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If there was the potential for massive sales I’d get it but with the buying habits of the general Xbox populous being what they are post-Gamepass, I really don’t think the juice is worth the squeeze at the expense of the brand but that’s just me 🤷‍♂️

Yeah a good year for Essential no doubt. I see some people negatively comparing this to Gamepass… and moaning that Gamepass had LoP at release yaddayadda. Essential is not the comparison for GP, that would be Premium or Extra… and then fair play GP has been considerably better than those in 2025 but keep it real… it’s disingenuous to compare it to Essential to spin your narrative!

Already own Lies… but that on essential is crazy! A great get!

@Gremio108 Object-chan! Another law based pun but including some Asian sprinkle 🫰for ya 😉

@themightyant amen 🍻

@UltimateOtaku91 yeah I know the article states that but having followed this since its first reveal and watched a few videos from people who’ve played it, they made a point of saying it isn’t a souls-like.

@UltimateOtaku91 pretty sure this isn’t a souls-like tbh

Glad it’s done well. While Ubi clearly has its issues behind the scenes, the games always hit for me… even with genres I don’t normally try. I honestly feel miffed by the general negativity towards their games if I’m honest.

story of my life - the 9th gen

I just picked up a couple of games that were both on sale and on my wish-list to get me over the 1250 £5 line 😅. I was gonna get them at some point anyway, so may as well 🤔

Yeah if this is treated with the same level of respect as Fallout, it could be very good. 🤞 for this one!

@get2sammyb I have a sneaky feeling that if Microsoft ‘agree’ to porting the Ori games to PlayStation… then Moon Studios might well ‘agree’ to release this on Xbox if you get me 😉

Game looks awesome and as a result will sell… over here 😏

@playstation1995 🍻 yup… as the age-old saying goes git gud scrubs 😏🍿

This was a cool surprise. I’m still to actually play Avatar… and as a fan of third-person over first, this’ll probably be the way I play it now. More games should offer the option to switch between the two viewpoints.

@Anti-Matter aren’t those adult characters on the cover of your latest game… 🤔 hmmm.

Assassins Creed: Rogue… and what a pleasant surprise it has been. I’ve been slowly chipping away at the series since 2019 and while the series has some highs… I’ve found just as many of the games to be a bit of a slog. This is one of the high points for me though and I had no idea that would be the case. It’s basically Black Flag but in the North Atlantic rather than the Caribbean.

I vaguely remember seeing something about this ages ago… thought it looked interesting at the time and this review confirms it!

Now we’re talking!

Yoink! random words so that it’ll actually let me post this 😏

@ShogunRok @StrickenBiged 🍻

@ShogunRok does it have its own plat?

1887: The New Order

Busy weekend this one but will hopefully get an hour or two to crack on with Mass Effect 2 at some point. Just have a few loyalty quests left before crossing the point-of-no-return and finishing the main campaign.

Hoping to have the plat wrapped by Wednesday, so I can make a start on Assassins Creed: Rogue on my day off 🤞

@Cvantez you could do a lot worse tbh

@get2sammyb yup… and they’ll just continue to close their eyes, stick their fingers in their ears and sing “lalala…” in the most dulcet of tones 🙈🙉🙊

B… b… but Xbox better… right guys? While the industry burns… I win right… am I right… guys? 🫠

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@EfYI black mamba is dead unfortunately

@BintendoMan #weallwere 😉

@get2sammyb while I totally get you… the trouble is dude, respect is earned and lost depending on experience and interactions. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck… it’s a duck.

@K1LLEGAL yeah I probably shouldn’t have grouped you in with that, you actually seem a pretty decent guy. My apologies 👊

@Ricky-Spanish well you obviously couldn’t do that like…

@Ricky-Spanish stop trying to twist stuff (a sure sign of the disingenuous), I never said it wasn’t consumer friendly… never have done. What I have said for years is that it’s bad for the industry… you seem to avoid that talking point each and every time though… conveniently 🫠… I wonder why 🤔

@Ricky-Spanish I’m winning as I watch the whole industry burn! 🤦🏼‍♂️

@Ricky-Spanish nope… that’s just what I’ve found since trying to have a dialogue. You take it however you want to justify your own narrative though… you guys always do.

@cusman we’ve all been saying it for years mate… but the bots just accuse us of being fanboys for stating something that held credible critical analysis. The people who are the first to use the fanboy accusation are almost always the actual fanboys.

Started Mass Effect 2 and it really is as class as people make out. I played it back at release on the 360 but have absolutely no recollection of it… and was a little apprehensive about starting it again as I was a bit nonplussed when I played through the original a couple of years back. Thankfully I’m having a very different experience with the sequel though. The gameplay and the graphics have been refined a bit and the narrative is top-tier fair play.