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@shoeses @Kang81
Yeah, eventhough I don't like seeing major publishers get bought out by one of the console makers, I can't say I'll be that disappointed if MS takes some of the studios that were put on Call of Duty support, and has them develop their own games again. A new Tony Hawk game would be awesome. And while it's a long shot, I don't think a new Transformers would be totally out of the question. If nothing else, though, just have High Moon do something that isn't Call of Duty, the studio is too good to be relegated to just that.

The two I'd love see, if the licenses can be sorted out, are Transformers: War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron. The former might be a bit more difficult because there was no remaster but FoC did get a Xbox One release, at the very least it'd be cool to see that version of it back up for purchase.

No, because there's still games being released for Xbox One. And thanks to backwards compatibility I still play plenty of Xbox One games whether it's favorites of mine from the early part of the Xbox One cycle or games for the system that I never played before.

I'm no lover of the push for AI taking over everything but as usual the reaction from Twitter morons is over the top and ridiculous.

For me it's...
1. Starfield
2. Forza Motorsport
3. Hi-Fi Rush

Had a great time with all three of these games. Starfield was the big surprise for me because I've never really liked any Bethesda RPGs.

Dead or Alive 2 Ultimate. One of the best fighting games of all time that still holds up today. Back in 2004, it was tops, imo. DoA 2 on the Dreamcast was already a fantastic game but the graphic overhaul made it even better. For the time, too, it was packed with plenty of unlockables that, these days, you have to pay $5+ to get.

Merry Christmas, hope everybody has a good day.

1. Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Main Who Erased His Name
2. Starfield
3. Hi-Fi Rush
4. Forza Motorsport
5. GoldenEye 007

So far, Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty DLC. Might make a few more purchases over the next day or two. Looked like some of Double Fine's games can be had at good prices. Also considering getting RoboCop.

Xbox Series X - Sonic Superstars, Rumble Roses XX

Switch - Super Mario Bros. Wonder

PS5 - Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

@Banjo-
Seems like 5 is going to be the next Resident Evil remake, unfortunately. Code Veronica is the one that should get it.

Yes, not as much as when it first came out but I'm still going through the main story. I got sidetracked by other games but definitely going to start playing this more again soon. It's my favorite Xbox console exclusive of the year.

Xbox is not going to catch PlayStation any time soon and MS shouldn't even focus on that. As long as Series X/S sells better than the Xbox One did, that's all that matters.

1. Street Fighter 6
2. Sonic Superstars
3. Starfield
4. Forza Motorsport
5. Hi-Fi Rush

I never count remakes/remasters and kept the list strictly to games I played on Xbox, otherwise the list would be a little different.

Gears is my favorite Xbox first party franchise so if there ever is a Marcus Phenix Collection, I'd buy it day one for sure.

Haven't beat the game yet but I'm probably a little more than halfway through. Love what I've played so far, another great game in this series.

Didn't jump on the Xbox bandwagon until summer 2004 when I bought an original Xbox to play Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay. Since then, I've owned every Xbox and the 360 era was easily the best. MS' first party, despite not being as big as it is now, was at its best in terms of creativity and quality output. There were intelligent moves made with which third parties, Western and Japanese, to align with and for the first few years of that gen 360 was the clear choice to play any multiplatform release on as devs took a while to get to grips with PS3. Online gaming? Xbox was where it was at.

I have fond memories of the original Xbox as well, even if I didn't own one until later on I had friends who owned one so I got to experience the best of what it had to offer. PS2 dominated the era but there were a lot of games that wouldn't have been made available outside of PC if not for Xbox and there were also some Japanese companies, mainly Tecmo, that preferred to put its games there because of the more powerful hardware.

The Xbox One era was a dark period for Xbox, a few highlights here and there in the early years but quickly faded, I do think the Series X/S is already better than the One (I game on XSX as much as I do PS5 which is a huge turnaround from last gen) but it's still far from where the brand was at in 2001-2013.

Xbox Series X - Sonic Superstars

Switch - Super Mario Bros. Wonder

PS5 - Assassin's Creed Mirage, Spider-Man 2

Xbox Series X - Sonic Superstars

Switch - Super Mario Bros. Wonder

PS5 - Assassin's Creed Mirage, Spider-Man 2

Nope. Closest I ever came to buying an Xbox console on launch day was the 360 which I got two weeks after release (was in college at the time and got lucky when I was home for Thanksgiving break, went over to Gamestop one day and they had a system in stock). Would've bought the One on launch but MS messed it up early on.

I only play the single player campaigns in every game I buy, never really been into multiplayer other than some co-op TMNT and Streets of Rage back in the 16-bit era.

Yeah, I bought the system a couple weeks after launch, no issue until a bit over two years, red ringed in January 2008. Got it fixed for free and had no trouble afterwards. Lasted me until I traded it in to help fund a purchase of a 250 GB Xbox 360 slim in 2011. Wanted wifi, more storage and all that good stuff.

Was interested the game would review on this website. Been playing it since launch, it was one of my most-anticipated games as I'm a longtime fan of 2D Sonic. Definitely my favorite entry in the series since Colors and Generations but I guess that's not saying much as the series was mostly trash after 2011. Still, Frontiers was a very solid game last year as well and with this making it two good outings in a row it seems like things are finally on a good path. Definitely room for improvements but there's a great foundation so that should mean good things going forward.

Got my copy today, I love 2D Sonic games so it was always a day one buy for me.
@Kezelpaso
Hope you guys have a review planned, always interested to see what people who write for PX think of new releases.

Loving it so far, at the moment in my top 5...
1. AC 2
2. Brotherhood
3. Syndicate
4. Mirage
5. Origins
6. Unity
7. Revelations
8. Odyssey
9. Valhalla
10. 4
11. Liberation
12. Rogue
13. 1
14. 3

These are the ones I've played, know there's a few I'm missing. Even the games lower on the list I really enjoyed.

The most obvious thing to do is have Toys for Bob make a brand new Banjo-Kazooie platformer.

Xbox Series X - Starfield, Forza Motorsport

PS5 - Assassin's Creed: Mirage

Got it for the PS5 and love it so far. Mentioned it when commenting on other articles but I'm one of the few who didn't burn out on the old AC formula and I'm very happy it's back. Sometimes less is more. Fully expect most AC games going forward will be like Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla but hopefully Mirage performs well enough that Ubisoft will see fit to continue budget releases with the old formula in between the bigger RPG-focuses entries.

As others have mentioned, should've been doing this, for all Xbox consoles, for a while now. Game Pass is an excellent deal no matter which version of the Series line you get. I tend to buy games outright if it's one I know I'm going to like but for ones I'm the fence about, GP is a great risk-free investment.

Haven't played too much but what I did, I enjoyed.

Xbox Series X - Starfield

PS5 - Assassin's Creed Mirage

@InterceptorAlpha
That definitely factors in. I've always felt like I have more control when playing Forza so that's going to lead to a better experience.

It's one of my favorite games of the year so far and probably my favorite RPG since Mass Effect 1.

GT 7 is better in visuals but Forza, for whatever reason, has always been more fun to play and that remains the case with the latest game.

@OldGamer999
One of the best time periods for gaming, no doubt. The 360 is one of my top 5 favorite consoles all-time.

I'm a big fan of the Forza games, Motorsport and Horizon, and always get the new content anyway, figured I'd get this to get the early access.

Mario Kart for me. But Forza is a close second.

@JetSetRennie
I liked most of Rare's 360 games as well. Heck, I didn't even think Perfect Dark Zero was that bad, but I know I'm in the minority on that.

@NeoRatt
I have to admit that I'm, unfortunately, not too confident MS will play its cards right. I'd love to be wrong as I'm a big fan of Xbox (been with the brand since the original) but the current leadership leaves a bit to be desired, imo. Feel like Xbox hasn't really been at the top of its games since the days of Peter Moore and Shane Kim in the early part of the 360 era.

@NeoRatt
The best thing that could come out of this acquisition is Banjo-Kazooie 3 from Toys for Bob. It's the perfect combination of IP and studio. Hopefully Phil Spencer makes it happen.

Good. Industry consolidation is not a positive in the long term and MS isn't the only offender so I'd hope Capcom keeps this same energy if it was Embracer, Tencent, Sony, Google or any other company (especially a Western one) that comes knocking.

Top 3.
1. Street Fighter 6
2 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
3. Starfield

I don't count re-releases of older games so Metroid Prime Remastered and Resident Evil 4 remake are left off the list (awesome games, though, highly recommended to fans or people who never experienced the originals). My top 3 is also still subject to change with Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Assassin's Creed Mirage, Sonic Superstars, Spider-Man 2 and Forza Motorsport set to come out among a few others.

Wasn't sure if I was going to play it at first (not a big fan of the Fallout or Elder Scrolls series) but since I have Game Pass figured, why not? Awesome game, Bethesda's best, imo. Went out and bought the Premium Edition upgrade that has a nice steelbook case. I'll buy a disc copy of the game around the holidays when there's some sales.

No More Heroes is one of my favorite character-action series on Nintendo platforms and D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die was one of the first games I bought when I got the Xbox One back in August 2014, and I ended up being a big fan of it. This game is easily one of the most intriguing ones for me now, hope it can live up to what these two guys have created in the past.

This would be horrendous. The last thing this industry needs in Microsoft, Sony or other giant corporation owning Nintendo.

Just Starfield. First Bethesda RPG that has really hooked me, love all that it offers and I haven't even really scratched the surface of the main story because I'm going around completing sidequests and when I nearly done with one, another pops up.

Starfield (using Game Pass to play it for now but will buy a physical copy sometime near the end of this year) kicked things off and soon Forza and Sonic Superstars will be joining it. Also have multiple games I'm getting for Switch and PS5. October is going to be an insane month overall.

@GunValkyria
Twitter (or X or whatever it's called in the future), will be highly entertaining that day.

Some would say MS is being smart about this. I would say, if MS plans to continue making consoles, it's being too generous. If you put a piece of hardware on the market, the goal should be to sell it, best way to do that is with some exclusives.

Just a couple weeks ago I was complimenting this program. Since, it's been all downhill. It's like these companies are run by idiots. They see praise then think... 'Oh people like this? Cool. How can we f*** it up?'