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Got SF6 and the Battle Hub menu music marks the first time in my life I've ever had to turn the sound completely off in a game from sheer annoyance.

The characters also look off somehow. They're all really ugly to me, which is what also killed Killer Instinct 2013 and BlazBlue for me, so hopefully I can get over it (but then there's always Tekken 8 and Mortal Kombat 1).

Dunno what it is, but so far it's been super disappointing!

@Cherip-the-Ripper I like the IDEAS of all their games, but the art style and final execution just isn't endearing or much fun for me in the end. I don't think they're bad games, it's just not for me.

Meanwhile, Redfall sounded horrendously boring on paper (IMHO) but it's my favorite by far, primarily due to co-op. The gameplay loop is beyond derivative, but the setting is unique enough that the whole game has become enjoyable.

If they want to go cloud-based (as in people without and Xbox paying $15/mo to stream), they need better exclusives.

IMHO, it seems like 75% of Game Pass games are half the games they could've been. They take soooo long in development, and then just end up sucking.

@Lup Say what you will about Sony's games, but at least they don't make players wait over half a decade between iterations in major franchises. Gears 6 should be out by now, and the next Halo should be confirmed in-development, and all those IPs that MS bought should have something, ANYTHING in development, ffs.

If Dead Island 2 had crossplay, it'd be day one. They waited this long to release it, and they still can't check the basic co-op box for multiplats.

Good lord. I bet 50 years from now we'll still have 30 FPS games. No matter how much horsepower you give devs, they can't seem to work within their means.

One of my favorite games of all time. You guys missed out. I think about it every time I play Overwatch...that game feels like I'm walking in molasses compared to Lawbreakers. Only D.Va can remotely, REMOTELY emulate the freedom of movement Lawbreakers had. Not even to mention the map design and class balance. Man that was fun.

It can look as shiny as it wants, but the illusion shatters the second you interact with the world. Still waiting for a dev to have enough gall to make a fully interactive world and AI that isn't braindead.

@themightyant @TJ81 I put 6 way up there! Once you get the controls down, it's a really fun (and hilarious) co-op game. That might not be the best criteria to judge a survival horror series, but I think RE6 does a great job of keeping the hammy campiness of the originals alive against the horror.

I mean...did you even play the snow mobile level? Running over zombies (and your partner), blowing-up your partner's snowmobile with C4, driving off the cliff, and sliding down a ridiculously long slope with almost no control over your own character are highlights.

Plus there's a boss fight where player 2 basically doesn't have to do anything, which is hilarious on the hardest difficulty as your partner swears and screams while you eat food IRL. And nothing beats roundhouse kicking your partner in the back of the head.

Good times...

@Tharsman Exactly! I get that games are more complicated than ever to make, but good lord do we have to wait F-O-R-E-V-E-R IN-between iterations. Games now are 1 entry per generation, 2 at best. You think with the manpower and budget of these bigger studios they'd be faster.

The only exception is COD. Say what you will, but for 3-year cycles per studio, they make top-notch, polished games. I guess From Software does too. But MS and Sony are so slow it's infuriating.

@grumpypotato The Nina gameplay looks like an RE Engine game, but I think the gameplay breakdown with Law and King looks sooo good. The muscles and animation are on another level. I especially like how the ground seems to deform more naturally. Doesn't blow me away, but it's a noticeable improvement over 7, imho.

@CaptainCluck Whaaaat? Didn't know that. Yet another reason to hate PETA (coming from me, who loves animals and is vegan for morality issues only).

Dave as Marcus, Scar Jo as Anya, and their boots by Uggs

Silent Hill 2 is also coming to PC. I'm on the fence about it...I mean, I already played the original game a couple times. I don't know what this has to offer other than better graphics.

That being said, I'm getting a jump on Gears 6 by starting at Gears 1 (the only one I ever finished), and reading The Slab. I figure I've got at least a year to catch up, haha.

Man, I absolutely hated Fallen Order. Maybe I'll give it another chance one day.

The intro was fun, but the first planet ruined it, haha. It gave me Super Mario 64 vibes in terms of the level design (as in, it felt like a bunch of random geometry cobbled together instead of an actual place).

These days, I don't even bother "playing the previous one before the new game comes out" and just watch the older game(s) on YouTube instead (the "movie version") and go straight into the new game. Makes the new game feel fresh instead of "Gah, I just played this game and this is more of the same, not really feeling it."

Parrying, combos, "button mashing won't work"...the fighting game lover in me is going crazy. This could be my perfect game outside of that genre!

That being said, a new IP might be cool. Cliffy B has some huge shoes to fill, tho...

People looking for a new IP? They need to finish the second trilogy first. Honestly with all the $$$ Microsoft has, it boggles my mind that one of their flagship series gets ONE game remastered and then they stopped.

The Coalition needs to finish Gears 6 before in the Series S/X timeline ffs, and MS needs to make a new studio to handle remasters.

@abe_hikura 20 games? I only counted 13!

Is there a Cortana skin yet

Wish they'd go back and add all the missing sections to RE3 remake! And the "choice" sections. I played the original a month before for the first time (so there was minimal nostalgia) and liked it so much better.

@Romans12 Yeah, it sucks to say! Having an Xbox honestly feels like having a Playstation that doesn't play exclusives. And then like 3 times every 5 years we get a good first party game, but otherwise it's stuff that feels "cheap" just so it can be free on Game Pass. I'd rather pay $60 or $70 every year for a new exclusive AAA title and $10/mo for Xbox Live than this, TBH.

Xbox first-party support just flatout sucks. No wonder Playstation has been in the lead for the last 8 years.

@Neverwild Sony wouldn't let me refund games for pre-orders, has removed hundreds of games from PSNow and jacked the price up, and has auto-renewed my subscriptions a bunch of times even tho I deactivated them on my consoles (plural) AND on the website via PC....Meanwhile Xbox lets me refund digital games and play old games I already own for free. Sony makes me sick and I hope MS wins.

I'm sorry, but the Xbox line-up just feels like having a PS5 without any exclusives. MS makes me so sad just sitting on IPs for so long, and taking forever between releases. What was it, 5 years for a new Halo game? I know games take longer than ever to make, but good lord.

Good lord, they're still in pre-production? Well hopefully that means they're planning out an entire trilogy story arc and not making it up as they go along like last time.

Clive Barker's Jericho is an underrated gem, IMHO. The main complaint I've heard about that game is that it's frustrating to keep your squadmates from getting downed because the A.I. is so incompetent. Well, you don't HAVE to keep them alive, so if you just ignore them and let them be downed, it's a lot of fun! Just lame it's not X1/Series compatible...

Meanwhile Sony won't let you refund at all, period. Nothing like pre-ordering a game, seeing it get horrible pre-release reviews, and then NOT being able to refund even tho you haven't played one second of the game.

But anyway...hoping for the best with this one!!

People have gotten a masters degree, married, and had two kids in the time it takes Bioware to make a sequel to one of their games, lmfao.

Looks like it's made with stock UE4 assets, lol. The world is interchangeable with any game made with Unreal Engine, IMHO. Looks weird and soulless to me, sorry to say!

I WANT TO BELIEVE.

I wish more companies would follow the COD template of having multiple studios working on staggered releases. I'm not saying we need a Gears or Halo game every year, but damn....3-4 years between releases is sooooo long.

@Royalblues Despite Gears 2, 3, and Judgement not being natively available on PC, they've been playable through Game Pass Ultimate via XCloud for a looooong time now.

Need to try that game again...I just reeeeally hated that first level after the prologue. It reminded me of Super Mario 64 (in a bad way) in terms if the environment feeling less like a real place and more like an obstacle course.

Eh, it's an anomaly and definitely FOMO-driven. I know plenty of people who bought it and I can tell they hate it but don't want to go against all the 11/10 GOAT reviews, lol.

@Chaudy There needs to be some kind of target deadline, otherwise it will just drag on indefinitely. The game director should know enough about the scope of the game and their production team to get a good ballpark date of when the game should finish, delaying only to polish things up.

Anyway...calling your own game the possible "Next Cyberpunk" has reeeeeeally lessened my interest in this one. I'm certain it'll be "more of the same" instead of anything remotely revolutionary.

Seems more like Animal Crossing, maybe, moreso than the Sims? Would definitely be cool, tho, if you could invite Mike and Sully over, then remove the door from the bathroom when they're using it so they starve to death.

@uptownsoul Crossfire X is one of the worst games I've ever played, and I'm the kind of person who loves spawn bases (to camp and be camped).

This one is actually pretty fun. It's a basic battle royale game at its core, but the powers/classes, parkour, setting, and NPC interactions (draining civilians for buffs, taking down armored patrols for loot) are unique enough that I sunk a ton of time into it on PC. It was BADLY optimized and the controller controls were garbage, tho, so having the PS version as their testing grounds might not be so bad.

There's always GeForce now, if the add it on there... Unless Sony pulls another God of War.

I like Vanguard, and I definitely think they should build on its story and characters instead of just tossing everything out like COD always does (just because the reception wasn't what they wanted...is it ever???).

Just bring back gunfight, ffs

Two questions: do you think there will be a delay? And when is this coming out on PS5?

If I can't kill him and loot him right off the bat like Doc Mitchell in New Vegas, then this won't be the game for me!

The more realistic a game looks, the less realistic it feels when the A.I. and interactivity are still stuck in 2004. It's like those videos where people reenact GTA in real life. Can we pleeeease get NPCs and enemies that aren't painfully stupid, predictable, and instantly immersion-breaking, and environments that at least have Crysis 2007 levels of destruction?

LMAO, this is like taking out cover and wall-bouncing in Gears. Makes the game more accessible, sure, but destroys the one thing that makes the game special. Still think they shoulda made building even easier instead.

Awwww, yea. Love this game.

I know games take a long time to make, but good lord.

@Ashadelo You couldn't even cancel pre-orders on Sony consoles, last time I checked. Refund policy overall is a joke, just like with Nintendo. And I can't tell you how many times my PS+ subscription has been auto-renewed even though I made sure to turn-off auto-renew on my console AND on my PC...have to remove my payment method after I buy something to make sure it doesn't reactivate all my dormant subscriptions.

All MS has to do is release COD on Xbox a month before other platforms and they'll have 100% of streamers captured as well as the hardcore fanbase, and then they can release the game multi-platform to the masses to get the usual huge sales.

Pls have normal gunfite in it...