@FarmDog08 Awesome recommendation, had me at turn based.
Thank you, genuinely don't remember this one from the old console wars so I would have missed it
Long shot:
I've still got about 50US sitting in my account.
Anyone recommend some backpat games/ gems from 360/X1 era a longtime PS only fan might have missed out on/I know about Frasers lists on occasion
FINALLY started KCD1 after the update, holy hell I wish I would have stuck it out sooner. So freaking good, and now I've got KCDII waiting for me down the road.
I think I might have Kickstarted this game years ago and kind of forgot
It was a little surreal to box my Series X up, it was pretty exciting and a fun closed unique ecosystem.
Really cool intro to being part of Xbox at the beginning of this gen. So many great exclusive games...oh The rewards program is so good.... oh BC machine, it's great- still true
I have no reason to take it back out, yet. Seeing as how MS can't tell me what the plan is for Xbox- no not optimistic
@datamonkey Everyone has had that game where they think ' such gross pandering to land GAS money"
Horizon Hunters is that game for me, it looks like it was focus tested on Stock Brokers and the accounting department- Highly visible smooshed together popular genres....
@fatpunkslim
"the RPG depth in titles like Avowed or The Outer Worlds 2 is often very ambitious"
Oh boy....
In Avowed it is most certainly not..... not even close
OW2- I've read endless complaints regarding its very very narrow playthroughs,( have not played it)
Just because you spill bombastic word salads on These articles, that doesn't change anything
If i want frustrating rhythms, I'll just dig out the flamenco/ South American buffet of melt my brain and metronome music. I will never understand how people enjoy these games
Despite playing quite a few hours with my daughter, I never really enjoyed Minecraft. This looks surprisingly well done, like it could be pretty fun Excitedly to see how this turns out Games like this are brilliant on SteamDeck and Rog like pc handheld
Such a strange state this game was released in, it's almost insultingly average. I will say the magic and flintlocks were a lot of fun. Everything else was so so sterile- it's great some folks have it GOTY, it was a HUGE disappointment for me
This is why Todd's idea of MORE shadow drops is extremely discouraging- Bethesda taking the surprise and joy of a shadow drop and using it to mask FULL HALF ASSED realeases., that aren't reviewed and in the console realm there's no risk of mass returns
@Smackosynthesis At this point, it might be a " new breed" , but by now hero shooters are all inbred/ all related and the offspring just come out worse....
I was already doubting id have need for the next Xbox, but having only started my Xbox library this gen, and it's almost exclusively physical... If this has any basis in reality it would be silly for me to stay.
This ***** sucks, at least I've loved my Series X and the 2 years of fun before it started imploding
How is TikTok engagement relative to gaming? That's an absolutely squirrel brained statement. So for the last 25 years gaming has been in a competition with TV sitcoms, not each other? Gaming =/ other entertainment mediums, except perhaps books-
Unless Xbox is after a market that consumes in 2-3 min bursts 15x a day
I'm not sure how you focus gaming engagement around that
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Re: Based On Previous Years, Here's When The Xbox Spring Sale 2026 Should Begin
@FarmDog08 Awesome recommendation, had me at turn based.
Thank you, genuinely don't remember this one from the old console wars so I would have missed it
Re: Based On Previous Years, Here's When The Xbox Spring Sale 2026 Should Begin
Long shot:
I've still got about 50US sitting in my account.
Anyone recommend some backpat games/ gems from 360/X1 era a longtime PS only fan might have missed out on/I know about Frasers lists on occasion
Thanks in advance
Re: Xbox Backwards Compatibility Helped Me Rediscover This Forgotten Call Of Duty Horde Mode
Wow, I'd forgotten about this mode, think I put quite a few hours into it.
Genuinely really fun
Great article!
Re: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Gets Xbox Play Anywhere Tag Ahead Of Game Pass Launch
FINALLY started KCD1 after the update, holy hell I wish I would have stuck it out sooner. So freaking good, and now I've got KCDII waiting for me down the road.
I think I might have Kickstarted this game years ago and kind of forgot
Glad I did!
Re: Poll: How Optimistic Are You Feeling About The Future Of Xbox?
It was a little surreal to box my Series X up, it was pretty exciting and a fun closed unique ecosystem.
Really cool intro to being part of Xbox at the beginning of this gen.
So many great exclusive games...oh
The rewards program is so good.... oh
BC machine, it's great- still true
I have no reason to take it back out, yet.
Seeing as how MS can't tell me what the plan is for Xbox- no not optimistic
Re: Deals: Dead Island 2 + All DLC Is Less Than $7 On Xbox Right Now
This game was an absolutely fantastic play through!
Killer price and so worth it
Re: Xbox Had The Best-Selling Multiplatform Game Of January 2026 In The US
@Banjo- I was just joking, I was knew it was late in the UK and the news on Phil had just come out.
Sometimes it feels like that on Pushsquare, like T the Xbox fans spend too much time over there
Gotta love the console wars
Re: Phil Spencer Announces That He's Retiring From Xbox
What a terrible couple days for gaming....
Re: Xbox Had The Best-Selling Multiplatform Game Of January 2026 In The US
Sombody aught to wake up the fellows at PureXbox....... missing all the fun
What the hell is going on??
Re: Bethesda Says Starfield's Next Update Will 'Change The Game' But 'It's Not Starfield 2.0'
Will that's really disappointing, Todd being blunt was a surreal moment in time....
Fun for abit, but ultimately a shallow empty shell of a game
Re: Deals: DOOM: The Dark Ages Premium Upgrade DLC Has An Incredible Xbox Offer Right Now
I need to give this another go at some point.
Played it on GP release and....I hated it. I genuinely thought it was a terrible Doom.
Here's hoping they knock the DLC through and it's killer. Might go back to give it a second chance
Re: Xbox Announces Excellence Awards Winners, Including For 20 Best-Selling Games
This is......... just a pile of GAMES thrown into vague abstract lists....
Why does MS even bother anymore? Every thing they've done lately is terrible half-assed CRAP.
How the ***** do you make an awards list terrible???
Re: Sony Is Hosting A Huge State Of Play This Week, Do You Think We'll Get Any Big Xbox Reveals?
@datamonkey Everyone has had that game where they think ' such gross pandering to land GAS money"
Horizon Hunters is that game for me, it looks like it was focus tested on Stock Brokers and the accounting department- Highly visible smooshed together popular genres....
Sorry, rant over
Re: Xbox Sparks Confusion With $5 Gift Cards For 'Participating In The Black Ops 7 Campaign'
@FatGuyInLilCoat
Laughed out loud at that😆
Would have been a perfect time for the confused Farley gif too
Re: Obsidian Says Two Of Its 2025 Titles Didn't Meet Sales Targets, Vows To Learn For The Future
@fatpunkslim
"the RPG depth in titles like Avowed or The Outer Worlds 2 is often very ambitious"
Oh boy....
In Avowed it is most certainly not..... not even close
OW2- I've read endless complaints regarding its very very narrow playthroughs,( have not played it)
Just because you spill bombastic word salads on These articles, that doesn't change anything
Re: Roundup: Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Highguard, Out Now On Xbox
Ugh........... This is basically a laundry list of places I WOULD NEVER go to for a reliable review-
Interesting choices Fraser
Re: Fable Likely To Be A Huge Hit On PS5 As Sony-Hosted Trailer Hits 1 Million Views
I see the pearl clutching console wars are still alive and well......
I really thought we were past " insert bogus random inflated #'s"
Especially seeing as how tight fisted MS is with sales numbers, you folks confidently spouting this/ that= eye rolling absurdity
Re: Why Is Nobody Talking About One Of The Best Xbox Exclusives Of 2025?
If i want frustrating rhythms, I'll just dig out the flamenco/ South American buffet of melt my brain and metronome music.
I will never understand how people enjoy these games
Neat premise though
Re: Hytale Set For Eventual Xbox Release As Game Racks Up Millions Of Players On Day One
Despite playing quite a few hours with my daughter, I never really enjoyed Minecraft.
This looks surprisingly well done, like it could be pretty fun
Excitedly to see how this turns out
Games like this are brilliant on SteamDeck and Rog like pc handheld
Re: Avowed Releases For PS5 Alongside Free 'Anniversary Update' On Xbox This February
Such a strange state this game was released in, it's almost insultingly average.
I will say the magic and flintlocks were a lot of fun.
Everything else was so so sterile- it's great some folks have it GOTY, it was a HUGE disappointment for me
Re: Xbox Developer Direct Has Always Had A Surprise, But What About January 2026's Showcase?
@Balaam_ pretty close to what i thought as well.
If Bethesda Studios is shadow dropping something..... it's to avoid early reviews saying don't buy it, it's busted
Re: Pure Xbox's Game Of The Year 2025
Avowed at #2?
That's kind of surprising to be honest....
Not a bad game, but shouldn't be anywhere near a top 10 list.
Re: Talking Point: How Much Time Have You Spent Gaming On Xbox Consoles This Year?
It honestly sucks voting such small numbers, at best 10%
2024 was almost all Xbox.
I just can't mentally get around the idea that buying on Xbox is an uncertain guarantee.
Re: Rumour: Starfield Set For Eventful Year In 2026, Including Multiple New Releases
I'm curious as to why anyone thinks this will be anything other than a release on other consoles, with a small addition or two.
Bethesda the dev studio hasn't done anything right in 10 years
My god, if they shadow drop this on PS5 and Switch 2.................. before any reviews... and it's a broken mess
I might wash my hands off Bethesda Studios
Re: Skyrim On Switch 2 Suffers 'Kinect-Level Input Lag', Says Digital Foundry
This is why Todd's idea of MORE shadow drops is extremely discouraging- Bethesda taking the surprise and joy of a shadow drop and using it to mask FULL HALF ASSED realeases., that aren't reviewed and in the console realm there's no risk of mass returns
I LOATHE what Bethesda has become
Re: 'Highguard' Is A New Free-To-Play Xbox Shooter From Some Of The Devs Behind Titanfall
@Smackosynthesis At this point, it might be a " new breed" , but by now hero shooters are all inbred/ all related and the offspring just come out worse....
Re: Opinion: Backwards Compatibility Still Adds So Much Value To Xbox Series X|S In 2025
Huge reason why I'm keeping my Series X, back compatibility rocks
Re: The Xbox Mobile App Is Finally Adding A Store, And Here's Your First Look At It
Bizarre it took this long, especially with how bloatedly awful the web store is
Re: Avowed Is Getting Its 'Biggest Update Yet' To Mark The Xbox Title's One-Year Anniversary
Such a remarkably average game, offensively so.
It definitely deserved all the criticism, I'd have been livid if it cost me 60
Re: Black Ops 7 Gets Its First Xbox Discount Two Weeks After Launch, But You'll Have To Be Quick
Such a strange discourse around this one, at the same time I swear I saw 600,000+ reviews @4 stars on PSN for this- or it was a fever dream
Re: Bethesda Wants To Do More Shadow Drops Following Hi-Fi RUSH & Oblivion Remastered
This is the last developer I'd want shadow dropping anything, just an excuse to push sales before reviews trickle in and we find out it's busted.
As a publisher? Sure
Re: 80+ Games Are Reduced By 90-95% In The Xbox Black Friday Sale 2025
@Chip-Douglas That sounds absolutely awesome, miss those days.
Cool on dad!
Re: Deals: Xbox Black Friday Sale 2025 Now Live, 1000+ Games Discounted
@Banjo- I'm guaranteed to hear the whining from the kids about Nindy sales ha ha.
I've got Xbox funds from the " sale" they had on points cards a month back, was hoping for good sales, 🤷♂️
Re: Deals: Xbox Black Friday Sale 2025 Now Live, 1000+ Games Discounted
That seems really really underwhelming....
Maybe I'm just too used to physical sales
Re: Todd Howard Talks Progress On Elder Scrolls 6 And Teases 'Other Things We're Doing'
@HonestHick I think its even more frustrating because they are using their own in house engine, this is their supposed bread and butter....
This " should" be a very streamlined process, but even after all these years, it's still not, and Todd has had the reigns for quite a lot of it
Re: Todd Howard Talks Progress On Elder Scrolls 6 And Teases 'Other Things We're Doing'
5-6 years for ES6, probably a safe bet, 12-15 years for fallout 5
I'm not sure how long they expect their core fanbase to live, but by then, I'm not so sure I'll still care.., I might still be alive, we'll see.....
Retire Todd, sell your pleather jacket and let competent managers take over
Re: Poll: What Are Your Initial Impressions Of The Outer Worlds 2 On Xbox Game Pass?
@Darylb88 Thanks a ton, I think that's what I was really curious about from that perspective
Cheers man!
Re: Poll: What Are Your Initial Impressions Of The Outer Worlds 2 On Xbox Game Pass?
If i was really disappointed with Avowed in nearly every aspect, is this just a reskin of Avowed( such as it felt like a reskin of Outerworlds 1)?
Re: Xbox 'Best Rated' Sale Now Live, Packed With Indie Titles At Up To 90% Off
These are terrible " sale prices"
Re: Microsoft CEO Says Xbox 'Wants To Innovate' With Its Next-Gen Console
Geez there are a lot of C-Suite level market experts in these threads.
Let's hope the diehard faithful are proven right.
Long ways to go yet
Re: Huge Xbox Report Details 'Ambitious' Next-Gen Console With Free Online Play
I was already doubting id have need for the next Xbox, but having only started my Xbox library this gen, and it's almost exclusively physical... If this has any basis in reality it would be silly for me to stay.
This ***** sucks, at least I've loved my Series X and the 2 years of fun before it started imploding
Re: Xbox Has More Competition From TikTok Than PlayStation, Claims Microsoft Exec
How is TikTok engagement relative to gaming?
That's an absolutely squirrel brained statement.
So for the last 25 years gaming has been in a competition with TV sitcoms, not each other?
Gaming =/ other entertainment mediums, except perhaps books-
Unless Xbox is after a market that consumes in 2-3 min bursts 15x a day
I'm not sure how you focus gaming engagement around that
Re: Bethesda's Todd Howard Teases Future Projects At Fallout Day 2025
@IronMan30 I definitely wasnt getting 60, think I locked it at 40.
It still has enough jank, and with the smaller screen, 30fps is not bad at all.
Hopefully Bethesda delivers for a change
Re: Bethesda's Todd Howard Teases Future Projects At Fallout Day 2025
Didn't he same pretty much the same when they revealed Fallout Shelter?!?!?!?!?
Also Todd's dev studio seems to be really really poorly run, so I don't believe a damn thing he says
Re: Bethesda's Todd Howard Teases Future Projects At Fallout Day 2025
@IronMan30 You might be surprised, it looks fantastic on my Deck
Should look good on NS2 as well
Re: Fallout 76 Is Officially Getting A Native Xbox Series X|S Version In Early 2026
@Fiendish-Beaver I honestly won't be surprised if it's 10+ years out at the very least.
There seems to be something fundamentally wrong at Bethesda Studios, they are so weirdly slow at anything
Re: Review: Ninja Gaiden 4 (Xbox) - Platinum Propels The Series Forward On Xbox Game Pass
@Sol4ris 🤷♂️ I enjoy Pushsquares reviews, same reason I prefer PureXbox reviews.
They sound like they are written by lifelong gamers.
It must be that Xbox tax eh🙃
Re: A Quick Look At What It's Like To Unbox The ROG Xbox Ally X
@Grippie I've got a SteamDeck, case is really good.
For such a pricey handheld, just seems weird there's no case. 🤷♂️
Re: Xbox Says It 'Defines Success' By How Much Time Players Spend On The Platform
@fatpunkslim Curious where you get all your insider information?
Or is your uncle actually Micheal Prachter?
Is this all applicable to Nintendo as well?
Re: Report: Battlefield 6 Sells Over 6 Million Copies, And A Good Chunk Of Those Are On Xbox
@DennisReynolds So basically the illegitimate children of Micheal Prachter?