XboxEra Community Hangout |OT12| The Dirty Dozen

I’m a few hours in Harold Halibut and I already get diamond achievements. I got the Chapter 2 achievement The adventure begins and it has been unlocked by like 3% of the players…

It’s kind of sad. The game doesn’t make a good first impression, but it gets better. It’s like one of the Wes Anderson animation movies. If you’re into this kind of humour, it’s great !

Spoiler : the fish humanoid is called Weeoo pronunced Wii U ! I was dying !

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I was hoping it was an adventure game in the sense of having to solve puzzles, but it seems it’s not that. At the same time that’s OK, because puzzles that are too challenging or simply don’t make sense can hurt the experience too.

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https://x.com/klobrille/status/1781376918022967693?s=46&t=O_AGT9SEnlptKOF_2SxtqQ

If this game was attacked by hacks, this is a necessary step.

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Does this even work when people use that peripheral that inputs commands from a key board as a controller?

Has anyone played No rest for the Wicked yet? If yes, how is it?

Good question. I’ve seen people’s killcams in games do stuff that I clearly think isn’t physically possible on a controller, quite happy they are at least trying.

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Top Gun 3 with Madame Web staff will make this movie magic!

https://x.com/wario64/status/1781419096770572551?s=46&t=O_AGT9SEnlptKOF_2SxtqQ

“So you going to fix it like Xbox did with CoD right?”

Sony:

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We’re in an age of shameless remakes, I wouldn’t doubt seeing a reboot of the TV show in 10 years :joy:

Also, due to the show’s popularity, I can see an alternative timeline (closer to the games) done in an animated fashion done a few years after the live action one. Paramount would be smart to have a constant stream of Halo content.

While a CG animated show from Blur Studios would be incredible it would just be too expensive so I imagine something animated like the Castlevania series to be a more practical idea. The thing about animated is that you can do the craziest visuals, sets, and scenarios and it’s extremely cheap compared to everything else.

It won’t get the same audience, unfortunately, but still might get a lot of the TV show fans to at least check it out.

I’m not saying any of this will happen I’m just saying this is probably the closest thing to a realistic pursuit for Paramount.

No adaption has been this popular. As big as people think HBO shows are, they are still a small fry compared to Netflix/Amazon. Halo was hugely successful but on a service aimed at those who aren’t the biggest gaming audience, old mf’ers.

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I feel like Fallout benefits from viewers really only expecting an accurate recreation of the world and they are able to freely create their own characters and story within that world.

I don’t think you get the same freedom with Halo. If you tell your own story you’re screwed. If you don’t have Master Chief you’re screwed. If you show Master Chief’s ass you’re screwed lol. I guess Last of US is more similar in that it has a pretty well defined story to just recreate.

I can see the openness that comes with Fallout attracting a much better vision and talented crew.

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You can easily tell an original (and canon) story with MC or new characters in the Halo universe. It was done in the past with Halo Legends. There really isn’t a box for these adaptations all types can (and have) been doing well for the most part. Halo fanbabies can’t accept that the current Halo adaptation did well despite all the data shown to them (not saying they have to like it, just not reject reality )

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Halo could have a universe of TV and movies where different and original stories in that world can be told. The game story itself was never anything special or that well written, the appropriate adaptation for it would’ve been a big budget spectacle movie. For a TV show original stories in the universe that are written for TV could turn out more special. I look at Star Wars for comparison.

My opinion which I’m sure isn’t one most of you would agree with is that a more interesting Halo show would have been one without MC, maybe at least have him cameo but not main cast.

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I can’t remember a past time where such a big budget has been afforded to an instalment of a game series, or for that matter any other Media property like Fallout has, it is quite unprecedented.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/s/DYwNH4FQK0

Perhaps finish Contraband first.

I do love that they’ll describe it as “unannounced cutting edge AAA open world game” like it’s super secret and new.

We all know it’ll be another Just Cause lol

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https://x.com/hazzadorgamin/status/1781554165086666858?s=46&t=O_AGT9SEnlptKOF_2SxtqQ

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Haven’t done of of these in a long time :stuck_out_tongue:

MS 1st party titles in the top 50 most played on console in Australia;

  • #3 Call of Duty
  • #5 Minecraft
  • #8 Forza Horizon 5
  • #16 Overwatch 2
  • #17 Fallout 4 (that shot up lol)
  • #19 Diablo 4 (this also shot up after being added to GP)
  • #21 Fallout 76 (shot up as well for obvious reasons)
  • #22 Sea of Thieves
  • #25 Halo Infinite
  • #32 Forza Horizon 4
  • #36 Forza Motorsport
  • #37 Starfield (cool to see this still up there)
  • #38 Skyrim
  • #39 Master Chief Collection
  • #42 Elder Scrolls Online

15 first party titles in the top 50, with most being in the top 25. :eyes:

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