Hellmode writes: "My overall conflicted experience with Final Fantasy XIV still didn’t stop my jaw from dropping the first time I saw a dust storm settle over the sky of Ul’dah at night.
But for better or worse, Ul’dah and its dust storms are something that many gamers will never see. Unfortunately, not many saw its distant cousin Bastok either. The roads to the cities of Bastok and Ul’dah, to the games of Final Fantasy XI and XIV, are one and the same. They’re all roads less traveled in a world covered by interstate. Still, I like to believe that the scenic route is worth taking time to time–if you aren’t afraid of getting lost."
Max Caulfield returns in Life is Strange: Double Exposure, an all-new supernatural murder mystery in the award-winning Life is Strange series.
holy shit, i didnt expect to see Max again.
so ... i wonder what ending is canon then.
One of the best announcements in the show (personal opinion as I am fan of all life is strange games).
Here's hoping they dont mess this up (Deck Nine played it too safe in Life is Strange True Colors)
this game is so overrated, the first one was ok, the rest are trash... i guess that is why they came back to the story of Max because the rest failed miserably.
To wrap up the Xbox Games Showcase, Microsoft has revealed Gears of War E-Day, the first new entry in over 5 years.
A prequel?! I'm sorry, but in my opinion this will mess with the canon that the Gears games have already established. How can you introduce new weapons or enemies?
Literally going to say the same thing
E-Day sounds fantastic on paper and we get Marcus back along with Dom but you are limited creatively because if you add any new weapons which are awesome then people will say "Why was this not in the first games when they are better and would have helped them" and enemies it will be "Where did the vanish to, why weren't they used later on they seemed pretty threatening"
It's the only issue with prequels, it's super hard to land it without bringing up so many questions when it's a lore heavy franchise.
I honestly thought it was a reboot at first....UNLESS they use this as the reboot which I wouldn't be mad about, I'd be all for it.
I'm thinking one way they could do it is just by switching up the gameplay, more open sandbox, maybe some RPG gameplay elements. Something along those lines.
A reboot? I guess that could work, maybe a retelling and all ..change some things because now we have the tech to introduce aspects that the original game couldn't due to limitations at that time.
We'll just have to wait and see.
That's just where they have to get creative. With Halo Reach, they explained that certain weapons belonged to a different military branch than the one we played with in the first trilogy.
I thought it was either a reboot or prequel as well after seeing Marcus
Not true, Halo reach was a prequel and had new weapons and gear. Just like any military some weapons get phased out, banned, modified, etc. So you can have weapons that weren't in the other games that can be explained while sticking to cannon. And new enemies could be explained by saying hey they were around during this time but we wiped them out and now they're extinct or after so many we're unalived they abandoned their post
The world as they knew it gets destroyed.
That's perfect canon reason for cool new weapons and mechanics to not be in later games.
It's what happens when you write yourself into a corner with the ending 5 took which was completely unessecery
Im just happy to see Marcus back. Dont even care if its a soft reboot imo the franchise needed something like this. Gears been irrelevant for a while now.
Since they never showed who the developer is I wonder if this is the People can Fly project. Leaving the Coalition to wrap up Gears 6.
Thats an interesting point. You'd of expected to see "The Coalition" and all the leakers referred to it them working on "Gears 6" specifically..
Think it's a good move. Gears did not really work brining back gears of war and the original characters is definitely what's needed and hopefully put things back in the right direction
Lead the Expedition on a desperate adventure to destroy the Paintress before she erases the last survivors of humanity in the stunning new RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. The debut title from Sandfall Interactive comes to Xbox Series X|S in 2025.
That UIX is beautiful. Makes it a part of the game. Best thing out of this weekend so far, IMHO.
I'm tempted to play FFXIV, if only for the experience. I never played FFXI, and I already regret missing out on it. Like the author, I enjoyed Asheron's Call, and perhaps FFXI would've been a good follow-up, had I tried it. I hope SquareEnix doesn't neglect the new game.
Is it sad that I've never ever, ever played a single Final Fantasy game? JRPGs are just not appealing to me. I guess I'm a true western git, full and full.
I am still trying to decide if I want to pick up XIV. I really want to like it, but I agree with most of the points that was made about the game. I think I will ultimately wait a few months and see how it goes before deciding to buy it or not.
just received my review copy of it. I'll let you know what i think.
The game is graphically awesome and the cut-scenes are great also. But the lag just kills the game for me and that is the biggest complaint from a lot of players in the US and in Japan. In my opinion this is a slower type of MMO in combat which is great for me and the game play is harder.
If they can kill the lag this will be an great game.