Xbox Wire: "This morning on The Official Xbox Podcast, Xbox Corporate Vice President of Gaming AI, Fatima Kardar joined Vice President of Next Generation, Jason Ronald to reveal exciting AI-powered updates that are coming directly to Xbox players, to help you save time, find new games you’re likely to love, or even to help ease you back into a game you may have stepped away from."
In a time when innovation often takes centre stage, Steel Seed boldly leans into nostalgia. Developed by the indie studio Storm in a Teacup and published by
Microsoft is doing more for PS5 these days than Sony? Wow.
Like a Mythic Dawn cultist popping out of a secret room to stab the Emperor in the back, a remaster of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has shown up out of nowhere, and it’s a dagger I’ve gladly thrown myself onto for over 80 hours (and counting) in less than a week. This Unreal-tinted glasses nostalgia trip modestly modernizes one of my all-time favorite open-world RPGs and had me teaming up with Sean Bean to close shut the jaws of Oblivion, helping the God of Madness with his, um, complicated mental health issues, rising to the top of every faction like I was angling to become Cyrodiil’s Valedictorian, and violating every single person’s personal space by getting way too close to them while talking.
This is the score I would give it too. A few QoL improvements and some much needed combat enhancements particularly for the camera allow it to be appreciated in the modern era. However the performance issues persist even on performance mode.
Are we just going to admit that bugs are a gameplay feature required for all Bethesda games, and therefore they won't get docked points for it?
My nephews don't play any game without watching others do something first. I, personally, feel this isn't helping to make them better gamers since they're missing out on figuring things out for themselves. But this feels like a generational thing and it is what it is. There's definitely an audience for this type of tool.
Thanks, I just vomited all over my keyboard.
I sometimes talk to chatgpt while gaming. Especially when not sure where to go on a mission after picking it back up after it's been a while. I describe where I am and what's going on and it usually knows what to do next. Then while on the way to that goal, I'll ask it about the game lore.
Sometimes forget it's still listening and then when I curse later it gets offended, lol.
I have this crazy way of getting better at games. It’s called trial and error. I know sounds crazy but it works