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@Dan1283 Couldn't agree more. By the end of year, it's going to be a dream for RPG fans with this, Starfield, Phantom Liberty and console versions of Baldur's Gate 3 dropping.

@Dan1283 Here's hoping too mate.

@Trmn8r But isn't it also on PS Plus?? I'm sure it was / will be a rare day 1 title for both services.

@bpomber I mean typically Push Square are mentioned in articles like these where the Push Square review is spotlighted amongst others and people talk about it, as generally their review of any game covered on here is more negative than the norm. I've never really seen people on here talk about them otherwise.

Agreed with you on the game itself though, the general consensus is great to see. Sitting at a stellar 94 on Opencritic at present, I believe.

Edit: It's at 95 now!

Another banger to add to the ever growing pile in 2023, and another surprise package at that. This will go down as an absolute vintage year in gaming history.

@Dan1283 Interestingly, IGN also gave Quake 2 and Armoured Core VI 8 scores, but Push Square awarded both of those games a 7. Push Square have been a definite outlier for gaming reviews recently. Thank God they won't be getting their hands on Starfield.

@Grumblevolcano You would imagine, yes. CMA are well and truly on their ones now.

@Grumblevolcano Just in...

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/16/23792215/sony-microsoft-call-of-duty-cod-deal-signed

@Grumblevolcano UK concerns are Cloud only. The remedy is supposedly in place principally with the Cloud division of gaming being divested to an external source, and that third party is rumoured to be EE. COD is an irrelevant factor here.

@S1ayeR74 I wouldn't underestimate the power of the CAT intervention though in accelerating things, but that's fair, I do agree that on the whole it just furthers the point CMA are looking to close well ahead of schedule, and that is what we know. Looking forward to seeing what comes fron tomorrow!

@S1ayeR74 This could close early tomorrow. CMA issued a statement stating they now want to look to resolve this expeditiously.

https://www.thurrott.com/games/285700/uk-cma-backtracks-again-speeds-toward-microsoft-activision-blizzard-approval

@MSX We got him! 😂😂😂

@Snake_V5 You're MBG

@Snake_V5 Lol you actually quoted MBG word for word as well (comment #83). Says a lot 😂

@Snake_V5 Hush now, child

Highlight of the Id@xbox Showcase, this looked excellent. I'll be copping the physical version of this. Hope the devs land a hit with it!

@J_Mo_Money I'd give him a couple months, maybe a few at a push 🤷‍♂️

Oh Snake_V5...... is THIS your saviour??? 😂😂😂

@ZuneTattooGuy I cannot disagree with that at all, you're spot on, on all counts! But me being me mate, I have a thing for having physical copies of things. It's the same with me for films and music too, not just games. I don't have a tendency to sell media so reselling at a loss isn't an issue, but you have a point about the patches. I'm going to wait for the 60fps patch to play this, but the main point is is that 60fps should have been available at launch. I can't understand why a modern FPS wouldn't have that day one.

@ZuneTattooGuy But there's no reason to play it on GP without a performance mode imo. I'm sorry, but it's 60fps at launch for me or I'm skipping it until it arrives. And I'm a physical collector, it's my preference to pre order games. I consider it a hobby.

@Sebatrox No, let's not "whatabout" things and bring PS into it 😅 That is an issue but that is it's own thing. This is really bad, and Arkane - and I guess MS too - need to have a long, hard look and think over themselves about this. Can't be letting a FPS out of the gate with just a quality mode. It's baffling.

Unacceptable. No next gen shooter can come out with no 60fps mode at launch. It's bitterly disappointing Arkane have only just thought it necessary to announce this right now, and in addition to the currently unfixed always online requirement. My pre order is firmly cancelled now. There is no reason to play this day one.

@PJOReilly New Game+ with the infinite rocket laumcher should mske that run easy work.

The "Cat Ears" run though, forget that!

@Dezzy70 Only got until Monday to wait for them 👍

@UltimateOtaku91 Not at all mate, this deserves as much flack as GT 7 got.

@Kaloudz Oh I don't think so mate 😂 But credit to a much greater, quicker mind!

@MrList @Kaloudz Beat me to it, exactly that!

For me, no need for it if there is a single player component. I'm always connected to the internet, yeah, but that's not the point. How annoying it would be if you're in the middle of a single player session then you have a network downage all of a sudden.

@dreadful £54.95 for standard on The Game Collection if you have an XSX and like your physical copies 😊

My physical pre order is locked in. This has been my most anticipated game for this year since it got unveiled. Fell in love with it even more yesterday. Cannot wait!

@NeutronBomb Fair point. I've only just reminded myself Deathloop was only announced at TGS as the exclusivity deal was about to expire, so the timing there made sense. That didn't even factor in my thinking. I did deduct a grade because of Ghostwire tbf, so in light of that I can raise my score to a B. It's OK to backtrack a bit, yeah? 😅

I'd give it a 7 (C grade). Generally very good, HiFi Rush looked like a breath of fresh air, shadow drop was icing on the cake! And Redfall continues to impress. The lack of date for Forza though is unacceptable, I don't know if I sound demanding here but I was expecting all games shown to get a release date, Forza not getting one was a huge letdown. Maybe being a little more demanding here, but I also expected a Ghostwire console launch trailer, I thought they could've slipped that in somewhere very briefly. I left feeling satisfied though, they did a decent job.

@DTfeartheBEARD As much as that'd be amazing, it obviously can't happen as it still has 2 months to run on it's exclusivity deal on PS. An announcement trailer stating release on March 25th, in the same vein they announced Deathloop at TGS, will be the best thing we can hope for.

@DTfeartheBEARD Surely there'll be a console launch trailer tomorrow, there isn't better timing for it. Here's hoping! 🤞

@mousieone I heard the rumour about it being like Jet Set, but I never really put much stock into that rumour. Out of the 2 rumours you've highlighted, it's the one I prefer by a country mile, but at this point I'm just going to let Tango take me on a ride with this one. Can't wait to see what it actually is!

@TheSilverFalcon I do agree, but I think an earlier statement was issued to the effect that the programme length was subject to ongoing change with additions that would be made to the programme (at the time it was confirmed the showcase was tracking at like 43 minutes), so it was never not a possibility. It just clashes with that most recent statement that you've alluded to, mixed messages have definitely been sent by Xbox. It can only be good that they're adding to the show though.

@stvevan But there's standard and deluxe versions, surely those won't be free??

@eduscxbox That sounds very reasonable tbf

@Kaloudz The reason why I think that now is because if Redfall has been delayed to May, it makes sense to me it comes out a couple months after Starfield, 1) because Starfield I'm assuming will be more ready for release so can be bumped up the release schedule, and 2) because if it were to be done the other way around, I fear Redfall gets drowned out by the Starfield hype and could suffer an underwhelming launch (this may not happen but I think Redfalls launch would be better launching after Starfield, but again this is just me speculating). Redfall I would assume with it coming in May will be the final first party game from XGS prior to what you would think will be the E3 showcase in June (I guess another reason why I don't think Starfield follows on, I'm not sure if MS would want a game release the same month as the showcase, especially if said showcase is intended to be built around July 2023-June 2024 releases?), then we'll get the rundown on what we can expect to come out the next fiscal year. Regardless though of if I'm wrong or not, it's just exciting to see these big titles we saw just under a year ago now should be on track to come out during the first half as MS promised. Any further delays past June, God forbid it, would be unacceptable, but I'm confident MS will achieve this going off what sources have reported over the last couple days.

@mousieone 2nd May is locked in apparently for Redfall 🤷‍♂️

@Kaloudz Might sound outlandish, but I reckon this lands earlier and before Redfall's release in May. I'm guessing it's a March/April release but we'll see.

@Dusk_Actual Oh it definitely is 😊

All the more interesting now with Microsoft seemingly entering an agreement with Nintendo:

https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/1600342335845724160?s=20&t=en82BK1knAQPr3N7VmC9kw

Callisto. And it's not close.

@Boldfoxrd That's legendary. Me and my cousin would spend hours on the 5 a side mode in Road To 98. Literally the best!

@Boldfoxrd If we're talking Road To World Cup 98 over World Cup 98, then absolutely agree! World Cup 98 was very good too though!

Road To World Cup 98 - the absolute best one!

The footage they're putting out still really isn't doing it for me. Looking forward to the trial, but since they announced it for next month, feels like the wait is already taking forever 😂