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I tried hard to get into these but I just couldn't get through the first few hours.

@Cptnemouk Lol it's too funny isn't it.

Glad you're having a good time man. It's one hell of an amazing game.

The problem with Destiny is, as Mighty points out, they vault content. Bungie are world class when it comes to gunplay and world design, but anything outside of that, frankly, they suck at. They often need guidance from their community of fans to shape things up the way they should have been shaped from the get-go.

The next problem is the storytelling and expansions. They don't have a great track record there neither. To me, I felt like Destiny 2 closed the series off quite well. Destiny 3 at this point feels unnecessary, and I'm far convinced that Bungie has what it takes to learn from their mistakes. This just feels like clutching at straws to stay relevant.

E33 deserved all the awards it won. I'm absolutely stoked for them.

I wonder if Rockstar add in the grave from the prequel?...

@abe_hikura @FraserG Thanks guys - really appreciate it. I certainly hope that it is. Guess it's time for me to finally revisit this masterpiece of a game. It's one of my all time faves.

I do wonder if R* will ever bring back Manhunt. That'd be very interesting to see these days lol.

@FraserG Is this a whole new client, with its own achievements ect...? Or is this literally just a prettier version of the version I already have?

They need to stop the "filler" years IMO. This happened with the reboot of MW and again here - it's an unnecessary expense for what is ultimately bad press. They only do this to keep the annual cycle of CoD MP going. If they're smart - they'd scrap the filler campaigns and just release "something" for the MP side of things.

Also, I don't get why they keep dipping into the future warfare vibe. We've been here before and it doesn't end well. Boots on the ground - raw warfare, is where most of the interest is. That's why classic CoD and Blops 1 are considered the best.

@Weebleman Ah gotcha. Thanks bud. Yeah not sure what's up with his wording but you make it make more sense than he does lol! I have to say though, 50 million for the halfway point isn't too shabby unless latter development is more costlier.

@themightyant @ILuvGames @Coletrain The price is exactly my concern too. I think between the Pro 5 and the Rog (and MS saying the other day about the next Xbox being premium) we could see a very hefty price tag next gen - which might even throw me off. I wont spend more than £600 on a console. No matter how great it is. I'll wait for a sale or get refurbished lol.

That said, I'm optimistic too. I agree that having barriers removed such as online play going away and having more storefront access is only a good thing in my book. However, I do think MS need to step carefully and listen to feedback - which they're usually good at fortunately - if indeed it takes a while for the penny to drop lol.

Not quite sure what he's waffling on about there. No one is getting 50 million for free...

If a game costs 100 million to make and then it tanks, you're losing invested money.

The most someone is going to get is a game that's already had 50 million spent thus far. That's already a lot of money to recoup for a game half way through.

Routine wins out the two for me. I'll definitely be firing that up if my backlog is clear by then lol.

@CrispyMango92 Now that it’s almost here, I can’t help but be cautious 13+ years of development is insane.

Totally with you on that. 13 years seems like a little too long, unless the devs have been in and out of development, there's no real reason for it to take that long. I think Duke Nukem Forever was done before that time lol

I know I'm often seen as the outlier here, but I'm massively excited for the next Xbox. I think every little piece of info and hints and teases we've gotten so far (throwing in MS' constant insight to how they want to reinvent the wheel) points to a very tasty picture indeed. I've said it a thousand times but I think next Xbox will absolutely be a defining moment in gaming and I think it's going to turn a lot of heads.

DayZ? I thought the remake / revitalized version skipped Game Pass? Don't we just have the old botched version that was broken and buggy? And if so... Why the heck is the expansion coming if the core game isn't? @Kezelpaso

This is one I'll no doubt skip. It doesn't really look that good to me. It may be the genre, or the gameplay, but I don't know, it looks kinda cheap.

Quite a few in this list have me intrigued, but I think Ungodly has my interest the most.

Soon as I'm done with PW2, I'll mop up the last minute bits in E33 and jump into OW2.

Is this any good compared to the other BR games on the market?

Despite my reservations with how this has been handled, I'll enjoy this. I'll enjoy this more than other Halo 1 iterations because (whilst I love MP) it's single player only and the achievements will not be determined by how well I stack up against others in PVP lol.

@NeoRatt You're not wrong. I mean, it's hard to believe that the last GTA released back at the tail end of the Xbox 360 days. That being said, whilst I'm looking very much forward to GTA 6 (I skipped 5 as it never interested me) I'd love for them to go back and try another stab at Manhunt, or something new.

@Fiendish-Beaver LOL! We'll you'll be happy to know that I'm almost back to normal in regards to freeing up my time, so I'll be here to prove you wrong, over and over again, soon enough

Glad you're well brother!

P.S. Where is PJ these days? Not seen him post a post or review here for ages :/ He alright?

@Weebleman Oh I'm looking at getting one in the middle of next year depending on what we hear about consoles in the summer so I'll have plenty of time to pester you 😅 I've got a lot to learn too (Oled Vs whatever the heck the other one means, stats, accessibility etc..) I'm well thanks brother. How's about you?

@NeoRatt You're right. I think there's only a very select few that will stand the test of time (Rockstar likely being the only candidate that will live as long as consoles do).

@Fiendish-Beaver Hey you 🥰 yeah it's been a hectic month for me but other than that I'm okay. How're you?

PowerWash Sim 2

Shoulder to shoulder? It's hard to make that a sound analogy when this version comes without something that the previous version had... Don't get me wrong, the campaign alone is worth the time and I'm massively excited for it, but let's not compare Halo Campaign Evolved to Halo Combat Evolved, when the former is merely a piece of the latter...

I question TikTok's popularity myself, and ponder whether it would have blew up as much as it did, had it not been for Covid.

I'm cool with it. Makes no difference to me in the slightest.

For the sake of keeping the rest of the team in place, he's not going to openly admit T10's real future. They're going to be shuttered in due course (likely after FH6).

@Weebleman Very true. I'm still not going to get one myself, but I am toying with the idea of moving to Steam Deck. The games are cheaper, and it seems the return laws are a lot more lenient than on console too. I'll still get Xbox next gen, but, I'll probably play it less (by a little) if I get SD - which I hear sell very well too.

Looking forward to Powerwash Sim 2. First game was epic.

I think between the solid sales and the great feedback, MS will return to the drawing board for their own handheld. That said, I'd like one of these but the cost just isn't ideal for me.

@carlos82 It really was something wasn't it? It certainly ate into a lot of my pocket money back in the day lol!

Folks happy to lay blame at MS, but if Rare had pulled their weight and met targets, this would have seen the light of day. It's that simple. I love Rare, but let's face it, they drag their feet. There was plenty of this reported during the development of Sea of Thieves too.

Does anyone else remember Time Crisis? (Was that what it was called?). They were pretty decent too.

Really happy that the IP has found its footing again. It's nice to see CoD have a decent competitor.

Great game, and pretty ahead of its time IMO.

@AccessibleDaydream Are you sure you have my new tag? TheKaloudz (my old one was just Kaloudz).

@AccessibleDaydream

I totally agree. Do you have me on Xbox? (TheKaloudz)?

You're more than welcome and thank you too. Yeah I'm with you 100% on protecting kids from content they should not be seeing. For me the issue is more with how the kids these days that see this content, are largely from parents who are more hands off than hands on. In that case, their parents will likely just ID verify and it's back to square one.

I also agree that the gov should not be pushing their noses in on this under the guise that they actually care lol. What next? DNA samples at birth? It's a bizarre and crazy world right now, but when I strip away the dangers of online abuse - I cant help but feel like it's (in part) the governments fault for not having tougher laws in place - and when they eventually do crack down, then the cons get to go to prisons that are more like hotel rooms than cells... lol.

Life eh? Way back when people were getting banned for sharing clips from Watch Dogs 2, they should have implemented very simple age gates based on profile age. If parents want their kids seeing that, then it's down to them (but sadly sometimes society) to answer to the consequences.

@Fiendish-Beaver MP buddy.

I'm happy about this. I thought the movie was very well done. I'll be curious where they take the second movie though.

E33 and it's not even close IMO.

End game E33 content ahead of the new content update

Game Pass releases are varied and nice looking!

I was sceptical about Blops 7, but it's not what I was expecting. It's actually a lot more grounded than I thought. It's still very much "boots on the ground" gameplay.

I hope it comes back. I mean if Lucifer managed it, this one can.

I was never really fond of the first two games :/

This one is definitely one I'll be trying out.

@AccessibleDaydream Hey you Hope you're well?

Personally. I think it's daft. I think companies should stop trying to be parents and let parents be parents. Sure, there's dangers to children on the internet, but this isn't even a deterrent - it's a nuisance, and let's face it... children are probably running around with adult accounts rather than child accounts anyway lol.

If you ask me, a simple age gate would have sufficed rather than having to deal with this rubbish. What's your thoughts?

Both FH6 and Fable will absolutely justify this. Both of them will no doubt smash sales across the platforms they release on. I cant wait for both.