@ElkinFencer10

I’m good for space, currently got almost 500GB free. The 1TB Seagate expansion card definitely helps.

@romando We still don’t know the release times for each country and will MS/Xbox let it slide if millions of people switch their console’s time zone to New Zealand, which is apparently a violation to their terms of service?

Good list but I think only first party OG Xbox games are going to get the achievements, hopefully I’m wrong and that non first party games get achievements too.

@strzelec Apparently Ubisoft are remaking the first Splinter Cell so who knows if it sells well they may remake Pandora Tomorrow and Chaos Theory.

@RiverGenie I get that but life is too short and tomorrow is never guaranteed. Don’t mean to be all heavy but it’s true.

I’ve pre-ordered and booked the day off work so I’m ready to go day one, also Friday just happens to be my day off so that’s a bonus for me. If we’re able to do the New Zealand time-zone trick then we could potentially be playing from Wednesday morning 11am in the UK.

I believe there’s actually a lot of people out there that will just be waiting for the online to release before buying the game, to me that is wild as I’m playing GTA 6 for the story and to explore the world at my pace before I even want to play the online side of the game.

It’s absolutely criminal that Project Gotham Racing didn’t get a mention.

@AI-Generation When I say console versions I mean games that are made specifically for Helix. I know we will have cross-gen games from Series X/S on Helix for many years after Helix is released but I’m doubting that games eventually made exclusively for Helix as a console will both run and look like their PC versions, with MS/Xbox prioritising the console version.

Obviously we don’t know much about Helix yet but to be honest why would we have two versions of the same games on one system if that was the case? It would make more sense having just one version of the game and optimising it with the full power of Helix. It’s going to be interesting to see how games are sold digitally on Helix if we are able to buy them from Steam and play them on Helix while MS/Xbox lose out if the game isn’t bought from their store.

@Banjo- @AI-Generation I think we need to wait and see how Helix runs PC games first before assuming we’re going to get a superior version. Will they look and run better than its native console versions? I’m thinking not and that the console versions will look and run better than the PC versions as MS/Xbox will probably be focusing on Helix being a console first and a PC second. I hope I’m wrong and that we do get PC versions that run better the console’s own but I’m sceptical until we get the full info about Helix and how it’ll run PC games.

I loved SiN back in the day when I used to game on PC until the OG Xbox came out. I’ll definitely buy this at some point next year, currently playing through Samson then The Witcher 3 update coming in a few days and finally GTA 6 so SiN wouldn’t get a look in if I bought it now.

For many weeks I’ve noticed things like the console not recognising that I have Game Pass Ultimate and therefore not showing double reward points, a console reset sorts the problem. Also a lot of the time when comparing games and achievements between friends it doesn’t show and I get an error.

@CharGasM Shame we haven’t already got the next gen Helix console or I’d of bought it from the Steam sale.

@RTGX “A game being a high price is not an automatic seal of quality, in fact quite the opposite is often true, particularly these days.”

Exactly this. Those that are being negative about the low launch price, they would also be criticising the devs if they launched it at £70 so Liquid Swords can’t win. Really hope it sells well for them as long as they keep patching the game. I’m buying it as a game that’ll whet my appetite until GTA 6 is out.

I have enjoyed the last three Doom games but for me the best one in the series is Doom 3. I liked that it was more of a horror and the beginning like everything was normal before it went to hell, literally.

I’ll be installing this again, it’s been awhile since I last played. Some really good features added here especially multiplayer and co-op. I wonder why it took them 3 years to add them.

Absolutely mental but good for him. I’m happy enough to of reached 1 million after 21 years, no more goals/milestones to reach for me but I still enjoy unlocking achievements.

I do like the design of the controller keeping in line with the official controller especially in black but no matter how good it is I’d never pay that kind of money for any controller. Not too long paid £140 for my Gamesir G7 Pro wireless which I’m very happy with.

None for me as I’ve been digital since Xbox 360 but I do have one Xbox 360 disc, it’s the first F.E.A.R game which isn’t available to buy digitally from the Xbox store so would of liked that to of been compatible.

If I ever did buy a game from say CEX that was considerably cheaper than the digital version and I converted it to digital, what would I do with the disc which would be useless to me at that point?

I’m hoping it’s playable by midnight in UK but even if it is I’ll be having an early night on the Wednesday and up early to play in the morning. What I don’t want is that it’s playable by 5pm or something on the Thursday otherwise I may as well of just not bothered putting a holiday in and just went to work and be home by 2pm.

Before reading all the comments I thought great I’ll rent a bunch of new games, put it in my Series X to get the digital version to own forever but I already sort of knew they wouldn’t allow that kind of loophole to be exploited. So does every disc have its own unique license then? And that you have to keep the disc? If not then it would make sense to destroy the discs so that no one can invalidate your game’s license if it was put into another Xbox.

@Nightcrawler71 It’s currently on this week’s sale on the Xbox Store, base game is £34.99, Deluxe £46.19 and Ultimate £62.99.

If you just want the base game Loaded.com has it for just £27.99. I’m buying it next week as I’ve been waiting for the 2.0 update.

Gallipoli is the only game from that list that interests me. I’ll wait and see how it looks and plays on Series X as both Hell Let Loose Vietnam and No More Room in Hell 2 looked fantastic from trailers and screenshots but graphically in-game doesn’t look that great on consoles.

Really looking forward to playing this later, it’s available to play from 5pm for those of us in the UK. I didn’t really enjoy my time with it in the play test, kept getting gunned down by people camping in the foliage before I could even fire a single bullet but realised I needed to change my strategy, more so than in the original Hell Let Loose.

After a couple of hours playing the game I didn’t like it especially the melee with how slow the swings were so I put in a request for a refund, it got denied and boy am I glad it did. I thought I may as well give it a good go and my opinion changed completely after a couple of matches, which can go on for nearly an hour depending on how much you explore the maps. I played with a some friends along with some randoms and it was just so much fun all teaming up, trading, completing objectives and killing zombies together.

I guess what I’m trying to say is no matter what you’re first impressions of the game is, give it a chance and it could grow on you like it did me.

Sounding like a broken record at this point every time there is a controller article but no anti stick drift, no buy. At £84.99 that is a premium price for what should be a premium controller that has TMR anti stick drift sticks and triggers. I think it’s wild that the Elite controllers don’t have them especially at the price they go for.

The ones I’m buying from August to end of the year day one are Hell Let Loose: Vietnam, No More Room in Hell 2, Halloween and of course GTA 6. All should keep me busy through this year and the next.

I’m definitely going to buy both of the game’s dlc, Fallen Ghosts and Narco Road for £2.39 each. Not sure if I should buy the base game when I sub to Game Pass Ultimate every month? Don’t want to suddenly not have access to the game if Ubisoft+ ever leaves Game Pass.

I had £4 rewards to spend by next month so I just bought F.E.A.R 2 but now going to have to buy the first one from CEX for £12. F.E.A.R Files can wait as that’s currently £20.

Although not part of the Summer Sale I’ve just bought both The Darkness games, I’ve played them in the early 360 days when they came out but I’ve suddenly just fancied playing some classic games from that era hence why I'm getting into the F.E.A.R games too.

My Series X does sometimes make a bit of noise with the fan building up but it’s to be expected since it’s behind my TV on the media wall so air flow is a bit restricted.

What bothers me more is when certain games are not optimised properly like the new Game Pass addition Shift at Midnight. Everytime I go around the back of the store where the dumpster is the game’s framerate goes all stuttery then my Series X just shuts down and I get a message after switching it back on saying it overheated. So the game is in an unplayable state for me.

I love the original Hell Let Loose, I bought it day one and still play it to this day so it may come as a surprise that I’ve cancelled my pre-order for HLL: Vietnam after playing a few matches from the playtest.

I know it’s not representative of the day one release but I’ve played enough to know that I didn’t enjoy it as much as I thought I would of for a number of reasons. I’ll buy it once it’s been discounted and been out for a while and received significant patches. I’ve got the original HLL and BF6 for my online FPS fix.

We all know PS6 will outsell Helix by 3x or 4x due to popularity and brand recognition alone. The on-going physical debacle isn’t going to deter PS6 buyers, they can comment and vote in polls saying they are not going to buy it and will get a PC instead but fomo will creep in and they’ll change their tune completely once pre-orders go live.

I’m going to pre-order Helix as I’ve been with Xbox since the beginning, amassed a massive digital library and been a Game Pass Ultimate subscriber since it’s inception. Depending on how Helix plays PC games I’ll probably use the console to buy and play PC games.

I’ve had almost 700,000 lifetime points and currently have 52,500+ which I’m saving towards GTA 6.

I got the message on my Xbox, I’m actually glad CoD isn’t on Game Pass day one as it’s probably the main reason it got the recent price decrease. I’m happy to wait until next year to play it. I do the same for the EA Sports FC games, I just wait for them to be added to Game Pass almost a year after release.

I’ll be using the balanced mode for all the bells and whistles at 40fps but I won’t be buying the game until it’s half price, which as with all Ubisoft games tends to be a few months after release.

It really doesn’t matter even if Xbox was being outsold 8:1 because Rockstar wouldn’t scoff at the fact there’s 35 million Series X/S consoles out there that a good majority will be buying GTA 6. Even if half of that 35 million Xboxes bought the standard edition of the game that equals to well over a billion in £/$ but we know it’s going to be more than that when you factor in the ultimate edition and that it’s much more likely going to be well over half of that 35 million buying the game.

I’ll pre-order the day before release as I’m building up as much reward points as possible then will redeem it for the best digital version which will probably be called Ultimate Edition, like RDR2 did, expecting it to cost around £110.

@AccessibleDaydream I’d of bought the Premium Edition for Halo: CE (since it’s at a more reasonable £20) if it also included the pre-order items but it doesn’t. No point me pre-ordering the full game when I subscribe to GPU every month all year round.

As for Gears and Fable I’m not paying that much for the Premium Editions for what you get. Gears main perk is 5 days early access, I’m happy to wait an extra 5 days and save myself £30. Fable’s isn’t too bad since you also get an expansion along with early access but not knowing how significant the expansion is it’s a bit much expecting to pay £40 imo.

I can understand them only making two games an Xbox console exclusive as it would be drastic and risky deciding to suddenly make every first party game an Xbox console exclusive especially when they are all going to be added to Game Pass day one.

It would most likely affect sales massively and result in lay offs and possibly even studio closures. If Game Pass didn’t exist then yeah they should absolutely make every first party game exclusive to Xbox but not when they are added to Game Pass day one. In the future they could plan to drop adding games day one to the service and add them a year later so they can get more sales on a game’s release.

Asha and co do seem to be muddying the waters with their strategy with exclusives, making Gears E-Day and Clockwork Revolution an Xbox console exclusive but not Halo Campaign Evolved, SoD 3, Fable and Spyro? It’s nothing to do with the games already being announced for PlayStation and Nintendo because there was already a copy of Gears E-Day for PS5 but they decided last minute to cancel it and make it an Xbox console exclusive. So why not the others? As I’ve explained earlier in this comment I think that’s the reason why.

Some great games coming to Xbox like Alien Isolation 2, RE: Veronica, Crossfire and more but don’t forget that once Helix is released we will be able to play the games that were shown to only coming to Steam as well.

Can’t wait for this, I’m more excited for Codename 47 which up until now has been a PC exclusive since its release in 2000. I loved Silent Assassin and Contracts too and looking forward to playing through them all in the new upgraded graphics.

Asha Sharma is stuck between a rock and a hard place in regards to exclusives. On one hand putting all exclusives on PlayStation and Nintendo is guaranteed more money with more sales but on the other hand Xbox’s hardware and ecosystem will suffer driving loyal Xbox fans away to PlayStation. Also making games exclusive to Xbox will pale in comparison to making it multi platform so wouldn’t make sense business-wise.

I honestly think once Helix is out they should just go fully multi platform with all their first party games and promote the new console as a more casual way to play PC and Xbox games under the TV with full controller and mouse/keyboard support.

The main reason I’m getting Helix is because it can play PC games, if it wasn’t for that I’d of been getting a PS6 instead especially since most Xbox games are released on PlayStation and that we’re seeing more and more games skip Xbox altogether.

Need to see more of this on Friday when it’s shown at Summer Game Fest but I’m definitely interested especially as I was quite disappointed with Forza Horizon 6 which I think is the weakest in the series. Too short, not many new cars added, map was boring, the story missions were the worse it’s been, I could go on.

@Skinny-Pete @Fiendish-Beaver Yeah I see offers like that sometimes as well which don’t make sense but in this case with Red Dead Redemption your being rewarded a better current gen digital copy of the game because you owned a last gen copy. It’s a free upgrade from Rockstar but it’s being done in this way with Just for You deal because there was a mix up in people not receiving their free upgrade despite owning a last gen copy.

@Fiendish-Beaver That will be the Series X/S version you got for free because you owned the 360 version. I got mine too a while back and it’s a significant upgrade especially the 60fps.

There’s nothing in this sale that I haven’t already played and owned but it’s still a decent sale for others. I’m keeping my money for Hell Let Loose Vietnam next month and my rewards points for GTA 6.

Don’t digital sales account for around 80% these days? It makes total sense for Helix to be completely digital. Also game disc these days don’t actually have anything on it other than the license to play the game.

Physical media is on its death bed and is now considered a niche market for collectors and those who just won’t accept that digital is the future.

Absolutely loved Hell Let Loose (WW2) and I still play it to this day so I’m pre-ordering this. I like that they are adding new gameplay mechanics like dragging your squad member to cover while they heal.

I’ve actually got a Just For You deal, it’s only 10% off at £31.49 but I was always buying it regardless, it’s still a nice little discount.

I think it’s crazy that this Elite range still doesn’t have TMR/hall effect sticks/triggers, especially at the price it will be going for.

I bought the GameSir G7 Pro wireless (ZZZ edition) last week, it has all of the above and gyro. It is pricey at £139.99 but it’s worth it imo. It comes in a big box with three drawers with accessories to customise the controller face, thumb sticks and directional button. Also comes in a high quality controller case, charging dock and you can download the GameSir app on the Xbox Store to change dead zones and lots of other ways to customise the controller the way you want it, what more could you want?

@fraserG Off topic here but do you know about the Hell Let Loose Vietnam pre-orders have gone live? It’s out 18th June for £34.99 and £54.99 for the Deluxe edition.

I like this new update, I’ll be content having that 1M badge. I don’t care about 2M, I still go for achievements in certain games I like but after reaching 1M gamerscore I’m done caring about the total amount.

I do like the look of it but then I also liked the look of MindsEye and we all know how that turned out. If it does come to Xbox I’d be waiting for reviews and probably a sale.

@themightyant Those stats I posted are from TrueAchievements, which going by your recent post you’re already familiar with.

There’s been many times over the years I’ve played games whether it’s Game Pass, free-to-play, rented or owned just to unlock achievements, sometimes even going for time consuming ones but like you and because I'm almost at one million GS I’m taking it easy and just playing games I actually want to play and not letting achievements dictate what I play.

I’ll still go for achievements in certain games because sometimes you can get more out of the game and it can be fun to play it in a certain way on the way to unlocking them but I’ll be very selective. Off the top of my head GTA 6, Max Payne remakes, Halo Campaign Evolved, Forza Horizon 6, Hell Let Loose Vietnam are some that I’ll unlock the majority of their achievements since I know I’ll really enjoy my time with those games and spend a significant amount of time playing.

@BIG3 DE4N MUFC has won 35,342 Achievements out of a possible 91,509 (38.62% Completion - 56,167 remaining)

DE4N MUFC has a Gamerscore of 999,035 out of a possible 2,601,090 (38.41% Completion - 1,602,055 remaining)

DE4N MUFC has spent 2 years, 298 days, 20 hours and 47 minutes playing across all platforms.

All that is based on 2,473 games. As you can see I’m no completionist, got no time for that with a job and family but do game on a daily basis.

Pretty disappointed with the size of the map, especially the city which looks to only make up about 10% of the whole map. I thought they’d of really went all in on the Tokyo street/drift race scene, car meets showing off each other’s customised cars. I’m still looking forward to playing it, just wasn’t expecting the map being what it is.

As I’m about to reach one million GS, with just under 1000 GS needed, this update although is a welcome one it is also too little too late for me.

When I’ve reached a million GS I’ll just be unlocking achievements in certain games I really like and actually want to go out of my way to unlock. One million is the ultimate milestone imo, after that two million, three million etc just isn’t the same. It’ll of took me nearly 21 years reaching one million!