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[thiagosilva (thiagoツ)]

Halo (Halo)

[No-1HoloLens-Fan]

@MaskoPower

…f the box such Rare Ltd My guess? The game is the colorful version from State of Decay, you can play it Offline with NPC or Co-op with friends. There are different maps, different environments your goal is to travel to them & protect them from the danger that threatens the life there. Don’t expect strong main story, but there a chance to find some with side missions. You have to make your group (NPCs/ Animals) happy & healthy, otherwise you’ll lose theme. Shooting (magic balls) casual (melee attacks) are the way to fight. Additionally, you can use animals special support. The Four Characters “Eternals” appeared in the trailers are NPCs in the world who tells the story. The player has to create his own character. Hopes Rare Ltd breakdown the full details about the game this year.

I have a notion that this game will be revived similarly as the sea of thrives was recieved by the reviewers.

And as usual, it will also be long term blockbuster like sea of thrives is right now.

Rare games are like the animal crossings game of the switch.

[beastmode10]

@thiagosilva

Very very cool.

[beastmode10]

@No-1HoloLens-Fan

I have a notion that this game will be revived similarly as the sea of thrives was recieved by the reviewers.

And as usual, it will also be long term blockbuster like sea of thrives is right now.

Rare games are like the animal crossings game of the switch.

I don’t think they are rushing this like Sea of Thieves. It will rate much better in general. The interview in Windows Central Gaming was pretty cool – with the Rare team.

Also, in today’s podcast Shpeshal_ed mentions that this may not be like Sea of Thieves.

[Opatschi]

@Mort

Problem is exclusivity is important. If it’s multiplat, meh. “We are now owned by Company X, but everything stays the same!” About as hype worthy as a wet rag.

Well we have thread for that question guess why I specifically excluded this point…

[Staffy]

I wonder when we’re gonna see a update on Psychonauts 2, with a release date. I mean we’re in March now and if this game is hitting either April or May…

I’d say start the marketing.

[PhantomFox]

@Staffy

I wonder when we’re gonna see a update on Psychonauts 2, with a release date. I mean we’re in March now and if this game is hitting either April or May…

I’d say start the marketing.

I’ve been wondering the same thing as well lately. Surely the release date has to be close by now? I was thinking April earlier but now it seems more like June or something. Hope we get an update soon, hopefully with a release date.

[pg2g]

I get the feeling that with the pandemic there is some general hesitancy in terms of announcing dates. Wouldn’t be suprised if we started seeing the release date announcement go release window shorten significantly this year.

[Staffy]

@PhantomFox

I’ve been wondering the same thing as well lately. Surely the release date has to be close by now? I was thinking April earlier but now it seems more like June or something. Hope we get an update soon, hopefully with a release date.

A week or so ago there was a source saying April or May. Not sure if that was a legit source, but it didn’t sound unrealistic. Yeah, hope we get something soon.

[peter42O]

@ChuckeRearmed

It reminds me how I bought Xbox 360 because I wanted to play GTA 5 day one. TES or Starfield can be such type of game for many.

Game Pass is great in general and no bullshit, I will be playing every first party title day one on Game Pass because why wouldn’t I? Having the Bethesda games on Game Pass day one but also having them available for purchase (or rental via GameFly, etc.) on PlayStation takes away value from Game Pass for those who aren’t already invested into the Xbox eco-system and Game Pass because those people are not going to all of a sudden jump into Xbox. They would just buy the few Bethesda games that they want and that’s it.

[peter42O]

@Staffy

I wonder when we’re gonna see a update on Psychonauts 2, with a release date. I mean we’re in March now and if this game is hitting either April or May…

I’d say start the marketing.

I’m sticking with my Fall release date prediction.

[Louay]

@peter42O

I’m sticking with my Fall release date prediction.

Fall ? this game will have rough competitions a lot big releases this fall imo it better be in summer or may

[Staffy]

@peter42O

I’m sticking with my Fall release date prediction.

Fuck, Fall would be the worst, that’s so long. However, if the game needs it, it needs it.

[PhantomFox]

@peter42O

I’m sticking with my Fall release date prediction.

Psychonauts 2 isn’t going to be a fall release. They said back in December that all they had left to do was to polish. Summer is the most probable time for release imo.

[peter42O]

@Louay

Fall ? this game will have rough competitions a lot big releases this fall imo it better be in summer or may

@Staffy

Fuck, Fall would be the worst, that’s so long. However, if the game needs it, it needs it.

@PhantomFox

Psychonauts 2 isn’t going to be a fall release. They said back in December that all they had left to do was to polish. Summer is the most probable time for release imo.

Summer is when it should release, no argument there but for games that get a physical disc based release, they usually need at least three months separation for advertising and marketing so unless they just decide to “drop it” whenever just to get it out of the way, I’ll just stay with the Fall. If it’s earlier, great as that should help the game.

God of War released on April 20th, 2018 but the game itself was done and could have released in September/October 2017 but Santa Monica wanted more time to fully polish the game and while Psychonauts 2 is nowhere near the scope or level of God of War, I can them all taking more time to polish the game especially with them all working from home.

There’s a reason why I say March 2022 for Starfield because if they release it this fall, everyone will end up saying that it should have been delayed because it needed more time for polish and optimization.

Back to Psychonauts 2, if possible they should definitely release in July/August as that’s the best time to do so. But we’ll see.

[Staffy]

@peter42O

…ver just to get it out of the way, I’ll just stay with the Fall. If it’s earlier, great as that should help the game. God of War released on April 20th, 2018 but the game itself was done and could have released in September/October 2017 but Santa Monica wanted more time to fully polish the game and while Psychonauts 2 is nowhere near the scope or level of God of War, I can them all taking more time to polish the game especially with them all working from home. There’s a reason why I say March 2022 for Starfield because if they release it this fall, everyone will end up saying that it should have been delayed because it needed more time for polish and optimization. Back to Psychonauts 2, if possible they should definitely release in July/August as that’s the best time to do so. But we’ll see.

But hold on, there was something about the credits being done and that pointed to the game being nearly finished. We had someone here mention this not so long ago.

Hopefully MS will eventually release games more throughout the year, I’d like that.

[peter42O]

@Staffy

But hold on, there was something about the credits being done and that pointed to the game being nearly finished. We had someone here mention this not so long ago.

Hopefully MS will eventually release games more throughout the year, I’d like that.

That’s all true. I just don’t believe that they can fully polish and optimize the game as quickly from home like they would be able to do as if they were in their studio together.

I’m hoping that Microsoft releases their first party titles throughout the year as well especially since they have Game Pass. I don’t want every game to be released in the Sept/Oct/Nov months because there’s too many games there to begin with.

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

Dont think Psychonauts 2 is getting any big marketing or push. That game is gonna drop, go to game pass and thats it lol.

[anon81312630]

@javycane

Dont think Psychonauts 2 is getting any big marketing or push. That game is gonna drop, go to game pass and thats it lol.

That would be fine Gamepass has like 18-20 million subscribers and growing fast so it fine.

[Opatschi]

Can we please stop saying Everwild is in pre production without gameplay? It’s just false and for some reason it gets bought up subsequently.