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I eventually came around on CP. it’s great. I really don’t want to get caught up in that again but man I got to do it.

I heard the cyberpunk dlc was actually very good too. I may return to it eventually.

I've had CP since day one and haven't played it yet. I'll get to it eventually, and Elden Ring and all the other great games in my backlog. At least these are the lies I tell myself.

Ya I should have added “when time permits” which in most cases it’ll never permit.

Ha, same. Still sitting on Cyberpunk unopened. Seems like now is a good time to get to it but too much else taking priority.

Word. My backlog had only 5 relatively new games in it a month ago, but then I kept getting games on sale so now it’s up to 10 and what am I now playing? Splinter Cell Chaos Theory on XSX via BC cause nostalgia reasons.

Dragons Dogma 2 gameplay looks great. I can't wait.

All CDPRs money goes into marketing. Their games are 7/10, mid tier games that are way overblown for some reason.

Kommie wrote:

uhhhh, ummm...you're welcome to your opinion, but the Witcher 2 and 3 are modern masterpieces, and the DLC is some of the best DLC ever, worth the money.
The Thronebreaker spinoff game was top tier too.
Cyberpunk is a 7/10 (after the update after a year lol)

Story telling, character development, world building, map size etc they are among industry best. Combat is an afterthought unfortunately. CP is extremely impressive stuff even when it sucks it’s best. It’s like comparing a classical musical piece to nickel back “they’re both 7/10”

Right.

MrBean wrote:

I had to take a break from open world games and stick to linear stuff.
I got very far into Cyberpunk when it first released on my PS4 Pro with very little problems other than it would freeze up after a constant 10 or 12 hour session. So when they announced the patch and everything, i figured screw it, i'll start a new character and background and everything and i just havent touched it since.

I tried giving the new Texas Chainsaw game on GPU a shot, but...its the same as other similar game. I like the teamwork component of the villains, instead of just having one villain stalking 5 people, you have at least 3.
Its a good engine and the sound design is excellent, but it's not for me.
I was gonna try Redfall co-op with my friends, the only postive stuff ive heard about Redfall is the co op, so i'll try to get into it. I gotta give it a shot because its Arkane, and they haven't let me down yet.

TalonJedi87 wrote:

Do the Gold to GPU conversion trick. It's not as good as it was, but i'm good til March or May of 2026 and i spent $90 on 3 month Gold vouchers.

Ziggyro wrote:

Did you end up getting a S Series? Are you part of the gang again?

Simon_Belmont wrote:

How does one perform such a trick?

TalonJedi87 wrote:

This is the old guide, it doesn't give you an free month for turning on auto payment anymore so you can skip that step, and you don't have to each gold gift card one at a time, you can load them all in, then convert to GPU.
i look at what site has the cheapest Xbox Gold 3 month vouchers, i usually use CDKeys but this time Eneba was $2 cheaper per voucher. And you have to make sure your Gold/Game Pass is 100% expired on your account before you do it.
If you have any questions about doing it or need a deeper step by step, just shoot me a message or send me an email.

https://www.techradar.com/news/i-saved-85-on-three...

Simon_Belmont wrote:

Given how hard it was to get a PS5/XSX for the first 2(?) years I expected the current consoles to have a longer lifecycle than the last. But it seems to be on the same pace which doesn't make any sense to me.

Instead of refreshing the hardware with "Pro" versions they just need to stop releasing PS4/X1 stuff and the current gen quality will all go up. Supporting those is gumming up the works and it's wild to me that there are still PS4/X1 versions of games coming out in 2023.

Anxiouz wrote:

Physical releases of PS4 and XB1 games have stopped, i saw that announcement, so hopefully you're right.

Simon_Belmont wrote:

They are not masterpieces at all. 7/10 passable eurojank that's massively over hyped.

Masterpiece games are released almost fully functional and working from the get go.

They need to always update their games to get people to drool all over them.

I played TW2/3 and Cyberdud. Never again will I bother with this sub pat studio.

I played through Cyberpunk on XB1X recently with the 10.01 patch from 2022 (latest on last gen systems). It did take a bit to get into but then I had a lot of fun with it. I'm sure it was bad when it first came out but with the 2022 patch, I only had 1 issue. 2 or 3 times i would try to save and get a message that "you cant save right now." It is the same message you'd get if you'd try to save during combat, only I wasnt in combat. The fix is you have to go to your house and go to sleep, then it will let you save. While annoying, it didnt happen too often and there was a work around. Surprised they never fixed it though.

Kommie wrote:

Damn Kommie tell us how you really feel lol

Simon_Belmont wrote:

Thronebreaker is probably the most underrated game of last gen. No one played it and it makes me so sad.

Simon_Belmont wrote:

Thanks for the tip! I’ll give it a whirl.

CDPR also announcing games before any real development happens...... Just to get people hyped and re buying their stuff

Kommie wrote:

All these publishers do the same thing, to be fair. Doesn’t make it right obviously, but it’s not just a CDPR issue.

Heavyd814life wrote:

You'd think after their blunder with Cyberdud they'd learn something... But they haven't

Kommie wrote:

This is actually pretty common practice. It helps with finding developers, artists, etc, reduces rumors about what is being worked on, and hopefully brings interest from investors. AAA games take a ton of money and workforce to create so just being open about what is in the works makes it easier for everyone.

Kommie wrote:

You're super wrong but that's ok. I totally get that you hate fun, but don't ruin it for everyone else.

Witcher 1 started development in 1997 with securing the rights, game was announced in August 2006 and released in Oct 2007
Witcher 2 started development in 2007, announced it in 2009, built a new engine for it, gameplay video released March 2011, game release May 2011.
Witcher 3 started development in 2008, announced in 2013, released May 2015

None of the above games shipped with bugs, they were certified gold before release.

The only CDPR game that had an above mentioned issue was Cyberpunk. Your basing your hate and misinformation on one game. Every Witcher game also got universal praise with 2 and 3 being heralded as the greatest rpgs of their current generation and both games winning MULTIPLE Game of the Year awards. Both Witcher 3 DLC shipped without bugs and were fantastically received, Blood & Wine also won multiple Game of the Year and Best RPG of the Year awards.
So a DLC was beating out legit AAA games for those spots.

Simon_Belmont wrote:

Pretty sure kommie's posts on a random internet forum aren't going to impact anyone's enjoyment or non-enjoyment of their games.

Unless they are getting to one of the climactic, emotional moments of a game and then this appears in their mind and they can't push it out...

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What is that from? Looking at the image name tells me Mortal Kombat 1 on the switch.

Archer wrote:

It's from the new mortal kombat game

On the oldest hardware that plays it

benstylus wrote:

At first I thought it was that PS3 game by David Cage that he loves so much.

benstylus wrote:

No way lol. That looks awful!

This is pretty fun to skim re: MK1 on Switch: https://twitter.com/search?q=mortal%20kombat%201%2...

Anxiouz wrote:

this is GOLDEN. thanks for posting.
at the end of the PS2's life they did this, released next gen games on not next gen hardware. i remember sludging through something and giving up

Arcade Paradise on Gamepass is the most relaxing game I've playing in a long time. It's a very chill business management sim where you slowly turn your fathers laundromat into an arcade in the 90s. You can play all the arcade games during downtime, make extra money doing chores, and slowly upgrade everything. The setting and the music is what has made this game so great. Really chill dream pop/synth pop original score mixed with licensed music playing over the radio and your headphones. My only complaint is the DLC is a little expensive for what it is. And the UK to US localization is a little off. They fixed some but not others (bathroom is still WC, some things accept dollars but others accept pounds)

Simon_Belmont wrote:

How are the achievements? I need something for the daily achievement. I try to look for relaxing, simple/easy games for that. Ones that I can play through slowly over the course of however long it takes to get them all/most of them. Currently don't have a game and trying to find one in the GP library.

Cocoon released today, and on GP. Its from the guy that was the lead on Limbo and Inside (Playdead studios). He broke off and started his own studio (Geometric Interactive), and this is their first game. This one is not a side scroller though, its a top down/isometric puzzler. Its really good so far. Simple, relaxing. Good music/sound. I've read a couple things about it being super short though. Which isn't a bad thing. Worth checking out.

Been playing through Quantum Break and achievements have been popping pretty easily. The story has been great so far.

SwiftJAB wrote:

I actually bought that on sale for like $25 or something, and then two days later it was announced for gamepass. But yeah, I played through it and got all the achievements. I really liked it. I remember having a couple issues with the the story at the time. But nothing major apparently, because I can't even remember what it was. I played a bit of it again a couple weeks ago due to it being one of the 250 weekly rewards points tasks. I think it was get 5 headshots or something. Ended up playing two full chapters, lol.

Quantum Break was awesome. It’s the best unofficial Flash video game.

Gotham Knights just hit Gamepass. I'm stoked. Even a sub-par 7/10 AAA game based around that engine in that universe is worth playthrough for me.
There's an XCOM style turn based game that hit too, stoked to try that too.