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Disappointing but hardly surprising and I'm actually shocked it didn't end sooner. Not sure why Sony were beating a dead horse for so long and I actually fear for the entire Destiny future with so much damage done to the brand in recent years. The first and biggest mistake Bungie made was going independent. They were cocky little shitbags and got way too big for their boots leading up to, and after their departure from Activision. They wanted to go alone but they could not handle the tremendous operating costs required to sustain the live service and future content, not to mention the wage bill. 3 years they lasted before they went back to square one with Sony who completely overpaid for their acquisition. Sony then let them get on with it which was a huge mistake because they got way too comfortable unlike the pressure they were under at Activision to deliver worthwhile content and on time. Sony were ultimately losing about £50m a month even when new content dropped. This was supposed to be a 10 year project with a projected 3 games but it was almost dead in the water after half that. They should've moved to Destiny 3 development before the pandemic rather than string Destiny 2 out and I think Activision would've funded it had Bungie not been so arrogant and deluded of their previous success which was somewhat fortunate despite making two really polished and accessible titles. Marathon is pretty much dead in the water a couple of months after release and I don't know what's going to happen to the staff that are left. This is another almighty calamity from Sony that will be a costly as many of their other blunders in recent times. They just love burning 9-figures on very preventable things. I really enjoyed returning to Destiny 2 last year when I picked up a lot of legacy content for about £8. I managed to get an extra 50 hours out of it in that time which was one hell of a return especially as the content would've cost close to £100 new. I tried the new Edge of Fate expansion which was so bad, I quit the game for good and the next one wasn't much better from what I heard. Many of the key staff have long gone and the mismanagement, budgeting and general negative cloud has culminated into a disappointing conclusion. Cannot believe how badly this entire brand has been fumbled over the years but it all started with Bungie being delusional and taking everything for granted. Activision may be scumbags but when you are getting hundreds of millions thrown at you and living in comfort in what is an industry in turmoil, you shouldn't upset the applecart.

Hello, for some time now I've noticed slightly longer loading times on my end. (I don't have fiber optic internet). I can't say exactly when, but it started after February.

I was shocked at the speed of it, even considering the $750 Million dollar loss that Sony took in Q2 and Q3. That being said, the game has been dead for a long time. The higher ups just couldn't help themselves and kept humping that corpse into dust

Shit season but at least we're not Wet Spam. Let's see if the board pull their fingers out of their arses...

The FOMO was annoying and the sunsetting with promises to never bring the weapons back....only to bring them back and we all lost our god rolls. I do miss the gameplay every once in a while, it was great.

https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/d2_may_21_2026 I know I haven't played it in a long time and I miss the raids etc we did together as FG but it seems too many people left for them to keep working on it

People really shouldn't have to pay to play online. Although this is nothing to do with the game pass, this is an extremely outdated model from the 360 days. Most of the burden of content servers and services lie with the 3rd parties now so it's even more unjustifiable for Microsoft to charge a fee. Xbox Live back in the day was a unique and almost groundbreaking platform but now all features are standard and expected and it's free on every PC platform. Cloud gaming should not be costed into the game pass because that just blurs revenue and makes the majority of gamers feel like they are paying for something they don't use, will never use and ultimately don't want. it really should be a separate service altogether. Game Pass should retain its identity of a subscription service to a range of games for the best price possible. Sony may have convoluted their entire business with PS+, PS NOW and tiers within but Microsoft should be able to differentiate the models. Less than half of Xbox customers have used Cloud Gaming and I expect many of those did it just to try it once. Unless 50%+ are using it each month regularly, it should not be part of the Ultimate offering. Microsoft have spent years trying to blend their entire service to make it appear more popular. Sony are a shambles - they confused the hell out of everyone with their bloated tiers and were then charging people £40 to stream 10 year old games for 2 weeks which you could buy in the sale for £3. The trouble with the console industry is prices are rising and nobody can provide a true justification as to why. One does it and they all do it. Nintendo puts games up to £70 and everyone follows. Sony ups their consoles by 10% and then the rest follow and now Microsoft have set the pass standard so Sony will probably raise at some stage despite having no tangible offering or true justification.

I think you analysis is flawed. If you want to play on Xbox and you want to MP games it's going to cost you $9.99 (game pass essential). So the cost for Game pass ultimate is really and extra $13. Now ultimate gives you cloud gaming on top of stuff, is it worth it to people. Don't know but I have been able to play some of the games on Cloud without have an Xbox X or having a bunch of games on my HD. So the value is not just the games. The two bottom tiers on playstation are same price. the top one is cheaper at $18. So if you want to MP game on console that's the price you got to pay or you go PC

Thank you Phil, I would feel cheeky asking for Tempest as well after Tensei. I said in my reply that I will take my Rog on holiday now and when the kids are asleep, downtime of an evening I will boot up Tensei so thank you very much!

Crysis 3 (and 2 for that matter) are on another level, compared to the first one... at least as far as I'm concerned, so I might give the remaster a go. Tempest Rising is kind of a modern Red Alert but no, not personally tried it and probably won't, so still available. I'll send you the Steam code for Shin Megami Tensei V via WhatsApp, as FG messaging seems to be broken (FYI @GazzaGarratt) and won't let me enter any text ?!

I enjoyed Diablo 4 but I think we got drawn away to something else at the time. Those sorts of games are good in that you don't have to think too much just go around and bash things in and pick up stuff. Shin Megami Tensei V is something I have wanted for a while, it's like a more mature pokemon type game and honestly I tried the first Crysis game (Remastered) and I think it felt clunky and since then I have not played any of them. It does seem a decent month though. @phil bottle have you played Tempest Rising, is it any good? Reminds me a bit of the command and conquer games?

Yeah I used the Moguri Mod (I think that's what it's called) which uses some really impressive upscaling techniques. Total game-changer really and made the experience look exceptional!

Is this modded on pc? I keep meaning to take a look at the visual mods and see if I can set them up on my Ally. These look great.

Resident Evil Requiem

Return to Moria is a lot of fun, but I think it could be better with either patches or mods.

Ironically it's what we have found with the crew in recent days. Can see this being a natural progression. If the price drops on the current Forza on PS I might pick it up.

I'll probably grab this in the far future when it's £25. It's basically the same game once again but with a different backdrop. FH4 was where the series peaked but now it's a bit stagnant.

Just saw that it's £790 for a PS5 Pro from Argos. Absolutely disgusting really. I could probably sell my old PS5 standard for more than I paid for it back in 2021. This is also the end of the generation and the prices are still going up. Doesn't make sense. These machines shouldn't cost more than £350 for what's under the hood and how powerful they are.

Smart move from Microsoft to fool consumers once more. Even though the pass is $7 cheaper now, it's still $7 more expensive than it was several months prior. Removing Call of Duty will see them getting paid massively at retail once again, so any freeloaders who choose not to renew the pass even at the cheaper rate, Microsoft will still rake the money in from unit sales of the game which will comfortably exceed any lost revenue at the original pass increase rate. Arguably $23 a month without a flagship title like Call of Duty is an outrageous rip-off in itself. The only consolation is that the games on the pass, particularly the indie games may actually get to make a better share of income without COD absorbing it all. Some indie titles were probably lucky to walk away with 30 cents an install on products that would cost £20 at retail.

Once or twice a year the offering is dire and I don't get it but otherwise I pick it up every month. DIABLO 4 and the Crysis 3 remaster may tempt me again this month. From recent months I have a few keys spare, so if anyone fancies any of the following, they're yours: Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria Zero Hour Tempest Rising Chants of Sennaar

The May lineup looks interesting. I am not 100% sure on Diablo 4 though. Anything stand out this month in that bundle to make it worth getting?

I'm off to Crete for a week tomoz, will hop on when I get back.

there needs to be more padding on the walls for him

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