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Finished Jedi Survivor (somehow more scripted but also more open than FO, with solidly challenging bosses on Jedi Master) and Tomb Raider (the epitome of a linear cinematic 2010s game, short and focused).

Playing Diablo 4 couch coop with my partner (story has gravitas and character, environmental art is impressive, gameplay is the same as 3).

Playing Dead Island 2 next probably.

I feel like the CoD devotees and the Game Pass crowd are pretty separate groups? Don't punish the GP crowd.

Botany Manor was surprisingly quite good. Challenging to keep multiple puzzles in your head at once, but perfectly logical.

Another Crab’s Treasure had fun combat and bosses but I found the game to be fairly buggy and didn’t like the visual aesthetic.

Finished Another Crab’s Treasure (fun combat but quite buggy/ugly), Fallen Order (combat is much better on hard and in 60fps mode), Eastern Exorcist (not bad despite horrible first impression) and Solar Ash (pretty good but this game needed way less story).

Playing Jedi Survivor next and maybe Diablo 4 with my partner (although I find those games so boring, they love them).

Finished Remnant 2 (OK), Evil West (OK), Escape Academy (Good), Botany Manor (Good), Return to Grace (Didn't Like) recently. Really want to jump into Another Crab's Treasure but chores keep coming up.

Finished Wo Long. Loved this game and didn’t expect to - the most fun hack-slash combat I’ve ever played. Recommend playing in resolution mode with no companions.

Lies of P. Some bosses are genuinely very challenging (no specter, no throwables). The perfect party timing is unforgiving but satisfying to learn. I’m curious how many people cheesed some of these with specter/throwables.

If Fallout 76 requires GP Core to play, but it's also free on GP Core - what's the point of owning it?

SOMA is a must play. One of the most immersive and interesting experiences if you’re willing to fully invest your attention (10 hours).

Finished Boltgun. Fun boomer shooter. Guns feel great. But finding the exit is a pain and the last chapter could’ve been cut.

Only one out of those that’s a 10/10 for me is Hades.

Good. Less talky more trailery.

Hell yes. These have always been at the top of my list but I’ve never had a Windows PC.

Did another full run through of Wildlands - so good, but I’d recommend skipping the DLC missions.

Replayed Ori and the Blind Forest. The second game is so much better in terms of design, pacing and CLARITY of visuals.

Replayed The Swapper - the puzzle game that did Soma before Soma.

The very first Tomb Raider is an atmospheric exploration gem. The grid based tank controls weren’t that bad either.

I just replayed Rise and nearly 100%’d it. But that game kinda sucks. It’s super linear and has none of the puzzles/loneliness/organic discovery of the first game.

I had to drop Spiritfarer. I usually finish games I start, but the overlong dialogue, tedious chores, linear islands and general lack of gameplay made it hard to have any fun. The animation is nice though.

Compulsively need to finish all trophies in Arkham City and get my $2.50 worth.

Finished FC Primal Survivor/Expert. Intense and fun.

One thing I hate about digital games is that you can't really get rid of them. You can uninstall and hide them but they're still there taking up some space in your world.

Anyone who understands gyro knows how sad it is that Xbox doesn’t support it natively.

Pretty sure Skyrim is the best game on the 360, Xbox One and Series X. Fallout 3 is close.

210 hours first playthrough - loved it. Haven't touched any of the faction questlines - looking forward to those on my next characters.

Bought Starfield, Skyrim, Fallout 4, Wildlands, Far Cry Primal, Far Cry 4, Division, Mad Max. All digital. Subscribed to GP for 3 months only.

Last Sentinel looks interesting.

Nice to see Moon (Ori) and Finji (Tunic) with new projects.

It’d be cool if JP Survival was an actual survival game but it presents as a scripted linear story game.

Thank you to BGS and Todd. You guys make the best games of all time (imo).

@SAHgamer what are your favorite sci-fi FPSs?

Starfield is a beautiful game that has wonderful role play freedom. The internet is trying so hard to hate it.

I don’t care about the GOTY or this bait-y article title but I hope BGS isn’t discouraged from making the types of games they do.

Skyrim. Far Cry 3. Fallout 3/NV. Mass Effect. Just Cause 2. Plus Shadow Complex - I mean c’mon.

Replaying Far Cry 4. So fun - but damn I wish this game got the 4K treatment. Dynamic 900p is rough.

@ZuneTattooGuy It works surprisingly flawlessly.

It’s one thing to not have gyro in official controllers (which Switch, PS5 and SteamDeck do have natively) but to ban it for offline use is offensive.

@ZuneTattooGuy Armor-X Pro for the gyro and back buttons. Never have and never would use it online. There is no gyro 1st party controller AFAIK.

I’m done with Xbox entirely if they ban my controller for offline use.

Between this, the insane local storage capture policy, and horrible new UI, I’m realizing I’m not their target market. Quick resume is nice but the overall experience is getting worse.

I wonder if they were waiting for the activision deal to close before doing this.

Xbox 360 for Mass Effect 1.

Was living with crappy roommates and no AC and working a job I hated. I had a tiny 720p TV that I put on my only piece of furniture and hooked up the Xbox. Every day after work I sat on the floor with a beer and my controller and was in sci-fi bliss.

They need gyro for FPS aiming

THPS 1+2
Far Cry 6

Harmony of Dissonance. No interest in TotK.

Circle of the Moon