@Ralizah I want to preface this by saying I've always respected your opinion on here(and NL) and I've had nothing but great exchanges with you. I hope this doesn't change that and I'd love to continue on discussing games moving forward. However there's a lot overlap in your comment there and it goes both ways.
Democrats are removing certain books from curriculum, most recently Dr Seuss books, and adding others which some would say, have certain agendas. At least in Illinois, that is. Sounds like burning books.
Same with voting. A cook county judge made a decision to remove Donald trump from the ballots. That's literally controlling an election.
I felt lied to about the pandemic myself, and specifically, the vaccine. I was told you need the first, then a booster, and another, and a 6th, and so. You will then be protected. Most of the people I know who live by that rule, somehow get covid at least once a year. I have none of that, and somehow ( knock on wood), I haven't had it since Feb of 2020. Trust the science I'm told. But science can only be trusted with certain topics related to covid.
I wish nothing but the best for same sex marriage, and I fully support that. Everyone has a right to be happy with who they choose. There's alot of Republicans who feel that way believe it or not.
And the riots during 2020 were appalling. Innocent bystanders being beaten and robbed just walking home, owning a store, or driving through at the wrong time were directly the work of people on the left. Storefronts being smashed in, shoes, purses, dresses, hoodies ( useless items) all stolen to support a movement. Moms and dads being assaulted for being at the wrong place at the wrong time. People who spent their life savings to open store fronts that got destroyed during all of that because of something they had nothing to do with, disturbs me, and should disturb anyone who works for their money.
My simple fact that I see, is that this country has been worse in the last 4 years than it was the 4 years prior. There's more turmoil, higher unemployment rate, inflation is through the roof on everything, housing prices and interests rate are skyrocketing. I don't care who's in office, I'm just tired of struggling to support a family. Whoever has that golden ticket, is the one I'll ride with.
I'll admit though, it does sadden me to see you say you don't respect others political beliefs.
@clvr we can definitely agree there. Some opinions have no merit. You're splitting hairs with name calling, but ok.
Very tiresome reading the negative comments about the republican party, not just here, but all facets of media. Not every republican is a "right wing nutcase" or an "old white man." There are good and bad people on both sides. Why can't people respect others decisions and opinions with regards to political beliefs? Even if I disagree with you, which, happens quite often, I won't resort to name calling. Just speaks volumes about who you are more than the party you're looking to diminish.
@Balta666 totally get it. It took some time to grow on me personally but then i loved it. Can't say how much i loved xc3. Top 10 game of all time but I never played the dlc unfortunately.
@Romans12 I'm a couple hours in now. Is it me or are there some odd difficulty spikes with too many enemies in one place at times. Like more than enough to keep up with? I don't mind walking through the streets and beating a few here and there. But when you're surrounded with a crap weapon, you're screwed. Not to mention, if you don't know where a work bench is you're done if your weapons are broke. Happened to me twice now.
So far so good. Only about an hr in. I'm actually playing as I type this. Not the safest thing to do when the city is overrun by flesh eating creatures!
@Banjo- fully agree. My rule of thumb though is if the game is on both Xbox and switch, I buy on switch for the portability aspect. Unless of course it's on GP, then I play on xbox. Any first party or 3rd party stuff not on switch, xbox all day.
Personally, I don't mind them coming to other consoles. Heck I'm a die hard nintendo fan. But, it might be a slippery slope. So im more inclined to buy their first party stuff on their own system before buying it elsewhere. I kind of feel dirty if I play games on GP, love them, but then buy them elsewhere lol. Probably a ME problem though.
Hope they keep it around. I do plan on upgrading to an X of some sort even if it's the mid gen refresh and has a disc drive. I want to start collecting xbox games.
Idk idk. We'll see tomorrow. I'll be buying this game at some point since it's my favorite Xbox game bar none. Just not sure if want to toss money toward it on xbox or switch( if it in fact comes)
Still haven't tried this yet. I'll give it a shot soon but I didn't find something like vampire survivors sustainable honestly so I'm not sure I'll get a ton of mileage out of it.
You know this is getting out of hand when my non gamer wife said to me yesterday, "did you know xbox announced they're no longer making consoles?" It's all getting a little too wild out there with rumors. I can only imagine where she read that.
@jedinite wow. What a wierd coincidence lol. I loved robocop with the exception of the Ed boss fights . I'm about halfway done with sunset and only an hour or two into arkham which I actually played back on the ps3 years ago.
On switch, Batman Arkham Asylum. On xbox, i just beat Robocop Rogue City a couple days ago, so I've fully moved onto Sunset Overdrive which has proven to be chaotic and fun.
Well that kind of confirms it, no? Stinks if true. I kinda like when consoles have exclusives. Some here and there are fine, but big ones are probably better left on their own console. Oh well, we'll see what happens next week.
@Nighto4 dude they were all hard! Lol. Kiana the forest queen was voted the hardest in the game. Based on a poll with maybe IGN(?) I cant recall, 33% of people had to try more than 10 times to beat her. I was in that 33% 🤣
@Nighto4 second to last or second boss from the beginning? If it's the second to last, that one was tough for sure. I played on normal and even that was tough. I didn't change any damage settings, so I'm still pretty proud of myself lol 😆. I couldn't imagine playing on hard.
I just beat The Lost Crown last night on switch. So now, I'm going to really try and and hammer out Robocop Rogue City and once I'm done with that, fire up Arkham Asylum as I don't want to play too many games at once. For the gameclub I'm playing Sunset Overdrive With the family, I'm playing Illusion Island. We're loving this game. Such a fun little metroidvania.
@Markatron84 thats your opinion i suppose. There's quite a bit I'd like to say in response to your comment. However, seeing as though I genuinely love hanging out in this community, along with NL, it's probably best I don't get too into it.
@Markatron84 well, it's like that age old saying goes, "did you bring enough for the whole class?" In other words, if you do one, you have to do them all. You can't do something for specific groups and leave some out. I couldn't be bothered either way personally, just playing devils advocate here.
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Re: These Six Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (March 7-19)
Dang, I just recently bought control UE. I also own NMH 3 but never played it. I'll definitely be checking out SpongeBob and diablo 4.
Re: Xbox Announces New 'Partner Preview' Event For This Week
Dang, I'll be riding around with a vendor all day. I'll have to catch this later I suppose
Re: Halo's Legendary Composer Marty O'Donnell Announces Political Career Switch
@Ralizah I want to preface this by saying I've always respected your opinion on here(and NL) and I've had nothing but great exchanges with you. I hope this doesn't change that and I'd love to continue on discussing games moving forward. However there's a lot overlap in your comment there and it goes both ways.
Democrats are removing certain books from curriculum, most recently Dr Seuss books, and adding others which some would say, have certain agendas. At least in Illinois, that is. Sounds like burning books.
Same with voting. A cook county judge made a decision to remove Donald trump from the ballots. That's literally controlling an election.
I felt lied to about the pandemic myself, and specifically, the vaccine. I was told you need the first, then a booster, and another, and a 6th, and so. You will then be protected. Most of the people I know who live by that rule, somehow get covid at least once a year. I have none of that, and somehow ( knock on wood), I haven't had it since Feb of 2020. Trust the science I'm told. But science can only be trusted with certain topics related to covid.
I wish nothing but the best for same sex marriage, and I fully support that. Everyone has a right to be happy with who they choose. There's alot of Republicans who feel that way believe it or not.
And the riots during 2020 were appalling. Innocent bystanders being beaten and robbed just walking home, owning a store, or driving through at the wrong time were directly the work of people on the left. Storefronts being smashed in, shoes, purses, dresses, hoodies ( useless items) all stolen to support a movement. Moms and dads being assaulted for being at the wrong place at the wrong time. People who spent their life savings to open store fronts that got destroyed during all of that because of something they had nothing to do with, disturbs me, and should disturb anyone who works for their money.
My simple fact that I see, is that this country has been worse in the last 4 years than it was the 4 years prior. There's more turmoil, higher unemployment rate, inflation is through the roof on everything, housing prices and interests rate are skyrocketing. I don't care who's in office, I'm just tired of struggling to support a family. Whoever has that golden ticket, is the one I'll ride with.
I'll admit though, it does sadden me to see you say you don't respect others political beliefs.
@clvr we can definitely agree there. Some opinions have no merit. You're splitting hairs with name calling, but ok.
Re: Halo's Legendary Composer Marty O'Donnell Announces Political Career Switch
Very tiresome reading the negative comments about the republican party, not just here, but all facets of media. Not every republican is a "right wing nutcase" or an "old white man." There are good and bad people on both sides. Why can't people respect others decisions and opinions with regards to political beliefs? Even if I disagree with you, which, happens quite often, I won't resort to name calling. Just speaks volumes about who you are more than the party you're looking to diminish.
Re: Halo's Legendary Composer Marty O'Donnell Announces Political Career Switch
@TwoDents I read his whole post. Where does he say that?
Re: Pure Xbox Game Club March 2024: Turnip Boy Robs A Bank
@Balta666 totally get it. It took some time to grow on me personally but then i loved it. Can't say how much i loved xc3. Top 10 game of all time but I never played the dlc unfortunately.
Re: Poll: How Often Do You Buy Games That Have Been 'Remade' Or 'Remastered'?
As long as I'm interested I usually buy remasters and remakes
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (March 2-3)
On switch, FF VI, on xbox, mostly Turnip Boy Robs a Bank and maybe Pentiment
Re: Pure Xbox Game Club March 2024: Turnip Boy Robs A Bank
@TheLastHarbinger huh?
Re: Pure Xbox Game Club March 2024: Turnip Boy Robs A Bank
@ralphdibny ya I think he checked it out but didn't get far. I have a feeling it's going to be another light month lol.
Re: Pure Xbox Game Club March 2024: Turnip Boy Robs A Bank
@ralphdibny we may have been the only 2 who beat it this month 🤣
Re: Pure Xbox Game Club March 2024: Turnip Boy Robs A Bank
Already started up Turnip boy. I can already tell it's going to be a fun little experience.
Re: Cowabunga! We're Getting Another Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Game On Xbox
Very cool. Never played this one, but I can't say no to the turtles, so it'll be a day 1
Re: Fable Reboot Gets New Co-Developer To Work Alongside Playground Games
@VisitingComet1 wondering the same
Re: Poll: What Do You Think Of Dead Island 2 On Xbox Game Pass?
@Romans12 ok glad it's not just me. Some parts In the hotel early on were frustrating due to 12+ enemies and little to no weapons
Re: Poll: What Do You Think Of Dead Island 2 On Xbox Game Pass?
@Romans12 I'm a couple hours in now. Is it me or are there some odd difficulty spikes with too many enemies in one place at times. Like more than enough to keep up with? I don't mind walking through the streets and beating a few here and there. But when you're surrounded with a crap weapon, you're screwed. Not to mention, if you don't know where a work bench is you're done if your weapons are broke. Happened to me twice now.
Re: Poll: What Do You Think Of Dead Island 2 On Xbox Game Pass?
So far so good. Only about an hr in. I'm actually playing as I type this. Not the safest thing to do when the city is overrun by flesh eating creatures!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 24-25)
On switch, FF VI
On xbox, Dead Island 2 and Sea of Thieves.
Re: Poll: Will You Be Playing Any Of Xbox's New Multiplatform Games On Other Consoles?
@Banjo- fully agree. My rule of thumb though is if the game is on both Xbox and switch, I buy on switch for the portability aspect. Unless of course it's on GP, then I play on xbox. Any first party or 3rd party stuff not on switch, xbox all day.
Re: Report: Ubisoft's Skull & Bones Gets Off To Slow Start Despite Free Trial On Xbox
I had no interest honestly. To be frank, the ship sections in black flag were my least favorite parts about that game.
Re: Poll: Will You Be Playing Any Of Xbox's New Multiplatform Games On Other Consoles?
Personally, I don't mind them coming to other consoles. Heck I'm a die hard nintendo fan. But, it might be a slippery slope. So im more inclined to buy their first party stuff on their own system before buying it elsewhere. I kind of feel dirty if I play games on GP, love them, but then buy them elsewhere lol. Probably a ME problem though.
Re: Three Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 22)
Now that's nice. I just DLd dead island 2. I'll check it out as soon as I'm done with gears of war 2 which I'm close to the finish line.
Re: Hi-Fi RUSH Is Making Its Way To PlayStation 5 Next Month
Welp, there ya have it. Favorite of mine. It'll be interesting to see what the Sony fans think about it. It's a 10/10 for me.
Re: Xbox Insists It's Not Ditching Physical Games: 'That's Not A Strategic Thing For Us'
Hope they keep it around. I do plan on upgrading to an X of some sort even if it's the mid gen refresh and has a disc drive. I want to start collecting xbox games.
Re: Xbox Exclusive Trends Online Ahead Of Nintendo's Partner Showcase
Idk idk. We'll see tomorrow. I'll be buying this game at some point since it's my favorite Xbox game bar none. Just not sure if want to toss money toward it on xbox or switch( if it in fact comes)
Re: All 30+ Backwards Compatible Games In This Week's Xbox Sales (February 20-27)
Grabbed Bully and GTA IV
Re: Avowed's Gorgeous Key Art Has Been Turned Into An Xbox Series X|S Dynamic Background
Looks really nice. But I can't bring myself to change my hi fi rush background
Re: Xbox Game Pass Indie 'Brotato' Proves Popular On Microsoft's Subscription Service
Still haven't tried this yet. I'll give it a shot soon but I didn't find something like vampire survivors sustainable honestly so I'm not sure I'll get a ton of mileage out of it.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 17-18)
On Switch, Arkham Asylum and on xbox Gears of War 2.
Re: Microsoft Has New Xbox Hardware To Announce For Holiday 2024
Juicy indeed. Can't wait to see if I should upgrade.
Re: Activision Blizzard's First Game Pass Release Has Been Confirmed By Xbox
Hell yeah this got me juiced up!
Re: Xbox Game Pass In 2024: The Full List Of Everything Announced So Far
Lots of good stuff on the docket
Re: Resident Evil 3 Kicks Off A Busy Few Days For Xbox Game Pass
@XboxistheBestBox yea, it's an easy 8/10. Almost 9/10. Loved it from start to finish. I actually liked it more than RE2R.
Re: First Two Xbox Exclusives Coming To 'Rival Consoles' Reportedly Revealed
My heads starting to hurt from this. I just can't wait for Thursday to finally put all these rumors to bed.
Re: Tension Builds As Xbox Prepares For Major 'Business Update Event' This Week
You know this is getting out of hand when my non gamer wife said to me yesterday, "did you know xbox announced they're no longer making consoles?" It's all getting a little too wild out there with rumors. I can only imagine where she read that.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 10-11)
@jedinite wow. What a wierd coincidence lol. I loved robocop with the exception of the Ed boss fights . I'm about halfway done with sunset and only an hour or two into arkham which I actually played back on the ps3 years ago.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 10-11)
On switch, Batman Arkham Asylum. On xbox, i just beat Robocop Rogue City a couple days ago, so I've fully moved onto Sunset Overdrive which has proven to be chaotic and fun.
Re: Xbox Supposedly 'Very Surprised' At The Extent Of The Latest Rumours
How great would it be if nothing comes to other platforms. Then we can finally put this to bed.
Re: Resident Evil 4 Receives Permanent Price Drop On The Xbox Store
It'll be $20-25 by next month I presume, and then I'll buy it.
Re: These Eight Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (February 6-20)
Solid list. Maybe ill give anuchard and tales of arise a shake. I loved RE3R back when I played it last year. And I just don't have time for P3R
Re: Phil Spencer Addresses Xbox Speculation Ahead Of 'Business Update Event'
Well that kind of confirms it, no? Stinks if true. I kinda like when consoles have exclusives. Some here and there are fine, but big ones are probably better left on their own console. Oh well, we'll see what happens next week.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 3-4)
@Nighto4 dude they were all hard! Lol. Kiana the forest queen was voted the hardest in the game. Based on a poll with maybe IGN(?) I cant recall, 33% of people had to try more than 10 times to beat her. I was in that 33% 🤣
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 3-4)
@Nighto4 second to last or second boss from the beginning? If it's the second to last, that one was tough for sure. I played on normal and even that was tough. I didn't change any damage settings, so I'm still pretty proud of myself lol 😆. I couldn't imagine playing on hard.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 3-4)
I just beat The Lost Crown last night on switch. So now, I'm going to really try and and hammer out Robocop Rogue City and once I'm done with that, fire up Arkham Asylum as I don't want to play too many games at once. For the gameclub I'm playing Sunset Overdrive With the family, I'm playing Illusion Island. We're loving this game. Such a fun little metroidvania.
Re: Xbox Adds Another Seven New Dynamic Backgrounds For Series X|S
@eire-shabba i actually like the themes myself. Those colors really pop! But I just can't bring myself to change my hi fi theme.
Re: Rumours Resurface About Xbox Shadow Drop 'Hi-Fi RUSH' Releasing On Other Platforms
With how great the game is, I'd feel obligated to buy it on switch if it comes.
Re: Pure Xbox Game Club February 2024: Sunset Overdrive
Going to fire it up tonight
Re: Xbox Adds Another Seven New Dynamic Backgrounds For Series X|S
@Markatron84 thats your opinion i suppose. There's quite a bit I'd like to say in response to your comment. However, seeing as though I genuinely love hanging out in this community, along with NL, it's probably best I don't get too into it.
Re: Resident Evil 4 Gold Edition Announced, Launches Next Week On Xbox
I'll be waiting for the price drop on the base game and I'll probably bite.
Re: Xbox Adds Another Seven New Dynamic Backgrounds For Series X|S
@Markatron84 well, it's like that age old saying goes, "did you bring enough for the whole class?" In other words, if you do one, you have to do them all. You can't do something for specific groups and leave some out. I couldn't be bothered either way personally, just playing devils advocate here.