They keep calling it “Gooner Souls” but are ya’ll good? #WuchangFallenFeathers

One day my son will probably out grow his love for dinosaurs and I’m going to be completely devastated. Seeing the joy they bring to him are the sort of things I love for. 😞

Microsoft to cut up to 9,000 jobs as it invests in AI - BBC News The US tech giant will axe 4% of its global workforce and plough money into artificial intelligence.

People keep saying Gamepass is the thing to blame for the recent Xbox bloodbath. It’s not. It’s actually worse than that.

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I am in a weird spot. I don’t want Death Stranding 2 to end. But I also want more of the story and don’t want to do any more side orders. 😭

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Sam was a pretty compelling character in DS1. But he didn’t exactly have a personality. Kojima fixed all of that in just one single cutscene in Death Stranding 2

There are many reasons why Death Stranding 2 is better than DS1. But the one thing that really stands out is pacing. You’re not waiting 10 hours for the next big story beat. You’re no longer going on constant long deliveries without some sort of pay off. That’s a big improvement!

Feels good to be back! #DeathStranding2

Annnnnd I just had a decent run with randoms and it was… pretty fun. Still not a fan though. But maybe I was a bit harsh?

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You know what? I think TLOU2 is a better game than TLOU….

Man, I… I don’t know what they were thinking when they decided to make Elden Ring Nightreign. Even if you take the antiquated multilayer features out of equation and you ignore the abysmal performance it just doesn’t feel good to play. 😞

Xbox has seemingly secured every possible road to success. Each road leading to a different level of success but they stand to win regardless.

People buy new Xbox for Gamepass (possible Steam integration) + purchases of their franchises from PlayStation, Nintendo, PC

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After watching what could be the last Mission Impossible… let me rank them:

1. Fallout
2. Mission Impossible
3. Ghost Protocol
4. MI3
5. Rogue Nation
6. The Final Reckoning
7. Dead Reckoning
8. MI 2

Hmm idk. I think the last two may not be as good. Still good though

Fallout is probably one of the best action movies of the generation. And that’s after watching the latest movie. Still think fallout is the best of the series

I think the opposite. they had to digitally remove it in reshoots for Justice League. But the mustache was legit in Fallout

Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon filling that void left behind by my current GoTY The First Berserker: Khazan

My Non Fromsoftware Souls-like ranking:

1. The First Berserker Khazan
2. Lies of P
3. Nioh 2
4. The Surge 2
5. Salt and Sanctuary

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Imagine gathering every single ounce of your skill and patience and pouring it into Ozma the final boss in The First Berserker Khazan and you finally land the finishing blow… only for him to have a 3rd phase. A THREE PHASE BOSS!!!! This is diabolical

I know a leader of the Covenant of The High Council when I see one. This is obviously The Prophet of gluttony. Look at ID Software soft auditioning for a Halo game.

And in that way I feel E33 boils down to one specific action. Making the depth of combat feel artificial sometimes. I’m not saying E33 is bad a game. But i think when compared to the likes of persona and games like FF10. It doesn’t hold up to that sort of scrutiny

E33 def is inspired by a lot of what persona has done. And that’s why the combat is so stylistic and honestly good. While your build matters, the larger part of success in combat comes down to QTEs. You can get pass most any enemy regardless of your build so has long as you parry everything

Well the personas. You can capture a bunch of different personas which can then be mix and matched with others personas creating unique builds which translate into battle. 100% reliant on your build and approach to each combat scenario

As for not counting BG3 because of its combat mechanics. Would be like not putting E33 vs turn based combat because it has real time action mechanics.

I disagree. I think E33 does a lot of things well. But it’s moment to moment gameplay becomes pretty repetitive. I like the parry, dodge, jump mechanics but the combat relies way to heavily on those things. It’s a good game. I just don’t see the generational JRPG people keep talking about.

Not sure how you arrived at me not being glad people are enjoying that. But turn based RPGs have been very relevant in modern gaming. Octopath, BG3, persona, Like A Dragon, Dragon Quest, refantazio, Fire emblem, bravely default, shin megami, wasteland 3, divinity games, triangle strategy, pillars

It’s even weirder to me that people think expedition 33 is the best turn based game to have released in the last few years as if BG3 and Persona didn’t exist

Something that particularly annoys you.

Hey, so hello. Hi. I just wanna say that Claire Obscure Expedition 33 is… decent. It’s an okay game for sure. Narratively it packs a punch. Everything else is fine. But I’m glad everyone loves it so much.

It feels like companies are taking advantage of the fundamental misunderstanding of how tariffs work and using that to nickel and dime its consumers. And when consumers complain they throw their hands up and say “but the tariffs….”

I really am. I did the early access. I’m almost done with it.