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DarkRula

@BlueOcean I'd say Forces is worth a run through at that price. It's not bad [except for Classic Sonic levels and the weird physics] but you could certainly do better in terms of Sonic games on the system.

DarkRula

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Banjo-

@NEStalgia @Darkrula I have The Witcher 3 GOTY Edition!

Nothing beats Banjo I think, I even pre-ordered a $429.99 Banjo-Kazooie statue. No, I am not rich, this is the first and last time I do this.

I love Sonic, Sonic CD, Sonic 2, Sonic 3&Knuckles, Sonic Generations, Sonic Mania. I like Sonic Advance and Rush too. I was disappointed by all the 3D Sonic games except Sonic Generations which is awesome because it has the addictive 3D Sonic gameplay/speed but it's much better than any other. I couldn't beat some of them because of the camera but there's something addictive about Sonic in 3D.

EDIT: You have also supported Square Enix in this difficult year. Everybody buy Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts III.

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NEStalgia

@DarthNocturnal Well, the UNSC isn't the Pentagon....I'm sure they can manage cheaper.

@BlueOcean Whoa, that has got to be some statue!! I thought my Skyrim dragon statue and Sonic Mania Sonic on-Genesis statue was overdoing it a bit

Yeah, classic Sonic, and Generations (and Mania) are fantastic. Forces is...modern 3D Sonic. It's actually not bad, it just suffers from that "generic Sonic" problem Sega has these days. It's better than Boom

Hah, heck I even bought XV Mobile Port on Switch.....it was $18...I couldn't say no to playing around in XV redone with "proper FF graphics"

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@BlueOcean If you like Unleashed, you might be ok with Forces

That statue is awesome!

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Banjo-

@NEStalgia I didn't play the full Unleashed game because I played at my friend's (I will get it when it's backwards compatible) but what I really mean is that the only game that got it right is Generations LOL. Sonic Forces looks technically fine and even the camera seems right but they say that the level design is really bland...

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NEStalgia

Yeah, I didn't actively dislike it when I played it....it wasn't bad in any particular way, I just kind of got bored and moved onto other things without finishing it.

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Banjo-

I will not buy it now, I think.

Any survival horror fans should consider The Evil Within 2 (it's really cheap on the Xbox store now). I also liked the first one but I admit that it's too hardcore. The Evil Within 2 gives you a chance to heal almost everywhere while the first game not only is more difficult but there aren't many healing items, it makes Resident Evil Remake easy and generous. Anyway, both The Evil Within and its sequel have several difficulty modes and are worth playing. The first one is more linear and intense (and the DLC is good), the second one is more open but has better gameplay and more developed characters.

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Ryu_Niiyama

@DarthNocturnal @NEStalgia LOL sorry y'all, not a car woman. I can discuss motorcycles till I'm blue in the face but a car...yeah, um I've been riding my Toyota Tacoma single cab since college...and before that was a Ford Focus...so yeah. Which also is why I don't buy forza but I'll run down motoGP in a second.

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Grumblevolcano

Sunset Overdrive has just been announced for PC.

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NEStalgia

@Ryu_Niiyama Well, I have the "joy" of having like a million luxury and supercar dealers around here, so nothing in Forza actually seems particularly special to me....a McLaren, Porche or Ferrarri is just another Chevy 'round these here parts. BMWs & Merceedes are more or less Plymouths. Every traffic light looks like a Forza starting grid.

You learn to know the pricing of this stuff when you loathe everyone around you. For a mil or three you can buy pretty much anything in Horizon. For 100 mil, you can buy most of the things in Horizon at once. or just buy the dealership which sounds a lot smarter.

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Ryu_Niiyama

Grumblevolcano wrote:

Sunset Overdrive has just been announced for PC.

Why do I have a xbone?

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DarkRula

@BlueOcean Yeah, I'd say stick with Generations. That's pretty much what I said in my review of the game.

What makes this whole Forza Ultimate for hundred million funny is that FIFA 19 Ultimate is also listed for that price. How many footballers can I get for that?

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NEStalgia

@Ryu_Niiyama XBox is just a cheap, clean, quiet, low power consumption, easy to use, easy to maintain DirectX Windows machine.

I'm pretty sure that was the whole stated point of it back in 2000.....

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Ryu_Niiyama

@NEStalgia meh its a mild complaint really. I mean on one hand as a PC gamer this is great because I dont have to shell out money for a console from MS at this point from now on ....well except NHL but that is because EA needs to fall down a well.

We are really gettting to that windows ecosystem that MS has been striving for since forever. Which is great. On the other hand though its like...the buyer's remorse shows up and hits me in the eye.

I'm going to have to look and see what games I have that are exclusive to the console.

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NEStalgia

Id like to appeal to internet group think for a moment. For FH4 add ons, as a game pass subscriber, would you guys buy ultimate now, buy the add ons pack as dlc for gp, or do neither and wait for deep discounts at a future date?

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Eel

Ok so the sales started, and I can get the S for about 195.70 right now. (nearly 50% off)

I'm not sure if that's gonna be the best price, or it could go down over the weekend...

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BrainOfGrimlock

Somewhat churlish to criticise a sale, but the levels of discount seem a little lower than normal - possibly due to the number of recent titles included? I might hold off for anything substantial (namely FH4) until the xmas sale?

Only thing I am very tempted to pick up is the original RDR but i’m in two minds whether i’ll play it for more than an hour; I finished #2 this evening and have such massive affection for it now i’d like to go straight into the sequel and see how well knit together they actually are, but at the same time I also have a colossal hatred of the game (#2) due to some utterly laborious & dreadful design choices. The two things swaying me to buy it are 1) How good the ‘X enhancements apparently are & 2) Have seen two comments/articles now saying that although controls are still clunky, the original game is more fun overall as a lot of the abhorrent systems are streamlined/less obtrusive.

@NEStalgia I was contemplating that very question (Forza H4) earlier today and couldn’t make my mind up so I’ve held off - rationale being i’m unlike to play it a lot right now & if anything it will only get cheaper between now and the inevitable xmas sales? Naturally the choice is yours

With you on Hitman - I’d just love to know how much WB were involved with this version rubbish? I’m so very sceptical of them after some of the stuff they pulled with Batman & LotR. Saw the latest Mordor game is heavily discounted in the sale and yet i’m still apathetic towards it after how they crippled it themselves. I guess a lot of us here are lucky to be of an age where we’re not crippled by the ‘must play day 1 else FOMO’ feelings - there are so many games now that I can happily boycott and not really feel i’m missing out all too much.

I don’t think I was as up to speed on people’s opinions and such when FFX released; guess i’ve only seen people’s reaction of late, especially when the remakes came out and people were so excited. I remembered being bored to tears first time out and whilst admittedly enjoying a better experience when I replayed a year or so ago it still pales next to others in the series.

Glad you’re enjoying ‘the XIIIs’, you almost tempted me to dip my toes back in their murky waters but remembered I have XC2 sat waiting for me! Let us know how you get on with them as you get further in, be quite interested as I definitely don’t hate XIII, just Hope & Vanille (although neither are a patch on Lymle if any of you ever played Star Ocean 4?)!

Have you given up on RDR2 now btw? Sounds like your FF love in may have taken precedence?

@ThanosReXXX Absolution is the ‘weird sheep’ of the Hitman series for me, it seemed to be following gaming trends of the time and wanted to be more 3rd person action game than a Hitman game. I won’t say I flat out hated it but if they’d made the next title in a similar vein it’s very likely I would have avoided it! I think the latest two (not that i’ve played 2 yet) are the closest to Blood Money and I certainly had a lot of fun so hope you get the same experience!

It’s a weird thing with the replies, normally I don’t ever really engage with people on the net at all but there’s nice people & good discussion here so just ‘not replying’ seemed rude. A bit like adding the @‘s was clearly pointless - irrespective, thanks for your patience and so long as you’re all aware that if I suddenly go silent on you over the next few weeks it’s nothing personal then all’s good!

I’m going to end there for now, writing this on a phone and i’m going cross eyed trying to format and read back etc! You can often tell i think when i’ve written on phone or laptop; formatting, punctuation & more importantly flow are often much worse/more difficult when typing on a tiny keyboard!

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ThanosReXXX

@NEStalgia If it were me, I'd wait for a discount not involving Game Pass, so I could actually OWN the game, and then go for the most complete bundle that they offer, much like the discount bundle that they offered for the Xbox One version of Forza Horizon 2 a month or so ago.

@Yosheel That's a REALLY low price man, I don't know if even I would dare to wager a bet that it's going to get even cheaper, better get it while it's hot...

@BrainOfGrimlock Haha, no worries, man. All in your own time. I'm a reasonably relaxed and patient person, used to playing the long game. Comes with the territory of being an IT-related Sales & Marketing professional. And I've got the memory of an elephant, so we're all good.

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