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racefaceec90 · August 2023

since getting my ps5 i have been replaying horizon zero dawn and started forbidden west. i forgot how good zero dawn was (i completed it and the dlc story missions).

the new game is fantastic (have not got too far in it yet/just had a battle with different factions after a woman chief turned up atop a sawtooth and started shit).

the giant cobra snake earlier was fantastic looking i had to say as is the whole game (not that zero dawn looks shabby).

i played about 20 mins of spiderman remastered and that game is great and looks amazing too (just all the moves i have to try to remember in my old age/ i am way of the exploding fist as opposed to streetfighter/tekken/virtua fighter etc move sets lol)

duotone · August 2023

@strumjoughlamps ;
I will see what Yakuza titles are available on XBox One. Cheers!

RaymondLin · August 2023

duotone said:

@strumjoughlamps ;;
I will see what Yakuza titles are available on XBox One. Cheers!

If you have GamePass, they are all on there. Including the remake/remastered.

John_P · August 2023

Any suggestions for a ps5 fps?
World war 2 based would good but open to ideas.
I've had COD MW2 for a few weeks and looking to move on.

Penn · August 2023

Is it just me or does Starfield not look as good as it did in the trailers?

strumjoughlamps · August 2023

John_P said:

Any suggestions for a ps5 fps?
World war 2 based would good but open to ideas.
I've had COD MW2 for a few weeks and looking to move on.

Hell Let Loose

Battlefield 2042

duotone · August 2023

RaymondLin said:

duotone said:

@strumjoughlamps ;;
I will see what Yakuza titles are available on XBox One. Cheers!

If you have GamePass, they are all on there. Including the remake/remastered.

@RaymondLin ;

Would you recommend Game Pass [For Console] £8.99/month or Game Pass [Ultimate] £12.99/month?

TeleMaster · August 2023

Penn said:

Is it just me or does Starfield not look as good as it did in the trailers?

Yea it looks... dull. Like a more expanded No Mans Sky with some combat. I don't know if I'm that interested in it anymore. I'll read the reviews but I think that it has been misrepresented to us.

I bought Baldurs Gate 3 for the Steam Deck and it is so boring. Graphics are low quality, there's soooo much dialogue, like a never ending amount, and the combat is extremely boring. I've asked Valve for a refund.

RaymondLin · August 2023

duotone said:

RaymondLin said:

duotone said:

@strumjoughlamps ;;
I will see what Yakuza titles are available on XBox One. Cheers!

If you have GamePass, they are all on there. Including the remake/remastered.

@RaymondLin ;
Would you recommend Game Pass [For Console] £8.99/month or Game Pass [Ultimate] £12.99/month?

I haven't checked to know the difference, i've got the Ultimate until April next year. You can always try one to see if you find there is value and cancel if you don't want it.

You can make it worth the money easily if you haven't had it before. Just use the time and finish 1 game would be worth it.

stickyfiddle · September 2023

Penn said:

Is it just me or does Starfield not look as good as it did in the trailers?

A common theme in gaming for 20+ years...

Reviews are out and most are great but a lot of the typically more honest/rigorous outlets haven't been sent advance copies, which is super shady and screams to be that Bethesda knows it ain't going to get amazing reviews across the board.

ThePrettyDamned · September 2023

TeleMaster said:

Penn said:

Is it just me or does Starfield not look as good as it did in the trailers?

Yea it looks... dull. Like a more expanded No Mans Sky with some combat. I don't know if I'm that interested in it anymore. I'll read the reviews but I think that it has been misrepresented to us.

I bought Baldurs Gate 3 for the Steam Deck and it is so boring. Graphics are low quality, there's soooo much dialogue, like a never ending amount, and the combat is extremely boring. I've asked Valve for a refund.

It looks like a return of old school rpgs - like fallout. I love dnd so I'm pretty jazzed for it, but it's not for everyone. I really liked Baldurs gate 1 and 2.

TeleMaster · September 2023

ThePrettyDamned said:

TeleMaster said:

Penn said:

Is it just me or does Starfield not look as good as it did in the trailers?

Yea it looks... dull. Like a more expanded No Mans Sky with some combat. I don't know if I'm that interested in it anymore. I'll read the reviews but I think that it has been misrepresented to us.

I bought Baldurs Gate 3 for the Steam Deck and it is so boring. Graphics are low quality, there's soooo much dialogue, like a never ending amount, and the combat is extremely boring. I've asked Valve for a refund.

It looks like a return of old school rpgs - like fallout. I love dnd so I'm pretty jazzed for it, but it's not for everyone. I really liked Baldurs gate 1 and 2.

If I remember the first two Baldurs Gates were real time action weren't they? Steam refused me a refund so I guess I'll be giving it another go anyway.

TeleMaster · September 2023

Starfield reviews aren't looking spectacular at all.

https://www.ign.com/articles/starfield-review ;

nero1701 · September 2023

Was interested in both...

I'll leave starfield a month or so..

TeleMaster · September 2023

nero1701 said:

Was interested in both...

I'll leave starfield a month or so..

You might like Baldurs Gate though, don't listen to me lol. I'm definitely in a gaming funk right now.

Penn · September 2023

I’ll give Starfield a go as I’ve got games pass but spending hours reading dialogue and having to trudge along grinding to build stats isn’t my thing.

@TeleMaster I watched a review with game play last night. I don’t think it looks as good as No Man’s Sky at this point. That game wasn’t finished at launch but at least stuff like taking off/ landing was amazing and you could go anywhere on the planets. Starfield looks cyberpunk glitchy.

TheMarlin · September 2023

I’ve heard Starfield described as Sci-fi Fallout 4 in space. I might leave it a good few months for the patches to fix the inevitable Bethesda day-one woes, then give it a go.

Sporky · September 2023

I've seen the scores but not read the reviews, 'cos I like going into games without knowing much about them.

I wonder if Bethesda have just been caught-up-to and passed by too many others now. Morrowind had a non-default setting - it was fantasy, but very not-D&D. Skyrim - while brilliant - had become a lot more generic.

RaymondLin · September 2023

I've seen a couple of reviews, it looks good but one expectation not met for me is you can't seamlessly walk your character into a ship, into a chair, then it switches to cockpit view or external view and then take off using in game engine and fly off.

And then do the opposite when landing. A bit like GTA5, when you get into a car or a helicopter or a plane. You just get in and fly off.

This to me is like a vital part now of a sandbox style game. Starfield lacks this part as it goes into a cut scene, also you can't fly into and planet and through the atmosphere and land. I know these game play elements are kinda superficial but it adds so much in terms of pulling you in.

Sporky · September 2023

I agree.

The reviews I've seen hover around 7/10, which is often my happy place.

stickyfiddle · September 2023

Sporky said:

I've seen the scores but kit read the reviews, 'cos I like going into games without knowing much about them.

I wonder if Bethesda have just been caught-up-to and passed by too many others now. Morrowind had a non-default setting - it was fantasy, but very not-D&D. Skyrim - while brilliant - had become a lot more generic.

From what I’ve read (albeit not detailed reviews for similarly reasons) it’s closer to Oblivion than Skyrim. The biggest criticisms I’ve seen seem to be the lack of wandering around and getting curious about [that thing over there] which is definitely something that happens a lot in their other games.

I’m still keen to play it but will wait until some real people have played rather than just going off review scores alone

Sporky · September 2023

I'll definitely be playing it - it's free on Gamepass, and that means I can play on PC while Lady BMcH plays on the Xbox.

stickyfiddle · September 2023

Oh yeah if I had a gaming PC or Xbox I’d 100% be playing! But I ain’t buying either without some more views from trusted people (that mostly means you lot!)

After TOTK the last thing I really need is another game that will take 200 hours off me!

RaymondLin · September 2023

I will play it too and I will probably enjoy it.

If i had to pay £60 for it though....I would probably pass knowing the reviews now. I've never played Skyrim or Oblivion, even though i own both lol

I love Cyberpunk though, put like 150hrs into that.

Sporky · September 2023

I missed Cyberpunk - worth a punt on sale I take it? I think I've got enough PC grunt to run it.

RaymondLin · September 2023

Sporky said:

I missed Cyberpunk - worth a punt on sale I take it? I think I've got enough PC grunt to run it.

I think so, especially now it's patched.

Sporky · September 2023

Ta. I'll stick it on wishlists. It looks like I'd like it.

TeleMaster · September 2023

Sporky said:

I agree.

The reviews I've seen hover around 7/10, which is often my happy place.

Generally if the consensus is under 8 I find the flaws too great to ignore. There's so many 9/10 games around that I feel that I could be playing a legit great game instead, and because there's so many good games about I have to filter them somehow, and anything under 8 unfortunately isn't considered unless I really love the franchise.

It is worth saying that IGN France, and all the other European IGN sites gave it 9/10.

https://fr.ign.com/starfield/66663/review/test-starfield-des-etoiles-plein-les-jeux

Sporky · September 2023

Lady BMcH favours games that get around 6.5-6.9 - she finds the flaws charming.

TeleMaster · September 2023

The thing with the Bethedsa games like Oblivion, Fallout, Skyrim etc is they are all deeply flawed games with strange combat, strange character animation, weird quests, weird AI, clunky combat, but the stories and the world they created, and the combination of all of it was great, even if it was buggy and flawed. The whole experience was great for the time because we didn't have that many fantasy open world games with that level of detail and humour etc,

But that was years ago, and the engine seems flawed now when you play it. Compare these games to Zelda, Witcher 3, Elden Ring etc and they seem of a completely different time.

If this game is similar to that it may not be modern enough. People don't want loading screen after loading screen, are we going to accept clunky AI and dialogue if the actual space and exploration experience isn't good enough?

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