MrFrosty

Maybe I'll finally pick up Sonic Frontiers. Been debating getting it for a long time now and having finished all other platformers I had in my backlog it could be the right time.

For me it's definitely a factor to decide if I buy a game on Xbox or Steam.
If the price is somewhat the same and Xbox has Play Anywhere I will buy it there.
Really enjoy being able to play Turtles Shredders Revenge on the Xbox in the living room and also on the PC connected to arcade cabinet when friends are over.

I get why it didn't get nominated for GOTY. It doesn't play well.. the combat feels like something from early Xbox 360 / PS3 (Prototype/ Infamous 1) and the platforming was just okay.

I personally liked the art style but can also understand people not liking it.

I would say it should have deserved a nomination for best music / soundtrack.

How interested I'll be in getting this game will be largely decided by the price tag.
If there was cross platform PvP I'd probably get it to play with my PS5 friends as s full priced game but without it, it will be hard to convince myself to buy the game after already owning Xbox original, the Anniversary Edition and it being included in the MCC if it's over 30 Euro

@MrFrosty because if that is the case it's probably better to just wait for a sale of a complete edition for around that same 35 bucks so I at least "own it" even when I don't have GP active

Correct me if I'm wrong but if I buy the digital premium upgrade for 35 bucks I would get this DLC BUT if I would end my GamePass subscription I'd have nothing right?

The only way to access the game after that (besides getting a new GP sub) would be to buy the base game? (And with having bought the premium upgrade all that content including dlc would also become available again?)

Wish more developers would use different engines.
IDtech8 looks great in the hands of ID / Machine studios.
REengine looks great for several Capcom games.

Definitely a no for me. I don't travel much so there isn't really a reason for me to play mobile (I have a Switch and think I play it docked 99.5% of the time).
As this RXA docked would just be a less powerfull way to play games I can play on Series X or PC I have no interest at the moment.

If I'm home at the moment the events start I will definitely give it a look (on second screen while playing a game).

Not that interested.. yet.
I LOVE Maffia 2, 1&3 I really like but this one just look so different.. trailer gave me Assassin's Creed / Red Dead vibes.. not the Maffia feeling I love.
So unless new playthroughs change my mind I'll only be buying it when it's on sale.

@BacklogBrad with the magic NightDive seems to be able to do with all their remasters I would love to see that.

"We didn't take these choices lightly"

No, of course not, two of the more different/ interesting games get canceled but let's remaster already remastered games like GoW (and probably Halo). Oh let's make another SOE and COD.. maybe they can announce the cancellation of Fable as well and give us another Forza instead.

Please at this point just sell all RARE IP to PlayTonic or Nintendo, they might even do something with them.

He should step down now.

New Killer Instinct!

Or even more unrealistic; new Midtown Madness 4

(And of course the 3rd party games I’ve been hoping on for years; TimeSplitters / Clay Fighter / Sega Arcade lightgun game collection)

I like the dynamic backgrounds but most of it just gets blocked with the big ugly blocks for games and so on. So I often prefer just a static plain color one.

Having said that the last couple of weeks I have been using the Indiana Jones dynamic background and I don’t see that changing soon.

Like Steel76 said, would be interesting if more Xbox development teams would use ID Tech engine.
Just mix up what is best per game bases. IDT, UE5 or a custom one.

(After seeing Indy (and the Doom Eternal trailer) I would’ve liked to see either Perfect Dark or HALO use it as well.)

Not that happy with it. I preferred the darker graphical style of the older games but knew that going in. Music as mentioned before is a bit bland. Not the biggest fan of the more action game like gameplay (I like it but not what I want from a DA game).
Not sure the “puzzles” get more difficult but now it’s just very straight forward “put round item in round hole to progress “ and the game still feels the need to assist you doing this like it’s your first videogame even hours in the game.
Dialogue options make it unable to play “evil” character, it’s only good guy or somewhat good guy.

Will be giving the disc back to my nephew when he returns from his vacation tomorrow. But can’t see myself buying a copy till it’s on heavy discount. (and maybe even wait till it’s in EA Play - Gamepass). Will probably give Dragons Dogma 2 a try instead for now.

@MSX curse Reddit.. 😡
But seriously, as I see absolutely no one complain about delay here I’m definitely going to pick these up to replace my old (starting to fall apart) steelseries 3.
Thanks for the reply

Was interested in buying it years ago but didn’t because of the post on Reddit saying there’s a noticeable delay in the sound.
Will be interesting to see if the refresh will be the same.

(Or maybe the post on Reddit are overreacting.. they do that sometimes 😆 )

I thought they would’ve switched to ID engine now as that’s owned in-house.
But UE5 is good to.

For some reason I’m very hesitant to buy DLC for games I play through GamePass.
Probably just a thing I will get used to in time.

Just afraid those few months will be used to optimize the game and it will actually be better on PS5 leaving the XBOX version to be the inferior version to be patched to somewhat make it comparable later.

Depends on the game obviously. If it’s a game I loved to play and don’t have access to anymore (and the price is right) I don’t mind picking up a remaster / remake. Turok 1 & 2 , Quake 1 & 2, SW Dark Force were instant buys for me.

(Ehm, looking at the list I guess I could’ve just said “if NightDive Studios made it I probably will 😅 )

I’m conflicted on this.
They said the game was ready to go for October launch. Then it was delayed to January because they didn’t want to get snowed under by all the other games (okay, business decision, I get that) but now it’s delayed again to March to avoid crunch?

So, the game wasn’t finished and ready to go for October after all and needs months of work to finish? Also fine but why not just say that in the first place.

Oh well, happy to see it’s going to be polished for release. Got my pre-order in and I’m hyped.

Never mind, I see it’s been delayed till November 30th

Isn’t Turok 3 remaster supposed to come out this week?
(Can’t find it in the digital Xbox store so I’m not holding my breath)

😒 disappointing, can’t find my old Prototype 360 disc anymore and I’ve been wanting to start replaying it again for a couple of weeks now. (Yes, I could buy it on the store but the knowledge it’s coming to Gamepass keeps me from buying it now).

Well.. House of the Dead remake was a Switch console release exclusive as well right?
For how long was that.. 3 weeks?
Wouldn’t be surprised if this will be the same.