It is beautiful, soundtrack is terrific as well. But damn is this game hard to play, aim's all over the place when you press L2 and the controls feel so rugged. Checkpoints aren't the best either and I'm not even gonna start on the last boss fight lol
It's good for what it is but I definitely would have liked to see some more QOL features.
Wouldn't recommend this to folks who want something more in the way of good production qualities.
Tons of indies out there that play way better, though I guess this game beats them in other aspects.
@awp69 was wondering the same lol, if I hadn't seen the similar article on pushsquare I would've thought they accidentally published it on the wrong site despite being different teams.
Most def yeah. I feel like with development cycles being longer it's supposed to feel longer until this gen has well and truly started, and the expectation amongst gamers for it to have started by now (as it probably has been the generations prior) might be a bit unrealistic, especially regarding covid. But on the other side totally fair for a consumer to want his box to be worth their money.
@shoeses I want to say there are sites that make the whole ordeal easier by notifying you when a game reaches its lowest ever pricepoint but I've completely forgotten their names lol
EDIT: Xbdeals.net does the trick, and psprices for playstation.
@Nighto4 ps just has the one mission exclusive to the platform titled 'isolation', much like hogwarts I suppose.
I had completely forgotten about that though.
@Kaloudz according to my (not proven) calculations it should be about a month and a half yh. Ngl though I was expecting it to be sooner. I hope I last longer than the 30 or so minutes I did before with the original 360 version ๐
@Kraven no-one asked for a damn review on the game but am I glad you did lol. One of the best promotions I've seen for it. If I wasn't such a cheapskate I'd probably buy it right away. Btw did you comment about ffxvi on pushsquare as well? I can remember someone saying they were intending to finish it before heading to some random place in the US, if so that's great development right there lol
@Cashews gratz on beating him, hope you enjoy the rest of the game and maybe I'll see you in one of the many lore videos online ๐ฅน Scion messed me up real bad as well. Still haven't managed to beat any of from's tutorial bosses first time around ๐
@Cashews I want to say it'll go on to become easier after that but your comment actually has me confused because the first boss fight (Grafted Scion) you encounter will highly probably just beat you which will lead you to begin the actual game. After which you can find another tutorial boss (Soldier of Godrick) who you can fight multiple times but I haven't seen anyone needing to, even if you're stuck you can just try and find a way out of the cave you're in, go into the open world and level before re-trying or doing other stuff and play with the homies.
@themightyant didn't they catch some flack around the release of re2 & 3 remake, for changes made, the very short length, wack multiplayer dlc etc Could count that as a miss given that the mp releases were stand alone?
@MrList I got it for โฌ25 at launch. Crazy how a 20% discount after almost half a year is worthy of an article ๐ And people are glad they're digital only lol
I actually forgot all about the rumored starfield exclusivity until the emergence of these articles. Didn't think much of it at the time because it seemed unattainable at the time but I could've seen it happening now.
@Titntin yh I kinda wanna turn the difficulty down but at the same time this does hit the spot. Besides I am among the crowd who kinda dislike the amount of cars that just get thrown at you in sth like Forza Horizon so the lack of progress is welcoming in a way.
@Titntin I'm still struggling with which car I need to get in which week. Feel like I'm not making nearly enough money to invest in a new car, and my current car is a bit crappy. I'm on week 2 monday rn and need an A+ car, can sell my current car for like 50k so I'll have a grand total of 150k in the bank but it's just not enough to buy a new one and spec it out ๐ฎโ๐จ Am currently still with the Ford Crown Victoria but Ima change to the Corvette Stingray for A+ methinks
@UndyingInsurgent95 yhh Solas, such a random exit. You've gone through thick and thin to survive the whole ordeal with your whole squad (very much unlike BioWare's other series Mass Effect 2's ending mission) only to randomly be told he just up and left after securing peace for the kingdom ๐ And when the dreadwolf teaser first released he turned out to be the villain and evil god?!?! Warra plottwist Ayo you like me: andromeda??!!?! Ignore&Report button looking real attractive rn Nahhh if dead space doesn't drop this summer we riot, I'll send you the change.org link and we can be delusional together.
@UndyingInsurgent95 I honestly don't know anymore because it's been too long. I even had a spot of trouble trying to remember the name of the magic nation lol I know I thought the bald dude was wack, makes sense with him being the dreadwolf. Don't think you needa go dreadwolf on em, they're messed up enough as is ๐ญ๐
@UndyingInsurgent95 Anytime buddy ๐ซก I hope Dragon Age turns out well. Going to the magic empire Tevinter with raytracing should be such a sight to behold ๐ฅน๐ Dorian from da3 really did wonders for hyping me for da4 as well despite me playing it half a decade ago already haha Only a few months left for Jedi Survivor to hit the pass fam ๐
@UndyingInsurgent95 what score? Hmm don't usually do that. It's only my third nfs game so I can't compare it with the others. It's a solid arcade racer and it's visually very impressive, no shortcomings on the technical side either. Objectively it at least works how it should. The police chases are way harder and more diverse than in Heat, where it was already pretty hard until you maxed out your car, at that point it became a breeze right. But in Unbound they have multiple types of cars that shake it up a bit. Car customization seems to be about the same. The (anime) effects were very divisive indeed, most of the negative shouts I heard came from the older generation of gamers. I think you should be safe, if you like it, it does open up a whole lot on the customization side. I personally dig it, thought it was sick and made it stand out. I mean it's not like we want more copy and paste games right lol Overall pretty decent, if you like the genre you'll like the soundtrack, if not connect your spotify/apple music.
@pip_muzz nah it's more rap based because A$AP Rocky curated it, at least it has more songs than Heat ๐ญ @UndyingInsurgent95 It's gonna be a great surprise, game's sick ๐ฎโ๐จ
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Re: Xbox's Phil Spencer Enjoying Another 'Beautiful' Game Pass Title
It is beautiful, soundtrack is terrific as well. But damn is this game hard to play, aim's all over the place when you press L2 and the controls feel so rugged. Checkpoints aren't the best either and I'm not even gonna start on the last boss fight lol
It's good for what it is but I definitely would have liked to see some more QOL features.
Wouldn't recommend this to folks who want something more in the way of good production qualities.
Tons of indies out there that play way better, though I guess this game beats them in other aspects.
Re: Xbox Game Pass's 'Somerville' Makes Leap To PlayStation Later This Month
@awp69 was wondering the same lol, if I hadn't seen the similar article on pushsquare I would've thought they accidentally published it on the wrong site despite being different teams.
Re: Square Enix Is Bringing Final Fantasy 14 Online To Xbox In Spring 2024
It'll probably be wildly popular but it feels pointless after nearly a decade haha
Re: Elden Ring Update 1.10 Now Live On Xbox, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
First update in four months? Shadow of the Erdtree looming ๐
Re: Talking Point: Do You Feel Like You're Still Waiting For 'Next-Gen' To Arrive?
@cross717 how're you gonna say that when Starfield is 30fps ๐
Will probably be a stunner though, just feel like *****
Re: Talking Point: Do You Feel Like You're Still Waiting For 'Next-Gen' To Arrive?
Most def yeah.
I feel like with development cycles being longer it's supposed to feel longer until this gen has well and truly started, and the expectation amongst gamers for it to have started by now (as it probably has been the generations prior) might be a bit unrealistic, especially regarding covid.
But on the other side totally fair for a consumer to want his box to be worth their money.
Re: 'Sea Of Stars' To Become Rare PS Plus & Xbox Game Pass Day One Launch
The world is healing ๐ฎโ๐จ๐
Re: Talking Point: What Are Your Earliest Xbox Memories?
@Cashews ohhh right, never heard of that. Sounds very much like Bethesda however.
Thanks for the explanation fam
Re: Talking Point: What Are Your Earliest Xbox Memories?
@Cashews
What do you mean by that?
Re: Xbox Has Officially Created 'The Worldโs First Ever Pizza-Scented Controller'
@Spider-Kev because of your username
Re: Xbox Has Officially Created 'The Worldโs First Ever Pizza-Scented Controller'
@Spider-Kev yeah I was referencing ganja anyway.
You're originally from NY lol? How fitting
Re: Xbox Has Officially Created 'The Worldโs First Ever Pizza-Scented Controller'
Eww wtf
"Shaped like a slice of delicious New York โza"
Imagina za scented controllers instead hahah
Re: Xbox's Sarah Bond Accidentally Raises Hopes Of Elden Ring On Game Pass
@Romans12 am I missing an obvious joke or are you that down bad
Re: Xbox's Sarah Bond Accidentally Raises Hopes Of Elden Ring On Game Pass
Fromsoft always seems a bit stingy to add their titles to a service tbf. Not that I care, bought and played this ages ago.
Re: Talking Point: What August 2023 Xbox Games With Gold Do You Want?
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Re: Remnant 2 Dev Confirms Graphics Options For Xbox Series X And S
Pffff that overview trailer is so good. They really just made a better sequel in every way. ๐
Looking forward to the ACG review
Re: Site News: Family Gaming Database Brings New Accessibility Info To Pure Xbox
Great initiative y'all ๐
Re: These Six Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (July 19 - August 1)
Celeste's great and all but it's already been on the service and gmg before.
Cmon man, meek offering.
Re: Major Nelson Announces His Departure From Xbox After 20 Years
Man finally got sick of the games with gold ๐
Re: Xbox Ultimate Game Sale 2023 Now Live, 700+ Games Discounted
@shoeses I want to say there are sites that make the whole ordeal easier by notifying you when a game reaches its lowest ever pricepoint but I've completely forgotten their names lol
EDIT: Xbdeals.net does the trick, and psprices for playstation.
@Nighto4 ps just has the one mission exclusive to the platform titled 'isolation', much like hogwarts I suppose.
I had completely forgotten about that though.
Re: EA Sports FC 24 Launches This September On Xbox One, Series X|S
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Re: Xbox Studio Reveals Inspirations Behind Steampunk RPG 'Clockwork Revolution'
They're withholding information at gunpoint ain't no way.
Jokes aside though I didn't think they looked 'alike'
Re: Exoprimal Is Bringing Plenty Of Post-Launch Support To Xbox Game Pass, Including Capcom Crossovers
Makes sense to do sfvi first but would've preferred to see MH instead, don't know if I'll want to stick around till then
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 8-9)
@EvenStephen7 man's fresh out of the womb and already tackling Breath of the Wild?!?? That's crazy.
Congrats!
Re: Here's What Might Be Leaving Xbox Game Pass In August 2023
@Kaloudz according to my (not proven) calculations it should be about a month and a half yh. Ngl though I was expecting it to be sooner.
I hope I last longer than the 30 or so minutes I did before with the original 360 version ๐
Re: Here's What Might Be Leaving Xbox Game Pass In August 2023
@Kaloudz yessir, waiting on the Dead Space remake me self ๐ซก
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 8-9)
@Kraven no-one asked for a damn review on the game but am I glad you did lol.
One of the best promotions I've seen for it.
If I wasn't such a cheapskate I'd probably buy it right away.
Btw did you comment about ffxvi on pushsquare as well? I can remember someone saying they were intending to finish it before heading to some random place in the US, if so that's great development right there lol
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 8-9)
Nothing cause it's too goddamn hot
Re: The Xbox Live Gold To Game Pass 'Conversion Ratio' Has Gotten Worse
Damn that sucks, makes sense but still sucks.
So even if I find codes on the cheap I won't even wanna max out, decisions decisions ๐ค
Re: Upcoming RPG 'Atlas Fallen' Has Gone Gold, Locking In Its August Release Date On Xbox
@Cashews gratz on beating him, hope you enjoy the rest of the game and maybe I'll see you in one of the many lore videos online ๐ฅน
Scion messed me up real bad as well. Still haven't managed to beat any of from's tutorial bosses first time around ๐
Re: Upcoming RPG 'Atlas Fallen' Has Gone Gold, Locking In Its August Release Date On Xbox
@Cashews I want to say it'll go on to become easier after that but your comment actually has me confused because the first boss fight (Grafted Scion) you encounter will highly probably just beat you which will lead you to begin the actual game.
After which you can find another tutorial boss (Soldier of Godrick) who you can fight multiple times but I haven't seen anyone needing to, even if you're stuck you can just try and find a way out of the cave you're in, go into the open world and level before re-trying or doing other stuff and play with the homies.
Re: EA's Not-FIFA Football Game Supposedly Launches On Xbox In September
@Kaloudz better route would actually be for both EA's and FIFA's game to fail.
Re: Talking Point: Are You Excited For Capcom's Big Xbox Game Pass Launch This Month?
@themightyant didn't they catch some flack around the release of re2 & 3 remake, for changes made, the very short length, wack multiplayer dlc etc
Could count that as a miss given that the mp releases were stand alone?
Re: Hogwarts Legacy Is Currently The Lowest Price It's Ever Been On Xbox
@MrList I got it for โฌ25 at launch. Crazy how a 20% discount after almost half a year is worthy of an article ๐
And people are glad they're digital only lol
Re: Xbox Series X|S Consoles Have Reportedly Passed 21 Million Sales Worldwide
@Dragonsbane yh I noticed today that you need an acc to check twitter now, doesn't even work on incognito
Re: Microsoft Acquired Hellblade Creator Ninja Theory For Just $117 Million
They've had a great output as well, truly worth the money. 1 absolute banger in the form of Bleeding Edge or whatever in 5 years
Re: Report: Xbox's Perfect Dark Won't Release Until 2025+ Due To Years Of Development Struggles
The future of AAAA games truly is looking great between this and Beyond Good and Evil 2, should rename it to Imperfect Dark.
Re: Alan Wake 2 Being Digital-Only Will Hopefully Result In A 'Better' Game, Says Developer
@pepsilover2008 not self published, Epic Games did. But they're a pc storefront so ofc no physical release
Re: Alan Wake 2 Being Digital-Only Will Hopefully Result In A 'Better' Game, Says Developer
Stop the ๐งข
Still deliberating whether to buy around launch or not (with rewards points), suppose THQ is out though.
Re: Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Sees The Funny Side In 'Yakuza Phil' Meme
Re: Xbox Is Giving Away A Barbie Console & Free Forza Horizon 5 Content
No Oppenheimer controller & console to go with it?!?!
Re: Xbox Was Worried It Would Lose Starfield Prior To Bethesda Acquisition
I actually forgot all about the rumored starfield exclusivity until the emergence of these articles.
Didn't think much of it at the time because it seemed unattainable at the time but I could've seen it happening now.
Re: Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (June 22)
@Titntin yh I kinda wanna turn the difficulty down but at the same time this does hit the spot.
Besides I am among the crowd who kinda dislike the amount of cars that just get thrown at you in sth like Forza Horizon so the lack of progress is welcoming in a way.
Re: Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (June 22)
@Titntin I'm still struggling with which car I need to get in which week. Feel like I'm not making nearly enough money to invest in a new car, and my current car is a bit crappy.
I'm on week 2 monday rn and need an A+ car, can sell my current car for like 50k so I'll have a grand total of 150k in the bank but it's just not enough to buy a new one and spec it out ๐ฎโ๐จ
Am currently still with the Ford Crown Victoria but Ima change to the Corvette Stingray for A+ methinks
Re: Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (June 22)
@UndyingInsurgent95 yhh Solas, such a random exit.
You've gone through thick and thin to survive the whole ordeal with your whole squad (very much unlike BioWare's other series Mass Effect 2's ending mission) only to randomly be told he just up and left after securing peace for the kingdom ๐
And when the dreadwolf teaser first released he turned out to be the villain and evil god?!?! Warra plottwist
Ayo you like me: andromeda??!!?! Ignore&Report button looking real attractive rn
Nahhh if dead space doesn't drop this summer we riot, I'll send you the change.org link and we can be delusional together.
Re: Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (June 22)
@UndyingInsurgent95 I honestly don't know anymore because it's been too long.
I even had a spot of trouble trying to remember the name of the magic nation lol
I know I thought the bald dude was wack, makes sense with him being the dreadwolf.
Don't think you needa go dreadwolf on em, they're messed up enough as is ๐ญ๐
Re: Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (June 22)
@UndyingInsurgent95
Anytime buddy ๐ซก
I hope Dragon Age turns out well. Going to the magic empire Tevinter with raytracing should be such a sight to behold ๐ฅน๐
Dorian from da3 really did wonders for hyping me for da4 as well despite me playing it half a decade ago already haha
Only a few months left for Jedi Survivor to hit the pass fam ๐
Re: Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (June 22)
@UndyingInsurgent95 what score? Hmm don't usually do that.
It's only my third nfs game so I can't compare it with the others. It's a solid arcade racer and it's visually very impressive, no shortcomings on the technical side either. Objectively it at least works how it should.
The police chases are way harder and more diverse than in Heat, where it was already pretty hard until you maxed out your car, at that point it became a breeze right. But in Unbound they have multiple types of cars that shake it up a bit.
Car customization seems to be about the same.
The (anime) effects were very divisive indeed, most of the negative shouts I heard came from the older generation of gamers. I think you should be safe, if you like it, it does open up a whole lot on the customization side. I personally dig it, thought it was sick and made it stand out.
I mean it's not like we want more copy and paste games right lol
Overall pretty decent, if you like the genre you'll like the soundtrack, if not connect your spotify/apple music.
Re: Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (June 22)
@pip_muzz nah it's more rap based because A$AP Rocky curated it, at least it has more songs than Heat ๐ญ
@UndyingInsurgent95
It's gonna be a great surprise, game's sick ๐ฎโ๐จ
Re: New Zealand Regulator Shares Concerns Over Xbox's Activision Blizzard Takeover
@Kaloudz whatever you want buddy