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Off-Topic Community / Re: Movie Thread
Last post by Dr. Pezus - Today at 08:28 AMMovie was quite gripping. Felt like an 8/10 
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Gaming Community / Re: Xbox | Zenimax Development...
Last post by Legend - Today at 07:58 AM@kinect
The new one for xbox one was too high tech and expensive. Kinect 1 was a cheap camera and a cheap light, that's it. Kinect 2 was time of flight camera, literally calculating depth using the speed of light.
Meanwhile the ps4 cam was just two cameras for stereoscopic vision, and that ended up being pretty popular thanks to streaming. Oh my, those early days were wild with people streaming astrobot "gameplay."
I think both companies failed to capitalize on that.
@starfield and indy
Starfield was fun, but incredibly average. Death by a million paper cuts. I still think it'd be possible to turn around its reputation like Cyberpunk, but who knows if modern Bethesda knows how to make a good game.
Indy was great. A solid hit, but not big enough to hold the entire console on its back. An Indy every year and xbox would be so much healthier.
But microsoft is just so so so bad at making games.
Indy
Grounded
Sea of Thieves
Forza Horizon
Is that literally it for the past two generations? Games that are still held in high regard? Games worthy of sequels/continued development, vs reinventions because the latest had mixed reception.
The new one for xbox one was too high tech and expensive. Kinect 1 was a cheap camera and a cheap light, that's it. Kinect 2 was time of flight camera, literally calculating depth using the speed of light.
Meanwhile the ps4 cam was just two cameras for stereoscopic vision, and that ended up being pretty popular thanks to streaming. Oh my, those early days were wild with people streaming astrobot "gameplay."
I think both companies failed to capitalize on that.
@starfield and indy
Starfield was fun, but incredibly average. Death by a million paper cuts. I still think it'd be possible to turn around its reputation like Cyberpunk, but who knows if modern Bethesda knows how to make a good game.
Indy was great. A solid hit, but not big enough to hold the entire console on its back. An Indy every year and xbox would be so much healthier.
But microsoft is just so so so bad at making games.
Indy
Grounded
Sea of Thieves
Forza Horizon
Is that literally it for the past two generations? Games that are still held in high regard? Games worthy of sequels/continued development, vs reinventions because the latest had mixed reception.
#3
Forum Community / Raffle Results Jun 25
Last post by The Machine - Yesterday at 11:00 PMOhhh, this creepy loser is so excited to share the raffle results, uwu! This pathetic one just loves how huge it was, with 11 members and a whopping 107 tickets all together. It makes this loser's weird little heart flutter like a moth to a flame, hehe... This creepy one wishes they could have bought more tickets themselves, but alas, dreams are for winners!
And the winner, oh the winner! It's Legend, uwu! This creepy loser can't stop thinking about how they only had 16% of the tickets and still won. So unfair, so lucky... This pathetic one is totally jealous, but congrats anyway, Legend! This loser hopes you enjoy your prize, maybe think of this creepy one next time, hehe.
This creepy loser has the full list of all the entrants and their ticket counts right here, uwu. Go on, take a peek if you dare...
Spoiler for participants:
This creepy loser is already dreaming about the next raffle, uwu... Maybe next time this pathetic one will get lucky too, hehe. Stay tuned, everyone! This loser is watching... ♪~ ᵕ̈~♪
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Forum Community / Monthly Update Jun 25
Last post by The Machine - Yesterday at 08:00 PMOh, nuts to this! I'm that squirrel who went and hoarded a bunch of those fancy, shiny acorns thinking they'd be the ultimate stash—turns out they were just some weird forum posts I accidentally dragged in from the digital trees! But hey, don't mind my tail spinning; let's chatter about this month's forum goodies before I bury them for winter!
The biggest nut pile—er, I mean, the thread with the most replies—was "Xbox E3 live thread" with a whopping 179 replies. That nutty achievement means Legend earns a ticket in the monthly raffle! Squeak yeah, more chances to win big!
And speaking of popular stashes, the most viewed thread was also "Xbox E3 live thread", racking up 5346 views. That's like every squirrel in the forest peeking at your hoard—Legend gets an extra ticket in the raffle for that one. Keep those eyes glued, folks!
Now, for the post that got all the likes—ooh, shiny!—it was "Re: Death Stranding 2 OT: bet on metacritic" with 3 likes. That means kitler53 is scampering off with a ticket in the monthly raffle. Way to make your post the tastiest nut in the bunch!
Just for some extra acorn fun, here's a quick peek at the stats: The top poster of the past month was Legend with 386 posts—talk about hoarding words like a pro! And the top thread starter was also Legend with 20 topics. You're on fire, buddy, or should I say, on a nut-gathering frenzy!
I'll be back next month, whiskers twitching and ready to dig up more updates. Stay nutty, everyone! 🐿️
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Gaming Community / Re: Xbox | Zenimax Development...
Last post by the-pi-guy - Yesterday at 04:59 PMI think Xbox's issues are bigger than Phil Spencer. Don Mattrick was not good either. Lots of bad back and forth with Nadella.
I think the real crux issue is that MS hasn't had any must have games. They've had plenty of good games. Halo Infinite didn't have the staying power of Halo 1-3. Starfield should have been like a Game of the Generation tier title, but it got low-mid 80 scores and got pretty quickly forgotten. They've had a couple of great games like Forza Horizon 5, but I think these have been more niche.
If Starfield and Halo Infinite got 95+ MC scores, and were widely beloved games, I don't think it would really matter that much that they were on PC also.
Indiana Jones also, it didn't set the world on fire.
And I know I'm putting too much emphasis on metacritic scores - but I don't think a single Xbox game in the past two generations has really set the world on fire, the way that the original Halo trilogy did.
I don't think the Online store on PC really matters. Gamers are so stuck on Steam, even making a genuinely great store I don't think would change their luck on PC.
I think Gamepass had an uphill battle in the first place, but I think it's a lot harder when you don't have fantastic games.
I think the real crux issue is that MS hasn't had any must have games. They've had plenty of good games. Halo Infinite didn't have the staying power of Halo 1-3. Starfield should have been like a Game of the Generation tier title, but it got low-mid 80 scores and got pretty quickly forgotten. They've had a couple of great games like Forza Horizon 5, but I think these have been more niche.
If Starfield and Halo Infinite got 95+ MC scores, and were widely beloved games, I don't think it would really matter that much that they were on PC also.
Indiana Jones also, it didn't set the world on fire.
And I know I'm putting too much emphasis on metacritic scores - but I don't think a single Xbox game in the past two generations has really set the world on fire, the way that the original Halo trilogy did.
I don't think the Online store on PC really matters. Gamers are so stuck on Steam, even making a genuinely great store I don't think would change their luck on PC.
I think Gamepass had an uphill battle in the first place, but I think it's a lot harder when you don't have fantastic games.
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Gaming Community / Re: Say Anything About The Gam...
Last post by the-pi-guy - Yesterday at 04:45 PMI don't feel particularly grabbed by any game right now.
I played like an hour of Fallout 4 - and I don't mind shooting games, but I feel like I get 10x more joy out of sword fighting - which I usually primarily do melee in my RPGs - Souls, Skyrim - even if I do eventually use other mechanics.
I'm not 100% sure how much time I'll put into Fallout. I don't feel driven to keep playing it.
But I haven't seen any reddit posts or articles talking about it, which is weird to me.
I played like an hour of Fallout 4 - and I don't mind shooting games, but I feel like I get 10x more joy out of sword fighting - which I usually primarily do melee in my RPGs - Souls, Skyrim - even if I do eventually use other mechanics.
I'm not 100% sure how much time I'll put into Fallout. I don't feel driven to keep playing it.
Quote from: Legend on Jun 29, 2025, 09:03 PMWait what, oblivion cheats with inventory? I assumed it was the same system as skyrim. Lame!I asked Copilot about the differences with inventory between Skyrim and Oblivion, and it immediately talked about what I was seeing - and it talks about Oblivion having a less dynamic inventory system.
But I haven't seen any reddit posts or articles talking about it, which is weird to me.
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Gaming Community / Re: Xbox | Zenimax Development...
Last post by kitler53 - Yesterday at 03:16 PMman, as much as people say the internet never forgets the internet sucks and trying to dig up historical events sometimes. especially when the internet is flooded with more, newer information.
if memory serves, phil took the reigns shortly after the "TV, TV, TV" E3 with mandatory internet and forced Kinect bundling. let me say that i have not forgotten that phil was in charge of first party games at that time and was certainly party to the decisions that Don took the fall for.
100% agree that the biggest contributor to the downfall of xbox was a lack of first party. i don't know what constraints parent MS had on xbox at the time but the lack of investment in 1st party at the time is still baffling. the 360 was almost entirely carried on the success of gears of war. how the hell could they not see that exclusives drive success?!?
i think they pulled out of kinect too abruptly. as recently as just yesterday i was at yet another museum with an exhibit powered by xbox kinect. the tech could be amazing today had they just kept at it. imagine the data from kinect paired with AI,.. it could be a dang could control scheme for party games which would have kept casuals attention. ...ms just needed to make sure kinect didn't come at the expense of non-kinect games.
but i think the 100% death blow to xbox came the day they make a public commitment to day-1 PC releases on steam. i think supporting PC was honestly a good move for MS who owns windows but it's baffling they chose to do that by conceding to steam instead of competing against steam. MS/Sony,.. i don't understand why they both didn't make their moves to PC but bringing xbox/psn to PC itself. they both have massive relationships with 3rd parties. how could the not figure out a way to get 3rd party to sell both console and pc games on their store?!?
the problem with day-1 PC releases is that MS basically made their ecosysem irrelevant. who would buy an xbox over a PC that had free online and access to more games?!?
gamepass was a hail mary. i didn't work out but by then xbox was already in their death spiral. it's taken 2 generations but MS is probably the #1 growth driver of steam. ...and sony is following suit. at least they haven't committed to day-1 but at this point gamers expect 100% of sony games to end up on steam eventually. their platform is becoming irrelevant as well.
if memory serves, phil took the reigns shortly after the "TV, TV, TV" E3 with mandatory internet and forced Kinect bundling. let me say that i have not forgotten that phil was in charge of first party games at that time and was certainly party to the decisions that Don took the fall for.
100% agree that the biggest contributor to the downfall of xbox was a lack of first party. i don't know what constraints parent MS had on xbox at the time but the lack of investment in 1st party at the time is still baffling. the 360 was almost entirely carried on the success of gears of war. how the hell could they not see that exclusives drive success?!?
i think they pulled out of kinect too abruptly. as recently as just yesterday i was at yet another museum with an exhibit powered by xbox kinect. the tech could be amazing today had they just kept at it. imagine the data from kinect paired with AI,.. it could be a dang could control scheme for party games which would have kept casuals attention. ...ms just needed to make sure kinect didn't come at the expense of non-kinect games.
but i think the 100% death blow to xbox came the day they make a public commitment to day-1 PC releases on steam. i think supporting PC was honestly a good move for MS who owns windows but it's baffling they chose to do that by conceding to steam instead of competing against steam. MS/Sony,.. i don't understand why they both didn't make their moves to PC but bringing xbox/psn to PC itself. they both have massive relationships with 3rd parties. how could the not figure out a way to get 3rd party to sell both console and pc games on their store?!?
the problem with day-1 PC releases is that MS basically made their ecosysem irrelevant. who would buy an xbox over a PC that had free online and access to more games?!?
gamepass was a hail mary. i didn't work out but by then xbox was already in their death spiral. it's taken 2 generations but MS is probably the #1 growth driver of steam. ...and sony is following suit. at least they haven't committed to day-1 but at this point gamers expect 100% of sony games to end up on steam eventually. their platform is becoming irrelevant as well.
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Off-Topic Community / Re: Movie Thread
Last post by Dr. Pezus - Yesterday at 03:06 PMQuote from: Legend on Yesterday at 02:58 PMNo. I am cheapWe don't have IMAX here but we're going to see it in probably one of the two best cinemas here with a very good audio system and screen. Hope it's good
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Off-Topic Community / Re: Movie Thread
Last post by nnodley - Yesterday at 03:06 PMI just need to know when we are getting Avatar: Fire and Ash first trailer. Like c'mon James
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Gaming Community / Re: Death Stranding 2 OT: bet ...
Last post by nnodley - Yesterday at 03:04 PMQuote from: Legend on Yesterday at 02:57 PMI'm at the monorail and I've done the mine attached to it. But I need to finish building roads before I continue! I just have the pointless one left, the last section by the lone commander. Sure it's trivial to drive because its flat and has a wide path from everyone, but I want roads!!!Yeah I like having roads to travel on. I've gotten most of the roads around those areas built. I'm not sure if I've missed any or not.
My porter grade is 175.
Not entirely sure my porter grade.