Happenstance Posted January 23, 2020 Posted January 23, 2020 Don't see an issue with it personally. They're playing games and chatting about what they played. They aren't writing reviews or critical pieces. They run entertainment channels not journalism ones. 1
Hero-of-Time Posted January 23, 2020 Posted January 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Happenstance said: Don't see an issue with it personally. They're playing games and chatting about what they played. They aren't writing reviews or critical pieces. They run entertainment channels not journalism ones. I'm just not a fan of it. I prefer lengthy discussions. I followed Greg for years before he made the jump to Kinda Funny and there's a MASSIVE difference between how plays and speaks about games now when compared to how he used to. Maybe the passion has gone from him a little bit. Plus, with him getting older and getting married that would have had a significant impact in how much plays and what he can play. Kinda just seems like Kinda Funny are chasing numbers now rather than doing it for the love of the game.
Ronnie Posted January 23, 2020 Posted January 23, 2020 I love the guys at Kinda Funny, give me their insight into the games industry over most others tbh. Tim especially has improved 10 fold these past few years, he speaks really well now. Getting Imraan from Game Informer was a big win for them too, the guy seriously knows his stuff, even if it's only a temporary hire. Also it was (another new hire) Blessing who requested they restart their Playstation podcast. If they were just coasting and chasing numbers they wouldn't keep getting new people in. They've also bought a new studio space that's like 10x the size of their current one, so as a production it's definitely on the up. And frankly, I just like that they prefer to celebrate games, not destroy them with endless negative click-chasing, ad revenue led rants every couple of weeks like certain other big gaming YouTubers.
Hero-of-Time Posted January 26, 2020 Posted January 26, 2020 People think that it's Control they are teasing. Definitely get that played @Kaepora_Gaebora if that does indeed hit the service. 1
Hero-of-Time Posted January 31, 2020 Posted January 31, 2020 Here's an interesting piece about Rare. It discusses the company culture, how they've changed over the past 10 years, the future of their old IPs and the use of Banjo in Smash Bros. 1
Hero-of-Time Posted January 31, 2020 Posted January 31, 2020 If true that would have been a HUGE get for Microsoft.
Glen-i Posted January 31, 2020 Posted January 31, 2020 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said: If true that would have been a HUGE get for Microsoft. Man, how mad would it have been if that happened? Bayonetta would have meant that we had a Microsoft character in Smash Bros! ...Wait... EDIT: Oh wait, I just remembered Bayo is technically owned by Sega. Man, do Platinum own any of their IP's? Edited January 31, 2020 by Glen-i
Nicktendo Posted February 14, 2020 Posted February 14, 2020 On 31/01/2020 at 4:03 PM, Glen-i said: Oh wait, I just remembered Bayo is technically owned by Sega. Man, do Platinum own any of their IP's? After listening to this week's Sacred Symbols, it appears they don't. Looks like this Tencent investment and Wonderful 101 Kickstarter experiment is the beginning of them trying to go it alone (either self-publishing or not giving away IP to publishers). It'll be interesting if they attempt to buy back any of their IP. The "Platinum 4" has really got me wondering what's coming from them in the future. 1
Hero-of-Time Posted February 14, 2020 Posted February 14, 2020 24 minutes ago, Nicktendo said: After listening to this week's Sacred Symbols.... I've not finished the episode yet but I had a laughing fit during my drive home from work when that person wrote in and was on about stealing his Vita back. Then when the conversation moved on to watching porn on a Vita and Chris explaining how he tried to use his PSP....I completely lost it.
Nicktendo Posted February 14, 2020 Posted February 14, 2020 1 minute ago, Hero-of-Time said: I've not finished the episode yet but I had a laughing fit during my drive home from work when that person wrote in and was on about stealing his Vita back. Then when the conversation moved on to watching porn on a Vita and Chris explaining how he tried to use his PSP....I completely lost it. Two feet tall and seven feet wide Sacred Symbols is getting funnier by the week. There were so many hilarious moments on this episode, they have such a good chemistry together. It started off a bit shaky in the earlier episodes, but they've really found their stride now. The only podcast I listen to every week and I don't even own a Playstation. 1
Hero-of-Time Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 Another good month for Game Pass users. Yakuza 0, Kingdom Hearts 3 and Ninja Gaiden 2 are all winners. Two Point Hospital launching on GP is another good get.
Cube Posted March 26, 2020 Author Posted March 26, 2020 I got the Xbox Games Pass on PC with my new PC . Figured I'd try Forza Horizon 4. The gameplay itself is really good (although I'd rather it be more arcadey) and I like the various story missions. It does feel like I've done a lot but barely any racing. However, I do have one huge issue with it: advertising. Every time you start the game, you get an advert for a DLC - either a picture for a car one or an unskippable video trailer for the bigger ones. Then there sections for them in the menus which you have to go past every time to get to the car section of the menu. Then there are massive icons on the map (which cover up other map icons) and are also on the minimap, and even had adverts over the in-game radio for them. It makes it feel like I'm playing a F2P mobile game.Considering that Microsoft are focusing on the Games Pass, it gives me an impression that this is the future of Xbox games.
Hero-of-Time Posted April 7, 2020 Posted April 7, 2020 (edited) Just a heads up for anyone else who's interested, an episode of Inside Xbox will be going live in 15 minutes. I'm not expecting much from it but i'll be giving it a watch. Edited April 7, 2020 by Hero-of-Time
Kaepora_Gaebora Posted April 8, 2020 Posted April 8, 2020 Caught up with this this morning, a decent watch without too much to get overly excited about. I thought Grounded looked really interesting, like a Rare game in many respects; I'll be keen to see what the longevity is like if it's going in game preview rather than straight to Game Pass. I'll reserve my excitement for Yakuza on Game Pass until I've played 0... Just fired up Sea of Thieves for the first time in a long time, mainly to get the free Ori ship stuff and drool over the Banjo themed one's that I'll never get because you have to pay for them! I thought Larry Hyrb was about to parody Sony parodying Microsoft when he started talking about the Series X memory card system (reminded me of the how to play other people's games skit Sony did at E3 all those years ago) but thankfully he didn't 😂
Hero-of-Time Posted April 8, 2020 Posted April 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Kaepora_Gaebora said: I thought Larry Hyrb was about to parody Sony parodying Microsoft when he started talking about the Series X memory card system (reminded me of the how to play other people's games skit Sony did at E3 all those years ago) but thankfully he didn't 😂 Haha. I thought the same thing. To be honest, I'm getting quite tired of all this spec talk. I don't care how the console is running or how many bits and bobs are inside of it. It means nothing to the majority of gamers and imagine most people just want to see the games at this point. There wasn't really anything that caught my eye in the show. Grounded looks decent but I hate the whole early access/game preview thing that developers do. Just finish the game and then release the thing! Everything else was pretty meh. I did enjoy how they presented the show though. One of my biggest gripes of Inside Xbox is how cringe worthy they are, with all the fans shouting and the presenters being loud and obnoxious. This show was far more down to earth, for obvious reasons, and I think it was far better for it.
Kaepora_Gaebora Posted April 8, 2020 Posted April 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Hero-of-Time said: Haha. I thought the same thing. To be honest, I'm getting quite tired of all this spec talk. I don't care how the console is running or how many bits and bobs are inside of it. It means nothing to the majority of gamers and imagine most people just want to see the games at this point. There wasn't really anything that caught my eye in the show. Grounded looks decent but I hate the whole early access/game preview thing that developers do. Just finish the game and then release the thing! Everything else was pretty meh. I did enjoy how they presented the show though. One of my biggest gripes of Inside Xbox is how cringe worthy they are, with all the fans shouting and the presenters being loud and obnoxious. This show was far more down to earth, for obvious reasons, and I think it was far better for it. Yeah the talk of specs does little for me and frankly the Series X footage they had (of Gears 5 etc) just looked like a minor improvement from memory. Yeah I remember We Happy Few had massive buzz around it but by the time the game preview had finished that buzz had very much stopped. Get it on game pass when it's ready or even better hold out for the Series X launch (which they might do but putting it on game preview negates that for me) to be more impactful, obviously at a consoles launch even the smaller games tend to get played more as there's less choice! Yeah, it actually worked much better, just got on with it instead of all the razz ma tazz they usually try on.
Ronnie Posted April 23, 2020 Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) Wow, wasn't expecting that. Huge get for Xbox. Edited April 23, 2020 by Ronnie
Mandalore Posted April 23, 2020 Posted April 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Ronnie said: Wow, wasn't expecting that. Huge get for Xbox. Especially if it's enhanced for Series X at launch.
Ganepark32 Posted May 6, 2020 Posted May 6, 2020 Final Fantasy IX coming to Gamepass on May 14th. Looking forward to jumping in and giving it a go. I had been playing through X on the Switch but I fell off after reaching Mt. Gagazet and getting stuck at a particular boss. I'm hoping the pacing is a bit better in IX and that there isn't as many road blocks/difficulty spikes as there are in X because I honestly don't know if I can be bothered jumping back in to finish X with the boss I'm at (which also means I'm unlikely to redeem the code for X2 that came with X on the Switch as there's no point playing a sequel if I'm not inclined to finish the story of the original). Should be the start of the Final Fantasy releases on Gamepass though. Expecting frequent drops for the rest of the announced FF titles over the coming months so I'll also get a chance to try others. Looking forward to trying IX though.
Goron_3 Posted June 30, 2020 Posted June 30, 2020 Console get! An Xbox One X arrived at my front door today, courtesy of a friend who is moving abroad and doesn't need it anymore. Super excited to get my GamePass subscription set up and to play Red Dead 2 and the latest Nier title. Before that though, I'm getting Rare Replay and starting up Banjo Kazooie. 3 1 1
Ganepark32 Posted July 6, 2020 Posted July 6, 2020 (edited) Official date set for the Xbox Games Showcase: 5pm BST (6pm CEST) July 23rd. This so their event thats set to officially show off their first party offerings, though there'll no doubt be third party and indie games to a degree here. If not I'd be shocked. Regardless, this is Microsoft's chance to come out and show what they've got. We know what Sony has cooking (first party wise and through some exclusivity deals for the likes of Deathloop and Ghostwire Tokyo) and given the relative lukewarm reception to May's event (which I thought was fine overall but needed something a bit more meatier), they really need a good showing to put the Xbox Series X in people's minds for the end of the year otherwise they'll lose a lot of market share out of the gate to Sony and the PS5 just like with the PS4. It's not a make or break event but they're going to have to show the big guns and a lot of new IPs to get people in. The likes of Halo and Forza (sadly Motorsport and not Horizon) will be there as will The Initiative's new IP and probably Everwild from Rare and that Battletoads game but they'll need to show that they've got a wide range of IPs new and old that will really grab people. I'm not sure they'll have it all but I'm curious enough to see what they're going to show from their studios. Maybe we'll see early work from Obsidian and InXile but I'd suspect that Double Fine will have a few games to show indie wise to cover that side with a teaser of something bigger down the line. I do wonder if they'll be bringing any other devs into their framework. I'd have said Asobo but they've got another game in the works as part of a deal with Focus Home Interactive that's likely a sequel to A Plague Tale but I wonder if Dontnod will finally come under that banner what with Tell Me Why being Xbox exclusive and both sides having a good working relationship. Same goes for Bloober Team with their new game The Medium being exclusive for a bit. Anyway, will be interesting to see nonetheless. No doubt there'll be little discussion over it other than how unlikely it is that they'll match Sony's output (and I agree there but they'll need time for their studios to get up to that speed) but it should be good. I've already hitched my wagon to the PS5 out of the gate as I'll be able to play Halo Infinite and such through GamePass on my One and because I just want rid of the jet engine that is the PS4 for a hopefully quieter unit in the PS5 (and because of the games obviously) but I'll be keeping an eye out to see whether the Series X will be worth the upgrade down the road. Edit: This also comes on top of the ID@Xbox demo event happening starting July 21st where you'll be able to play between 75 - 100 demos for indie games and such on your Xbox One, kind of like the recent summer demo event on Steam. So should be a good couple of days. Edited July 6, 2020 by Ganepark32 1
Mandalore Posted July 6, 2020 Posted July 6, 2020 A new Hydro Thunder and the revival of more Rare IPs might tempt me to get a Xbox. Lengthy trailers of Halo and Forza will have the opposite effect.
Goron_3 Posted July 7, 2020 Posted July 7, 2020 I've been playing (and loving) my Xbox One X over the last week. I'm only playing on a 1080p set (albeit a high quality one) and I'm really impressed with the graphics. Red Dead 2 especially looks amazing, as does Resident Evil 3 remake. The controller is also miles better in terms of build quality than the PS4 one. The one downside is that I keep hitting the wrong buttons when prompted! Why can't Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft just agree on the layout of the ABXY buttons! 2
Ronnie Posted July 7, 2020 Posted July 7, 2020 Yeah the controller's great, the Switch one is more comfortable I find but the Xbox has the much higher build quality. Not a fan of the loud clicking buttons though. Console itself looks slick a f too, love the minimalist look of it.
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