Almost every review also talked about those bugs. They were huge problem in the start
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Almost every review also talked about those bugs. They were huge problem in the start
Of course, I hope Microsoft acquires all the studios in the industry LOL, But really among these studios I hope Microsoft acquires Ready At Dawn.
Ready At Dawn is located in Irvine and this is a good thing for them and for Microsoft ,The studio can take assistance and experience from nearby studios.
I remember when Phil Spencer said in an interview (The studios close to each other can share their experiences and help with other nearby studios).
- Obsidian located in the same city (15 minutes ) away from them according to google maps.
- inXile Entertainment located in Newport Beach (30 minutes )
- The Initiative located in Santa Monica (60 minutes )
The studio has a chance to become better if it gets the attention and resources
Their location makes it a no-no-brainer and more like a really difficult one.
I agree with the second statement. What i meant is that their first party (as in: in-house studios) showed a lot of the same issues that the MGP games did.
That's frustrating.
I'm hoping the critical acclaim and strong commercial sales of Metro persuade MS to help relocate the studio
I don't think 4A would want to relocate again, they already moved from Ukraine to Malta a few years ago. Not only would that be an insane investment for Microsoft, that'd be a hell of a thing for the studio. They'd be better off establishing a good 2nd party relationship with them and having them develop some exclusive new IP.
I don't get how Just Cause 4 is 70 MC and CD3 60, when in every aspect JS4 is a worse game. Ugly, clunky, even cheesier story than CD3 with poor animations. And then you go to menus which are 2002 level of UI design. It was really hard to play JS4 before I gave up. And all the time playing it I was like "can't wait for Crackdown to properly blast enemies!". For sure, JS4 is not 7/10 game, but hey, reviewers know better.
So are MS still talking to a Sony affiliated 3rd party? Or is that a no go anymore? Considering Quantic Dream are going multiplat, supermassive and Housemarque are seemingly working on Sony exclusives and Insomniac are riding high on Spider-Man?
Still going. No further update as of today (which might be a bad sign, but can't judge on that as of right now).
I meant the entire team relocates From Ukraine to Malta.
At the moment half is in Malta and the other half is in Ukraine.
Edit. If MS speeds this process up, helps the studio then I think 4A would join XGS
Seems really quiet, makes me wonder if they will acquire anyone this year
A pretty confident "yes" to this.
Things will heaten up closer to E3.
Game Pass doing some fine work.
Crackdown 3's Campaign launching at place 3 according to TrueAchievements statistics.
https://www.trueachievements.com/n36503/xbox-gameplay-chart-week-ending-february-17th-2019
Crackdown 3's Campaign launching at place 3 according to TrueAchievements statistics.
https://www.trueachievements.com/n36503/xbox-gameplay-chart-week-ending-february-17th-2019
I just want to see that I'm really happy to hear this. Thank you.
I wonder what we will see at Inside Xbox in March. Major Nelson said at the end of the episode two weeks ago that he couldn't talk about it yet. I wonder if it will be an internal game or GDC news. I feel like if it was DMC, Division 2, or Sekiro, he would have just came out and said that. It's also hard to see them devoting an Inside Xbox episode to a third-party game. Third-party content, sure, but the main feature of an episode being third-party seems odd.
I was thinking that the next XGS game (either Cuphead DLC, Minecraft: Dungeons or Ori, probably?) would be shown off, but even then, why not just say it. I personally think Matt and Phil are unlikely. I would guess any acquisition news will likely be held for E3. I suppose they could do an xCloud feature after a blog post or information dump on the Microsoft website (with a follow-up at GDC?). They could also do a segment on something GDC related.
Interesting. Bunch of people on my friends list were playing this so I was wondering if I had a weird list of friends who only liked to play bad games. Lol
More seriously, Crackdown has been a perfect pick up and play for 2 hours at a time type of game. I keep going back to it. The verticality is cool. Powering up and grabbing better weapons is more satisfying in harder difficulty where they're needed.
My opinion of Crackdown has improved. Maybe it'll go back down with more time as the end game gets tedious (as reviews have said) but so far I've enjoyed it. Wonder if Game Pass might save the franchise.
Not at launch. That doesn't make sense.
'In the millions' is all we know at this stage I think.
Interesting but as at now seems Microsoft is having their cards close to their chest
Just like last year. And prior to X0.
I don't want this to sound too arrogant, but wasn't I basically the first (and for a long time the only) person who started some of these "this post is getting bigger" insights / rumors / however you want to call that? Same for Obsidian.
They are pretty sensible with these things obviously.
2 Points:
1. Don't give up on CD3, post-launch updates need to be aggressive, substantial & frequent. CD3 BR or whatever it takes to boost player count.
2. Phil has a soft spot for CD, so chances are there. The Coalition is the perfect fit to make Crackdown 4, a true AAA Cinematic TPS, they have the technical chops with their expertise of Unreal Engine & a leader in Rod Ferguson who is known to GST (Get Shit done). They will knock it out of the park with CD4, just give them a chance.
Are we talking Fall 2020-2021 or sometime before that?
Imagine a game like AOE4 with Gamepass on PC, M+KB Support, Simultaneous Steam release and Twitch fans, it has a chance to be massive.
Yeah and that's not arrogant as that was the case....as at now many people talked about ready at dawn,now that seems far fetched as you,4A is not in contention per some of your analysis..well that's leading to think maybe Microsoft is keeping their cards close to their chest because 😆 seems almost all the rumors of studios that were going around to be acquired earlier has been disbanded
Fuck no.
I'd rather have no CD4 than have it turned into a cinematic TPS...
Any of the newly acquired studios expected to reveal their new game at E3?
The Initiative probably working on next gen right? Obsidian working on Outer World's. I think Ninja Theory's project is also a way's off.
The rumored second Playground Games team is honestly the most likely to reveal what their working on right?
The Initiative probably working on next gen right? Obsidian working on Outer World's. I think Ninja Theory's project is also a way's off.
The rumored second Playground Games team is honestly the most likely to reveal what their working on right?
I believe Ninja Theory is expected to announce a new game at E3 for release this year.
Ninja Theory will be the first up. Playground's game is years away.
For E3 Obsidian and inXile will most likely show off their current projects (Outer Worlds and Wasteland 3 respectively), Gears 5, Ninja Theory and Halo Infinite are most likely gonna be the big headlines coming out of that show, maybeeee whatever Playgrounds working on but I wouldn't hold my breath personally.
Is this known? I was thinking that Microsoft would want Ninja Theory to make an extremely high budget, huge scale AAA game, and it's stilla bit early to see it.
The rumor is they had a game WELL into development before MS bought them. So they're finishing it up for 2019 release. I don't think there is anything CONFIRMED but several sources have said they expect Ninja Theory to have a game in 2019.
(Been reading for a while and just wanted to provide my "hot take")
In the last week, I've "acquired" CD3 and Undertale (just bought a Switch)
The former is scoring in the 60s, the latter is low 90s (according to Metacritic)
I am having a MUCH better time playing CD3 in every aspect.
Reviews matter for exposure. A high score doesn't mean a game will be universally liked (and a low one doesn't mean it can't bring enjoyment)
I understand that these are very different games, however, I enjoy CD3 more as a 3P action-platformer than I do UT compared to other RPGs.
I believe that Gamepass can save the otherwise-dead AA experience that normally scores low, but happens to provide quick-and-dirty fun. Maybe I'm forged from a different era, but I really enjoyed the THQ/Acclaim/Sega (Dreamcast) experiences. There's always room for headier games, but they don't have to be everything.
In the last week, I've "acquired" CD3 and Undertale (just bought a Switch)
The former is scoring in the 60s, the latter is low 90s (according to Metacritic)
I am having a MUCH better time playing CD3 in every aspect.
Reviews matter for exposure. A high score doesn't mean a game will be universally liked (and a low one doesn't mean it can't bring enjoyment)
I understand that these are very different games, however, I enjoy CD3 more as a 3P action-platformer than I do UT compared to other RPGs.
I believe that Gamepass can save the otherwise-dead AA experience that normally scores low, but happens to provide quick-and-dirty fun. Maybe I'm forged from a different era, but I really enjoyed the THQ/Acclaim/Sega (Dreamcast) experiences. There's always room for headier games, but they don't have to be everything.
I doubt we'll ever see another traditional Crackdown. Might as well do something else with the IPs name. 😥
You can keep the futuristic setting and aesthetic and it make it more story oriented.
So make a new IP? I mean whats the point of using the CD then.
This is my main fear and a reason I think they're apprehensive getting involved with non UK European studios.
Warhorse Studios would have been an interesting idea but they're Czech.
4A is Malta and Ukraine, neither of which Xbox has any experience with.
IO Interactive are Danish, a country they have a lot more experience with but that sounds like an idea on ice.
If you want more eccentric suggestions, thinking specifically with the Xbox technology initiative in mind, studios like The Astronauts, Farm 51, Frictional Games or Jo-Mei games as a few European developers. None of these are household names so they shouldn't have the steep expectations that the like of Ninja Theory and Playground Games had upon acquisition. All studios have proven to have talent but could be pushed further with proper tech backing.
Crackdowns identity is orbs, verticality and over the top action. ...and more Orbs. You could take that identity and plug it into a sandbox that requires more skill, where enemies have better and more dynamic AI, where there's more challenging platforming puzzles and where the environment has better physics.
It does.
Here: https://www.resetera.com/threads/ho...n-franchise-pre-orders-10-in-sales-etc.99435/
It also helped games like State of Decay 2 and Sea of Thieves. Basically every single MS exclusive since the service launched
This to me looks like direction o tweaking the game, not a massive change.
Sorry, can't see how not doing fm8 would be intelligent. Fm7 was the third FM on one and released with three other racing games in a short period of time.
FH5 will fit way better as the fall 2021 main title, while FM8 could be an excellent support title among infinite.
yep
dude you're so positive.
I like you <3
Because an industry veteran could ever thought to rush the established plan because people on the internet didn't like a game? Sound logic to me
Well if the shift the Inxile and the playground vice studios it will be an easy 15 by march 2019
the only rumor we had about pd is about tc, so don't worry
but who knows the internal goal for cd3? We can only hope is realistic and it doesn't include all the R&D in it.
Sumo delivered a wild game, we had mediocre driving but at the same time the best arsenal of the generation
Maybe pairing him with falcon or Bucky could provide a ton of variety to the game. I will love an on the road game that catches the atmosphere between them of civil war.
Or maybe adding a stealth component, or the motorbike.
there's no law, tc and 343 handled the spin offs with other shs internally, and rare is doing so with battletoads but msgp handled killer instinct
Yes the plattforming is so much better
As far as I can say cd3 turned out to be simple and limitated in the scope but with and extremely solid gameplay loop. It could have been better, like uncharted 4 had been rebooted, but even way worst, like destiny or mass effect andromeda
We know for sure that Perfect Dark is coodeveloped, or entirely developed, internally, or at least, the only rumor we had said that.
About Banjo, looks that is up to Gregg Mayles until he find again ispiration to design a 3d plattform, Banjo is his kid.
IMHO after fable and PD the next should be PGR or Kameo in the second chance list.
I saw a lot of talkings about NBA 2K, but only about the microtransaction thing.
CD3 has a soul, most of the ubisoft games are so fucking samey. They are great to play, but I forgot everything about ghost recon after two year, except that Luca Ward dubbed two characters in the italian version.
In June 2018 we extimated that about 2/3 of rare were on sot while the rest was in the preproduction of a new ip
343 has 16 openings on their website, but on msft website there are 20 openings related to 343: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/search-results?rt=professional&keywords=halo
I would give a chance only to Kameo, PD and Mechassault.
About the new ip: ironic that ssod, ryse and qb reached a cult status only after the release. What a shame there wasn't a gamepass back them.
The main reason why it's cd it's because it was funded in 2013 with dave jones and no one had idea of the development they would have faced.
Plus :
-R&D
-Phil Spencer is a CD fan.
there were 170 positions back in october
Tw3 anyone? at d1 on ps4 the framerate was a fucking disaster.
When we will have another leak from you? It has been months since Obsidian
they always been secretive. Unless it's Klobrille
With JC4 you can't build an outrage narrative about the console war.
Awesome, the sharknado effect
The xbox marketing said that cd3 aimed to be the sharknado of gaming, no one would have seen that movie with a traditional release, on tv become a cult classic
Well a cinematic tps wouldn't be crackdown. It could be a spin off in the same world, that could be interesting
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