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Merry Christmas!

How I rated some of these games and Xbox games in 2024:

Dragon's Dogma 2 - 9/10

Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth - 9/10

Death Stranding - 9/10

Persona 3 Reload - 9/10

Dragon Age the Veilgaurd - 9/10

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - 8/10 (Not an Indiana Jones Fan/Never watched the films so would be a point higher if I was)

MS Flight Simulator 2024 - 9/10 (Technical bugs take away a point because they were game breaking for a while)

Much better than the constant American based maps that are in over supply. UK maps are rare but always appreciated.

For my personal taste it was a C+. The Witcher 4 was a nice surprise and I was interested in the Mafia game, Outer worlds and Crimson Dawn which I already knew about. I think as an overall show it was a B+.

Sadly no 3rd person or
NG+

Anything other than a major hardware reveal or GTA 6 wouldn't be particularly big. I'm sure there a few bigger IPs but nothing I can think of that would garner such mass appeal (maybe Hogwarts Legacy 2)

Got the game a while back but only still right at the start of act one, I will wait until the next patch to jump in as I know it will be a time sink!

The plastic disc in 2024 is about as much use as a bit of paper with a code on it. Both are just a licence key. If I was to collect the boxes it would be more for the box art and cool freebees that come inside. At least with the switch most of the games don't require any form of download to pop in and play.

@Feffster It is typically 50mb or above, but the servers are the issue at the moment. I would recommend giving the game a try after the Dec patches. Thankfully you only have to install around 11GB or so to get started.

I feel like the scoring is uneven depending on the game. Cyberpunk 2077 should have had a lower MC score than Stalker 2 because it was so broken on Last gen playstation refunded everyone regardless of playtime and removed it from the store.

I think that PX review of 4/10 was unnecessarily harsh.

Since they rated Cyberpunk 2077 5/10 based on technical performance this should have been a 6/10.

One I am keeping an eye on, looks decent so far

The worst game launch I have experienced to date, and I was there for Cyberpunk 2077. At least I could play the game even if it was broke.

Very poor start

The launch has been a mess, I cannot load into anything.

Stuck on a loading getting the loading unusually long message.. the global simi launch was not a smart move. The servers are overloaded.

If you download it today do you get the update or do you have to find it? I downloaded it onto my storage but it was the old version

Edit: I don't think the update has been pushed yet.

Curious to see what the UK prices will be.

I'm happy with the Series S and the Series X over the last 4 years. They have offered me good value and some very enjoyable experiences since switching from PS4. I got a PS5 Pro but I returned it because It really didn't offer anything near the kind of upgrade I would hope for £700. I don't have a 4K TV so I couldn't even use the PS4 AI upscaler. Even with a 1080p TV the difference between my PS4 and PS4 pro was night and day.

I think MS need to develop their own PSSR to untap the 12tflop GPU and give Series S more 60fps games.

I ended up not getting around to Ishin or Tactica, I might try and pick them up on a sale.

I'm all for play everywhere, as long as that includes the option of an affordable and reliable console which is not reliant on the internet. It will be many years before the internet is globally stable enough to deliver games at the stability of game on native storage.

@Liam_Doolan I think at quick glance the title insulates that this might be coming to another console platform, as opposed to what people see as another PC launcher, but I understand the point of the title is to increase the click through rate by keeping it vague so that's fair.

Pre load will be very late on this if it shows up at all. With the delayed review codes it's fair to say this game is coming in very hot.

MS Flight Sim 2024 will be Microsoft's best rated game of this generation since MS Flight Sim 2020.

I can see this getting 7/10, a little palate cleaner on Gamepass between bigger/better games.

Now is an ideal time to get an Xbox Series S, its ultra affordable and will offer the biggest flood of decent 1st party games since the Xbox 360 era. Flight Sim 2024 alone is worth a purchase. Having other games like Avowed, Fable, South of Midnight, Gears E- Day, Perfect Dark, a new Forza plus more is a decent incentive for cheap gaming vs investing in a high end PC.

@OldGamer999 MS Flight Sim 24 will get a 90+ on Metacritic. It's the main reason I'll be buying a Series X digital and not upgrading my PS5 until GTA 6.

That controller is fire tho

I've been enjoying my Series S for a while now and I was thinking of getting the digital PS5 pro but not at £699.99 ( that's like $900 with US tax deducted). I will just grab a Series X digital for £429 or maybe even cheaper.

I paid more for a stamp today.

The update is not showing for me (Xbox Ubi +)

For a next gen console £600, for a mid gen refresh, £550 max.

I was considering getting a PS5 pro but £700 when it is $700 in the US is insulting. Even at £650 it would have been a push but at least I could have seen some level of respect for the large UK market that Sony has.

The lack of disc drive doesn't bother me as I am digital only (Series S) but I realised I might as well get the Digital Series X for £429 or even cheaper soon after. (Same 2TB drive and no need to pay for stand).

@Markatron84 There wasn't any for Hogwarts Legacy either, I think it must be a HP thing.

After finishing the story and putting around 120 hours into the game, I put it at around an 8/10. I enjoyed it overall but a lack of depth in some areas took this away from the 10/10 it could have been. I got the DLC with the premium edition but beyond that I doubt I will play it much more unless there is another Cyberpunk style large update that addresses the loading screens in a better way like Star Wars Outlaws.

Another Soulslike, not something I would miss tbh.

Seeing the back and forth on here and the harsh truth is that smaller studios lack the time (Lack of money), money (time and talent pressure) and talent (lack of money). They will raise issues with the Series S because it is inconvenient for them. Rockstar can afford the best talent and are given the time and money to make optimisation for the Series S a breeze. The Series S is a well designed and engineered console, but when a developer has a higher end console and easy out AI upscaling to make life easy, they don't want to make a time effort with the Series S. Just because it is comparatively weaker than the PS5 and Series X, doesn't mean the Series S is weak. The weakest link is the weakest PC or the Steam deck.

Another solid month with plenty of savings to be had if the games take your fancy. TSW 5 is another great add alongside that free P3R expansion pass and Expeditions which is a pretty new game.

@Dan1283 No it's for the first party games like Flight Sim 2024, Indiana Jones, Avowed, Fable plus more.

Playing it on Ubi +

Decent month, a new day1 launch in Train SIM World 5 is particularly good. Expeditions is a pretty new game too.

If certain players have such a problem with 30fps, invest in a PC that can run games at 60fps or above. It'll cost you way more than £480 though. All the Xbox games are on PC date 1 so you wouldn't be missing anything.

I don't mind 30 If it is stable and the frame pacing in stable.

As long as the frame pacing is good, I am happy with 30fps. So far Xbox has been pretty good with the frame pacing on Forza 5 and Starfield. I tend to prefer higher visual quality/RT over higher frame rates but that's just my personal preference.

Lets be honest the majority of gamers don't even know what 30fps means and don't really care. I only learned about fps/frame pacing and resolutions in 2020 when I started watching digital foundry videos ahead of this current gen because I was bored in lockdown.

By the next gen it could reasonably be the last console for both companies at this rate. MS is just killing the Xbox brand quicker for profit. Don't be under any illusion that Sony will do the same when the time and money is right.

I wonder what time today?

Day 1 buy for me. I actually enjoy the majority of Ubisoft games.

Highlight of the show for me, bring on November!

I'm getting previous purchasers of the premium edition will get the 1000 creation credits added? Looking forward to diving in again tonight!

Very impressed - A for me.

Very strong showcase compared to the competitors so far

I got a Series S with a storage expansion but I might pick up that digital series X