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Ooooooh that's very exciting

I love how many accessories and stuff Xbox are branching into at the moment. It feels like every couple of weeks there's something new.

While this isn't for me personally, it's great for gamers to have more options

Vice City still has that special feeling for me of the three. The setting, the story, the gameplay, the soundtrack, it's all just wonderfully done.

The whole trilogy is still really fun to play today though and there's no wrong answer here really.

I love how this is essentially an Xbox Portable and then some.

Oooooooh I'm in for this. I use my Series S to watch tv/streaming in my room and the remote I use currently is decent but not perfect

That's pretty cool to be fair.

It might seem unnecessary to most people, but there are a lot that will appreciate this.

Ooooooh that's a really cool idea.

I know this kind of thing has been done before but the Series S seems perfect for it too

Awesome. About time this was boosted

That's pretty basic and not in a good way

That's disappointing.

Yeah this is perfect. There are just so many examples of when this will be ideal.

Now thisssss is awesome. Being able to try out any game pass game without having to wait will be fantastic, and having the option to then download and play them on console or pc is great.

Xbox killing it with their services

😂 Are you sure you're not making this up?

Mmmmm I refuse to vote in this poll!

Ultimately it still feels like a step up akin to the One X rather than a whole new generation, which was obviously their plan so I mean that's not a surprise.

The fast loading is great, the backwards compatibility is really good and if you've got Game Pass it feels like there's always something to play.

However as much as I like Xbox's approach and openness, I still feel like I'm getting drawn away from them towards the PS5 with their already better lineup of games and the DualSense feeling like a game changer when used well.

How is this possible? 😂

This is the start of the big game changer. When you can just fire up the latest Game Pass game from a tab in your browser, it opens it up to so many more people rather than restricting them to buying a new console etc.

I still use Stadia a bit and streaming definitely has a place in the market imo.

Interesting. I know the game is still largely a "3rd person shooter" in many ways, but I'd love it if there were ways to play games like this without having to just kill hundreds and hundreds of boring repetitive enemies.

It was one of my biggest criticisms with RDR 2, as the game progresses every mission turns into a gigantic shootout which feels at odds with the stories and with them happening so often they lack the impact that they could have if they were more rare.

This seems pretty clear I think and it's somehow stillllll the big question mark against Xbox.

Where are all these big exclusive games? We know they've been increasing their studios and putting a lot together in the back end but it feels like they've been doing that for 3 or 4 years now and we're still seeing little end product.

I've really been enjoying Xbox's approach of late and I may stick with them for 3rd party games but in all honesty they still don't have many games that draw me to their ecosystem the way PlayStation do. If that doesn't improve other the next few years I may drift away over to PS5 the same way myself and many others did back in the 360/PS3 era.

@Vinsanity ooooh that's a good shout. I liked those Tiny Toons games

The original DKC trilogy is one of my favourites series of games but there's something about this I'm not sure of. It just doesn't look right to me.

I guess I need to just bite the bullet and play it as I'm sure I'll love it.

Hmm. I have to admit I (almost) never played any of the old sports titles but I liked them being there tbh.

A lot of talk about game preservation lately and this is another blight against that

Being able to play on a phone is fine and I guess some people like it, but the screen is too small.

I'll be interested to use it on my iPad when I can as that opens a few more doors but PC and consoles themselves is where I'll really start to use Xbox Cloud gaming.

Being able to just jump into any game pass title without downloading will be a massive game changer

I guess it's time to play this Moon game then!

Woah. That's pretty insane

Awesome! Still hoping we get Xbox Cloud gaming brought to iOS, PC and consoles soon but they don't seem to be mentioning it so probably still a way off

Definitely sounds interesting. Been keeping an eye on it and will give it a go for sure

Minus all the EA ***** this could be even better than Fight Night.

I was sceptical of this right from the start but it seems like the people involved really know what they're doing here. Probably my most anticipated game at the moment tbf

That's a pretty incredible list there. To think there will almost certainly be many more bugs and things to fix after all of that is almost laughable.

Fair play to the people that are actually doing the work here, they can't be having an easy time right now. Massively feel for them

🤨 This.. this is a thing?

@Krzzystuff yeah I'm not complaining. Some great games in the genre

Man, 2D beat 'em ups sure are back aren't they

Ooooooooooh I like that volt one. I've resisted the urge to pick up an additional colour yet but they're tempting me again!!

Yeah makes sense

Wow. Wasn't expecting a review this deep and detailed tbh. Cheers, Liam. Appreciate all the photos too.

Sounds like what most people have been saying, for the price point and an official headset it seems like a good deal.

I've got an order in for a pair which should hopefully come next month. Looking forward to it.

Given that they bizarrely tried to increase the price just a few months ago, I'd be very surprised if they dropped Live Gold entirely now.

Nice little bonus (yet another) but not much here for me tbh.

@UltimateOtaku91 sometimes it's not about whether it could be made for older consoles but whether the developers want to. Could be a smaller team making it decided to just stick to one generation to make things easier.

The mugs should be Cuphead and Mugman!

@mousieone I feel the same.

It's a shame because it's sad to dismiss new ideas and creativity but this all just seems pretty empty so far to me.

Yes!

Make it happen please

I still like the idea of Stadia and am happy to have tried it occasionally since day 1 but their approach has been terrible.

From awful PR and a lack of transparency to now completely giving up their own game development ideas it's baffling to work out what the hell they were thinking throughout this.

Too many issues with it at the moment, unfortunately.

It's a great feature and hopefully in a year or so's time it'll be perfect.

Interesting to see the varied views here. It's another plus for Game Pass really.

Looking forward to giving it a go and if it's not for me then so be it.

Warning, Bros.

It's pretty baffling who makes these decisions. The increase was bizarre, but it's almost more strange that they ditched the idea so quickly as well.

Possibly my most anticipated game. The wait is hard but I believe it'll be worth it. Inside was just so good.

Seems like a plausible excuse to be fair. Although my guess would be it's still coming to Game Pass at some point.

I like the white one that came with the Series S a lot. The standard black is nice too.

I want the blue (and red now!) but already have what must be near a dozen Xbox controllers already so can't really justify it at the moment 😂

The Little Nightmares 2 demo has renewed my excitement for that so when I'm finished with that I think I'm gonna go back through the first one as I never actually got round to finishing the DLC despite really enjoying the main game.

Definitely recommend people checking it out now it's on Games with Gold.