Not sure, have liked quite a few and the genre is pretty broad, but damn did I enjoy Ford v. Ferrari (2019). That history is so fascinating and the movie was very well written and acted.
Forza Horizon 4 was and still is brilliant imo; by far my fav Horizon. Loved Forza Motorsport 2, 3, 6, and 7. Loved all the PGR games, but 2-4 the most. Played a lot of the McRae rally games back in the day and really liked them all. Enjoyed Dirt 1 and 2, 3 and 4 much less. Not a fan of the real arcadey racing style games myself though.
Yep, and it's happened so many times, it's too hard to remember them all. And I'm thinking about more than stunning visuals(hello Forza Horizon 4 in 4K/HDR). Three though that came to mind quickly:
1. Playing Halo CE for the first time, and multiple times on the entire first playthrough. It was like my 3rd videogame I had ever played so it was extra mind blowing.
2. Last of Us hit me really hard. I found myself astonished at how much I cared for the two main characters and how desperately I wanted them to make it. I'd never experienced such insistent powerful emotions before playing a game.
3. Pretty much the entire ME series. The dialogue, companion missions, and hefty decisions like who to save at the end of ME1 especially. I fell in love with so many of the characters; remember Mordin? I do. Those games got me to invest in their stories full force...I said wow many, many times through all three games.
@cupofdoom: I prefer to envision a different future for Obsidian and InXile where the two studios collaborate to make Fall Out New Vegas 2, while not being entangled with Bethesda in any way. Oh and on a much better, modern open world game engine free from the pathetic excuses, jank, and bugs that Bethesda has coughed up for years.
It's actually plausable I think and if it could really be a thing, it would cause a ton of anticipation and hype.
This game looks absolutely amazing. We need a Drew and Vinny classic long look or, even better, an episodic series with flyovers over world famous landmarks and locations every week.
I think it's accurate to say some games on there are "fleeting," and the warning for games coming off I don't think counts as "tons of heads up." Haven't payed close enough attention to throw an example off the top of my head, but I vaguely recall at least some games only being on the service for ~2-3 months, with only ~1 week notice before they were pulled.
On the other hand... all 1st party Microsoft stuff is there to stay. That's where I see the value, even though I tend to only dig into one or two Microsoft games a year.
there's a giant banner on the front of the Xbox app where they always will put up one for stuff leaving and a whole seperate tab for it... not sure what else you want man. It's clear. And fleeting is not accurate.
Would love to see something to back up a claim of 1 week on the app.
No you're right Toughshed. "Fletting" is just plain erroneous. Games stay for a long time. Been on the Pass since it launched, and this has been my experience throughout, and I look at the line-up all the time.
Alex trucking and Vinny XCOM-ing are especially good. And those two together playing anything really is always delightful. I do like Jan and his Pokémon battles even though I haven't, and never will play Pokémon...something fascinating about that stuff...very curious.
This idea that BL3 is a"tens game" is a crock. BL3 was modernized a lot from its predecessors; in every technical way it's leaps and bounds better than 2 was. All four characters are distinct, balanced, and very fun to play w/many build and playstyle options. This was not the case in BL2.
The story is the weak spot, and not to excuse it, but people generally don't play a Borderlands game for story anyway. The end game has quite a few different and fun things to do solo or co-op, with all the trials, arenas, and the latest Maliwan raid w/another raid due soon. There have been two seasonal events already. The first DLC was a good length and very solid while adding some really fun weapons and class mods, and another DLC is right around the corner.
The game has gone through quite a few fixes and patches, all for the betterment of the game in terms of polish and qol changes. Some of their weapon and build nerfs got some heat early on, but now they are instead periodically buffing(some hugely)quite a few of the lackluster weapons keeping the quest for better weapons and builds fresh. It's more Borderlands for sure, but it's more of a much better Borderlands experience overall.
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