ParsnipHero

I got a minute and a half in and couldn’t still stomach any more. That’s just a bad Fortnite clone.

The funny thing is though with the expansive cast of characters in TimeSplitters 2 it felt like Fortnite before Fortnite happened.

In other news, iOS 17.4 launched this week which I believe allows for cloud gaming streaming apps to be on the App Store.

@CallMeDuraSouka totally bizarre. Is the number you have to collect random? I felt like I was collecting them. One of those worst mechanics I’ve seen in a triple A title in a long time.

@BacklogBrad I’ve not seen anyone who excessively collects controllers. However, now I’m imagining some YouTuber/Streamer out there who has a whole wall of these custom controllers behind them.

@CallMeDuraSouka @FarmDog08 what are the floating temple puzzles? The ones where you float around “collecting stars” until the game decides you’ve had enough and unlocks that temple?

Not sure if I missed the point of those but they were rubbish.

I hope husky raid is more than just a map refresh. The mode needs tweaks to how it plays. Base camping with a hammer or sword is way too prevalent.

Dave the Diver release date. When?

Probably a bit of Halo. My wife got into a Survivors-like called Spirit Hunters: Infinite Horde.

I can still play Halo while wearing a cast and generally outperform others but my right thumb doesn’t have the range of motion I’m used to so it has limited to playing super casual modes like BTB and Husky Raid.

I’ve used it to play small indie games which don’t have multiplayer if I’m on the fence about installing them. I’ve not used it recently though.

Thinking of June already?! It felt like January & February went by in a blink of an eye.

Sound fun but I’d like coop before I commit.

@nomither6 Apex Legends was just a stepping stone for what we all need. A game starring Mirage!

“YOU got BAAAMboozled!”

I missed the shift away from magic in the first one.

@FraserG cheers!

@Fiendish-Beaver cheers!

I won’t be playing anything. I fractured my right wrist on Monday. Fortunately, it’s only hairline fracture and the bones are in place so it should be a pretty quick heal.

I can hold a controller and play. I don’t want to overdo it. So I’ve just played a little bit of halo this week to complete my challenges. The streak continues!

@blourf how come?

I hope it does come eventually. The trailers look great.

Sounds great but why aren't people more skeptical about this being legit?

@BrilliantBill yep, people didn't care for Reach multiplayer at the time. Look at armor lock and the story didn't really follow the book either. "Halo fans" have generally had problems with all games at some point even before CE came out. No one hates Halo as much as a Halo fan. I guess you can say that about any "fan" of a long running series. Look at Star Wars.

I mean it really depends on who you ask and if you accept the opinion of random people on the internet.

@ZuneTattooGuy Depending on the point of time, Halo fans never enjoy anyone's take on Halo - Bungie or 343. It's just the way.

Also, depending on the point of time, Halo fans always enjoy anyone's take on Halo - Bungie or 343. It's just the same.

The real travesty here is the potentially wasted opportunities.

@EvilSilentFrame totally get that. I think there’s a way to do it properly but maybe this is what separates Lara from Indy or Drake.

@Kidfunkadelic83 that’s fair enough but surely at some point you’d wonder why no one else is raiding these tombs?

@somnambulance how so? Full price game with a cash shop?

If I had a bit more time for gaming I’d give Hawked a go.

Edit: looks like Hawked is offline until the 17th.

Edit2: looks like it was just a temporary outage with a fallback message. I gave Hawked a try. Not bad. Initial games feel a bit botty. And there’s a Hawked+ membership which seems a bit pay to win.

Either Halo BTB refresh (which I’m truly awful at) or some couch coop games with my wife. We’ve been playing Vampire Survivors but I’d like to play something else.

@InterceptorAlpha agreed. First thing I thought was a new controller revision. I’d prefer not to wait until the end of the year.

Long time coming! Glad they over delivered on what they promised in January too.

I’ll have to give it a go despite generally not enjoying BTB.

The thumbnail image of this article makes me sad that Assassin's Creed multiplayer never took off.

I didn’t care for it.

What the dickens went wrong with Rare that they made shovelware for the thing? Talk about a dip in form. It was Grabbed by the Ghoulies wasn’t it?

Probably just Halo if I play anything. Not been gaming too much recently.

I finished the Spirit of Fire operation and I’m working through Diamond Lance Corporal Rank 2 in career rank.

I feel like we all need to sit down, have a cuppa and a bit of a breather.

Aren't all BG3 patches hefty? Fixing 1000s of bugs. It's no doubt a complex game but amazing there's so many things to fix too. Game development is complicated.

@themightyant haha, nah. Just a parsnip!

@Kaloudz @themightyant looking for this? https://www.eurogamer.net/psa-avoid-your-console-apps-for-video-streaming-if-you-can

I only use the core apps like Store, Events, Game Pass.

@Zochmenos yea, I’m old too. I played halo 1 back in the day when all you could change was your color in MP.

The Halo community still think it’s 2009 when a company will happily sell you a boxed game with everything in. There’s no way MS is going to leave that money on the table. Don’t get me wrong I wish they would but the cat is out of the bag now. No triple-A studio creating a GaaS is going to release a F2P or full price game without micro transactions.

Since Halo launched I’ve played a bunch of GaaS games and know the score and I know it won’t change.

@Kaloudz Yea, There are some good examples of GaaS. I think Sea of Thieves isn't honestly too bad because Rare releases content so slowly. lol...

As I said though I've played mostly GaaS games over the last 10 years and I wouldn't continue to do so if they didn't offer some sort of value.

I generally hear the Halo community grumbling about live service all the time.

@Kaloudz as someone who have predominantly played live service/GaaS over the last 12 years they have a point.

I guess because, generally, GaaS take content which players would unlock naturally and stretch it over a period of seasons or lock cosmetics behind a paywall. I think the idea of GaaS would be fine if it meant the world could just grow dynamically but too often than not the game becomes a treadmill time sink monster.

I think DLC is probably a better way to get chunks of content out there to people because while it is typically paid it removes the ugly business model nature which comes with lowering that paywall. I don't know... swings and roundabouts. There could be a good GaaS out but if you look at most online shooters you'll see this time and time again. The base game is free and updated but at what cost?

SMITE Year 11? Crazy.

Good old Project Onion. Haven’t been this excited about a plant based game since Assassin’s Creed: Oranges.

Now this is something worth getting annoyed about. I kid of course. I'd love to see Dave the Diver on Xbox at some point this year.

@MrMCG8434 people can be inherently tribal and seek ways to differ and put themselves above others.

Disappointing but expected. We don’t know what the reality is.

What we do know is Microsoft clearly isn’t going anywhere any time soon. Gaming is a huge part of their business they’re not going to drop off the face of the earth. You’re not going to wake up next week and find your Xbox won’t turn on.

So long as I can play Halo with a decent controller I don't mind.

I’ll probably give it a watch when it’s all out but I’m not especially clamoring for more Pablo Halo.

I love the Illusion map. It’s just good Halo fun.

Probably a bit of Halo. Unlike previous operations I won’t complete this one in the first week.

I got an eswap 1 last year and it was fine for a few weeks but I got drift and went back to the official controller. I know whole idea is switch out modules but that was a little too soon for my liking.

The Halo stuff is amazing. Way more than we’ve gotten previous years. Here’s hoping other months get a similar treatment.