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@Divide_and_Wander I know you're pain. I have a 5 year old. Bundles of joy until they suck your life dry 🤣

@Markatron84 Dude!! I'm exactly the same with parrying but it's practically optional. I'll explain...

The game has some difficulty modes (story mode being the accessible mode). Story mode basically makes it easy but not handholding - I believe you can even change the difficulty at any time.

During a fight, you can evade an enemy attack by either dodging or parrying. Both are optional. If you dodge, you avoid damage. If you parry, you avoid damage and counter attack automatically. It's very forgiving though. You could take the hit and (in story mode) it wouldn't make much of a dent.

FF7 (OG) was my favourite game of all time until E33. It's honestly outstanding. It's only about 30 hours long. 50 hours with side content.

Eh, I don't mind these in the OG FF games for the simple reason of getting through long battles that were lengthy due to the technicalities of the times, but modern games? No. I personally think Expedition 33 did it better. This just seems like a lazy way to grant accessibility that essentially gives you a god mode.

It's the best console for its price, bar none. Series S takes a lot of crap, but it really is one hell of a mini beast! I don't regret my purchase whatsoever.

@Divide_and_Wander E33!! Have you not played it yet?

Haven't played a LEGO game in some time (the best was Pirates IMO) but this one I might just pick up.

It's Rockstar. Nothing is delay-free when it comes to them lol. That said, they should really (as a developer that can literally bring the industry to a standstill) announce these things ASAP so that other teams can better plan.

Nice to see some positivity for what many consider to be the ugly step child of the Xbox family lol. I've said it a thousand times, Series S is the best console for its price I've ever purchased.

Moonlighter had me massively excited and then I forgot it was for PC only for a while lol That to the side though, there's SO much going on in October for XGP that it's easy to overlook.

Curious so see how well The Beast does given that DL2 didn't get received quite as well as I imagine they hoped.

Downloaded Silksong now that I'm nearing the end of my E33 run for the second time, so I'll no doubt bounce on that.

@Jenkinss See, I liked Forsaken a lot, but it just felt like Cayde was used in such a way to interest people back. Like a huge wow-factor, if that makes sense?

E33 is GOTY. If that doesn't win at the awards, I'll be very confused lol.

I'm really looking forward to this, and part 2. Do we know roughly when part 3 will release?

Is it just me, or does the mother in RE9 look just like Laura from SH2? Cant wait for this game. Super excited for it. That and the FF7 trilogy (and Fatal Frame 2) will all be day one purchases for me.

Edit @FraserG is Fatal Frame 2 a fully fledged remake? If so, it'd be the first new installation for a long time right? I wonder how they freshen up the gameplay... FF is a great series but the last game that wasn't a remaster must have been years and years back, right?

I don't really dabble in this series but this one does looks pretty damn cool.

Day one for me. Any fan of survival horror needs to jump on this. It's the best in the series and very, very well done. Scary as hell too.

@masofdas I think SE has said multiple times now that they are no longer pursuing exclusivity, and the fact that they omitted an announcement of exclusivity here (as well as Sony) is telling enough on its own.

Certainly wouldn't say no to this, but isn't there an MM collection on other platforms yet to come to Xbox?...

Certainly happy for the fans of the series (I used to be a huge fan) but this just seems like nonsense to me. Destiny was peak when The Taken King released. It was downhill with Rise of Iron, and it hasn't quite made it back since.

Never really been into this series. It just comes across like comic-book Mad Max to me :/

I'd love it if Xbox released an Xbox OG Mini (mini consoles were quite big a few years back). That said, I'd jump at a Dreamcast Mini beforehand.

I'm still really on the fence with this. The other one that was announced at £1000 can forget about it, but this seems pretty budget and cool for what it does. That said, there's quite a few here that are against it - and their opinions are validated.

The Escapists TWD is surprisingly good. Doesn't play like a typical TE game. It's mission based and pretty cool. Easier to play than it looks.

@outswimmingtheflood I think the point is that quite a few folks will be playing this via GP (giving the game a new audience) and as such, it's neat to have a place to chatter for newcomers.

I haven't played yet, but I will no doubt get round to it when I've finished re-running E33.

I love simulators (specifically life-sims) but these sorts of sims just don't do it for me.

Yeah Bubsy is one hell of a particular series. It's rage inducing, but pretty rewarding if you put in the time. You just have to be very, very forgiving.

Dead Island 2 was amazing IMO. I would not scoff at a sequel. I preferred it over Dying Light.

Echoes of the Plum Grove looks like something I'd enjoy. Unrelated but I sure wish we hear something related to the Haunted Chocolatier next year :/

Thanks for the heads up. I'll check once the kids are asleep and I can find a minute O_o

I'll no doubt pick this game up in due course, but I'm still lost in an ocean of backlog...

Totally picking this and the sequel up, seeing as the third game will more than likely be day and date.

Oh. 40% off FFXVI is a very tempting offer. That said, I expect this to hit GP at some point in 26.

I'll take anything that comes to Xbox from this event (I wont stay up for it because it's super late in the UK) but I'm excited nonetheless.

I don't drive, but that's pretty dope! I'd love that lol.

Said for a long time that FH in Tokyo / Japan would be amazing if they get a good mix of modern and cultural settings.

@Lup Thanks man. Yeah, VS was not my kinda game. I could not get behind the hype for that crap. I'll just hold out for So which will, fingers crossed, be next year O_o

Not at that price...

Ah, see, this is the issues with DLC. They're short, and there's not enough space or time (for most) to pad out an interesting story. I'd have gone with a full on expansion that's campaign sized rather than this bite sized stuff, but that's just me. Saying that, I think it'd have been better to just work straight on a sequel. The core game is amazing.

I saw the thumbnail and was expecting to see something like MK from the Snes days. What I'm seeing here doesn't look very MK to me at all.

I hope they go back and do more IJ games. IJ was an amazing game and it'd be a huge shame to see a one and done sort of thing. Not only that, but there's more than enough Wolfenstein to go round. If they reboot it, then fine, but a sequel? Nah...

Way too flashy for me, but truthfully, the only zombie game I care about right now is SoD 3...

I'm sure they'll come in due course. Hell, they might even use a huge bulk of this to ramp up GP for next gen.

I'll get this later down the line. There's just too much gaming on my plate right now lol.

@GameOverScreen Nice. Yeah it will be interesting to see how Beast stacks up. In regards to Dead Island 2 though, it's the location and the tone that made that for me lol. Then again, I loved the OG 2 games.

Dead Island 2 is well worth a go IMO. It beats the hell out of Dying Light.

I think DLC for any game is pretty risky. It's hard for a dev to make a huge chunk of gameplay for a low priced return. May as well just move on to a sequel IMO.

I might pick up Bubsy just to see how I stack up. I remember playing the OG version and never getting past the first few levels lol.

It's never really interested me to be fair. I always saw this as lightning in a bottle. The first two games seemed to hit hard, but I don't think they'll ever get the same highs again.

I'm finishing off another run of E33, and then I'm moving onto Silksong