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@Banjo- playing since Tri as well (I tried Freedom Unite on PSP, but couldn’t get into back then)

I have a Series X as well. I tried to get into XB1 but it just didn’t perform as well as my ps4 at the time. Traded and was gonna get a Scorpio but decided to wait for SX, ended up getting both an S and X for Xmas (didn’t think the SO was going to be able to secure an X, lol) 2020. So glad to have the X, makes all my XB1 games run so much smoother. Especially FO4

@Banjo- D3 isn’t bad per se, but it’s just not as good as D2 or 4. 4 is what D3 shoulda been.

Dragonball FightersZ is what I would recommend for DB fighting. But if you like open world rpgs with a combat similar to fighting style, Kakarot and Xenoverse are also good. Xeno 1 is super cheap on sale usually if you just wanna test the waters.

Edit - Also Monster Hunter is a great series for relatively easy control (depending on weapon choice) and highly rewarding. Second only to D2 in the rewarding aspect. World and Rise are a bit easier to pick up. But Generations on Switch is the best in the series.

@Banjo- Go for D4 if you want a more laid back approach to an rpg. Nice dark theme, and such but it’s still laid back comparatively. D2 is a more rewarding game, still with easy controls. But don’t let that fool you, Hell mode (lvl 70+) can be no joke to the newcomer. I suggest rolling a summon Necro, or Hammerdin build Paladin for starting in D2 so you can beat Hell and start hearing other chars.

D2 also has more soft walls, where it’s encouraged to go back and farm bosses a bit for better gear before progressing.

D2 as a whole operates a LOT like Borderlands 2 (half the team that made BL2 are from the original team that made D2, so nearly the same systems)

Edit - plus D2 goes on sale for $12-15 pretty often

@Banjo- Sure gamer tag is the same as my user on here. Mainly been playing Diablo 4 lately, but I’m down for some mess around matches on SF6 when ya get it.

@Banjo- I Concur, SF2 was basically the pinnacle of SF I think. I prefer the New Challengers Version cause Fei Long was just so fun. I’ve been half tempted a time or two to grab the 30th anni compilation or the Switch remaster.

DBFighterZ suffers from the “so fast can’t react” just like Smash Bros (which I enjoy, but so much going on on the screen it’s hard to tell wth is happening half the time), however DBFZ does have a super easy control setup to make things so much easier. Highly recommend that one to any fighting fan, and you can get it on sale on Xbox or Switch for like $9, $14 if you wanna all the fighter passes too.

@NEStalgia Diablo 2 is a really good example of a game done so well, it’s worth continuing playing 20+ years later. D4 is fun, and a lot better than D3. But D2 is like a slot machine that occasionally rewards your dopamine with an overload of glory…..

Like ya said, easy to pick up and understand, controls and interface aren’t overbearing - D4 is a little bit more bloated here tho, but not much. And it’s stat management. Elden/Dark are just the opposite, not much info to manage, some stats here and there, but a simple control interface…. Dodge/Parry, Counter and repeat till dead.

@Banjo- You’re welcome! Yeah I wasn’t going to buy into SF6 until I saw the World Tour / Custom char stuff, AND I watched a few live streams on TikTok. Slower more deliberate fights, which isn’t a bad thing. Closer to MK11 style but without ultra long combo strings with complex timing/memorization. And I like the adjustments to Ken. He use to be flash, flare and fast. Now he’s focused and more pin point attacking.

@Banjo- SF6 is good. Way better than any other SF game in the last few generations. And yeah I play on and off between Classic and Modern. Modern you’re stymied into a little less control over your character - 3 basic attacks instead of 6, and no variation on Supers. Classic is superior for overall control and it’s still very fluid.

Ken plays well either style. Juni I think her name is, the one that only uses her feet, I can tell she’d be much better with classic style. Feels kinda pigeon holed with Modern. Also played Zangief on Classic and Modern. He transitions well too between the styles.

I haven’t messed with the World Tour yet or Battle Hub. Though I’m REALLY interested in starting the World Tour. The last time I was this excited for a fighting game was Def Jam Vendetta. Something about making your own fighter in an rpg setting is just amazing.

Edit - forgot to explain the fluid part. Hits transitioning into other hits/throws/etc seem a lot more fluid and smooth than in previous entries. Maybe the input frames are spot on or something. But combos aren’t hard to pull off, and the game isn’t modeled after stringing together the biggest combo you can. Instead it’s 1-2 hits then a throw, or a super. Then back and repeat. Sure there are bigger combos, but for the most part that’s how the game is modeled, and it gives it a more natural sense of pace, almost like a real fight.

@Banjo- Same here. While I think a lot of passion and creativity went into the Mario 3D titles post N64, I still think Mario 64 has the most heart and best level designs in Mario 3D. Same with Zelda, OoT is still my favorite 3D Zelda. Wind Waker was pretty, but overall felt more empty, and I wasn’t a huge cel shade fan at the time. Twilight was gorgeous for its time, but felt like an over stuffed OoT. Never played Skyward cause I don’t enjoy motion controls in action/adventure games. BotW had much of that same shock as Wind Waker did for me - “this is not Zelda as I know it”. Once I quit thinking of it as Zelda, and approached it as if it were Skyrim/Fallout, I enjoyed it a lot more. But I still don’t feel like it’s a Zelda title, lol.

Funny thing about Mario Odyssey, I’ve found myself enjoying it more watching my kiddos play it than I did when I played through.

And you just brought up fighting games. I grew up with the OGs of Street Fighter 2, MK1, and Killer Instinct. And yeah I’ve done the old 15 button input brutalities on MK3, Lordy those were a chore. I’ve played most of the latest fighters here and there, and while there’s some nice stuff, honestly the best addition to these newer fighters is “modern” control schemes. SF6 is so much more fluid than SF4 or 5, or any other fighter bar DBFighterZ which is just the perfect setup. I swear no genre, besides MAYBE point n click, has escaped bloating of systems over the years

@Banjo- I Was specifically referring to the time frame. Zelda, Mario, and Metroid all have historically has long periods in between releases save for a select few in their series. That’s all I was saying. At least us Nintendo and Xbox fans aren’t dealing with what Castlevania fans are…. No new update to the IP since the days of DS - minus the Apple Arcade title which doesn’t play like SOTN, the GBA titles, or the DS ones….

@NEStalgia Well said! I think that maybe now people will start understanding why Miyamoto said there was a ceiling on graphics, and why Nintendo took a laid back position with their console capabilities. No point in having the most powerful gpu if it’s just gonna take you even longer periods to take advantage of.

Do wish the Switch had a bit more power so multiplat ports would be easier, but that’s another topic.

Zelda, Metroid and Mario fans over here like, “New in town? Welcome to the club!”

Gotta change my shorts after seeing the Witcher village on Unreal 5…..

Beat this back on 360, was a hell of a ride. Played just like RE4, but with the absurdity of Suda51. Was a really fun romp, but def only a 7/10. With enough polishing and smoothing out the rough edges it could be a solid 8-9 though, it has the potential. Give it more of an RE5 set up - aka more actions, stuns and melee attacks….

Gollumpunk: 3017

@Green-Bandit Wizard and either Rogue or Druid for me, haven’t decided which yet. Druid was fun on the beta! Missed that class in D3.

@Green-Bandit Same games man, same games! I’d be fine for years. I’d add Monster Hunter in there. Rise is good, but for value and so much stuff, Generations is the pinnacle. MH, Borderlands and Diablo are the only games that have that “oooh a piece of candy, ooohh another piece of candy!” Slot machine like effect. Every drop is a dopamine hit!

@Green-Bandit Lol same here with D4. I’ve been playing the crap outta D2 on Xbox and Switch lately. Quite enjoyed the beta for D4. I liked it a lot more than D3, which wasn’t bad, just more actiony/casual I guess? D2 is gritty, and I had a similar feeling with D4. Like a perfect mix of D2 and D3.

@Green-Bandit lol thanks, yeah I try to approach things as logically and efficiently as possible…: As much as I wanted Zelda TotK physical to match my BotW copy…. since they brought back the voucher system in the US and I wanted the Bayonetta Origins game, it made so much more sense to buy a voucher pack and get both of those for $100 rather than 60 and 70….

I love both physical and digital, but anymore I usually go digital. I’d be physical only if we still had the awesome cardboard boxes with box art, manuals and such. But anymore it’s just a disc/cart, plastic case and an insert that you could print out yourself…. Plus digital has one huge boon I love, ability to take your entire collection wherever without lugging around a ton of game cases or a binder.

@PROPS Yeah I loved Doom 2016, got it on PS4 originally and played a bit, but didn’t fully get into and finish it until I got it on Switch. When Bethesda had its last huge sale on both Switch and Xbox I snagged both bundles digitally so I could always have em. I originally traded my Switch Doom copy to buy another game at the time, always regretted that. But I Haven’t been into multiplayer on shooters since Gears 3 lol. Anymore we play Diablo or Borderlands as our multiplayer fix.

@Green-Bandit Yeah it’s handy, especially if one console has to be replaced/repaired. And thanks to super sales you can usually get large amounts of games for the price of a new one. I got ME Legendary editon Plus Andromeda for $30 total, and all the dragon age games for the other $30.

Fable 1-3 plus all dlc can be gotten for about $40 total if ya wait, Fable Anniversary goes on $10 sale every now and then.

I snagged Doom and Doom Eternal plus all dlc for both for $30. Witcher 3 complete can be gotten for $20 or less. Fallout series can be gotten for about $40-50 with all dlc I believe when they’re on sale. And I managed to get all the Assassin Creed games plus all dlc for about $60-70, minus Ragnorok at the time. Gotta love those massive sales!

Funny enough I bought a Series X to access my 360 and XB1 digital catalog. I had a bunch of games digital like Fable, Fallout 3/NV/4, Witcher 3, Skyrim, Dead Rising1-3 on the Xbox platform but couldn’t access it because I’d sold my XB1 within a year. Didn’t like the dash/slow speed compared to my PS4.

Now that I’ve got the Series X, I’m rebuilding some of the digital library I had on PS4, like the Mass Effect and Borderlands collections, Dragon Age collection so I’ll have them regardless of platform. Most of the libraries can be bought on sale for dirt cheap too, so it’s not a big deal rebuilding em. Except for when licenses expire, like with Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1&2 remasters. Those are stuck on my PS4 probably indefinitely.

@NEStalgia ah ty, I always get those two confused. But regardless, like you said, it’s worth a ton. I mean from just Activision and Blizzards base output that deal isn’t worth $68b….. wasn’t till I found out they owned King that I realized where the true cost of that deal lay…. King alone is worth the same or more than Activision and Blizzard, and from a standpoint outside of consoles, it’s worth far more to MS who doesn’t really have much presence in mobile and casual markets.

I think it’s funny all the news surrounding CoD in this whole ordeal and how people were scared MS was going to make it an exclusive. I’ve said from the beginning there’s not way that would make financial sense as it would end with them loosing a profit. No way in hell they can make up the annual 10+m sales CoD has on PlayStation alone….

But CoD isn’t even the big fish here. MS could care less what systems CoD is on as long as it’s making them money. No…. The big fish was Zynga and all it’s IP. That makes FAAAAAARR more money than anything Act/Blizz puts out. And without doing anything more, they’ll still make money off of that, but to bring that to multiple platforms or even just Xbox, could stand to make them untold fortunes more.

This whole thing is funny. Especially when you consider MS has more multiplatform titles than either Nintendo or Sony. And if you remove the pc and mobile aspect, then MS is basically the only
one with their titles on rival systems. Smh. Funny times to be an old gamer.

Cosmetic Microtransactions and Cheats/Fast Progression in a single player game I’m totally fine with as long as they’re optional, AND more over, they don’t build the game around that. Do not for the love of God, extend gameplay making it a huge grind to level up gear just to sell the microtransactions.

That said, go for it otherwise. I get it, I’m a 40 year old dad who barely has time to game anymore, and while I personally love grinding for stuff like gear on Diablo 2, Shiny hunting in Pokémon, or maxing out characters in Octopath, I fully understand not having the time to do such things and wishing there were an option available to speed up the process.

Going forward in gaming, I’d be totally fine if all single player games had a $5 dlc you could buy that had a cheat menu that sped things like Xp grinding up. I’ve even bought a couple of such things for 3DS JRPGs. And I’ve used the FE maps that are specially designed for power leveling / gearing / money grinding - this right here would be my personal preferred cheat method. A pack that contains a way to grind but at 3-5x normal rate.

Edit - I should also clarify, due to the article (and not having the game myself yet) I’m unsure if this is for the main game or merc mode. If this is for the main game, then there’s no need to get panties in a bunch if someone wants to gear up faster to progress through the game. Or doesn’t want to play Pro mode just to get whatever unlock.

Now if this is merc mode related, which I’m sure has online components like leaderboards, then nope. Def not for anything that gives advantage to those willing to spend money.

And also I get the release was a bit shady instead of having the options from the start. Again, they shoulda just had a dlc map of the village or something that dropped treasure at a much higher rate allowing you to upgrade weapons faster, like FE does with map packs.

I bought this on Switch when it launched, and I thought I was decent at survival games. I was quickly proven wrong. Brutally hard game, but I really need to get back into it. Should be a guide by now that’ll help with lasting the first 24-48 hours…. (Yeah I didn’t even last a day past the plane crash, lmao)

I’m cautiously optimistic about this, but I don’t have high hopes after watching some streams. Was really hoping it would lean more heavily into D2 than D3, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. As someone above said, my take away after watching the stream was “seems like D3 but a lot better”.

Still looks like a fun time, but I doubt I’ll love it like I do D2. I liked D3, and it was fun, but D2 and Borderlands 2 are much better loot rpgs.

As a long time Diablo fan - I’ve been playing since D2 released on Pc years ago - That bar isn’t too high honestly. D2 is an amazing game; and I love the remaster. But D3, Immortal…. Def not a high bar to beat. Clone D2, add more classes, more items, make legends useful but retain a useful crafting / rune system.

The only thing that’s truly going to be hard to beat, besides amazing CGI scenes (seriously Blizz does amazing there), is setting. Angels, Demons, and Hell is a perfect setting for the genre. Vampire slaying would be awesome too, always wanted a Buffy game in the vein of D2…. They could continue with the Ori universe too, could work. Not sure it would be as drawing as a darker tone, but still could work.

Just remember guys, we don’t need overly inflated health / damage numbers…. Looking at D3 end game and Borderlands 2 OP levels…: smh.

My favorite TC game isn’t on Xbox or this list, it was Ruthless . Com on pc. Awesome strategy game!

I really want to try out splinter cell, wish they had an all in one collection for Series S/X…. I tried it out long ago, but Metal Gear had ruined me for the stealth action genre at the time so I couldn’t get into SC….

I concur with both his statements, it deserves to be in contention for GOTY, def Indie GOTY, and it’s truly Satanic Animal Crossing and it’s glorious!

Got this on Switch when it released and downloaded on Xbox as well. I love Devolver Digital titles

This sounds about right. I typically try something on Game Pass, then if I like it and want it portable I grab it on Switch. If I really like it, I grab it on both, like Blaphemous, Dead Cells, Deaths Door, Tunic, etc… Game Pass is truly great for these multiplatform Devs im sure!

It’s a blast! Pun intended!

But seriously an oddly great and soothing game. One of those “I didn’t know I needed it” games. Highly recommend if ya need some zen. Best part is there’s a career mode with progression for those like me that need a goal.

@HarmanSmith same here! I loved my 360, and was a bit disappointed with XB1 so switched to Ps4/Pro. Def a happy surprise with SX on all my old titles, including the XB1 games I never got around to, and moreover with the 360 stuff. All that alone was worth the Series X IMO, and it’s got a fast interface this time around to boot, sweet!

Still miss the Blade dashboard thou, so svelte

@HarmanSmith that was awesome wasn’t it? I booted my Series X and saw I had access to all my old 360 titles again and about crapped. I’ve spent far more time playing my 360/Arcade titles all over again than anything current gen, or even from XB1 lol.

Castle Crashers, and Outpost Koloki X for sure. Never got around to The Maw but I own it.

Not sure if these were arcade or not, but Castlevania SOTN, Crystal Defenders (loved this, but it was not easy in later levels), Monkey Island 1&2….

I also spent a huge amount of time on Hardwood Spades.

I remote played unpacking the other night to test the connection…. Previously, when I first had my Series X The remote play was a bit unstable. Kept dropping out while trying to play Fallout 4. But the other day it ran smooth as butter. Wondering if an update happened that helped it out?
Either way, remote play / switch is my preferred gaming method just because a lot of the games I want to play on my Series X aren’t exactly appropriate for 3-6yr olds…. Like Elden Rings, Witcher 3 and Fallout….

Awesome news! Playing RL1 on Switch and loving it!

Hilarious though as it looks like RL2 jumped 3 generations - RL1 @ 8 bit, then RL2 jumps to PS2/GC/XB era, lol! Both games beautiful thou!

@Broosh Dark Souls is on my backlog, I started it up not to long ago but got pulled away by MH Rise, lol. If I wasn’t getting back into Skyrim for a third time currently I’d likely be diving into DS. My only fear with DS at this point is really enjoying it, and then having the series split across multiple devices, bahahaha. I’ve got DS Remastered on Switch in a sale.

And def get around to Witcher, you won’t be disappointed…. We’ll maybe you will, but in a different way. The game can seriously ruin other games for you…. It’s like when Ocarina of Time released and was a pinnacle of gaming for a time; nothing could compare. Lol! But that opening in White Orchard for Witcher 3 is lengthy and slow compared to the rest of the game. On the plus side, shortly after White Orchard you enter Velen and have access to one of the best story lines in the game @ Crows Perch and the story of Uma.

@Broosh that’s what I had heard. I never got into God Eater when I saw it while working a GameStop years ago, didn’t even know what it was like. When GE3 released on Switch, and my friend had told me it was basically like MH with Hunt/Build/Hunt progression, I snagged it. I dig the setting and such, but like with any MH or MH style game, the first hour or so of tutorials and mini creature hunting is just a slog. My “Gamer ADHD” won’t allow me to stop, chill and progress and instead says, “Yo, you got a billion games in your backlog, try another one…” 😂😂

Hell, I didn’t even get around to finishing Witcher 3 until last year, after owning it 3 different times - Ps, Xbox and Switch…. White Orchard 6+ tutorial is a slog and a half. Finally forced myself through that, and once the game opened up truly it was amazing….

So yeah, starts to games can be the difference on if I continue playing or immediately move on some times. I’ve been spoiled with amazing opening sequences like Mass Effect, or get straight to it with Breath of the Wild or Hades….Hand holding kills me.

For reference, born in 1982, grew up with NES/SNES/Genesis where tutorials and such were non existent lol. Yeah manuals existed, but I never really checked em till after the fact. Or just to look at the pretty art like Zelda and Mario manuals.

@Banjo- yeah I’ve been debating on getting it on Xbox now that I’ve got a Series X. It ran decent on PS4 Pro, BUT, the frame drops would kill my motion sickness, that was the secondary reason for dropping it after 45 mins. Third reason was coming off of 500-600 hours of MHG/MHGU. Lol

I’m all for more MH goodness, can’t wait for Sunbreak on Switch! That said, it’s a very hard niche to copy and do well…. The biggest one that’s similar is God Eater, and that has failed to capture me so far…. Granted I’ve only spent 30-60 mins with it, and need to give it more time.

As an MH vet since MH on PSP, even Monster Hunter World failed to draw me in…. It looked amazing, but felt to “hand holdy”… Supposedly it’s much better now after Iceborne, but I’m near positive it won’t top MHGU so I haven’t bothered.

Ok, I could swear I’ve seen this advert before…. Possibly an edited version…. Did this air in the US after hours or on certain channels?!

Lol, sweet! Now Nintendo needs to yeet Kart when they release the next Mario Kart! Nintendo, the gauntlet has been cast!

My top moments

Resident Evil - Dogs bursting through the window on your second hallway pass.

Resident Evil 4 - Infected Dogs in the maze…

Eternal Darkness on a low psyche run, everything so creepy then….

Doom 3 I think it was…. First 30 mins, a demon bursts out of a pipe while walking through a hallway. Had the room dark, surround sound on. Jumped so friggin high….

Corpse Party - whole game was awesome and creepy.

House of the Dead: Overkill - the ending… yup, that’ll scar ya….

I’ll probably cinco dip this once it releases. Apparently I never bought it on Xbox, and just have the GPU version…..

I wonder if anything is coming to the Switch version too? I still have yet to fully get into that one, stopped at Whiterun and got distracted by another release….

Ugh, still having problems purchasing Old World Blues dlc…. No clue what the issue is with that, blah. And apparently I’m not the only one, however any potential fixes listed haven’t seemed to work for me….

@Richnj see here’s the problem, the game itself works great. Better than it did in the 2001-2005 time frame I played it even. The servers on the other hand, worse than the same time frame, lol.

Offline wise though, game is great. And as I tested above, Airplane mode bypasses the auto connect to bnet and allows you to access offline chars without issue. Just not sure if it’s possible to disable internet on Xbox and still boot D2 like switch….

@InterceptorAlpha Jesus…. None of this surprises me though. Anyone who’s been a blizzard fan since 1999+ knows they’ve NEVER had a smooth launch of online features / games. Most of the time they misjudge just how many players are gonna hammer their servers.

Still; I really wish they’d make Offline
mode truly offline without having to connect to bnet first. This especially makes no sense when you consider Switch is mobile and isn’t online 100% of the time unless you’re always home / hotspot…. It would make MUCH more sense to allow you to play offline saves without connecting to bnet first.

Edit - After a quick test that I hadn’t tried before, if you turn on Airplane mode before booting up D2 (On Switch) then it bypasses connecting to bnet and allows you to access the offline chars. Hmmm, nifty. Wonder if disabling internet on Xbox works the same for the game?

@InterceptorAlpha US West / America here so that MAY be why I’ve had less issues. Sadly consoles can’t select servers like the old days. Otherwise that would resolve some issues. I know a few euro players that use to switch to US West / East if the euro servers were being dodgy.

@InterceptorAlpha It’s possible. I play between 2pm and 2am CST, and have a a few chars in Nightmare, and 1 almost through nightmare. I’ve gotten disconnected a handful of times, and hit a server maintenance period once, but honestly nothing worse than any other online launch. I’m probably just lucky though.

@InterceptorAlpha yeah that’s why I mentioned it at the end. It’s goofy and I don’t quite understand the decision. I mean the online chars are protected from mods/cheating by being stored server side, and since offline chars can’t go online, it makes no sense to lock them behind connecting to bnet.

I mean I fully get why they don’t allow offline chars to go online; just look at Borderlands 1&2 and all the modded weapons/shields etc…. But to lock offline chars behind the online wall is stupid.

Man this is just like 2001 all over again on PC…. The servers were so congested (2m+ players) that wait times and lagging out were normal accepted occurrences.

Hopefully they get this rectified on Xbox soon. I got the game on Switch first, and thankfully haven’t had any issues. Only been playing solo online or duoing with a buddy over seas, and we’ve had no issues. If they can get it fixed soon, I plan on double dipping on Xbox.

I will say connecting to their servers just to access offline mode is silly af. The only 2 reasons I can come up with are a form of DRM, and ability to apply hotfixes like Borderlands w/ Shift.