r/XboxSeriesX • u/Asleep-Sprinkles-760 • Apr 20 '24

This generation has been underwhelming Discussion

I bought a Series X at launch, and can’t think of a single game that has impressed me this gen. I’m a big Halo fan, and Halo Infinite felt like a letdown. I’m a Forza fan, and Forza Motorsport felt like a massive disappointment. I was exited for Starfield, but was underwhelmed after playing it.

It just feels like we’ve had no heavy hitters this gen, even 3rd party AAA games have been average at best. I guess the only hope I have left is with Gears 6, but aside from that, Microsoft needs to get their act together and start releasing some new games. It feels like games are taking way too long to make these days, we used to get bangers every year in the 360 gen. Even the Xbox One had more compelling games than what we have now

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u/KRONGOR Apr 22 '24

Elden Ring and BG3 are the only AAA games I can think of that feel truly inspired and pushing the boundaries this gen. Everything else is just safe sequel or remasters

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u/jayfactor Apr 24 '24

The problem is that those games didn’t even “push the boundaries” they simply made a fun game without thinking about how to criminally profit from it, and took care of their devs - it seems inspiring now compared to all the shit that comes out but back in the day this was the standard