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@Resurrected-X460 I remember playing it over and over again at launch solo and with friends in co-op, and it there was always a push to get through indoors as quickly as possible, to get back to the cool outdoor environments.

Also the library? What the hell was that?

Never doubt that you, yes just ‘lowly’ you, can enact change by voting with your wallet. Now, if we can Nintendo fans to understand the same thing…

@GeminiX53 I think I’ve found my May project.

@GeminiX53 I’ve tried it before from my MacBook but had horrendous lag, but it’s not a bad idea t get another one so I can have it sit permanently in my media table.

I occasionally think about picking one of these types of handheld PC machines up. But then I sit and think about it and all I really want is to be able to emulate and play No Mercy from the 64, while sat on my sofa.

At which point, the purchase price seems... excessive to put it lightly. Maybe one day.

Blinx 1&2
Maybe Halo

Getting a bit old man here but I had a really hard time with 4 working out what I was supposed to be doing, what I should be doing etc as it threw too much at me at once. I liked the slower opening up of FH1. Things being locked behind seasons didn’t work for me either.

To add, I remember 2 not gelling that well with me either to the point that I skipped 3, and only played 4 because it came with my Xbox one.

Finally, customisation got a bit too much. My understanding of cars amounts to ‘I like the way that one looks’, and I really liked how FH1 seemed to strip all that out and let me just get in with it.

The original Xbox, the Wii, and the Switch are the only ones I’ve bought on launch. The switch because Amazon messed up my long standing BotW pre order and just had to have it that weekend.

The Xbox was my dad telling me about it, we poured over magazines and then pre-ordered from Electronics Boutique. The Wii just seemed too ‘revolutionary’ and just had to have it. The Wii was the last time I was sleepless with excitement for a machine.

Edit: @Balaam_ made me realise I forgot my precious useless-screened gameboy advance.

@kmtrain83 akin to ‘gorgeous’ stripped of all meaning by Apple (I say as an Apple fan).

Forgive the basic questions but, while this is optional to use, is it optional to install? Or is it a cloud service that I don’t need to install?

For various reasons, I want to send a (admittedly small) clear message that I do not want anything to do with this co-pilot AI nonsense. If it’s built into a system update, you can turn auto updates off right?

Almost 6 years post launch of their current console I would hope they’re dropping the previous model!

@Banjo- I’m going to give this another bash as I felt I was skipping through dialogue rather than listening and then just fast loading place to place.

Cut to the start of this year where I’ve been told I could do with glasses, and have now purchased them, suddenly I realise the problem might have been that I couldn’t read the text and what was going on (and with no patience to get through listening).

Look at that smile. Like an alien wearing a suit.

@Gemini53 I remember as a kid I would love it if I could cause enough carnage in a game to drop the frame rate to a crawl. There was always something ‘epic’ feeling about it. We’re talking early 90’s here.

@Gemini53 I’m with you, that and the entire ‘less than 60fps is unplayable’ crowd. I like my reviews on the gameplay, I’m not too fussed on the tech specs.

@GamingGod Christ don’t you bang on.

Saints Row 3 is arguably the best? Definitely arguably, because we’re about to have an argument. 😂

Another vote for 2 here.

No tolerance for AI. Period.

A shame that Satya isn’t going.

To add: if nothing else, that trailer is put together so well. Such a good sense of fun and whimsy without being blink-and-you-miss-it.

@Hawklord77 whenever they release a Flashback remaster, I always hope for the Amiga soundtrack and it never comes.

This is the first time I’ve been happy with this.

“Do this if you want the social features”
“I don’t want those”
“Oh… carry on”

No drive, no sale.

Admittedly, mine is because I want to play the games of yesteryear with their backwards compatibility.

@Sol4ris I miss Molyneux. I somewhat perversely enjoyed being promised the earth and then receiving the gut punch of reality.

@PushButtons it’ll be fine. Something to be aware of sure, but no drive has failed me yet.

4TB external drive. If I want to play a series X game that’s on it, I start it transferring, go and make a drink and before I know it it’s copied over.

Amazing how much money some patience will save you.

Commenting before I read: if Blinx isn’t on here we’re going to fall out.

Edit: ok time to fall out with someone. I enjoyed 1-3, and 7-9, but no Blinx? Boooo.

Or ToeJam & Earl 3 🤯

@LordDieALot Ha, Dreamcast here too.

My path was: Amiga, MegaDrive, GameGear, SNES, N64, GBC, Dreamcast, Xbox, GameCube, GBA, 360, Wii, DS, 3DS, XboxOne, WiiU, Switch, Series X & PS5*, Switch 2

*Bought both on the same day during COVID. Got wrapped up in trying to ‘win’ at Amazon basket. Before I knew it I’d bought both. Sort of like an out of body experience.

Not too keen on the logo, but I suppose we are entering the era of Liquid Glass and it's copies / homages.

@LordDieALot I got mine from Electronics Boutique, preordered. Back in the time that my Dad used to somewhat have his hand in the gaming news sphere (I remember him first showing me Shenmue).

Sadly nothing. I have a kitchen to finish in 4 days, 3 if you count today. But soon. Soon I’ll have a long stretch of nothing to do!

@themightyant I really enjoyed Rebirth. It felt like a playable road movie. Got a bit new-environment-similar-tasks towards the end but I was off work at the time so I smashed through it. A gentler pace may be more advised.

2026 is the 20th anniversary of Xbox? What was that big black and green box in my bedroom in 2001?

I bought a 4TB USB drive for the one. I’m happy using that and having the patience to transfer games if they won’t boot from that drive.

I think the thing I miss the most is it not feeling like an arduous slog like it is now. With modern games once you're past the initial idea of the game I get to thinking 'what have they cut out to sell to me later?', 'how is the company trying to pull a fast one with this games?', 'whats the depth of the corporate claws in this game?'

Gaming felt fun and exciting. Good graphics without it having to be hyper realistic and this being reflected in the cost / dev time. Fallout 3 and New Vegas do not look like pretty games but the graphics are absolutely fine for a game.

RDR is outshined graphically by RDR2, but if they came out with RDR3 and said 'we're going to make it look like the 360 game' I'd be ok with that.

Now with most releases it feels like 'here's this great game... BUT:'

Plus I was in my early twenties back then. I hadn't been ground down by coalition / Tory Governments, Brexit, Covid, cost-of-greed crisis, Russia etc.

Thinking about it some more, I want Blinx 3.

Was this the same in the UK? I remember getting mine on launch day with Halo and Munch’s Odyssey. But in my head that was February, not November.

Or I’m misremembering and I didn’t get it on launch day. Remember getting it from Electronics Boutique in Derby though.

Got my GBA there too. That store got a lot of my money.

@TheOldHunter4K even today that first time you hit the ridge before descending to McFarlane Ranch. I could look at that for hours.

@GamingGod Sorry I think I’m a bit out of the loop. What’s the complaint about backwards compatibility?

@Lrapsody Not one game does it feel forced. I genuinely can’t say I’ve noticed other than games were the core character focus is their grappling with those changes eg Tell Me Why. And I enjoyed that. I enjoy learning about the perspectives of others.

Not got a problem with FF7’s save the planet from our own destructive tendencies ideology? Hell even FF9 has a main character who lives a lie about who they are inside. Maybe it’s a particular ideology? What’s your issue? Race? Gender? Sexuality? Upset that not all characters are as close minded as you?

It’s not a big deal. Let people be who they want to be, and let games - like films - be a barometer of society. Which at this point includes shouting about the trans message because toads like you have a vendetta about people being who they want to be.

As we float on a giant rock in a massive galaxy.

As I’ve said on NL, wonderful news that it’s a free upgrade. Especially since I’m not giving Rockstar a penny until the union busting allegations have been found to be untrue (or never if the opposite).

@OldGamer999 I’m not particularly interested in my new games pushing the graphic envelope, and I quite like my current games just playing / loading better / faster.

But I would like some new games and not just re-release after re-release which is how it feels (even if not strictly true).

@TheMule1983 I hope this is satire.

@Elbow No I’m concerned that anyone made this outside of satire. The U.S. Government making this was my worst fear that I knew was real when I saw it.

But I didn’t want to believe.

@lacerz Christ I hope this isn’t real.

I’m curious about these prequel missions. Didn’t Reach end with MC being loaded - in stasis - on to the Pillar of Autumn, then they jumped into hyperspace and the we have the start of Halo 1?

Unless they’re going further back than Reach and / or you’ll play as other people.

Not a new game then? A remake of a remake.

I do not believe him.

10 years to make a new one and they haven’t. Shame.

And that trailer massively oversells the story and your impact on it.

Grim Fandango all day.