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Who said I skipped the X?

Pretty sure it sounds more in depth than it is. Just one factor of many that will be considered when the engine procedurally generates stuff like how snow would accumulate on rocks, where moss would grow, etc. It's not like they're wasting extra man hours manually placing bird ***** everywhere.

@Bleachedsmiles You mean that creepy game where you dress up 5 yr olds? I think there's a reason nobody is talking about it.

6-8 hours is longer than your usual Call of Duty campaign. Looking forward to giving it a playthrough.

And this is why I can't get myself to participate in the PXGC 🤣

@Lorfarius That's what partnerships are for. Just like how Twitch is integrated into the Xbox OS for streaming. MS tried streaming with Mixer, but decided it was more cost-effective to have a third party handle it. Same could be said with Discord. It might not happen in the Series S/X generation, but they're laying the groundwork for something.

@IronMan30 MS has already announced they're discontinuing the Xbox 360 games (which have always been permanently owned once you claim them). Once they do that, there will be literally zero difference between GwG games and the games in Game Pass, since you lose access to them if your sub lapses. It's just the first step in GwG going away entirely, or more likely, XBL Gold either dissolving or getting merged into Game Pass.

My prediction is this: Discord will take over party chat, and the Gold requirement for playing online will be removed. Game Pass will take over for the monthly games.

@Stocksy Why? Nobody had a problem playing as Franklin in GTA5. Or Nico in GTA4. And honestly it's about time they had a female character (though I personally think we should be able to create our own).

I just worry about how cringe it'll be. For some reason whenever a game (or hollywood for that matter) try to do a Latin person (in this case probably Cuban or Puerto Rican) they always lean on it a bit too heavily. We don't all live in the same house with our grandma and uncle. We don't all have papier mache jalapenos hanging up in the kitchen, and for god's sake, 99 percent of us don't mix english and spanish in a sentence. That **** is annoying as hell.

Avatar? More like Nevatar, amirite???

Ahhh. Seriously though this has 'James Cameron doing reshoots so they have to change the game' written all over it.

TMNT III Manhattan Project was one of my favorite NES games. Can't wait for my nostalgia to be shattered!

I played it back when it first hit GP. It had a few control issues but otherwise it was pretty enjoyable. As someone who knows practically nothing about Hindu religion/folklore I found the little mythology murals very interesting. Definitely worth playing through over a weekend.

I bought every single Far Cry game up to Far Cry 5. I used to love that series. But I just can't anymore. I don't even know if I could be bothered to play FC6 on Game Pass. That series needs a de-make. They need to strip out all of the garbage they've been adding to it over the years and go back to what it was.

Make it some Honey I Shrunk the Kids with some Lord of the Flies thrown in for good measure.

PGR2, Rainbow Six 3, Ghost Recon 2 Summit Strike would be a dream come true.

MS is getting into the same rut that Sony is with their sales. The same games week in and week out. I have a wishlist in the Xbox store full of games that never go on sale.

Well for what it's worth... that's why it's on the PTS (public test server).

I love to dig into ESO occasionally. The lack of sub makes it perfect for hopping in and binging for a week or two then setting it down for a bit. I'm by no means a hardcore though, my build is average at best.

Normally I would say that these changes are only going to be noticed by the hardcore and completely irrelevant to 90% of the players, but at this point in the games lifespan, I'm pretty sure most of the ESO players are hardcore.

But as the above post said, they'll change it again in 3 months anyway. Just follow hacktheminotaur or someone on youtube and they'll tell you how to reconfig your build to get around the nerfs anyway.

@Rmg0731 I would love to be wrong!

@Rmg0731 That would be awesome, but don't hold your breath. Daybreak Studios still hold EverQuest rights I believe, but I don't know about Norrath (same universe). Sony might still have exclusivity rights tied up in some old dusty contract, which could be why there's no mention of it on Daybreak's website.

If Sony decided they wanted to do a remaster for PS4/5 I'd be all over it, but they don't seem to be interested in doing so.

@BartoxTharglod Of course, anything's "possible." And I'm not gatekeeping anything. People that enjoy those games are free to do so. But the ones that enjoyed RS back in the day (like 20 yrs ago) aren't likely the majority of Siege's player base. We're well into our 40's now. That's just a fact.

I am so sad that I missed out on another opportunity for Roman to annoy the **** out of me.

I'm ok.

It really does boggle my mind how EA (and Ubi for that matter) got so far from what made their respective franchises great (Battlefield, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six) and can't seem to figure out how to fix them when they literally have the winning formula shouting and waving at them from 2004.

And before people mention how successful RS:Siege is; it's Rainbow Six in name only. The people that play it are not the ones that enjoyed RS back in the day.

Does that mean co-op is deactivated as well? Because that effectively cuts off actual in-game missions in Blacklist.

I have been waiting patiently for the day I can scrape it out of the plastic binder sleeve it's been in for the past 15 years and give it a go.

Honestly, it's not a great game. But it's not that bad, either. Definitely worth booting up into the easiest difficulty and blasting through in a sitting or two.

I mean it's just kind of a stupid tweet to make. I'm not bothered by it in the slightest, but it would be like McDonald's saying "they're a 10 but they only eat Big Macs" if they had employees whose sole purpose was to make Big Macs. I mean, they have two HUGE single player games in the pipeline right now in the form of SW Jedi and the Dead Space reboot. Why disrespect your own developers?

Also, I don't play EA multiplayer. I specifically avoid them. For reasons that are EA's own stupid fault. So this tweet makes even less sense. If anything, I would consider only playing SP a plus.

See look, now i'm all worked up over something I don't even care about lol. Dammit EA, I'm blaming you for this.

"The combat here has since been bettered by Valhalla"

Was it, though?

@Would_you_kindly But those would ALSO be on Game Pass! Oops I said it again!

DRINK!

I'm gonna be so trashed by the end of that show...

@Would_you_kindly I... What?

Also, who's in for an Xbox Game Pass live stream drinking game?

"Game Pass"

DRINK!

I mean, until EA decided to revive Dead Space, he had a pretty safe bet that this was going to be the spiritual successor.

That said, that still might be the case.

Well let's see... Zombie Army Trilogy was on Game Pass. Then Sniper Elite 4 was on Game Pass. Then Zombie Army 4 came to Game Pass. Now we have Sniper Elite 5 on Game Pass.

Something tells me Rebellion is quite satisfied with their "low sales" on Xbox.

We should also keep in mind that for the most part, these games have always been B-tier, AA games. Which isn't a bad thing, but also might mean that they don't have to sell 5+ million copies to consider a game "successful."

While I always hope indie devs succeed, I have to be honest. That's pretty rough. They're probably being a bit pre-mature thinking about an Xbox version. They should probably just focus on that PC version for a while.

Just playing devil's advocate, but it's entirely possible that he never intended to stay longer than he needed to. Most of these guys who have been in the industry for as long as he has don't tend to go backwards. Staten will likely move on as well once they feel Halo is in a good place again. They came in to lend a hand (for better or worse) and then they'll move on to the next thing.

Looking forward to it. My buddy and I had a blast with Sniper Elite 4.

@Grumblevolcano it does if you're a new PS gamer who hasn't played most of those games. As someone who only plays the exclusive drop here and there on PS, there's literally no reason to bother with it as all those games are old news.

Even less of a reason for hardcore PS fans.

Sony needs to do day 1, period.

Sounds like a first world problem. I have a job that doesn't pay much and was often left behind cuz my buddies would buy the latest Mp game and play together and I would just chat cuz I couldn't always afford to buy the game. With Game Pass we all have access to the same games and when a big one dropped I would get to play with my buddies.

People complaining about a service that allows everyone to play together need a reality check.

Get rid of the AI soldiers. Flanking in that game was completely borked due to constantly getting shot in the back by enemy "players" that weren't there before or had no business being where they were. The AI soldiers had no rhyme or reason to their movements, and we're completely unpredictable in their behavior. One of the many things wrong with that train wreck of a game.

@MiGke you might want to check your hair to make sure the joke didn't buzz too close as it flew over your head.

Atlus: "Xbox gamers! Do you want Persona on Xbox??"

Xbox Gamers: "What's Persona?"

The irony is that a Medal of Honor could fit the Vince Zampella model perfectly. I realize they've already kinda tried, but that MoH reboot was a miss in more ways than one. It's primed for a reboot and could definitely be the CoD-clone they're looking for.

IF the Microsoft deal goes through and MS does cool it with the annualized CoD entries that could open the door for another shooter to squeeze in.

@Leuke I disagree. 2042 is broken at the most fundamental level. They'll polish it as much as they can because they have an obligation to do so. But it will never be a good Battlefield game. The developers obviously think so since they're willing to completely trash it and start over.

Also I'm convinced the "Vince Zampella approach" is what ruined it in the first place.

They're gonna start on the ground... With boots.

I'm perfectly fine with it. If you're playing last gen versions to squeeze out extra performance, perhaps its time to move on to PC gaming.

I actually still like to run around in Disneyland Adventures. Mindless busywork but sometimes that's all I need.

Reggie was the Shrek/Hamburglar mish-mash we didn't know we needed. Why there was never a Reggie doll is beyond me.

@LX_FENIX Fair Use is Fair Use. What he's doing is well within the guidelines. Will he sue and win millions of dollars? No. But its an important action to take to protect himself and his livelihood.

Why not just make one SKU that includes everything for the price that they want? I don't understand this setup at all.

@GuyinPA75 RIP FASA

I really need to finish this one up, it just keeps getting pushed aside. The art style is wonderful, but I think it's the story-telling angle that turns me off a bit. I'd rather just learn everything through conversations and gameplay. I don't need a narrator. Not a deal-breaker by any means, just a personal nitpick.

This whole "super game" idea is about as @$$backwards as it gets. They want it to be another Fortnite, but Fortnite wasn't what it is for a long time. It grew and evolved organically over a span of YEARS. SEGA is making it sound like it's going to be all the things at launch, which likely means all the things are going to be average at best. Instead of focusing on one thing at a time, making it as good as it can be, and then moving on to the next thing. To top it off they'll cram it with as much MT and NFT bull**** as they can right off the bat so that no one could possibly hope to enjoy it for what it is, and then they'll bemoan the fact that no one wants to play it, just like all the other crap.

The sad thing is, Crazy Taxi could totally work as a GaaS. I just don't trust SEGA to pull it off.

"Don't expect Madden-level quality.."

Ok you have my attention.

I do hope it's different enough to justify it's existence. Dead Island was fun for it's time, but we've had two Dying Lights since then and I don't know if the original formula is enough on its own anymore. That said, I don't really need a parkour playground either. Hopefully there's a middle ground there somewhere.