Not only is it a new single player RPG by the makers of Fallout and The Elder Scrolls, not only is it Bethesda Game Studios’ first new IP in over two and a half decades, it’s also the first game as a first party Microsoft studio, and to top it all off, it’s coming at a time when Xbox is in desperate need for a major win.
TNS: "We're shining a light on a bunch of "bad" games that may've been left wanting when it comes to their critical or audience reception."
Good list I've had similar reactions to some games even ones on the list like the order and Callisto
Also I recently grabbed forspoken for, 5 dollars at a eb games Clarence sale and I am actually enjoying it more than I thought I would
Sometimes you just need to give critically panned games a chance
I feel like we’re finally starting to see a sea change in how we treat our favorite games. Sure, we all acknowledge that a game can suck and we can still enjoy it. Hopefully this results in meaningful review scores. Personally, I find a lot of bad games are better if you blast through them on the easiest difficulty. Callisto protocol on the image is a good example of this.
Actually, I started liking FO76 after the wastelanders DLC ... it has been my guilty pleasure
other games I can think of Order 1886, Driveclub, Resident Evil 6 (only the Leon part), Alpha Protocol (pretty unique, needs a remake), XIII Remake (after patches), Medal of Honor 2010, Medal of Honor Warfighter, Homefront The Revolution, Enemy Front, Legendary The Box, Faces of War, Conflict: Vietnam, Conflict: Global Storm & Codename: Panzers – Cold War
I loved The Order, ridiculous graphics for it's time and a very interesting setting, it was linear but not as bad as people say. Similar thing with Callisto Protocol, i admit that i played it a long time after release so maybe issues were fixed by then, but it was a fantastic Dead Space-like horror game with some of the best graphics i've seen in my life.
Thanks to the Starfield Creation Kit, the "Earth Restored" mod has transformed the Earth into a Pine Forest and filled the sea with life.
Shadow of the Erdtree saw a 1000% player count surge at its launch. Will Starfield’s Shattered Space be able to do the same?
I played Starfield this past weekend. I enjoyed it and overall was about 30 hours in, but as soon as I got the e-mail about the GamePass price increase, I cancelled my account and deleted Starfield, Halo, Forza and others off my Series X.
If I want to play those games, I’ll just buy them outright - and truth is, I’m pretty sure I won’t. They aren’t worth it to me.
"when Xbox is in desperate need for a major win."
So the only way Xbox has got a win was to use it's parent company to start buying up multiplatform publishers and banning them from releasing games competition!?! How is this in any way good for gamers, one of the richest companies to ever exist has no interest in making games for it's platform but instead is spending an almost combined $80 billion to limit options and ban gamers from multiplatform publishers.
Xbox studios didn't make this games and if they did it would be a major L for them.
You do NOT game if this is a 10, then again xbots dont do anything other try out whats on the GP netflix this week.
I've got 10 hours in, I'm pretty mixed...sometimes the graphics look good then other times it's horrendous graphics and textures 🤣terrible map for exploring 99% barren lands. Menus are a nightmare to navigate, very sloppy and frustrating for gear and resources...this isn't the same Bethesda that brought us oblivion and fallout 3...thats for sure..😅 it's definitely got some charm but meh...nothing innovative or new...the space travel is the worst tbh it's structured like outer worlds...its crazy limited..not even close to no man's sky freedom...a ridiculous amount of loading screens...everything is loading screens...from my personal experience so far all those high scores are reaching...I don't get the hype at this point...its like a solid 6 at best... baffles me how its getting perfect scores , when anyone who plays can see these problems...
GamingBolt is the most purest shill review site ever. The fact that they even mentioned Xbox needed a win wtf is this