TheOldHunter4K

Some good some bad and some ugly.

Biggest what the hell was the; my name is, my name is, my name is... Agent 47.

Wuchang Wabbit looked cool.
And that Souls clone.
Both paid games.👍🏼

Other than that, nothing I would even consider buying or downloading on GP.

E33 is a great great game.
Story, controls, graphics, sound, everything. The tale it tells, grown up writing, I call it.
Well deserved win for a new and relatively small developer.

If Rockstar keep being Rockstar, yes, it could be delayed, and delayed again.

Anti union, mass sacking of developers, management hubris etc.

@Gabrie
I agree, partly.
£23 a month, £276 a year is definitely a luxury spend.
Loaded are selling 12 month Ultimate codes for just under £119.
That's just under £10 a month.

With all the extra gubbins, THAT price makes it 'worth it'.

And compare THAT lower price to the other 2 platform offerings, it blows em away.

Cool, not a bad selection, 3 or 4 decent ones I'll play.👍🏼
The rest, just filler.

Couple of rounds of BF6.
Given COD a swerve this year.
Ghost of T on the PC, where also got Dispatch to start.

Oh, and 2 more episodes of 1883 to go, great series.

For those that haven't ever played it, and this is your first time, in my opinion one of the best games I've ever played in me over 40 years of gaming.
Great story, characters, setting, everything.
And to go in playing it in the best state, (possibly), I hope you enjoy as much as I did originally.👍🏼

I got my Series X for £350 from CEX, 5 year warranty, boxed, perfect condition, they now priced at over £410 for same.

Time this goes on sale, my PC will be a year old, and the Steam Machine will still be a much lower spec, and the PC isn't a top of the range beast as it is.

I reckon it'll release for £550.

Cyberpunk got released in a bad state cos management and shareholders rushed it.

GTA being delayed is cos management/owners have been sacking the devs en mass.

Tad different.

It's just ok. Completed it last weekend.
Won't be doing NG+.

It's not an option on the survey, but my answer is "yes, I will play it for free at some point on PC" 🏴‍☠️🦜

Finished ninja 4 earlier this afternoon that was just ok, a bit of the new map on BF6 this evening, that's been good.
Outer worlds 2 on the series X and ghost ofTsushima DC on PC, both not been started.

It was good, well, ok.
Played it for free on PC a couple of months ago.
Just not a fan of the constant backtracking, need a key go get key, repeat. Gets in the way of a great story.
Just my opinion, don't have a poo because of it.

Exclusives are moot with a PC with means to access these titles.

Gamers reaping the benefits of the price hike. FFS.
While I'm at it, seems I was right about the day one dross starting.
Have you seen the games coming up in next couple of months, 90% mobile tat.

Also, cannot agree more with Loaded deals.👍🏼
I believe they are selling Turkish codes.
That work in UK and rest of Europe.

Could be wrong.

Xbox game > Push square > Xbox tax

As others above have mentioned, they do a review, positive comments, deduct the tax, (1 or 2 points), score given.

Cool, I've never played zero in me puff, so that'll be good. All other remakes have been excellent.

After reading the hyperbolic review on this site, I watched Linus Tech Tips' review, amongst many others.

https://youtu.be/_XhDRAq4YO8

Long story short, not an Xbox in any sense despite the branding, and way overpriced.

Mass effect trilogy, red dead 1 and 2 all naughty dog stuff, Witcher 3...twice.

Gta5, half life 2....thrice.
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Bloodborne NG+7

I'd pretty much agree with review and score, the campaign was good/ok, the multiplayer is as good as was hoped from the beta... No, it's better actually.

And yes, turn off cross play.

Got it for less than £50.
Campaign is ok, like the others, not excellent and not crap.
MP is exactly as I want it to be.

I'm happy.

As we're talking about Gamefarce, it's definitely worth noting that Loaded com are selling 12 month codes for £125, anyone thinking of staying on that tier, that is a great deal, just over a tenner a month, I'll be getting a year of essential for £40 in January.

Anyway, back to the plot, I fear it's all indie-like stuff from what seems like basement coders in the horizon, blops7, ninja 4 and outer worlds 2 have been on the 'coming soon' for many months. They have to really pull something AAA out in December, or at the latest January, otherwise it strongly confirms it''ll be 75 day one releases of 16 to 32 bit-a-likes.

There have been some very good games this year, as many of the varied comments above attest to.
Despite all the negative, such as pricing of GP, the very future of Xbox as a console brand amongst others, it's still all about the GAMES.
So, to pick just one.. oh the pressure...

Erm

MINDSEY3.

I got BF6 for less than £50, so I'll be playing that for the foreseeable from Friday.

It'll finally be a reason to put the Series X back on for some couch play in quite a while as me gaming PC has taken up all gaming time for a couple of months.

Most of 'em will be c grade dross.
I reckon 1 'big' game a quarter, the rest... Pah.

As of right now, this AM, Loaded.com are selling 3 month Ultimate codes for £36.

If any of you are thinking of staying on Ultimate, £12 a month is quite a bit cheaper than Microsoft's £23 a month mugging.

EDIT: check out shopto, they have a LOWER price than Loaded, as of 8am.

All things considered, I've slept on it and MAY drop down to Essential in the new year, IF I stay subscribed. £40 for the year, just over £3 a month.

Ultimate, with all the 'added extras' holds no interest to me, even at £12 a month.

Though that £40/£3.33 price will probably change before January I'm sure.

Been a shed load of comments here, and none of them positive, as rightly so.✊🏼

Here's a number crunch for you....

Xbox top tier in the UK is gonna be £276 a year.

Playstation top tier is £120 a year.

That's a difference of nearly 79 percent.

Now, unless PlayStation put a massive price hike on, and soon, It's a hard ask to say that all the new unwanted gubbins and access to games day one is worth such a difference.

What say you all?

@Fiendish-Beaver
As far as I'm aware, you have to let your current subscription expire, wait a day, then you can join again on any tier.

I'm sure someone else will chip in if not correct.

I'll see what the UK price for 3 month Ultimate is on loaded.com as I never pay direct for it, so usually it's a 30(ish)% discount on full price.
If it looks unreasonable once Loaded put their prices up, which they'll have to, I may tune out entirely.
I have until 9th January to decide, by then I'll have had 3 months of what the 'new' Ultimate has to offer, though on first look, I don't feel confident.

No real loss as a gaming PC and FitGirl has become my go to for gaming.

Unfortunately, for me, the only words that spring to mind with a large proportion of Gamepass games is... Direct to video.

And yes, some people loved direct to video releases.

@Fiendish-Beaver
Good point about stores/codes.
I buy keys from them for the odd bits n bobs. For example, last week I got Infinite Wealth for less than £20, for the deluxe version. (Steam.). Far as I could tell, that is nearly 3 times that price on the other 2 main console storefronts.

Will start playing later this evening.
Bought it late yesterday.
Passed me by when it first came out
Only £9, and I really enjoyed RoboCop.
A relatively smaller studio than some others, but one that has a lot of love for the period and the films they're based on.

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if it's on Gamepass within the next 3 months.
But I just finished Wuchang and thought this'd do as an immediate change of pace.

@EdgarTheBug
I didn't see a single belly button.

I'll get me coat.

I'll give it a go, if it has a lot of sliding around, it'll be uninstalled double quick.
Turn off cross platform for an even playing field, same as BF6 beta, which I've enjoyed thoroughly.

Actually, that's what was missing from the recent movie Warfare, sliding around.. FFS.

As someone above has mentioned, it'd be better if it came with a rechargeable pack.
You pay X for a pad and then 20 quid on top for the battery packs, official ones anyway.
I've got 2 pads with the high capacity venoms, they last for ages before charging.
Using AA's isn't very green and surprised MS still pushing from a non environmental perspective.
(Just off to me tyre incineration factory)

Enjoyed what I've played, been in since 9am launch, BF3/4 vibes, turned off vignette, film grain etc, balanced played better for me as performance had screen tearing on Series X.
Vehicles, environmental destruction, large maps oh and not sliding around on yer arse, dressed as Butthead like COD, FFS.

I probably won't buy it day one, as it'll have a load of map packs and extras trickled over the first year, and be on sale within 6 months if that.

Wuchang......on GAMEPASS!!! 🎣🎣🎣

Same as above.
Series X, me.
Prioritize frame rate, no screen tearing or judder.
Honestly think that Push square 'mini review' was a bit dismissive.
Maybe because their target audience has to pay for the game, whereas on the other platform, it's on Gamepass.
Having both systems, I will of course play on the platform where I'm not forking out £50+.

All in all, good game👍🏼

@IronMan30
They do indeed, just over 1.5%.
And JPMorgan have over 5% share.

Won't change a thing.

It'll be discounted on EAPlay soon enough.
Or free after 12 months.

Hopefully, forced passing if on ball for 10 seconds?

David Beckham wannabes that play more like David Blunkett ruin the experience.

I have bought n played every battlefield.
And haven't really 'enjoyed' my time with them since BF4.

And do you know, the one I spent TONS of hours on... 1943 on the PS3🤓

The reality is, the developer probably doesn't want it on Xbox cos the majority of Xbox players WOULD want it on Gamepass and not pay for it...

...So they will be in discussions with MS to get it on Gamepass.

The snake eating itself.

I buy games still, yes.
On sale, never fully price.
Same for Gamepass and PS Premium, discounted every time it comes around.

Never been disappointed with a From game yet.
Even Nightreign, with it's shrinking map/fast play approach, though different, I enjoyed very much.

Just seems to me that Duskbloods being Switch 2 exclusive is a strange match.

Nintendo have obviously paid a pretty penny for it, but i can't see it selling well on that platform.
But I love the look of it still.

Alien Isolation. Headphones.

Erm, so gamepass clearly hadn't hurt them then.👍🏼
I've read a few posts by developers bleating on about how gamepass isn't a good thing.
I've been of the understanding that releasing a ***** game, whether it's on Gamepass or not, people simply won't play it/buy it.
There's been some right dirge released over the years, both at a price and gamepass that I haven't even been bothered to look at or download and try 'for free' and lo and behold they have been made the same people who moan about the above.

What time UK?
"...later today"

I'd be surprised if it's released on Xbox within 12 months. Minimum.