XboxEra Community Hangout |OT12| The Dirty Dozen

That was me a year ago lol.

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Anyone got a Valorant Beta Code to spare?

How do you get selected?

You have to register on their site. Codes are going out today

Does this link work for anyone interested by the Beta ?

https://beta.playvalorant.com/en-us/invite?code=302610e8-51e2-4363-97bb-0e38603964

5 people can use this link I guess.

Is just seeing them and not clicking still valuable. I can see clicking through one must be worth something to the site as well.

Look my last post.

I got some people used it cuz the same link doesn’t work or it needs to be updated

https://x.com/gematsu/status/1801713043006529903?s=46&t=O_AGT9SEnlptKOF_2SxtqQ

Damn…

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They did say to expect more studio closures this year. Was this in Gamepass though? Could have helped foot the bills!

People are fast… F*** ! Maybe some people browsing here. It shouldn’t be difficult to find a code though, they give a link with 5 uses to every invited one.

And hopefully maybe mine’s just delayed but I did sign up. Hopefully I get some so I can share some here and two buddies

This guy gave me about as much trouble as Genichiro, but like Genichiro I studied him and learned his attacks and took down. It was way too close though, because he was starting his aoe while we both were low on health.

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Handcrafted, no fetch quests. The more details we get, the better it sounds!

https://x.com/shinobi602/status/1801703748311408736

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That sounds real good to me. Can’t wait, it’s been too long between DA games and even longer between good DA games.

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https://x.com/gematsu/status/1801694935860630011?s=46&t=O_AGT9SEnlptKOF_2SxtqQ

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I loved Alan Wake back in the day—multiple playthroughs, bought the book, earned all the achievements. I yearned for a sequel for years. Then Quantum Break rolled around and didn’t quite resonate with me. Follow that with Control which also was a mixed bag and felt like a divergence of Remedy into more eclectic storytelling.

Finally, Alan Wake 2 drops and is totally art house. I got halfway through the game, put it down, and now I can’t get back to it even restarting the game. I’m just bored. The game is tedious. Combat is clunky. A number of gameplay elements feel more gimmicky than fleshed out. Maybe this is in part to my taste shifting, but Remedy just doesn’t do it for me anymore.

I totally respect what the game is attempting and there’s obviously some brilliance to the writing, but the delivery and overall package do not resonate. Not sure what the general opinion of the game is. I know critically it was beloved. I never foresaw myself being down on an Alan Wake game.

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Yeah the level of coordination across outlets just screams “manufactured hype”.

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What in the world is going on in Steam? A game (?) named Banana is going….bananas. It’s over 500,000 players peaked.

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I completely disagree. Obviously, every game is not going to click for everyone and it’s a bummer that it didn’t work for you.

For me Alan Wake II is a banger and better than the first game in every conceivable way.

I enjoyed the original well enough but found it became a bit of a boring slog about 2/3 of the way in.

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