swedetrap

Game review: 6/10
Risk: 0/10 because it's on Game Pass
Likelihood I'll play it anyway because Game Pass: 10/10

Normally I don't really care about this sort of thing but this one is truly brilliant.

The only PS exclusive that I play that isn't a 3rd person action-adventure. I'll continue to buy it on PS though, as all of my baseball friends are on PS, not Xbox. Still, that's good news.

I need an Elite 3 with a share button.

And yet he hasn't yet spoken out publicly about the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 MAX? "They should just call it the Apple phone!!"

Regardless of what he says about Xbox (and let's face it, who really cares WHAT he says about anything?) I find him to be trite and boring. Not unlike the Video Game Awards show that keeps giving him and his trite and boring games airtime.

Bummer. I guess I'll just have to go back and put another thousand hours into Steep in the meantime.

@BAMozzy Man, I forgot all about Biomutant. I actually preordered that through Amazon in physical form way back when I still bothered w/physical games. I saw this and canceled it. But it does prove the point - I was hyped for that game and for months now I haven't even remembered that it was happening.

I ended up liking Torchlight 3 more than the previous two games, but already bought it. Glad to see it'll get some more love via game pass though.

Wow. Put them all in a single list and that's one solid library of horror titles.

Still love the OG Xbox and wish more of its games were available through B/C.

@NEStalgia Someone else finally saying what I've been thinking of Sony for the past generation.

I'd ask him a few things:

1. What happened with Scalebound and Fable Legends? Be specific. I wasn't particularly looking forward to them, but I'm curious how far along they were before they got killed off.

2. Why not revisit some of the other Microsoft-owned IP? I know a lot of people are hot for the old RARE games, but what about Crimson Skies? Midtown Madness? PGR? It seems like any of these would be an instant hype machine with the right studio in charge of it.

3. How hard was it to right the Xbox One ship after launch? (I'm of the opinion he's done an amazing job but that damage done pre-launch to that system was horrendous.)

I'm vaguely distrustful of anything from Kalypso but will give a trial a shot.

I have a PS5 and think DualSense is pretty ok. It does remind me of the hype around "HD Rumble" on the Switch though, one of those things that sounds much cooler than it inevitably ends up being because devs get bored with it and don't bother to keep it interesting. I filled out the survey as well and would love to see similar features on the Xbox, if for no other reason than to have parity in cross-console releases. My favorite rumble to date is still the amazing work being done by both Forza teams. DualSense still has nothing on that in my opinion.

I know I'm not supposed to think so but Torchlight III is one of my favorite games of 2020. I already own it, but I'm glad to see that thousands more will have no excuse not to try it out now.

In the U.S. you can literally go to the Microsoft support site and return a drifting controller, no questions asked. I think it's been this way for quite a while now. Do I need to sue for money for emotional distress too? I don't think so.

Start finishing the games I start and stop buying games until I finish some of what I have, even if it's just 1:1 (if I finish a game, I can buy a new one). The backlog is depressing these days.

I really liked this game when it came out. Lack of a decent-sized player base really hurt it as the months went on though. I do think it's a bit crap that the single-player game will no longer work. At some point, either they need to release this stuff as free to play right out of the gate (it went F2P but later on I think) or make the online component optional. 2K has burned me twice with this, first with Evolve (which I really loved) and now this.

Shadow Tactics for $9.99 is a steal.

Aw man. The kid crying almost made me cry. I miss childhood. Damn.

Have fun, kid.

I'm down for The Medium, Hitman III, and the formerly-absent-on-Xbox Yakuza games. All of this obsession with Scott Pilgrim though, I really don't get it. I've had it on my PS3 (PS Plus freebie) since 2012 or so and man, it doesn't live up to the hype around it. What will be interesting to see is what they charge for it as it was a $9.99 game when it first released. I fully expect the new/improved version to be $20 or more.

Several of my friends begged me to try this game when it came out, so I did, only it didn't take. That was on PS4. When it came to Xbox, several more friends told me I was crazy for not 'getting it' so I tried it again. Still didn't take. I'm a big fan of Platinum's stuff but NieR just hasn't clicked with me. Now that I see all of this praise, maybe the 3rd time will be the charm.

I can't stand Kingdom Hearts games but for some reason, I really love Melody of Memory; it was my go-to game during an otherwise downer of a covid-holiday season and brought me a lot of joy. And Hotshot Racing? So good.

I discovered PureXbox by way of Nintendo Life and you guys have quickly become my favorite Xbox site. Thank you for all that you do.

This is the first month in as long as I can remember that has some games I don't already own and actually care about. Already have Little Nightmares (and it's fantastic) but I really want these other 3. Nice.

Such a shame. I've always wanted to play XIII and was really looking forward to finally doing so. I guess I'll drag the old OG Xbox out of mothballs and play it on that instead. Bummer.

I can't remember Control's plot but I was so underwhelmed by the action it had that I think it's possible I've simply blocked it out of my mind. That said, knowing Fable is in the hands of someone respected is great. It's been far too long since Fable has been a thing. I played the crap out of the Fable Legends early release and was always bummed that it was canceled. It didn't blow my mind or anything but it was new Fable.

@Gunonaboat I voted for ODST too. I love all of the Halo games (even 5, yes) but ODST was just so different that I can't help but give it the nod as my favorite.

Watch Dogs Legion. The save game patch means I can finally make some progress again. Love the game, despite it's various flaws. After that, need to get back into Immortals Fenyx Whateveritscalled.

And then, there will be Cyberpunk.

I had no expectations because you couldn't pay me to watch The Game Awards in the first place. I've tried, twice in fact, and I find the whole thing ridiculously pandering and embarrassing to my hobby of choice.

I'll wait for the YouTube highlights.

The best part about the console wars is that the biggest system seller for any of these companies over the past couple years has been Fortnite. What sells on the software side more than anything? Also Fortnite (via microtransactions). What will the truly huge sellers this holiday season be? CoD, FIFA, Madden, and ... Fortnite microtransactions. Sure, a few million copies of Spider-Man the Amazing 15 Minute Reboot don't hurt, but it's mostly the cross platform stuff that's been making everyone money lately. Having a handful of mostly similar single-player adventure games is a great reason to own a PlayStation (I own mine solely for said games) but what are the kids yappin' about? Fortnite, CoD, EA Sports.

Still baffled as to why this got a remake. I'd love to see the original Watch_Dogs remade to look like the infamous E3 demo.

I get 30-40MB/s when I have a game active on Xbox, always have. It goes up to 900MB/s otherwise. Now, if that game is Destiny 2 or something, hey great, I get it. When it's Unraveled, that makes zero sense to me.

Still, my PlayStation 4 and 5 downloads seem to hover around 80MB/s regardless of what I'm doing. Day one with my PS5 consisted solely of installing games. I didn't get to play anything until the following day. GREAT user experience there.

I would love to see an Ubisoft partnership, even though I think I own all of their Xbox games at this point. It'd be a great way to share my Ubi-open world addiction with friends that are resistant to them.

I'll take mine with a Reese's peanut butter center please.

There's no game I'm looking forward to more than Infinite, and there's no game I'd rather wait for than Infinite. Now, let's see what the other 2 dozen MS studios churn out in the meantime.

Perfect Dark.

I'm very happy to see Quantum Break get some love here. To me, Control seemed like a whole lot of Quantum Break B-roll but without the plot and (mostly great) TV episode interludes. I love Quantum Break.

Now, as for the rest, I love me some OG Max Payne but I didn't get what everyone saw in Alan Wake. I tried, more than once, but it didn't stick.

Weekend is over and I played the hell out of Immortal Fenyx Blah Blah Blah, the most horribly named game I've ever FREAKING LOVED.

I did pause for a couple of hours of co-op goodness in Minecraft Dungeons, but yeah, I'm all about the Gods and Monsters or whatever it's called.

I'm 90% in love with the new controller, preferring it over all previous gen Xbox controllers and even over my DualSense PS5 controller (which I find to be very much a novelty and rather uncomfortable to use).

If not for the persistent wake-from-sleep connection issues I'm having with the new controllers (I have 3, all of them have the problem) I would give it a 95% and be anxiously waiting the next gen Elite controller.

As it stands now, I can only praise it so much as it locks up on my regularly if I leave a gaming a session and come back.

Having said all of that, I share more stuff now than I ever have, much like I've done throughout the PS4 era. Xbox has the wonkiest sharing features ever before. So glad they've finally fixed it.

@orionreplay Same. Some minor pop-in aside, it solidified my decision to get a Series X day one, and even though Infinite was delayed, I don't regret it a bit. The flat look had a very 'back to Halo 1' feel to it that I liked quite a bit. The game play looked great.

BIding my time by revisiting MCC in all its X|S glory, and I never stopped playing Halo 5 multiplayer - possibly my favorite multiplayer game of all time.

Excited for Infinite? Of course, but it's not like I don't have a 200 game backlog to keep me busy in the meantime.

Why choose? Game Pass means BOTH. And BOTH is the only correct answer to "Which one do you want?"

I wish I could have selected two. I'm at level 50 in Dirt 5 and have been discovering Sea of Thieves finally. Met some fellow dads on that game and am having the time of my life playing with them. 20 year old gamer me NEVER would have seen that coming.

To those that bought Control during the Black Friday sale, count yourself lucky. I bought it BEFORE the Black Friday sale and before the Series X|S version delay. It was one of the first games I wanted to play on my Series X so I paid full price only for it to get delayed, get discounted, and then (presumably) put on Game Pass before I've even tried it.

Yes, I'm aware I can go back and download and play the last gen version but who wants to do that?

Gamestop: your reliable super spreader/retailer.

@swedetrap I'm not knocking it, it's just what the art style reminds me of.

Is it just me or does this not remind you of every video game ever shown in an episode of South Park?

I've owned this for what seems like forever and never got around to playing it. Seems like something I'd like but there's been so much coming out in the meantime that I forgot I even owned it until just now.

Though I had no interest in it at first, the more recent trailers for Immortals Fenyx Rising have me pretty excited. I dare say it's the most awkwardly named game I've been looking forward to since Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice. And that one ended up being in my all time top 10.