Xbox One Sale Roundup: May 12th, 2020

Seitzz said: Sounds good. I strongly dislike when people are so strongly opinionated that the only thing they can say about a product is telling people that they shouldn't try it for themselves, or in this case "Don't buy this fucking game." There are maybe a few exceptions. I think it's reasonable to tell people not to buy The Culling with the pay to play model they're using, but in general it's important to recognize that people's experiences vary and we should always AT LEAST say "hey this was my experience with the game, but it might appeal more to someone who likes these certain things."

Yapperz2K8 said:There is no official statement from Codemasters.

The DLC program could be over with season 3.

Any thought on Redout: Lightspeed Edition?

Mattlepirate said:I was personally very underwhelmed by it. Other friends I know weren't super into it. That said, TotalBiscuit absolutely loved it and I always respected his opinions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPLrwqd4eXY

I think it's worth trying. He has good things to say in that video, like how the game promises you can do everything without braking if you're good enough at the mechanics. It's not a bad game, but it certainly didn't click with me. It's been too long for me to say much more, though.

PlayUltimate711 said:Look, I didn’t think the game could possibly have a supporter. This is literally so far below every other game I have played in every aspect that makes a video game bad (all completely objective, opinions be damned) that I’m genuinely amazed you can defend it. It’s that bad. This and Spartan are completely indefensible IMO but I guess I’m wrong, so Seitzz, I seriously recommend you share your opinion when you’re done. I’m curious. It’s preloaded now I’ll be popping it in 2 weeks

Inferno118 said:And what will it prove if Seitzz hates it as well? That you found another person that doesn't like the game? That doesn't mean anything. As I said, it's as silly as me saying "Fuck Call of Duty World at War. It's just a boring shooter where you walk forward shooting things. I see no redeeming qualities in this game." Yeah, you can pick any game in the history of gaming out there and find people who strongly dislike it, but that doesn't mean shit about whether or not some other person will enjoy it. Pretending like that means it can't appeal to anybody else is just weird and short sighted.

I'm not saying Ethan will appeal to everyone. I totally get why someone wouldn't like it, but it happens to appeal to a lot of puzzle enthusiasts. link hidden

Just look at the reviews. Yeah, it's a pretty low average at 57% recommended and not everyone likes it, but there are many people that genuinely like it.

"- Very challenging puzzles and platforming.
- Good variety of challenges.
- About 3 leaderboards per stage. Clear time, fragments collected, and pauses used.
- 3 worlds with many stages. The game is hard enough to make you spend a lot of time trying to beat it, but it doesn't feel very unfair. (I spent an hour on a late stage once...)
- Lots of replayability for every stage due to built-in challenges for low clear time, fragments collected, minimal pauses used and leaderboards.
- Physics are well done. Momentum needs to be manipulated as well. Many possibilities.
- Multiple ways to complete stages.
- In-game art/graphics are decent, animations are smooth.
- Quick restarts, instant respawns.
- Controller support (though I prefer KB/M on this game)
- Sound effects and music are decent 3/5. I never felt like I had to turn off the music.
- Steam Card drops.
- Has achievements (better than none, and they give you something to go for)
- No RNG. This is good news for speedrunners. (This would be an entertaining game to see speedruns of, though it'd be insanely difficult)
- No significant bugs from what I've seen so far. (Aside from a tiny one with the restart dialogue popping up continuously if you spam the confirm button on keyboard or controller)
- Some stages have cheese hidden in hard to reach places if you want to go for some optional additional challenges."

"I really dig this game. I stumbled upon it during the sale and it looked like a decent platformer.
Being a fan of the genre I decided to give it a go and I was not dissapointed. I was actually quite impressed.

I'm very competitive so the leaderboard is a really nice feature. After being inspired by the video posted of a Time Attack on the first map I decided to give it a go myself and soon I would find myself battling it out versus one of the developers of the game."

It's just weird to think your experience with a game is the only possible experience that anyone could have and that means nobody else should ever buy a game that you disliked.

TonyTwoSteaks said:for sure, it would save some time

Mattlepirate said:It starts off awesome, then you get to Class 3 and Class 4 races and as the game points out there is a sizable difficulty spike. The last race for the is tough for someone that doesn't play a lot of racing games. It took me a good 4 hours to beat that championship, and if you restart too much as I had to do on the 3rd event in the Volcano the game will begin to lag so badly that you can count the frames as you go. This resolves itself after you move onto the next event, but you need to build up your lead in the first 4 events of the championship so you need to either get 1st or 2nd on that track. If you do decide to pick up the game I do recommend the DLCs because they count towards and will save you some trouble and arguably has the best music in the game. Personally I picked this up because I figured it was about time to complete the developer/publisher club.