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DeusXmachina on 05 February 2019
AsGryffynn said:
Alright, question time. I am going to be gifting a game to a friend after buying it right away. Which one should I choose between Resident Evil, Tekken 7, KH3 and Shining Resonance Refrain?

Those are the ones off the top of my head he's liked so far but doesn't have.

I assume you mean RE2 Remake, right?

From the games you listed i've only played RE2 and it's one of my favorite games of this generation.



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WoodenPints on 06 February 2019

I don't mind the change to Xbox Game Studios I think it will grow well on me I think Microsoft Studios was a little to vague as in what studio they were of to people who follow less on forums etc Were they studios of film, art, music or games? I think they could of just reverted back to Microsoft Game Studios and they would cover it but I guess they wan't the Xbox brand in the spotlight so people can quickly recognise video games when they see the name.

Whilst at work today I was thinking about the Typhoon segment and I think it's a little weird they basically showed us nothing new or any release window and no announcement for it dropping on Gamepass they were like "Yo, Sup guys we 3 industry veterans made this studio, END" It leads me to think did MS plan to acquire them and it fell through or maybe it's not complete enough to announce yet?



Barozi on 06 February 2019
Ryuu96 said:

Really good month.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider is a huge addition. Barely 5 months old.
Crackdown 3 obviously another big title. Huge value added.
Return to Arkham, bought this for $5 back in November and beat both games so I'm not too angry about it. Excellent addition as well.

The others are rather meh though. Old Wii port, old GwG title and a meh indie game that is at least brand new.
But apparently there's more on the way for February.



jason1637 on 06 February 2019

Beta is 3 years late but better late than never.



ironmanDX on 07 February 2019
Ryuu96 said:
So, this was suggested to me by @Iceland and it's a little early right now but I think when next gen starts I'm going to close this thread and create a brand new one, sort of like a new thread for a new gen, we've had Empire/Republic/Empire all throughout this gen (Which honestly has been pretty rocky for a lot of it) but Xbox finally looks like it's getting back on track so I think a fresh start for our thread would be cool too.

Negative stuff from the previous threads about this gen can be left behind and hopefully have a great new gen, hopefully by then we'd also have better thread edition tools, I'm hoping for the ability to one day co-host a thread and we could come up with a new name (Not now) and more than likely I would stick around for most of next gen like I have for most of this gen, so the thread wouldn't go through multiple transitions.

Anyway that's what I'm thinking but it's a year away, just thought you all should know.

Sounds good to me. I actually need to participate in this thread more with you guys... I'm probably one of the oldest xbox guys on the site these days yet rarely post. Perhaps a refresh will help.

 

I think we should keep the Empire name. In honour of Jaywood, who quite a few of you probably don't know, created the first xbox fan hide away thread during the 360 years.



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konnichiwa on 07 February 2019

Good we need an empire strikes back thread!






KiigelHeart on 07 February 2019

Is that Shadow of the Tomb Raider a full game on game pass? I was thinking about downloading it but the description says it's a trial version to play early chapters.



Barozi on 07 February 2019
KiigelHeart said:
Is that Shadow of the Tomb Raider a full game on game pass? I was thinking about downloading it but the description says it's a trial version to play early chapters.

It is the full game and it looks absolutely stunning. Quite an improvement from RotTR:

https://i.imgur.com/H28Geys.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/9w3TGQ2.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/e3mHhv9.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/NjalzfP.jpg

(original screens look far better. They got compressed from 10MB to 0.5MB, but you get the idea.)



Barozi on 07 February 2019

Damn, big news for classic WRPG lovers.

Baldur’s Gate
Baldur’s Gate ll
Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear
Icewind Dale
Planescape: Torment
Neverwinter Nights

will be ported to consoles this year!
All of them will be available digitally and physically.

https://www.trueachievements.com/n36358/skybound-and-beamdog-bring-baldurs-gate-neverwinter-nights-and-more-to-console

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LudicrousSpeed on 07 February 2019

So I did the wrecking ball stress test for Crackdown 3. The style and feel of Crackdown are certainly there but I was underwhelmed with the destruction, and the MP just feels almost like old mindless PS2 multiplayer most shooters had back then. Though in defense of the destruction, there’s apparently a super powerful rocket launcher I didn’t use, and other modes are likely much more entertaining than this one.