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For an end of the year show, can you please bring in a bunch of people and do a true game of the year show where the panel votes on games that came out from Jan 1st - december 31st. Have some other categories, also like Best graphics, best smaller game, best AA, most under rated, most over rated.

Timestamps Intro & Rand & Jez Playing (Battlefield 2042 Impression by Jez) Forza Horizon 5 Launch Success 37:07 Halo Infinite Campaign Preview/Halo Infinite Multiplayer Leak 1:02:31 New Xbox Games Leak By Jez & Jeff Grubb 1:26:48 Steam Deck Delayed & Todd Howard New Interview 2:03:19 Another week of Xbox Two podcast done, Later guys

I was finally able to make it to a live show. Great show guys! Good time to be an Xbox gamer.

I’m finding the actual racing gameplay is full of emotion. I’ve never really played racing games in inside car view. I normally go Bonnet view as find it easier to judge corners etc. but man, in car view in FH5 is sooooo good. Once you get used to it I find those small steering adjustments are easier to judge as you can see the steering wheel and know you’ve only counter steered a tad and don’t end up snaking down the road. Getting a decent run on these races blows most single player story driven games emotion out the window. Like the millennium falcon bursting through the flames in return of the Jedi. Well almost. In car view does hinder your view of the beautiful landscape a bit but man the Emerson is tippy top!

Your show really helps get problems off of my mind, I have depression and I always look forward to the show. I always feel better while watching your show and talking to people in the chat. Thank you both for all the hard work you guys do to make the show possible. You both seem like great guys and I'm looking forward to the next show. My favorite podcast by far

Always love catching The Xbox Two, hey Rand & Jez hope ya’ll doing well. Even if I don’t catch it Live, I never miss an episode. Appreciate both of you always talking games and sharing your honest thoughts. Thanks again guys, keep up the great work & content 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

Fable should have a co-op option like Far Cry and Dying Light where it doesn't affect the design of the single-player experience in any way, it's just an option thaf makes the game more fun with a friend.

Hey Rand, bought the Wheel of Time book today on your love for the series. Hope you both keep up the great work on the podcast lovin the idea of extra guests at some point in the future espcially a Xmas gathering of multiple content creators on the channel sounds really cool.

2:08:40 Regarding the possibility of Fallout being Developed by someone Else, Ryan (from Ign) during the interview with Todd Howard, specifically brought up the possibility of handing it to Obsidian Entertaintment or Inexile, which Todd Howard did not seem keen on, just FYI.

DD 1,2 (destruction derby) was great after that my faves were burn out the mode I liked the most was when you crashed the car to get the most destruction

I'm an audio listener on Spotify, just noticed that you guys dropped a Halo poll on spofity. Pretty neat, had no idea that was a thing. Keep em coming.

Forza H5 doesnt really need anything but as an extra dream want ....I think it would be cool to put in a split second style section in forza....because it seems playground can do anything. I loved split second and the destructionable landscapes and buildings while racing. I can't remember did motorstorm have destructionable backgrounds. I know that's not what forza is about but if they made a small little section in the game like legos....could be fun.

Hey rand if you do get the woft tattoo you could have the heron blade or callindor in the background

If the Halo multiplayer does launch early on Nov 15th, does that mean Halo can qualify for GOTY even though the campaign launches Dec 8th? If so it's a clever tactic.

Another great show Rand👍 I agree with you, it is time to have Jez do all of the Manscaped ads💥 I wish the GOTY would include games such as FH5. I understand the need for a game to have a story, but also believe the GOTY needs to include all game types and have 8-10 nominees for GOTY. If Microsoft makes the Halo Infinite multi-player available on 11/15, that would be a great 20th Anniversary gift for all Halo players. My Series X has lived up to most of the hype (with the exception of Ray tracing, but that will be better implemented in the next 2 years as devs better utilize the RDNA2 features) 60fps has been the predominant standard for Series X games (FH5 looks spectacular). The power delta is much wider in favor of the Series X (12.15 tflops) vs PS5 (10.28 tflops) vs PS4 (1.84 tflops) vs Xbox 1 (1.31 tflops), but utilizing the power will be on the game devs working their magic with the game dev kits and console hardware features which takes time. 1st year grade for Series X is a B+ Thanks Rand and Jez

You can turn on full simulation car destruction on forza.......

1 v 100 was in uk. Loved it!!

wasnt Nate the Hate the same guy that said GB and GBA games were coming to Switch Online update in October?

LoL @ 12:00 in you can hear in Jez's voice the he 100% knows that Max Pain series was going to be a headlining feature in the Back Compatibility dump that was in the 20 year anniversary show coming later that week. LoL, I commenting a few weeks from when this was recorded, So it's so much easier to hear the apprehension in Jez's voice when Rand starts talking about specific games n shit LoL

Maybe for a big show if possible get phill spencer or Larry (Major Nelson) of Geoff keely or with stallion and colt again with the iron lords

Jez, Texas Instruments was owned by Ross Perot, who finished 3rd in the U.S. presidential race in 1992.

Some Rand and Jez time

Talking about the (just1) game, Asobo would be that studio for xbox. I recently played A Plague Tale Innocence, and its just so good. Asobo can definitely rival naughtydog. with A plague tale requiem coming to gamepass day one, im super exited and really hope xbox aquires asobo. Focus home interactive has a tendency to screw over devs.

FH5 is close to 9 million players today.

halo multiplayer beta just went live with a 25 gig update. lets gooo!

Walmart showed a halo collectors edition and was completely scalped and was 169.99

Unreal Champs coming out soon reveille on awards

Rand can be the voice of Craig. 😁

Forza isn’t about vehicle destruction, Jez.

Xbox has had a good year not a great one but it will be remembered by the double punch of Forza & Halo. Some good Game pass additions early this year like Outriders & MLB. Psychonauts, 12 minutes and a couple other indies we have been waiting for finally came out too! Next year should be better spaced out but it starts in April with Stalker 2? Or 3rd parties come earlier. Still lots of work to be done. PS dominates mindshare and that wont change overnight. Xbox is setup proper now. Now we wait.

I think being able to purchase the game a tad early before it his gamepass is great news. It may still help retailers like game/GameStop being involved with Xbox. I love game pass but I also like receiving physical games as presents at crimbo etc. well done Microsoft for keeping retailers involved.

I've been desperate for Max Payne 3 for soooooo long. What the hell happened to Rockstar (don't bother answering GTA online happened). Wish Remedy still owned the IP. Either way just let me play the final game again. Would love a remake of 1 and 2.

People should give cash rewards to those who report playstation users who pirate Xbox games.

Jez manscape promo loll 🤣😂

Unreal Championship coming out soon

A remake can win as long as it's a Sony game

To be fair who tf asked for a Recore collectors edition

As a huge fan of the previous Halo Campaigns, my issue is still with the lack of co-op at launch. 343 was locked in with releasing both the MP and Campaign at the same time right? Assuming the rumor is true, for them to now change that by releasing the MP a few weeks ahead of the campaign seems nonsensical. In my opinion, they could have very well delayed the campaign to have it be the complete experience if the plan was to stealth drop the MP early regardless. For me, it would just be a frustrating move on their part.

But it's a big controversy if Forza horizon 5 can win goty

& oh yeah halo not gonna count but get washed out for next year I guess the full year doesn't count but let Sony put out God of war in December 2021 I bet the gold post moves back

God after listening to dealer thinking hes funny and constantly interrupt the other members of the panel,its good to listen to these two gents.

Turn off cross play!! You will find games… I been playing just Xbox network and keep finding games one after the other.. they are aware of the bug and suppose to patch it soon.

who buys pc or ps when there is xbox?

Games are meant to played, not watched.....why would you trade your RPGs, FPSs for last of us lol, its a fucking movie

compulsion has the same art style as psychonauts or the creators of dishonored. And I don’t understand why the hosts talk bad about Ubisoft making service games but love halo while it being converted as well into a service game. I think I just need to realize the hypocrisy and get over it or just stop listening cause I just wish it made sense. It’s a me problem

Anyone who doesn't vote Forza Horizon 5 for Game Of The Year clearly just hates anything fun.

Gonna be kinda pissed if halo multiplayer launches on Monday, I had it lined up to enjoy the game when it launches. But as of now I'm gonna be lucky to squeeze in a few hours a week.

The main takeaway we should take from this Forza horizon 5 launch is that game pass subscribers are active and will support games day 1. I mean " 4 million players" doesn't sound better than " 4 million copies sold" but it's good nonetheless.

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Maybe I'm in the minority, but I hate when guests are brought on. I skip episodes of any podcast that brings on a bunch of people, as it usually results in nothing but people talking over each other and having surface level conversations, 'cause everyone's got to get their two cents in.

Jez mic sounds bad.

If gt was doing this good it would be no question what goty was that shit corny af

If you guys have guests on and you don't bring Lord cognito ...... You'll be denying everyone a good time

this Aussie grandad reckons , game of the year should be on sale numbers not peoples opinions 😉

I’m a tad critical but Xbox has been very lacking 2 new games from a it’s new developers 1 of them was abandoned. Halo infinite and forza 5 feel like the Xbox that’s transitioning to a new era, I wish there was something else that they could do for xb1 like one more game that didn’t come out for it.

There were allegations made against Jeremy Soule. Turns out he may have been a creep. On top of that it doesn't seem like he's great to work with. Bethesda is almost certainly not going to work with him ever again.

We NEED PGR to return. I love Motorsport but find Horizon to be a train wreck (the handling is terrible). The OG Xbox had 3 notable first party racing franchises with Forza Motorsport, PGR & Rallisport Challenge. Xbox has around a dozen RPG's in production and over half a dozen shooter franchises on the go PGR is a global real world street racer encouraging driving with style. Is a third racing franchise too much to ask for? Hell, a kids kart racer should bump the total racing options up to four. Horizon sucks.