Isca

I remember finishing all other ES games (some several times), but don't remember finishing Oblivion for some reason.

Will defo keep my eyes out for this to add to the backlog....

Can't wait to play it in 2027, when all the bugs are fixed and the GOTY version is under £20.

Due to the stupid backlog, I defo won't be buying any games this year. Even cancelled UGP it is so ridiculous

Currently playing AC Odyssey again at the moment (determined to finish it and all of its DLC) and loving it. Cannot believe it is 7 years old - it looks brilliant. Mind you, I have a better PC than in 2008....

Then its:

AC Valhalla (if finishing Odyssey)
Legions on PC
Last of us 1 and 2 on PC (again)
Red dead Redemption 1 and 2 on PC
Starfield on XBX
Cyberpunk on XBX
Halo (all of them) on XBX
Star Wars Outlaws on PC
Alien dark descent on PC
etc etc etc ... about 20 others on the list

Then might reinstate UGP for Indiana Jones, Avowed, Atomfall, and whatever else floats my boat.

Might not even live on long enough for Shadows....

I've started the original about 4 times, but never made it past a few hours. It is an incredibly unkind and janky game to the player, and not much fun (although, I did like the writing).

I've only played it on PC, as the Xbox version always crashed when I opened the map for some reason.

I'll probably try the original again, and if I finally like it past a few hours, I'll pick up the GOTY in a few years' time (when it is 75% discounted).

I'll wait for the sale

Enough games already to keep me going to 2027

I wouldn't right now.

I've just got hold of a 4k 144hz monitor and that has made all the difference to the quality for me. I'll be happy with that for a while.

Honestly, I spend £500 on a nice new monitor to play games at amazing clarity, and then what do I go and play?

Stardew Valley

@Fiendish-Beaver £120 is outrageous. I see the same price for AC Shadows coming up, so looks like the norm.

i can do without the artbook, a couple of extra costumes and a side mission.

If I still like it in 2 year's time, I'll pick up the season pass when it is 90% off

Picked it up on PC late yesterday and have been playing several hours. It is a lot of fun.

I'm not keen on the colours in places - can look a bit washed out. I really like the characters.

The soundscape inc soundtrack is fab. Quite true to the films.

It is a bit of a stealth-fest, but lots of fun gunplay too.

No bugs to speak of. Seems pretty stable.

All in all, I'm pleased with it

@FraserG Thanks very much for that info.

I have BG3 on PC, but stopped playing it until all of the updates were done. It kept doing something weird where at the time it updated, it seemed to want all of the orginal files PLUS the update files. I kept needing over 200gb of space whenever it wanted to update (and my PC is only 1tb).

Toying with the idea of getting it for XSX as well as PC. I know that might seem daft to some, but the XSX is in the lounge, the PC is in the office, and I'm a lazy git

Is all of the save game malarkey resolved with BG3 now on XSX?

@Stocksy

Now unsubscribed from Ultimate. Plan B in place

Anyone fancy a new multiplayer game called Corporate Greed?

We went for a beach walk today in a beautiful Northumberland vilage. The official car park was £6.50 for 3 hours. We rejected that and parked nearby for free, and then bought pies for the England vs Spain match tomorrow night for £6.50

You get what you pay for, I suppose.

There has to be a line somewhere, and I think it is here.

Will unsubscribe from ultimate next month. I'll just save the £15 per month and spend £180 in the Christmas sales to buy a stack of games to play over the next year.

In my mid-50s now. I thought I would slow down, but I probably play more than ever (defo more than I should!)

Most of the time I can be found playing PC games - mainly Grand Strategies and city builders. For action games, it is the XSX or PS5.

I'll likely be a sad old 60-something gamer

Excellent!

Loved Inquisition, once it played properly.

I look forward to playing this in 2026, when the GOTY version is 75% off and all the bugs have been squished

Big fan of the ES series.

I played ESO a few times when it very first came out. I absolutely hated it.

I found it too 2 dimensional and not engaging at all. In fact, I think it was ESO that put me off playing another MMORP game, and I don't think that will change now.

I hated the lack of interactivity (loads of weapons sitting around that you couldn't pick up), the artwork, and the griefers (who would stand in groups on the exact spot you needed for a quest).

Bah! Never again.

Thanks BBB

After Elder Scrolls online I'll never play a MMORPG or Co-op again!

Installed the trial a while back, but didn't play it.

Is it multiplayer/co-op only?

Won't go near it if it is.

I’ve said it before and will say again. Mad Max is an absolute blast to play and hugely under rated.

You can’t even get a beer for £2.99

I'm starting my final run of Cyberpunk - haven't played the add on yet, so should keep me busy for a while.

Also a bit of Stardew Valley .. um, I mean Coral Island on the side

Have a fab Christmas everyone!

Thanks so much for the heads-up on this, Fraser

Also for the instructions on how to get the trial. Really, nothing obvious on the store page, but it is now downloading

Dead Space. Like others, I very nearly bought it recently.

Defo my playlist for Hallowe'en

Loved playing it, but will restart again, after it has been properly patched.

8/10, but not GOTY. That, for me is probably BG3 (PC) so far.

A genius of his craft. So very sad to hear this

One of those people you don't miss, until they're gone.

8/10 for me. That might go up with more play time.

I'd have given Skyrim a solid 10/10 back when it was newly released, and Fallout New Vegas (fully patched) 9/10.

Great tip! Thanks

I didn't sign up when I had the chance, in case it conflicted with other offers later, but I will do so when I am next in New Atlantis (ETA, just after tea )

I think it is absolutely great and I'm loving it.

My favourite things are the fluidity of movement and responsive controls. I also love the space combat - the movement is very intuitive.

Not loving some of the colour palettes, but that is prob just me.

Plan to restart completely now and start my first proper run. The character I made at 1am yesterday isn't right. Mind you, the whole character creation wasn't top of my mind then, and there were so many choices - I just wanted to get going!

If I put 2k hours into Skyrim, I think this will EASILY beat that.

Thinking back to playing Elite on the BBC electron in the '90s, I could never have imagined this type of game would be around in my lifetime. Sometimes I think we gamers don't appreciate how far games development has come in a very short period of time.

Right, here we go again. Time to rock 'n roll.

Good luck out there, early access folks

First hour? Skyrim in space

Utter quality - no issues

Lovely controls

It's Skyrim - in space!!

Quality first 30 mins

I'm in

and I think it's gonna be a long, long time....

300 seconds

Here we go....

Ah well, very soon, we'll all know about the ratings/hype.

T-minus 60 minutes...

Good luck out there, folks....

@Kaloudz ah - cleanest, most bug free. Wouldn't that be just awesome?

I don't know about TES 6. Just hoping to be alive to play it (2028?) I sincerely hope it isn't a case of being 'mediocre like every Xbox exclusive is and always will be'

T-minus 345 minutes....

OMG - IGN's review is only a 7? I'm going to get a refund on my pre-order right now!

(Except I'm not. Snacks secured, cat put out, sick note ready to go, lights out and door locked. I'm ready for blast off in T-minus 7 hours, baby)

@BacklogBrad - Mad Max is a hugely underated game. I love it. I guess it is kinda horror, so counts in my opinion.

How about Resident Evil? The latest one is sitting ready to be played more than 3 hours ... but I'm too scared! Keeps making me jump out of my skin.

I'm getting too old....

Brexit FTW !!

Good old UK.

I never wanted to play WOW anyway

I 'invested' a lot of money into Elden Ring at launch and hated it after 30 minutes. It just wasn't for me, so uninstalled.

I'm over 1000 hours into 'The Long Dark', and still loving it

Horses for courses, I guess....

Big fan of the AC series and some of the FC and Anno games.

The thing is, I already own them all, so no incentive for me to sign up. If and when new games come out, I'll wait a couple of months and buy them for 75% off.

The other factor is that if you want to play Ubi games day one (or even year one) on PC, forget it. They usually need a range of patches to get them to play properly. I'm getting too old to trawl around useless message boards trying out workaround things that won't work because the game isn't yet ready to play.

No thanks!

@Clankylad

Good advice. Also remember that the wind direction can constantly change while you are asleep, along with the weather. What you thought was a fire lasting 8 hours can suddenly drop to 9 minutes of embers if it gets blown out!

Caves are good and sometimes you can find tree hollows to build a fire in to stop them being doused out. If you unexpectedly get caught in a blizzard, I'd suggest keeping to wall edges and keep moving. You might be lucky enough to stumble across a cave or sheltered recess.

With enough planning, you can do all of your scouting missions from a safe base without getting caught in the open at night. I usually have at least one safe house in each zone with lots of food, water and tools. You can't carry everything all of the time and you DEFINITELY don't want to get caught in the open when there is an aurora....

I absolutely love this game. I've played for hundreds of hours on PC (probably more than a thousand).

I did buy it on xbox once a few years back, but there was a lag when entering/leaving buildings that wasn't on the PC version, so went back to playing it on that. I wonder if that's fixed now for XS?

I've played some of the new 'Tales from the Far Territory' parts one and two, and they do add another dimension to the survival mode. I haven't cracked the mystery yet though

Great game. In my top 10 of all time.

Had a blast with this over the weekend.

I love the ambience and the sounds, especially the weather effects. Some of the graphics are a little blocky and low res, but I just ignore those.

The most annoying thing for me is the building. I have real problems getting e.g. roof pieces to snap in place. I expect the wider community loves it, because it clearly takes some experience and skill to build a masterpiece house/fort. For me, I'd much rather prefer something a little bit easier with a console controller, even if just the outline frame was added to help me. I mostly look for partly destroyed houses and pimp them up.

I also find some of the attacking, e.g. with the spear to be a bit clunky and unintuitive. I'm slashing at air while the bad dude is standing beside me laying in. Love the bow action though

I had a 7 hour session at the weekend. All came undone when I met a troll with attitude in the forest. Man those guys are fierce! Decided it was a permadeath game and I need to start from scratch and get better gear before heading there again!

I'd give it 9/10

@isturbo1984

Exactly this

Best news I've had all week. Go Game Pass!

@themightyant - thanks for that

Helpful post - answered a few of my questions

I'm more annoyed that I bought The Forgotten City a coupla weeks before it came out on Gamepass.

So here, take my money quickly, before Mrs Isca finds out....

Thanks, Widey85

I'm convinced that the crashes are save game related. I found that I could reduce crashes on PC somehwat by clearing out the save games at the start of each session, but in the end the sheer amount of CTDs made me give up. I'll maybe try again in a couple of years, when it is sorted out (as was the case with AC Unity).

If it isn't crashing on XSX, I might pick up the ultimate edition, once it is under £15

I've only played this on PC so far, but had to uninstall it because of the frequent crashes (yes, yawn my rig can handle it).

Is it any better on Xbox? Does it crash every 15-30 mins? Happy to buy it again if it is OK. I love the setting/story.

Great stuff! Really enjoyed playing Two point hospital (more so on GPUforPC than on Xbox).

Two point airport, Two point zoo, Two point resort - the possibilites for this series are endless!

@gingataisen - I'm of the same opinion.

Given how bad the Kingdoms of Amalur "re-re reckoning" was, I'm not pre-ordering or buying any 'remasters', until there is solid evidence from user reviews that a) it works properly, and b), it is substantially better than the original.

Hey, I'm FINALLY learning, and proud of myself for it!

Thanks for the info

I think I will also pass, with no single player game

@OliverOwen Yep - same.

It says 3-player co-op on the tin, does anyone know if it has a single player campaign?

Believe it or not, some of us in the UK still have less than 5mbps, and it takes an age to download stuff that I find out later I don't like!

Can't stand Co-Op, PVE, PVP or any kind of multiplayer stuff

Thanks a lot, Fraser. I picked it up, and along with my £4 voucher from MS this month, I got it for £3.99

Cheers!