Matthewnh

That expression sounds like gobbledegook to me.
“The plan is the plan, until the plan is not the plan”.

Is this their way of saying “we are just making this up as we go”?

I would very much like to see Xbox succeed, because healthy competition is good for business, and for customers.

I would also love to see Xbox continue to produce hardware. Because I want to see what that they, and Sony, both come up with next.

The first one was good. Awkward, and rough around the edges.

The second one was great. Had so much fun with it. Played it so many times.

Played 3,4 and the reboot.
Not as good. Missed the point entirely.
I did not even bother to finish the reboot game.

Is Assassins Creed an RPG?
Or is it an “action adventure”?

Not interested.

Would much prefer Horizon 3. Please continue the single-player story.

I would much rather play the Lego Horizon game, than this “live service” stuff.

Players being used as testers, again.

However, for those people who are playing it, I am relieved it did not cost them anything.

The answer is quite easy.
People ought to stick with reviewers they trust.
That trust has been earned over time, by simply giving fair and accurate reviews.

I think we are all regulars here at PushSquare (and PureXbox, as well in my case) because we know this site gives fair, accurate, balanced reviews.

Very occasionally I will read people’s opinions on amazon also, although that is hardly the most reliable source sometimes.

I learnt quickly that player reviews on Xbox Live store can generally be ignored.

“Ignored”. Perhaps that what IGN stands for?

Such a waste.
A complete waste of time, effort, talent, and money.

To pour all of that into a project for YEARS, and never have any of it see the light of day,

And, Ubisoft have now cancelled a whole load of these projects.

So this is Ubisoft saying to customers “If you want something apart from Far Cry or Assassins Creed, you are out of luck”.

It is a wonder how Star Wars Outlaws or Avatar Frontiers of Pandora ever got made at all.

Mind you, I loved AC Origins. The Egyptian setting was amazing.

This might actually be TOO ambitious. It looks great, from what little I have seen of it, though.

Cynically, I am quite sure that the PS6 remaster will run flawlessly.

I enjoyed Anthem, while it lasted.

The world was interesting, and the flying was fantastic. It just felt so good. The actual combat was repetitive, and the loot was sparse.

I liked the backstory, the history of the world they created. I just seem to recall there being far too few missions, and all becoming samey.

I felt it was odd, that BioWare should actually create a game without any kind of narrative.

But what was there, I enjoyed playing.

I can understand everyone being excited for GTA6, and other developers being wary of the reported release window.

But, let us be honest, GTA6 is just going to be more of the same, and hardly groundbreaking. Yes, it will be great fun, but we know exactly what to expect by now. Sure, more of the same is good, but how about invention, or originality?

And making a satire of modern life seems somehow redundant at this point.

Never played any Dragon Quest games before. Never really even heard of them, until now.

But I agree with @get2sammyb. This game looks beautiful.

I think this might be worth looking into.

This is a blast from the past.

I remember playing the original game on the Amiga, as well. I also recall not being very good at it.

It was obviously inspired by Rollerball, which in turn presumably inspired the game in Alita :Battle Angel. Motorball?

The Amiga had some fantastic games. I am sure that I played Frontier (Elite II) the most, though.

My problem with Phoebe Waller Bridge is simply this -

What does this woman know?
Who is she blackmailing?
How does she still find employment?

Considering that everything she touches seems to wither and die.

She single handedly killed the James Bond franchise.
And the Indiana Jones series.

And she will likely do the same with Tomb Raider.

@Dogbreath

Michelle Yeoh and Jason Isaacs were the only reasons to watch that show. In my opinion, it barely qualified as “Star Trek”.

I loved Jason Isaacs in the Harry Potter movies, as well.

@Olskeezy

And no, it’s not just you.

6/15.

Not very good. A few guesses.

Merry Christmas, happy new year, everybody.

Have fun.

Just started a new playthrough of Red Dead Redemption 2.

Played the new remaster of the first RDR (its barely a remaster, but it looks nicer). So now starting the sequel. Still on the prologue, so very early days.

And, yes, I know. Technically, I am playing the story in the wrong order. But I don’t care.

@DTfearTheBEARD

Please, leave a few for the rest of us.

I never did manage to play KOTOR, but this sounds great.

But I think I need to reserve judgment until some more solid news arrives. I shall wait, and see.

But, with this one, and Drew Karpyshyn’s new game Exodus, hopefully coming along next year, it is a good time for us science fiction fans.

Still awaiting more definite news on the next Mass Effect. There was a poster, and a sort of teaser clip, but that was a long tine ago now.

The best thing I can suggest about Starship Troopers, is read the book!

It is very different to the movie, and so much better.

But I do like the retro aesthetics of this game, though. Very cool idea.

Of course the “labour” party does not care about the ordinary worker. Do you imagine they are actually some kind of socialists?

They are far too concerned with making sure the Palestinians get slaughtered. And with arresting anybody smart enough to understand the British taxpayer is helping to foot the bill for it.

If they can still get Rhianna Pratchett to script it, then it should be good.

And I thought the recent trilogy of Tomb Raider games were excellent.

And yet, they release Mindseye, and Concord?

And Gollum!

What I saw in the video looked really interesting. I got heavy HP Lovecraft vibes from it for some reason.

The real shame though, is having all of the time and effort, and money, invested into it now simply going to waste.

Does it differentiate between Slim and Pro versions?
I wonder what the actual breakdown of those figures was.

Still it is great news. We all know the PS5 is a fantastic console.,

@LikelySatan

To be fair, I always found the stealth gameplay to be awkward as well. That said, your character is twice of the height of the people around you. Not to mention, you are also bright blue.

Not exactly subtle, is it?

The headline is very good news.

I think everyone here realises that making Yakuza appeal to a more mainstream/western audience would totally destroy the very thing that makes these games unique.

By trying to make games that appeal to everybody, they would actually end up with games that appeal to no-one.

Sometimes the variety, from the serious tone pivoting to the utterly ridiculous is actually what these games appealing. Sometimes you just never know what to expect.

That, for me at least, is why they are so much fun.

“Why do the work yourself, when you can get a machine to do it for you?” - Dervahl.

I got so used to this game being in first-person perspective, that I am certain playing it in third-person is going to feel very weird. Horizon is third-person, and Avatar being in first-person sort of made it stand out. I found it to be much more immersive.

But mostly, I want to try this new DLC, and see what the Ash Clan are all about.

Edit: I have just now realised that this batch of DLC is not included in the season pass, whereas all of the other pieces were. I wonder why? That seems odd.

I am quite sure that Justin Lin has not been to space, either. But that did not prevent him from directing the film Star Trek Beyond.

@ozkrmz Starship Troopers is the only Heinlein I have read, so far. The book is much better than Verhoeven’s movie.

I have just discovered something odd.

Push Square review scores for:

The Last of Us (PS3) 10/10
The Last of Us Remastered (PS4) 10/10
The Last of Us Remastered (PS5) 8/10

The Last of Us Part II (PS4) 10/10
The Last of Us Part II Remastered (PS5) 9/10

This seems rather inconsistent. But I suppose there are good reasons for this.

PJ O’Reilly at Pure Xbox gave Avowed a 8/10 review.
Starfield got 9/10, from the very same reviewer.

If I had wanted Avowed, I would probably have bought the Xbox version.
The trouble is, do I need another Fantasy RPG? Or do I just replay Dragon Age?

The studio have now resorted to giving their game away for FREE.

And I still bet nobody plays it.

I was curious about this, when it was first announced. But now, I might just play it out of morbid curiosity.

There is only one game on this list that I have played, and that is Ragnarok.

Honestly, I did not enjoy it as much as the first God of War game.

For me, Hogwarts Legacy is a 10/10. Personal taste.

The irony is that the more stuff like this goes on, then the less interested I become.

The game will be ready whenever it is ready. Do I buy my copy straight away, or do I wait for it to re-release in ten years time, when it launches on the PS7?

I think that whether or not a game is new, or is a sequel, I think that is irrelevant.

What matters to me the most is “Am I enjoying what I am playing?” And “is this a good story?”

Mind you, I certainly looking forward to the inevitable sequel to Hogwarts Legacy. And sometimes, more of the same can be a good thing.

I installed this, and played it for a few days.

I thought it might like an interactive version of the movies “Crouching Tiger” or “House of Flying Daggers”.

A lot of the game does not seem to make sense to me, and I was finding it just impenetrable. Too complicated for its’ own good, with the plot moving at the pace of a tired snail.

Given up, and deleted it. I might have the patience for it one day. But it was beautiful to look at, though.

Played through Starfield three times on Series X.

It is an enjoyable experience, yet it is hardly revolutionary. It is definitely a fun time, whilst you are playing it, but I feel that it is nothing special.

I have also noticed that none of the decisions you make throughout seem to have actual consequences. And the game only seems to end one way.

@PocketHotDogs

He was a great actor, and it was a sad loss.
Perhaps they could try to get somebody as close to his likeness as possible. Tim Russ? I have no idea.

The difficult part will be replicating Reddick’s rather unique delivery, and his demeanour.

I just cannot see how this could possibly work as a blockbuster movie.

A live action “Horizon” movie will need tons of cgi and “bluescreen”. This film will be almost 100% computer generated, I feel.

And the development cycle seems far too short, considering it took Cameron three years to film Avatar (2009), and likely years of work before filming even took place.

I also believe the movie will not actually interest people who have not played the game. The dialogue will probably be totally impenetrable to those not already familiar with the story.

The Uncharted film actually was not that bad. To make Horizon into a proper cinematic experience, that will require something truly special.

The file size has now increased. From about 85GB, to 107.

But this update will give the incentive I need to dive back into it. Or perhaps I should just restart from the beginning.

I can remember playing Populous, on the Amiga back in 1989 or 1990? That was an incredible game.

For his sheer inventiveness and creativity, Peter Molyneux is quite rightly a legend.

I never did play Fable, though. But there is talk of a remake coming out soon, right?

Microsoft insist that “this is an Xbox”.

Microsoft wants you to believe that your tv is an Xbox, or your phone, or your desktop computer…or everything else.

Microsoft seems to believe that even your PS5 Pro is “an Xbox”.
Somehow?

Why would Microsoft bother making Xbox hardware, when they can get Sony to do it for them?

@sanderson72

Nice. You’ve got yourself a real bargain.

I paid just over £250 for a 2TB SSD, in January 2022. And it still sells for the same price now as it did then.

If I ever manage to upgrade my PS5, I will not forget the SSD. I do not want the hassle of having to reinstall everything.

This all seems to me as though Tencent have been caught red-handed.

They tried to develop an obvious rip-off of a well-known title. And are now trying to save their necks.

One could argue that Black Myth WuKong is a rip off of Enslaved:Odyssey to the West. They both use the same book as inspiration, after all. Wu Cheng’en wrote A Journey to the West, which is also known as “Monkey”.

The trouble is, where is this going to end?

You only need to look to modern cinema, and realise that a lot of creators and developers are intellectually lazy, and have no original ideas of their own.

So, yet another beloved franchise that Phoebe Waller-Bridge is going to completely ruin.

The very fact that she describes Lara Croft as “outrageous, and hilarious” just proves that she knows nothing of what she speaks.

The only Collectors edition game I had was the original Watch Dogs.

I have a 12inch tall Aiden Pearce statuette, that is still in the styrofoam box. Never been on display.

This seems to prove that some expensive collectors editions are good value, whereas others are simply a rip-off.

I shall let you all decide which category this one falls under.

Hardly original or innovative design work on show here.
It honestly reminds me of “Mirrors Edge”.

This looks very good.

This appears to be faithful to the first film, based upon the screenshot. I have only ever seen the films, and have never read any of the books.

I saw Jurassic World Rebirth, at the cinema recently. And was really disappointed.

And this game already looks much better than that movie.

So the headline implies that the game is perhaps TOO ambitious.

But I agree with the general sentiment here, that we all have enough to keep us occupied for the time being.

So let Pearl Abyss improve and perfect Crimson Desert. Besides, I would always prefer that development teams release their games when they are finished, and not beforehand.

After all, we are customers, and not playtesters. If software developers want us to all test their games for them, then they ought to pay us to do it.

If it truly is that good, it is going to be worth waiting for.