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Lol, I had the same reaction. It drags on too long. At one point, the game will have a mission that'll act as a horde tutorial. You unlock a new "tool" then which helps a lot in dealing with them.

You are right. People who work in the game industry have to figure out a lot of things themselves. But consumers also have responsibility. Everytime a company does something predatory or releases a basic af game, there's always an argument that they get away with it cuz customers allow them to. They just act like mindless consumers and force other devs to use the same tactics cuz everyone's gotta earn. And then everyone's like "Games aren't what they used to be anymore" It all starts with consumers. Period. And my concern isn't fake. Nor am I interested in console wars. I have problems with Sony too.

M not a shill dude. I'm not concerned how much profit MS or Sony makes. But I'm concerned about its impact on game development. People just don't go back to paying for games. Consumer mentality isn't like that. They'll always wanna pay the same. Just like how $70 still hasn't had mainstream acceptance. So what will devs have to do? Include more "creative" ways of monetization like micro transactions and using "games as a service" model. And we know how bad that sh*t is. I'd rather pay $70 for a good game. MS has always been notorious for just throwing money at their problem, buying other great companies and IPs and running them in the ground. Its happened before (Nokia, Zune, Rare, 343) and it'll happen again.

Because the model isn't sustainable. MS is paying out of their own pockets to publishers to have AAA titles on gamepass. In the long run, they gonna either jack up the price which will defeat its value proposition or stop having AAA games. Look what has happened to Netflix now.

LMAO at you calling him Pappu throughout this thread....

Well I have a PS5 so Starfield alone won't do it. If Xbox comes out with atleast 4-5 must-play bangers, I'll consider switching sides

Yeah people always talk about gamepass being ultimate "value" but don't consider the 50k buy-in or the number of games one actually wants to play on there. The way I see it is Sony attracts via exclusive games (which also you may or may not wanna play) and MS via Gamepass. But unlike MS, Sony is actually making money off it. That said, Starfield may change that a bit....

Avowed is giving strong Ghostwire Tokyo vibes....

Yeah and also I feel its due to the fact that all big exclusives this gen have been sequels which kinda already have an existing fanbase and hype. The fans kinda do the work for them with their tweets/articles/10min videos over a meager screenshot. Even Nintendo kinda did the same with TOTK and also going as far as shadow dropping the Metroid Remake and one other famous game (forgetting the name now). And they all sold well.

But if you are finding Normal too easy then it's on you to turn it up to make the experience better for yourself.

I don't know man...I'm hyped Just sour about the digital only release. Did you play Control?

When they launched ultimate edition with all DLCs and next gen upgrade, it wasn't given free to deluxe edition/season pass buyers.

Yeah I feel ya....had put in a lot of hours in state of decay on PC.....janky af but super fun and great mechanics..... Yikes.... "For being our highest paying customer....we gift you with an opportunity to pay us once more" That's such an EA tier move.

Hot take dude. Increase the difficulty next time. I'd agree with this usually but I actually want the sequel to have bigger more epic spectacles. The crane sequence from the first game was awesome! And its not like it didnt have good gameplay.