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More of you need to find a great partner to play It Takes Two with. It's such a magical ride!

@johncalmc Yes, this exactly. 'This is the game that will make you like roguelikes!'

No, it's not. It plays smoothly, but I'm still not drawn to the concept and the repetition. After entering the chambers for the eight time, I was done with it. I'm not a rejection junkie.

I can't believe how much more original, creative and mindblowing genious a game like It Takes Two is, but Hades keeps scoring higher in year lists. Oh well.

A true GOTY.

It's a good chuckle, laugh, and surprise from the first moment on. But it gets better and better. The worlds more beautiful, the ideas more brilliant.

And then there's a world that absolutely WOWED me like nothing else has in gaming over the last few years. Me and my online partner played through it with open mouth.

A triumph for creativity.

9/25 and that's with some lucky guesses and some questions I knew. It all makes sense, as this was a real Xbox year for me.

Knockout City? In the top 10? Was the year really this bad?

Imagine how attractive Sony's 'Game Pass alternative' will look after so many months of mediocre PS Plus games.

I don't know. It looks unmistakenbly like a Gran Turismo game and the colors of the cars and trees do look great, but there's something about it that doesn't quite work (for me).

The on-roof reflections on the Mazda feel a bit cel-shaded, and the building you cross around the finish line looks more that of any old arcade racer than something real. Maybe it's an uncanny-valley thing. It starts to look so real that the non-real looking things pop up immediately.

Played this on Xbox via Game Pass, and can say it's not very suitable if you're even remotely claustrophobic. It's so dark and small.

It's not in VR, but it surely will be better when putting the VR-goggles on so you have this cinema-vibe, I think?

Oh, it's not for PS4.

@Gladio Agreed. It seems that this entire Q3 Q4 2021 is all about Xbox with Halo and Forza.

First Class Trouble sounds legit fun with a group of friends!

Loving this on Game Pass... but the performance is just very janky sometimes - especially snowy environments can drop down way below 30 frames per second.

The descriptions and names of the cars are fantastic however.

Well that wasn't COOLEST BADDEST MOST AWESOMEST RIDERS cringy at all.

@Jayofmaya That's awesome. I found Scaler surprisingly good, even though it got a little repetitive. Good luck with Blinx though... oof.

@Jayofmaya Oooh yes, Legend of Kay and Kena seem to have a comparable vibe going indeed!

Card-based... euh... how does this even play?

Ah forget it. Zero interest.

This looks like a proper original game with lots of room for the players creativity. Ace!

Mario!

That would be a surprise huh?

Or Astrobot!

Picked this up after all those glowing reviews stating this is a roguelike for people who don't like roguelikes.

But no matter how well it plays... it's still a roguelike. Not my cup of tea.

Just have the feeling Deathloop may get some 9's in reviews.

Yeah, quite a nice game. It's nothing groundbreaking and doesn't have climaxes like in Journey, Abzu or Rime, but it's still something I'm willing to finish on Game Pass.

Oh, this looks amazing. Let's check the price...

Urgh this looks SO generic it isn't even fun anymore.

The multiplayer mode truly adds playtime and value to this already wonderful adaptation of Tetris.

One moment, I was at the top 2% of the world in online multiplayer. That will be quite a challenge with crossplay and so many (VR) players. Let's goooo!

I noticed I picked three games that will be included in Game Pass from day one...

• Psychonauts 2
• Atomic Heart
• Elden Ring

I think Trek to Yomi is my fourth choice.

Basically then, not a very good E3 for Sony at all.

I don't have a PS5 or Xbox Series X yet. I thought I would definitely get a PS5 as my next-gen, but I'm very much in doubt now. Game Pass is an incredible service.

If I can get more friends to get an Xbox, so it would be the first choice multiplayer platform for coop gaming, the PS5 won't stand a chance.

Friends, however, are on PlayStation. If I can get my hands on a PS5 sometime... that may still be an option as well.

@LordSteev Same! It looks soooo meh.

Already looks more fun than Outriders.

This may not be bad... but I feel that concepts like this work better as a phone game with simplified visuals and a topdown view.

Am I still on time for stage 1, or did I already miss the backdrop? Ah well...

Finally picked up God of War. And it's great. Production values are through the roof, I really like the interaction between Kratos and Atreus, and the fights and environments are beautifully crafted.

Still - it doesn't really feel different from other triple-AAA games...

Wow, this score feels waaay to low for me. The story that unfolds, the beautiful landscapes. I loved every second of it and completed it 100% on Xbox.

Ok, that looks brilliant. Never got into these games longer than three hours each - but still.

I've watched two gameplay videos and it already seems like too much of the same.

Nice, looking forward to play this... on, indeed, Game Pass.

This will be one of the games of the year, says my feeling.

Talos is a decent puzzle game, but beware: it can stutter or crash seemingly at any point in the game.

This really looks like a great game. One of the most anticipated releases of the year for me.

I'll be trying all of these games - great selection.

This will be free-to-play right? Then again, I doubt if it will attract a bigger audience than Rocket Arena. Everything about this looks forced. Not an art style any artist would like to make, but must because of the EA board room.

This is a brilliant little column and applies to all my Xbox online sessions.

Online coop somehow works better with multiple players than with just one in my experience.

Incredible how games in this utterly bad series just keep coming. Must sell like hot cakes then.

It wasn't really Gearbox answer to, right, as Battleborn and Overwatch released at the same time?

In before Destruction Allstars only receives 6-7 out of tens. And its online community dries after a month.

Control is full of glitches, unfortunately, although it does at least look pretty cool for office environments-only.

Dream-like quality? It looks a little Built-in-Dreams-like quality...

I recommend Crash Nitro Racing for everyone loving splitscreen gaming. It's a blast.

Sony needs to step up the production and also distribution. I'd love to buy a PS5 from Sony directly, tied to my PSN account for example.

Not what I would call stylish, but really seems to scratch that retro-itch then.

Shame to read it has an open world. To me, the best Lego games are the ones that bring in more focus in the overworld. The compact level-select world of Lego Pirates of the Caribbean is still by far my favourite; the LotR and Hobbit-parts just drag on too much.

The Hitman 2 face is anyone is someone you could actually trust - that's the scary part.