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Ill play Routine but I know ill just ***** myself, wuss out, then uninstall it

Massive half life everything fan here so still just Desperate to play half life alyx for the passed 5 years without spending like £1200-£1500.

Looks like, after months of anticipation from me, the steam frame won't do it on its own so not interested.

needs engineering works....geddit?

none. couldn't get passed that first beserker thing back in 2006 or whatever and then never ever ever ever played it again.

excellent. Rage uninstalled "The Ascent" the other day whose sound and visuals and level design i absolutely loved but it was just too dam difficult....This may fill that hole.

This is good cos I've loved pop since early nineties but I'm old so I'm confused about what roguelike / roguelite genres are...are they just buzzwords for "insanely difficult" and "massively frustraing"

looks like something, the thought of which would be awesome to play, but reality is i'll play it for 5 mins, be too sh*t scared and never play it again.

@Fiendish-Beaver i loved the atmosphere and the artwork of that game but it was just so so so so difficult. that ed-209 type thing, not far into it was just so dam difficult and I just deleted it in a rage!

that one with the dude from Game Of Thrones in I thought was most memberable from XBONE era.

@CaptainCluck - its probably already been pointed out to you in the numerous comments before this one - but just in case it hasn't - Ian Flemming, Bond's creator, always described Bond as having a scar down his right cheek.

@ZeD odd isn't it? I feel the same. It's hard to think that game passes phoenomal list of games within such a short space of time could be to MS's detriment....is there a critical mass...? There must be, surely

The idea of supplying an Xbox branded approved "steam machine" to play game pass games delivered through steam sounds like a brilliant strategy to me.

@Cakefish i wonder if its because it's xbox is positioning itself as a GAMES brand which could potentially be decoupled or at least take emphasis off the console side of things

It makes a huge difference to some. Seeing the vastness of an open world in a game is daunting, when you may only have about 5-8 gaming hours per week due to family / other commitements. There's nothing worse than spending ages travelling over long distances, having to do multiple side quests just to increase ability / skiills, etc.

Don't get me wrong open world has it's place, but it just seems to sometimes, be done for the sake of it.

So, with this new mafia game, it makes a massive difference to me, and i'm very happy it's a linear story.

what actual gameplay footage has been released though?

Anyone know if it's split screen co op?

@HelloCraigo bye and good luck!

(the best colour of the 4 behind you is top left, by the way - bit paler - the brown / orange is nicely subtle)

@GuyinPA75 Ghostbusters!

Christ alive the endless nights, circa 1999/2000; 6 or so of us huddled in one room..till bacon sandwich time at around 8am.

@GuyinPA75 go on then - you've twisted my arm. per-chased.

I'm expecing (hoping) for a surprise drop of BorderLands to coincide wth the film release.

hellooo. does this have a good campaign?

This 45 year old still loves gaming but my more creative hobbies are grabbing a bigger chunk of my spare time as i get older (guitar / piano playing).

Honestly I think the vastness of games these days overwhelms me and puts me off - build this, micromanage that, etc. Also, I gave up on the first puzzle of Hellblade 2 the other day - I just found it a bit too melodramatic and slow, so I installed "The Orange Box" Instead and relived a few memories on HL:2!

This is such an interesting question by the way - really enjoying reading the replies, and turns out a lot of you have the same sort of sentiment as me.

Replaced, Replaced where's Replaced?

which was the last one to have a good (i say good in relative CoD terms) single player campaign?

i wonder if my saves from my physical copy of control i had a while back (but sold) will magically reappear....? (feel free to answer, anyone who knows )

@Reptilio Amen to that.

what absolutley does my head in is that there's no xbox app for android based smart tvs or boxes like the shield TV, unless anyone out there knows any different...?

@ParsnipHero thats really where my frustration stems from! i'd love to do coop campaign with my 10 year old, so basically i've just assumed it doesn't exist in any guise in that game as a whole.

so yep - very grateful for the tip from @InterceptorAlpha - that makes up for lack of campaign coop in some part.

@InterceptorAlpha in that case i've been slow on the uptake. like REALLY slow...as in...REALLY REALLY slow.

Thanks.

split screen? no, course not.

@Tomato_Goose why can't you be excited for something you haven't seen yet? isn't that literally how excitement works?

@FraserG Completley missed that - thanks very much (said sarcastically)

REPLACED??!! I need a REPLACED Date!!

I do keep banging on about this. maybe it's possible but all I'd like to be able to do is locally stream my XSX in my house from one room to another it doesnt seem like it's a feature of say an android xbox app (on my android tv) or the samsung xbox app.

@Cashews Mate, they have cack-loads of cash, so why cant they spend it like "drunk sailors"

I'd wager the cash they paid for it wasnt to the detriment of any IP they have / had on their roadmap at the time!

same here. played it for 30mins on release day and was like...errr...nah.

fast forward to xmas 2022 period, started it again and was just captivated by the atmosphere. loved it. had to be in the right frame of mind though for the pace, etc. it just seemed to get better and better as I progressed...save for the wierd combat. as such it remains a massive gaming highlight of 2022 for me.

so I guess if you've "only tried it for 30mins" etc give it another go when you've the opportunity next.

@NEStalgia Cheers yeah. I guess what i mean is it's quite restrictive - I can't load up game pass app on my nvidia shield TV and start streaming - it seems to be mobile / portable devices only (not a mac user either)

For me, what i want to be able to do is locally stream my XSX to another device in my house. It just doesn't seem to be possible...or maybe it is possible and i'm a muppet and can't figure it out.

Grrrr Replaced! where's Replaced?! hmm?!

@johndoe89 the boss should be fired too in that case. buck stops with them

@Dezzy70 I'm in the IT trade too. We say our biggest threat is from the inside, which is probably where you'll find most of these "hacks" (leaks!) come from. but as @BBB says, this one for STALKER is a unique case in unique circumstances.

big bond fan and big gaming fan. I soo wanted to play this back in the day but i just could NOT get used to that dam n64 controller...it was the wierdest thing id EVER seen and used. I was a stalwart keyboard and mouse PC gamer back then though. Spent a crazy amount of time on it today on my XSX and had way loads more fun than i thought i would! Now i'm gonna show my kids split screen....

@IronMan30 yes but to see "more of games they already announced" is a huge scope, so its reassuring they've clarified and reset expectations.

@Somebody yes. linkedin (also owned by MS), Meta, Amazon, AWS and a lot of other companies in the tech sector over-recurited during pandemic, and their balance sheets are now suffering.

awful for all involved. hopefully there'll be loads of volunteers for redundancy in that lot.

@IOI yeah. load of options for gamepass coupled with the samsung TV app (soon to be everywhere app I reckon) should snare loads of punters from the casuals to the hardcore console owners.

Scorn. Gave it a 2nd go after thinking it was rubbish back when it was released. Hooked now. I love it.

Scorn - I derided it upon release having only completed act 1 with a guide. Picked it up again over the xmas break and stomped all the way to act 4 on my own, no guide, nothing just taking in the atmosphere and plodding through the game. Loving it now. Admittedly there's a time and a place for a game like that but cheez I love it now.

it's just so dam difficult. I love the premise, but within first 20mins I keep getting my ass handed to me by some dog like robot which mostly i just cannot see, but it spots me from a million miles away.

@A01 so true. just spent 90 mins and achieved....nothing. so so so frustrating. an amazing world / environment but utterly mind boggling.