i personally loved tlou2 it felt so emotional and yeah, at times the jumping around got a bit confusing but it's still a great game imo. i feel like tlou1 was giving us a feeling of love that could easily get you hooked onto the story because you gain a connection with the characters and tlou2 was more of a revenge for taking that love away. i just think the whole story together clicks and makes sense. i'm just taking a guess here and saying some people thought it was one of those games were you could just play the second and it makes sense. I mean, it definitely could i haven't played the game from a perspective of not knowing what happened first, and that very well could've confused people and made them uninterested in the storyline and made them want to stop playing. if that's not the case though that's fine, some games aren't for everyone. you can't publish a game and get mad at people for not liking it when you still have a vast majority of people that like it. some games just aren't for everyone.

Horizon and GoW are both coming to PC/already there. They aren’t exclusives any more

I don't think we'll really get a good justification for someone disliking the story. The way i see it is, it's a great story and great game but it's just not for EVERYONE. so if someone who dislikes it explains why they don't like it, they can only describe the same story that we love so it doesn't make sense

I plan to, they're on my list?

I really don't remember much about the story in The Witcher 3 really. I think I started skipping cutscenes at the end so perhaps my opinion isn't valid same with Red Dead Redemption 2.

Having access to all of your Xbone, 360 and OG Xbox games on the Series X is great. Adding disk based games and S/X Optimized games and Gamepass Ultimate and you're set. If you have a PC or plan to get one you'll be able to play a fair amount of the Sony exclusives as they're headed to PC after their playstation exclusivity ends.

Defo finish a plague tale (both of them) what didnt you like about the Witcher 3?

I wasn't a fan personally of those except A Plague Tale only because I haven't finished it so I can't properly judge it.

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Witcher 3, a plague tale requiem/innocence, rdr2 are all great lol

I have a xbox One x too and now have a PS5, the xbox still works so I figure I'll just alternate each time I get a new console.

I have both. It’s worth it. Lately though I’ve been on my PS5 more. I liked the fact I didn’t have to buy a headset for the PS5 to where the Series X I needed to. Plus I enjoyed the fact that PS5 had a usb c port.

No, it has its own sized dock

To all the people that made ps5 more popular than switch

I hope you wake up two random days of the week with wheels on your feet

Thanks, I’ll check it out.

No, I buy for one or the other (and usually base my choice on digital foundry analysis between platforms).

Elden ring, for example, runs better on PS5. If you haven’t already, check out digital foundry on the YouTube and you’ll see which games run better and where.

Thanks for the input, I think I’ll gravitate towards xbox more given the fact that I already own some games and Game Pass being a great deal.

Do you have any games on both XSX and PS5? Do they run the same overall on both consoles?

I’d probably go series X considering many games from your library will run better with higher resolution and frame rates…

I have both and PS5 does feel more premium with outstanding exclusives - but that’s, like, my opinion.

TLOU2 story was awful…

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Games are, of course, a very different media compared to film n books, which is why it can be difficult to write stories that have fulfilling flow / pathways. Hard to explain my viewpoint, hope you understand what I mean.

AFAIK, there are only 2 games currently that can only be played on Series X/S/PC. Scorn and Flight Simulator. The Medium and Batman Gothic Knights are available PS5. Jedi Survivor will also be on PS5.

Starfield and Redfall will likely not be on last gen but neither of those have release dates. I think you have a good 6 months to a year to save up for a Series X (or PC) if these titles are important. That's assuming they don't get delayed. The longer you wait, the better.

I can't really relate how that's bad writing.

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My problem with TLOU2 plot is that it can go from really good and emotional, to complete nonsensical thrash in a manner of seconds, the writer really wanted to write a revenge history, and he cuts all the corners he could to accomplish that. A lot of important events are reduced to flash backs or are simply left behind so that the revenge story doesn't lose it's momentum.

The examples i can think in the back of my head are: The one flashback where Ellie runs away to find out what Joel did at the end of TLOU1, she basically runs away by herself a few years after the events of TLOU1 and she conveniently finds a recorder safely stored in a bag containing the exact information she needed. This scene makes no sense at all because Ellie was alone during this whole time, she goes all the way back to Utah by herself in a world infested with monsters and bandits with no difficulties at all, and conveniently finds the truth she set out to find? That was supposed to be one of the biggest revelations in the story and it was completely ruined by bad writing, it doesn't make any sense no matter how you look at it.

It was a plot device used in the crappiest way possible.

Another example of bad writing in TLOU2 is when Dina finds out that Ellie is immune. She seems concerned at first, but shrugs it off almost immediately. And then, when they get a breater and Ellie tries to explain she ignores it and goes " Oh, i'm pregnant by the way. But don't worry, it isn't yours" and never touches again on the subject. Again, another point that should be important in the story, being ruined by bad writing because the writer really wanted to write a revenge story.

I do get to keep my libray by not switching i guess. Also there are games not available on my One X. Like Medium, Scorn, the upcoming Star Wars Jedi Survivor, Starfield, Redfall. And basically every triple A exclusive that Microsoft will put out from now on, there’s a huge chance they won’t come to last gen.