Xbox Game Studios |OT12| The One with Starfield and Activision Blizzard King

[rtansey]

@JonnJonzz

Very cool and interesting how it is all first party games except Cyberpunk 2077. It tells you a lot about how CDPR is important to the European market and how Microsoft wants you to think of Xbox to get your CDPR fix.

that and they’ve had Cyberpunk 2077 marketing since 2018 and Phantom Liberty just came out and is X|S only

[DoctorFaustus]

@AllianceOfficer

…I played through the Modern Warfare 3 campaign. I have absolutely no idea what people are talking about with it being bad. Is it the best plot ever? No. But theres tons of things that are great about it. The open level design allows you to complete missions in your preferred method. The graphics are great. The backdrops are awesome. The cinematics are top notch. The gunplay is amazing, as always with COD. The gun animations when you first pick up a gun are cool and show you every aspect of the design and a really high attention to detail. The story opens with a gripping and intriguinh mission. The villain makes you fing hate that dude and hes got far cry villain vibes, so it pulls at your emotions. I would recommend it to a friend.

The beautiful thing about the weapons free missions, they are meant to be replayed. When you find stuff in the level, you get access to it for your loadout. Start the mission with a different loadout and have a completely different experience.

I had a blast with the campaign.

[Freed]

Guys there’s an Overwatch perk that gives you all the heroes on Game pass ultimate right? It includes all of them up to the most recent?

[Sparda3g]

@Freed

Guys there’s an Overwatch perk that gives you all the heroes on Game pass ultimate right? It includes all of them up to the most recent?

I believe so.

[rtansey]

@Freed

Guys there’s an Overwatch perk that gives you all the heroes on Game pass ultimate right? It includes all of them up to the most recent?

that ended weeks ago

[Freed]

@rtansey

that ended weeks ago

Sheeet! Are the heroes still locked behind battle pass or stupid grind?

[rtansey]

@Freed

Sheeet! Are the heroes still locked behind battle pass or stupid grind?

I don’t play OW2 but from what I can tell you either

1. Buy the battle pass during the season they arrive in to immediately unlock them
2. Play the game enough to reach level 55 or something on the free track during that season instead
3. Buy them from the shop when it is past that season
4. Complete a set of challenges about that hero for free to unlock them which may take a little bit

[Freed]

@rtansey

I don’t play OW2 but from what I can tell you either

1. Buy the battle pass during the season they arrive in to immediately unlock them
2. Play the game enough to reach level 55 or something on the free track during that season instead
3. Buy them from the shop when it is past that season
4. Complete a set of challenges about that hero for free to unlock them which may take a little bit

Well thanks. It’s seems it’s still the same system. I hope they change that man it’s stinky, I think it’s one of the big reasons there’s a lot of dissatisfaction with the new model. Just… don’t monetize gameplay elements in pvp games, games already make hundreds of millions off cosmetics.

[Andodalf]

@Freed

Well thanks. It’s seems it’s still the same system. I hope they change that man it’s stinky, I think it’s one of the big reasons there’s a lot of dissatisfaction with the new model. Just… don’t monetize gameplay elements in pvp games, games already make hundreds of millions off cosmetics.

I find the way apex does it to be pretty solid, you can get any character you want without playing too long at all

[MasterChief]

Man I went back and heard some tracks and Skyrim’s soundtrack is truly legendary, it’s like every single soundtrack is forever recorded in my brain or something, who doesn’t remember this song coming up when we were like level 3 trying to fight some over leveled mudcrab lol.

The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim - Combat #4

[Kals_Els]

@MasterChief

…Man I went back and heard some tracks and Skyrim’s soundtrack is truly legendary, it’s like every single soundtrack is forever recorded in my brain or something, who doesn’t remember this song coming up when we were like level 3 trying to fight some over leveled mudcrab lol.

I don’t really have any connection to Skyrim’s music, or the music of most video games as turning off the music is the first thing I do whenever I play most games. I started this video and have no memory of ever hearing this music at all.

[Vivir]

@MasterChief

…Man I went back and heard some tracks and Skyrim’s soundtrack is truly legendary, it’s like every single soundtrack is forever recorded in my brain or something, who doesn’t remember this song coming up when we were like level 3 trying to fight some over leveled mudcrab lol.

Top 5 OAT in video games.

[KakkaKarrotKake]

@MasterChief

…Man I went back and heard some tracks and Skyrim’s soundtrack is truly legendary, it’s like every single soundtrack is forever recorded in my brain or something, who doesn’t remember this song coming up when we were like level 3 trying to fight some over leveled mudcrab lol.

I think I prefer Oblivions but Skyrims OST is still a masterpiece

[MasterChief]

Saw some interesting conversations online about MW3’s reviews and how IGN’s review might affect it’s sales, I’m sure it won’t do the numbers MW2 did but I also doubt the casual crowd will care, basically COD’s crowd, so I decided to put this to the test and tell my extremely casual friend about it and this was his reaction.

@Vivir

Top 5 OAT in video games.

For sure, top 3 even, maybe number 1, the exploration music especially is so beautiful

[saintsflow20]

@MasterChief

Saw some interesting conversations online about MW3’s reviews and how IGN’s review might affect it’s sales

The audience doesn’t know what an “IGN” is and only spends maybe a half hour a day on the internet lol.

I know people like that screenshot too, I’m not even sure if they know that video games get reviews at all.

[MasterChief]

@saintsflow20

The audience doesn’t know what an “IGN” is and only spends maybe a half hour a day on the internet lol.

I know people like that screenshot too, I’m not even sure if they know that video games get reviews at all.

Some of those conversations were claiming that casuals know IGN because IGN’s reach is huge but I seriously doubt that many casuals actually follow what IGN does, this guy basically spends his internet time on Tik Tok, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube and doesn’t care about reviews, hell he didn’t even know Microsoft/Xbox would own COD until I told him a few months ago, he also didn’t know the COD parent company also owned Overwatch, Diablo and Candy Crush.

[CryOn]

@KakkaKarrotKake

I think I prefer Oblivions but Skyrims OST is still a masterpiece

And for me it’s Morrowind.

Elder Scrolls OST is God tier.

[AllianceOfficer]

@MasterChief

Some of those conversations were claiming that casuals know IGN because IGN’s reach is huge but I seriously doubt that many casuals actually follow what IGN does, this guy basically spends his internet time on Tik Tok, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube and doesn’t care about reviews, hell he didn’t even know Microsoft/Xbox would own COD until I told him a few months ago, he also didn’t know the COD parent company also owned Overwatch, Diablo and Candy Crush.

Most gamers do not know anything about publishers or what Playstation and Xbox own. Gamers that do are the minority. It’s just very talked about in these circles.

[nursegamer20]

@AllianceOfficer

Most gamers do not know anything about publishers or what Playstation and Xbox own. Gamers that do are the minority. It’s just very talked about in these circles.

The hardcore gaming fans like us are a vast minority compared to the more casual gamers , people always forget that for some reason(maybe because of our community “bubble”). The casuals essentially buy COD, FIFA, Madden, NBA2k etc. every year like it’s a tradition at this point because that’s all they play. I mean me and my coworkers in the medical field sometimes play COD or warzone to de-stress from our jobs, regardless if it reviewed well or not, it’s just the game that they are familiar with(one of them play Destiny though lol).

[MasterChief]

I wonder if there’s a chance of 2024 ending with Hellblade 2, Avowed and Fable back to back to back.

Imagine this second half, Flight Sim 2, Hellblade 2, Avowed and Fable.

Now let’s throw in Oblivion remaster, Towerborne, maybe even Contraband in there.

This isn’t without mentioning COD, Diablo 4 DLC and Starfield DLC.