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@Fiendish-Beaver
That is some serious gaming time, pretty jealous ha.

Enjoy man

@Vordus "At that point my brain's innate soulslike mechanics prevention mechanisms kicked in and forced me to uninstall the game."-That's a brilliant review point.
Well done

@AccessibleDaydream

I would seriously do your homework on any docks and check the viability of the screen your plugging into, Bluetooth controller functionality with the Ally.

Maybe things have improved on that end, but i still see a lot of issues pop up across different games/monitors and tv's

@Ralizah

I'd love more punching power and native solutions to other Storefronts/ ecosystems but the Deck is so absurdly well made I'll just be waiting for the SteamDeck 2.

@BaldB3lper78 If you've got decent upload speeds on your home network, Greenlight + Steamdeck streaming is really good, and the OLED is decently priced.
Steamdeck is getting a little left behind worth the newest stuff but the touchpads and ergonomics are great

Super neat side note, they've completely broken being able to play MW3 Current Gen only discs by updating all COD editions to Cross-gen.

Am finishing up BF/ Hardline and thought " I should finally give MWIII a try"-son of a bitch !

The SteamDeck, and PC handheld gaming in general is such an awesome step.
I got my SteamDeck in the 1st batch of preorders and it's still going strong after insane hours on it.

Greenlight is brilliant and so is Chiakki for PS, but i grabbed the PS Portal- ergonomically the Portal is flawless

If you're on the fence, I say give it a go- it can really be a brilliant way to play and I know a lot of folks love their Ally

The PR babble is going to be LEGENDARY and i can't wait for the roller coaster of "YES!! XBOX IS BACK!!!........WAAIIITTTT.... WHAT THE ***** ARE THEY THINKING?????"

@Questionable_Duck No kidding, most of my daily reading is nerd/ gaming sites and I've never heard of this.

Looks a little rough, but like it might be a fun game.

Geez they're is SO MUCH i want to play

@themightyant Seriously, I swore no games would be bought this year..........and....Tainted Grail: FoA went on a small sale, runs decent on the Steam Deck = I caved( so very worth it though)

@GuyinPA75 BFWW1 absolutely deserves the love man, can't leave it out

So very tempting..... really tired of Xbox qc on their controllers, simply put they are *****, they don't last and feel cheap.
Id love to grab an Elite, but apparently those are of really poor quality as well.
Rant over

It'll be fascinating to see fresh reviews, especially after the games been out for a bit.
The conspiracies will be hilarious to read, after all the Xbox Tax is massive and every reviewer is biased against Xbox, even PureXbox
😂🙃

@Tdx Reddits way ahead of the curve, it's nearly nothing but " Starfield is actually good" followed by pictures of planets

@Tasuki
That might be the best analogy I've seen for COD/ Fortnite ever.

Well done ha ha

@FraserG
I don't know how i missed this game.
Looks like I'll love it to, thanks a ton!

Well if it makes you all feel better, I've had all my personal information " 'stolen" i think 6 or 7 times now from large corporations at no fault of my own. Think my passport is the only thing never breached as i never uploadedit(they got everything in it though, so not sure it matters. )
So I'm sure this will be fine.... nothing to worry about at all. Because American companies highly value personal info

@1nightonly " People need to find a new hobby"-Nah

Generally when you are passionate about something - football/ gaming- it's completely normal to have a vested interest in the facets of that product. In the same sense, being a fan and consumer are both fine.
People lose they ***** if a sports team empties their roster for cheaper contracts even if it makes them less competitive, but " might" have longer term success. Especially if you've spent decades spending a LOT of money to support your product

@shoeses That's a great analogy, well done ha.
It's a shame those 2 monsters of gaming( dev/franchise) landed with such a wet thud....

@BacklogBrad I usually agree with most of your opinions, but you are dying on a really boring hill.

They were both such underwhelming, just okay games

Kinda jealous you enjoyed them that much, had hoped I'd love em

@Ernie At least you folks across the way have options.
I have yet to see anything like that, they always just mirror whatever digital price MS has I've checked plenty over the years and I've never seen digital cheaper outside of Xbox store / in the U.S.

This sucks, there were some good deals i grabbed over the last couple years, and money turned into rewards points so it was great.
Also super nice to game for a few hours, take a break and watch a movie all in the same ecosystem

Bummer, hated when PS did it to

Ugh Alan Wake.... man I wish I had the extra time and no backlog

This game was Outerworlds with magic, I honestly couldn't tell a difference except for the color pallette.

Gods the writing was eye rolling as well.

The magic was really fun though

Mixed feelings on this game

Wonder what kind of shape Bethesda dev studio is in right now. Starfield was such a shallow empty hull of ideas game design and writing that Covid only explains a little of.
Just seems like Bethesda game studios is out of touch with modern gaming.

This isn't 1999 anymore

@kmtrain83

I just always figured PT/OT and BHU would always be safe..... ER as well.

Not so sure anymore..... the cost savings alone would be nuts

@Kaloudz I'll be honest, I'm looking forward to the real deal T800 series.

The ultimate " we've arrived" ,

Just as long as Skynet waits a second to go murder mode

So I'm a mental health professional at a good sized hospital, and I've thought more than once, how hard would it be to train AI to do my job. You could absolutely create a profile/ face that would fit any demographic and allow for "safer feeling 1-1s"( I'm a very large white guy) such often can lead to quicker and more productive outcomes.

I mean if they can just purge engineers/ programmers like it's nothing- where does it stop.......

@GameOverScreen a Fair enough, I spent enough time on GameSpot in the mid 2000's to hear endlessly about the "tax"- which some have accused PureXbox of.

BlueLiving is still waging the war for Xbox @ EG, very passionately to

@GameOverScreen Blueliving is that you,,,,,,,,,,,, hiding under a different name?

So do you think Eurogamer used a flat tax on Xbox or is it rated around how much Xbox flavor the game has?

You people are really bizarre

Sweet, thanks for the heads up!

Would love to video game nerd out and be able to see what was paid per game over the last 5 years.

Would be fun to see all of it

It was so bizarre to see Amazon listed and sold XSX for 687$ US.. who the heck is going to pay that.

I also bought 1 month of GP through Amazon and Xbox Gave me a month free for autopay- which i canceled before(GP just isn't my thing) - not sure how that screws up the metrics....

MS makes ZERO sense at times

@Feffster YLOD- yellow light of death, that was so devastating,- Skyrim came out about the that time so I jumped ship to PC- Those Steam flash sales were so addictive!

1. Far Cry 2- yes I'll die on this hill
2. FAR CRY 2- Extra life
3. Rage- Despite possibly the worst ending of all time.

All of this really is a moot point until someone leaks several years worth of financial info ,or is a small enough difference as a loss leader it has 🤔minimal impact

After how disappointing the Steam sales are, this isn't much better.

It's just meh

Man I miss the old a Steam sales

@Drnsnsr Go away.. and take your nonsense with you...

I'm just gonna sit here patiently and wait for the locust swarms and raining frogs........ seems appropriate considering

@DarthAmmii Didn't he have something similar to say after closing down Tango?

I know I've already said it in another article, but this Xbox executives team has done nothing and I mean nothing except for;
1. Fall to grow internal studios
2. Buy up 2 massive publishers
3. Allow missteps from the publishers they spent billions on by being hands off(see point #1)
4. Manage to deliver some of the most abysmal PR speak in gaming
5. Thousands of laid off devs( see points 1-4)

What a fascinating mess Xboxs executive team is, except for Phil Spencer's " charm" what in the hell have they actually accomplished....... except for closing studios and yearly mass layoffs....

@Raccoonius
That profile pic gets me every time, it's great. The comment is perfect for it😂

I sunk 300+ hours into my first playthrough, bugs, jank and all.

This was my game of the year, it was a dream game for me, can't wait to play again this winter.

The atmosphere on Stalker difficulty was sublime. So excited to see what this game plays like when it's " finished"

After Starfield really bummed me out, this is the game that made me so grateful I took the Xbox plunge(well that and Far Cry 2)

@FraserG and it's an exhausting way to address your fanbase.

The " air of mystery" nonsense needs to stop.
I'd still argue that Xbox brass simply has no idea what they're doing- and stumble into winning streaks like they have recently

I'm really excited for it, they have really hit a stride since last October.

Not sure if Game is running the same deal, but US Gamestop has a Black Ops 6 for 20 physical, i miss going to gaming stores so this is always kinda nostalgic when Gamestop has these deals

Have to give Kudos to Bethesda for " shadow dropping this" instead of allowing reviews for a week prior.
Really really low and scummy, but cold and calculated

Way to Canadian it up IO, such boring predictable tropes, and Bond looks like a dork...

I've been very tempted to get this on SteamDeck, i just don't know how i would find enough hours to play this too... and I'm still slightly hopeful Starfield does something amazing....

@Scrubchub
Nice attempt at " trying to be witty ", but you've just made a fool of yourself instead..... congrats i guess