Odium

Odium

I am glory and I am vice.

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Re: Talking Point: Which Is The Best BioShock Game On Xbox?

Odium

This is such a tough one for me. The story of the original is incredible, but the gameplay of Infinite blows it away, and the Burial at Sea DLC is the best piece of DLC I’ve ever played. I voted for the original for the story, atmosphere and Rapture, but I was quite torn.

Re: Hideo Kojima Teases Work-In-Progress Trailer For Upcoming Project

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@BrilliantBill if there’s one thing I’ve always given him credit for and admired him for it was his ability to innovate. I’m 37 and have been gaming most of my life, to this day, I still can’t think of a boss battle that blew my mind more than Psychomantis. I struggle to think of a moment outside of X-Men on SEGA Genesis that had a moment where you had to rush to hit and hold the reset button or you got game over, that had such a unique in game mechanic.
I’ve just usually struggled with his stories and his balancing of weird and real world. It’s his style, so I respect that, I’m certainly not one to tell Kojima to do something different, I just don’t always feel that the weird characters and story moments he throws into his games always work, at least not for me. Don’t get me wrong, I do respect him and usually like his games, I’m just nit head over heels like most people seem to be. I’m more of a, “wait for reviews” kind of guy with him, rather than, “it’s Kojima, I’m getting it.”

Re: Hideo Kojima Teases Work-In-Progress Trailer For Upcoming Project

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I’ve never been the biggest Kojima fan, I like his games, but I never understood the obsession over him. With that said, after a long time of making fun of Death Stranding, I decided to give it a try and I loved it, it was truly a unique game. I’m more interested in his work now than I have been in the past, though I’m still not clamoring for his next game.

Re: Lots Of Games Reduced By 90% On Xbox This Week (August 9-16)

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@Stoned_Patrol personally, I don’t get what all the hype is about with it. I never played the original so I bought it on Switch when it came out, I thought it was ok, but didn’t live up to everything I’ve seen about it. With that said, you certainly can’t go wrong with the price, even if you’re like me and don’t care for it at least you didn’t spend much on it.

Re: Roundup: Here's What The Critics Think Of The Outriders Worldslayer Expansion

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@NEStalgia interesting, you and I have completely opposite opinions on it. I felt the beginning was boring and very generic, but as powers unlocked and you started getting different abilities on your weapons it really opened up gameplay. I almost didn’t play it because the demo felt so generic, but I was really glad I did, I’ve had a great time soloing it.

Re: Xbox Throws Major Shade At Claims Of 'Game Pass Burnout'

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Any credibility towards that being true is thrown out the window when I see “Kotaku.” I’d rate it between an A and a B, but even if it were just a C I’d argue there isn’t burnout yet. I’ve discovered so many new games I’d have never tried thanks to GP.

Re: Major Xbox Outage Leads To Confusion And Frustration Over 'Offline' Games

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I made it to the final fight of Elden Ring on Friday, went to go try it out, little did I know I wouldn’t be able to. It just kept telling me the person who purchased the game needed to sign in (SPOILER ALERT: That was me and I was signed in).I couldn’t access a single digital game on my Xbox. It was quite frustrating.

Re: Reminder: You Can Now Watch Halo On Paramount With Free Game Pass Perk

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@demian I definitely like that take on it, looking at it from that perspective it changes my opinion on it.

Outside of a few choices they made I more or less enjoyed it. Sure, it had some jank to it, but overall it was fun. I’m reserving the fact that I hated there was a human on the Covenant until I see how it pans out, I’m all for creative liberties if it makes sense and pans out in a cool way, so I’m hoping that’s the case here.

Re: Reminder: You Can Now Watch Halo On Paramount With Free Game Pass Perk

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@BartoxTharglod you perfectly summed up my feelings on it. There were some parts I enjoyed, some parts I didn’t and some I just felt were complete cringe worthy. I wouldn’t say the show was bad, I liked it enough to stick with it, some of the special effects, sound effects and swapping perspective just didn’t do it for me. I also really didn’t like how the mounted turret did nothing against the Elites when the general was using it, but as soon as Chief picked it up it shredded them in seconds. There were some very strange choices made that’s for sure.

Re: Halo's Live-Action Scores Second Official Trailer, Here's A Look

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@Vepra thank you for being a rational person. My coworker was going on and on about all the things they “got wrong.” Personally, I don’t need or want a 1:1 recreation, as long as a lot of the main concepts are there and it’s good I’m happy. We have the game and it’s story, we don’t need this show to be that but in video format, if they were just going to follow it in the same way I’d rather just play the game.