Explosive Zombie
Banned
So, can I say with absolute honesty that as someone who was so Pro-xbox from the year 2000 to 2010... they've been really bad especially this generation... how do I mean?
Gears of War... okay... let me be honest with you, as much time as I spent in Gears of War in 2006/2007 and as much as I loved it back then I don't think it's aged well at all and no longer care much for it, so keep that in mind... starting with Gears of War 2 my love affair died, and now I don't even love the first, the second game included all this cinematic garbage and variety nonsense instead of focusing on a pure combat experience. Gears 1 on co-op on Insane was a fun challenge, in 2 it was an annoying clusterfuck with so many ways to insta-die you can barely avoid. It was a worse campaign, a worse story and I've never found the MP appealing. Gears 3 was even WORSE, one of the more boring games I've ever played and a certain character's "epic" death is retarded because he could have easily done other things besides what he did, it's so clearly manufactured to have fake drama. 4 was another boring game I didn't bother finishing, but hey, it looked pretty good. 5 again... I got about halfway and got sick of it, honestly not sure it looked better than 4 but that's more art design than tech, 4 had some cool looking "spooky" environs. Overall I think this franchise is dusted by the combat in Uncharted and doesn't come close to the thrills of Resident 4, a game it was inspired by.
Halo... I'm a huge Halo fan, Halo CE is easily among my top games, 2 was a bit of a disappointment at launch, the campaign went for set piece moments and more linear sections over the giant combat arenas of the first which were so good for Legendary co-op. It also was ridiculously hard to play on Legendary, nowhere near as balanced as CE. That said, still a great game that expanded the lore and evolved the story and some of that scripted stuff? Really cool and epic. Dual-weilding was fun, tbh. It left me cold on the multiplayer, tho, did I enjoy swording people to death? Yes, but Halo CE was a game I enjoyed with friends on couches on multiple TVs with multiple XBOX's hooked together, it was amazing, a blast. Playing online just wasn't the same and even couch MP didn't appeal to my friends as much due to the weapons and balance and maps, we ended up returning to CE's mp. Halo 3 was much better than 2 but still not at the level of 1, but damn if they tried. Again I barely cared about the MP. Halo ODST and Reach I enjoyed a lot, but they don't touch the original trilogy for me. In comes 343i... 4 and 5, from what I've played, are Halo in Name Only. I will reserve a certain level of judgment for when I play them completely.
State of Decay 2 - I legit thought this game was bad and I liked the first. It felt like a glorified mobile game and I was barely even getting fun out of it even in co-op with a friend I consider pretty funny.
Sea of Thieves - More like Sea of Snooze, have they made it better? Is it fun to captain a ship with friends? Yeah sure, but every mission is the same damn thing.
Crackdown 3 - As a big fan of Crackdown and a person disappointed by Crackdown 2 this so far seems not as good as 1 or as bad as 2... which is fine. It doesn't feel like something that could only be done on current generation consoles, it barely feels like it's evolved much of anything from the first. More Crackdown is more Crackdown but why did it take so long to deliver just more of the same?
Forza - I don't like racing sims and never will
Sunset Overdrive - This game is essentially empty calories, but pretty!
Ryse: Son of Rome - One of the blandest good looking games I've ever played, I'd see people talk about how the early God of War games didn't have the depth of a Ninja Gaiden or Devil May Cry... well imagine playing a game that doesn't even have God of War depth and the cinematic moments don't compare either, what an absolute boring slog this game was.
Ori - Legit really good Metroidvania with amazing visuals! A little too easy for my taste but still great, haven't played the new one yet.
Quantum Break - I thought this was great, hugely underrated but I love time travel, I even thought Timeshift was a great game. It's not as good as Alan Wake and the TV show stuff was retarded.
Dead Rising 3 - Worst entry I've played but it's neat how many zombies they fit on screen. Can be fun but it's missing so much of the identity of the first two that made them special.
911 Operator - Pretty fun small game
Titanfall - Fun multiplayer! But didn't buy until 5 dollars because you need a campaign to feel like a real value to me.
D4 - Really interesting but then it ends and has no continuation, way too short, I need a real ending.
Dungeon of the Endless - Awesome game that I've dropped over 70 hours into, very addictive fun
Killer Instinct - Never been big on fighting games but I like the KI franchise and this feels like a good continuation from my playing of it
Overall this has been an incredibly underwhelming generation for Microsoft for someone like me and my tastes in gaming. I don't blame anyone for taking the Sony pill this past generation, I don't think it requires being a fanboy, it just means your tastes were better represented by Sony this generation. I know that's true for me. I may even make the list for them as well and go through all their exclusives I played... btw no need to point out how many of these are playable on PC, most of them that IS where I played them, we're using the term exclusive loosely here which I'll also do for Sony when I get to it.
Gears of War... okay... let me be honest with you, as much time as I spent in Gears of War in 2006/2007 and as much as I loved it back then I don't think it's aged well at all and no longer care much for it, so keep that in mind... starting with Gears of War 2 my love affair died, and now I don't even love the first, the second game included all this cinematic garbage and variety nonsense instead of focusing on a pure combat experience. Gears 1 on co-op on Insane was a fun challenge, in 2 it was an annoying clusterfuck with so many ways to insta-die you can barely avoid. It was a worse campaign, a worse story and I've never found the MP appealing. Gears 3 was even WORSE, one of the more boring games I've ever played and a certain character's "epic" death is retarded because he could have easily done other things besides what he did, it's so clearly manufactured to have fake drama. 4 was another boring game I didn't bother finishing, but hey, it looked pretty good. 5 again... I got about halfway and got sick of it, honestly not sure it looked better than 4 but that's more art design than tech, 4 had some cool looking "spooky" environs. Overall I think this franchise is dusted by the combat in Uncharted and doesn't come close to the thrills of Resident 4, a game it was inspired by.
Halo... I'm a huge Halo fan, Halo CE is easily among my top games, 2 was a bit of a disappointment at launch, the campaign went for set piece moments and more linear sections over the giant combat arenas of the first which were so good for Legendary co-op. It also was ridiculously hard to play on Legendary, nowhere near as balanced as CE. That said, still a great game that expanded the lore and evolved the story and some of that scripted stuff? Really cool and epic. Dual-weilding was fun, tbh. It left me cold on the multiplayer, tho, did I enjoy swording people to death? Yes, but Halo CE was a game I enjoyed with friends on couches on multiple TVs with multiple XBOX's hooked together, it was amazing, a blast. Playing online just wasn't the same and even couch MP didn't appeal to my friends as much due to the weapons and balance and maps, we ended up returning to CE's mp. Halo 3 was much better than 2 but still not at the level of 1, but damn if they tried. Again I barely cared about the MP. Halo ODST and Reach I enjoyed a lot, but they don't touch the original trilogy for me. In comes 343i... 4 and 5, from what I've played, are Halo in Name Only. I will reserve a certain level of judgment for when I play them completely.
State of Decay 2 - I legit thought this game was bad and I liked the first. It felt like a glorified mobile game and I was barely even getting fun out of it even in co-op with a friend I consider pretty funny.
Sea of Thieves - More like Sea of Snooze, have they made it better? Is it fun to captain a ship with friends? Yeah sure, but every mission is the same damn thing.
Crackdown 3 - As a big fan of Crackdown and a person disappointed by Crackdown 2 this so far seems not as good as 1 or as bad as 2... which is fine. It doesn't feel like something that could only be done on current generation consoles, it barely feels like it's evolved much of anything from the first. More Crackdown is more Crackdown but why did it take so long to deliver just more of the same?
Forza - I don't like racing sims and never will
Sunset Overdrive - This game is essentially empty calories, but pretty!
Ryse: Son of Rome - One of the blandest good looking games I've ever played, I'd see people talk about how the early God of War games didn't have the depth of a Ninja Gaiden or Devil May Cry... well imagine playing a game that doesn't even have God of War depth and the cinematic moments don't compare either, what an absolute boring slog this game was.
Ori - Legit really good Metroidvania with amazing visuals! A little too easy for my taste but still great, haven't played the new one yet.
Quantum Break - I thought this was great, hugely underrated but I love time travel, I even thought Timeshift was a great game. It's not as good as Alan Wake and the TV show stuff was retarded.
Dead Rising 3 - Worst entry I've played but it's neat how many zombies they fit on screen. Can be fun but it's missing so much of the identity of the first two that made them special.
911 Operator - Pretty fun small game
Titanfall - Fun multiplayer! But didn't buy until 5 dollars because you need a campaign to feel like a real value to me.
D4 - Really interesting but then it ends and has no continuation, way too short, I need a real ending.
Dungeon of the Endless - Awesome game that I've dropped over 70 hours into, very addictive fun
Killer Instinct - Never been big on fighting games but I like the KI franchise and this feels like a good continuation from my playing of it
Overall this has been an incredibly underwhelming generation for Microsoft for someone like me and my tastes in gaming. I don't blame anyone for taking the Sony pill this past generation, I don't think it requires being a fanboy, it just means your tastes were better represented by Sony this generation. I know that's true for me. I may even make the list for them as well and go through all their exclusives I played... btw no need to point out how many of these are playable on PC, most of them that IS where I played them, we're using the term exclusive loosely here which I'll also do for Sony when I get to it.
A phenomenal peice of tech that high-tier tech savvies appreciate more than casuals. The new way of plates customization gonna be so much big, and much better as I won't and didn't buy any stupid limited edition just for looks.
