Luseth

They are blaming the tarriff's, but they are made predominantly in China aren't they? So I get the arguement then for raising prices in the US but not elsewhere. I suspect this is more that they are not making as much money from the consoles as they had hoped, they don't seem to understand that it is solely their fault.
 
I mean everyone enjoys an era where games are more open and available on all consoles but the only first party stuff Microsoft has made since the launch of these consoles is flight simulator & Gears of war remastered remastered for a second time. There is no reason in today's world to buy an xbox console as far as I can see, to sell a product it still need's to have something that makes it stand out from competitors and they just don't have that.
 
They have completely bottle this era, I mean Sony have not done a good job but Microsoft just blew them out of the water.

You joke about it and whether or not it is another topic of conversation but I suspect we will see it go round full circle. Digital is great and conveniant and has been for some time however as prices of all these subscriptions increase and mount up they won't hold their appeal forever.
 
We are seeing it now with people returning to vinyl with music again, people also like to own things.

You joke about it and whether or not it is another topic of conversation but I suspect we will see it go round full circle. Digital is great and conveniant and has been for some time however as prices of all these subscriptions increase and mount up they won't hold their appeal forever.
 
We are seeing it now with people returning to vinyl with music again, people also like to own things.

The great physical revolution returns!! YARRRRRRR! 🤣

I have nosed at game pass recently there are a few games on there I could quite happily play and may still pick up (not ultimate mind). That said you can see that there must be issues behind the scenes financially with everything they produce at the moment going up and up in price, I do think that with some of their recent acquisitions they must not have made anywhere near the amount of money they needed to, to justify the purchases.
 
That said if Sony keep their subscription as is I can see it really pushing Microsoft's Xbox side of things further down the crapper.

If you do please keep me updated, I want to buy it but have Fifa and Battlefield as purchases soon so I can probably afford another biggish game at a push so will take a bit longer seeing what reviews are like on things before picking one (or maybe pick up a new retro title).

That worked out well for that other company didn't it....

The first football manager video game came out in the early 80s on ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 and was recently re-made for mobile.... and completely under my radar was also released on Steam last month.
 
I played it when I was 10 years old 😍
 
It costs £4.99 and I've bought it to play on SteamDeck.
 
Expecting nostalgia to take over when I try it out in a bit. I loved the original, so let's see if I can take York City back to the 1st Division 🫠
 
 

Try tainted Grail Fall of Avalon 🙂 I am going to put a thread up about it at some point but think Elder Scrolls but darker and more gritter, more dark fantasy esque.

It does look good albeit I have kept my expectations in check just because of everything that has gone on with it, between that and Battlefield maybe I am just getting old 😄
 
 

Missed the first weekend but made up for it the second weekend.  Stats aren’t too shabby either.

It does look good albeit I have kept my expectations in check just because of everything that has gone on with it, between that and Battlefield maybe I am just getting old 😄
 
 

The original is an all time classic, and old as hell.
 
I'm going to watch Cohh's preview videos on it and hope to myself they have made a great sequel.
 
It's had a lengthy and complicated development though, which often leads to disappointment, so we'll see...
 
Due out end 21 October I believe.
 
 

2 too many Joshes now and that makes to many Joshes if you ask me....
 
Anyway long time no speak Josh 😛

That worked out well for that other company didn't it....

I think assault is the worst class if I am being honest so with the others -
 
Engineer, can destroy vehicles with RPG's and the mine, I think the mine is crap though and far too big so easy to spot.
Recon is great for the respawn point, however frustratingly every time you place it in, your squad can spawn on it but as soon as you do it breaks and you need to put it back down.
 
 
Sorry I missed this before I went away, tanks as with I think every battlefield they have weak points. Get them just right and you do a lot more than 25 damage, I know one of the tanks if you hit it in a certain place to the rear you, the turret rings and tracks usually do additional damage too I think. If you hit the armour then yeah it does 25 damage.
 
I had another go yesterday with 2 of my battlefield guy's and enjoyed it, I am on the fence about buying it right away as mentioned before and it's mainly because of being burned by the last game. Squad play as ever does work, I think my more recent cons -
 
- Snipers are overpowered and on some maps it becomes unplayable as now cover can be blown to bits it makes it difficult to move from cover to cover.
-  I do prefer guns to be locked to classes
- The issue with 4 man squads. I think when portal is launched with the game (assuming it is) we can probably get round it by all selecting to join a server by searching them rather than jumping into official servers.
 

That worked out well for that other company didn't it....

You finally made it Josh! YAY!
 
Glad you've become a part of the furniture or so to speak. I'm sure Matt @Luseth is delighted to have his brother here to annoy the crap out of each other. Welcome, officially, to FG mate. Hope to see your thoughts on the BF6 beta if you get chance for a few more games this weekend.
 
 
Nah, thats US Josh @igotmollywhopped now iJoshimiro on PSN 😄

Actually not new here but I’ve never really introduced myself, my names Josh nice to meet you all! 
 
i play mainly with the lads on FC on a Monday night 😁

I think I did pretty good for 2 games 🤷🏽‍♂️

I did decent stats wise, you can tell this game is still very much my home when it comes to shooters, could not do this on COd. however I also notice that scores are not in the summary this time around which always used to be the focus to encourage more team play and such.
 
 

Looks like EA sending some emails linked to your progress. Here's mine from last weekend. I'll try and get on this weekend before my hols 😄
 

Battlefield trailers are always 'carnage' but the series at its core is a grand FPS with tactical elements. There is no semblance of this in the game - it's just overly-chaotic action on very small maps where flags change hands easily and territory doesn't matter because you can be easily swarmed left, right and centre. They've appealed to the Call of Duty players at the expense of Battlefield's core values and have concocted this middle-ground type of game and I'm just not sure about it. The bigger maps will probably play better like Operation Firestorm but the ones we have in the beta are just too small, chokepoint-laden and offer absolutely no tactical flexibility or POI. 

Good month really, lot's of new players for Day Z is always good and Lies of P looked really interesting when it came out, I feel like this is them jumping on the Clair Obscure bandwagon as I have a feeling the setting & atmosphere is similar.

I am glad someone feel's this way, it was madness, you spawn in, you are in combat within a couple of seconds and fighting for your life. That's fine in the sense it is quick and you are straight into action but that's not entirely battlefield, Battlefield has always been a game you have been able to influence and turn the tide by getting a great flank or creaping behind enemy lines to capture a base to the rear.
 
The games of Conquest I played and the points were constantly changing and it was a little disorienting.
 
The game is better than the last one and I could see me playing this but more because I prefer this over COD, that's not to say COD is bad or anything and I played it with FG socially really but for a long time it has not been a series for me.