I did. Only thing I didn't do was the difficulty achievement. Haven't brought myself to do a 2nd playthrough yet to finish it.
The Totems would've been annoying except they had a toggle in the settings section that caused them to show up on the map. Small collectibles in Open-world maps tend not to be my favorite feature and they added buffs to your character and incentivized completing them before the end of the game, so I had that bad boy turned on immediately.
Took me about 40, which is long for most games, but fairly short for this genre of games, experience compared to titles like Cyberpunk, Witcher, Fallout, and Elder Scrolls.
I think the issue was more how linear it was. It didn't really have much in the way of side quests, alternate factions, or even branching paths of progression. I've gone on record wishing this game had been a more blatant copy of Elder Scrolls, though, so that's probably where most of my disappointment comes into play here.
It's not a bad game but any means. It just felt like it was missing some stuff.
That's sort of how I feel. I loved Ninja Gaiden Black, but wasn't a huge fan of 2 and 3 wasn't much of an improvement over the 2nd one.
Outer Worlds I agree. Not really a game I feel needed a sequel. I welcome the opportunity to see them give it a 2nd chance, but it's not a game I ever ached to revisit after I completed the 1st playthrough and never bothered returning for the DLC. Hopefully the sequel does something to make it standout.
I did enjoy Avowed for what it was, but like Outer Worlds, it was a ridiculously short game that took me a week to beat and I haven't really thought about it since. Obsidian is a talented developer, but aside from Knights of the Old Republic 2 I've never been a huge fan of their work.
At this point my Microsoft want list for the next few years includes DOOM, Fable, Perfect Dark, and Elder Scrolls VI. Hopefully they've got some good stuff coming up that they can talk about in next month's show, but unless it's launching in the next year, they'd be better off shutting up and focusing on getting some new IP and reviving some more classic franchises that people want. (I'd kill for a new entry in Crimson Skies, Brutal Legend, Mechassault, Fuzion Frenzy, Phantom Dust, Fable...)
For me, yes and no. DOOM, Ninja Gaiden, and Outer Worlds are all on my watchlist, but they also all have a history with their previous entries being not so great (Outer Worlds was good, but insanely short and limited in content. It felt more like a tech demo than a game.) I'm hoping they managed to work their magic and give us something to write home about, though, because otherwise 2025 is pretty much done for me with GTA delayed and Death Stranding 2 not coming to Xbox immediately.
Shenmue 3 please!!! I helped Kickstart it and have my PS4 copy still, but I absolutely hate the PS controller and trying to do QTEs on it is a nightmare. I've been holding out for an Xbox release for years now so I can finally beat it.
Still no Campaign expansions = Still not reinstalling the game. It had solid writing and felt like a good continuation of John's development that Halo 4 started to establish, but the actual missions and scripted events were dialed back and bland compared to the epicness of earlier entries. There was a lot of room to expand on the campaign with more vehicle, activities, and events, but they dropped the ball and Infinite is as dead to me as Happy 5 and Reach are.
Got high hopes the new DOOM is better then Eternal was (my biggest letdown of this decade), but we'll see what happens. Police Simulator has been on my list for a while, so glad I finally get to try it out. Hopefully it'll keep me busy until Powerwash 2 launches.
I would love to see Fable moved back into 2025 with GTA6 out of the way, but I doubt we'll be that lucky.
Honestly I'm hoping Microsoft has an original IP in the bank for later this year. They've said they have unannounced surprises yet to come this year and I would love to see something big drop in the near future. Double Fine and Rare are both due for another major release and I'm praying some of the the ABK studios like Raven & High Moon have been set free from their Call of Duty purgatory and allowed to make their own games again.
I'm still kind of twiddling my thumbs waiting for something good to launch this year. Avowed was fun, but way too short and a very linear experience. Oblivion is amazing, but also a remaster of an old game that I have already put thousands of hours into over the years, so I'm not in any rush to finish it again and would rather sip it like a fine wine.
Hoping DOOM next month is good, but DOOM Eternal is my biggest disappointment of this decade and I'm going in with tempered expectations this time. Still waiting for dates and information on Ninja Gaiden 4, GTA 6, & Outer Worlds 2. Also keeping an eye on Ready or Not, MindsEye, Death Stranding 2, and Metroid Prime 4.
I would be more onboard with 'Remasters' if this was the level of effort they put into all of them. Graphics are far from the most important element in gaming and I'm honestly content with being at a 360/XB1 range of quality with new releases, but most classics already nailed the gameplay, so bringing that forward with Graphics, UI, and QOL updates is how it needs to be going forward.
1.) When characters walk in robes (the Emperor is who I noticed) the robe lacks motion and the character's legs shoot out the back.
2.) Feels like the ground in the open world is littered with tons of floating sticks. It's a bizarre sight to have a stick pointing straight up every 10 steps.
Besides that, I'm having a blast. Loved it 20 years ago and loving it just as much today. My only hope is that they add mod support down the road so we can continue improving it like we do with Skyrim.
I also ask that they add a slow-time function to the Shortcut radial. The original system used the D-Pad to switch in real time, but the new popup wheel forces your character to pause while the enemies still relentlessly bombard you with attacks. It's more productive to just pause the game and change out in the inventory menu.
Meh. Still looks like an awful slog to play through. Not really surprising considering who developed it, though. Never liked either of their previous titles, either.
@acmiguens In some regards I agree, but others I don't. By your definition, Halo CE and Halo 2 Anniversaries are Remakes, but I don't believe they are. Supposedly they are currently working on a Halo CE Remake that will be rebuilt from the ground up, but if those are two different things, do they use the same definition?
The problem is there's no clear terminology to cover the spectrum of these kinds of games. If it releases 1:1 with improved textures, it's a remaster like The Thing, but if they rebuild the game from scratch and make obvious changes it's a Remake like Resident Evil 4.
What about a game like Halo where the gameplay is untouched, but they've overhauled it with Remade assets and visuals? What if it's like Ninja Gaiden 2 Black where they remade the entire game in a new engine, but otherwise it remains almost identical to the original? At what point does a game transition from being a port to a remaster to a remake and what about those games that exist between the lines?
As far as anybody can tell, Oblivion looks like it'll be on par with Ninja Gaiden 2 with it being a new engine, but otherwise the same game. Perhaps a flourish of new visuals, but I don't expect them to change anything in the gameplay or item models. We'll likely still have the same potato-faced NPCs and wonky UI. I do suspect the physics will be significantly different from the original, however, so it'll be interesting to see how the game feels with it's loss of zany chaotic physics (would love to be able to actually decorate my home without ***** constantly exploding everywhere, so I welcome this change personally, nostalgia be damned.)
So wait. This isn't just another brainless PvP shooter where idiots go back and forth shooting each other on repeat ad nauseum? We're actually getting a spiritual successor to SWAT and the Rainbow games when they were still good? I'm having trouble believing it...
Feel like Fallout 3 (and a lot of these games really) would benefit more from them doing something quirky rather than just straight have remasters. I would love to see it remade into a Coloring Book as something tongue-in-cheek considering how monotone and bland the original was visually.
@AlwaysPlaying Ubisoft's very existence undermines their value as a company. They're on their last leg and hopefully won't exist as a company by year's end. Time to move these IP to studios that will actually do them justice.
Dammit... I hate that we're being given yet another rumour about this and I'm ready to 'Boy who cried wolf' this, but Jeff is a difficult source to ignore. Doesn't mean he hasn't been wrong in the past, but his name holds more credibility than most of these "Insider Sources".
That'd be neat. Haven't played a CoD game since CoD4 ruined the franchise for me, but I've always been a bit curious about Infinite Warfare and there's a severe lack of Sci-Fi FPS these days.
THPS1+2 would've been nice a year or two ago. I've been holding off on buying it ever since the ABK Acquisition was first announced, but now that 3+4 is getting ready to launch, I couldn't care less about playing the older title. 3 was always my favorite entry in the series anyway.
God this looks awful. Ignoring the fact that this is yet another awful extraction shooter, this looks like a a cat vomited up a bunch of random colors and we're playing as chunky hairballs with guns. Nothing about this game looks even slightly redeeming.
Since Perfect Dark and Fable are already on the way, that's two I don't have to worry about.
Would love to see a new entry for Crimson Skies, Mechassault, Brutal Legend, Spyro the Dragon, Brute Force, Conker, Viva Pinata, Kameo, or Psychonauts, Black & White, & Vigilante 8. I would also love to see Dead or Alive Xtreme 4 come back stateside and on Xbox consoles again.
My biggest wishlist item, however, would be a revival of StarCraft: Ghost (along with console ports of SC 1 & 2.)
@Brigurugi I loved the game, but I don't know if I would consider Metal Arms to be even a Pseudo-Mascot for Xbox. It was pretty evenly spread across platforms by most metrics.
You've got some much more identifiable Xbox-exclusive platformers / family-friendly licenses that work in its stead, though. Blinx, Kameo, Gunstringer, Viva Pinata, Psychonauts, Ori, Lucky's Tale, Cuphead, Voodoo Vince...
If they're not going to do a new Spyro entry, I would at least like to see them tackle something like Blinx or Kameo. Hell, I'd even be down for a Viva Pinata game, whether it be another garden simulator or a story-driven game set in the VP universe. Both could be interesting.
Haven't tried Split Fiction yet, but so far the only 2025 release I've enjoyed is Avowed. As for best game I've played this year, still Morrowind and Powerwash Simulator.
Seems like Nightdive is pretty much exclusively FPS, so going from that perspective, I'd love to see:
Original Xbox: Area 51 Tron 2.0 Breakdown Return to Castle Wolfenstein Turok: Evolution Soldier of Fortune II Rainbow Six 3 (and Black Arrow) Phantom Crash
Xbox 360: Chronicles of Riddick Singularity Deus Ex: Human Revolution Mirror's Edge Prey Sanctum 2 Syndicate Turok
Wish I could say I'm playing Oblivion this weekend, but that rumour didn't pan out and as much as I wanna play it, I don't want to boot up the original with the remake hopefully coming soon.
That said, I have nothing to play at the moment. I finished Avowed and nothing else worthwhile has come out yet this year. Just been dabbling in Powerwash Simulator and American Truck Simulator while I wait for something interesting to launch.
My only disappointment is they haven't given Xbox players the Serious Sam voiceover DLC for Talos Principle. I loved it on PC and would love to go through the entire game with it on Xbox (along with getting a similar DLC on TP2.)
@Blastfemur Honestly I'm fine with them releasing the exact same game as long as they can give us a better draw distance. The 360 version had awful draw distance that become apparent when you stood on the cliffs looking over the region. I would love to see a full populated world.
Mod support would be nice to even though I imagine switching to UE5 is going to pretty much void every mod that currently exists for the game...
As a gamer I really hate April Fools Day... So many good things that they actually should make and they end up being jokes. The sad thing is they know they're good or they wouldn't be joking about them. They just aren't willing to commit.
I can't help but start salivating at the idea of a Brutal Legend remaster with some new content.
Never really played it in the first place. FH3 was great and saw a few dozen hours of play. FH4 was okay and got maybe 15-20 hours out of me, but always got turned off and ignored during the winter season. FH5 I booted up, finished the tutorial race, completed maybe 2 events past that, and I uninstalled the game forever. Just lost my interest in the series, never really liked Racing games much anyway, and I just didn't enjoy the map like I did FH3. Even FH4 was more interesting even despite my general disinterest in the British countryside.
I'm honestly glad Playground moved on to Fable because I just don't have any interest in this series going forward.
I sure hope this isn't the "Xbox Handheld" the rumours have been touting recently. I'm torn between a rock and a hard place right now wanting to buy a Steam Deck or something similar, but if Xbox offers a device that can play my PC and Xbox libraries all-in-one, I would rather wait for that. I just need to know it's actually going to happen and I'm not waiting for nothing.
@Sol4ris I'm the opposite. Avowed is the only title I've enjoyed on GamePass in the past year (besides a couple I already owned like Spyro) and right now I'm just sort of twiddling my thumbs waiting for DOOM, Tony Hawk, Ninja Gaiden, and Outer Worlds 2. The fact that I can even list 5 games I'm anticipating in a single year is a huge deal considering I've been lucky to find even 2 a year for the past 10 years, but the sparseness between GamePass releases does make it difficult to justify keeping the service active throughout the year.
I honestly keep forgetting OW2 is slated for this year. I don't know how the hell Obsidian is doing it, but they've been killing it since their acquisition into Xbox Studios. Wish the other studios would show the same level of activity. Can't help but wonder what a few of these studios are even doing. Really with we could get some news from Double Fine and Toys For Bob in particular.
Honestly forgot this game even existed. It dropped on other platforms and fell out of public perception within a week. Doesn't really doing line something we sounds be holding our breath for. Time to move on to something more interesting. After all, DOOM launches soon.
The only thing I care about rescuing from Ubisoft would be the Tom Clancy license. Rainbow, Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell, EndWar, and HAWX all deserve to be rescued from that dumpster fire and I believe studios within Microsoft could be a good for for them
The only other series of theirs that I care about is Beyond Good & Evil, but unless Rare or Double Fine took the reigns on it (which I don't either of them would want to) it wouldn't be a good fit for MS to own.
The rest of Ubisoft's IP can be left to sink with the ship.
Definitely psyched to play these again! Wasn't a fan of the 2D entry, but the two 3D entries were gloriously janky nightmares and I loved them growing up. Can't wait to revisit them and remove all of the zany dialog and movie references.
Within Microsoft's power, give me Skywind and Skyblivion official releases on console, port StarCraft 1 & 2 to console, and I want new entries for Mechassault, Crimson Skies, Kameo, & Viva Pinata.
Do all that along with the Fable and Perfect Dark reboots and I'd be pretty happy with this console generation.
Would also love to see Jade Empire get a sequel as well as Xbox launches for Until Dawn, Shenmue 3, Detroit: Become Human, and KOTOR Remake, but I know that's not really in MSFT's court.
That's alright. I uninstalled Halo Infinite nearly two years ago. No more single player content and with such a barebones and empty campaign, there's no reason to go back and replay it like I did all of the other entries in the series. Even Halo 5 and Reach, awful as they were, at least get a revisit from time to time.
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Re: Here's A Look At The Updated Xbox Game Studios Roadmap From May 2025
@jesse_dylan
I did. Only thing I didn't do was the difficulty achievement. Haven't brought myself to do a 2nd playthrough yet to finish it.
The Totems would've been annoying except they had a toggle in the settings section that caused them to show up on the map. Small collectibles in Open-world maps tend not to be my favorite feature and they added buffs to your character and incentivized completing them before the end of the game, so I had that bad boy turned on immediately.
Re: Here's A Look At The Updated Xbox Game Studios Roadmap From May 2025
@jesse_dylan
Took me about 40, which is long for most games, but fairly short for this genre of games, experience compared to titles like Cyberpunk, Witcher, Fallout, and Elder Scrolls.
I think the issue was more how linear it was. It didn't really have much in the way of side quests, alternate factions, or even branching paths of progression. I've gone on record wishing this game had been a more blatant copy of Elder Scrolls, though, so that's probably where most of my disappointment comes into play here.
It's not a bad game but any means. It just felt like it was missing some stuff.
Re: Here's A Look At The Updated Xbox Game Studios Roadmap From May 2025
@somnambulance
That's sort of how I feel. I loved Ninja Gaiden Black, but wasn't a huge fan of 2 and 3 wasn't much of an improvement over the 2nd one.
Outer Worlds I agree. Not really a game I feel needed a sequel. I welcome the opportunity to see them give it a 2nd chance, but it's not a game I ever ached to revisit after I completed the 1st playthrough and never bothered returning for the DLC. Hopefully the sequel does something to make it standout.
I did enjoy Avowed for what it was, but like Outer Worlds, it was a ridiculously short game that took me a week to beat and I haven't really thought about it since. Obsidian is a talented developer, but aside from Knights of the Old Republic 2 I've never been a huge fan of their work.
At this point my Microsoft want list for the next few years includes DOOM, Fable, Perfect Dark, and Elder Scrolls VI. Hopefully they've got some good stuff coming up that they can talk about in next month's show, but unless it's launching in the next year, they'd be better off shutting up and focusing on getting some new IP and reviving some more classic franchises that people want. (I'd kill for a new entry in Crimson Skies, Brutal Legend, Mechassault, Fuzion Frenzy, Phantom Dust, Fable...)
Re: Here's A Look At The Updated Xbox Game Studios Roadmap From May 2025
@somnambulance
For me, yes and no. DOOM, Ninja Gaiden, and Outer Worlds are all on my watchlist, but they also all have a history with their previous entries being not so great (Outer Worlds was good, but insanely short and limited in content. It felt more like a tech demo than a game.) I'm hoping they managed to work their magic and give us something to write home about, though, because otherwise 2025 is pretty much done for me with GTA delayed and Death Stranding 2 not coming to Xbox immediately.
Re: ININ Wants To Bring More Games To Xbox, And Needs Your Help
Shenmue 3 please!!! I helped Kickstart it and have my PS4 copy still, but I absolutely hate the PS controller and trying to do QTEs on it is a nightmare. I've been holding out for an Xbox release for years now so I can finally beat it.
Re: Halo Infinite Summer 2025 Update Adds 'Linear Firefight Experience' On Xbox & PC
Still no Campaign expansions = Still not reinstalling the game. It had solid writing and felt like a good continuation of John's development that Halo 4 started to establish, but the actual missions and scripted events were dialed back and bland compared to the epicness of earlier entries. There was a lot of room to expand on the campaign with more vehicle, activities, and events, but they dropped the ball and Infinite is as dead to me as Happy 5 and Reach are.
Re: These 11 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (May 7-20)
Got high hopes the new DOOM is better then Eternal was (my biggest letdown of this decade), but we'll see what happens. Police Simulator has been on my list for a while, so glad I finally get to try it out. Hopefully it'll keep me busy until Powerwash 2 launches.
Re: Reaction: GTA 6's Delay Could Be Great News For Xbox And Its Fall 2025 Lineup
I would love to see Fable moved back into 2025 with GTA6 out of the way, but I doubt we'll be that lucky.
Honestly I'm hoping Microsoft has an original IP in the bank for later this year. They've said they have unannounced surprises yet to come this year and I would love to see something big drop in the near future. Double Fine and Rare are both due for another major release and I'm praying some of the the ABK studios like Raven & High Moon have been set free from their Call of Duty purgatory and allowed to make their own games again.
Re: Talking Point: Xbox Fans, How Do You Find Time For All These Amazing 2025 Games?
I'm still kind of twiddling my thumbs waiting for something good to launch this year. Avowed was fun, but way too short and a very linear experience. Oblivion is amazing, but also a remaster of an old game that I have already put thousands of hours into over the years, so I'm not in any rush to finish it again and would rather sip it like a fine wine.
Hoping DOOM next month is good, but DOOM Eternal is my biggest disappointment of this decade and I'm going in with tempered expectations this time. Still waiting for dates and information on Ninja Gaiden 4, GTA 6, & Outer Worlds 2. Also keeping an eye on Ready or Not, MindsEye, Death Stranding 2, and Metroid Prime 4.
Re: Poll: What Score Would You Give Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 So Far?
Haven't played it and never plan to. Not touching this one with a 10 ft pole.
Re: Reaction: Oblivion Remastered Sets A New Standard For Xbox & Bethesda
I would be more onboard with 'Remasters' if this was the level of effort they put into all of them. Graphics are far from the most important element in gaming and I'm honestly content with being at a 360/XB1 range of quality with new releases, but most classics already nailed the gameplay, so bringing that forward with Graphics, UI, and QOL updates is how it needs to be going forward.
Re: Hands On: Oblivion Remastered Is Impressive, But There Are Some Performance Issues At Launch
So far my biggest complaints are:
1.) When characters walk in robes (the Emperor is who I noticed) the robe lacks motion and the character's legs shoot out the back.
2.) Feels like the ground in the open world is littered with tons of floating sticks. It's a bizarre sight to have a stick pointing straight up every 10 steps.
Besides that, I'm having a blast. Loved it 20 years ago and loving it just as much today. My only hope is that they add mod support down the road so we can continue improving it like we do with Skyrim.
I also ask that they add a slow-time function to the Shortcut radial. The original system used the D-Pad to switch in real time, but the new popup wheel forces your character to pause while the enemies still relentlessly bombard you with attacks. It's more productive to just pause the game and change out in the inventory menu.
Re: Xbox First-Party Release Barges Into Top-10 Played Games During Launch Week
Meh. Still looks like an awful slog to play through. Not really surprising considering who developed it, though. Never liked either of their previous titles, either.
Re: Oblivion Remastered PC File Size Leaks Ahead Of Rumoured Xbox Game Pass Launch
@acmiguens In some regards I agree, but others I don't. By your definition, Halo CE and Halo 2 Anniversaries are Remakes, but I don't believe they are. Supposedly they are currently working on a Halo CE Remake that will be rebuilt from the ground up, but if those are two different things, do they use the same definition?
Re: Oblivion Remastered PC File Size Leaks Ahead Of Rumoured Xbox Game Pass Launch
@acmiguens
The problem is there's no clear terminology to cover the spectrum of these kinds of games. If it releases 1:1 with improved textures, it's a remaster like The Thing, but if they rebuild the game from scratch and make obvious changes it's a Remake like Resident Evil 4.
What about a game like Halo where the gameplay is untouched, but they've overhauled it with Remade assets and visuals? What if it's like Ninja Gaiden 2 Black where they remade the entire game in a new engine, but otherwise it remains almost identical to the original? At what point does a game transition from being a port to a remaster to a remake and what about those games that exist between the lines?
As far as anybody can tell, Oblivion looks like it'll be on par with Ninja Gaiden 2 with it being a new engine, but otherwise the same game. Perhaps a flourish of new visuals, but I don't expect them to change anything in the gameplay or item models. We'll likely still have the same potato-faced NPCs and wonky UI. I do suspect the physics will be significantly different from the original, however, so it'll be interesting to see how the game feels with it's loss of zany chaotic physics (would love to be able to actually decorate my home without ***** constantly exploding everywhere, so I welcome this change personally, nostalgia be damned.)
Re: Ready Or Not Officially Releases For Xbox In Summer 2025
So wait. This isn't just another brainless PvP shooter where idiots go back and forth shooting each other on repeat ad nauseum? We're actually getting a spiritual successor to SWAT and the Rainbow games when they were still good? I'm having trouble believing it...
Re: Bethesda Reportedly Has More Than One 'Remaster' In The Works
Feel like Fallout 3 (and a lot of these games really) would benefit more from them doing something quirky rather than just straight have remasters. I would love to see it remade into a Coloring Book as something tongue-in-cheek considering how monotone and bland the original was visually.
Re: These 10 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (April 16 - May 6)
@AlwaysPlaying Ubisoft's very existence undermines their value as a company. They're on their last leg and hopefully won't exist as a company by year's end. Time to move these IP to studios that will actually do them justice.
Re: These 10 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (April 16 - May 6)
Sonofabitch... You're welcome everybody! I held out as long as I could and just bought Dredge a week ago. This always happens...
Re: Bethesda's Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remake Will Reportedly Shadow Drop Next Week
Dammit... I hate that we're being given yet another rumour about this and I'm ready to 'Boy who cried wolf' this, but Jeff is a difficult source to ignore. Doesn't mean he hasn't been wrong in the past, but his name holds more credibility than most of these "Insider Sources".
Re: Three Classic Activision Games Listed For Xbox Game Pass By Microsoft
That'd be neat. Haven't played a CoD game since CoD4 ruined the franchise for me, but I've always been a bit curious about Infinite Warfare and there's a severe lack of Sci-Fi FPS these days.
THPS1+2 would've been nice a year or two ago. I've been holding off on buying it ever since the ABK Acquisition was first announced, but now that 3+4 is getting ready to launch, I couldn't care less about playing the older title. 3 was always my favorite entry in the series anyway.
Re: Bungie's 'Marathon' Gets September Release Date For Xbox, Closed Alpha This Month
God this looks awful. Ignoring the fact that this is yet another awful extraction shooter, this looks like a a cat vomited up a bunch of random colors and we're playing as chunky hairballs with guns. Nothing about this game looks even slightly redeeming.
This is not my Marathon.
Re: Talking Point: What Dream Reveal Would You Like To See At The Xbox Games Showcase 2025?
Since Perfect Dark and Fable are already on the way, that's two I don't have to worry about.
Would love to see a new entry for Crimson Skies, Mechassault, Brutal Legend, Spyro the Dragon, Brute Force, Conker, Viva Pinata, Kameo, or Psychonauts, Black & White, & Vigilante 8. I would also love to see Dead or Alive Xtreme 4 come back stateside and on Xbox consoles again.
My biggest wishlist item, however, would be a revival of StarCraft: Ghost (along with console ports of SC 1 & 2.)
Re: Four Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In May 2025 So Far
I literally can’t wait to go on berserk mode in Paint Simulator!
Re: Toys For Bob Talks 'Ambitious' New Xbox Game & Banjo-Kazooie Interest
@Brigurugi I loved the game, but I don't know if I would consider Metal Arms to be even a Pseudo-Mascot for Xbox. It was pretty evenly spread across platforms by most metrics.
You've got some much more identifiable Xbox-exclusive platformers / family-friendly licenses that work in its stead, though. Blinx, Kameo, Gunstringer, Viva Pinata, Psychonauts, Ori, Lucky's Tale, Cuphead, Voodoo Vince...
Re: Toys For Bob Talks 'Ambitious' New Xbox Game & Banjo-Kazooie Interest
If they're not going to do a new Spyro entry, I would at least like to see them tackle something like Blinx or Kameo. Hell, I'd even be down for a Viva Pinata game, whether it be another garden simulator or a story-driven game set in the VP universe. Both could be interesting.
Re: Talking Point: What's The Best Game You've Played In 2025 So Far?
Haven't tried Split Fiction yet, but so far the only 2025 release I've enjoyed is Avowed. As for best game I've played this year, still Morrowind and Powerwash Simulator.
Re: Nightdive Wants To Know Which Xbox 360 Games Need A Remaster
Seems like Nightdive is pretty much exclusively FPS, so going from that perspective, I'd love to see:
Original Xbox:
Area 51
Tron 2.0
Breakdown
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Turok: Evolution
Soldier of Fortune II
Rainbow Six 3 (and Black Arrow)
Phantom Crash
Xbox 360:
Chronicles of Riddick
Singularity
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Mirror's Edge
Prey
Sanctum 2
Syndicate
Turok
PS3-Exclusive:
Resistance Trilogy
Wii-Exclusive:
Red Steel 1 & 2
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (April 5-6)
Wish I could say I'm playing Oblivion this weekend, but that rumour didn't pan out and as much as I wanna play it, I don't want to boot up the original with the remake hopefully coming soon.
That said, I have nothing to play at the moment. I finished Avowed and nothing else worthwhile has come out yet this year. Just been dabbling in Powerwash Simulator and American Truck Simulator while I wait for something interesting to launch.
Re: These 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (April 7-11)
My only disappointment is they haven't given Xbox players the Serious Sam voiceover DLC for Talos Principle. I loved it on PC and would love to go through the entire game with it on Xbox (along with getting a similar DLC on TP2.)
Re: 'Iffy' Rumour Claims Oblivion Remake Could Hit Xbox Game Pass This Week
@Blastfemur Honestly I'm fine with them releasing the exact same game as long as they can give us a better draw distance. The 360 version had awful draw distance that become apparent when you stood on the cliffs looking over the region. I would love to see a full populated world.
Mod support would be nice to even though I imagine switching to UE5 is going to pretty much void every mod that currently exists for the game...
Re: Xbox Is Missing Out On FromSoftware's 'The Duskbloods' In 2026
Oh no! We're going to miss out on what I can only assume will be yet another FROM Souls-like?! Whatever will I do?!
Anyway, really looking forward to DOOM and THPS3 coming out soon. Also hoping this Oblivion remaster rumor has some validity.
Re: Xbox 'ZZZ' Tease Leads The Way In April Fools' Jokes This Year
As a gamer I really hate April Fools Day... So many good things that they actually should make and they end up being jokes. The sad thing is they know they're good or they wouldn't be joking about them. They just aren't willing to commit.
I can't help but start salivating at the idea of a Brutal Legend remaster with some new content.
Re: Poll: As Forza Horizon 5 Cruises To PS5, Are You Still Playing It On Xbox?
Never really played it in the first place. FH3 was great and saw a few dozen hours of play. FH4 was okay and got maybe 15-20 hours out of me, but always got turned off and ignored during the winter season. FH5 I booted up, finished the tutorial race, completed maybe 2 events past that, and I uninstalled the game forever. Just lost my interest in the series, never really liked Racing games much anyway, and I just didn't enjoy the map like I did FH3. Even FH4 was more interesting even despite my general disinterest in the British countryside.
I'm honestly glad Playground moved on to Fable because I just don't have any interest in this series going forward.
Re: Microsoft Unveils 'Backbone' Mobile Controller That Looks Like An OG Xbox Gamepad
I sure hope this isn't the "Xbox Handheld" the rumours have been touting recently. I'm torn between a rock and a hard place right now wanting to buy a Steam Deck or something similar, but if Xbox offers a device that can play my PC and Xbox libraries all-in-one, I would rather wait for that. I just need to know it's actually going to happen and I'm not waiting for nothing.
Re: Opinion: It's Been A Quiet March, But Next Month Looks Awesome For Xbox Game Pass
@Sol4ris I'm the opposite. Avowed is the only title I've enjoyed on GamePass in the past year (besides a couple I already owned like Spyro) and right now I'm just sort of twiddling my thumbs waiting for DOOM, Tony Hawk, Ninja Gaiden, and Outer Worlds 2. The fact that I can even list 5 games I'm anticipating in a single year is a huge deal considering I've been lucky to find even 2 a year for the past 10 years, but the sparseness between GamePass releases does make it difficult to justify keeping the service active throughout the year.
Re: Xbox Fan Shares Updated First-Party Roadmap Following Recent Microsoft Announcements
I honestly keep forgetting OW2 is slated for this year. I don't know how the hell Obsidian is doing it, but they've been killing it since their acquisition into Xbox Studios. Wish the other studios would show the same level of activity. Can't help but wonder what a few of these studios are even doing. Really with we could get some news from Double Fine and Toys For Bob in particular.
Re: Talking Point: Black Myth: Wukong's Xbox Release Date Continues To Remain A Mystery
Honestly forgot this game even existed. It dropped on other platforms and fell out of public perception within a week. Doesn't really doing line something we sounds be holding our breath for. Time to move on to something more interesting. After all, DOOM launches soon.
Re: Microsoft Has Reportedly Discussed Acquiring IP From Ubisoft
The only thing I care about rescuing from Ubisoft would be the Tom Clancy license. Rainbow, Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell, EndWar, and HAWX all deserve to be rescued from that dumpster fire and I believe studios within Microsoft could be a good for for them
The only other series of theirs that I care about is Beyond Good & Evil, but unless Rare or Double Fine took the reigns on it (which I don't either of them would want to) it wouldn't be a good fit for MS to own.
The rest of Ubisoft's IP can be left to sink with the ship.
Re: GEX Brings Three Retro Games To Xbox This Summer, Here's A Look
Definitely psyched to play these again! Wasn't a fan of the 2D entry, but the two 3D entries were gloriously janky nightmares and I loved them growing up. Can't wait to revisit them and remove all of the zany dialog and movie references.
Re: Xbox Says It's Got A 'Bunch Of Stuff' It Hasn't Even Announced Yet
Within Microsoft's power, give me Skywind and Skyblivion official releases on console, port StarCraft 1 & 2 to console, and I want new entries for Mechassault, Crimson Skies, Kameo, & Viva Pinata.
Do all that along with the Fable and Perfect Dark reboots and I'd be pretty happy with this console generation.
Would also love to see Jade Empire get a sequel as well as Xbox launches for Until Dawn, Shenmue 3, Detroit: Become Human, and KOTOR Remake, but I know that's not really in MSFT's court.
Re: 343 Has 'Nothing In Active Development' For Halo Infinite Single-Player
That's alright. I uninstalled Halo Infinite nearly two years ago. No more single player content and with such a barebones and empty campaign, there's no reason to go back and replay it like I did all of the other entries in the series. Even Halo 5 and Reach, awful as they were, at least get a revisit from time to time.