FatalBubbles

@Bricktop33 What forced live service stuff are you referring to? Are you confusing the always online thing they’re removing with a live service game?

If you’ve got a link to the live service part can you link it? I’m not familiar with that.

Sad news. Incredible voice, I enjoyed him a lot in Quantum Break, Horizon, Destiny and John Wick.

I might have to give this a try. I played RE4 waaaay after release and the controls were so horrific I wanted to smash my controller. If they’ve modernized the controls I’m interested.

@kihaennem Did you mean to reply to me? If so I’m confused.

Graphics don’t look great but could be a fun game Just hope solo play isn’t lacking.

This has to have a 60fps option, we will be three years into this console gen by the time it comes out. Anything less would be unacceptable.

I don’t think the issues I’m seeing are performance related? Unsure of that definition but multiple times last night I would melee someone and it didn’t register, I also had a couple assassinations that that didn’t count as that.

In terms of the new maps, they aren’t very good to me. They are huge for 4v4 which makes things like KoTH not much fun. Also, starting with a pistol on these maps is akin to Behemoth, not great. I think Cliffhanger has more potential but Chasm is truly terrible. On Chasm the only thing that really matters is who has a sniper because there is very little cover moving from one side to the other.

FH5 is far and away the best game in the series for me. I hope they change location and give me more of the same.

@Dezzy70 Not a lot of people playing. I see the same names in matchmaking a lot.

@Sakisa I routinely get A or B on timing for the fights but the parry thing is just dreadfully bad to me. I have no issues on any of the other stuff aside from Macaron’s thing which is real weird sometimes? For reference, I’m a guitar and drum player so it’s not like I have no rhythm. 😂

I also just really dislike a game forcing you to play a certain way, and the guys with the swords that you HAVE to parry is a worse case scenario in my opinion.

I’m glad that you liked it though, just annoyed me to no end. Maybe I’ll go back to the game at some point.

I thought HiFi Rush was pretty good until the parry mechanic was introduced and you were forced to use it to beat certain enemies. That mechanic is just awful.

I’d buy a new Rock Band day one without question. I regret getting rid of my stuff.

@NEStalgia From what I understand is that 343 aim for you to have around a 50% win rate. So they make games harder if you start to win a lot which could be what you’re talking about with someone having to carry worse players. I still don’t understand how they think that’s fair/right though.

@ParsnipHero I know we’ve conversed before about the game so I feel you on this. I had gotten back into it after the winter update but the matchmaking is just too unbearable for me. I lost 7 in a row the one day because of poor matchmaking and that was the final straw for me. It’s such a shame.

Why they think that having a diamond 5 on a team to make up for a platinum 2 when the rest of the team is platinum 5 is beyond me. That diamond 5 shreds everyone and I have that crap happen all the time. Sad times.

@BrilliantBill As soon as they sexualized Master Chief that told me all I needed to know. Thank Bonnie for “trying to reach a broader audience”.

Seriously guys? You’re just proving my point. I’m disappointed.

@Trmn8r My feelings as well.

Xbox Direct sounds infinitely better.

@Dezzy70 The player base isn’t very high for me. I’ve come across the same people many times in a session. I bounce between platinum 6 and diamond 1 these days, maybe other levels have more players.

I’m sure he made the decisions bravely and intentionally. 🙄🙄🙄

Bravely and intentionally carve out time? This dude has lost it. Just put out games old man.

All you have to do is look at Halo Infinite to know he’s correct.

I’m guessing Halo isn’t making nearly the money they thought it would and that’s partly to blame for this. Truly a shame, great gun play but a mediocre game overall due to so many issues.

My favorite game from that dev. I’d love a new one.

Redfall release date seems to have released prior to this show, not sure if you guys wanted to report on that or not, looks like May 2.

@EVIL-C Crazy how different people remember it. I played it and then that was it, it did nothing for me at all and obviously there are significantly better shooters out now.

I hope that these people get the game though since it appears to be a big dea.

@OldgamerDave TW3 is a masterpiece, enjoy!

@OldgamerDave people making those statements are referring to the lack of big AAA blockbusters.

I am shocked at the amount of people clamoring for a 26 year old game.

What am I not understanding?

@InterceptorAlpha That’s unfortunate. I still will occasionally die behind a wall but I don’t be teleported to a different place anymore, thank goodness.

@InterceptorAlpha Do you still have issues? Prior to their last update it was unplayable for me but that update seems to have resolved 99% of the issues.

Matchmaking on the other hand is still horrific. Their forced losses/wins are a disgrace.

@Somebody I’ll have to respectfully disagree with your take on it. After all, these are just our opinions.

@Somebody OK, I see you’re stone cold convinced on this. For the record, Ryan M from IGN also mentioned this and he is hardcore Xbox fan.

Also, most people I know have both consoles, we just run in different circles probably.

@Somebody If everyone plays it, ya. Diablo 4 will be huge so that will obviously detract. Plus, many people have both consoles and will play FF16…

There wasn’t anything going on when HoL released.

@MattWithoutFear I think June would be real bad for Starfield. Two huge established franchises already have that month locked down in Diablo 4 and FF16. Starfield is an unknown while those two are a proven. It could end up losing eyeballs because of them.

I’d say it either needs to be like April or moved to the fall.

@themcnoisy What you are describing is what I liked, haha. I found the location and scenery a bit boring for 4, part of why I was turned off I think.

@themightyant It could be as simple as I just like the location better? Not really sure.

Respectfully disagree and feel FH5 is easily the best in the series. I just couldn’t get into FH4, I’ve put tons of time in 5 and bought the DLC. As long as it is more of the same I’ll be happy with whatever the second DLC is.

I can’t believe they’re keeping this going. Does anyone here just have gold and not GP?

@Green-Bandit I saw that report too. I’m mentally preparing for another bummer with fingers crossed it’s wrong.

To be honest, after how much of a turd Deathloop was, I’m skeptical of Redfall anyway.

It’s a D for me. There is simply no excuse for how they have mismanaged their studios. The console itself is quite good but beyond that it’s been a train wreck outside of FH5

Merry Christmas all!

In two years I’ve not bought a single game for Xbox. It’s the GamePass machine.

@NEStalgia Maybe we need to group up so we can even the odds. 😂

@NEStalgia It’s not fun to lose because your teammates are much worse than the other team. I don’t understand their matchmaking but it’s awful in actual execution.

I don’t have any experience with those other games to comment.

Doesn’t even show up for me when I search

I haven’t experienced desync since the update nearly at all which has been great.

Their matchmaking is still atrocious though. I had six straight games yesterday where I was the highest scoring person on my team and we got slaughtered. I don’t understand how that can happen over and over.

@Dezzy70 It’s not going to blow your mind but it’s been pretty good fun. The boss battles have been quite good and the different traversal mechanics have been nice to add along the way. My biggest complaint is that it takes “bullets” a long time to get to target so hitting a moving target is near impossible.

Why does the author think this is unlikely?

Personally I think it makes sense as GamePass subs have slowed down, they could try and reach a new audience with this cheaper tier and they would get ad revenue.