Decent episode, not amazing but certainly not bad. As you say having 2 Doctor lite episodes back to back is a weird choice, hopefully we’ll see more of him in the last few episodes.
And hey, the outside scenes were filmed at my old university campus, too bad I wasn’t there when they were filming
I feel like this is the last real feature to come to the game, everything else is just going to be community made forge maps/modes and cosmetics to stick in the store/operations.
All we can do is hope the next game will launch with all of Infinite’s post launch content, but given we hoped the same after H5 I’m not feeling that optimistic
Mark your calendars! The Xbox Games Showcase will be livestreamed on June 9, 2024, starting at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST (additional time zones below).
It’s crazy to think that Xbox has owned Halo since basically the beginning and have given them one demo each year at their big summer showcase, if they have something to show. They own Call of Duty for less than a year and it’s already getting a show for itself.
It’s no wonder 343 is failing when Microsoft themselves clearly don’t care enough about it
The first one, “Space Babies” was alright, but felt too childish. “The Devils Chord” didn’t hit for me because they just didn’t have the budget for really being able to explore a higher level being of such power....
Haven’t seen Boom yet but maybe that’s because the season isn’t hitting for me.
I enjoyed the 60th and the Christmas specials, but the first 2 episodes of this season were just fine. They weren’t terrible like the Chibnal era but they also weren’t as good as RTD’s first era.
I’ve not had much to do this weekend so it’s not like I couldn’t watch the episode, in fact I felt like watching Doctor Who earlier and I instead watched some S1 even though Boom is still to be watched.
I really hope the season gets better as the show has so much potential for more great stories, they just need to be made by the right people
To be honest, as a huge Halo fan, I was surprised when seeing those studios closed that 343 wasn’t one of them. The studio is just cursed, even a leadership change isn’t going to save them.
Either make Halo games from all the studios under Microsoft or start a new one with people who are actual fans of the franchise
First half of the episode: Kazuma got SHIT ON. The mfer tried to take on a bunch of lil goblins at once and then fucking died, bro had a whole ass staring contest with Eris for minutes straight before getting lectured on how he treated “Chris” last episode, bro got outshined by all of his teammates INCLUDING AQUA SOMEHOW. If...
Honestly I thought it was buffering when Eris was staring at Kazuma, that was comedy gold. Plenty of moments in this episode had me laughing. Especially the body swap it was so good. I was expecting the main content of next week’s episode to be in this one but I’m glad it’ll be in its own as it’s another part which will be amazing if they adapt it well, and after how good the season has been thus far I’m sure they’ll deliver
This is Furukawa, President of Nintendo. We will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year. It will have been over nine years since we announced the existence of Nintendo Switch back in March 2015. We will be holding a Nintendo Direct this June regarding the Nintendo Switch software...
Seems kind of strange to announce this way I wonder if they’re expecting a big leak to come out so they’re getting ahead of it? Otherwise, why not just mention at the end of that June direct that you’ll talk more about this in the coming months
I’ve wanted to see Barriss become an inquisitor for a long time and I’m glad she acted like she did since she technically wasn’t fully wrong for her actions in the clone wars, she just went about it in the worst way.
Episode 2 really showed how she was a good Jedi, but for what the Jedi were supposed to be, not soldiers which is why she did what she did.
I do wish we got something more with Vader given that she was the one who basically triggered Ahsoka into leaving the order in the first place which surely helped with his fall to the dark side.
Also I really hope she died at the end, we’ve had too many people surviving lightsaber wounds in recent years, bacta can’t heal everything.
Episodes were fine I suppose, but I feel as though there could have been a better character to focus on instead of Morgan.
Thrawn is meant to be the next big villain for the Star Wars universe after the Ahsoka series and he wasn’t exactly great in that so why not give us 3 episodes showing why he should be a threat
Overall I think it was a very good series. Season 1 was decent, season 2 got really good in the back half and season 3 was very good throughout.
After season 2 did explore more of the “clones after the war” plotline I was hoping for a resolution this season but it is “The Bad Batch” not season 8 of clone wars. I do hope they finish that story though, seems like a single season special could do it but not sure they’d want to do that.
I do like that the brainwashed clones were just regular clones, not like resurrected Tech or someone else we knew. Not everybody needs to be a known character.
Was quite surprised to see the whole batch survive, definitely thought Crosshair would’ve done some self sacrifice to save Omega but a happy ending for once is nice.
Glad Rampart went out like that, we didn’t need another redemption arc for an Imperial. And Hemlok got what he deserved.
Overall I think it wrapped up the series nicely, there are a few unanswered questions but hopefully they will be addressed in other upcoming media.
This episode was pretty good, I liked the recurring theme of Kazuma not wanting to get into any more shenanigans. I wasn’t expecting Chris to be the noble thief, though in hindsight it should’ve been obvious from episode 1. I also liked the part where the king lord and Kazuma fought over the magic mirror room. I can’t wait...
Just so you know that’s not the King, he’s just the Lord of Axel.
Another great episode, I totally thought they were going to cut the mirror scene but glad it stayed. Can’t wait for next week’s episode though, if they adapt it properly it’ll definitely be the highlight episode of the season
This week’s episode had so many funny moments that made it much more memorable than the first two. My favorite parts were when Kazuma wanted Iris to call him her big brother, when Kazuma met his friends expecting his maid to come in (that part was fucking gold imo), and when he started screaming to Darkness to sabotage her...
Very good episode, wish we’d gotten more of Kazuma hanging around the castle, bothering Claire and Rain and playing with Iris but what we got was nice.
Now to go after the noble thief, I wonder who they could be…
1 step forward, 2 steps backwards. The classic 343 move.
I barely play the game anymore, it’s fairly obvious that they aren’t putting the effort into Infinite anymore and are focused on the next game so you’d think that whilst Infinite still is the current game they would actually make good systems to keep the players, who are still playing, playing
Shock weapons should’ve done some kind of overcharge thing, like forcing a warthog to go at max speed for a few seconds. Keep the plasma pistol as it is and given them a new ability. Hopefully if Halo 7 has shock weapons they’ll have a more unique ability like that but we’re a good while away from that
Episode 1 was a pretty good first episode of the season, though I would’ve loved to see more of Kazuma trying to become a monk, and I look forward to see what Chris does with the money hammer in future episodes....
Re read book 6 and 7 ready for this season so I had a better memory on what to expect this season.
Episode 1 was 90% anime original but the scene with the monster girl was actually meant to happen on their way to the Crimson Demon village in the movie iirc so was cool to finally see that get made. All the stuff with Kazuma’s PTSD over Sylvia was pretty entertaining.
Episode 2 got back on track to the source material and was pretty much how I expected it to play out. Enjoyed it overall. Now that we’re in the capital we can get to the real good stuff for this first half of the season :)
I’ve always thought that Barriss would become an inquisitor, so glad to see that finally happen.
Loved Tales of the Jedi so hoping this continues to be a thing, just a short mini series fleshing out some characters using the beautiful Clone Wars art style.
Hopefully we will have another animated series using the art style soon after Bad Batch ends, but one of these every year would also be great
Granted I haven’t read the article so might just be making stuff up, but if it’s more for “Oh you own this game on the Epic store on PC, well you don’t have to buy it on the Xbox store” then that’s a reason to have them on there. That’s how a lot of Xbox games work, since I bought them on Xbox I still have access to them on PC through the Xbox app so it’d be expanding that to other stores
When I was kid, I could sit in front of TV for hours and sink a day or two away into a game and have no problem having to start the game over from the beginning. Time meant nothing to me and I wasted it like it was a near infinite resource....
I would say Outer Wilds is very good. You have the ability to beat the game as soon as you start, but you don’t have the knowledge to beat it.
Without spoiling it as it’s a very spoiler sensitive game, you can spend as long as you want gathering all of the knowledge to beat the game, you aren’t punished for taking your time. And all the knowledge you collect is stored in the games computer as long as you save so you can play for 22 minutes if you want, or multiple hours.
I beat the game over the course of a few weeks playing for various amounts of time. Recently played the DLC too and that went the same.
Season 1 (Series 14) Episode 5: "Dot and Bubble" (lemmy.world)
Very cool social commentary, I think better than the Orville episode with the Up and Downvote society....
Match Composer Preview | Halo Infinite - Releasing with Tenrai IV next week (www.halowaypoint.com)
There's a fake leak for Halo 7 going around but it's too comedic not to share, whoever wrote this is an actual clown
You can find it here if you want to read the full thing: boards.4chan.org/v/thread/677821627...
Xbox Games Showcase Followed by Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Direct Airs June 9 - Xbox Wire (news.xbox.com)
Mark your calendars! The Xbox Games Showcase will be livestreamed on June 9, 2024, starting at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST (additional time zones below).
Is this season just not hitting for anyone else?
The first one, “Space Babies” was alright, but felt too childish. “The Devils Chord” didn’t hit for me because they just didn’t have the budget for really being able to explore a higher level being of such power....
What is the point of Xbox? (www.eurogamer.net)
S3E05 discussion (lemmy.world)
First half of the episode: Kazuma got SHIT ON. The mfer tried to take on a bunch of lil goblins at once and then fucking died, bro had a whole ass staring contest with Eris for minutes straight before getting lectured on how he treated “Chris” last episode, bro got outshined by all of his teammates INCLUDING AQUA SOMEHOW. If...
[Official] Switch 2 will be announced this fiscal year + June direct confirmed (twitter.com)
This is Furukawa, President of Nintendo. We will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year. It will have been over nine years since we announced the existence of Nintendo Switch back in March 2015. We will be holding a Nintendo Direct this June regarding the Nintendo Switch software...
George Lucas before CGI.
Tales of the Empire - S02E04, E05, E06 - "Barriss" - Discussion
Discussion for,...
Tales of the Empire - S02E01, E02, E03 - "Morgan" - Discussion
Discussion for,...
Bad Batch Series Finale (Spoilers)
Anyone watch it yet? I am still processing it. I don’t know if I liked it or not....
S3E04 discussion (lemmy.world)
This episode was pretty good, I liked the recurring theme of Kazuma not wanting to get into any more shenanigans. I wasn’t expecting Chris to be the noble thief, though in hindsight it should’ve been obvious from episode 1. I also liked the part where the king lord and Kazuma fought over the magic mirror room. I can’t wait...
Nintendo Switch 2 Will Be A "Conservative Hardware Evolution"; To Feature Full Backward Compatibility, 1080p Screen (wccftech.com)
S3E03 discussion (lemmy.world)
This week’s episode had so many funny moments that made it much more memorable than the first two. My favorite parts were when Kazuma wanted Iris to call him her big brother, when Kazuma met his friends expecting his maid to come in (that part was fucking gold imo), and when he started screaming to Darkness to sabotage her...
The Exchange | Halo Infinite CU32 (www.halowaypoint.com)
Community Livestream Summary | Halo Infinite CU32 (www.halowaypoint.com)
What you can expect in the next update, including new and highly requested features from the community:...
Season 3 new episodes discussion, since the thread hasn't been made yet (lemmy.world)
Episode 1 was a pretty good first episode of the season, though I would’ve loved to see more of Kazuma trying to become a monk, and I look forward to see what Chris does with the money hammer in future episodes....
【#holoIDre4ge】It's Time to Reforge! Happy 4th Anniversary hololive Indonesia! (www.youtube.com)
Tales of the Empire Trailer (youtu.be)
Ina's new outfit (fedia.io)
Phil Spencer wants Epic Games Store and others on Xbox consoles (www.polygon.com)
Games that respect your time.
When I was kid, I could sit in front of TV for hours and sink a day or two away into a game and have no problem having to start the game over from the beginning. Time meant nothing to me and I wasted it like it was a near infinite resource....