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Feels a bit rubbish now seeing Replaced on the horizon. It was the game that sold me on Gamepass Ultimate back in the day but I will be on the lower tier by the time it drops (and Fable). The sense of disappointment lingers on.

Will Hogwarts be on Premium tier GP? I'm probably going to downgrade from Ultimate in Dec when my sub runs out. Just spent over a month playing only AC Valhalla so Ultimate's not really making sense for me anymore

Won’t they need a launch line-up for next gen? Seems a waste to throw it all away but I guess it just wasn’t coming together at all.

Thought it was just me. I feel seen!

@Gooseuk Nice! Thanks v much - will give it a try

I kept getting motion sickness and had to quit. Not sure why that was.

Kinda summed up this Xbox gen for me. Hoped for a AAA banger but came away disappointed.

Started out kinda fun. But soon bounced off after helping a random scientist with some tree problem in an outdoor shopping arcade I was made to walk around 6000 times before getting back on the loading-screen-train. Did go to a few planets though. Walked some more. Saw nothing. Left.

I never really understood why the launch lineup was so sparse. Or why Halo wasn’t ready. They knew they had a console coming years in advance so why weren’t they ready? And why did they have to pad out their presentations with games that barely existed beyond a vague hope? Maybe Microsoft will ditch the whole idea of a launch lineup for their next hardware, or just put out a few next-gen versions of old games for it. Either way, I’m feeling that erosion of trust.

@LaurenceJ1987 Agreed. Seems like a scam to sell your console with games that then never appear and were just an ambition.

@The-Chosen-one I don’t think they really knew either at that stage but MS needed to show some sort of slate. With dev time being so long nowadays, they will have needed to start work on their next launch line-up as soon as X/S came out, if not sooner!

It just felt so last gen.

Replaced meets Batman. Side-scrolling, crazy vehicles, lots of moody visuals. Not too Metroidvania though. Maybe that could happen before the Arkham retread which won't come out until next gen.

@Ricky-Spanish Calling this an article is pretty generous.

Love the machines. But why even launch a new console if you don’t have the software lined up? PlayStation could be accused of the same thing I guess. Maybe they both should have waited a couple of years. I would probably upgrade to next gen much later next time.

Was really enjoying MW3's campaign and then it just... ended. So I looked for another one to play and... nada. Bummer.

This doesn't look like the Xbox Uncharted I was hoping for. The 1st person punching looks annoying. The only wow moment has been the reveal of Harrison Ford's likeness in the first trailer. But I enjoy Wolfenstein games and it looks like a breezy, quick game so I'll play it and probably like it enough. It's just wild to me that Xbox STILL doesn't have a system selling game 4 years into this cycle.

Maybe I’ll wait 5 years into the cycle when the games arrive.

I don't mind switching back to Sony for the next generation, but I keep peering over the fence and don't see much there either. There are wider issues for the console space in general.

Also, Microsoft launched X/S without bangers though and we're STILL waiting. There is still lots to play (I'm currently playing Jedi Survivor on GP and loving it) but mindshare is vital.

@Dimey Same! I just wanted to play the campaign. Can’t even remember if I enjoyed it - I just remember the pain of trying to launch it. Was really hoping they were going to fix this for GP. Guess not.

When I spend a month or two playing a long game I own I start worrying about the money I’m spending on the Gamepass I’m paying for in the background. Kinda takes the shine off.

@shoeses YES! I've been playing a game I actually own for a couple of months now and it's been bothering me that I paid for GamePass during this time. If games were shorter I wouldn't care but so much seems like a long slog these days. And now with the price hike I'm sure this feeling will only increase.

If Robocop was £20 I would jump on it.

Nothing blew me away. Indy looks promising but not totally convincing (yet). Although it’s the closest Xbox has come to a system seller so far. Mana looked pedestrian. Same with Avowed. Ara’s not for me. Feel like I’ve played Hellblade already at this point. And the earliest date we saw was end of May? Bit sad that we are 4 years in and nothing has truly wowed me yet except maybe Fable and Replaced.

They didn’t increase mindshare with their exclusives this year. Starfield threatened to but landed with a meh.

@UndyingInsurgent95 I'm torn between Cyberpunk and Jedi Survivor. Loved the last Jedi game... but I'm curious to see how Cyberpunk is after all the drama.

Hope this new version is quicker. I'm still on the old one and it is SOOOO SLOOOOOOOOW.

@bpomber Agreed. It can FEEL next gen with the load times and frame rates (if I'm lucky with my S).

But the Matrix demo was the only thing I've seen that LOOKED immediately next gen, to these old peepers anyway.

As some of Sony's CG teasers started to blur together I did start to see an opening for Xbox. But then the Spiderman 2 footage kicked in and I wondered if we would ever see something similarly 4-quadrant that could go toe-to-toe. Outside of a 3rd person Indiana Jones Xbox exclusive I'm not sure where that would come from. Maybe one day.

@Cashews Same. A PS5 Slim reveal would have been my signal to pull the trigger. That showcase cured me of that (I don't play live service multiplayer games and Spiderman 2 on its own isn't reason enough to plonk down hundreds of pounds).

The only refresh I need is a PS5 Slim so I can play some of those AAA exclusives. At this point I'm not even sure I would upgrade my S to an X.

They need to make Indiana Jones exclusive. And they need a killer summer showcase because I'm sick of hearing about Starfield and Redfall all the time.

There are exclusives?

X/S could be 4 or 5 years old by the time they get a decent cadence of 1st party games. GamePass is good but I didn't pay for a console and a fast storage card just for indies and 3rd party stuff I could have played on a Playstation. Really enjoyed Guardians of the Galaxy though, not gonna lie.

I watched out of casual curiosity and got legit misty eyed at the end. Hats off.

This looked pretty generic to me. The world, the character, the combat. Really struggling to remember the title.

The last tennis game I loved (maybe the last I played to be fair) was Virtua Tennis on Dreamcast so colour me excited. Just pick up and play arcade goodness. This reticule aiming stuff sounds worrying but it's Game Pass so I'll give it a bash.

One of the most beautiful games I've ever played. LOVING it. Hats off to the devs.

I'm starting to feel bad for all the other Microsoft studios every time they announce an "Xbox & Bethesda" event. Did they merge? Did Microsoft buy Bethesda? Is this just for the first year leading up to Starfield? It's kinda confusing. Unless other Bethesda games take up most of the show in which case fine I guess?

A Jurassic World tie-in. A new island, slightly off the current map. Illegal races through dino-infested biomes. Escape pterodactyls on dirt-bikes and/or wingsuits. Race 4x4's alongside dino herds while a T-Rex bears down in the rearview mirror. Beat hungry dinos down a mountain to a waiting boat. Out-run a volcano. When he visits to open the park, you are Jeff Goldblum's chauffeur on a disaster-laden VIP tour. Rescue a reclusive novelist (Michael Chrichton) from his jungle compound and transport him to safety using a variety of vehicles while enjoying his excited narration. Race through a series of Ratchet-style time-holes, jumping seamlessly between now, the actual Jurassic era and an extreme-weather future. And Laura Dern on comms as my (nervous) race manager.

Is the COD: Modern Warfare campaign worth £20? I have £10 worth of gift cards.

I imagine there are loads of gamers out there, like me, who wouldn't pay for a full-price football game but will totally jump on this to play with their mates online.

@The_New_Butler I was agreeing with you. The S makes plenty of sense if you have a certain kind of screen and what kind of setup you've got.

@The_New_Butler That's the thing. Not everybody has their setup in the lounge and don't have the space in their bedroom, or the money, for an HDMI 2.1 TV which will take advantage of 120 fps etc.

a Series X you can actually buy?

If it's 30fps on my S I'm gonna be hulk sad.

Isn 't Starfield from the makers of Fallout 76? Maybe let's temper expectations a tad here.

I just upgraded from a One X to a Series S. And from a 32" 1080 to a 43" 4k TV. Booted up the gorgeous Control and... it looks horrible. Gutted.

I'm enjoying Control on GamePass. I never buy games new anymore so GP seems to work well for me. I'd love Xbox to have their own Uncharted style single player action adventures this gen. And a haptic feedback controller.

@Grot It certainly didn't warrant an 'article'. It's not a poll though so... small mercies.

Was hoping this was going to be on EA Play / Game Pass. Still tempted tho