Please Todd, just give me a damn performance mode. I just DON'T care about resolution. The Switch wouldn't be so popular if that many people cared about resolution over gameplay. TOOOOODDDD!!!!
Thanks for support everyone. This week's show was sponsored by MANSCAPED, which has given Xbox Two listeners 20% off @ Manscaped.com with the checkout code XB2 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Going LIVE 00:07:02 - Intro 00:16:21 - Housekeeping stuffs. 00:28:47 - Rand thoughts on Callisto Protocol. Avowed with co-op? Goldeneye soon? 00:46:44 - Xbox Developer_Direct leaks, Forza Horizon devs leaving. 01:07:14 - Xbox Developer_Direct show thoughts. 01:35:45 - Starfield's own show. 30 FPS?! Launch date rumors. 01:54:56 - Game Pass Family Plan?! Ubisoft+? 02:14:04 - Ubisoft drama. 02:30:18 - Xbox carbon aware console?! Krafton problems. 02:37:12 - Activision vs. FTC update. Industry consolidation. 02:56:15 - Q&A. Pet peeves in games. Biggest gaming disappointments.
Wow jez thinks starfield wont release until september at the earliest? That would be crazy since ms had that show last year only showing games that would release in that fiscal year. So starfield would be delayed yet again and Ms lied during their show? Crazy
On the topic of MS rewards; the monthly question went from 1,000 to 500 BUT they’ve increased the points for Weekly quests. You actually can earn a bit more than previously but requires more effort
On the family plan point. Something that sets GamePass as a service apart from Netflix is that you can buy games through GamePass, which you are enticed to do as a discount is offered on every game that goes into the service.
I wonder if the Xbox "carbon aware" feature was implemented less for retail users and more for Xcloud/server farms. If you've got a million Xbox on racks in an Azure facility, this feature could make a noticeable difference.
Glad to finally hear Rand's thoughts on Callisto Protocol! I agree with the points brought up by Jez as well. I don't know what they were thinking with that melee stuff. It felt very awkward. As soon as I got the pistol I just used that and the game was good about dropping ammo for me, so outside of the one miniboss (that you fight four times! wtf) I just ignored the melee. I think they ran out of time and had to ship the game since it was so lacking in enemy variety, weapons, bosses, etc. All that being said I think if the devs are willing to listen to the criticism and make changes the sequel could be amazing. Hope they get a chance to do another one since sci-fi survival horrror is so rare in gaming.
@@michaelsquires1177 I can't speak for others but for me the issue wasn't the difficulty it just wasn't what I was looking for in a survival horror game. When you are dodging/swaying left and right you look pretty goofy, kinda like Little Mac in Punch-Out. Plus since like you said it was easy that just made monster encounters less intense/scary and more boring/tedious. I was glad I could ignore it and use the guns/GRIP glove, I had a lot of fun figuring out what I could throw enemies into for insta-kills.
Ragnarok release date was actually announced in early September for an early November release...so 2 months lead time, so wouldn't rule out any AAA game (including Starfield) to have that short of a hype cycle
The preemptive damage control on Starfield being delayed is too prevalent. MS gave us the timeframe. We should EXPECT them to hit that target...not assume the game needs more polish and testing. But it will be 30 fps.
You people talking about Horizon Forbidden West sales. Funny enough, according to NPD, HFW was the 9th most sold game of 2022 in USA. For Comparison, Halo Infinite was not in top 20 for both 2021 and 2022. Forza Horizon 5 was 20th in 2021, and not top 20 in 2022. And these games released in both Xbox and PC. More people should theoretically buy these games more than HFW as they are released in more platforms.
If starfield is pushed to fall what's the point in saying it's going to have it's on show they might as well show it at e3 where more people would end up seeing it then months after that release it
About MS Rewards, last time i checked i could get like a gift card worth a couple bucks, that's it. That's all that my points i accumulated throughout the years are worth. I'm reading about people buying all kind of stuff with their points, what am i doing wrong?
@@kevinlist3330 The gift card was just an example. My point is that i have never spent any points yet what i have accumulated is worth pretty much nothing. So other people must grind them like crazy to be able to buy anything substantial.
@@boris3973 no again you can literally loads of Microsoft rewards by just going on the website and clicking on surveys, quizs, visit websites ect.. you do that daily , plus gamepass if you play and do the challenges you can earn loads and it's not even hard like start up a certain game , travel so much in a certain game easy steam the game on the cloud travel for 2 minutes and points . You just don't give a shit that why you earn almost nothing.
@@boris3973 no you have to play the games they want you to play and the stuff I said, if it was just the amount of hours played I'd be getting free games left right centre from my rewards
My pet peeve, are Games like Destiny’s onboarding process for new players. It seems like a game I’d be super into. But for years I’ve just known it’s a nightmare for a new player and every expansion just fall further behind. Games need good ways for new players to start playing.
Some games are decent at this. For instance shooters have a battle pass to unlock the guns but if you didn't have that pass you can still unlock it later by completing it's challenge. But for the most part I agree. I can't get into Destiny 2 because it's a game that would require all of my gaming time. Same thing with eso. I love it's PvP... But it takes a ton of grinding to get enough good gear and skills to really be a top competitor. I like games too much to play one game that takes up all my time.
@@kevinlist3330 I don’t know if daunting is the way I’d describe it. I just don’t want to start playing a game and by default be weaker than other players and have to be carried. Giving new players single player content to grind for loot, or putting them with other news players would be nice.
I think the sweetspot for story games should be 12 hours more linear games and 20-40 hours for open world rpgs etc side content is fine to make a game longer but it should be clear what us side content and what is main game
I would rather play the Goldeneye remaster than Scalebound. I would rather play Pong than Scalebound. That dragon game was a holistically uninteresting concept, and anyone who asks for it is just a troll that wants Xbox to make bad games.
Regarding Calisto Protocol, don't get the hate for the melee combat and dodging. And how is it that different than Dead Space? Just because it's more melee focused? It pretty much is kinda Dead Space. Any closer and it would have been a carbon copy, which people would decry, too.
If you have just played Calisto Protocol please go back and replay dead space because it's totally different, not just the melee but the fact it was so clunky ( dead space was clunky because of the time it was made Calisto Protocol was intentionally made that way) and wasn't designed for multiple enemies, the what you have to time the melee to highlight the death animations that they are then selling more of for profit. Plus the ending was like WTF get DLC to find out what happens.
@@kevinlist3330 "totally different", that's hyperbole for you. I bet if you sit people not in the know in front of a TV and let them play both games some might think it's from the same series.
@@boris3973 what you are talking about is surface level, setting, style, atmosphere what the guys and I am saying is the gameplay the mechanics were totally different, if they had kept the mechanical element what dead space and like I said if they delivered a product where the mechanics were tide to the gameplay, because after playing the game to completion why was the Jacob using melee weapons all the way through the game? Even I hardest difficulty you collect enough ammo like a Resident Evil. So it was a design choice that ultimately contributed to it's flop.
@@glenmcl agreed! I don’t have a problem with delays. But last year Xbox said all these games would be delivered in the next 12 months. Not a good look to delay a game a second time after they built their show last year around the game coming “in the next 12 month”. Sure it’ll be great when it finally releases. A game being delayed multiple times is never a good sign. I really hope they knock it out of the park with starfield. But I rarely believe anything Xbox announces anymore. Especially when they refuse to commit to a release date. Xbox delaying games is becoming a meme when every other company is pumping out games
Everyone from xbox podcasts keep saying does it matter when Starfield gets delayed or comes later will it matter if it's good but what nine of you guys are saying are .. what will you guys say if even if after delays it still comes out like another cyberpunk ... will the outrage finally make xbox be more competent on delivering with good games or is xbox just a failed company when it comes to delivering games on par with playstation
Xbox needs to buy Ubisoft! They have an amazing lineup of titles that need to be rejuvenated like Prince of Persia, Splinter Cell plus my favourite Assassin's Creed or Ghost Recon. Too much potential for a gaming service like Game Pass. 🙏🙏🙏
Thing is they have a massive Employee #. No company wants to inherit that many employees and why their valuation is nowhere close to what it should be given their IPs and product quality.
Why couldn't Playground peeps form a new studio under MS? Was there really no way for a deal? Like here we give you all the moneyz, form a studio and do what you want. I'm disappointed that MS seemingly misses opportunities like these...
Again you are seeing it as doom and gloom and Microsoft missed a opportunity but maybe they didn't want to be under Microsoft anymore and if they are creating a new studio with the ABK deal you really think they are in a position to offer any deals? Let them set up , let them get the ball rolling and let's see if Microsoft makes deal in the future not right now.
@@kevinlist3330 I'm not doom and glooming, otherwise i would have proclaimed the ship sinking. But i would have preffered them under MS. MS is lacking big ambitious open world games and they have the resources to get such a big project going. Of course both parties have to agree for a deal to go through, i'm just wondering were they really that set to go 3rd party or did MS just not pursue them enough. I guess we'll never know.
@@kevinlist3330 It doesn't affect the games though. No one thinks that through. Games have a deadline and it's largely impacted by investors and board members. There is no game publisher that says "Ship the game when we hit X amount of pre-orders". That's not how it works. There is no magic pre-order number they hit where they ship the game too early. If literally zero people pre-ordered Cyberpunk, Avengers, etc, those games would have turned out exactly the same.
It's a ten hour game Jez, that's it. It plays just like DS, How can Jez even have an opinion on anything Xbox, when he plays the archaic Wow and criticise and mechanic. It's ridiculous. I played Wow religiously, it's horrendous now. Has been for years.
I can’t wait for Microsoft to leave the console business. The whole Xbox brand is a total failure and gamepass is the biggest scam in gaming history. Day and date 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
People leave studios all the time. Microsoft, Sony, Embracer, and on and on....don't focus on one company. It keeps the industry fluid and is not a problem.
Please Todd, just give me a damn performance mode. I just DON'T care about resolution. The Switch wouldn't be so popular if that many people cared about resolution over gameplay. TOOOOODDDD!!!!
Thanks for support everyone. This week's show was sponsored by MANSCAPED, which has given Xbox Two listeners 20% off @ Manscaped.com with the checkout code XB2
Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Going LIVE
00:07:02 - Intro
00:16:21 - Housekeeping stuffs.
00:28:47 - Rand thoughts on Callisto Protocol. Avowed with co-op? Goldeneye soon?
00:46:44 - Xbox Developer_Direct leaks, Forza Horizon devs leaving.
01:07:14 - Xbox Developer_Direct show thoughts.
01:35:45 - Starfield's own show. 30 FPS?! Launch date rumors.
01:54:56 - Game Pass Family Plan?! Ubisoft+?
02:14:04 - Ubisoft drama.
02:30:18 - Xbox carbon aware console?! Krafton problems.
02:37:12 - Activision vs. FTC update. Industry consolidation.
02:56:15 - Q&A. Pet peeves in games. Biggest gaming disappointments.
Wow jez thinks starfield wont release until september at the earliest? That would be crazy since ms had that show last year only showing games that would release in that fiscal year. So starfield would be delayed yet again and Ms lied during their show? Crazy
On the topic of MS rewards; the monthly question went from 1,000 to 500 BUT they’ve increased the points for Weekly quests.
You actually can earn a bit more than previously but requires more effort
I noticed the monthly drop but not the weekly increase. Thanks for pointing that out.
Ye, it looks like one of the weekly quests Is the usual 20 or so points, while the other weekly is 250 points.
It was me that DMed Jez about Zenimax Online doing Starfield 😊
Start 07:04
Congrats for 250th episode
On the family plan point. Something that sets GamePass as a service apart from Netflix is that you can buy games through GamePass, which you are enticed to do as a discount is offered on every game that goes into the service.
People can buy dlc and microtransactions too when they play games from gamepass
Agree Rand, WoW looks like a mobile game. I constantly gets in argument with my friend, who is a millionaire & only plays WoW every night.
I wonder if the Xbox "carbon aware" feature was implemented less for retail users and more for Xcloud/server farms. If you've got a million Xbox on racks in an Azure facility, this feature could make a noticeable difference.
Congrats on 250.
Ngl, me and my clan back in the day loved Too Human. Most people didn't but we had a good time. Keep up the good work guys!
i feel asleep and woke up to this. and im not complaining
exactly how I got here as well lol
Another great show! 💚🎮
Rand speaking facts about Goldeneye, it doesnt hold up but nostagia is a bitch, aint it
I was watching for 15 minutes before I realized it was WoW in the background. I thought it was a Spyro game on switch.
Glad to finally hear Rand's thoughts on Callisto Protocol! I agree with the points brought up by Jez as well. I don't know what they were thinking with that melee stuff. It felt very awkward. As soon as I got the pistol I just used that and the game was good about dropping ammo for me, so outside of the one miniboss (that you fight four times! wtf) I just ignored the melee. I think they ran out of time and had to ship the game since it was so lacking in enemy variety, weapons, bosses, etc.
All that being said I think if the devs are willing to listen to the criticism and make changes the sequel could be amazing. Hope they get a chance to do another one since sci-fi survival horrror is so rare in gaming.
Melee is super easy same with dodging so not sure why people are having such issues.
@@michaelsquires1177 what difficulty you on?
@@kevinlist3330 I've beaten it on all 3. Got all achievements
@@michaelsquires1177 bullshit. If you call the melee super easy
@@michaelsquires1177 I can't speak for others but for me the issue wasn't the difficulty it just wasn't what I was looking for in a survival horror game.
When you are dodging/swaying left and right you look pretty goofy, kinda like Little Mac in Punch-Out. Plus since like you said it was easy that just made monster encounters less intense/scary and more boring/tedious.
I was glad I could ignore it and use the guns/GRIP glove, I had a lot of fun figuring out what I could throw enemies into for insta-kills.
Definitely can hear Rands crackling
Sorry Rand the authors name is Stephen baxter not Steven. Great show as always 👏 👍 Hope you get a chance to read them.
The audio was fine for me 100% of the time. I feel like Randall Bore is easily trolled. 😆
Jez is such a insane person.
2023 is going to be so lit for gamepass. I wonder what deals for third party are made for 2024 and what first party has in store to actually release
Love you guys bro!!
why this always on my autoplay at 3am xD
The Peppa Pig in the intro 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ragnarok release date was actually announced in early September for an early November release...so 2 months lead time, so wouldn't rule out any AAA game (including Starfield) to have that short of a hype cycle
MS rewards is awesome. I bought most of my XSX and PS5 with points. I haven’t really noticed any reduction in points recently.
WoW Gameplay FUCKING AWESEOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!For the Horde!!!!
Playground Games also does Fable or did we forget? They not only a Forza shop
I can't stop watching these WoW raids on this video! STOP I need to do stuff today lol
Jez is not wrong to play WoW. :-) If graphics were the only standard for a quality game, Minecraft wouldn't be so incredibly popular.
You can play Skyrim in co op with a mod lol
The preemptive damage control on Starfield being delayed is too prevalent. MS gave us the timeframe. We should EXPECT them to hit that target...not assume the game needs more polish and testing. But it will be 30 fps.
You people talking about Horizon Forbidden West sales. Funny enough, according to NPD, HFW was the 9th most sold game of 2022 in USA.
For Comparison, Halo Infinite was not in top 20 for both 2021 and 2022. Forza Horizon 5 was 20th in 2021, and not top 20 in 2022. And these games released in both Xbox and PC. More people should theoretically buy these games more than HFW as they are released in more platforms.
Agreed with Jez on Bioshock Infinite, wasn't my favorite and lost that creepy vibe that Rapture had.
Time for Microsoft to buy them
Hi Jeremy 😁
Actually it's over-promise and under-deliver... meaning they deliver less than what was promised
Is that world of warcraft👀
Rand needs to download more dedotated wam
30 fps starfield a no from me dawg, pc it is
Book to a game. Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut as a Jedi Fallen Order style, 3rd person action game with metroidvania like elements.
google doesn't want Microsoft to compete with the google store i think
I thought that Paris' deeper dive show was great but the Twitch hosts that got involved over the last few years were extremely cringe.
If starfield is pushed to fall what's the point in saying it's going to have it's on show they might as well show it at e3 where more people would end up seeing it then months after that release it
Because again E3 isn't as in depth as what a own show would give.
About MS Rewards, last time i checked i could get like a gift card worth a couple bucks, that's it. That's all that my points i accumulated throughout the years are worth. I'm reading about people buying all kind of stuff with their points, what am i doing wrong?
What you are doing wrong is not looking at the Microsoft rewards properly, you can currently get overwatch coins with your Microsoft rewards points
@@kevinlist3330 The gift card was just an example. My point is that i have never spent any points yet what i have accumulated is worth pretty much nothing. So other people must grind them like crazy to be able to buy anything substantial.
@@boris3973 no again you can literally loads of Microsoft rewards by just going on the website and clicking on surveys, quizs, visit websites ect.. you do that daily , plus gamepass if you play and do the challenges you can earn loads and it's not even hard like start up a certain game , travel so much in a certain game easy steam the game on the cloud travel for 2 minutes and points . You just don't give a shit that why you earn almost nothing.
@@kevinlist3330 I don't do the other stuff but i play a lot. I guess playing is not enough...
@@boris3973 no you have to play the games they want you to play and the stuff I said, if it was just the amount of hours played I'd be getting free games left right centre from my rewards
My pet peeve, are Games like Destiny’s onboarding process for new players. It seems like a game I’d be super into. But for years I’ve just known it’s a nightmare for a new player and every expansion just fall further behind. Games need good ways for new players to start playing.
Some games are decent at this. For instance shooters have a battle pass to unlock the guns but if you didn't have that pass you can still unlock it later by completing it's challenge. But for the most part I agree. I can't get into Destiny 2 because it's a game that would require all of my gaming time. Same thing with eso. I love it's PvP... But it takes a ton of grinding to get enough good gear and skills to really be a top competitor. I like games too much to play one game that takes up all my time.
Destiny's newest expansion lightfall in February is supposed to be great for new players.
@@kevinlist3330 we’ll see. I’ll believe it when it happens. If it is though, definitely giving it a go.
@@AwwwBeanz lord Cognito mentioned it has he is a big Destiny fan but knows how daunting the game is after 6 years
@@kevinlist3330 I don’t know if daunting is the way I’d describe it. I just don’t want to start playing a game and by default be weaker than other players and have to be carried. Giving new players single player content to grind for loot, or putting them with other news players would be nice.
Hey I love the rebranding of your logo by the way I just want to say that I think that they should make lgbtq games.
Ttam and Jerry
That's pretty clever.
I think the sweetspot for story games should be 12 hours more linear games and 20-40 hours for open world rpgs etc side content is fine to make a game longer but it should be clear what us side content and what is main game
I would not subscribe generic ubi soft plus . It sucks.
I would rather play the Goldeneye remaster than Scalebound. I would rather play Pong than Scalebound. That dragon game was a holistically uninteresting concept, and anyone who asks for it is just a troll that wants Xbox to make bad games.
Time stamps?
Timestamps are there for me so what you looking at
bros not good at games bro said apex is dead mans must not be good lmaoooooooo bro we get seasons like? HUHHHH
Coop in a game like Avowed is a terrible idea, I hope that's not true.
You don't know that. We still Don't know anything about that game. Having said that I'd still solo it but its great for people who want co-op.
Regarding Calisto Protocol, don't get the hate for the melee combat and dodging. And how is it that different than Dead Space? Just because it's more melee focused? It pretty much is kinda Dead Space. Any closer and it would have been a carbon copy, which people would decry, too.
If you have just played Calisto Protocol please go back and replay dead space because it's totally different, not just the melee but the fact it was so clunky ( dead space was clunky because of the time it was made Calisto Protocol was intentionally made that way) and wasn't designed for multiple enemies, the what you have to time the melee to highlight the death animations that they are then selling more of for profit. Plus the ending was like WTF get DLC to find out what happens.
@@kevinlist3330 "totally different", that's hyperbole for you. I bet if you sit people not in the know in front of a TV and let them play both games some might think it's from the same series.
@@boris3973 what you are talking about is surface level, setting, style, atmosphere what the guys and I am saying is the gameplay the mechanics were totally different, if they had kept the mechanical element what dead space and like I said if they delivered a product where the mechanics were tide to the gameplay, because after playing the game to completion why was the Jacob using melee weapons all the way through the game? Even I hardest difficulty you collect enough ammo like a Resident Evil. So it was a design choice that ultimately contributed to it's flop.
Starfield launch 3/21/23….as in 3…..2……1…. Launch
If Starfield launches in the second half of the year. No one will trust anything Xbox says for the next five years. Deservedly so.
Delays happen.
@@glenmcl agreed! I don’t have a problem with delays. But last year Xbox said all these games would be delivered in the next 12 months. Not a good look to delay a game a second time after they built their show last year around the game coming “in the next 12 month”. Sure it’ll be great when it finally releases. A game being delayed multiple times is never a good sign. I really hope they knock it out of the park with starfield. But I rarely believe anything Xbox announces anymore. Especially when they refuse to commit to a release date. Xbox delaying games is becoming a meme when every other company is pumping out games
woa woa woa we on apex 15 by now lol wym??????????????? maybe get good in apex lol and u wudnt leave
Agree with Jez, didn't love the setting of Bioshock Infinite.
Everyone from xbox podcasts keep saying does it matter when Starfield gets delayed or comes later will it matter if it's good but what nine of you guys are saying are .. what will you guys say if even if after delays it still comes out like another cyberpunk ... will the outrage finally make xbox be more competent on delivering with good games or is xbox just a failed company when it comes to delivering games on par with playstation
Gross 30 fps give 40 fps
Dis likes get turned off?
Xbox needs to buy Ubisoft! They have an amazing lineup of titles that need to be rejuvenated like Prince of Persia, Splinter Cell plus my favourite Assassin's Creed or Ghost Recon. Too much potential for a gaming service like Game Pass. 🙏🙏🙏
Thing is they have a massive Employee #.
No company wants to inherit that many employees and why their valuation is nowhere close to what it should be given their IPs and product quality.
Why couldn't Playground peeps form a new studio under MS? Was there really no way for a deal? Like here we give you all the moneyz, form a studio and do what you want. I'm disappointed that MS seemingly misses opportunities like these...
Again you are seeing it as doom and gloom and Microsoft missed a opportunity but maybe they didn't want to be under Microsoft anymore and if they are creating a new studio with the ABK deal you really think they are in a position to offer any deals? Let them set up , let them get the ball rolling and let's see if Microsoft makes deal in the future not right now.
@@kevinlist3330 I'm not doom and glooming, otherwise i would have proclaimed the ship sinking. But i would have preffered them under MS. MS is lacking big ambitious open world games and they have the resources to get such a big project going. Of course both parties have to agree for a deal to go through, i'm just wondering were they really that set to go 3rd party or did MS just not pursue them enough. I guess we'll never know.
It is doom and gloom…look at the current state of Xbox… they have no creativity
@@illestcatnnebraska7331 Moron 🤦
@@kevinlist3330 halo , gears , Forza
Starfield probably coming March 2023
Please don’t delay Diablo 4, I got my 150$ ultimate edition pre order locked 🔒.
£99 in UK. I wasn't going to buy it until the Activision delay. Was hoping it would be in Gamepass. Now I guess it's a purchase for the early access.
Can't believe people still pre order in 2023 🤦
@@kevinlist3330 Can't believe people still care about what others do with their own money.
@@bargaintuesday812 pre order culture effects the entire industry,. So what they spend effects what we all spend, try researching
@@kevinlist3330 It doesn't affect the games though. No one thinks that through. Games have a deadline and it's largely impacted by investors and board members. There is no game publisher that says "Ship the game when we hit X amount of pre-orders". That's not how it works. There is no magic pre-order number they hit where they ship the game too early. If literally zero people pre-ordered Cyberpunk, Avengers, etc, those games would have turned out exactly the same.
It's a ten hour game Jez, that's it. It plays just like DS, How can Jez even have an opinion on anything Xbox, when he plays the archaic Wow and criticise and mechanic. It's ridiculous. I played Wow religiously, it's horrendous now. Has been for years.
Go back and play Dead space it plays nothing like it mechanically, just style atmosphere are similar.
I can’t wait for Microsoft to leave the console business. The whole Xbox brand is a total failure and gamepass is the biggest scam in gaming history. Day and date 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
People leave MS studios way way way more than any other pub Xbox has a managing problem.
Lmao wrong
Your one of The PEOPLE that don't know what they talkin about RIGHT!!!!!
People leave studios all the time. Microsoft, Sony, Embracer, and on and on....don't focus on one company. It keeps the industry fluid and is not a problem.