ElectricWizard

Okay, suppose someone who will play this on the Series X (and will not be moving their progress to a PS5 Pro) should comment also:

Big install size, more than FH5?

Recently I've settled on a background of floating pastel coloured spheres (or are they bubbles?) with what looks like a rabbit with a squint, atop one of spheres...

Would be good to have an option that randomly picks a background on each start up or a rotation from chosen backgrounds.

All these recent changes (some seemingly almost insignificant) do as a whole seem to represent an encouraging new mindset.

90ish, despite Push Square probably pulling the average down slightly with an 8 by looking to mark it down for things like, as in FH5, "having too much content"...

@somnambulance
I do like how they've used the section of a helix shape that looks akin to an 'X'.

Dunno guys above, the 360 one is clean, sharp, classic looking.

Like the Helix one the most.

@Grumblevolcano
The console auto-update can be turned off and you'll get a notification instead.

So just regular Xbox controller innards with different coloured plates, sticks and buttons?

Something like the Gamesir Smart/Swift Drive would have been more interesting.

@Coletrain
And maybe use hall effect sensors too.

Nice.

You'd think they could create something pretty decent between them.

Forza Horizon.

Groan.

The "best place to play Xbox games is on PS5 Pro" crowing is going to become insufferable, especially with FH6 still to come.

Looks great (as all FH games have).

Probably the Xbox One.

In particular the One X.

The OG One and the One S are so slow to boot and load games, and on that basis have aged badly.

Don't know how much a better HDD or SSD improves that.

Cool, enjoyed the first game.

Think you can still get all the dlc for free ontop of that.

I did at least, a couple of years ago. Seem to remember it being a larger download than the actual game itself.

Unlikely it turned up in a car boot sale, though not unlikely it was in Edinburgh (with Rockstar North based there).

Someone perhaps will be in trouble for allowing this to get into the wild.

Have bought most of their games I want already through all the sales.

So for me personally, it's a waste and another vote for the idea of being able to build your own Gamepass package.

Ubisoft, EAPlay and Fortnite would be dropped from mine in a heartbeat.

@MinervaX76
Fair play for trying to respond to @Balaam_ but I think they were being ever so facetious.

To keep the price down, it'll likely be an optional extra. Which is likely needed if they want current Xbox users with a physical library to make the investment in a new console.

Level-headed and sane reporting on this @FraserG

That shouldn't need pointed out, but after reading some of the hyperbole elsewhere it's good to have some balanced reporting.

Xbox Triple X
Yeah baby!

@themightyant
"See Nintendo the most closed of all."

At the moment, as it sounds like there will be no more Playstation games on any other platforms (PC) either going forward.

Apart from live service titles that is, which Nintendo never publish elsewhere, so maybe you're correct after all.

@GuileMike
That's a bit unlucky.

"We'll always invest in gaming"

@TheGameThrifter
"He said the same thing about Windows Phone before shutting that down as well."

No wonder it got shut down then, he's mad!😉

@fatpunkslim
"you could say it looks a bit like a strand of DNA"

That's because a DNA strand is a double-helix shape.

As someone with a huge Xbox digital library and a healthy Steam collection on an decade old PC, this sounds something I'd be in the market for.

Big deal...

So PC (and possibly next generation Xbox) will miss out on a couple of exclusives a year.

Nothing to be bothered about.

At last! 🙂
Amount of times I've wanted to sort by price.

Wonder what he makes of Sharma using the term "AI slop", not long after him stating how much he disliked it 🤭

Like the second point.
Hopefully it isn't bs.

On another note, she's a bit hot isn't she.
Just saying for a friend.

@GamingGod
Yeah Sega, Nintendo and Xbox were/have been doing it wrong all these years while you and Sony are correct...

Yawn.

@Balaam_
Not if Burger King were taking a cut from the McDonald's being sold on their menu.

Comments above - have you checked the sale yet?

It's actually, as these type of sales go, quite decent.

@Balaam_
" all of Sony’s first party single player games are fully on disc and do not require an internet connection to start"

Unless you buy the much more expensive collectors editions which don't even have a disc, just a download key.

That game manages to be hilarious and terrifying at the same time.

Like ending up stuck in a house with a 8-legged train stalking you...

For me it has to at least have full backwards compatibility for which, depending on what else it could do, I would splash the cash.

No backwards compatibility though = no sale here.

Shrugs. Oh well, nevermind.

Not played all the games on the list (far from it), but out of all the ones I have played:

1 point goes to Atomfall
2 points goes to Deep Rock Survivor.
3 points goes to Powerwash Simulator 2.
4 points goes to Roadcraft.
And my 5 points goes to...The Alters.

Now available to me also @awp69
Might be worth updating the article?@FraserG

The Alters now has a "relax mode"!
That will do for me, I found the time constraints a bit stressful.

@Fiendish-Beaver
I have the game on disc and the dlc digital.
Wondering the same as you concerning the game, although I don't think the game has an upgrade path and will have to be purchased again. Will my digital dlc get a free update...
Edit: can see chip has already addressed the game query.

@Fiendish-Beaver
Yeah while not being factually true, the marketing department would probably insist on such a name as "Play Anywhere".

(Play anywhere that supports Xbox games I suppose)

"Play Somewhere" wouldn't work as well 🙃

@Fiendish-Beaver

If Microsoft believe so firmly in Play Anywhere, why is it not possible to buy a game on the Xbox and then play it on Steam or the PlayStation?

Like Sony would ever be up for that 😂

They are in no hurry.
GTA V still selling as do the shark cards.

Yeah see, competition is good. Keeps gaming platforms on their toes to provide better for consumers.

In other words Playstation users NEED Xbox to keep Sony from taking them for granted.

@Fiendish-Beaver
It sounds mental - and the type of game that a lot of people wouldn't buy but will now try because of GP.

Worth mentioning that it's been on PC in early access since 2019. Bought it years ago meaning to play it once it went to the full version last year.

Still haven't, the backlog of excellent games is real!

Interesting take.