Some really cool stuff in this showcase. Boltgun 2!!
I was actually stunned and amazed that not a SINGLE ONE of the 20+ games shown were available on Switch 1 or 2. Very quite strange yes? Thankfully I have a Xbox if they really do never make it over.
It doesn't do anything particularly amazing. It's just... kinda generic.
Even for a beat em up it's repetitive. And doesn't throw enough enemy types at you. Also the monetization is crazy. They're selling £15 skins on the games market. Way too much for a small game like this.
We keep seeing AAA games flopping and killing studios dead.
Games being more expensive just means that the big AAA flops are going to be even more common and more disastrous. The industry surely cannot sustain $100,000,000+ game budgets anymore?
Towerborne is almost my dream idea for a game. A beat em up with skills, classes, upgrades, loot and gear, randomized levels.
But as typical I get monkey pawed.
It's core gameplay is quite average. The combat doesn't blow me away, the art style and presentation of the game is a little too 'D.E.I Soy coded' and on Xbox there's quite a noticeable amount of input latency. Devs always have v-sync turned on in console versions for some reason.
You want a beat em up to be seen as responsive, smooth and snappy. Not sluggish, delayed and a little stiff.
Oh and the micro transaction paid skins are ludicrous prices £13+. Not a chance Microsoft.
@NeoRatt yeah and it flopped massively. It has like 200 players on steam.
That's my point. They can't create anything relevant or successful. Redfall flopped, nobody cares about Star field even. Came and went. They can claim Starfield was a success but nobody cares about that game at all.
They made Expert 3x damage taken and 0.5x damage dealt. In a single difficulty level. Ridiculous. Mods on pc already available to fix this but I'm on XBOX! Frankly, this is unplayable and I'm uninstalling LOL
It's a console versus a handheld tablet. Switch 2 is impressive. People never willing to give Nintendo compliments on their hardware they always have to talk down about it always.
You can lend, borrow and RESELL the digital games on the carts.
Can you do that with a digital purchase on Xbox? No.
The Switch 2 edition upgrades are included free if you have a NSO Expansion pass which most people will have. It's like not having Game Pass and an Xbox. Unlikely, you'll have the subscription for online anyway.
This generation is the first generation where I just simply don't see the need for a new console any time soon.
Who is really going to be thinking "yeah my Series X isn't enough" for the current crop of games? A Series X will almost certainly carry you to 2030 at least. Why would anyone need more? This generation of software has probably been the worst ever.
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Re: Talking Point: Will You Be Buying The 2025 Xbox Handheld From ASUS?
Nah. Switch 2 and Series X combo will do me happily until like 2030+ 😎
Re: Roundup: All The Xbox Reveals From The Warhammer Skulls Showcase 2025
Some really cool stuff in this showcase. Boltgun 2!!
I was actually stunned and amazed that not a SINGLE ONE of the 20+ games shown were available on Switch 1 or 2. Very quite strange yes? Thankfully I have a Xbox if they really do never make it over.
Re: 'Space Marine Master Crafted Edition' Brings Remastered Classic To Xbox Game Pass
Dude, Gamepass has actually been insane this year! And it's only May!
Re: RoboCop: Rogue City Drops To 'Lowest Price Ever' With Incredible Xbox Deal
@RetroMan71 and you're a fan of RoboCop 2 too right? RIGHT?!
Re: RoboCop: Rogue City Drops To 'Lowest Price Ever' With Incredible Xbox Deal
I bought it for £8 a few weeks ago I'm absolutely FUMING right now 😡😡😡😉
Re: Xbox Is Adding Three New Ways To Personalise Your Console's Home Screen
How about they reduce the 15 lines of ads that they have pushed onto us on the home screen?
Re: 2K Studio Says Next Game 'Might' Be $80 Due To Doubled Development Budget
Game budgets STILL increasing.
Game prices increasing meaning more people either waiting for sales or just avoiding games entirely.
You thought the mega flops and dead studios were bad now? Baby, were only getting started.
Flop Era 2.0 is coming.
Re: DOOM: The Dark Ages Is Locking A Timed Exclusive Skin Behind A Pizza
I wonder how much these codes will be from scalpers?
Re: Talking Point: Xbox Fans, How Many Of You Are Buying A Switch 2?
1000000% getting a Switch 2 whenever they're available. I imagine they'll be sold out for a long time like Series X was.
Re: Surprise! SEGA Is Bringing Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. To Xbox Series X|S
This is epic. Ill probably double dip on xbawx version and Switch 2 version.
Crossplay is the reason I'll double dip. Gotta support it for adding that. Should be standard for ALL fighting game releases cough cough capcom
Re: Four Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In June 2025 So Far
Soccer Rocket League is like a full circle moment.
It actually looks really cool and I'm so happy it's a free game pass game so I'm definitely going to try it out
Re: Poll: Which Is Your Favourite Gears Of War Game On Xbox?
Never played any
Re: Review: DOOM: The Dark Ages (Xbox) - Puts The Finishing Touches On A Masterful Trilogy
I'm fully erect right now
Re: Here's A Look At The Updated Xbox Game Studios Roadmap From May 2025
Shocking amount of games that had little to no impact on this list.
Re: Poll: What Do You Think Of Towerborne On Xbox Game Pass?
It doesn't do anything particularly amazing. It's just... kinda generic.
Even for a beat em up it's repetitive. And doesn't throw enough enemy types at you. Also the monetization is crazy. They're selling £15 skins on the games market. Way too much for a small game like this.
Re: Xbox Game Pass Gets Four Additions Today (May 7)
Flintflop: The Slop of Yawn
Re: Two More Xbox Game Pass Indies Confirmed For May & June 2025
That fantasy city builder roguelike seems pretty cool. Definitely checking that one out!
Re: Xbox Price Hike 'Just The Beginning' For The Industry, Says Analyst
We keep seeing AAA games flopping and killing studios dead.
Games being more expensive just means that the big AAA flops are going to be even more common and more disastrous. The industry surely cannot sustain $100,000,000+ game budgets anymore?
Re: Xbox Is Raising The Price Of Consoles, Games And Accessories
Costs go up.
Profits go up.
They lay of thousands of staff and outsource to India and Chinese slave labor.
Dystopian.
Re: Two Xbox Game Pass Titles Are Available This Week To Finish Off April 2025
Towerborne is almost my dream idea for a game. A beat em up with skills, classes, upgrades, loot and gear, randomized levels.
But as typical I get monkey pawed.
It's core gameplay is quite average. The combat doesn't blow me away, the art style and presentation of the game is a little too 'D.E.I Soy coded' and on Xbox there's quite a noticeable amount of input latency. Devs always have v-sync turned on in console versions for some reason.
You want a beat em up to be seen as responsive, smooth and snappy. Not sluggish, delayed and a little stiff.
Oh and the micro transaction paid skins are ludicrous prices £13+. Not a chance Microsoft.
Re: Cowabunga! Xbox Is Getting Another Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Game
It was pretty fun on switch. It can only be better on Xbox at higher FPS and resolutions.
Re: Xbox Achieves Record-Breaking Results In Latest Earnings Report
@NeoRatt yeah and it flopped massively. It has like 200 players on steam.
That's my point. They can't create anything relevant or successful. Redfall flopped, nobody cares about Star field even. Came and went. They can claim Starfield was a success but nobody cares about that game at all.
Re: Xbox Achieves Record-Breaking Results In Latest Earnings Report
And all they had to do was buy out decade old popular franchises like Minecraft and Call of Duty for billions!
They can't create anything relevant or popular they have to just buy something that's massive.
Re: Rumour: Xbox Working On Three Controller Prototypes, Including The Elite Series 3
Give us f$€¢ing GYRO!
Re: Towerborne Release Times Revealed Ahead Of Xbox Game Pass Launch
Actually looks really cool. Love me a lil beat em up. RPG elements always welcome. Kinda like Dragons Crown.
Re: RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business Blasts Onto Xbox In July 2025
@Bmartin001 it's a standalone expansion for the original game.
Re: Indiana Jones 'Selling Faster' On PS5 Than Xbox & Steam, Says Analysis
Gamepass game sells better on platform with no gamepass
Re: RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business Blasts Onto Xbox In July 2025
The setting is literally the Dredd movie. So good. This looks sick.
These Devs NEED to be commissioned to make a dredd game. They just HAVE TO! PLEAAAAASE
Re: Poll: What Are Your First Impressions Of Oblivion Remastered?
The difficulty scaling is atrocious.
Adept = brain-dead baby mode
Expert = impossible tedious mode
They made Expert 3x damage taken and 0.5x damage dealt. In a single difficulty level. Ridiculous. Mods on pc already available to fix this but I'm on XBOX! Frankly, this is unplayable and I'm uninstalling LOL
Re: Hands On: Oblivion Remastered Is Impressive, But There Are Some Performance Issues At Launch
I refuse to believe there are real in real life people that actually choose Quality modes over performance modes.
Those people CANT exist surely
Re: Xbox Is Already Achieving Massive Success With Oblivion Remastered
@Valhura their logic was probably the backlash there would be making people wait for not one but TWO elder scrolls games lol
Wed all be saying "it's been 8 years since you announced ES6, we haven't seen a single second and now we have to wait for a 4 remaster too!?"
So they just bypassed that and shadow dropped it. Much better than them announcing it maybe 4-6 months ago in my opinion.
Re: Xbox Seemingly Blocks Upcoming Release Due To 'Provocative' Content
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Changing it would be censoring the game and anyone even remotely interested in this niche game to begin with wouldn't support a censored version
Re: Space Marine 2's 'Massive' New Update Is Now Available On Xbox Series X|S
Will eventually get on sale
Re: Roundup: The First Impressions Of Marathon Are In
Huge gigaflop
Re: Bungie's 'Marathon' Still Coming To Xbox, Full Gameplay Reveal Dated For This Week
Instant giga flop
Re: Switch 2 Fares Well Against Xbox Series S In Street Fighter 6 Comparison
Lmao at trying to downplay this.
It's a console versus a handheld tablet. Switch 2 is impressive. People never willing to give Nintendo compliments on their hardware they always have to talk down about it always.
Re: Former Xbox Exec Throws Shade At Switch 2, Says It's A 'Hard Pass'
@Titntin but you're not paying £500 for one game. Your paying £450 to own the system for the 8 years of games it will get.
Re: Five Ways The Switch 2 Reveal Has Been A Huge Win For Xbox
You can lend, borrow and RESELL the digital games on the carts.
Can you do that with a digital purchase on Xbox? No.
The Switch 2 edition upgrades are included free if you have a NSO Expansion pass which most people will have. It's like not having Game Pass and an Xbox. Unlikely, you'll have the subscription for online anyway.
Re: Review: South Of Midnight (Xbox) - A Fantastic, Soulful Outing From Xbox Game Studios
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Re: Atomfall Is Already A Colossal Success On Xbox Game Pass & Beyond
Players isn't sales.
Game pass and subscription sites confuse things. It's like the death of buying music and moving onto streaming.
Re: Capcom Breaks Another Sales Record Thanks To Monster Hunter Wilds
The game doesn't even resemble MH anymore. It's sad to see how streamlined and casualised the franchise has become.
But hey, they sold out and got massive financial success. So good Capcom them I guess.
Re: Microsoft Is Reportedly 'Partnering' On An Xbox Handheld Device To Launch In 2025
This generation is the first generation where I just simply don't see the need for a new console any time soon.
Who is really going to be thinking "yeah my Series X isn't enough" for the current crop of games? A Series X will almost certainly carry you to 2030 at least. Why would anyone need more? This generation of software has probably been the worst ever.
Re: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 Will Add Two-Minute Time Limit To THPS4's Career Mode
What a disaster
Re: Roundup: Here's What The Final Previews Say About Xbox Game Pass Title Atomfall
This one justifies my Game pass sub
Re: RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business Is A Standalone Game Coming To Xbox This Year
@TheGiraffe have you seen the film? Lol
Re: Lots Of New Games Confirmed For Xbox At Nacon Connect 2025
Playing as human cop Murphy in Robocop is such a cool idea. Hopefully it's for a decent amount of time and not some short gimmick
Re: Bethesda Provides Update On Starfield DLC & Future Plans For Xbox RPG
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Re: First Look At THPS 3+4 'Full Size' Collector's Edition Board, Pre-Orders Now Live
It's coming to game pass!!!!
Re: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 Set To Release This July For Xbox Series X|S
Wasn't Doomguy in one of the originals. 4?
1+2 and 3+4 needs to be on game pass!