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@jedinite Hi, not a man.

However, I may try to work up to 10 AI if possible but I think I will get murdered. 8 seems to be the sweet spot for. Where the AI fights itself but I still get raided but not so much so that I can’t build up if I play well. Really is a wonderful revival. I need to go back to the other age of empires games but AoM was my first and still is my favorite. Happy gaming.

Age of Mythology. I have waged so much war since it came out. Even had a few oh crap moments when the AI ganged up on me. (I usually play against 8 AI opponents for a fun challenge.)

Playing trials of mana though. Forgot how much I love that game.

This gen still doesn’t feel “all in” to me. There are great games out but many I feel aren’t too dissimilar from last gen and with a lot of the same issues. I sorta wish the console manufacturers would sit in a holding pattern until devs and publishers get their act together. A lot of stuff has been going on for a long time and throwing new hw at it isn’t fixing the problem. Performance issues due to poor optimization or QA, delays, day 1 patches that are massive… i find myself more and more pulling away from looking towards the future of gaming.

Even though I dont play COD, I feel that IS the big drop. That series sells like crazy so having that in a sub is going to draw users. I normally wouldn't say this, but there is plenty to play this month so it shouldn't be too bad. (note this is the Zelda high talking...as I won't be on series x as much. I'm sure a primary xbox player will feel differently.)

Haven’t seen Naruto since college but I will probably play the game. Most Naruto games are fun action romps.

Mana games for me!

Ok cool trials of mana is still on my pick up list. Will play on gamepass until I snag it for switch.

I am SUPER BUMMED by this. But I'll be playing Zelda for the rest of the year so when I finish should be right around the time for release. So still a win. Although Valentine's day release is funny. This plus Ghost of Yotei next year is gonna be good though!
Trying Avowed on gamepass so not worried about that.

I guess I will tack on the hidden blade to go with my CE preorder. Probably should get Mirage as well.

I will say in general though it sucks that these companies can't get these games out the door (and if they can't… have something else in the works) on time. Nintendo has enough irons in the fire that delays like Metroid Prime 4 are not as noticeable because other stuff just fills the void.

@Markatron84 I think you meant to tag the person below me.

Well Bamco is like that. They won’t put non anime fighters on switch either.

Eh. I already have AC Shadows preordered so not much for them to show me lol. Can’t wait for November! Edit: this didn’t age well.

This and the new Ghost of Yotei game means I am set for next year!

I’m just glad the series is on xbox. This series was pretty much why I owned a ps3 and ps4, but sony controls beat up my hands so I was elated when it was announced the series is going to xbox (and Nintendo Switch). I haven’t played the new ones though (LAD) so I can’t pick a favorite.

That being said I am getting burned out on the series. Crime isn't my cup of tea and the series has essentially been "edgy Shenmue" and VF arcade machine for me. I would like the to see the studio do a new angle that isn't crime/yakuza related.

Ugh I have had bosses like how Bond describes Spencer. That sucks. Glad they found a common ground but document, document, document.

@Fiendish-Beaver yakuza 0 and Kiwami (which is Yakuza 1) will explain who Majima is. 0 is his “backstory” (came out after his character was popular) and kiwami is his first appearance. He is in the other games but if you need a Majima 101 those two are it.

It’s a fair statement. But not the insult some might take it as. As if you look at sales charts gaming looks a certain way. If publishers aren’t willing to take a few break evens or modest sales while they build a reputation then they have to be willing to copy paste. The mediocre sales (relatively speaking) are the trade off for breaking out in creativity.

Well the folks that wanted Dragonsplague turned down, got it. I'll keep playing regular...still hoping for DLC.

Getting on switch but didn't realize xbox wasn't getting it. I wonder if it is a sales or an engine issue?
Edit: Nvm Sony owned IP. (I wonder if they would be willing to redo some of the older vita games....)

Just set it in Hammerfell please. That’s all I want. The rest we can work out with mods and meta gaming (and in my case, fanfiction lmao). Give us a good sandbox and we will do the rest.

Wargroove 2? Sold! (Still need to buy it)

I am looking forward to the expansion but I really hope that it impacts the themes of the base game and the settled systems as a whole. Not to mention the Unity cycle.

@Old_Man_Harper Japanese dev. They aren’t going to bank on sales overseas (in addition to the switch, steam and PS overseas versions) when there isn’t demand in their primary market. They aren’t a large enough dev either that could roll a risk like that for good will. It would be nearly impossible to pitch for funding/backing. Xbox is on life support in Japan. It sucks but makes sense.

I just want it because Xena is in it. I will probably wait until BF though as I suspect the price will be low.

I will say this with the caveat of we don’t know what happened, but this feels like a hostile takeover from the employee perspective. Especially if folks can afford to mass quit to halt the company functioning. I wonder what the owner has to say.

Either way I do hope that the games that are on docket to be published and any devs that work with them aren’t impacted.

For me personally if I didn’t already have a series x and a ps5base and only wanted one, that price would make me skip PS5pro (I feel like the base 5 will be discontinued eventually at this rate) and pick up a series x. I think the new price (plus increases of bases ps5) are going to push people to make different decisions.

@ShinG67 if that happens just means I go back to what I had been paying for years. No biggie.

Eh, I just buy cheap sub cards now. I can usually get Ultimate for about half off. I buy a bunch at a time and stack them. I missed out on all the initial conversion stuff anyway. Considering I'd been paying full price for Ultimate the entire time, I am pleased as either way it is a discount for me.

I think the price for what you get is nuts but I am hoping that Sony pushes for new exclusives. Otherwise no real impact to me.

I do think the game selection got a little poor at the end but even with game pass ultimate I feel like I am getting less for my money.

Sunk my entire weekend into it. The AI still stalls after a point but I had fun leveling cities. Some of the rule updates were quite fun.

Waiting on shattered space.

@Deityjester You are the Hunter now.

W00t! Canceling my PS4 copy right now!

Can’t wait for AoM!!!

That sucks. I hope those impacted land on their feet.

Still my favorite RTS game! Can’t wait to restart the campaign!

New tatacon! Welp guess I will be getting this.

Not sure how the 120fps is gonna jank my vision but I will find out. Sigh.

Eh. I play across all consoles and pc so this doesn’t bother me. I just hope the game is good.

Age of Mythology and Shattered Space have me covered. Time to buy some Game pass cards!

Gonna be a great time to switch to PC at this point. Gamepass is on PC, same xbox games and PS has gone to PC as well.

So... Black and White with Fable Universe? This is going to be mediocre and not do everything well...but I want it day 1. I just want a good god game.

Woo one more month for shattered space! I'm not interested in the land vehicle, but happy for those that wanted it! Outpost creation is too precise to be driving around. (gotta get that 5 element sweet spot!)

It isn’t as if their previous strategy was working as well as intended and honestly I want to see how far the gaming agnostic approach goes as I think it benefits everyone and allows people to move away from (multiple) consoles.

That being said all companies are businesses. I don’t understand why people act surprised by this.

@FraserG Have y’all considered doing a round up article of games that come out each week? I mostly spend time on NL but the general practice of not really covering all game releases/announcements drives me to other sites to get that information. Then I come back too the hookshot trio for the social aspect. A round up article could garner more initial engagement and for those of us primarily looking for gaming news and not fluff/clickbait pieces could keep us from drifting away or splitting engagement. Just a thought.

Been waiting on this one for years, can’t wait to play! Should tide me over until TES6 comes out.

Congratulations to those that have been looking forward to this game!

As long as it isn’t mandatory, I am cool. I spend too much time resource farming and clearing locations to be stuck in a vehicle.

Lol wonder if it was purchased at GameStop?

I never go below the opening dashboard so i don’t really see ads. That being said I avoid the lower parts of the dashboard for that reason. Switching back to PC as my HDbox next gen.

The series that got me into PC gaming and RTS games. I am beyond hyped. Atlantians building walled turtle cities all over again! Building a new PC next year so will pick up all the age of remake games.

I had no idea this was a thing. I would have thought that borderlands would have been a terrible movie because the plot is a bit drunk. Sounds like that didn’t change. I wonder how fans will take it.

Also I can never guess what roles Cate Blanchette will take on… love that about her.