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Xbox Game Studios |OT4| When everyone plays, we all win
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While we have heard all of this in general, it is exciting to hear how clearly they are focused on their gaming ambitions in general with Project xCloud and Game Pass and such.
Just FYI, the people in discord are the same people here...lol. Also, it doesn't get "chosen" by any group in discord either. It's literally whatever Kairo deems appropriate (I believe some of the suggestions sometimes were from people's suggestions here as well). I think using a poll here is the best thing to do as the title should be community driven imo.
The talk about machine learning was very interesting. There's a huge potential there.
Preach, Wasteland 3 is one of my most anticipated games this year, looks like such a step on from Wasteland 2:
Holy crap, I've never seen that screenshot before. Congratulations friend, you just sold me on Wasteland 3
I have never seen them and a quick search didn't flag it. Can someone PM me the instructions?
Have there been any credible rumors about Turtle Rick? Besides speculation I mean.
Ok same shit I said with IO. Who's funding this when they haven't been commercially successful lately? Did they receive major outside investment recently? If not, this should turn up Microsoft buying them speculation.
They could also have a publishing deal in place for their next big project.
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I cant see any instructions on joining this discord and the only mention of the word discord on the OP is to ping you in the discord.
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My b. Should be there now. Thought I included it from OT3, but I guess not.
I don't think we will see any solid information or rumors until Crackdown 3 is out of the media's attention, especially coming from Klobrille.
Gamingbolt asked the question, not me
https://gamingbolt.com/dino-crisis-what-the-hell-happened-to-it
I'd add an actual character creator.
They could do so much in terms progression for agents. Improved mobility, like you said wall running for example could easily become apart of a skill tree.
And I really the story point you made. Game could be a whole lot more with some effort in that area. I realise it hadn't released yet but I feel it does need a soft reboot.
See this is why the series has never lifted off and considered a 'Pillar' IP. It needs to evolve beyond just blowing shit up.
Maybe tell a compelling story while you blow shit up.
LMAO!
Crackdown isn't the one you marry.
Sometimes it's ok to have a little fun with mutual understandings.
Let's not make it that serious.
You had to go and ruin it with all that serious talk!
When company mascots like Sonic or Mega Man (about as close to pillar franchises for Sega and Capcom as you can get) try having deep stories, they come off as too try-hardy and lame. Sometimes you don't need much more than running platforming, shooting robot villians, and blowing crap up for these type of games.
I will say it's kind of odd that turtle rock and ioi seem to have funding but no announcements about being purchased. When ten cent purchases or invests they announce it immediately. We all know Microsoft would like to hold off on announcements till e3. So seems plausible au least
There's so many ways for studios to get funding, e.g. from a publisher, an investor (individual or company), a bank loan, doing work-for-hire/co-development... A studio hiring for new positions isn't rare - actually most medium/big sized studios hire all of the time.
A studio opening a new location, even after releasing a game that didn't set the world on fire, isn't so special either. A year ago Paul Wedgwood (former CEO of Splash Damage) told a story of how they moved to much bigger offices after Brink was released even though many employees had just quit. Quite an interesting talk about how the sausage is made from a business perspective - https://youtu.be/fbxvuQH59Pg.
IO and Turtle Rock might get acquired, but I would say that them hiring or opening new locations is hardly evidence of that.
A studio opening a new location, even after releasing a game that didn't set the world on fire, isn't so special either. A year ago Paul Wedgwood (former CEO of Splash Damage) told a story of how they moved to much bigger offices after Brink was released even though many employees had just quit. Quite an interesting talk about how the sausage is made from a business perspective - https://youtu.be/fbxvuQH59Pg.
IO and Turtle Rock might get acquired, but I would say that them hiring or opening new locations is hardly evidence of that.
Looks like Microsoft has actually already started to roll out the Xbox Live mobile structure for 3rd party devs. I downloaded a game called "Instant War" which was advertised on Win10 store as just being updated with Xbox Live. Sure enough, I can sign into my MS Account and transfer my progress between Win10/iOS (Android also, but I don't have that). Pretty freaking awesome for me since I can play it wherever now with my progress coming with me
I do wonder if the silence means Microsoft has cooled on acquisitions or if they're just waiting until E3. Phil did say that he thought the announcement of studio acquisitions at E3 2018 went better than anyone at Microsoft predicted.
Crackdown 3 Wrecking Zone achievements:
https://www.trueachievements.com/game/Crackdown-3-Wrecking-Zone/achievements
Pretty easy list. Also I think this is the only XB1 game to be lower than 1000GS, not counting episodic games.
https://www.trueachievements.com/game/Crackdown-3-Wrecking-Zone/achievements
Pretty easy list. Also I think this is the only XB1 game to be lower than 1000GS, not counting episodic games.
If you haven't already, you should definitely add this info to the OP here and going forward.
I snapped a few hours ago and went on a buying binge of upcoming Xbox One games. In a matter of minutes I bought the following:
Pre-Order - Crackdown 3
Pre-Order - Metro Exodus
Pre-Order - Anthem - Legion of Dawn Edition
Pre-Order - The Division 2 - Ultimate Edition
In total it came out to about $312 or so. Since I have EA Access, Anthem was discounted. The crazy thing is that Crackdown 3, Metro and Anthem (EA Access) all come out this Friday! Not sure what I am going to play first! Crackdown has me intrigued since I loved the first 2 games, Metro is the one that I have seen less of, but it is a single player shooter. Anthem, I really liked the demo, even with the issues and such. I was going to hold off on it and use my 10 hours on EA Access on Friday to see if they resolved a lot of the issues (mainly frame rate on "X"). But I enjoyed the core mechanics enough that I know I would want to buy it so I just jumped at it.
Anyone else pre-order some or all of those games?
Pre-Order - Crackdown 3
Pre-Order - Metro Exodus
Pre-Order - Anthem - Legion of Dawn Edition
Pre-Order - The Division 2 - Ultimate Edition
In total it came out to about $312 or so. Since I have EA Access, Anthem was discounted. The crazy thing is that Crackdown 3, Metro and Anthem (EA Access) all come out this Friday! Not sure what I am going to play first! Crackdown has me intrigued since I loved the first 2 games, Metro is the one that I have seen less of, but it is a single player shooter. Anthem, I really liked the demo, even with the issues and such. I was going to hold off on it and use my 10 hours on EA Access on Friday to see if they resolved a lot of the issues (mainly frame rate on "X"). But I enjoyed the core mechanics enough that I know I would want to buy it so I just jumped at it.
Anyone else pre-order some or all of those games?
Damn! Been awhile since I did it like that. I have Game Pass and EA Access so no need to buy Crackdown and will be giving Anthem a full chance with the 10 hour trial. Metro and Division 2 both look good but hardly ever do Day 1 purchases anymore. Not enough time for both Divison and Anthem but looking for at least 1 looter shooter to hook me. Need to play the first 2 Metros in my backlog still.
That's not what I understood, thanks for your explanation.
I agree the last part.
Yeah, the crazy thing for me is that I don't have a ton of time as well, but I have a hard time passing up certain games. My back log is just insane as well. I know I could have waited on several of those titles, but yeah, I think I just snapped. Certain games like Resident Evil 2 Remake I have held off on, mainly because I don't think a remake should cost $60!!! Will wait for a discount on that one. Anthem and Division 2 seem different enough for me that I think they can co-exist.
I like all of this and would add that we should be able to select a powerset base from a large list of powers when we create our character that we stick with and strengthen/level up through orbs and completing side and main missions to their fullest potential, with the possibility of transferring a different mutant gene into our agent later in the game (let's say after completing the first act and finding/being introduced to a scientist capable of granting it) if we're not content or want to mix it up as we play. There should be certain drawbacks or things we're incapable of doing depending on what powerset we choose too.
The environment should be largely destructible but relative to the powerset our agent has (for instance, having a speedster running around all over the place shouldn't mean we just run through buildings unaffected as we would lack durability but they can be creative and allow us to run up and around the buildings Flash-style) and they should push for next gen visuals beyond the cel-shaded style of previous games, full of color and particle effects.
Weapons should obviously remain, but they should design the game with hand to hand combat possible from beginning to end, of course being low level at first and improved through orbs and completing missions or even meeting attack challenges, like KO'ing/killing criminals with whatever attack enough times. The same applies to projectile and energy based powers of our character.
Btw, this scenario you set up here reminds me of a comic I read once...I'm trying to remember the name of it. Also kinda reminiscent of MHA.
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