Microsoft had a lineup of games this year?

It definitely will. Too many games are no longer 100% offline or small enough to load it all to RAM. Even for games that can be taken offline to play, it would mean the feature would only be able to work in “offline mode” or the developers would need to find some way to align it with the design of their other systems.

Or more likely, as with other features Sony uses as selling points like their recently discontinued “Resume Activity” cards, it remains optional and no developers opt to implement it because it’s more trouble than it’s worth.

I mean, sure, they have the right, insomuch as someone can buy a game on disc and use it as a coaster I guess. But it ruins the point of it, in my opinion.

I’m not saying people are wrong to enjoy media and spend money however they want, but it’s like a concert venue installing fancy couches to put in the lobby for people who buy tickets to a show but don’t want to actually watch it. It just doesn’t seem worth it.

Would be better to watch a Let’s Play, in my opinion. I don’t know why someone would want to play a game only to engage with none of its core gameplay features.

Doesn’t seem like a good sell if they do it that way, though. Let’s invest money and time into this feature that we will disincentivise people from doing by reducing their rewards if they use it.

Works for people doing these things as a hobby project and accounting for functionality that currently exists, but not great for a corporation that would need to convince devs to implement the feature into their games and design around it.

Imagine just rewinding in Elden Ring? No more consequence for death, just un-lose your souls and dodge better without actually learning the tells.

What would be the point?

Borderlands being on the list of “Best game adaptations” is some kind of joke

Seriously, I don’t get it. If a project makes its budget back, it’s a success. Maybe it would also be good if they didn’t lay off so many developers between projects; for each project that pays for itself, even if it doesn’t provide dump trucks of profit and value for shareholders, the developers still get the experience of another successful project under their belts and that talent can be nurtured into greater success for future projects.

They probably should have thought longer about the success of Baldur’s Gate 3 before burning their bridge with Larian.

It wasn’t their IP that made it succeed, it was the quality of the developer. D&D as a brand is worthless if they just sell it to the highest bidder and don’t give a damn about quality.

Definitely not a Valve W though.

I have no idea how some people can worship a corporation so strongly.

During Cerny’s presentation, he specifically talked about the compromise between 60fps performance mode and 30fps graphics modes, so it’s to get 60 fps that people are typically enabling performance mode for.

It’s not that confusing. The Activision deal almost didn’t happen following all of the scrutiny Microsoft received from their earlier buying of Bethesda and making all of their new games Xbox exclusives. They squeaked by and sealed the deal in the end, but presumably they don’t want Activision to be their last acquisition ever. To that end, they’re third-partying some of their high-profile-but-probably-not-big-earner games so that when some regulatory agency tries to make that same argument for their next big purchase, they can point at the few titles they published on other consoles as proof that they promise not to be anticompetitive.

Well, since Nvidia has more money than god, the only definition of “fine” that applies to them is “alright”.

To be honest, Halo has already been in that state since 343i took over. With how bad Halo Infinite was, it would be an impressive feat for most developers to do even worse.

I haven’t played it yet myself, but based on the pre-release info I’ve read, I am assuming it’s the separate progression system the DLC uses.

The normal strength of weapons in the rest of the game doesn’t matter as much, there’s a different way of powering up exclusive to the DLC content. So anyone who was buffed up like a god before the DLC is not that far ahead of someone jumping in early during their first playthrough.

I love Wingspan as a board game to play with friends. Not sure how well that really translates to a digital medium like a game console, but I like the calming aesthetics it seems to have.

One can hope, but some features like a level editor may be too much to bet on.

At the very least, the official mod tools don’t seem like they’ll be adding anything that modders haven’t already figured out how to do themselves, so we’re no worse off than we were.

Always good advice.

I am not as worried about this particular DLC because, by all accounts, it is just more Elden Ring, so if you like Elden Ring you’ll like this.

But the number of times I’ve seen games reviewed with 10/10, 5 stars, highly recommend, etc., only for there to be a day 1 patch that makes it a lot more grindy, filling it with MTX and season passes…what can it be called other than a bait and switch?

It’s just a shame that the official mod tools are so neutered in the name of Wizards being able to protect their brand. No custom asset support, no map editor, no cutscene editor, no new NPCs or dialog, etc.

Basically, you are limited to making new gear (but limited to gear models that already exist), tweaking spell effects, and custom dice skins apparently.

If your mad it’s you’re own fault