@NEStalgia I think your logic simply eludes me. I don't call anything new, that I've spent most of my life in or on. At most, I would call it my current locale. And California my original locale...
To me, it was only new in the first couple of years, when I hadn't yet mastered the language...
BRING ON THE CARBON DATING!!
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@DarkRula Well, if you liked those, then you're gonna LOVE these two. They're ever so slightly more over the top than any previous DLC installments.
And in all honesty: if I wouldn't have bought the bundle that had Forza Horizon 3 and the Hot Wheels expansion already in the box, then I might just as well not have bought them of my own accord. Or at least not right away, since I already had more than enough games for it. I bought three, and had already saved up two years' worth of free games, thanks to the Games with Gold initiative on my Xbox 360, so when I first installed the console, it was busy downloading for almost a day...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
Well, if we are getting back to gaming, this video has a good look at Forza Horizon 4, with some interesting things some people might have missed.
Like the fact we can be a London Cabbie.
Also, I still need to get the expansions for Horizon 3, so I guess that will be July's racing experience.
That's a fantastic video, wow! Lots of great features mentioned looking forward to playing it eventually!
So after being disappointed with The Crew 2 I am thinking of picking up Forza Horizon 3 for my racing fix but I am wondering am I too late for this one and should I just wait till 4?
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@Tasuki Just do it, you won't regret it! And if you can get a discount bundle with either one or both DLC expansions, then go for that one.
Just in case you want to know more about those, I'll just post their respective videos here once again:
And I don't want to spoil too much, but here is just a little bit of more in-depth gameplay of the Hot Wheels expansion, to give you a general idea of what to expect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhHWT-95t4k
Anyone here try Nier Automata yet? I'm debating whether or not to double dip. I have it on PS4....I'm preferring to move my library to X1 for now....comparison shows graphical improvements on X from Pro are visible but minor, yet I gave it a spin last night, and it plays VERY different from what I pictured what with the shooting aspect....but it kind of "feels" like a Sony game to me. I'm curious how it "feels" on the X1 controller (and if it looks much better, because it kind of looks like a slightly polished FFX to me on the Pro, but I've heard even on PC it doesn't get much better ) Some games feel "Sony " to me in terms of camera and controlling right with parallel sticks....this may fit that bill.
@ThanosReXXX I think I figured out what became of Quantum Break. It looks like in addition to the 87GB game, there's a 79GB download that acts like DLC but is free, that is called Quantum Break Episodes Pack. I think they just moved the video into local DLC. Which makes sense, but does make for a roughly 170GB game install. Almost 80GB as a somewhat mandatory DLC patch is pretty brutal if you don't have absolute top shelf internet, so it kind of limits it to a subset of players that can touch it, but it's better than being gone I suppose. (in hindsight a game that required half of it to be streamed was probably not a wise design choice )
I gave Darksiders Warmastered edition a try from Game Pass.....it's interesting. So different from DS2 in more than just theme....the whole gameplay genre is different. Where II was a Zelda/Diablo-ish hybrid with 3rd person combat, 1 seems to be more Baynetta/DMC like as a game. Kind of shocking how different they are. I also had to laugh (I played DS2 on WiiU), I loaded up DS2: Deathfinitive as well....and it's still a stuttery, jerky mess all too often even on the 1X. How badly did they mess that game up in the dying breaths of THQ?
@Tasuki At least I'm not the only one! Horizon 3 is great, and I'm not even a racing fan, so it means something when I say that As for waiting for 4, it depends, do you like driving on the wrong side of the road with flat land, beaches and open skies of Oz, or driving on the wrong side of the road through the hilly English countryside?
I'm the sort that thinks "all racing games are the same" but Horizon to me feels enough of a video game that each "campaign" is really a unique campaign, despite no real story, it's worth seeing all the terrain. 4 coming out in Oct actually helped me decide to buy Game Pass. Previously I'd yawn through any coverage of any racing game, but I'm kind of addicted to 3
@NEStalgia played a bit of Nier, believe there was a beta or demo on the ps4. I really really enjoyed it but came at a insanely busy time with Horizon, Switch launch etc. Been meaning to go back to it, great that it's coming to the X1 as well.
In terms of Darksiders, played thru and 100% both on the ps3 and have both of the remaster as well. It is quite crazy how different they are. Seems the third is going to be more like the first from what we've been shown thus far. Solid games overall, not genre changers but good quality "AA" action games that are fun to invest a week or 2 into.
Glad the racing bug bit you, you have a lot of catching up to do lol! 😊
@redd214 Yeah it had dropped off the radar for me. Sadly I managed to buy it on a PSN sale for $30 3 weeks before I decided to get an XBox and move most of my library to it Sooo tempted to swap it, but maybe it feels at home on a Playstation anyway. I've heard it's not a terribly long game (despite being an RPG) so maybe there's less incentive to move it to XB. But it seems graphically ugly but cool in gameplay. I didn't expect a SHMUP on feet crossed with Bayonetta.
I loved DS2 and knew that 1 was strangely set in an apocalyptic NYC instead of a fantasy world (and it crossed into that world briefly) but it is truly weird how they're whole different games, genres, art styles, everything. I'd half expect DS3 to be an SRPG.
Haha yeah, I'm a casual racer for sure, but it definitely has me hooked for now! I wouldn't bank on any racing seats in my future though
@NEStalgia I started with 1 but yeah was quite a departure going from essentially an action/3rd person Metroidvania to a full on loot based action rpg lite. I had fun with both but thought 2 was overall a better game. Was really hoping the 3rd would be a co op diablo-esque beat em up where you could team up with 3 others each being one of the horseman. Oh well maybe that's part 4.
@redd214 Yeah, I think Vigil originally intended one game for each of the horsemen. We've done War and Death, so now we need Fury and Strife's games now before we start grouping them together Though I still wonder how we swapped out Pestilence. I also hope the story starts being more coherent next time. It was a darned good Zelda-like puzzle dungeon game in II. Shame it was a one time deal.
@DarkRula It's weird that it's just Blizzard and not Hot Wheels (and not the season pass?!) on sale. MS does some things better than Sony but their handling of Forza DLC is just plain weird. Meanwhile the big car pack for Forza 7 is also on sale. Everything but Hot Wheels.
@JoakimZ@ThanosReXXX Thanks for the response,. I enjoy open world racing like The Crew 2 or Burnout Paradise over circuit racing. I like to be able to drive around and take the sites in in between races to help break up the monotony of circuit racing. I think I will be picking this up this weekend.
@NEStalgia I didn't 4 was coming to the game pass. Now I am really glad I picked that up.
RetiredPush Square Moderator and all around retro gamer.
@Tasuki Yep! All 1st party Microsoft Game Studios games go right into Game Pass on release day starting with Sea of Thieves and State of Decay, so Horizon 4, Crackdown 3, We Happy Few (that game looks great but is waaaay to real for me to tolerate being in tat world....), Gears 5 I believe all go into Game Pass day 1. Presumably Halo Infinity and Fable 4 (if it's real) will too....if they ever release
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