FireBurger

This is why we can't have nice things...

Seriously, though, it's not so bad I think. Take Maia for example. If his game has a 46% on Steam right now (and we assume Steam has removed all "free-key" reviews, i.e. keys purchased at $5 through the Kickstarter), then 54% of the people who paid $25 for that game did not think it was worth their money. That is something I would want to know when looking at the game on Steam. The game is not $5 on Steam, it is $25. So the fact that someone who paid $5, or possibly nothing, loves the game means nothing to me.

The solution? Don't sell a pre-release game for more than it's worth. Or, when you do, don't be shocked when people don't like it.

@bigsocrates: Hmm, that's what I thought too, until my brother had the issues logging in / showing up on my in-game friends list, despite showing up on my system friends list.

@ccffbb: Thanks to you both for the responses. Unfortunately, we no longer have any 360s around. The game does appear to be BC, though it may not be on that list.

Source: https://gearsofwar.com/en-ca/games/gears-of-war-ultimate-edition/backwards-compatibility

I was able to boot it up and mess around in Survival (or whatever they call it) and also download Gears 1 with an included code. The issue just seems to be with my brother logging in / showing up on my "360" friends list.

Hi all,

My brother and I bought GeoW: Judgement to play co-op together on Xbox One. When I log in on XB1, I also log in on 360 since I have the same gamertag.

However, my brother changed gamertags between consoles. GeoW says it won't save any progress unless he signs into a 360 profile. He input the information, but it said recovery was currently unavailable.

In the game, it tells me I have no friends online (even though my brother is online with his XB1 profile), so I assume you NEED a 360 profile to play 360 games online?

If so, does that profile still have to be Gold?

Thanks for any help!

@iggypoptart: A public discussion about issues (whether you agree with them or not) is valuable. If the consensus were that an issue exists, it would actually be more beneficial to the crew to hear it from more than a single source.

@jec03: If you want to be taken seriously, take the time to edit and write clearly; just a tip. Also, I'm not seeing the connection between Call of Duty 4 and missing shadows in F.E.A.R. 2...

I agree that I dislike the general direction the genre has headed in the last decade, but holding COD4 solely (or even mostly) responsible is silly. Let's not forget that the plethora of sequels and knock-offs only occurred because COD4 was a great game. Unfortunately, it's been a snowball effect for many years where every iteration has to be bigger, louder, and more explodier than the last. I think we are overdue for a wraparound back to simple, humble mechanics and stories. Here's hoping.

@mike: It's a matter of expectations. We expect a car to come fully featured. Why don't we expect a game to? If games had been in arcades and sold since the 1970s complete and then all of the sudden in 2015 had features locked away, it too would seem ridiculous.

I understand some people simply enjoy the thrill of unlocking things -- and if you read the whole blog you'd see I don't say they're wrong; it's a matter of priorities, and that's the discussion I want to have and get opinions on.

In fact, I'd be interested to hear Austin's views, seeing as he is writing on the "gamification" of things beyond games. Part of that exact issue could be taking things we expect to work or function in a certain way, and gating that behind "achievements" or "unlocks". Expectations are not set in stone.

Watch it on a phone or tablet. Don't risk losing your job for something stupid. I've accidentally gone to sites considered "Weapons" and "Pornography", but thankfully never got a talking to.

@amrith bachen: Did some looking and the best I can do is Rage Racer or a GT game, though I doubt either of those is it.

I had a similar issue on Xbox. In dialog, the characters would stare at each other in silence and then the dialog options would just appear with no context (made worse by the horrible abbreviations used for those options in the first place).