The idea has been hounding me and many others floated it when we were dining. The whole point would be a balls to the wall FPS where reaction time, precision, reflexes and latency aren't terribly important and being good at playing by yourself rather than as part of, but still within a team, and knowing a lot of strategical moves is more important. 

The idea was that the game is a team vs team game, but the team splits and the map sort of rearranges itself to force all encounters to be one on one affairs where straffing or meleeing is useless, so knowing when to run, when to reload, which part of the map you know best and whatnot are what decides battles, rather than skill. In essence, a survival shooter where you win by being smart rather than a veteran. 

I specifically mentioned it when we agreed Halo 5 is too biased. Matches are either stomps where you feel powerless or the game guilt trips you even though the rest of the community doesn't care. The idea of a game where next to nothing is left to luck or factors you are unable to control or predict was rather unusual. In most games, you have to know the game itself, rather than think of potential solutions to problems you might be facing. In Fiesta, a guy with a pistol will irremediably lose to someone with Nornfang. In the game we thought off, you'd be limited to a weapon of your choice but mostly similar. The attack power might differ, but range and magazine reloads balance things and make it so you are able to play however you like and have an equal chance of victory. We discussed this for like two hours and a few friends stated that if everything goes fine with the pet project in the oven, we will try and give this one a shot. 

Few devs can say they evened the playing field between MLG and casual players without the game feeling like it's forced. We want to try our hand at that. 

They have Shadow of War as well. Still, it doesn't look great.

Knew Far Cry wouldn't make this year......

What is even left coming out as of now? This might be like the worst year I can recall since I started gaming. Assassin's Creed and Battlefront 2 better not wet the bed, because as of right now this year is looking sorry as fuck

Budget must've went to Scorpio development. It's weird that these companies don't want to stand out and market on Scorpio. It's not a lot of competition and it'll really seem exclusive that way.

I'd also market on the other console though honestly. Xbox gamers stick to what they always stick to and shun new and exclusive software. Whatever

This was long overdue, MS never did a damn thing with their Fifa marketing rights. Money down the drain for years. Good riddance.

Have you downloaded anything from gamepass? I got GOW Ultimate edition.

I don't care who has marketing rights for Fifa but if Xbox loses those legend players then I'll switch to PES. I might do that anyway, I'm sick of EA patching their game after launch so much it's not even the same game I bought. Happens every year.

Thread defibrillation time: Guys, besides the shooter idea that I will outline later, if someone has played FFXV and battled Leviathan, please tell me how the battle would feel better for you. I am referring to the second part.

If it took any skill at all instead of just smashing buttons for a good while. I'm not a huge fan of boss fights but this Leviathan fight was one of the worst I've played. That thing didn't even damage me and I played on normal difficulty. Just had to repeat the same thing over and over again until it eventually died. It was a mess.

It looked cool though.

Holy Jeebus that Far Cry 5 trailer got me hyped! Looks bloody great, religion is always an interesting motif. Made me think of the first season of True Detective and Bioshock: Infinite. Now if only the game isn't full of repetitive and boring side missions..

This year is not looking too good for gaming now that Red Dead Redemption got delayed :/
Shadow of War and South Park are the only games I'm looking forward to right now. I never played State of Decay or Crackdown but I'll probably pick those up anyway. Neither seems like a heavy hitter to me though.

E3 can't come soon enough.