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Joe from Game Sack, a show on Youtube about retro video games. Exciting? Hmmm. Denver | youtube.com/gamesack

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Game Sack@gamesack.net · 3d ago

Hmmm, looks like two duds in a row for ol' Game Sack! It happens. The next episode in two weeks will be back to the familiar, so please look forward to it!

Game Sack@gamesack.net · 4w ago

This is how I did the intro for Game Sack starting in 2024. I used my iPad Mini to mirror my Mac's desktop and draw in Photoshop with the Apple Pencil. It's animated on 2s which means it runs at 15 frames per second. I didn't want anyone to think this was a filter or AI!

Game Sack@gamesack.net · last mo.

I'm almost sold on the STEAM Machine. It's just missing one thing... A required monthly subscription! Add that and then I'm on board!

Game Sack@gamesack.net · 2mo ago

When is your birthday? Well guess what, your NEW birthday is June 7 because that's when the new Crazy Taxi trailer is revealed.

Game Sack@gamesack.net · 2mo ago

So I missed the Mighty Cuphead Adventure announcement. I had heard people talking "8-bit" and I was like "OK cool so it'll be another NES-like with tons of parallax scrolling that shouldn't be in there." Nope. Legit real Master System game with a cartridge version planned for release! Can't wait!

Game Sack@gamesack.net · 2mo ago

Only saw some of the game show. Only a few that I saw had some color. In fact one I think might be really cool is the Hot Wheels game that reminded me a lot of Burnout Paradise. That could be super fun. Also I'm sure the chuds will find a reason to complain about Stellar Blade's protagonist.

Game Sack@gamesack.net · 2mo ago

Finally managed to see most of the rest of the State of Play. The Stunt Man game looks fun. There were a couple of others that might be fun but I can't recall. Crazy Taxi will be shown Sunday on the Xbox thingy.

Game Sack@gamesack.net · 2mo ago

That God of War Laufey game COULD be good but STFU already, there is way too much talking and not enough actual gaming. And I can tell the cube is gonna get old fast. Every game needs a sassy companion these days! And I hope everything in the game isn't done with the shoulder buttons like Dad of War

Game Sack@gamesack.net · 2mo ago

Forza Horizon 6 "finished" at 32 hours. The Saturn is a 32-bit console. Coincidence? YES! It has nothing to do with this game, why would you even think that? I still have things to do here that don't matter like finding all of the roads. Overall a good game, but stale. WRITTEN REVIEW IN ALT TEXT!

I was just as surprised as anyone to discover that they are still making games for the old XBOX brand of consoles. However Forza Horizon 6 was announced on the console (and PC) as a timed exclusive for a few weeks before it comes to the mighty PlayStation 5, which is the most powerful console ever made in human history (every loves it. Everyone’s talking about it). But since I have the previous 900 Forza Horizon games all on the Xbone, I decided to get part 6 here on that console as well rather than wait as they would all look nice together on the shelf, and that is what really matters. Also I figured that it would be a nice sendoff to my Xbox Series X, one final new game to play on it. I’ve played this much longer than any other Forza Horizon game. They’ve made just enough improvements to make things more bearable, like free-roam unlocked from the beginning to any road you’ve already driven on. There are also the “Discover Japan” segments which can often be a nice break from the normal racing of the rest of the game. However the game could still use some improvements. The Festival vibe is getting tiresome, and so are the countless amount of people who insist on talking to you. Absolutely NONE of their dialog can be skipped. If you do a Discover Japan segment more than once for any reason, you have to listen to the dialog in its entirety. And it’s not even good dialog. The Jordan Chambers character is especially grating. The pandering Japanese accents that are occasionally inserted are laughable. At one point, a character says “drifiting” (pronounced similar to “da-dift-ing’) but says the word with non-Japanese inflection whenever she utters it again in the game. Why? The game is also filled with the same stuff as the previous titles, houses to buy, barn finds, the whole nine yards. The map needs better filters as it is very cluttered. Discover Japan is seemingly the only new gameplay thing that seems to have been attempted.The difficulty is buggy. The game is as difficult or as easy at any time as it wants to be. If you win like I do because I am awesome, the game begs you to increase the difficulty. The correct answer is “yes”. It won’t be much if any more difficult after choosing the affirmative option. However if you start messing with the difficulty on your own, the game may or may not oblige your choice. I’ve been absolutely smoked right out of the gate on “Tourist”, the game’s easiest setting, and changing it to “Highly Skilled” on the same race with the same vehicles can result in you blowing right past everyone else once the countdown finishes. Not always though... the game does what it wants to do. Other than that the game is quite enjoyable... it’s Forza Horizon. So how are the graphics and audio? The visuals are quite good, they remind me a lot of Forza Horizon 5 for some reason. You won’t think you’re watching a TV broadcast but it is all pleasant looking. On the Xbox Series X you can still see the textures change in fidelity about 30-50 feet in front of you or so. To me it is kind of distracting, similar to the mip-mapping in old Dreamcast games that bothered me even back then. It seems we will be burdened with this forever. The game offers a 60fps mode and a crappy 30fps mode that renders at a slightly higher quality. I do not understand why developers even bother with the 30fps modes. Who wants this? Why? It honestly doesn’t look all that much better, and the “mip-mapping” is still there. You certainly can’t notice the extra detail when you’re racing at 200mph, that’s for damn sure. In my opinion, devs should only concentrate on one visual mode... take it or leave it. Nobody would complain if the crappy 30fps mode wasn’t in there.The audio is generally pretty good as well, though a step down from part 5. There is still plenty of surround sound here. The previous game had much more intense discrete subwoofer, or “LFE” if you prefer. I don’t think most devs are set up well to mix surround audio. They have small speakers which send all of their low end to their subwoofer. Sounds good to them, it’s a wrap on the sound mixing! But it doesn’t sound all that impressive on a big system with big speakers as they don’t have much discrete subwoofer audio here. It’s there but not as much as the previous title. What happened? Dolby Atmos is supported, but it works poorly on the Xbox, with a huge delay in an action onscreen and when you hear it. The radio stations are fine. Each station has what feels like maybe 10 songs. I had to turn the car engine and general sound effects down to 25% because otherwise they overpower the music a bit. The volume sliders are weird, you’d think at 25% volume I’d barely be able to hear the engines against the 100% music, but it’s still clear as day. I’m not really concerned with beating for finishing games. Usually I stop playing when I feel I’ve had enough of a title. Forza Horizon 6 was one of the few that I did become interested in doing almost everything I could in the game. I’m at level 176 (it’s unclear what “level” does for you in this one). I’ve gotten all 7 wristbands, all Discover Japan stamps and won all of the races awarded after that. I still need to find all the roads, (a little over 100 to go), find and smash all the mascots and all the boards. I will do those things, and then I’m done. I do like racing games, and for the most part this is good. I do hope that they do something to add some new life in Forza Horizon 7 instead of being the same wash-rinse-repeat that this title mostly is. And please, fewer screens with event organizers. Nobody cares about them. Nobody.
Game Sack@gamesack.net · 2mo ago

Wake me up when EVs have a better battery technology than Li-ion. It'll happen, preferably sooner than later. Hopefully the newer batteries will have more capacity, be fuckloads lighter, faster recharge, ability to be extinguished quickly if a fire happens, and be kinder to the environment.

Game Sack@gamesack.net · 3mo ago

2nd or 3rd impression. 6 hours in. Gets better as Horizon games are slogs to begin, and ALL modern games are annoying at the start with constant interruptions, etc. Once it leaves you alone it improves. I wish they'd stop forcing me to race in this boat though. The enemies get far better vehicles.

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Game Sack@gamesack.net · 3mo ago

FORZA HORIZON FIRST IMPRESSIONS: In the words of Talking Heads, "Same as it ever was". Nothing new here other than the locale and different radio buddies who absolutely Will. Not. Shut. Up. Graphics are the same quality. Audio has been a bit downgraded from part 5 with less subwoofer.

Bored already with this one. I'd be disappointed but I guess it's my own fault for buying it. I'll say the same thing when I buy part 7.
Game Sack@gamesack.net · 3mo ago

Finally got this! And it comes on a Game Key Card™! It's Xbox so that's perfectly OK. The rules are that you're only supposed to get mad when Nintendo does this. I suppose my biggest gripe though would be that Xbox always has the slowest network speeds. Oh well, worth it for this game!

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