DennisReynolds

Seems nothing but drama with BG3 on Xbox.

It will be BG3 or TotK that win it everything else is irreverent.

Starfield over Baldur's Gate 3? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love Starfield but Baldur's Gate 3 is one of the best games ever made while Starfield isn't even in the top 3 Bethesda games

@ZuneTattooGuy Bethesda are pretty cool when it comes to mods so i highly doubt it.

Some salty comments on here 😂. If any game is worth buying its BG3 so good on them.

@ZuneTattooGuy Well that's your opinion mine is clearly different.

@ZuneTattooGuy Yeah it was fantastic and one of my favourite games of last gen. Great story and themes that nicely tied in with what was happening in the real world, a great gorgeus world to explore, an amazing movement system unlike any other where every step you take actually matters and a very unique wholesome MP side.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Brilliant, anyone who actually bought this scam is a mug.

@Cherip-the-Ripper Going to be honest i thought Deathloop sucked, really didn't like it at all.

Its Kojima so i'm hyped.

One hell of a surprise, hope its up to the level of the Spidey games and Guardians and i hope it gets Arkane back in top form.

Jesus christ this is just embarrassing at this point. Face it you lost like it or not its over and maybe save your strength for when MS go after Take Two and Ubi next.

@Onlyboxmatters MS own more studios then anyone else but yes Sony are ones the buying up gaming 🙄 MS can't "save" Bungie because MS don't own Bungie.

Remnant 2 is fantastic and easily one of my favourite games this year.

@VokDaWiibSlayer You sound like a person who just wants everyone to blindly praise the thing you like. Steam reviews require you to own the game if you want those reviews to be treated with worth and Steam reviews funny enough are for people to you know review a thing they bought, its not a feature for you to suck off your favourite corp or dev its there to say what you think about the game. If someone doesn't like a game they full right to express on something that wants them to express their thoughts and opinion even if it makes people like you salty for some reason.

Also before you call me a hater i loved Starfield but unlike you i don't care if strangers say they don't like it on the internet.

@Lup Fun fact Xbox had more 1st party games coming to it then PS5 did this year and from the sounds of things the same applies to next yes but yes sorry Sony is the only one that does exclusives while MS happily didn't cancel PS5 versions of Starfield and Redfall and isn't making the likes of Hellblade 2 exclusive or paying for timed exclusives like Stalker 2 or Ark 2.

@Sifi You haven't really countered me you just reek of copium and fanboy. I'm not talking about Sony or Nintendo here nor i have mentioned them but as always someone on here has to play ultra defensive when someone dares mention fault with MS and Xbox. Fact is what Xbox offers this year in benefits and value is less then last year.

@Kaloudz Well you see that's the thing Phil likes to group everything together with the "ecosystem" buzzword to make things sound better then they are but i wouldn't be shocked if parent MS are wondering why they're even bothering having a games console if the money is only coming from PC and Gamepass (what hasn't seen growth). From the sound of things MS is starting to clamp down on Phil's free reign hence the price increase for console and games, Rewards being gutted, Gamepass $1 sub offer being nerfed, Gold free games being dropped (less value for Ultimate subs) and so on.

I really get the impression MS the parent side is not happy with how little money Xbox is making them, there's been way to many things like this lately.

@Belkan I can agree with that.

@Belkan They both do it and have been since the start, look at the 360 era with MS making sure to keep Bioshock off PS3 for a good while as well keep Mass Effect exclusive for years or getting timed GTA IV DLC. MS are just as guilty and actually do it more and still doing it to this day. As for buying studios yeah Sony bought a very very small handful last gen so MS decided to buy 2 massive mega corps along with endless other studios changing the game. Sony are no angels but neither is MS.

@Onlyboxmatters A comment only a Xbox fanboy could make. Keep games off Xbox? Just like MS pay to keep games off PS, both do it and MS have even paid to make sure you can't wishlist or pre-order the PS5 version of Ark what is pretty damn shady.

Its because MS are great at putting out 8/10 games but struggle putting out 9's and 10's. Starfield is a great game and Hi-Fi Rush is good fun they aren't at the level of Baldur's Gate 3, TotK, Alan Wake 2 and Mario Wonder. I will say while Spidey 2 is a great game its certainly not GOTY level, solid 8.5 but no way should it be up there with Baldur's Gate 3 or Alan Wake 2.

Shocked Gears 3 didn't get more love though in the day as that's peak Gears and one of the best 3rd person shooters ever made.

The game looks pretty lovely on PS5, i like the Devs focused on detail and immersion rather then trying to be ultra realistic.

Is Armoured Core 6 up for best action game? Is yes then that's my pick.

I mean can you count Diablo 4? MS never made or funded it and was released before they bought Activision.

@Ralizah I still love Starfield its just now that the Honeymoon period is over and i've seen most of what it offers i feel the faults are just more obvious. I agree there's definitely some weird hate for the game, it seems no matter where you turn everyone acts like its the worst. Maybe its not the 10/10 we wished for but 8/10 is still really good.

@Banjo- I addressed you once you replied and then i replied and then you replied with me now replying, welcome to the concept of convensations or in this case a debate. I challenge the notion of why you think Hi-Fi is GOTY worthy when a game like Baldur's Gate 3 exists, its like thinking Barbie is Best Picture worthy when films like Killers of the Flower Moon exist. As for Spider-Man 2 i don't think its GOTY worthy i think its a solid 8.5 and nothing else though i find it interesting you're getting antsy that Zelda and Spider-Man 2 are nominated while the 1st party Xbox games aren't on this Xbox centric site.

@Kienda I love Starfield but its not unique or daring, its basically Fallout 3 in space what is great but as a space game No Man's Sky, Elite, Everspace 2 and Star Citizen all do or do most of the things that Starfield does space wise but far better. Starfield's strengths are the typical Bethesda stuff you would get in ES or Fallout but the moment you start exploring those empty bland worlds or do anything in space its faults are pretty glaring.

@Banjo- When i think of 10/10's of the year i think of Baldur's Gate 3, Zelda, Mario Wonder and Alan Wake 2 not a fairly decent if nothing special action game that has been forgotten by most. It was never getting nominations because again its nothing special and if not for a shadow drop and Gamepass i think the reception to it would be a tad colder.

Funny you're throwing the opinion card at me though considering your comments on Zelda. You think its overrated cool but the vast majority clearly don't just like you imply my thoughts on Hi-Fi Rush aren't the majority.

@InterceptorAlpha This game isn't charging $70 and features endless MTX and battle passes. Ark will be more broken and not look anywhere near as good as that trailer but its cheaper and not monetized to hell and back.

This game is going to be such a mess.

@Banjo- No its because its a good 7/10 game and nothing more.

Already own it on PS5 so nope from me but i'm happy Xbox owners will be playing it soon as its incredible.

360 era is peak Xbox, while it got pretty meh towards the end the years of 2006-2010 were amazing.

@AtlanteanMan Despite my thoughts on Halo nowadays i heavily disagree that "gaming isn't fun anymore". This year is straight up one of the greatest years in gaming, its crazy how much i've spent on gaming this year and how little of it i've got round to playing due to the sheer volume of quality releases put out. AAA, AA, indies, console exclusives and so on there's been something for everyone and there's at least 3 or 4 GOTY contenders.

@ParsnipHero A mobile spin off. Mario on console has never been treated the way MS/343 has treated Halo the freaking mascot of Xbox and the reason Xbox succeeded, Infinite should be the crown jewel of the Series consoles something that is on par with the Switch's Mario and Zelda games or the PS4/5's God of War games. Its disgusting how badly treated Halo has been since Bungie left, freaking Forza gets more attention from MS then Halo does.

Imagine if Nintendo treated Mario and Zelda the way MS/343 treat Halo.

@Rioichi Actually Nintendo out of the big 3 are the easiest to please as they let almost anything on the Switch and 9/10 completely uncut as well.

But Agony is fine?

As a big Forza fan and someone who prefers it to well any other racing series i feel the only thing this entry has over GT7 is the visuals. I feel GT7 is just a much better and more complete game then the latest Forza and i hate saying that.

@jedinite Alan Wake 2 can do 60fps on PS5 and SX and not only that Starfield while pretty at times is hardly groundbreaking while Alan Wake 2 has some of the best visuals in gaming to the point its a miracle a 60fps mode is even possible on PS5 and SX.

When Spider-Man 2 can do 60fps with the best RT in console gaming, have zero loading with a completely seamless world with insanely fast transversal speeds it really drives home the fact the biggest Xbox game in years is locked at 30fps with no RT in a world cut up by loading screens on the most powerful console ever. I love Starfield but let's not defend the 30fps and technical shortcomings when games like Spidey 2, Baldur's Gate 3 and Alan Wake 2 are pushing gaming forward and released in the same timespan as Starfield.

@BrilliantBill The first Horizon game was getting competition ads to win a PS4 on Channel 4 back in 2017. Fact is Sony market their big games hard, you know when a new big Sony is out because you see marketing almost everywhere just like you do Mario, Pokemon, Zelda and such with Nintendo. MS don't do this not even with Halo, their new games aren't events they're just new games like any other.

@BrilliantBill and God of War last year got the same level of hype Spidey 2 has to the point PS5's were being sold on GoW's name. The biggest 1st party games of the year should be events and giving the red carpet and not be upstaged by DLC for a 3 year old game. The new Forza just dropped that should be massive yet i felt the new The Crew game got more marketing.

@GunValkyria Why would that change things?