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[BigBeauford]

With how how Microsoft has been operating, releasing a game where you play as a lighthouse with spider legs is probably bad timing.

 

[Arsic]

Destructoid coming in with the most honest review instead of fart huffing this.

 

[Punished Miku]

Any word on what the other two DF projects are? They will definitely have something for the 25th anniversary next year.

No sequels.

There were leaks / rumors about some small scale game that started with the letter "C." I literally can't remember. Fighting game or something weird?

 

[Topher]

You always pop up in Xbox related threads with nothing good to say, I'm thinking why bother?

He used to be a massive Xbox fan

I think they be reading your posts in the Ally X thread, lol.

I'm getting not one, but two tiles, on the dash.

Which posts in the Ally thread are you referring to?

ah......Keeper just popped up on a title for me as well. Seems they are just slow getting all the updates out.

 

[adamsapple]

Which posts in the Ally thread are you referring to?

ah......Keeper just popped up on a title for me as well. Seems they are just slow getting all the updates out.

Hallelujah!

 

[Bernkastel]

Destructoid coming in with the most honest review instead of fart huffing this.

They didn't have the budget to pay them.

 

[Topher]

Hallelujah!

World War 3 averted......again

 

[adamsapple]

They didn't have the budget to pay them.

Didn't have the budget to pay Destructoid, but did for IGN, Eurogamer, Gamestop etc.

 

[Bernkastel]

He used to be a massive Xbox fan

I even made the OT for the Xbox general. Both in 2013 and in 2015 after Halo 5 release, I had hated them for a while but came back to the green lands after listening to Phil Spincer. I still kinda believed they would improve and make better games. Halo in Unreal Engine was the final straw. Never again.

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

After the rainbow shit they snuck into Psychonauts 2 out of nowhere, i'm done with these guys.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

lol...it seems so. The "install" option just came up for me. Thanks Phil!

They will continue to listen to feedback and so forth

 

[Tobimacoss]

I even made the OT for the Xbox general. Both in 2013 and in 2015 after Halo 5 release, I had hated them for a while but came back to the green lands after listening to Phil Spincer. I still kinda believed they would improve and make better games. Halo in Unreal Engine was the final straw. Never again.

Slipspace was never going anywhere, at least with Unreal 5, they can greenlight multiple projects.

 

[Bernkastel]

Slipspace was never going anywhere, at least with Unreal 5, they can greenlight multiple projects.

A Halo game that does not have Blam engine Physics and gameplay is not a Halo game.

 

[Sebastian1295]

This game is too out their and too bizarre tbh. People complain about microsoft/xbox's marketing team 'fair criticism' but idk how you'd even market a game like this.

 

[analog_future]

 

[Sooner]

OP lists the highest scores, but no metacritic total?

 

[adamsapple]

OP lists the highest scores, but no metacritic total?

 

[Topher]

OP lists the highest scores,

 

[Jaybe]

It's at a 78 metacritic now. I guess some 60s dropped in like this particularly harsh one.

 

[semiconscious]

After the rainbow shit they snuck into Psychonauts 2 out of nowhere, i'm done with these guys.

i didn't think psychonauts 2 was so much 'woke' as it was 'inoffensive', which i actually think is even worse. particularly coming from the developer that made the original psychonauts. &, yes, this game looks to be equally 'inoffensive'...

 

[Bernkastel]

It's at a 78 metacritic now.

 

[analog_future]

After the rainbow shit they snuck into Psychonauts 2 out of nowhere, i'm done with these guys.

Imagine a grown man being afraid of refracted light

 

[Kacho]

Scorned Xbros have zero chill

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Scorned Xbros have zero chill

Useless Xbro.

I will make a thread to prepare fellow Xbros for future lay offs and shit games.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Great scores. Why has Microsoft been so low key on this game?

"Looking at the sales it seems we have to close Double Fine sadly"

 

[Topher]

Honestly, hard to play right now with the performance like it is. 20-30fps at 4k. RTX 5080. Played half an hour and the visuals are great. The gameplay hasn't really emerged yet other than movement and using the lighthouse light. Going to play some more tonight.

Sucks about the performance because this isn't a very long game from what I understand. I'll probably finish the game before it is fixed.

 

[analog_future]

Honestly, hard to play right now with the performance like it is. 20-30fps at 4k. RTX 5080. Played half an hour and the visuals are great. The gameplay hasn't really emerged yet other than movement and using the lighthouse light. Going to play some more tonight.

Sucks about the performance because this isn't a very long game from what I understand. I'll probably finish the game before it is fixed.

4K native? Are there DLSS options and/or frame gen?

 

[Topher]

4K native? Are there DLSS options and/or frame gen?

 

[adamsapple]

No, nothing

No FSR either? Was watching one of the reviews and they showed FSR as an option when talking about the game running on Ally X.

 

[Topher]

4K native? Are there DLSS options and/or frame gen?

No FSR either? Was watching one of the reviews and they showed FSR as an option when talking about the game running on Ally X.

Ah shit....I'm blind. I didn't see the "advanced" tab. It's there. Another disaster averted.

 

[Punished Miku]

Another disaster averted.

This is stressful lol.

 

[adamsapple]

Ah shit....I'm blind. I didn't see the "advanced" tab. It's there. Another disaster averted.

This is how I picture you right now

 

[Topher]

This is how I picture you right now

I KNEW that was coming

 

[Thief1987]

Yeah, Schafer, I'm sure everyone right now is dreaming how to replicate such a success

 

[analog_future]

Yeah, Schafer, I'm sure everyone right now is dreaming how to replicate such a success

You really don't understand he's poking fun at his own game for being extremely niche?

 

[Revolutionary]

Shame that Schafer succumbed to Trump/Musk Derangement Syndrome and fled to furry Twitter aka Bluesky. I actually miss seeing his dumb jokes in my timeline lol

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Destructoid coming in with the most honest review instead of fart huffing this.

How would you score it?

 

[StreetsofBeige]

3 hour game for $40 CDN.

Boring ass game. It's got nice creative looks if you like the colours and lighthouse walking around.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Stagnation or decline: that's every studio Xbox owns.

 

[Arsic]

How would you score it?

6 7

 

[Topher]

6 7

Ya haven't played it yet, ya knuckleberry

 

[playbignbox]

Since when is 81 not great?

It depends: who's the developer?

If it scores an 80 on Metacritic, like Wukong or Stellar Blade, it's great.

For MS studio games here on this forum, it's bad.

 

[Diseased Yak]

Just played it for a little while, PC via GP.

It's alright? Very quirky, that's for sure. I'm kinda interested to see where it's all going, and given it's a short game, I'll play through it, provided it doesn't get too frustrating.

+ Art is very cool
+ Music is fantastic

- No ultrawide support with art this good is a crime against humanity
- No controller controls work, at all, despite the game showing them (and only them) in the menus for remapping purposes, etc. Having to play with kb+m.

 

[adamsapple]

Ya haven't played it yet, ya knuckleberry

I think that 6 7 thing is a meme school kids are doing these days, saw it on the last South Park episode, have no idea what it means.

 

[Topher]

Just played it for a little while, PC via GP.

It's alright? Very quirky, that's for sure. I'm kinda interested to see where it's all going, and given it's a short game, I'll play through it, provided it doesn't get too frustrating.

+ Art is very cool
+ Music is fantastic

- No ultrawide support with art this good is a crime against humanity
- No controller controls work, at all, despite the game showing them (and only them) in the menus for remapping purposes, etc. Having to play with kb+m.

My controller is working fine. Weird

 

[Topher]

It depends: who's the developer?

If it scores an 80 on Metacritic, like Wukong or Stellar Blade, it's great.

For MS studio games here on this forum, it's bad.

 

[Black_Stride]

It depends: who's the developer?

If it scores an 80 on Metacritic, like Wukong or Stellar Blade, it's great.

For MS studio games here on this forum, it's bad.

 

[Arsic]

Ya haven't played it yet, ya knuckleberry

I was doing the 67 meme.

I've failed you pop pop.

I have no idea what this should be rated but the words used by destructoid seems in line with my perception of it from everything I've seen.

Odds are I'll mess with this on gamepass this weekend if given time to see if it resonates with me or if it may be appropriate for my son.

 

[Negotiator101]

He used to be a massive Xbox fan

And now he's a massive something else.

 

[Banjo64]

It depends: who's the developer?

If it scores an 80 on Metacritic, like Wukong or Stellar Blade, it's great.

For MS studio games here on this forum, it's bad.

Yes, yes. Microsoft are the victim.

If we repeat the gospel enough brother, we may recruit some other mental midgets to our cause!