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@Fiendish-Beaver Ah yes, I donate to gaming companies all the time as well. The shelf lined with unopened games mocks me as I click on the notification my Steam wishlist is on sale, and that I can grab my Xbox wishlist while I'm at it, oh did Nintendo put out a banger? Well why not🤑

@practicein2021 The Spiderman critique regarding where he lives was a little bit just weird. It's why I was curious, isn't he a always a broke guy that is by the way a genius?
I agree GOW is a fun play, but why is a God destroying beast not simply 1 hitting all the grunt soldiers, makes no sense.
As great as Nathan is, he is just Indiana Jones pixelated.
Not giving you grief, just seemed like kind of odd complaints. I didn't finish the 1st one, just didn't grab me, was fun just not great

@practicein2021 I am curious what games you feel meet these high standards? Rocksteady games aside.

Your complaints fit the bill of nearly every medium ever, so what for you sets those high standards?

@Fiendish-Beaver I'm actually already dreading Black Friday/(Boxing Day? Or whatever the island people call it) because I still need basically every game from the 1st half of this year, 2nd half of last year and I'm not sure I'll be able to stop myself.... must stay away from Steam as well................ gaming is bonkers right now

@homelesscretin I can appreciate the passion and Fandom, but these comments are a little embarrassing as a Sony, PS lifelong fan. The guy was a pivotal for PS success over the last several decades, especially the last 5 years

@DrVenture69 As much as I'm loving Starfield.......... complaint 1a, that very thing ON top of pretty bad dialogs

I honestly can't wait to check and although it doesn't count, I bet I've got 600 or so hours on Skyrim between PC and PS5 and Starfield is going to shatter any record I've got. 20+ hours in and I've only hit 2 star systems at level 9........ if anyone can grab pc gamepass I highly recommend it, first 10 hours were a little bumpy though

@Cashews
The Destiny hours are truly bonkers, I can't check yet, but I would wager I've got near 1000 hours between Destiny 1-2.
Can sort of see why Bungie was worth
"B, billions in value for 1 property", also just how addictive and fun their games are.

@Fiendish-Beaver I've got Starfield coming the 6th for the Xbox, based on what I've read so far in simply going to have to ignore everything else for 3 months I think. Not to mention I still want to play Hogwarts, Ragnarok, RE4 and I had a save on PS5 and Steamdeck for 2077 DLC, but I'll probably end up trying a new game. I still really want to finish Skyrim eventually too.......... I've got to set rules or I'll never play everything I want

It's actually even worse for those of us in the U.S. as those prices don't include the 10-12% tax on top.

So essential is closer to $90, and premium is $177 ish

@Serialsid
I've played solo and still had a lot of fun with it, being swarmed is stressful, basically hunker down and hope they get bored and leave

Also the Swedish country side is pretty, shame it didn't release in this current state, think it would have done well

@TBubs311
I grabbed it on Steam Deck, a month ago and I've had a blast with it. Its story is a tad thin, but its gorgeous and if you enjoy harder games I would recommend highly!

@Mega-Gazz
Cheery as ever I see, that is a worry though. Part of the reason I'm waiting for a deeper sale, a little burned out on developers doing the same thing with different window dressings.

@General_Disarray Bioware comes to mind........ I'm not entirely sure anyone ever put that fire out.

Sometimes I truly feel like the odd(old)man out, I bought my Series X solely with the intention of buying all my games. I think I subbed both PS and Gamepass for a few months, downloaded 1gb of games and except for Forza and Halo I didn't play hardly anything. Having that Netflix buffet of games didn't make me want to play them anymore then if I had bought them, in fact it made them easy to skip because meh not like I own then anyways.

I adore those passionate enough to make us games for a living.
Having said that, I have Zero faith in current Bioware

@Balosi it really is odd, kind of wonder if they get made in small enough batches that the failure rate is just crazy crazy random luck

@Smiffy01
Ha ha, well played

@Smiffy01
So that's odd, because I brought mine all over Europe, across the pond from the middle of the US. Easily as the kids switch and ipad air tablets...pretty portable

@Bunchesopuppies
I put embarrassing amounts of hours into COD and BF, no lifed Bethesda rpgs.

Never had a controller break at all, it really is a fascinating issue and can't help but wonder what exactly happens 🤔

@Bunchesopuppies It never ceases to amaze me when I read posts like this. I've had every PS console and almost all day one, and have had some insane, insane hours put in and never had drift issues.

Kids play Animal Crossing, pokemon again a lot of hours, and no drift

Is it really just blind luck?

I honestly wish I could justify buying this, the Steam Deck has been an absolute blast.

AAA gaming on a handheld, like 2077, is just such a relaxing way to play.

@RadioHedgeFund
That is a brilliant way of looking at Starfield ha!

@Wormwood23 I will absolutely throw money at this project, let me know when it starts

@deathaxe Zenimax is the parent company of Bethesda Studios, which is what Xbox payed 7 billion for, they are not under Activision/ Blizzard and the 60 gazillion dollars Xbox is paying for Call of Duty, and WoW/ Diablo

They

@Cashews The timing just feels weird, perfect analogy!

@Cashews So this might be an extreme reach, but I can't help but wonder if Sony is trying to further saturate the console market before ActBliz deal is finalized. If you eat up the market share, they can possibly offset for this and the next generation by establishing Sony ecosystems

@riceNpea Huh? That was a bizarre take away.....I mean the sex scene in wolfenstein was an eye opener, but was still just bizzare-i mean stars the point?
Do the SIMS have actual sex scenes? I think that would be actually be a place it makes sense

Video game sex scenes in a crpg is fantastically stupid.
We've come a long way from the Duke Nukem strip clubs

@Sekijo oh my dear God.........🤦‍♂️

@Sekijo was just a joke good grief I seriously can't recall them saying anything but" it's failed to meet sales expectations".

I grabbed it during the Steam sale for the Steam Deck, and it's okay. It's " Deck Verified"which I think is a stretch.

I think it's worth 30, full price worthy it is not.

@Gaia093 I'm almost positive they made this statement under duress.

I simply don't believe they
"have met sales expectations "

@TheCollector316

As someone that's hardly burnt out on Halo, Infinite was..... . ...... bland.
Wasn't bad, just really average and u was really excited to play it.
Hiring him is not bragging rights

@NinjaNicky

Exactly what I was thinking, a hard hitting grounded Battlefield, man BF1 was my end of COD, man I loved BF1. Those days are over though I think

I have not understood a single thing anyone has said in this thread.

Is this a sign of early onset Old Man disease? Should I check the yard for kids?

@Lexluther23
That was Infinite, such a shame that game got dragged through the mud.

It's is one of the best COD campaigns by far, and it takes place in space. It's a really good FPS campaigns even if you hate COD

I'll admit I'm getting old, darn it really old actually.... But I still still vividly remember All the timed content of the 360 Era where it seemed like because Xbox was crushing PS3 we got either inferior versions or had to wait months or years because publishers saw a 3rd place console( well that and the stupid cell) so we were always getting the short end of the stick. This never really seems to get brought up, but Sony didn't just start buying the big guns, they spent years reestablishing their brand. I think MS started the right way but were not patient enough and said screw it we will buy our way to the top

@evan23

I'm actually with with this as well, I really enjoy the Xbox ecosystem, but my golly there is nothing worth playing on it right know.
I understand it's crappy to bail on the PS only owners, but we are kind of spoiled with great games

@PsBoxSwitchOwner

Ya, the timing on going back to a scored system with the release of Zelda and not giving it a 10....(they knew it would generate massive traffic). Not odd at all

@JB_Whiting

Eurogamer being Eurogamer.....

They do have some really Talented wordsmiths, but their actual reviews on games can be a little obtuse at times. It should be interesting to see their reviews down the road with actual numbers attached

@tameshiyaku

Well tea isn't coffee so it's bland from the first cup, so that's not a great comparison

@Zoidpilot4

If Starfield wasnt coming to Gamepass would you still wait for reviews?

Id give it a solid 7, played about 4 hours and have not been back in a week. Had 3 crashes doing nothing more exciting than walking around

@kyleforrester87 What do you do with the burned Starlings? Burning money is understandable, it's the harbinger of adulting and a fun way to offset grey hairand eventual complete baldness

Baghdad sounds pretty cool to explore. Would actually love a "20 hr" Assasins Creed, so so so so burned out on 100 hour worlds

Also holy French Accents Batman, but at least they are not Canadians.....

@Darude84
Take my opinion lightly, as I may have just been to burned out from work to enjoy anything but I loved RE 7, and REALLY didn't enjoy Village. I think I played until the castle and just wasn't finding it fun.

I simply have no faith left in most people to not lie for their own self preservation, or to encourage the ire of social media masses for the purposes of seeking attention for perceived ills.
I've become far to cynical/ jaded

I know it won't happen, as I'm sure it didn't do well, but I would love a sequel to 40K Hired Gun- Had a really great time with it. I've had Cultic sitting in my Steam Cart for a while now- Boomer shooters are fun for an hour or two, but I grew up during Dooms heyday, I've had my fill

@CaptD
Taxes in the US make it a little odd, because we don't add VAT into it listed price.

Where I live is not $69 it's $77 so pretty close across the board. Bigger cities think some are paying almost $80. It's maddening keeping track of all this