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Ay. My thoughts on Stellar Blade was featured. Nice! Merry Christmas everybody.

I got a nice trifecta going with Stalker 2 and Indiana Jones on Xbox and DQ11 on Switch. My PS5 is MIA for now. Have a good weekend!

My plan is to jump between Indiana Jones, Stalker 2 and DQ11. I like having three games to jump between.

If its next gen I hope they only focus on next gen.

@Deadhunter I would send an email. In some countries there are laws that if you bought something and it goes on sale a couple days later you get the difference back.

A lot of great games on sale but the ones Im interested in didnt go down that much. Might get one of them though...

@themightyant I think the awards being rushed should be moved to a longr preshow and during the mainshow they could do a reel of which games won what earlier tonight.

My GOTY keeps on giving. Love to see it!

Xbox: Jumping between Indiana Jones and STALKER 2.
Switch: DQ11
PS5: Playing the Christmas level in Astro Bot.

@twitchy_emu92 why not play as Ciri. Find a random npc she can hook up with and pretend you are the npc?

@JohntheRaptor I just find it to be petty.

I think the game looks awesome but late 2025 can quickly turn into 2026 so Im keeping calm.

@Weebleman I did the same. Best way to watch tbh.

I wish all the awards Geoff just list up would be moved to the preshow so the winners could give speeches.
During the mainshow Geoff could instead do a round up with all the winners from the preshow (or make a montage).
Other than that, Im pretty happy with the format this year.

People been begging ND forever for a new IP and when they show one off people complain about product placement...

Stellar Blade is my GOTY. Hope it wins some of the awards its nominated to.

Finally worked! Now I only need Nintendo to release their wrap up and I got my wrap up trinity.

Snoop is performing! Nice to see an actual celebrity who does play games (even if he only play sport games).

As others has said, it should just be on the app like Spotify does it. Makes everything easier.

Next year Xbox numbers will be way up since everything is an Xbox now.

@Nepp67 how can you message yourself on playstation??

@Ainu20 I'm an xbox owner and found your joke hilarious. Wanted to write something back about everybody breaking up now that Indy is out and its actually good. Anyways. Carry on.

Love the choice of picture for this article.

I dont need to get excited, I already am excited. Its my favourite award show of the year. I just hope they let winners give speeches and spend less time on Hollywood crap.

@HappyGamerGirl Thats funny. Took them 5-6hrs to realize it wasnt working right.

Now I got another error saying I need to allow "full" data sharing on my PS5. Changed it and still nothing.
Anybody else got this?

Still broken eh... Ill try again tomorrow. Get it together Sony.

I tried to log on but got sent back to the start page. Hope its due to traffic and nothing else. I love the wrap ups!

If its 3rd person Im going back to Night City!

I just hope the winners actually get to give speeches this year. If not they need to have a preshow with the less interesting (but still important) awards to be handed out where they can talk, get and give the cred they want.
Other than that, some cool game reveals is always welcome. Im personally looking forward to it and will watch the show live like I always do even if it means I will be tired at work on Friday. I do the same with superbowl.

@Nintendo4Sonic Same here. Except opposite.

@MrPeanutbutterz Same here! Bought both games on release. Played Tekken 8 only the first weekend, and only 8n hrs ish before I was bored with it. SF6 on the other hand, one ish session a week since release.

Switch: DQ11, just made it to Gallopolis. Absolutely love this game.
Xbox: I finished Fractured But Whole. I plan to unlock some more achievements before retiring it. I also decided to jump back into Control again after finishing the Alan Wake 2 DLC had me itching for more Remedy madness.
PS5: Hunting down the final costumes in my personal GOTY Stellar Blade.

PS5: I'm on my fifth playthrough of Stellar Blade on my quest to pick up the last costumes from the latest patch.
Xbox: I just finished the first Hellblade game for the second time. It still holds up great, despite the weak combat. The story is just too good to be ignored. I'm also close to finishing Fractured But Whole.
Switch: Really enjoying DQ11. A true GOAT type of game. I can't really explain it but it feels right to play now that Christmas is coming up. Maybe its the music.

That was by far my favourite Astro Bot level.

It's a really fun game so I totally get it! I couldn't stop smiling while playing it, except for that one super difficult level, then I was not smiling, at all. Overall great game! Highly recommended.

This can be very funny to watch but very frustrating to play yourself. Looks wacky enough to give it a go though!

@Vivisapprentice I really hope that's not the direction they are heading. I would rather have flashbacks where Joel shows up and his past mistakes have implications for how the triology ends.

@Vivisapprentice Somehow, Joel returned.

My kids love it. And I think the writing is pretty funny so I enjoy watching them play. Bought it for the Switch though.

PS5: Stellar Blade, hunting down the NieR costumes before starting my 5th NG+. Yes, it's that good!
Series X: Jumping between Hellblade and Fractured But Whole.
I was supposed to start Flight Sim 24 and Stalker 2 but with launch issues and bugs I have put them both on hold.
Switch: I picked up DQ11 on sale. I've played it before on Gamepass but considering how great that game is I just had to do another run. Also, sidequesting TotK.

I dont mind a challenge but if its way too grindy and I feel like Im wasting my time I wont bother.

@Fiendish-Beaver The discourse around Veilguard has been absolutely out of line. I enjoyed my time with it earning the plat.

@Nei Update. This quest has to be picked up from Xion. You can only hand in requests in Wasteland. Another ng+ it is then. Just going to pick up all the NieR content first. Thanks for the suggestion!

I havent played the original but in general Im all for getting the final game out asap.

This is what kept me away from buying the game at release so Im way more tempted now. Perhaps at a future sale when Im done with the games Im playing now.

@Nei Ah. Then I need to do another ng+ playthrough (my fifth) because Im at the point of no return where I cant enter Xion anymore. Thanks for the info!

@DrClayman Im thinking the same thing after I've unlocked all the NieR stuff. Enjoy!

Last note. Now I really want Shift Up to make the next NieR game with Taro writing of course.

@Enuo seriously? Thats awesome!