johncalmc

I remember the day I bought this. I took the day off work, but it was before I was all digital, so I went to the store and they didn't have it. Ended up having to drive between about twelve different supermarkets before I found one that had it.

Then I got it home, started it up, was super into it during the hospital, and then I spent the rest of the day getting increasingly irritated that there was barely any story, and it was just me wandering around strapping balloons to people and doing the same things over and over again in slightly different places on the same map.

Never really got on with this game at all. Gameplay, nice, yeah. But it's just not Metal Gear to me, and if I'm doing a series playthrough I just end it at 4.

It really feels like this game is getting cancelled in slow motion. People hated it as soon as it was revealed and the news never got that good again. Just for the sake of variety if nothing else it'd be nice to see some good news about Fairgames.

Honestly, I bet I play this and I barely notice it.

This sounds exactly like I wanted it to be. The same game but pretty and with nicer controls. Perfect.

I don't know if this was the move

I'm glad it's not a first person game with a third person mode, but rather two viable, well designed options. I'll be third person all the way.

I don't know what this is but I'm into it. I don't mind the gacha style as I quite like coming back to do little jobs every day and build towards something. But it's gotta have things I want to unlock. I only play Infinity Nikki (unlock cool outfits!) and Zenless Zone Zero (unlock cool characters!) but the other ones haven't enticed me in.

If the things we're unlocking are cool maybe I'll play it.

It met my expectations. Let's leave it at that.

It finally happened - Pachter was right about something.

Every single person involved in this should get a lump of coal for Christmas.

I love the "older actor" excuse even though David Hayter had played an older Snake already. It was blates just Hideo Kojima wanting to have a celebrity in his game. And all the poorer the game was for it, honestly.

If Pachter said it's not cancelled then prepare for Fairgames to be cancelled.

I own Tales of Xillia and 2 on PS3 and have still not played them. Probably buy the remaster and still not play them.

That's nice. I like playing the Mortal Kombat campaigns.

I'm not sure we really need another BioShock. The third one kinda ended the whole thing perfectly.

JUST MAKE PERSONA 6

I hope they're making a Sackboy game in the style of The Last of Us.

I don't think it looks particularly interesting, but I like Bethesda slop so I'll definitely play it. All I really need is to make my own character and then go off on a quest so it seems they've got me covered.

@get2sammyb FINE GO TO TOKYO

For anyone that likes the look of these and doesn't fancy a flight to Tokyo, you can buy these on Etsy (unofficial, obvs) and you can even ask for whatever game you like. I know because I got my girlfriend a Yakuza 0 one a few years ago.

I already play Infinity Nikki and Zenless Zone Zero and I don't know if I have another one in me. I like how this looks though.

I want it to be exactly like Baldur's Gate 3 but some sort of space/sci-fi game.

They're not even releasing games on PlayStation so releasing them for Xbox is wild

I would like the old Fable games to get ported because my girlfriend keeps telling me to play them but I don't want to use the Xbox.

Nintendo can get away with it because Nintendo fans will buy anything. Xbox trying this is a much tougher sell, particularly when their main competitor is holding steady at $70, and double particularly when the game you're introducing the new pricing with is Outer Worlds 2. Still, all's well that ends well I guess. Except for Xbox, who look pretty silly. And Obsidian, who had their game sabotaged by the idiots running Xbox.

I am so into this.

I'm pretty tuned in to what's going on with gaming and I don't think I've ever heard of this game so that might be part of the problem.

I don't really know what robox is but I know I hate this.

Jeff Goldblum as Ganon.

All I really care about is cosmetics. Sweet new haircuts, etc.

vib ribbon over the shoulder third person action sad dad game

I bought this game ages ago because I like Mike Bithell and I like John Wick but I've never actually played it. Maybe I'll get around to it sometime!

This sounds interesting and it's cool they added it, but The Last of Us Part II works perfectly as it is. The show messed with the order of events to questionable effect and I don't think this game would be improved at all by being relayed chronologically. I'll probably not bother if I play through this again, but it's nice it's there.

Can't even fathom playing this in English. I'll be playing in Japanese.

It's so funny that you added a spoiler warning to this but the first thing I thought when I read the headline was "Cloud?!"

Excited for this. I'll probably do the new levels soon. I do love me some Astro Bot and I do love collecting those fellas.

I've been excited for them to announce the Final Fantasy IX remake at every event, every showcase, every State of Play, every Game Awards every Direct, every random Tuesday, for like the last five years. I don't know why I keep doing this to myself.

For all of the drama surrounding the 1.5 update has it actually made any difference to how many people are playing? I have no idea. I play the game, but I don't really talk to people about it, I don't have friends on there, and I don't dabble in the multiplayer. I just play it on my own, and I'm not in reddit threads talking about the intricacies of the gacha system, so I have actually no idea what the impact has been.

For me it didn't make a difference. I liked the apology currency for the whole thing. I mainly just do my daily stuff each morning.

Everyone who ever tried to argue that Gamepass was sustainable because "Phil Spencer said so" should get a lump of coal for Christmas. It was obviously never sustainable. It's ridiculous, and little more than a thinly veiled attempt by Xbox to brute force relevance in a market that had long stopped caring about them.

@get2sammyb I think the last thing I actually bought off the US store was Persona 3 for PS2 on PS3 so that must have been some years ago and I think that's what I did. For some reason the extra hoop to jump through stops me.

Seems like a weird choice unless they're putting it on Gamepass. I mean I'm sure that both of the people still buying games on Xbox will like it but I'm not sure it's worth the effort.

@get2sammyb yeah I know but I give up at the first sign of hassle and I don't like having to add dollar to my fake american account.

Just typing that out made me realise how little effort it actually is and I should have done this years ago 🤦‍♂️

yeah but all I want is The House in Fata Morgana on PS4/PS5. Still not available in europe last time I checked.

We know the remake is happening or was at least happening at the point that it leaked, so all I hope is that it's more of a lick of paint remake than what Final Fantasy VII turned out to be. I'm sure it will be. Don't over-egg the pudding, just give us the game with remixed music, a visual update, and voices if you really feel the need.

Excited for both of the people who buy games on Xbox to give it a go.

I'm 40 and even I know who this is. I like that one Blackpink song I can't remember the name of. It's a banger though.

@get2sammyb Imran Khan recently posted that Perfect Dark was barely off the ground and all they'd made was vertical slices like the one they showed off but without any actual game. Sounds like a total mess if accurate.

Phil Spencer must have incriminating pictures of someone at Xbox.

This is even worse than I ever thought it would be. I'm guessing they laid off whoever proofs Phil Spencer's statements because that "we're doing brilliantly but we're gonna fire you anyway" email is an absolute howler. Disgraceful stuff.

That Phil Spencer statement should have been a resignation letter.