ElkinFencer10

Live service is garbage and, in my opinion, only appropriate for sports games and MMOs.

I picked up the game on Switch 2 even though I have a Series X and a PS5 (I can't help it; I'm a Nintendo guy at heart), and I'm thoroughly satisfied with the look and performance. It's definitely a big step down from what my two higher power consoles could do, but it's a fantastic Star Wars experience nonetheless. I hate Ubisoft as a business, but this seems to a game with no bad verison, and that's a breath of fresh air.

For $900, it had better have incredible results.

Hopefully 120 fps and VRR will come to the PS5 version, as well. Thrilled to have it come to Xbox. Having played the game on Xbox 360 and Xbox One, I opted for PS5 just for the novelty of it. Still, even if it doesn't, I never had a gripe with frame consistency, and 60 fps was still a buttery smooth experience.

Lord, we about to have Nikki Minaj in Halo.

If the game is as bad as people say, it's worth that price just to laugh at how bad it is. People sleep on how much entertainment they can get from Ride to Hell: Retribution by drinking with friends and laughing about how god awful it is.

I'd put it above Doom Eternal but below Doom 2016. 2016 was a downright masterpiece.

What's also important to note, which a lot of people forget about when we do these kinds of comparisons, is that the Switch 2 is a handheld while the Series S is a home console. When you take that inherent difference in design philosophy, the Switch 2 vs Series S comparison becomes a little apples to oranges, in my opinion. And at the end of the day, these are game consoles; what's most important is not the raw power of the specs but the gameplay experiences that each can offer. Xbox can offer me smoother and prettier gameplay on my couch; Switch 2 can offer me console experiences on a bus or plane or doctor's office waiting room. I will proudly have both in my gaming lineup.

Love seeing Duke Nukem Forever on here. Idc what people say about it; that game is a 90s attitude nostalgia trip.

Hopefully this means the Switch release will get a Switch 2 upgrade, too.

This won't make a big difference, but I'm for it.

Screw that, remake San Andreas. I'm not talking that meh quality remaster they released a while back; I'm talking a full ground up 2160p 60 fps remake.

Looks like it runs great on all consoles across the board which is exciting to see. I hope to see a Switch 2 port at some point; with how decently Doom Eternal ran on the original Switch, I have no doubt they could get this running decently even if not at 60 fps.

I want backwards compatibility with Sneak King and Big Bumpin!

By this point, PS5 and Series X should really have 1440p30 and 2160p30 at the bare minimum. At no point in 2025 on hardware that power should 1080p and 30 fps be acceptable.

@Ricky-Spanish No, they're being some gardening tools about it.

@BAMozzy If there were some inherent difference in how physical and digital games have to handle this type of upgrade, I wouldn't be able to play the Series X versions of Cyberpunk, Doom Eternal, or The Witcher 3 with my Xbox One discs. It's a conscious decision by Microsoft despite precedent to the contrary, not some inherent disadvantage of physical media. All they'd need to do is have the Xbox store detect the Gears Ultimate disc and apply a 100% discount to the download of the remaster's remaster and continue having the disc required for play. Literally just do what Nintendo is doing with the Switch 2 game-key cards.

"Even if owners get a free do get a free upgrade"

Inaccurate. Digital owners get a free upgrade. Physical owners get shafted.

@FraserG Man, that's such BS. They could totally make it work like the other SmartDelivery titles.

So if we own Gears of War Ultimate Edition physically, we're SOL?

@JetmanUK Heck yes, fellow member of the Atari master race.

@carlos82 This. Nintendo wasn't being greedy with the Switch 2, Sony wasn't being greedy with the PS5 price increase, and Microsoft isn't being greedy with this price increase. It's just the economic reality of the world right now, especially in the United States. We don't have to like it - I certainly don't - but we ought not delude ourselves into thinking this isn't a reasonable and rational thing for these companies to do in the face of inflation and rising production and import costs.

Does this suck? Yes, egregiously. Is it shocking? Not really when you consider that inflation in most of the world - especially in the West - has been pretty high for most of the past few years. I'm quite surprised they're going for $80, not $70, but I wouldn't shocked. Remember that Virtua Racing released for $100 on Genesis in 1994, and that's over $200 in today's money.

Thanks for all your hard work, guys. PureXbox has been great, and I'll be sad that my daily news check will drop to just NintendoLife and PushSquare; having all three made it feel complete. Good luck in your future endeavors!

@tylertreese
Seriously. They should have said "System error. You don't get the game; try paying for it, freeloader." End of story. No $10.

Any word on whether or not this will have cross compatibility with PC? If I can use my 8 max level characters, I might pick it up and start playing again, but if I'm going to have to start from scratch, then count me out.

Any idea if the Modern Warfare Remaster comes on its own disc like Bayonetta did with Bayonetta 2 and Starfox Guard did with Starfox Zero? If it's digital only, I'm not going to bother.

I'm only a couple hours in, and I'm enjoy it so far, but as of right now, I'd probably give it a 7. It's a good game, but in addition to the visual imperfections noted, I've noticed some framerate drops as well. Nothing that egregious or anything, but noticeable.

It could be a new console, or it could just be a companion app. SmartGlass is listed there, too, and it's not a console.

Let's be fair, though - the 32x had some cool s***. You can't play Star Wars Arcade and Cosmic Karnage and then tell me that the 32x wasn't kind of awesome even if ill fated and ill conceived.

The allure of consoles is not having to worry about increasing spec requirements and upgrades. If Xbox goes that way, then I'll quit supporting the brand; I'll just stick to PC, Playstation, and Nintendo for my gaming needs.

@technotaylor98
Thanks! I saw the ad e-mail about 30 minutes after I posted that comment. =P I'm running by Gamestop after work today to pick it up.

I'm tempted by Battlefront, but I get everything physically, and I'm planning to get it for PS4 (I prefer the controller, and it's the console for which my friends have it). 33% off is REALLY tempting, though....

I vote for Xbox Alpha for the next Xbox's name. I'm really glad about this because, as a console collector, I was seriously afraid that Nintendo would be the only ones to release a 9th gen console. If Xbox is staying in, though, then that all but ensures that Playstation will, as well.

Also, people seem to misunderstand - albeit understandably so - how long the normal console generation is. Granted, the industry has a changed a lot, but Nintendo isn't releasing a new console early with the NX; it's right on schedule. The normal lifespan of a console is between 5 and 7 years. Some, like the Xbox, last less than that (it had a 4 year life span), and some, like the Xbox 360, last more than that (it had an 8 year life span), but if my guess is correct for the a 2017 launch for the NX, that will fit perfectly into Nintendo's normal console lifespan of 5 years (except for it's two juggernauts, the Wii and NES, which had 6 year life spans in North America). That's a bit off topic, but my point with all that was that I'm expecting to see a new Xbox and Playstation around 2019.

#XboxAlpha2019

Xbox has so much to offer, but they keep slinging this generic crap....Multiplats are great and all, but seriously, Microsoft has some actual exclusives that they should be promoting.

I have Shaq Fu on Genesis and on Super Nintendo. I'm hype. It was so bad but so much funny.

@KelticDevil
Yeah, that's exactly why I'm hesitant about this. I'm normally ALL about horror games, but the lukewarm reviews that this one got worry me a bit.

It was REALLY close for me between 1 and 2, but the Arbiter pushed me over to pick 2.

This is an AMAZING game, and I sank 20 or 30 hours into it without a single regret - one of the few games that I've actually played to completion. My only grip (and admittedly, I played it on PS4, so I don't know if the Xbox One has the same problem) is that it crashed on me a lot. The game probably crashed entirely 20 or 30 times during my playthrough. With the frequency of autosaves and the ease of quick saving, though, it's a minor gripe.

@jontezz
If I'm not mistaken, the DLC is a free update for digital owners. The physical release was mostly for collectors and those of us who prefer physical over digital (I plan to get the disc on Wii U).

If Microsoft has any sense or decency, they'll slam these retailers. Honestly, I'd be happy if they temp ban early players.

"Go TerrorHunt or Go Home"

I'll go home.

This is...laughable. In a really sad "Why the hell does anyone believe this?" kind of way. As has been said, I have no doubt that it will increase CPU and GPU performance a bit, but not that much. Good lord.

Forza 5 was....lazy, I felt. It felt like Microtransaction Simulator 2013, and for a $60 game, I'm not okay with that. I'm not a driving sim fanatic anyway, so I'll wait and see how Forza 6 turns out in the months after release, so while I'm hopeful this will get back to the enjoyment I had in Forza 4, it's not very high on my wish list.

I loved those indie games. Most were crap, but they were the hilariously awesome kind of crap.

@sinalefa
If it were the whole series (or even just the original trilogy), I'd DEFINITELY buy it. Between its being just the first game and still only running at 30 fps, though, I'm not jumping at this. Maybe when it's cheaper used, but I'm not paying $40 for a game I already have if there's no framerate improvement. The Last of Us Remastered, for example, went from 720p and 30 fps to 1080p and 60 fps. That was worth it in my opinion, but not if they're keeping the lower framerate.

I LOVED ZombiU and picked it up on launch day along with my Wii U. While the game is a lot of fun, this does look like an extremely sloppy port. From what I've seen in comparison videos, the graphics are pretty much identical (while I have no problems with the Wii U's graphical abilities, it was a launch title that's been ported to a MUCH more powerful console after 3 years; they shouldn't look the same). Add to that the loss of the second screen which, in my opinion, made the game stand out from the crowd and added a great, unique charm to it; as well as the local multiplayer - arguably the best part of the game in terms of replay value - and I'm left asking "What's the point?"

Don't get me wrong, for those who only have a PS4 or an Xbox One, I'm glad they get to the play the game, but the Wii U is definitely going to shine through as the best console to play this on. Hardware superiority or not, the game was designed specifically for Wii U; a sloppy port to another system can't top the original.

The environments and lighting are definitely MUCH better on Xbox One, but honestly, I'm not a big fan of the character model blurring in the Xbox One version. I understand it's a stylistic choice, but I'm not crazy about it personally.

@SuperKMx
Poppycock. The Atari 7800, Sega Genesis, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Wii, Wii U, and every Nintendo handheld have all had full backwards compatibility. It's just a matter of adding compatibility with old games; there's nothing new to be published.

Not only should this have been a feature available since day one, but they're half-assing it just like they did with the 360's backwards compatibility. I'm glad they're doing SOMETHING, and it's better than the PS4 has, but I'm definitely not impressed. It's like a kid who spends a whole semester failing a class and then brings his grade up to a D - yeah, it's definitely a welcome improvement, but it's still not impressive.