General gaming discussion

Im sorry but thats not true especially for the time frame when console exclusives really meant anything, ps3/ 4 and xbox one era MS were churning out console exclusives that werent broke on release, now thats not to say they were for everyone either but they were solid games

There is probably a tonne more but thought of these from the top of my head that anyone who enjoys games should have played

Forza series

Gears of War series

Alan Wake/ American Nightmare

Quantum break

Sunset overdrive

Crackdown 1 and 2

Fable 1 and 2

Ryse son of rome

Titanfall

Probably should have clarified they dropped the ball this and some of last gen. I had a 360 that was used more than the PS3 (initially) but that was mainly due to MS nailing online for that gen. And yes, they has loads of good exclusives back then. But for the last couple of gens, this one in particular, they've been pretty terrible.

I had an SX but sold it last year. A lot of their first party console exclusives were broken or unfinished at launch. Whereas Sony ones, while few and far between this gen, are near technically perfect on release. Whether you like the games or not, you can't really fault the technical mastery on display by SSM, Insomniac and Sucker Punch. Their games, while not for everyone, are perfect examples of exclusivity showing near technical perfection.

Just my opinion mind. Aside from Forza Horizon 4.5 5, most of MS's first party "big" games needed fixes day 1. I do wish they did better, competition is great. And with pc components going out of control lately, consoles, while more expensive than traditionally, will be more sought after in the near future. Steam Machine has a potential door for non-pc players, but the price will determine its success imo.

This is an interesting post from the director of performance and motion capture on the new life is strange game. He talks about how he poured everything into it until the 5pm on the day he was let go. Have to wonder how much of it was finished when they firings at deck nine happened or did they do it as soon as the game was mostly done with those devs no longer needed. Still, **** to be working on something and made redundant before the thing even comes out.

Think it launches at 6pm our time.

Strange you can't preload it alright.

There was a creator preview event over the weekend apparently. Geoff Keighley is also gloating a bit on twitter about all the grief he got for it being last reveal at TGAs.

Ill give it 2 hours later hopefully.

Played 3 matches of Highguard.

Enjoyable enough but dont think ill go back anytime soon.

3 v 3 seems like way too little for the size of the maps. Long distances to travel even on your mount after dying.

Suppose they could add 4 v 4 or 5 v 5 eventually.

Dont see it surviving long term unless the updates are great.