Hi fi rush is m'y kind of game so really happy to see this out today, Forza looks amazing but no release date is a bummer, red fall looks good, Minecraft Legend I don't care about it and same thing for elder scroll online so it's s a C for me.
Seems I am the only one waiting for this game, I hope it will be good, Gollum steals the ring from is cousin, hides in a mountain until Bilbo takes the ring from him , then gets captured by saurons minions,released to follow Frodo and try to get back the ring from him to finish burning in lava.
I bought elden ring when it was on sale so I put time and efforts to play this game but I don't have fun playing this game right now, only frustration . No direction, obtuse story, hard to grasp contrôles, lots of missing info , had to watch some youtube guide to help me . I think this game is just not for me and I don't understand why it won so many goty awards.
Started Elden Ring and ouch, so punishing I will try to persevere but not sure to be good enough for this game , I watched some beginners guide on YouTube to help me but it’s so frustrating to be killed by some mobs and loose all yours runes then try to recover them and get killed again. Not my goty for sure..
The developers just push too hard on the machine to have nice textures, full of particle effects , densier foliage and more NPC, better ai and incredible lighting effects but at the cost of frame rate and resolution, just take a Xbox one game and play it on the series x and you will have 4K 60fps, Monster Hunter rise is a switch game so the series x will have no stress at all running this game at 4K 60fps.
It’s a hard sell , many of these games are on game pass or on sale at 80% almost one week out of two , the asking price should be really low for me to think about adding this service .
Nintendo is good at this too , metroid prime 4 and Zelda tears of the kingdom are in the development limbo for way too long. It’s not good to announce too early , people gets frustrated waiting for these games to come out and when they get pushed back the frustration increase and when the game finally come out it better be good because people get very high expectations with the long development, it’s better when they announce games within 6 months and deliver a good game at the expected release date.
@Scummbuddy thanks but I already knew that and I just finished the game this morning and it’s already erased from my console and I don’t intend to replay this game not my kind of humor .
Will try to finish high on life , the talking guns are so annoying and the music in is so bad but I have to finish it. And I will surely play goat simulator 3 with my daughter this game is so much fun we laugh non stop at all the crazy things that you can do in this silly game .
For me 2022 was a good gaming year with game pass and the series s , I hope 2023 will be as good . I like indie games and AA , I hope the promised AAA games from Microsoft will be good and that developers will stop making cross gen games and put all their efforts in the series generation so that we will finally see the true power of these machines.
Merry Christmas everyone happy gaming year and for the staff at Pure Xbox continue your hard work and keep the news and reviews coming you are the best thanks.
@Kaloudz It’s easy you exchange your points for Xbox gift cards 4800pts =5 $ so you put a game you want on wishlist wait for a sale then redeem your points for gift cards then buy your game with it.
I have a strange feeling that square enix will be bought by Sony and that they already have a secret deal and if Microsoft can finalize the deal with Activision blizzard they will officially announce that square enix is part of Sony .
Tried a couple of these games but never got into them scarlet nexus was big deception for me , and outer wild too strange , maybe I should try pedestrian before it leaves .
I played through scorn in 3 days and had a great time with it 62 metascore ,I played persona 5 during one week and was so bored with it that I just quit playing 94 metascore, if the game runs well have decent performance and good controls the rest is just a matter of taste.
I was sure that this game was going to be divisive because of the constant chatter from the weapons , but I will try it and make my own idea if it’s for me or not .
Like he said timing is everything and you missed bad on this occasion, you left your fans in the unknown , all you had to do is at least give us something like a couple release date or extended gameplay of some of your upcoming games not just a gamepass promo reel.
Still waiting for a sale , was hoping for little price cut for the game awards, maybe at the Boxing Day but someday I will buy it .Anyway my backlog is still way too big.
Worst Xbox year, no big reveal or update just a game pass publicity , no big award either Sony and Nintendo grabbed all the big awards , let’s forget 2022 and hope 2023 will be the Xbox year.
I only buy AAA games full price on Nintendo switch since they rarely goes to sale , all the rest I play are either on game pass or I bought them for sale or even better for sale with Microsoft rewards points that I traded for gift cards .
On switch up the review for the switch version of Chained echoes is stellar 94/100 a true masterpiece. Game pass is really good I would have bought this game for sure on switch but I don’t need to with this fantastic service.
Again a cross gen cross platform mess of a game , probably developed on ps4 hardware and ported on Xbox , pc and ps5 , end result the best version is on ps5 the rest struggles with the game, release just before Christmas to have big sales and then release patch to clean un up all the mess , voilà the good old recipe for AAA games.
Will definitely wait for a sale and many patches before buying it for the series s.I just bought cp2077 during Black Friday deals and now the games plays well on series s .
Just beat the first boss and ok the game is cool , the turn based combat is familiar to me since I have played shin megami tensei games but the calendar based story progression is a real turn off for me , too many things to do to upgrade your character and your party , I understand why this game takes so much time to beat . All the side things to do between the castle are just too munch of a time sink and not very fun things to do either so I am not going to continue this game.
I played it on the switch with ugly graphics and it’s one of my favorite game of all time, I found side quests to be the best in all games I have played with fleshed out back story and cinematic, not just a text saying what you have to do and just a new item after you complete them, I am tempted to buy it again just to go back to this fantastic world.
With the 30 fps , bad optimization job and linear gameplay it’s clear that I won’t buy this , maybe I will try it if it comes to game pass and if they patch it but no thanks.
@Dr_ENT CP2077 runs at 1080p with dynamic resolution at 60fps and can dip as low as 768p in stressing moments according to digital foundry but with the latest patch with fsr2.1 in the end you get a good image quality , and for fast action games I prefer 1080p dynamic resolution at 60fps than native 1080p locked at 30fps ..
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Re: Poll: How Would You Grade January's Xbox Developer Direct?
Hi fi rush is m'y kind of game so really happy to see this out today, Forza looks amazing but no release date is a bummer, red fall looks good, Minecraft Legend I don't care about it and same thing for elder scroll online so it's s a C for me.
Re: Nacon's 'The Lord Of The Rings' Game Gets New Release Window, Coming To Xbox In 2023
Seems I am the only one waiting for this game, I hope it will be good, Gollum steals the ring from is cousin, hides in a mountain until Bilbo takes the ring from him , then gets captured by saurons minions,released to follow Frodo and try to get back the ring from him to finish burning in lava.
Re: Xbox Exec Wants Fans To Keep Developer_Direct Expectations In Check
4 Games reported to 2024 due to développement diffuculties explained in full details during 10 minutes each with a 3 minutes apologies at the end.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 21-22)
I bought elden ring when it was on sale so I put time and efforts to play this game but I don't have fun playing this game right now, only frustration . No direction, obtuse story, hard to grasp contrôles, lots of missing info , had to watch some youtube guide to help me . I think this game is just not for me and I don't understand why it won so many goty awards.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 14-15)
Started Elden Ring and ouch, so punishing I will try to persevere but not sure to be good enough for this game , I watched some beginners guide on YouTube to help me but it’s so frustrating to be killed by some mobs and loose all yours runes then try to recover them and get killed again. Not my goty for sure..
Re: Capcom Confirms Visual Specs For All Xbox Versions Of Monster Hunter Rise
The developers just push too hard on the machine to have nice textures, full of particle effects , densier foliage and more NPC, better ai and incredible lighting effects but at the cost of frame rate and resolution, just take a Xbox one game and play it on the series x and you will have 4K 60fps, Monster Hunter rise is a switch game so the series x will have no stress at all running this game at 4K 60fps.
Re: Xbox Free Play Days Is Back, But It's Just The One Game This Weekend
Yeah I hope they’re up to something cause it’s kinda very slow end / start of year for Microsoft .
Re: Ubisoft Plus Gearing Up For Release On Xbox, First 20+ Games Revealed
It’s a hard sell , many of these games are on game pass or on sale at 80% almost one week out of two , the asking price should be really low for me to think about adding this service .
Re: Talking Point: Are Games Announced Too Far In Advance?
Nintendo is good at this too , metroid prime 4 and Zelda tears of the kingdom are in the development limbo for way too long. It’s not good to announce too early , people gets frustrated waiting for these games to come out and when they get pushed back the frustration increase and when the game finally come out it better be good because people get very high expectations with the long development, it’s better when they announce games within 6 months and deliver a good game at the expected release date.
Re: Xbox Fans Are Still Hoping For A 'Showcase' Event Later This Month
With the missed opportunity at the game awards it would be nice to have some info on upcoming games.
Re: Xbox Is Advertising A Game Pass Game That Hasn't Been Announced Yet
I don’t know what’s going on with game pass but Microsoft should give some info the holidays are over go back to work and give subscribers some news .
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 7-8)
@Scummbuddy thanks but I already knew that and I just finished the game this morning and it’s already erased from my console and I don’t intend to replay this game not my kind of humor .
Re: These Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (January 9-13)
Gamepass is really starting slow this year.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 7-8)
Will try to finish high on life , the talking guns are so annoying and the music in is so bad but I have to finish it. And I will surely play goat simulator 3 with my daughter this game is so much fun we laugh non stop at all the crazy things that you can do in this silly game .
Re: Happy New Year!
For me 2022 was a good gaming year with game pass and the series s , I hope 2023 will be as good . I like indie games and AA , I hope the promised AAA games from Microsoft will be good and that developers will stop making cross gen games and put all their efforts in the series generation so that we will finally see the true power of these machines.
Re: Talking Point: What's The Most Underrated Xbox Game Of 2022?
For it was Tinykin and Soma .
Re: Merry Christmas And Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas everyone happy gaming year and for the staff at Pure Xbox continue your hard work and keep the news and reviews coming you are the best thanks.
Re: Poll: How Many Xbox Games Have You Actually Bought This Year?
@Kaloudz It’s easy you exchange your points for Xbox gift cards 4800pts =5 $ so you put a game you want on wishlist wait for a sale then redeem your points for gift cards then buy your game with it.
Re: Microsoft Causes Confusion With Statement About Sony 'Excluding' Games From Xbox
Maybe Silent Hill 2 have a chance to come to Xbox but the rest I doubt.
Re: Poll: What Were The Best Xbox Game Pass Additions In 2022?
Too many good games it’s really hard to choose only 5.
Re: Xbox Fans Want To Know What's Going On With Square Enix In 2023
I have a strange feeling that square enix will be bought by Sony and that they already have a secret deal and if Microsoft can finalize the deal with Activision blizzard they will officially announce that square enix is part of Sony .
Re: Outer Wilds Is Getting A Lot Of Attention Before It Leaves Xbox Game Pass
Didn’t like it either , lack of direction , waste of time , too strange for me.
Re: Another Nine Games Will Leave Xbox Game Pass Soon (December 31)
Tried a couple of these games but never got into them scarlet nexus was big deception for me , and outer wild too strange , maybe I should try pedestrian before it leaves .
Re: These Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (December 19-23)
No gamepass games announced for next week maybe we will have a big surprise for the holidays, that would be cool.
Re: Metacritic Reveals The 10 Worst-Rated Video Games Of 2022
I played through scorn in 3 days and had a great time with it 62 metascore ,I played persona 5 during one week and was so bored with it that I just quit playing 94 metascore, if the game runs well have decent performance and good controls the rest is just a matter of taste.
Re: Review: High On Life - Bland Shooting Action Meets Stoner Humour That's An Acquired Taste
4/10 I will definitely try it by myself to see if the game suits me but 4 I think for what I saw that you are being harsh .
Re: Roundup: Here's What The Critics Are Saying About 'High On Life' On Xbox Game Pass
I was sure that this game was going to be divisive because of the constant chatter from the weapons , but I will try it and make my own idea if it’s for me or not .
Re: These 15+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (December 12-16)
I hope high on life will meet expectations and will run well on series s , that’s the game I want to play next week.
Re: Xbox Fans Left Disappointed With Lack Of First-Party Reveals At The Game Awards 2022
Like he said timing is everything and you missed bad on this occasion, you left your fans in the unknown , all you had to do is at least give us something like a couple release date or extended gameplay of some of your upcoming games not just a gamepass promo reel.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (December 10-11)
Cyberpunk 2077 and Lego Star Wars with my daughter.
Re: Elden Ring Crowned TGA's 2022 Game Of The Year
Still waiting for a sale , was hoping for little price cut for the game awards, maybe at the Boxing Day but someday I will buy it .Anyway my backlog is still way too big.
Re: Poll: How Would You Grade The Game Awards 2022?
Worst Xbox year, no big reveal or update just a game pass publicity , no big award either Sony and Nintendo grabbed all the big awards , let’s forget 2022 and hope 2023 will be the Xbox year.
Re: Phil Spencer Admits 'Something Had To Give' With Price Of First-Party Xbox Games
I only buy AAA games full price on Nintendo switch since they rarely goes to sale , all the rest I play are either on game pass or I bought them for sale or even better for sale with Microsoft rewards points that I traded for gift cards .
Re: Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (December 8)
On switch up the review for the switch version of Chained echoes is stellar 94/100 a true masterpiece. Game pass is really good I would have bought this game for sure on switch but I don’t need to with this fantastic service.
Re: Four Years Later, GRIS Finally Arrives On Xbox Series X|S This December
Played it on switch and it’s a beautiful game , hope it will come to game pass so many Xbox gamers will try this gem.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 GOTY Edition To Launch After 'Phantom Liberty' Expansion
Just bought it last week at 50% off and enjoying it right now on series s .
Re: Despite The Launch Issues, The Callisto Protocol Is Great At 60FPS On Xbox Series X
Again a cross gen cross platform mess of a game , probably developed on ps4 hardware and ported on Xbox , pc and ps5 , end result the best version is on ps5 the rest struggles with the game, release just before Christmas to have big sales and then release patch to clean un up all the mess , voilà the good old recipe for AAA games.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (December 3-4)
For me it’s cyberpunk 2077 and some midnight fight express.
Re: Need For Speed Unbound Impresses At Over 1080P, 60FPS On Xbox Series S
I was mesmerized the first time I started the game just how fast it loaded, finally we see some good optimization.
Re: The Callisto Protocol Performance Analysis Shows 'Disappointing' Issues On Xbox Series X|S
Will definitely wait for a sale and many patches before buying it for the series s.I just bought cp2077 during Black Friday deals and now the games plays well on series s .
Re: Monster Hunter Rise Supports 120FPS On Xbox Series X, Two Performance Modes Confirmed
The game was already good on switch it will be even better on series x and s no matter what .
Re: Monster Hunter Rise Reportedly Set For Xbox Game Pass In January 2023
Hope it will come true it’s such a fun game and to play this at 60fps 4K will be even better.
Re: Review: Midnight Fight Express - Addictive Indie Arcade Brawler Powerslides Onto Xbox Game Pass
What a fun little gem of a game , good music fast gameplay , Jason Bourne , John Wick style.
Re: Review: Persona 5 Royal - One Of The Greatest JRPGs Of All Time Hits Xbox Game Pass
Just beat the first boss and ok the game is cool , the turn based combat is familiar to me since I have played shin megami tensei games but the calendar based story progression is a real turn off for me , too many things to do to upgrade your character and your party , I understand why this game takes so much time to beat . All the side things to do between the castle are just too munch of a time sink and not very fun things to do either so I am not going to continue this game.
Re: PSA: The Witcher 3 Is Dirt Cheap On Xbox One Prior To Free Next-Gen Upgrade
I played it on the switch with ugly graphics and it’s one of my favorite game of all time, I found side quests to be the best in all games I have played with fleshed out back story and cinematic, not just a text saying what you have to do and just a new item after you complete them, I am tempted to buy it again just to go back to this fantastic world.
Re: These Are The Top-Selling Games In The Xbox Black Friday Sale 2022
Probably get cyberpunk this week.
Re: Need For Speed Unbound Performance Details Confirmed For Xbox Series X|S
Series S is holding back this generation, no cross gen is holding us back.
Re: Grounded Wins Xbox GOTY At Golden Joystick Awards 2022
Pokémon arceus switch game of the year , xenoblade chronicles 3 is way better
Re: Review: Evil West - Action-Packed Wild West Horror Let Down By Dull Design And Weak Narrative
With the 30 fps , bad optimization job and linear gameplay it’s clear that I won’t buy this , maybe I will try it if it comes to game pass and if they patch it but no thanks.
Re: Evil West Dev 'Couldn't Guarantee' 60FPS On Xbox Series S, Opted For 30
@Dr_ENT CP2077 runs at 1080p with dynamic resolution at 60fps and can dip as low as 768p in stressing moments according to digital foundry but with the latest patch with fsr2.1 in the end you get a good image quality , and for fast action games I prefer 1080p dynamic resolution at 60fps than native 1080p locked at 30fps ..