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Love this kind of game so will definitely check this out. In fact, my son has been playing Super Stardust on my Vita the last couple of days and been loving it as well! It's a great genre - the ultimate 'pick up and play' games.

@Sol-idsnake no one is ramming anything down your throat - what a ludicrous statement. And saying there hasn't been a single good first party game in 5 years is quite a take considering just a few weeks ago they released the universally praised Forza Horizon 6. There's also also a huge number of very well received games on the service - KCD2, E33, Death Stranding, Crusader Kings, multiple Call of Dutys, Doom and its sequels. I won't bother going on as your post was so obviously just silly hyperbole that it's a bit of a waste of time.

If you are that dissatisfied with the service then unsubscribe and buy some games you actually want instead of composing foul mouthed rants on the internet that have no basis in reality.

After 90 hours I feel it's time to do the end game of Kingdom Come 2. Been a great journey but time to move on now! Looking forward to the resolution of the story. That'll be my gaming for the weekend as I've still got a few missions to go.

Ooh, pirates and city building. Got to be worth a look.

@NishimaruX ok, he's clearly an Xbox fanboy, but that is a much lesser sin than the repeated personal attacks you are sending his way. You can just mute that particular user if they irk you so much.

There's a few I want but it ends the day before payday and as we've been in the process of buying a house I'm skint! So it's the backlog for me for until the next sale comes along!

FF7 Rebirth is the one I really wanted but it can wait!

Edit - I tell a lie! I bought Split/Second for £3 at the start of the sale!

@Banjo- have you started it yet? I'm on Chapter 14 (I think there's about 20 chapters overall) and it's really good. A LOT of filler material though to stretch out the original Midgard section to a 25 hour game that I'm not sold on. Definitely going to finish it though and then maybe move onto the 2nd part.

Just grabbed Split/Second in the sale - what a great game that was and remains. Still looks and plays brilliantly but would definitely benefit from a resolution and FPS upgrade.

Besides that, KCD2 (does that game ever actually end?!) and FF7 Remake which I'm actually finding a bit of a slog to be honest. Hoping Rebirth is a bit more expansive....

@Tasuki what are you on about?! There's loads of comments in this very thread that are anti Sharma that haven't been deleted. In fact, in the recent article about Avowed 2 being put on hold, you referred to her as a, "stupid *****", which should have had you banned from posting on the site. The point you make exists solely in your head.

Really good game. Not big, not clever, just a visceral hack and slash with a good story. Could have evolved into something great. Hard to believe it is a 2013 game as it looks every bit the current gen game, and a damn good looking one too.

@MrStark not sure if we're allowed to talk about this now but have you jailbreaked (is that a word?!) your Vita? Turns it into a little monster of a thing. Love mine and will keep it forever.

Absolutely loved the original (though it hasn't aged as well as I thought it might and AC improved upon it with Origins et al) and can't wait to play this one. Incredibly evocative pirate game, and I love pirate history - absolutely fascinating time period with some characters who it's hard to believe were actually real people.

I love AC so I'll always get the latest release, but this one I'm really stoked for. Just have to show some self control and finish a couple of games off first.

I'm playing FF7 Remake and I'm quite disappointed to say that I'm not really feeling it. It's just soooooo much filler to pad the runtime. I'm on Chapter 10 out of 18 and I'm not sure I'll actually bother finishing it. It's a 15 hour game, max.

So may go back to KCD2 as every second of that game feels worthwhile.

@Coletrain I preferred it to The Outer Worlds (and the OW2). More fun to play. It's very much a streamlined RPG. Not a big, number crunching monster. It was just fun and looked great. Definitely worth a shot.

@Coletrain well that's an interesting one to answer as it does seem to have been quite divisive but I generally think it's a top 5 this generation for me. I played it at launch and it was a bit empty and bland at that point so bounced off it and went back a 12 month or so later, at which point it was a much better game.

It's also one of the best looking games I've ever played and it's gets better looking as the game goes in. In fact, it's one of only two games that I've actively avoided playing on my Series S so I can play it on the X instead to see it at its best (the other is Avatar: FoP). If you are on a Series S then the graphics drop off considerably - it's the biggest difference between the two systems that I've noticed.

It plays fantastically well - switching between magic, gunplay and melee works a treat and it's a MILLION miles away from any Fallout or Elder Scrolls game in actual gameplay terms. Just in a different league.

World building is solid but fairly by the numbers. Same with the story.

I loved it. Worth a month of Premium to try out. I hesitate to say to go out and buy it simply because plenty of people found it pretty 'meh' but I put in 50 hours on one play through and could have done more. And I plan another play through at some point (which I very rarely ever do).

Hope that helps!

Loved Avowed so disappointed that it won't get a sequel but the idea of a Fallout game that plays and looks as good as Avowed did is seriously exciting.

@Savex just a difference of opinion - though you seem to talk about your particular opinion as being more objective than others. Some people like different games and studios to you. It shouldn't be that troubling....

Finally jumped into FF7 Remake after the 3rd one was revealed so that'll keep me plenty busy. Good game, but the amount of filler to pad out the runtime is very noticeable. It's a 15 hour game, max, stretched out to a few dozen. Also, KCD2 still - seemingly neverending but I've enjoyed every second of it! One of the greatest games ever.

If nothing else, this is proof of a few things. 1) The 24 hour a day access to news is clearly not a good thing. Back in the days of magazines being the main source of news then this wouldn't even have been reported and a lot of people would have saved a decent amount of their days from posting on here. 2) Some people take arguing on the internet with anonymous strangers WAY too seriously. Chill out and go play some video games.

@PROPS I'm the same in that I'm not into collectibles and all that but what is with the attitude?! I don't see why you should be dismissing something as 'childish nonsense' just because you feel it is something you grew out of. Horribly sneering and supercilious attitude. Quite childish, ironically.

Avowed is genuinely one of my favourite games of this generation and it is a glorious looking thing too. Outer Worlds games are also really good fun. Imagine all these studios DO get shutdown?! The list of franchises/IPs that will just have been nuked is staggering and quite sad.

As others have said, the current feeling of a 'race to the bottom' between Sony and MS is a sight to behold. Multiple pieces of bad news every single week.

The industry feels like it is seismically resetting itself to a new paradigm.

@Eld 'ecosystem' is a term that has been used for years in regards to being involved in a particular console's library. It works as a name for it as people can get tied into that console due to digital libraries.

Maybe if you haven't got anything constructive to add, and instead prefer to just be snide in one line posts then don't bother posting.

Black Flag - can't wait. What a game that was. A new and improved version could be the best AC game there is.

$150 more than the equivalent PS5. May as well just stop selling them altogether.

Brilliant. Was waiting for the 3rd to be on the horizon before starting the trilogy but this now looks the perfect time to get going.

Wow, that's quite a lot to take in! Star Wars Zero Company was one I was excited about when first released but kind of forgot about it's existence. Glad that it's now imminent as 'Star Wars meets X -COM' really is such stuff as dreams are made on.

New Resi remake will always be good news as they've all been excellent (even the much maligned Nemesis remake actually played just as well as the other games). Galactic Racer, new FF7, Black Flag, Alien Isolation 2, all good news. Plenty to look forward to.

Been quite looking forward to FF6. Haven't played that in many years. I'm hoping that it still holds up!

Played Winter Burrow last year. Really good little game if you're into that kind of thing.

@Skinny-Pete StylesT got really personal about people doing this, saying they were weirdos with nothing better to do, then started laughing at people who owned cats. It was weird.

@bert0503 same as me. Really wanted to like it but just didn't click.

There was something about 4, some kind of sweet spot. Not sure why, but it was comfortably my favourite.

Going to finish off Mixtape. Don't feel as though I've been playing for more than an hour or two but already on chapter 20 out of, I think, 30. So possibly won't last all weekend.

Been playing KCD2 for the past couple of months so taking a break with some short and sweet pallette cleansers. Never done Resi 7 so started that - seems fun but a bit.... much, at times.

Ellie Dangerous is such a random addition. Haven't played that one in years. Great game though, if that's your thing.

FH6 and Subnautica 2 for me though, mainly.

@GoldenPants exactly the same as me. E33 was happily my number 1 game of last year but must admit I'm enjoying KCD2 much more. 60 hours in and not really interested in playing anything else which is VERY rare for me. In fact, this generation, only Cyberpunk has done that to me apart from this (50 hours or over games that is).

@BustedUpBiker crikey, that's a hell of a release slate it was up against. Would still love to see it rebooted someday but alas, it is looking unlikely....

KCD2 has completely monopolised my gaming since it hit Gamepass. Still plenty of the story left but I think it is already one of my all timers......

Also playing some Far Cry 5 for something a bit more immediate.

Loving the Split/Second love. What a game that was and going to go and grab it in the sale now. My son will like that one.

If I remember correctly, it was a bit of a sales disappointment which is a huge shame as it would be ripe for a reboot.

Really looking forward to the game and definitely getting it so don't really need the demo but will probably play it anyway as I have no self discipline! The problem I have with these demos is that I forget how to play the game when the full one is released!!

Well, depends on the game! Oblivion? Absolutely! Black Flag? Absolutely! And if there were Fallout 3 and Vegas remakes, my head would explode.

@Ryu_117 I just left a comment over there about the tone of their articles. How salty can they sound?! 😂 In all seriousness, that level of sarcasm actually comes across as quite unprofessional, and you never see it on Pure Xbox or Nintendo Life.

@ZYDIO fair enough! 'Customizable' isn't incorrect, it's just American.

Whenever I read articles about Gamepass I feel as though I must be the only person who really likes the Ubisoft back catalogue! They actually have a great collection of games (for me, anyway). I'd definitely keep that part of any subscription.

@ZYDIO it's a British site with British journalists. The spelling is correct for them.

@jesse_dylan should have caveated that I'm in the UK. Loaded.com has some good deals - I got 3 months for £37 yesterday. Pretty sure they sell keys for all regions though.

@jesse_dylan same for me (though I just got 3 months of Ultimate for a good price). The question I ask myself is if I downgrade to Premium will I ever be stuck for something to play if I just load up Gamepass and see what is there. The answer is obviously that of course I won't - there's till more games on there than I could ever play. So when the keys for Ultimate at a decent price finally disappear then I'm not going to worry about the downgrade.

Nothing really there for me but plenty to be getting on with just on Gamepass, let alone things from the Spring sale.

As an aside, Loaded in the UK are doing 3 months of Ultimate for £37. £12 a month is a bargain but can't imagine it'll hang around at that price.

@Markatron84 good little review of SoM there - it's not a great game in terms of mechanics but if ever a game could be described as more than the sum of its parts then it's that. Benji's sad little tale still haunts me to this day.

Great series so far - this is definitely one to look forward to.