 'Dualsense Edge' is just about the price of the Series S and it's controller.

Whilst Mr.Nadella walked away last year with approx $55mil on compensation. Sucks for everyone who's affected.

Seeing the visuals on PC through the gameplay trailers, I would be very surprised of 4k60 even in the dungeon areas without some graphical sacrifices even on the Series X. Nevertheless curious about the gameplay.