SWTOR is still chugging along. They’re not doing the Eternal Empire narrative anymore but that’s all still there and playable and it’s arguably the most original official take on Star Wars we’ve ever got out of a game.

Talk about a nice surprise. Space Marine was a genuinely great game that knew exactly how to lean into the setting with gameplay mechanics that reinforced what the space marines are. Remember this is a game that came out at peak Gears of War chest-high-wall-cover-shoot-mania. For a AAA shooter release to eschew that…

They’re fascists lol

I enjoyed the first two missions. You don’t know what’s going on because the Chief doesn’t know what’s going on. The pilot doesn’t get a name because the Chief is fundamentally broken and incapable of thinking about most people beyond the scope of what they mean to his ability to accomplish his perceived mission.

The…

patricia read the names and flavor text, these items are literal warcrimes references lol

Their contract under Activision granted permission for a small portion of the team to work on a project dubbed “|\/|ARATHON” but I don’t think anything from that ever saw the light of day. It’s a shame - I was really hoping for a remaster at a minimum.

I always interpreted the unique styling of the name, particularly…

I think that to get the good will of Microsoft’s business department when they scored an extra year of development time, the business ghouls took their pound of flesh in the form of the absurdly stingy MTX shop.

This sucks. I know they probably think it’s fine since Destiny gets away with it but it sucks in Destiny too. No level will ever again attain the iconic status of Attack on the Control Room or other iconic FPS missions as long as this is the trend, because people have to jump through hoops to replay them. 

Yeah, but it doesn’t really add to my experience to spend a few extra hours setting up repair towers and making sure there are no critical wiring links exposed. It’d be nice if they added an option to disable or reduce weather damage to wires for those of use who’d prefer it.

I followed this game through beta after trying to Demo during the steam indie festival and fell in love. It’s really a great game. Controls are tight and easy to use, combat has oomph and is a spectacle. Base building invokes the feeling of old Starcraft or C&C. Great amount of content at launch.

My only gripe was the…

I really wish we could get a new Armored Core title. There are no games like AC V or Chromehounds anymore. It feels so weird that we’ve gone as long as we have with little to nothing coming out in the AAA mecha title department.

I don’t think I claimed it was an original idea. There is a very popular pseudo-RP blog and there were a number of corporations devoted to minerbumping and permit sales when I last played. Most folks find out about the practice from the blog, which features leaderboards etc.

I would argue that if you are repeatedly…

Forza won’t be removed from the gamepass until they offline the servers. It’s a first party title. I don’t know how it’s doing post-FH5 release but Forza Horizon 4 has consistently maintained a huge player base. The franchise is immensely popular - it is the Madden or FIFA or NBA2k of driving games. It’s the game…

Fans have compiled a list of more than 80+ features or options that existed in prior titles in the series that vanished in 2042. Some are tiny things like menu options, others are more significant gameplay elements like this.

it’s the most successful Xbox launch title in history bud, I’m not sure why it’s shocking to see it receive coverage

I was bummed to see that wasn’t how it worked. I remember an interview from when they first mentioned armor coatings, they talked about being able to personalize individual pieces of your armor at a greater level of detail than before. It sounds like earlier in development, the intention was to give that granular…

Don’t forget most of the event pass just consists of XP boosts or XP grants for the other season pass, and the vast majority of event content including basic red and blue color schemes are gated behind a separate  paywall.

I don’t 100% hate armor coatings - I think it’s really cool to be able to get camo patterns, textures etc. The armor coatings themselves are neat and I don’t hate that change from traditional dual color selection.

But damn. The vast majority of advertised coatings in promotional art for multiplayer can’t even be earned…

Yeah, I hope so and it’s likely. It’s less of a concerning move in the long run than their monetization decisions. The game itself is great, and I’m happy to pay for Halo and even extra stuff. It’s just jarring to see the disconnect between a game that’s so plainly a love letter to the franchise, and a monetization…

Infinite in its current state offers players the absolute fewest amount of options when it comes to deciding what they would like to play of any Halo release to date.