Haven’t they tried to get the spiritual successor off the ground on a bunch of different occasions? Are they still trying?

Definitely didn’t get the appreciation it deserved on launch. I seem to remember it was launched right after that year’s Battlefield and right before that year’s CoD. Terrible decision. It definitely stood the test of time though and is very highly regarded now.

Eternal Darkness is one of my favourite GameCube games. I feel like it might be long enough ago that they could do a remake with modern sanity effects.

And Halo Reach is my favourite Halo game, loved it.

Fair enough. I do agree with you on the indie front. Hades and Hollow Knight are two of my favourite games of all time. Remnant 2 has knocked it out of the park. And there are so many interesting smaller games coming from indie studios these days.

I was playing Hollow Knight on Gamepass streaming the other day. It’s a game that would be just awful to play with any real latency, and it was absolutely fine. There was no perceivable latency.

I’m confused. Why would this be the thing that stops you playing games by these companies? Especially considering Activision Blizzard might stop being so shitty when the people at the top leave after the acquisition. I’m not saying you shouldn’t avoid games based on ethics, I just think this deal is a weird one to be the deal-breaker for you.

This has only popped up on my radar the last few weeks, but the more I look at it the more excited I am to play it.

That’s great to see. But also when is this coming to Xbox? 😭

It was a thing in the UK for a bit as well, but they seem to have backed down in the last few years.

And then you turn on the extreme measures and you feel like a beginner again 😂

Going to have to watch some of this. I played this to death on the Switch, never quite completed it. Despite not finishing it this is definitely one of my favourite games of all time.

I came here to say that. I loved that game, the sanity effects were brilliant and have never really been done properly since that I know of.

Can’t remember how many it took me but you definitely haven’t taken a ridiculous number of attempts.

Man I love this game. Need to start a new play through.

Ah fair enough I didn’t realise that. Still it looks like it’ll be 2024 before it comes to Xbox last I saw.

Indeed. They even refunded my Ubisoft+ sub costs which surprised the hell out of me. I got two controllers free from various deals as well, they are decent Bluetooth controllers now. I think I paid for a handful of months of pro that I didn’t get back, but everything else was refunded.

I have an X not an S, but my wife and I will absolutely be using couch co-op when this comes out.

Although this is frustrating for XSX owners like myself, it is absolutely the right thing to do. I’ve played a little bit of early access on Stadia and I hope all the PC and PS5 players are having a blast.

I had the early access on Stadia 😭 will have to wait for the delayed Xbox launch now.

Plenty of people forget that Nintendo needs to hit a price point on this device. So there are some things we might not think are ideal but need to be the way they are to make financial sense. Things like storage size, screen tech, are two of the areas where a compromise might have been needed. Also let’s not pretend that there aren’t good LCD screens that could be used, OLED isn’t the be all and end all.

I’m so used to gesture control now that I struggle to go back when I need to sort out my mum’s phone for her.

They (6 and 8) watched me play about half an hour of Remnant 2 the other day and they said it wasn’t scary. My first area is the creepy Victorian city as well.

I appreciate a small phone as well. The S10e was a brilliant device. I’ve gone back to a bigger phone now as there isn’t really much of a choice.

This is how I feel as well. They are cool and if someone gave me one I’d use it, but I’m not going to pay double to get one myself.

For me it needs to be something that my two daughters can watch me play. If I want something quick I’ll normally go for some Fortnite. I’m trying to decide if Remnant 2 is alright my kids to watch me play, if I decide it is that’ll be my other one.

I’ll be taking a look at this in Gamepass. Looks really nice.

I used £35 of Microsoft Rewards points and picked up Remnant 2 on whim. Didn’t play the first one but I’m really enjoying this so far.

I picked this up a couple of days ago. I haven’t played the first game and I’m not a massive Dark Souls fan. Despite all that, so far I really really like this game. The gunplay is well done and feels impactful. The world design is interesting and diverse. The mod system seems fun. I’m only 5 hours in but I give it 👍👍

Hades is potentially my favourite game of all time. For me to absolutely nails this style of game by perfectly weaving in a compelling narrative to the rogue mechanic. It’s also gorgeous with the most ridiculously tight gameplay.

Honourable mention to Enter the Gungeon, haven’t seen that mentioned yet. Very fun game.