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@NEStalgia Last years MLB The Show was noticeably worse on my PS5 than the XSX version but I played on PS5 anyway because that's where my MLB friends are....because there hadn't been a proper MLB game on Xbox consoles for years.

Strange. I played through it on my PS5 and didn't notice any of the issues DF described in that version. I downloaded it on my XSX via GamePass just to see it on my favorite console and didn't notice any differences. I love the game despite its control quirks (which I admit, I didn't know I could tune) - I suppose if I'm going to nitpick things and cross-reference with frame counters and such, fine, but I'm more interested in what's fun vs what isn't. Nothing about either version detracts from what I love about the game so (shrugs)

Here's the thing. If you can beat Persona 3&4 AND Monster Hunter Rise before the next Game Pass drop, you get to complain. Otherwise, hush.

I sometimes forget I even have an Xbox as all I do on mine is play MW2. Are they still making games for this thing? </sarcasm>

Watched the whole series twice and loved it. I honestly didn't get what all of the hate was for. If you went in expecting to watch one long Halo Reach through Halo 3 cutscene, your expectations were way off base. TV and gaming are different; simple as that. Given the format switch, I thought it was highly entertaining and did the gaming side of the stories justice. I couldn't be more excited for season 2.

Awards? Solid D. I've had every Playstation console since the beginning and tend to play 100% of their exclusives but I've never been a God of War fan, so Ragnarok really doesn't do anything for me.

Reveals? Solid C. That said, I don't get why the Sony jealousy here? They didn't show a whole lot of exclusives; most of the reveals were multiplatform except for a new Horizon game and FF16. I honestly laughed at the Forespoken trailer because Sony refunded me for my preorder of that game a few months back, now they want me to preorder again? I played the demo this morning and it's fine I guess, but with a new Armored Core on the way, I'd say everyone won something on the reveal side.

For what it's worth, Digital Trends has all of the review integrity of a spoiled blueberry muffin. They often purposely run counter to popular opinion just for clicks. Ignore.

I subscribe to both but can't take the PS offering seriously until they fill out the pre-PS4 library quite a bit. Right now it's a joke.

This s**t is important! I refer you to the Spider-Man "puddlegate" thing from a few years back. S**t like this makes or breaks AAA games! I can't wait for the Digital Foundry poo analysis.

To the average console-owning casual gamer (think 90%+ of the gaming population) CoD is THE first-person shooter. Full stop. Nothing else even comes close. Is Xbox going to make CoD an exclusive? I doubt it. As we've seen with Minecraft, there's a lot of money to be made by employing a multi-plat strategy. Why upset the PS user base when you can charge them $60-$70+ annually? That'd be stupid.

Nope. Never left. I neglected my OG Xbox quite a bit back in the day because I was way into PC gaming, but from the 360 onward I've been 100% xbox, despite owning every other console along the way (including an OLED switch and a PS5 now, both of which seldom see use)

@BBB yeah, I used teleport in that game religiously. Felt like, a waste of time not to.

I bought this because I really wanted to like the 1st game and figured that a sequel would have fixed the various issues I had with the original (namely difficulty, a fairly generic aesthetic, and questionable-feeling controls).

Unfortunately they more or less doubled-down on all 3 of those issues. 3/10 at full price. Maybe 4 or 5/10 on a discount.

I never miss the new F1. Ever.

@GuyinPA75 Could not agree more.

More like Fall GuyZzzzzzzzz.

Holy crap, yes!!!!

The majority of people who don't like Phil Spencer seem to be the same people that take issue with his clear business acumen and their perception that said acumen somehow interferes with his ability to deliver quality gaming experiences. The guy runs a very profitable entertainment arm of a massive business. While Microsoft and Xbox might not be number one in gaming now (or ever) there's no denying that he has an incredible budget behind him and seemingly 100% faith from the MS board.

Phil and his team took the ashes of the disastrous Xbox One launch, the relatively weak Xbox One years, and

1. created an unheard of (in gaming anyway) subscription business model

2. acquired numerous studios of varying sizes (with more on the way it would seem)

and 3. more or less turned around the public perception of the Xbox brand

One doesn't do those three things if they're full of BS.

I own all 3 consoles and play all 3 mostly equally but the only gaming executive out there that comes across as a real human being with ANY interest in my chosen hobby whatsoever is Phil. If it's a lie, well, he's a Brando-level actor.

Minecraft Dungeons was an unexpected hit in my household so definitely looking forward to this.

86%
It'll be unfairly compared to Streets of Rage 4 (a modern classic of the genre if ever there was one) but the nostalgia factor will boost the score a bit.

@Kaloudz Good question. It's definitely shallow. The change-up in combat has made it feel much less interesting than the original. I respect what they tried to do, but I don't care for the final product. In terms of length, you probably have a point there, but I suspect few people will be coming to the game without the knowledge that it's a fraction of the overall story. From that perspective, yes, it feels like it shortchanges the player quite a bit.

Is this really any different than when EA Play let you do a few hours of a new game before release? Seems like the same thing. A perk of membership, nothing more.

For fans that haven’t played it yet, I hope this happens. As someone here with a PS5 and a copy of the game though, you aren’t really missing much. It looks nice but it’s short and rather shallow in my opinion, and who knows when the rest of the game is coming.

@ralphdibny I got the Halo pride shirt last year. Their clothes are normal fit -> slightly big in my experience. High quality stuff though. I've been very pleased.

day one buy for me.

You guys, the Fable trailer isn't even 2 years old yet. Covid/quarantine has messed with everyone's sense of time. Granted, 2+ years was probably premature, but what isn't premature in gaming these days? So long as it eventually comes out, everything will be just fine. It's in really good hands.

Meh. I have FFVIIR on my PS5 and can't be bothered to play it there, so a Gamepass release is meaningless to me. My money is on Goldeneye. If that happens I'll absolutely lose my mind in the best possible way.

Chorus is 100% awesome - already bought it and played through it; loved (almost) every minute of it. I am excited for the Ninja Gaiden Collection. Reviews have thus far prevented me from pulling the trigger on it.

I was playing GTA V for a bit and find myself getting sidetracked from it for the 3rd console generation in a row, now that Ghostwire Tokyo is out.

FWIW, I couldn't wait and bought this for my PS5. I'm 5+ hours into it and I think I've finally found a game worth owning a PS5 for - at least until March 2023 anyway. Much is made about how it's too "FarCry-like" but I really don't get it. Most every open world game has a big map with way too many icons on it - look no further than Forza Horizon 5 for an Xbox example. That said, it's got an amazing setting to it and looks fantastic (playing in 30fps mode w/ray-tracing as the game doesn't benefit enough from 60(ish) FPS.

I can't wait for my Xbox friends to get a hold of it. It'll be worth the wait.

"Keystone" is the internal Xbox codename for Xbox Series Go, their forthcoming portable. In terms of specs, it's basically mildly overclocked Durango with a maximum resolution of 900p - ironic in a way because so many Durango-era games only ever reached 900p on the OG Xbox One. Where it will get interesting is that the screen itself is roughly Nintendo Switch-sized, giving the impression that it's slightly higher resolution than either both the Switch and Steam Deck.

As someone who actually missed the old 3-5 hour Xbox 360 era action games, I love this one. It isn't 10/10 territory but just the fact that it isn't selling me skins for my silly cartoon avatar is points in its favor.

I haven't tried the campaign yet but won't rag all over Remedy until I do as they have nothing to do with the multiplayer side. That said, I found multiplayer to be rather fun but the (minor) control issues and lack of maps in "modern" mode are a bad look. Classic mode MP is just plain weird. Why can't I zoom in to aim before shooting?

Still, it was a fun hour to kill with it before dinner last night.

I'm a former fan of Sony's Vaio computers, Sony cameras, Sony televisions, hell even the Sony Walkman. These days, yeah, I have a PS5 because they have the odd half dozen games each generation that I can't play anywhere else but little more. Fact is, my friends are all on Xbox this generation and I'll Call of Duty with them there, not on PlayStation. To me, despite the PS4 dominating last gen, they're just simply not the company they used to be. They put their budgets behind the games I find to be merely "ok" (GoW, Last of Us series) and then kill the games I truly loved when they don't make a billion dollars (Days Gone). That said, how many third person action-adventure games can I REALLY play when over on Game Pass I've got VARIETY!

If the Activision-Blizzard acquisition adds to that variety, awesome.

No wonder you can't find them in stores anymore. I sold my Project Scorpio console recently for $100 more than I paid for it day one and a stock XB1X for retail price - and it was 2 years old. Crazy times we live in where more than a full year later, new consoles are still rare finds in local stores.

The Anacrusis is labeled as being in Early Access, maybe that's why it looks a little undercooked? I wasn't aware it was Early Access until I downloaded it just now. Either way, I'm looking forward to it. I can't get enough of co-op shooters lately.

Starfield, STALKER 2, and Dying Light 2. No question. And the new Forza, where's that?

I have an oculus quest 2 that collects an amazing amount of dust, right next to my old PSVR. Turns out it wasn’t wires that bugged me, it was general indifference to the 90% Shovelware quality VR game ecosystem.

@Bobarino I liked Chorus much better than SW Squadron FWIW

The great FM7 delisting has me paranoid that other Game Pass 1st party games might someday disappear, so I bought Gears 5, Gears Tactics, State of Decay 2, Sea of Thieves, etc.

With all of my saved Rewards points I spent nothing. win/win

I played this one yesterday for about an hour. I thought I didn't much like it but found myself thinking about it a bit last night and then again this morning. Looks like I'll be continuing to play it.

@eduscxbox Your point about HZD is a good one.

Tough call. 360 was so far ahead of its time in terms of its interface, early social features (UNO!) and games. I have so many amazing memories of playing it all night long and marveling at how far MS had come in such a short time. That said, I've gotta go with the Series X (or S) because it plays nearly everything I care about across 4 generations. No other console has ever done such thing and it makes Xbox such a PC-but-friendly experience.

How dare these video games be fun!

While I'm no fan of Mattrick's, there's no denying that he was ahead of his time, like it or not. We live in a future without physical media and we're always connected - it's really that simple. Steam is to blame for the former, progress for the latter. All of that said, the messaging behind the Xbox One was abysmal. I didn't even want one at all until I saw a Killer Instinct playable demo at a Microsoft Store in San Francisco. I knew then that I still wanted one.

Having said all of that, I really liked Skype, Kinect, OneGuide, etc. - I watched all of my TV through an Xbox One until they shut those features off. By then, most smart TV software had at least caught up a little bit.

That messaging though? Still makes me cringe. Who shows up to show some new games on a new games console and then doesn't bring games? Don Mattrick. Sap.

I have a life so these Digital Foundry viewpoints on games are pretty much useless.

"OMG! It dropped two frames at the 14m34s mark! What were they thinking releasing this!"

So stupid.

Brilliant. I've played it once. I'm already back for more.

@NEStalgia Absolutely. Infamous SS was my favorite PS4 game behind Days Gone. I felt both were very underrated. I tried to play the first two Infamous games via PS Now (my PS3 died a long time ago) but the streaming latency made it nearly impossible, even on my fiber connection.

@NEStalgia Couldn't agree more about Spider-Man. People LOVE that game. For me, once the traversal mechanics wore off about two hours in, I found it tedious to get around in. What would have been a 10/10 solid 8-10 hour experience for me ended up being a 6 or 7/10 slog. I get that they want people to feel good about spending their $60 but there's a fine line there. I'm down for 8-10 hour campaign that I can come back to and play again at my option to 100%. Despite how many people rag on Far Cry, that's exactly how I play those games. They're really not that long if you just focus on the story missions, and they're a blast to plow through again later for the extras.

Bungee lost me with Destiny 2. It started strong but i don’t have enough hours to dedicate to a game that erases its own paid DLC.