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I really enjoyed it on Switch. Good TRPG for anyone interested in that kind of game. It's not Final Fantasy Tactics, but it's still pretty dang good.

So, I hadn’t heard of the Monster Hunter Stories games before. Are these more like a traditional turn based RPG with a story attached to them? If so, I am intrigued.

I'm not saying $80 for Mario Kart World is okay, but I think it's funny Microsoft thought that the Outer Worlds would be as popular as a classic Nintendo Franchise.

For the record, I'm excited for OW2.

Dragon Quest 3 Remake on sale. Gonna grab that one.

It frustrates me when all these executives get bonuses and raises and the workers get fired. The executives should be the first ones to lose their jobs. Everything starts at the top and Microsoft and thereby Xbox are in these situations because of poor leadership.

I just don't feel good at all about Xbox.

Added to the list of games to play. Glad to hear there will be a 60fps option!

I'm excited for this one and hope it turns out well. What I've seen here is very encouraging and looks like a lot of fun.

I’d played this game before the gamepass release and it was so damn good. Tool everything good about a turn based RPG and made it better.

The art style is beautifully executed, the story is strong, the characters are excellent, and the gameplay is just flat out fun. Spent 160 hours in the game and enjoyed every minute. Excellent title and it was well worth my money. Hope everyone enjoys it on GP.

I purchased this game and it was worth every penny. Put 160 hours into it and loved it. I hope everyone tries and enjoys it. I was afraid I'd be put off by the deadlines, but I will give the pro tip to (usually, not always) aim to do the main objective first and then tackle the side stuff.

The Last of Us is an amazing game. KCD2 is an amazing game. Gears of War is a great game, GTA is a great game.

Both types are excellent and I want that mix. Sometimes I want to kill hundreds of hours. Other times I want a succinct tale.

Stupid economic policies are having an impact. Not surprising, but still infuriating.

Xbox has had the best releases lately. Something I haven’t been able to say for a while.

Honestly, I feel like visuals have peaked anyway. I'm a fan of the Sniper Elite series and I'd agree the visuals are outdated. You can't argue with Rebellion launching games that are fun, though. Just this year they've launched 2. Some of the big name game companies have launched zero. Atomfall looks awesome.

Metaphor Refantazio and Sonic X Shadow (especially the Shadow portion) are so good. Can't recommend them enough! Metaphor feels like the evolution of turn based Final Fantasy games I had been seeking for a while. Check it out if you can!

I might actually buy this one.

This seems like such a cool game. Hoping we get some good reviews for it, but I'll probably still check it out even if it isn't.

So what you are saying is, if developers get the time to optimize, the games turn out well?

Wild.

@andrewsqual I don't think that is accurate. Lots of games launch without a 60fps option on Series S while there is still perf mode on Series X.

This has me excited for a couple of reasons: 1) I personally prefer 60fps and 2) it at least seems like Microsoft is listening to what the consumers actually want, which is the option of a performance mode.

Looking forward to Avowed!

Former developer. Pure speculation and I personally discount it immediately.

Shadow Generations was absolutely phenomenal. If you like Sonic games at all, play that one. It's just so good.

I was wondering why I couldn’t redeem points today. Frustrating!

Love the game so far, but I've been experiencing crashes. That is my only gripe with it.

One of the finest collections in my library and I simply love the games in the collection.

However it was a mess for far too long. It really set the stage for all of Microsoft's first party releases for the last decade. Unfinished and half baked at launch. I hope to see improvement with the release of the new Indiana Jones game and hopefully the new Perfect Dark.

The whole gen is wasted potential on both platforms.

So it's 1440p after upscaling and 60fps that mostly does the job in the performance modes.

Sounds good to me.

I have my eye on Eternal Strands.

I've heard rumors it's running at 60fps, but do we have any confirmation? I am actually excited for it.

Man. I need to pick this one up.

Halo 5 was the weakest one, but I still enjoyed it. Honestly I loved Halo Infinite. To me it felt like I was playing Halo again for the first time and I had so much fun with it. I can't for the life of me figure out why people don't like it.

Also, Halo 4 was pretty great. Excellent visuals, excellent gameplay, and I thought the prometheans were really cool enemies. Different from the Bungie Halos for sure, but I honestly felt like they nailed it and it's such a superb game.

I recognize I'm in the minority here, but I don't understand the issues people had with 4/Infinite. I get 5 was weak in comparison, but man Infinite was so good to me.

I hope they can figure out how to make it actually run at 60fps.

Edit: I say that because it sure seems like UE5 can’t do decent frame rates.

I am very interested in Metaphor. I haven't played any of the Persona games, but I figure this might be a good place to jump in. The fantasy setting resonates with me and I like the art style.

Sea of Stars was so good. I am excited for this DLC.

Sea of Stars was so good and if there is anything I want, it's more like it. I saw this yesterday and immediately put it on my wishlist. I can't wait for it to launch and I hope it turns out as good as it looks!

Well, going to be playing this!

Honestly, that was pretty cool stuff. Not all of it was for me, but that Threads of Time game really caught my eye!

Wish they'd integrate the store into the app. I'm glad they are integrated the gamepass features, though.

I'm pretty interested in this game, so I may try the demo out.

I’m excited for Wargroove 2, but it sure seems odd that it’s the only game for console.

I saw an opinion somewhere that said they think there was a staff of people who manage outreach to smaller developers and the big wigs probably came in and laid off half of the staff, thus we are seeing things like this happen. Sounds pretty reasonable to me that a greedy corpo would do something like that and this would be the result, so I think that is pretty close to true.

Does anyone else notice how this sort of drama doesn't happen on other platforms? It's almost like the first part developers for those platforms get what their customers want.

I had been waiting on a console release for this one since I learned about it back in (I think it was) 2014. Fun news!

Guess I’ll have to open up the ol’ wallet.

Xbox isn't even trying, it feels like. They've had this discord enough at this point, what are they thinking?

Sony launches their games with options, fidelity or performance.

Xbox is just constantly trying to catch up. I am losing faith in their first party stuff.

Hell yeah! Sign me up!

For me? The high point was Hi Fi Rush and then GoldenEye.

Hi Fi Rush was original, fun, and had a beautiful art style. Then GoldenEye took me back to the N64 days. That two month period made me feel like I was back in the early 2000s. Good times.

Love me some DF. Excited for this one.

I’ll pick up Dragon Quest for Xbox. Awesome news!

South of Midnight looks good. I missed several of the trailers, so just now seeing that one.