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priznat posted:Even if it isn’t constant slurs it would still be a lot of noisy poo poo from the background of whatever gamer’s hovel. This is actually kinda fun in Warzone because it alerts you that some dumbass is nearby and gives you the opportunity to shut the smoke alarm/fan blowing right on their microphone/whatever up, with bullets. It's much more satisfying than just pulling up the scoreboard and hitting mute.
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Proximity chat was cool back in the day before everyone was in a party but its just kinda crap now because maybe 20% of a lobby will have a mic and be not in a party and that's maybe generous. The only exception I can think of are a few games where open micing is common and encouraged like sea of thieves which handles it really well. Back in the day before parties one of the WW2 cods had a proxy chat perk with limited range that was real fun to use, especially in hardcore search and destroy.
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Oh yeah btw, the skate 3 dlc maps are available to claim for free in the perks with gold menu at the moment.
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All of you tell me your dumb opinions about Mount & Blade II: BANNERLORD! Should I become lord of my own banner?
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xK1 posted:probably thinking of it's prequel, Sayonara Wild Hearts and here I am confusing it with The Wild at Heart, which was a game previously on game pass 
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I know I'm months late but holy gently caress Metal: Hellsinger kicks rear end!!! they turned doom eternal into a rhythm game and its so much fun. Game pass delivers once again 
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Feb 14, 2023 04:15
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Metal Hellsinger walked so Hi Fi Rush could run
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1glitch0 posted:All of you tell me your dumb opinions about Mount & Blade II: BANNERLORD! Come mount my banner, lord
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slave to my cravings posted:Serves you right for playing CoD COD games own
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It's completely insane, like genuinely shocking, how strong the auto-aim is in modern CoD gamescomedyblissoption posted:here are some examples of what rotational aim assist looks like:
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Seltzer posted:Oh yeah btw, the skate 3 dlc maps are available to claim for free in the perks with gold menu at the moment. Good looking out. Grabbed this right away and also saw Soul Calibur 6 base+DLC for ~$14, grabbed that as well.
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icantfindaname posted:It's completely insane, like genuinely shocking, how strong the auto-aim is in modern CoD games Yeah this is where the infamous sweep sniping came from in Halo 1. Sweep the reticule across the enemy at head level at a consistent speed, then pull the trigger when you notice the camera slow. Worked great!
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Quantum of Phallus posted:COD games own only about 30% of the years imo
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Guillermus posted:Teabagging a sniper in Bad Company 2 or CoD MW on Xbox Live and getting rage audio messages was amazing a sophisticated stratagem from a more civilized time
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Wiltsghost posted:Wild Hearts has a 10 hour trial starting today through the EA app. It looks alright. Make sure you post if it sucks or not, the trailers look interesting like a better version of monster hunter crossed with Fortnite style building and Death Stranding style objects across sessions kinda thing webmeister fucked around with this message at 14:57 on Feb 14, 2023 |
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So apparently Game Pass cannabilizes sales of a game. But as a consumer I think game pass is one of the best things in gaming. I wish something like this existed when I was a kid, there is so much good poo poo in there but not enough time.
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Feb 14, 2023 18:39
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Anyone who thought it didn’t cannibalise sales of a game was a fool tbh. Game Pass is fantastic for the consumer but idk if it’s all that great for the industry. But hey I ain’t gonna complain yet
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If GamePass ever goes away my Series S is going in the trash compactor.
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Ulio posted:So apparently Game Pass cannabilizes sales of a game. But as a consumer I think game pass is one of the best things in gaming. I wish something like this existed when I was a kid, there is so much good poo poo in there but not enough time. Sega channel. It was rad. Discovered Shining Force II that way.
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If the money games get from Microsoft/downloads from game pass is good enough, it really shouldn't matter that sales are down. Obviously it will to bigger companies who will shriek about lost sales but I'm pretty sure game pass has been a big payday for smaller studios/devs in terms of both money and exposure.
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I've bought a few GamePass games that I completed. A good number of games also have DLC not included and I wouldn't be surprised to see more of that going forward. A good way to play the main game and then sell a lot of side dishes.
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The Xbox seems to be struggling and I’m not sure how much of that is a show so that the courts will pity Microsoft and let them buy Actiblizz
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Zurtilik posted:I've bought a few GamePass games that I completed. Ya I've bought some as well especially if they have replay value and were really good. There have been few games like Guardians of The Galaxy where it was a good one time experience and that was it.
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Once the merger is finished Microsoft will release all those games they've been sitting on for years: Wolfenstein 3, Avowed, Fable, the real Goldeneye remake, Elder Scrolls 6... it's all there, just collecting dust.
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otter posted:Sega channel. It was rad. Discovered Shining Force II that way. Once again, Sega was decades ahead of the industry even if the tech wasn't really feasible yet.
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I ended up buying Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Nier Automata when they were on Game Pass.
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I bought Streets of Rage 4 and Hi-Fi Rush for Steam after playing them first on Gamepass because they're GOATs and I wanted to have them forever!!
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exquisite tea posted:I bought Streets of Rage 4 and Hi-Fi Rush for Steam after playing them first on Gamepass because they're GOATs and I wanted to have them forever!! Ya that's how I felt for Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order, played it on EA pass thingy then bought the game and replayed it a bunch.
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Professor Beetus posted:If the money games get from Microsoft/downloads from game pass is good enough, it really shouldn't matter that sales are down. Obviously it will to bigger companies who will shriek about lost sales but I'm pretty sure game pass has been a big payday for smaller studios/devs in terms of both money and exposure. I bought Vampire Survivors + DLC because I didn't wanna lose it when it left gamepass
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Streets of Rage 4 is loving awesome and imho one of the best looking 2D games of the last decade. Maybe even ever. It just looks so beautiful in motion.
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I was skeptical of the new art style at first, which is an example of just how wrong I can be. SOR4 looks incredible and just feels great from moment to moment.
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Ulio posted:Ya that's how I felt for Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order, played it on EA pass thingy then bought the game and replayed it a bunch. Oh yeah forgot I bought Fallen Order too. Beastie posted:Streets of Rage 4 is loving awesome and imho one of the best looking 2D games of the last decade. I got SOF4 for my OLED Switch and it looks so good.
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Ryoga posted:Once again, Sega was decades ahead of the industry even if the tech wasn't really feasible yet. MS stays winning by doing Sega stuff on time instead of ahead of time
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Of course Gamepass reduces sales, people aren't gonna buy a game they can currently play for free. If they really like it they'll probably buy it in case it goes off Gamepass, but otherwise why would you? Conversely, developers get paid to put games on Gamepass. That's the tradeoff. Lump sum to put on Gamepass for X amount of time. As long as the payout is equal or more than the amount of lost sales then it doesn't really matter. It's kind of like saying that shows on Netflix have lost DVD sales.
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acksplode posted:MS stays winning by doing Sega stuff on time instead of ahead of time lol sorta true, web TV (cant read poo poo on CRTs!), windows CE (limped on way too long because their only competition was Palm Pilot for a while), Win95 Active Desktop (computers too slow/no broadband yet). Gamepass is the only recent thing I can think of where things just lined up perfectly for them and they weren't too late or early for once.
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If the deal between Microsoft and Activision falls through, I wonder what the possibility is of Activision working out a deal to have their games on Game Pass anyways. Although I don't really understand what the U.S. government, or governments in the U.K. and Europe can actually do to stop the merger. Other than voicing concerns, it seems like there isn't actually any legal recourse they have? I haven't been able to find anyone who can break down the whole thing and explain it or why any of this matters.
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I said come in! posted:If the deal between Microsoft and Activision falls through, I wonder what the possibility is of Activision working out a deal to have their games on Game Pass anyways. Although I don't really understand what the U.S. government, or governments in the U.K. and Europe can actually do to stop the merger. Other than voicing concerns, it seems like there isn't actually any legal recourse they have? I haven't been able to find anyone who can break down the whole thing and explain it or why any of this matters. Jim Cramer said Activision is a buy and that the deal is all good, so it's hosed.
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I said come in! posted:If the deal between Microsoft and Activision falls through, I wonder what the possibility is of Activision working out a deal to have their games on Game Pass anyways. Although I don't really understand what the U.S. government, or governments in the U.K. and Europe can actually do to stop the merger. Other than voicing concerns, it seems like there isn't actually any legal recourse they have? I haven't been able to find anyone who can break down the whole thing and explain it or why any of this matters. In the case of the CMA, they can and will block mergers, even retroactively. See: The case of FNZ and GBST, where the former purchased the latter, prompting an investigation that resulted in the CMA ordering them to split up again. And for larger deals: Nvidia tried to buy Arm a couple of years back for $40 billion but had to back off after regulators such as the CMA and FTC started throwing their weight around.
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