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“I really thought this would actually come out in 2025!” said absolutely no one

@PsBoxSwitchOwner of course. But what kind of strategy is it to raise prices on consoles that are already struggling to sell? They’re more expensive than Sonys consoles now. They’re pushing many customers to just get a rival console instead.

People will do all kinds of mental gymnastics to avoid the reality that the global financial situation is the reason for this. Microsoft would be out of their minds, in a struggling hardware market, to raise prices out of greed. This is going to hurt them.

@FarmDog08 That sounds about the same as me. I think I finished the night before Oblivion came out

@Lup Aside from the map issue-- Congrats on meeting someone special! Hope they're a gamer

@Lup You should just muscle through my man. Everyone else is probably a bit lost in the dungeons as well. I definitely am. It's part of the design to not know exactly where you're going.

@FarmDog08 Did you do all the side quests and collect all the totems and find all the paintings?? The side quests were worth it, I think. The totems and paintings, maybe not... but I kinda wish I would have just done the last few since I had done them up to that point. But I need to get over that completionism mindset so games don't take me two months to play!

@Titntin yeah I skipped a little bit of collecting near the end, and apparently missed a side quest. And i definitely didn’t read all the lore.

@johnK nope! Maybe 20 minutes tho! I didn’t actually have to fight the final boss. It was a little anticlimactic 😆

Yeah it was pretty unfair and not particularly well timed. I guess they didn’t want to interfere with the doom release which makes sense. But they dropped so close to other game pass games that they should have at least been aware of, if not games like post trauma too.

There isn’t enough time I still have 2023 and 2024 games I haven’t gotten to.

Avowed took me a lot longer than I’d planned. People were saying it’s short; 75 hours isn’t short!

I really need a wireless controller that isn’t a million bucks or the stock.

Neither, but I’m plenty busy anyway with blue prince, Clair obscur, and oblivion

Some starter faces to begin with, and modify, for each race would be nice.

Dungeon clear tags are a must

Soulslike fatigue

I just want one that’s affordable, wireless, and doesn’t hurt my hands. I was using an Xbox one controller til the sticks started to drift. Nothing else sensible exists for wireless except the official series X/S controller, so I’m stuck using an (otherwise excellent) wired 8bitdo.

@FraserG I maybe need to try Dragoon again. I had it at the time of release and just did not mesh with it at all. It felt like a game younger people played when they didn't have access or taste for better games But maybe I'm wrong.

Lost Odyssey is still on another level tho

@themightyant seems like they underestimated it, the same as they underestimated baldurs gate 3

I hope blue prince isn’t getting left behind

Thirsty suitors was fantastic.

I don’t think I’ll get through Kona 2 before it leaves tho. Seems cool.

Clair obscur is a lot better package than legend of dragoon tho… sorry dragoon fans. I never understood the love for that one.

Xbox needs to remaster lost odyssey too. It wouldn’t need much. Doesn’t need the full oblivion treatment!

But that doesn’t seem to be happening, and it actually looks and plays fantastic on Series consoles. It’s aged really well.

I’d be super stoked for dredge if I hadn’t already bought it! Anno might be fun tho.

@VoidPunk are you kidding? This game bleeds French philosophy and vibes. I’m not sure what more you’d want.

@johnedwin I meant for me personally, not for gaming fandom. I could give two squibs which game Jeff Keely thinks is the best game. And I’m well aware of oblivion; played it in 2006 Mario kart peaked in 1992

It’s hard to imagine anything else beating this out for me this year, which is crazy since I’ve been wanting more oblivion for almost 20 years.

I’ll give Anno 1800 a try. I always miss those when they’re on here for some reason.

That subway sim game actually sounds kinda cool…

They’re both fantastic. And having oblivion to look forward to (one of my faves of all time), and having just finished the excellent (but maybe a little padded) avowed, the only problem with this year is there hasn’t been more time.

Hope 1886 is on game pass too!

@Millionski three goty contenders with blue prince as well!

I also really enjoyed avowed. No time for rogue trader yet!

@FarmDog08 I also finished avowed last night!

Don’t sleep on it

@Millionski play both! Clair obscur is about a 30-60 hour game, depending how much stuff you do.

Oblivion is a 20-200 hour game, but they’re too different in scope to really compare that way

I’m terrible at the parry and dodge. Lowering the difficulty fixes that, but then it also lowers the amount of damage I take and some other stuff I don’t want. Wish there were just separate options.

Alien isolation used to actually be on game pass…

I’m glad to see it getting recognition. Skyrim was so watered down.

@Kaloudz it holds up. This and lost odyssey are more final fantasy than final fantasy has been for 25 years

It looks stunning in quality mode

Sounds pretty neat actually. But I like single player stuff…

I had my fingers crossed for sure, but I never would have expected this.

@Lup I do understand tho. I’m constantly lost in games, particularly FPS, and always have been… And then in games with a minimap I just stare at the map and don’t even see the game. I do like the compass system many games use tho.

@Caveman49 maybe that’s the problem. You need to try it for yourself instead of just watching…

As for this game, the combat hinges around quick time events, sort of, to make attacks connect and enhance damage. Sea of stars and super mario rpg do something similar.

@Lup I agree. I wouldn’t write it off just because of no minimap tho…

@Fishysensei easy mistake to make!

@Lup oblivion doesn’t have a minimap either. Minimaps really take a person out of the experience. But so can getting lost!

Most games without minimaps are designed around the lack thereof. Minimaps lead to lazy design.

@Caveman49 you should try some turn based games instead of having an “instant no”. You’re missing out. Nothing should be an instant no if it’s a good game.

They should have given this game more room to breathe. I hope it still does well, sandwiched between avowed at a decent distance and oblivion just days before.

@BacklogBrad yep. I really like it, one of my favorite games of all time, and I’ve been desperate for this for years. But you’re right. Not that I mind that it’s getting a ton of positive press. The success of this, avowed, and hopefully Clair obscur, can only be a good thing.

@themightyant yeah I don’t get why they released it so close to Clair obscur, especially with many people (me!) just barely finishing avowed (which I really enjoyed).

It definitely doesn’t feel like a new game to me. Not that I mind.