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[Kvally]

I buy all ms games with early access, sometime I don't play they months after release, but still, showing my support.

Stop having fun.

 

[Pop]

Microsoft is desperate. There's no need for a game like this to have a 5 day early "access"

Gamepass destroys sales

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Game could be super awesome, or could be super bad. Like any game.

could be. But I don't think they'd give you this kind of early access incentive if they were expecting a stellar critical reception.

BTW they did the exact same thing with Starfield. 5 days early access if you preordered…. and the early access period began a whopping 8 hours after the review embargo.

 

[Kvally]

could be. But I don't think they'd give you this kind of early access incentive if they were expecting a stellar critical reception.

BTW they did the exact same thing with Starfield. 5 days early access if you preordered…. and the early access period began a whopping 8 hours after the review embargo.

Ok.

 

[Alan Wake]

Includes a download code I presume?

 

[Ozriel]

Why do you think? Because some gamers might be dissuaded by the reviews.

Reviews typically come out just ahead of the early access launch, so nobody's going in blind.

BTW after Outer Worlds, I wouldn't be surprised if there was some woke shit in this game, and they want to sell as many copies as they can before all the embarrassing YouTube videos start coming out.

If that were the case, they wouldn't have an early access period.

 

[Havoc2049]

A physical RPG release with a map! I'm in!

 

[Kataploom]

As long as it works well instead of doing what Ubi did with a game recently (broken for early access, fixed on day 1 lol) I don't have a problem for charging premium for some days of early access, I think it's way better than increasing prices of all games for everyone

 

[pasterpl]

could be. But I don't think they'd give you this kind of early access incentive if they were expecting a stellar critical reception.

BTW they did the exact same thing with Starfield. 5 days early access if you preordered…. and the early access period began a whopping 8 hours after the review embargo.

Yes, that's s]why they did it for forza horizon 5

 

[ExtendEmbraceExtinguish]

More like "please buy it before the reviews come out!"

That would apply to all games. No core gamer purchases a game before reviews.

Personally I will be watching streamers opinion for the following story/characters/gameplay loop & options tied to rpg skills/builds.

 

[damidu]

pay to alpha test, edition 13
microsoft should be the last company to try this nickel and diming, with their broken releases from last year. lol

 

[ExtendEmbraceExtinguish]

Microsoft is desperate. There's no need for a game like this to have a 5 day early "access"

Gamepass destroys sales

lol.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

I hate how Xbox made this practice popular, charging people's FOMO to get a game on the real release date.
But not exactly shocked when they're the ones that made paying to play online popular too.

Eventually I bet every game starts pushing their release dates back a week internally just to do this crap.

 

[ResilientBanana]

A new trailer also dropped

This trailer piqued my interest. Might be a game I subscribe to gamepass for to give it a try.

 

[adamsapple]

A new trailer also dropped

Man, wish this was coming in Jan, not Feb. It's releasing in the middle of arguably the most packed week for releases in years.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

The blueish-green dude does look like the Concord guy found a new gig. ha!

 

[StereoVsn]

People are complaining about this game without playing it. The funny thing will be if it has no competition for its genre for its release year, then the oblivion remake in 26, with the outer worlds 2 in 27 creating our moronic loop of arguments between them.

You forgot about Veilguard. It hasn't achieved its greatness yet due to extraneous events and will start rising again next year. Avowed is doomed.

 

[StereoVsn]

That's harsh. I miss the dark fantasy vibe of the first trailer but I'm still intrigued purely because Obsidian. The Outer Worlds was lame but they still have talent there.

They already indicated this is going to be Outer Worlds sized endeavor. Gameplay looked meh. This is "modern studio" in modern Microsoft so you can absolutely expect some "HR in the room" writing.

I hope I am wrong and eat some crow because I absolutely loved some of the obsidian's earlier games. Doubt it though.

 

[Shake Your Rump]

Meanwhile, Ubisoft has removed early access from Assassin's Creed (as well as the season pass). Are Microsoft the baddies now?

could be. But I don't think they'd give you this kind of early access incentive if they were expecting a stellar critical reception.

BTW they did the exact same thing with Starfield. 5 days early access if you preordered…. and the early access period began a whopping 8 hours after the review embargo.

It was even more nefarious with Starfield. It required buying the deluxe edition, which was essentially paying for the DLC a year before its release, without knowing absolutely anything about the DLC or its contents.

A physical RPG release with a map! I'm in!

I just checked what the physical release entails. It is a massive $169.99 here in Canada, and doesn't even include a disc, just a download code. It's just the digital deluxe edition but with a steelcase and map. The artbook and such are digital. I literally LOL'd.

 

[Mayar]

It would have been a first day purchase for me, now I'll probably wait a week for all the reviews.

 

[rkofan87]

i will play it on ps5 x box is dead.

 

[TintoConCasera]

I'm not near hyped enough to consider this as a day 1 game, much less paying extra for beta testing.

Here's hoping the game's at least decent, could be a comfy RPG with nice exploration. Hope the writting's better than Outer Worlds.

 

[Evil Calvin]

How does the 5 day early access work if you get it physically (Amazon)?

 

[sendit]

 

[bender]

How does the 5 day early access work if you get it physically (Amazon)?

The game releases on the 18th and the physical version (which contains a download code for the software) releases on the 13th.

 

[Gambit2483]

Includes a download code I presume?

Code-in-a-box, yes.

Physical is basically dead on Xbox.

 

[sainraja]

Not sure if mentioned but you can also buy this game via Battle.net, similar to COD games.

 

[Facism]

Pay extra to play it on release or have an artificial 5 day delay. Incredible value.

 

[MiguelItUp]

I'm really over the whole early access thing. It's just so lazy.

 

[DavidGzz]

So I think it will be good but the animations look bad. I mean, they capped off the trailer with a foot going straight through that dude like it was a light sabre. I'll watch some streams. Hopefully get some impressions on the 3rd person mode while I wait for the Game Pass launch.

 

[Alan Wake]

Code-in-a-box, yes.

Physical is basically dead on Xbox.

Yeah. But it's particularly silly when they don't even include a disc in special editions. Like the Indiana Jones CE - you get physical stuff including a steelbook. But no disc to put in the steelbook.

 

[Black_Stride]

I hate how Xbox made this practice popular, charging people's FOMO to get a game on the real release date.
But not exactly shocked when they're the ones that made paying to play online popular too.

Eventually I bet every game starts pushing their release dates back a week internally just to do this crap.

Wasnt EA who made this practice popular.
The few days of early access was a legit advantage in their games, I dont really get it in single player games.

Hell i think I remember even EA Access now known as EA Play would get you early access.

 

[adamsapple]

Wasnt EA who made this practice popular.
The few days of early access was a legit advantage in their games, I dont really get it in single player games.

Hell i think I remember even EA Access now known as EA Play would get you early access.

Correct. ME: Andromeda and BF 2042 were the first big releases that popularized it.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

I buy all ms games with early access, sometime I don't play they months after release, but still, showing my support.

Yup, because MS really need all the financial support they can get, right?...

 

[Mayar]

Yup, because MS really need all the financial support they can get, right?...

You don't understand, we have to support the idiotic initiatives of poor multi-billion dollar corporations, because if not us then who else...

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Wasnt EA who made this practice popular.
The few days of early access was a legit advantage in their games, I dont really get it in single player games.

Hell i think I remember even EA Access now known as EA Play would get you early access.

I don't pay attention to EA games, so I guess you're right, but it's usually when a platform holder makes it popular the others follow suit.

 

[TVexperto]

Ill get the 100 day late access edition for 10 bucks

 

[Utherellus]

The fact that pirates will play cracked game for free, 5 days earlier than owners of 70$ Standard edition, is crazy to me.

 

[Black_Stride]

I don't pay attention to EA games, so I guess you're right, but it's usually when a platform holder makes it popular the others follow suit.

EA, Ubi and Pre-MS Activision were doing this way before MS was doing this.
Wasnt it like Forza Horizon 4 that had 4 days early access that was first from MS.

If all the big publishers were already doing it who was following who?

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

EA, Ubi and Pre-MS Activision were doing this way before MS was doing this.
Wasnt it like Forza Horizon 4 that had 4 days early access that was first from MS.

If all the big publishers were already doing it who was following who?

MS wasn't first to charge to play online either but the other platform holders followed suit after them.

 

[Black_Stride]

MS wasn't first to charge to play online either but the other platform holders followed suit after them.

Whats that got to do with publishers already giving early access to titles and you falsely blaming MS for popularizing it when it was already popular and being done by all the big publishers. (we dont talk about Nintendo)

 

[Laptop1991]

I'll be waiting until after the game is out to see what it's like so no early access or deluxe version for me.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Whats that got to do with publishers already giving early access to titles and you falsely blaming MS for popularizing it when it was already popular and being done by all the big publishers. (we dont talk about Nintendo)

I hold platform holders to higher standards since they are the ones that have us by the balls. I'm including Nintendo in this.

 

[Little Chicken]

Who cares if a game has paid early access? Either get it or don't, either way shut up

 

[Ceadeus]

This trailer piqued my interest. Might be a game I subscribe to gamepass for to give it a try.

It looks nice, the aesthetic reminds me a bit of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands

 

[Deleted member 848825]

Is this one still confirmed as 30fps only on XSX? Any news on HDR?

 

[ResilientBanana]

I didn't realize this game was also 3rd person.

 

[Complistic]

Game kinda looks like an RPG that exists within the Concord universe.

I'm sure that'll help it.

 

[GymWolf]

I dont know man Skyrim with good combat sounds like a pretty good deal to me.

Hopefully we also get to make even more extreme godlikes than we have already seen.

Didn't they say the scope is more like their previous game than skyrim?

The negative narrative with this game has been that any info about it is about things that you can't do compared to other bigger\ambitious rpg so people have been pretty jaded with it, they tried their best to make feel the game like a "small" project more than something super ambitious.

 

[StereoVsn]

Ill get the 100 day late access edition for 10 bucks

That's the way to go, that's for sure. Ge the game patched, make sure you get reviews and info for more than first few hours and get it on sale.