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I really hope Universe Mode actually works this year. From what I've read from early access folks it sounds like there has been some progress but not sure if it's the general mode or the superstar mode (that worked "better" last time).

Oh nice looks like "balanced" mode is starting to be a thing. I played Avowed and Fallout 4 in their 40FPS mode and it was great.

Oh cool it's a standalone expansion, I was worried we had another game doing the "our first game had a subtitle and now we're doing a sequel we're going to keep it the subtitle."

Well my theory that Robocop didn't sell well and that's why it got such a deep discount t this week just took a massive hit lol

All of these games look at least "interesting"

I guess we wont be seeing Tony Hawks 1+2 on GP until after 3+4 launches.

I'll be waiting until I know the Universe Mode has gotten some much-needed TLC* because after the last few it is clear any issues won't be addressed in any meaningful way until the next game.

*the care kind, not the chair kind

Having a bunch of seperate multiplayer modes dose seem like it's going to have issues Halo MCC flashbacks but maybe instead they could bundle the Gears 5 MP with it instead.

Sure Gears 5 isn't going to be included in the collection but at least this would bolster Gears 5's multiplayer with new users coming from PS5 and (possibly) Switch/2.

It sounds like the performance mode is just running at a lower resolution and not turning off graphical features. I hope so, I have a 1440 VRR monitor and happily play "not 4k" at 6 0FPS with all the graphical bells and whistles.

Still amazes me that MS had literal decades lead and covid came along and the world suddenly found video calling important... then Skype was completely ignored.
@Kaloudz Yeah MSN Messenger was certainly "an era", MSN Plus was great

Oh cool! I didn't realise this was going to be getting on going support, I look forward to the new content.

"We've got unannounced projects"
I should hope so they have what 30 studios and we only know what some of them are doing.

Do they get me wrong, games should be released when they are ready, but I do think it's funny we've been talking about how Xbox seems to have gotten its pipeline sorted and now their biggest (known) game of the year isn't coming the year.

I've always said if we're ever to have truly reactive worlds and characters AI has to be part of that, but it can't come at the cost of jobs.

Which it will because for some reason these companies want AI to do the good stuff and leave us the... rest.

Depending how long Avowed takes me, RougeTrader may have to wait ubtill after Pirate Yakuza and MH Wilds.

Enjoying it, it gets an 8 from me so far. It has (so far) addressed my complaints about exploration in Outer Worlds.

There is some weird clunk like some responses don't quite line up with the option I picked and I'm not doing well with "this unique gear have a story" and then it expects you to break them down for parts.

The Kong game is fantastic, I recently replayed the GC version and was impressed at how well it held up.

@themightyant Yeah it is all very "Temu" pricing.

YES!

It seems like such an obvious project to help bridge the gap between "proper" gears games.

It's be so funny if it was remaster of Downhill Jam

These offers never quite seem to quite align for me, like using this one as an example I won't find a third game to justify pulling the trigger vs buying them separately.

I most certainly will be picking it up. I am grateful Sega moved up it's release date a week. I was not looking forward to having to decide between two franchises I love.

don't get me wrong, I get why but it does bother me that I have to wait till 6 PM to play the digital copy, particularly since there doesn't seem to be a physical copy of it

Good to hear. Too many are concerned with growth and run into gestures at the current state of the industry

It was wild watching the companies who made a killing during the pandemic because you had the likes of Nintendo who recognised it was a weird blip, and stuff will go back to normal after and then you had the nutters like Netflix or Amazon who thought they could somehow keep that momentum going. "we did 'best ever' during the pandemic, this year we can do double 'best ever'"

granted this might be a personal pet peeve but It does bother me when a performance mode doesn't tell you exactly what you are giving up.

"but as far as the main campaign goes, most of this stuff feels a little shoe-horned into the ending, without spoiling anything."

So it's an Obsidian game then. lol.

On a serious note, this seems to be largely where I expected it to fall, some weird middle space where it's not Skyrim, It's not Pillars, and it's not Outer Worlds.

Excited to play.

I liked Alan Wake 1, I liked Quantum Break, and I LOVED Control, so I hesitated on Wake 2 u till I got a good deal on it and the DLC but oh boy did I love Wake 2.

Glad it's making money now. Looking forward to FBC and Control 2. Not sure on the Max Payne remakes as I never gelled with the originals beyond playing around with the bullet time.

As a standalone expansion/psudo sequel thing, I give it a 9.

As a "proper game" a 7

Dont get me wrong cool, this is becoming an increasing problem and has basically running android gaming but how did that awful Mario football clone get through then?

Between its huge time sink and its choices regarding saves I'll be waiting till a quiet period and which should mean it'll be more stable.

I saw a report earlier that said Wonder Woman is no longer using the nemesis system and will be "a traditional action game", which sounds like Warner Brothers doesn't like money.

(I'm aware there would be reasons why, if true, they'd move away from it but still.)

@BacklogBrad Yeah it might not be as good as the other ones but it was still a blast to play with a buddy.

I'm still not sold on this. I love MGS3, and kinda prefer the Big Boss Era to Solid Snake but I was hoping that as a remake they'd address the flaws of the original game (for example guards magically forget you exist if you leave the section.) that was due to the limitations of the hardware and removing things like the segmented map would allow for the game's greatness to shine for a new generation. This feels like a weird half-step.

@Kaloudz certainly is in my house, got a shelf that's "zombie pads" ones that 'work' but drifter ha e some other issue.

@nomither6 I was more thinking they'd replaced the drifting part witha fresh one, though "Hall effect upgrades" would be a cool service.

Wonder if they fix stick drift, and how much it'll cost.

@BacklogBrad Agreed. I've seen a lot of nonsense about it online. But pretty much any issues I have with the game basically stem from EA trying to make it live service in the first place. Reminds me a lot of DA2, lots of ideas absolutely no time or money to deliver it.

I suspect this would have been their take even if it matched Inquistion's numbers. EA isn't doing well and that Fortnite money would make it all go away, shame that's just not possible because Fortnite is already a thing.

This is the same company that remade Dead Space, conceded it was a success, and then put the franchise back on ice.

@Kaloudz I was wondering the same because I know I played it with a friend and I know I haven't bought it. Must have been a GwG

@Markatron84 Yeah there was a thing about it because as you said tacking a game people were already playing.

I assume that's going to get filled out at the indie event thing, because that's concerning light.

@OppoFieldPower doesn't really help with the no manual save vs crash issue but yes it QR dose make it more convenient to play.

@HelloCraigo hey I'm cool with living with the consequences of my actions, it was being punished for the game crashing I wasn't cool with.

Is the save system still "sleep" and rare drink?

Because I was really enjoying the first one until I went to a bed to save and it crashed and I lost a whole bunch of progress.

Obviously, I'd play this via game pass but depending on what it actually included (bundle vs integrated like MCC) I'd buy it on Switch 2.

@Markatron84 Yeah, they still seem to think they can "cover the spread" that if they make enough LS games one will strike it big and justify it all. Seemingly forgetting we gamers don't have infinite time. The industry can't support to many of these forever games just as it couldn't support too many MMOs.

Somone will come up with some other way of milking cash and they'll rush to that. Instead of just making games and selling them.

@Markatron84 Of the people I've spoken to that seems to be basically true.

They try the game, think it's pretty good, decide to have a look at the store and DO THE MATH and decide there and then it's not worth it.

Just release a paid version of the game.

I liked this but the pricing was insane and never spent a penny on it.

Release it as £60 offline edition with the characters and I'll buy it.

@armondo36 "But don't be surprised if Sony does eventually port to Xbox"

Your not wrong but it's worth noting that right now Sony isn't porting their "new games" (live service titles excluded), they are making sure every possible sale is made on PS5 before launching on PC.

I think once they start launching games day and date on PC and their budgets swell again then they'll start looking at Xbox and Nintendo for "older" titles repeating the cycle again.

@TheEstablishment Oh agreed I doubt Xbox is just going to say "womp womp. too bad. so sad" but there are still poor outcomes beyond that.

My worry in that scenario is they go "Look your purchases are safe right here on the cloud, ready anytime along as your paying gamepass"

I'm sure this is the game Sony is going to be paying attention to as it's the first Xbox game on PS that "plays in the same waters" as their own games.

As I've said from day one, my concern about this push is not PS/Nintendo users playing these games. These are great games that more people should play. Even more so when it's a multiplayer live service game like Forza Horizon.

I support the concept of a platform-agnostic future, I don't think this is going to achieve that.

It's the unintended effects that give me pause. We've watched Xbox sales drop 30% quarter after quarter. I'm sure this push will do wonders for Xbox earnings but seems unlikely to boost console numbers. We've also seen third-party publishers look at platform sales and go "We're done" and support becomes dependent on being paid.

Suffice to say, I am really interested in how MS plans on winning the next-gen on "features". This could be more exciting than the actual performance of the thing.

@Ricky-Spanish it's a very marmite game, but there are certain amount if the negatively towards the game is from PS players who haven't played it, haven't even watched actual gameplay.

When it comes to PS I am sure it will be just as divisive but there will be some narrative of PS5 getting the fixed "superior version" and how it's "not actually that bad"