Same as above I’d say I’ve bought at least 100 titles I’ve bought and never played just on the Xbox one or XSX add in other consoles and you can make it closes to 500.
Those of us old enough remember when pretty much all licensed games didn’t have likeness of “famous actors”
You are being pedantic to say this isn’t linked to the movies with its extremely close ties. It’s more of a stretch to say GPU is good for games like this than it is to say this is nothing to do with the MCU.
People are obsessed with what’s cannon and what’s not.
It’s all a bit sad.
The reviews were quite clear what was and wasn’t in this game.
Avengers suffered the same “bUt He DoESnT lOoK lIKe tHaT fAmOuS acTor!” Out cry. Sad.
Avengers as a solo player game was pretty decent and far better than the commentary from people that never played it.
I don’t need or like GaaS and so happily ignored all that grind and nonsense. The free story expansions were most welcome too.
Gamepass doesn’t make games compete for your valuable time it makes you ignore good games you would have bought.
This is a prime example. People didn’t buy it and now are enjoying it A LOT.
All games ever you pay £50 to try it. That’s gaming.
Your whole argument flies in the face of the official line that GPU is good for gaming. You are having your cake and eating it.
I have GPU and think it’s a good service but the PR spin and hype around it is massively overblown (correctly) by a very good MS marketing department… they have learnt from the 360 PR disasters.
It doesn’t mean we have to believe every word.
Re read my statement and it’s spot on.
The games audience here suffered because of its own PR - which included not distancing itself clearly enough from the PR disaster which was Avengers.
Me myself - will continue to form my own opinions - buy game I want to play and not be outraged that Hollywood superstars aren’t in a game or it’s not “official cannon” (boo hoo) I’ll enjoy it as you know….
Guardians of the Galaxy part of the MONSTER marvel cinematic universe owned by the one the biggest entertainment companies in world finds an audience because of the gamepass……
Says more about the PR around the game than anything else….
It reviewed well.
I’ve seen some spin on the impact of Gamepass but this is a stretch
@RedShirtRod you genuinely believe the majority of people are paying 10.99????
I paid £3.40 a month for 3 years. I know people that paid as little as £2…. The Gold upgrade is a legit way to get GPU. I’d wager barely anyone is paying 10.99….. with third party sellers selling gold off cheap on the regular I would wager even MS themselves don’t know what the average people are paying for gold. I paid MS £1 direct for three years.
Surely people here aren’t paying 10.99 a month. When Xbox are offering a far better deal themselves?
“Official ____ Partner” for football clubs make me laugh….
Official Coffee partner, official watch partner, official airline partner, official car maker…. As a big football fan…. And specifically of a club that has more official partners than good players…. I have NEVER been swayed into buying a product because they are an official partner. I have however been put off a product because the TV was full of adverts of rival players telling me they are the official partner of that club.
So from a small sample of one… partner deals do more damage than good
@awp69 exactly and don’t the WRC get a rather mixed review?
I was hoping we’d get a rally game that mixes WRC into a more Dirt style game with other races types as well. A sort of “Rally Motorsports” kind of thing…. With loads of different dirt racing.
Gamepass only on Xbox SX that and BC titles most that I already owned and not adding new ones really.
PS5 I buy the games I want but mostly snag bargains. Even for new games bargains are possible.
Switch I have a meaty physical collection but do buy games digital in the sale.
GPU basically forces you to wait for games. Even digital sales - you always think…. Hmmm… this will be on GPU next month.
GPU has probably actually made me play less game on XBOX and not more. It’s the Netflix effect…. You have too much choice and none of it you personally selected that being said Forza Horizon is best game in last 12 months on any console.
@Bobobiwan agree 100% - as a solo player campaign it really is good. For the £10 you can pick it up for now it’s a great option. Unfortunately all the noise around the silly GaaS part drowns out the great campaign. That and people saying “ BuT tHeY DonT loOK liKe theY do in ThA MoViEZ”
Wow they have a bad attitude. Not sure why they bothered to make that expensive trailer when they had no game. It’s all just a bit rubbish in my eyes. Concentrate on making a good game and then come and show me.
People always make me chuckle when they say it hasn’t aged well. It’s a perfectly crafted game. Obviously visuals are of the time but many modern fps fall far short of this game.
@lokozar halo was a flag ship game and campaign was 8 hours. Netflix shows are longer. Unfortunately the poster was spot on with their analysis and Xbox themselves here agree. They need a constant stream of games. Good games. With the occasional monster Game mixed in. They want to appeal to all gamers. Not just ones that like 30 plus hours on a game. They’ve moved so people can play on devices whilst they sit and watch TV. Competing with the mobile games. THey know times have changed. They are doing the right things IMHO. We just need to see how good they are at seeing more and more good games in a continual stream. Not a continual stream of big named games that disappoint. We haven’t see disappointing games yet. But who knows when the volume cranks up
I have GPU. I have a XSX and I like others have said would rather pay for Halo. Get more content and a “beefier” experience and not have the F2P model that is being called GaaS here. That’s the issue with GPU getting ALL the games I’d rather a balance that some bigger hitters can still sell themselves and not have to have all the extra mechanics to get more money from me.
Genuinely always surprised when people celebrate sales figures of a product they own like a sports team winning. Especially when it’s clear this is about supply. But YEAH GO XBOX. Back of the shed. (Niche joke).
I’m not being funny but Xbox do the same and only advertise a game as coming to Xbox. Why is everything a console war. They are bits of plastic. Buy it or don’t buy it. Don’t be silly enough to feel like it’s a team activity. They a massive multinationals they just want your money.
On topic. This looks great. Really decent looking game.
Was please to see Rogue one , Mando season 1&2 and Solo are all included… Bad batch too and Clone wars I believe. I’d like to see some more of the Mandalorians from mando season one featured. Same it looks like it’s only characters and not levels.
@InterceptorAlpha exactly. Nail on head. Focusing on delivering a rich Halo that players that want to play halo would keep playing should have been key. F2P market is companies constantly chasing that Fortnite gold which no one else gets close to. Especially in a similar game.
Whilst some may “take time to recharge batteries” between jobs reality is most people don’t leave one job without another in place. We have bills and mortgages - I suspect even higher paid guys like this - it would suggest he may have been politely shown the door. Allowed to keep his dignity and own narrative and avoid bad PR for all but yeah you don’t just walk out of jobs. Anyone reading this disagreeing is either very privileged or very young.
None of these comments make me feel confident really. I remember the TNA game. 20 or so wrestlers and so so limited. It obviously didn’t play brilliant either. Even if this plays brilliant if it doesn’t have replayability and certain features it will be disappointing. With the roster AEW has and the legends it now has feature regularly the roster itself should be amazing.
It sounds more like they are aiming for a NO mercy tech demo for the first game.
@Medic_Alert I play a lot of driving and sports games and with storage as a premium I’d rather have the option to have more games installed than less. You are kidding yourself if you think the leap for PS4 pro to ps5 for many games is massive. Same with xb1x and XSX and I’d wager on some blind tests not knowing which was which you’d struggle to tell them apart
I think it’s far better to have the choice of versions. With space being a premium having last gen versions for some games on external drive is brilliant. Much better than being forced to have a version and the physical disks have issues offline. I own a ps5 and XSX and have had zero issues with ps5 system. It’s a few mins and a few clicks to Copy save data and chose ps5/ps4 version and you get the power to decide. Lots of people amused by this seem to be Xbox only people that haven’t used both systems and are just reading people on stupid street having issues relishing the fake console wars. Honestly you picked Xbox only well done. Don’t hate on another plastic box.
Didn’t like it then and don’t like it now but I’m not blindly loyal to one bit of plastic and cables over another bit of plastic and cables. I just want good cinematic first player games, deep sports games and fun racers with a smattering of platformers and collectathons and competition - less 3rd parties games is bad for all of us. Nothing was stopping MS releasing more games and more IPs. They don’t need to keep buying companies.
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Re: Talking Point: Do You Own Any Xbox Games You've Never Played?
Same as above I’d say I’ve bought at least 100 titles I’ve bought and never played just on the Xbox one or XSX add in other consoles and you can make it closes to 500.
I’ll get to them one day.
Re: Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy Is 'Finding An Audience' Thanks To Xbox Game Pass
@BAMozzy you are wrong for several reasons.
Those of us old enough remember when pretty much all licensed games didn’t have likeness of “famous actors”
You are being pedantic to say this isn’t linked to the movies with its extremely close ties. It’s more of a stretch to say GPU is good for games like this than it is to say this is nothing to do with the MCU.
People are obsessed with what’s cannon and what’s not.
It’s all a bit sad.
The reviews were quite clear what was and wasn’t in this game.
Avengers suffered the same “bUt He DoESnT lOoK lIKe tHaT fAmOuS acTor!” Out cry. Sad.
Avengers as a solo player game was pretty decent and far better than the commentary from people that never played it.
I don’t need or like GaaS and so happily ignored all that grind and nonsense. The free story expansions were most welcome too.
Gamepass doesn’t make games compete for your valuable time it makes you ignore good games you would have bought.
This is a prime example. People didn’t buy it and now are enjoying it A LOT.
All games ever you pay £50 to try it. That’s gaming.
Your whole argument flies in the face of the official line that GPU is good for gaming. You are having your cake and eating it.
I have GPU and think it’s a good service but the PR spin and hype around it is massively overblown (correctly) by a very good MS marketing department… they have learnt from the 360 PR disasters.
It doesn’t mean we have to believe every word.
Re read my statement and it’s spot on.
The games audience here suffered because of its own PR - which included not distancing itself clearly enough from the PR disaster which was Avengers.
Me myself - will continue to form my own opinions - buy game I want to play and not be outraged that Hollywood superstars aren’t in a game or it’s not “official cannon” (boo hoo) I’ll enjoy it as you know….
A game….
Re: Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy Is 'Finding An Audience' Thanks To Xbox Game Pass
Ha!! What a joke…..
Guardians of the Galaxy part of the MONSTER marvel cinematic universe owned by the one the biggest entertainment companies in world finds an audience because of the gamepass……
Says more about the PR around the game than anything else….
It reviewed well.
I’ve seen some spin on the impact of Gamepass but this is a stretch
Re: Activision Blizzard Reveals 1,100 QA Testers Are Getting Full-Time Jobs
Sign me up…. Dream job
Googles Activision/blizzard staff reviews:…….
Ah I’m busy sorry.
Re: Halo Infinite Dev Admits 'Difficult Situation' In Response To Fan Unrest
@NeoRatt for normal games and releases I’m with you. When I’m paying a monthly fee - there needs to be a constant stream of good quality games.
Halo tbh falls outside of this anyway as it’s a FTP. But again people won’t wait they’ll move on.
The issue with both Sub services and FTP you can’t make people wait
Re: Talking Point: How Often Do You Play Backwards Compatible Games On Xbox?
Play SSX 3 more than anything else. It’s constantly in my rotation and in last year I’ve completed more BC games than modern games
Re: Surprise! Xbox Games With Gold For April Hasn't Gone Down Well
Both gold and plus have wild deviations from great months to not so great months but also different people like different games.
Hue is getting a lot of love
Re: Surprise! Xbox Games With Gold For April Hasn't Gone Down Well
@Rafie exactly!!! Well said mate
Re: Xbox Exec Uses PlayStation News To Hype Up The 'Value' Of Game Pass
Until we know the games included it’s hard to judge. We need more details.
Same as GPU until all these studios start pumping out regular exclusives it’s hard to know how good it is.
Re: Poll: Are You Happy With April 2022's Xbox Games With Gold?
The BC games always do the heavy lifting
Re: Xbox Reportedly Paid '$5-10 Million' For Guardians Of The Galaxy On Game Pass
@RedShirtRod you genuinely believe the majority of people are paying 10.99????
I paid £3.40 a month for 3 years. I know people that paid as little as £2…. The Gold upgrade is a legit way to get GPU. I’d wager barely anyone is paying 10.99….. with third party sellers selling gold off cheap on the regular I would wager even MS themselves don’t know what the average people are paying for gold. I paid MS £1 direct for three years.
Surely people here aren’t paying 10.99 a month. When Xbox are offering a far better deal themselves?
Re: Xbox Becomes Official Gaming Partner Of French Football Federation
“Official ____ Partner” for football clubs make me laugh….
Official Coffee partner, official watch partner, official airline partner, official car maker….
As a big football fan…. And specifically of a club that has more official partners than good players…. I have NEVER been swayed into buying a product because they are an official partner. I have however been put off a product because the TV was full of adverts of rival players telling me they are the official partner of that club.
So from a small sample of one… partner deals do more damage than good
Re: Dirt Rally 3 Reportedly Cancelled In Favour Of 'Ambitious' WRC Game
@awp69 exactly and don’t the WRC get a rather mixed review?
I was hoping we’d get a rally game that mixes WRC into a more Dirt style game with other races types as well. A sort of “Rally Motorsports” kind of thing…. With loads of different dirt racing.
Re: Phil Spencer Says Xbox Is 'About The Diversity Of Business Models', Not Just Game Pass
Gamepass only on Xbox SX that and BC titles most that I already owned and not adding new ones really.
PS5 I buy the games I want but mostly snag bargains. Even for new games bargains are possible.
Switch I have a meaty physical collection but do buy games digital in the sale.
GPU basically forces you to wait for games. Even digital sales - you always think…. Hmmm… this will be on GPU next month.
GPU has probably actually made me play less game on XBOX and not more. It’s the Netflix effect…. You have too much choice and none of it you personally selected that being said Forza Horizon is best game in last 12 months on any console.
Re: Marvel's Avengers Has Delayed Its Next Update
@Bobobiwan agree 100% - as a solo player campaign it really is good. For the £10 you can pick it up for now it’s a great option. Unfortunately all the noise around the silly GaaS part drowns out the great campaign. That and people saying “ BuT tHeY DonT loOK liKe theY do in ThA MoViEZ”
Re: Ghostbusters Returns To Xbox With A New Multiplayer Game This Year
Another waste of a license that could have an epic solo player game.
Re: Pick One: What's Your Favourite Snowboarding Game On Xbox?
Ssx 3 is the only correct answer.
SSX tricky is brilliant but 3 beats it in every possible way and I don’t believe 3 will ever be beaten. Still play 3 all the time
Re: Gran Turismo 7 Drama Leads To 'Always-Online' Xbox And PlayStation Debate
A wise* man once said - you want a offline console buy a 360……..
He might not have been that wise
Re: GoldenEye Trademark Update Hints At Remaster Release
@Banjo- for so many it seems gameplay is bottom of the list. Graphics over everything else. Graphics and a massive Grind.
Re: Star Wars Eclipse Dev Issues Stern Response To 'Delayed' Rumours
Wow they have a bad attitude. Not sure why they bothered to make that expensive trailer when they had no game. It’s all just a bit rubbish in my eyes. Concentrate on making a good game and then come and show me.
Re: Paramount Plus Is The Latest Xbox Game Pass Perk For March
This isn’t U.K. though right?
Re: GoldenEye Trademark Update Hints At Remaster Release
People always make me chuckle when they say it hasn’t aged well. It’s a perfectly crafted game. Obviously visuals are of the time but many modern fps fall far short of this game.
Re: Deals: All 20+ Backwards Compatible Games In This Week's Xbox Sales (March 15-21)
Cheers for this.
Re: Xbox Wants To Provide A 'Steady Flow Of Great Games' Moving Forward
@lokozar halo was a flag ship game and campaign was 8 hours. Netflix shows are longer. Unfortunately the poster was spot on with their analysis and Xbox themselves here agree. They need a constant stream of games. Good games. With the occasional monster
Game mixed in. They want to appeal to all gamers. Not just ones that like 30 plus hours on a game. They’ve moved so people can play on devices whilst they sit and watch TV. Competing with the mobile games. THey know times have changed. They are doing the right things IMHO. We just need to see how good they are at seeing more and more good games in a continual stream. Not a continual stream of big named games that disappoint. We haven’t see disappointing games yet. But who knows when the volume cranks up
Re: Soapbox: Live Service Expectations Are The Issue, Not Halo Infinite
I have GPU. I have a XSX and I like others have said would rather pay for Halo. Get more content and a “beefier” experience and not have the F2P model that is being called GaaS here. That’s the issue with GPU getting ALL the games I’d rather a balance that some bigger hitters can still sell themselves and not have to have all the extra mechanics to get more money from me.
Re: Xbox Series X|S Outsold PS5 In February, Lost Top Spot To Switch
Genuinely always surprised when people celebrate sales figures of a product they own like a sports team winning. Especially when it’s clear this is about supply. But YEAH GO XBOX. Back of the shed. (Niche joke).
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Re: Samurai Adventure Trek To Yomi Is Coming To Xbox Game Pass Day One
I’m not being funny but Xbox do the same and only advertise a game as coming to Xbox. Why is everything a console war. They are bits of plastic. Buy it or don’t buy it. Don’t be silly enough to feel like it’s a team activity. They a massive multinationals they just want your money.
On topic. This looks great. Really decent looking game.
Re: Deals: This Week's Backwards Compatible Offers Include Major Call Of Duty Sale
If you go to the Hungary store they are even cheaper. No need for VPN or anything else if in U.K. just click and buy.
Re: LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga DLC Includes The Mandalorian Add-Ons
Was please to see Rogue one , Mando season 1&2 and Solo are all included… Bad batch too and Clone wars I believe. I’d like to see some more of the Mandalorians from mando season one featured. Same it looks like it’s only characters and not levels.
Re: Halo Infinite's Multiplayer Lead Has Left 343 Industries
@InterceptorAlpha exactly. Nail on head. Focusing on delivering a rich Halo that players that want to play halo would keep playing should have been key. F2P market is companies constantly chasing that Fortnite gold which no one else gets close to. Especially in a similar game.
Re: Halo Infinite's Multiplayer Lead Has Left 343 Industries
Whilst some may “take time to recharge batteries” between jobs reality is most people don’t leave one job without another in place. We have bills and mortgages - I suspect even higher paid guys like this - it would suggest he may have been politely shown the door. Allowed to keep his dignity and own narrative and avoid bad PR for all but yeah you don’t just walk out of jobs. Anyone reading this disagreeing is either very privileged or very young.
Re: Star Wars Eclipse Is At Least 5 Years Away, Says Report
Why announce it…. Pointless. Hopefully there are some unannounced Star Wars games that will actually deliver in the next 5 years.
Re: Deals: Multiple Games Are Reduced By 90-95% On Xbox This Week
@FraserG yes please always good to get a heads up on deals
Re: Huge Forza Horizon 5 Series 5 Update Adds Sign Language Options, New Cars
All over the sign language amazing stuff.
Not played this for a while I will dip back in. Excellent game.
Re: Elden Ring Creator 'Apologises' To Players Who Find It Too Hard
Gaming snobbery at its finest. Honestly I hope we have less and less people like this in the gaming industry.
Re: Kenny Omega Provides An Update On The New AEW Console Game
None of these comments make me feel confident really. I remember the TNA game. 20 or so wrestlers and so so limited. It obviously didn’t play brilliant either. Even if this plays brilliant if it doesn’t have replayability and certain features it will be disappointing. With the roster AEW has and the legends it now has feature regularly the roster itself should be amazing.
It sounds more like they are aiming for a NO mercy tech demo for the first game.
Re: Halo Live-Action Series Will Show Master Chief's Face
@Liam_Doolan that made me lol.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Has Everyone Praising Xbox Smart Delivery Again
@AstraeaV shsssh the uncomfortable truth the Xbox only crew don’t want to admit. The Xbox system is best coz they picked Xbox.
Some of us who own all the consoles know this is a non story and the Xbox system has its own drawbacks.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Has Everyone Praising Xbox Smart Delivery Again
@Would_you_kindly I know. I smashed my ps5 up early after reading comments here and the replies telling me I’m doing my hobby wrong.
Shameful the way I’ve acted I should only buy one plastic box and worship it.
Just liking gaming is so uncool…. You have to like one games console producer.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Has Everyone Praising Xbox Smart Delivery Again
@Medic_Alert I play a lot of driving and sports games and with storage as a premium I’d rather have the option to have more games installed than less. You are kidding yourself if you think the leap for PS4 pro to ps5 for many games is massive. Same with xb1x and XSX and I’d wager on some blind tests not knowing which was which you’d struggle to tell them apart
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Has Everyone Praising Xbox Smart Delivery Again
I think it’s far better to have the choice of versions. With space being a premium having last gen versions for some games on external drive is brilliant. Much better than being forced to have a version and the physical disks have issues offline. I own a ps5 and XSX and have had zero issues with ps5 system. It’s a few mins and a few clicks to Copy save data and chose ps5/ps4 version and you get the power to decide. Lots of people amused by this seem to be Xbox only people that haven’t used both systems and are just reading people on stupid street having issues relishing the fake console wars. Honestly you picked Xbox only well done. Don’t hate on another plastic box.
Re: GM Mode Is Back In WWE 2K22, And Here's A Proper Look At It
Time limit like that defeats the whole object. Pointless mode now
Re: Martha Is Dead Will Be Censored On PlayStation, But Not On Xbox
Before I even clicked on this I knew the fanboys would be out. As boring as you are predictable.
Wouldn’t surprise me if this is a publicity stunt as people are talking about a game they otherwise wouldn’t be.
Re: Rumour: GoldenEye 007 Remaster For Xbox Set To Be Revealed Soon
“It’s not aged well” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
It’s still better than most new FPS.
People will play this and realise that most of these new gimmick filled FPS are not a patch on the king.
Re: Xbox Is Trying To 'Undercut And Dominate' The Games Industry, Argues TV Host
My stance on all the third party take overs are bad. I haven’t changed my mind on this.
It’s a shame so many of you are triggered by this.
Re: We're Giving Away The Nacon MG-X Pro xCloud Controller (UK)
Boo to unsocial media comps. No thanks. Shows how important web traffic is these days. Give up and just go 100% Twitter if you feel that way.
Re: How To Buy 'Delisted' Backwards Compatible Games On Xbox
A proper list of workable short cuts and a list would be ace. I’m very interested in this.
Re: Far Cry 6 Goes Rambo With New Free DLC Pack
Brutally murdering….. please
It’s Serving cold hard justice…
It’s fiction stop trying to make it sound sensationalism and making it sound like Rambo should be condemned. It’s a fictional action hero
Re: Xbox Series S 'xScreen' Starts Shipping Next Month
I have a ps2 slim with a screen and it’s a cracking idea. I can’t justify a SS on top of my SX. It looks great though.
Re: Talking Point: 10 Days Later, How Are You Feeling About The Activision Blizzard Acquisition?
Didn’t like it then and don’t like it now but I’m not blindly loyal to one bit of plastic and cables over another bit of plastic and cables. I just want good cinematic first player games, deep sports games and fun racers with a smattering of platformers and collectathons and competition - less 3rd parties games is bad for all of us. Nothing was stopping MS releasing more games and more IPs. They don’t need to keep buying companies.