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Title: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Bebpo on August 23, 2019, 01:59:11 AM: I mean Epic Launcher crap gets a thread for its 2-4 games a month of old ass shit, meanwhile PC Game Pass releasing like 4 games a week with some recent stuff. If you're using it, let's talk about what games we've played and whether they're any good.

PC Game pass Details: $5 a month (current deal is 3 months for $5 total). Games added weekly, games stick on the service for one year, so you've got 1 year to try them for 5 mins and see if you want to play them.

Recent additions to the service - Yoku's Island Express, Age of Empire Definitive Edition, Ape Out, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Bard's Tale Trilogy, Wasteland 2 Director's Cut
Coming Soon in the next week or so - Bard's Tale IV Directors Cut, The Blair Witch Project
Coming Soon later this year - Outer Worlds (Oct 25th)

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The Messenger - I like this but still in the first half, stages are too easy, but boss fights are good and writing is hilarious, too bad everyone says 2nd half sucks

Nightcall - This is a cool little 2-3 hour run Paris taxi driver narrative sim, would recommend trying a run

Where Water Turns to Wine - This is a way too long at 30+ hours, but ultimately really neat narrative journey across depression era USA (aka 2020, I kidd). 24 writers put together 240+ short stories with great VA and awesome music. Would recommend at least playing for an hour and trying out some stories.

Blazing Chrome - Basically not as good as best Contras, but still pretty darn good Contra clone. Totally worth a play through.

Old Man's Journey - I played like an hour of this last night and it's super beautiful 2d art but otherwise the gameplay seemed really bad. One of those you can tell it was made for iOS devices kinda games. Feels like it'd be better off just watching a playthrough on youtube.

Forza Horizon 4 - I mean if you haven't played it by now, try it? But if you're interested, you've probably played it. Good open world racer.

Snake Pass - Tried this for a few levels but I see why it bombed because it's an entire game about fighting the controls woooohoooo yeah no thnx

Unavowed - Nice little 8 hour-ish PnC adventure game. Good VA and art, good story, fairly streamlined. Would recommend.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: mormapope on August 23, 2019, 02:06:33 AM: Based on what I've seen and heard from Blair Witch previews, its a lot more mechanics heavy than something like Outlast or Layers of Fear. There's a lot more gear to use, and item management. There's a dog character/companion that you can praise or scold, depending on yor relationship, you and dog have different fates. :doge

Speaking of which, don't sleep on Gears 5, you masterpigs. AAA third person shooters has been a dead genre this gen, Uncharted and Gears 4 being a chunk of that. Gears 5 looks like a massive improvement over 4, which while good, was 2nd weakest Gears (ahead of Judgement).

(https://cdn.gears5.com/media/2019/08/Gears5Specs_Final-5d59f66f653a4-1024x576.jpg)

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/07/22/gears-5-tech-test-graphics-performance/

PC version seems optimized and not fucked.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Bebpo on August 23, 2019, 02:33:45 AM: When is Gears 5 out?

The last Gears game I played was...2? Hmmm, maybe I played 3 but everything after the first game is pretty forgettable. Should I give 4 a try? I mean it's free on this thing.
The thing is my memory of Gears 1-3 is that as someone that doesn't like MP much, the MP was a lot of fun but the single player was pretty bullet sponge zzz after the wowness of the first game wore off.

Just installed Kingdom Come Deliverance & Ape Out. Gonna try these this weekend. My SSD is crying at the file size of PC games these days. Fucking 60-100gb for each AAA kinda game and my SSD is like 250gb :(
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: mormapope on August 23, 2019, 03:23:02 AM: Gears 5 comes out on XBONE/PC with game pass ultimate on Sept. 6th. Two weeks from now.

For Gears campaigns:

2>3>1>4>Judgement.

Gears 2 has an excellent campaign, tons of different combat scenarios, weapon variety, enemy variety, ambitious setpieces. Its great wartime melodrama. Gears 3 has a ton of variety, but it doesn't feel as paced well as 2. Gears 1 is still a good shooter, great design and pacing, but the setpieces are tame.

Gears 4 suffers from its environments. The most drab and samey enviroments and scenarios for all the campaign.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Rahxephon91 on August 23, 2019, 04:13:13 AM: I will I guess use this for Gears 5. But I think Gears 5 has been one of the most poorly advertised AAA games ever. I feel like it's hardly been shown and there's really no excitement for the game. Which is a shame as this series use to be a big deal. I feel like MS dosen't know how to make it's games feel like events anymore. Now they are just starting to feel like movies that just show up on Netflix.

Can't say I'm too excited anyway. The switch to focusing on the female character who was a bit less bland and annoying then the other two leads comes off feeling a bit "me too ish" and like they don't actually know what they are doing. Course correction. Gears 4 was just a very bland game. The new character's had no charisma and felt really market tested. Make them sound quipy like those Marvel movies! felt like the mandate and they did'nt go past that. The story had no real steam until pretty much the end.

I guess there's no much you can do with the gameplay of Gears, but it just felt pretty tired in 4. No real zeal in whatever it was doing. Did'nt help that you fight boring ass robots that miss the feel of Gear's combat. Also they have shitty guns that you'll be using.

I don't know it was just a boring game.

Despite, what I've said it does seem that Gear's 5 has a little more energy behind it. They seem to have found a direction. I think it's a bit stupid that they'd think I'd care about the new characters after 4, but at least it seems with making Kait the main character they have some excitement for thier story. I'll check it out since it will be free.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: thisismyusername on August 23, 2019, 05:00:04 AM: Forza Horizon 3 (the only reason I'd use this) isn't on it, so... :doge

Gear's 5 is coming to Steam, so I'll probably get that for like $10 in a year. No need to spend $5 a month on that. Same with Halo: PC port-s whenever the fuck those release.

Honestly, if Steam did a pass, the PC market would probably be done.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Fifstar on August 23, 2019, 06:14:05 AM: Have to hand it to MS, the value on this is insane (if you're remotely interested in indie games). My pc is not powerful enough for modern games (still rocking a radeon 6870) but I would still get more than enough value out of this. Can I set this up with steamlink? Might have to find this thing again...
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Rufus on August 23, 2019, 10:24:33 AM: SSD in ideal requirements of Gears 5. So it has begun. :rejoice
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Akala on August 23, 2019, 11:02:29 AM: This service has been way above expectations. Not counting the bigger stuff coming like Gears 5 and Outer Worlds (or any console stuff at all like DMC5), currently have a bunch of games installed I probably wouldn't have checked out till a steam sale or would have missed altogether for one reason or another.

Metro Exodus
Kingdom Come Deliverance
Hollow Knight
We Happy Few
Wasteland 2
Void Bastards

The only real question hanging over is how quick (if) they rotate stuff out, I won't have time to even check much out. :lol
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: nachobro on August 23, 2019, 11:43:00 AM: Through free months and stacking sales and other shenanigans I have Ultimate Game Pass til Sept 2021. Not too many have Xbones but it's great for that console. Only weird thing is that some games are console or pc only even if they are available on both platforms (DMCV for example)

Age of Empires Definitive just hit game pass so I expect AOE2D will do the same at launch. Old games :rejoice
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Bebpo on August 23, 2019, 11:43:55 AM: Quote from: Akala on August 23, 2019, 11:02:29 AM
The only real question hanging over is how quick (if) they rotate stuff out, I won't have time to even check much out. :lol

One year. So the initial stuff that launched with it should be up until E3 2020.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: toku on August 23, 2019, 11:47:27 AM: Didn't know Blazing Chrome was in gamepass! Sick!
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: kingv on August 23, 2019, 12:54:35 PM: Quote from: Akala on August 23, 2019, 11:02:29 AM
This service has been way above expectations. Not counting the bigger stuff coming like Gears 5 and Outer Worlds (or any console stuff at all like DMC5), currently have a bunch of games installed I probably wouldn't have checked out till a steam sale or would have missed altogether for one reason or another.

Metro Exodus
Kingdom Come Deliverance
Hollow Knight
We Happy Few
Wasteland 2
Void Bastards

The only real question hanging over is how quick (if) they rotate stuff out, I won't have time to even check much out. :lol

Outer fucking worlds is coming to gamepass?!?!?
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: mormapope on August 23, 2019, 12:55:27 PM: Quote from: Akala on August 23, 2019, 11:02:29 AM
This service has been way above expectations. Not counting the bigger stuff coming like Gears 5 and Outer Worlds (or any console stuff at all like DMC5), currently have a bunch of games installed I probably wouldn't have checked out till a steam sale or would have missed altogether for one reason or another.

Metro Exodus
Kingdom Come Deliverance
Hollow Knight
We Happy Few
Wasteland 2
Void Bastards

The only real question hanging over is how quick (if) they rotate stuff out, I won't have time to even check much out. :lol

Rotation times have been pretty genereous. I think most games stay on in 3-4 month spurts, with any Xbox studios games obviously having permanent spots.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: benjipwns on August 23, 2019, 12:59:45 PM: Quote from: Rufus on August 23, 2019, 10:24:33 AM
SSD in ideal requirements of Gears 5. So it has begun. :rejoice
this kinda scares me :gloomy

edit: lol hadn't looked at SSD prices in a while, nevermind :doge
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Rufus on August 23, 2019, 01:05:50 PM: The days of spinning rust are numbered. At least in consumer devices.

Let's enjoy the gains before the scope of everything expands so much that it eats them all up.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Akala on August 23, 2019, 01:11:46 PM: Quote from: kingv on August 23, 2019, 12:54:35 PM

Outer fucking worlds is coming to gamepass?!?!?

Yep, Oct. 25 according to Bebpo up there.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Bebpo on August 23, 2019, 01:16:13 PM: Quote from: kingv on August 23, 2019, 12:54:35 PM
Quote from: Akala on August 23, 2019, 11:02:29 AM
This service has been way above expectations. Not counting the bigger stuff coming like Gears 5 and Outer Worlds (or any console stuff at all like DMC5), currently have a bunch of games installed I probably wouldn't have checked out till a steam sale or would have missed altogether for one reason or another.

Metro Exodus
Kingdom Come Deliverance
Hollow Knight
We Happy Few
Wasteland 2
Void Bastards

The only real question hanging over is how quick (if) they rotate stuff out, I won't have time to even check much out. :lol

Outer fucking worlds is coming to gamepass?!?!?

They're also getting Bloodlines 2 day 1 and some other rpgs like Wasteland 3 and stuff. For PC rpgs it's gonna pay off plenty.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: CatsCatsCats on August 23, 2019, 02:58:48 PM: Gamepass is great 👍🏻
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: MMaRsu on August 23, 2019, 03:38:11 PM: Gamepass > any other pass
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 23, 2019, 03:45:42 PM: Quote from: MMaRsu on August 23, 2019, 03:38:11 PM
Gamepass > any other pass

What about Leeloo Dallas multipass?
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: pilonv1 on August 24, 2019, 08:16:30 AM: Football Manager 2019 is on it too right? Plus some Paradox stuff but it's the console versions IIRC (Stellaris).
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: The Sceneman on August 25, 2019, 02:03:15 AM: Should I make a different thread for Xbox gamepass? I was thinking of making one haha
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: kingv on August 25, 2019, 02:27:54 AM: It’s gamepass ultimate baaaaabbbbbeeeeey
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Bebpo on August 25, 2019, 03:35:40 AM: Quote from: The Sceneman on August 25, 2019, 02:03:15 AM
Should I make a different thread for Xbox gamepass? I was thinking of making one haha

Sure! The libraries are pretty different.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Merch on August 25, 2019, 10:04:03 AM: Quote from: Bebpo on August 23, 2019, 02:33:45 AM
The last Gears game I played was...2? Hmmm, maybe I played 3 but everything after the first game is pretty forgettable. Should I give 4 a try? I mean it's free on this thing.

Gears 4 doesn’t work on Nvidia 10x0 series cards, or something like that.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: BisMarckie on August 25, 2019, 09:22:01 PM: I picked up a cheap xbox one s mostly to play last gen stuff. I bought two years of live gold and signed up for one month of gamepass ultimate for one euro dollar. Now it says my next billing date will be in 2021. So I essentially got two years of ultimate basically for free? Surely that can’t be right...
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: nachobro on August 25, 2019, 09:24:49 PM: yep it is. they convert any existing live or gamepass time was 1:1 to ultimate. and if you had both live and gamepass they stacked the time when converting (one year live + one year gamepass = two years ultimate) :lol
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: BisMarckie on August 25, 2019, 09:30:22 PM: Now I regret not buying three years of gold. cdkeys is selling those codes for 40 bucks. :maf
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Bebpo on August 25, 2019, 10:54:13 PM: Ape Out - Played a bunch of levels and like the style and the music and the impact of the hits, but otherwise it feels like it's trying to be hotline miami but it's not hotline miami. The levels all kinda feel the same and the core gameplay just wore out its welcome really fast to me. I think I would have liked it better if I could see most of the map instead of just when you die.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Bebpo on August 25, 2019, 11:04:32 PM: Cluster Truck - I thought this was a truck racing game :lol instead it's basically like Mirror's Edge but weird fast physics. Pretty fun but again felt like it got repetitive really fast.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: kingv on August 26, 2019, 12:36:47 AM: Quote from: nachobro on August 25, 2019, 09:24:49 PM
yep it is. they convert any existing live or gamepass time was 1:1 to ultimate. and if you had both live and gamepass they stacked the time when converting (one year live + one year gamepass = two years ultimate) :lol

The conversion rate is unfortunately not great now.

I’m hoping they’ll have a holiday deal that you can get a year for $110 or so I’ll buy like 4.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Bebpo on September 19, 2019, 01:23:04 AM: Creature in the Well - I like pinball and arkanoid and I should like this, but while it's a solid idea, it's both repetitive and the controls aren't really precise enough so some of the timed stuff is more annoying than fun. Did some worlds and youtube'd the end world to see how it ends. Metacritic reviews are around mid/high 70s, which sounds about right. Wouldn't have paid money for this.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: nachobro on September 19, 2019, 09:27:13 AM: Heads up, looks like Bloodstained is on PC game pass as well even though it was only announced for consoles. You have to search for it but it will show up as included once you do.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 19, 2019, 09:56:51 AM: Oh, very nice.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Akala on September 19, 2019, 07:57:03 PM: Bloodstained seems....OK. Story seems ::) , art/monster/character design seems bad. :doge
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Bebpo on September 20, 2019, 12:14:08 AM: A lot of people loved it, I thought it was solid but doesn't reach the classics. Castle is fun to explore but combat has too much brokenness, especially for boss fights by like 1/4th in.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Bebpo on September 20, 2019, 12:15:14 AM: Oh and we finally got Shadow Warrior 2 which I'm excited about because I never ended up buying it. Shadow Warrior 2 & Observer were two of the Xbox-only gamepass games I really wanted on PC.

No time to play any of this shit though :'(
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Akala on September 20, 2019, 09:46:53 AM: Shadow Warrior 2 was free on GOG last year. :P
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: nachobro on September 20, 2019, 10:27:14 AM: Observer was great, put a review in the Xbox thread (why are there two anyway lol) so I hope it comes to PC for you
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Fifstar on September 25, 2019, 05:18:23 PM: Just checked out Bloodstained, seems pretty good. Also runs flawless on my 9 year old gpu. My poor switch :'(

Will probably keep my subscription. My next renewal will be for 12 €/ 3 months which is a good deal considering you get to try out lots of stuff quick after the inital release. Just be able to test something for an hour or two is nice. Like I was always interested in Ori and the Blind Forest, but after the inital two hours it really didn't capture me. Another game to strike of the list of games to play. Almost feels better than playing a game ::)

I would prefer many games on switch, but one game like Slay the Spire will cost me as much as my first 9 months on gamepass, that's to good to be passed up.

I wonder how this games of services will play out. Can't be sustainable like that for Microsoft right now. On the other hand who will be paying for indie games if everybody already has a cheap subscription where you can play plenty of current indie games?
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Bebpo on September 25, 2019, 05:27:33 PM: Yeah, there's no way these things last as is, but oh well take advantage of it for now. They'll figure out something in the future.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: CatsCatsCats on September 25, 2019, 07:46:22 PM: Here’s hoping Xbox game pass comes to switch to own the sony stans?
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: nachobro on September 25, 2019, 07:54:45 PM: this is why i've been been adding every free or cheap amount of prepaid time, once they raise the price i'm still set 8)
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: nachobro on October 09, 2019, 09:27:09 AM: Added to PC this month:

F1 2018
Lonely Mountains Downhill
Minit
The Outer Worlds
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
State of Mind
Stellaris

Leaving PC this month:

Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2019/10/09/xbox-game-pass-for-pc-october-2019/
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Post by: Joe Molotov on October 09, 2019, 09:41:40 AM: :bow Outer Worlds :bow2
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Bebpo on October 09, 2019, 09:54:29 AM: They also added Dirt Rally 2, Dishonored, Bad North and fixed Killer Instinct.

I played some Dirt Rally 2, which was good but just sort of more of the same as Rally 1 with worse performance on my rig.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: nachobro on October 09, 2019, 09:57:39 AM: Yeah I noticed the same thing with Dirt Rally 2 on Steam. Had a lot of crashes with it when I had no issues with 1.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Bebpo on October 24, 2019, 06:37:45 PM: Played a bit of Lonely Mountains: Downhill - Kinda neat little off-road racer with a nice art style. It's a bit Trials-ish, but the checkpoints are much further apart here and it's not quite so physics-y and extreme challenging. Still, when you're going downhill pretty fast and making turns it's pretty satisfying. Also lots of shortcuts everywhere are cool. I only wish you could zoom out further because a lot of the time it feels like you're flying blind and it's a bit trial & error since you can't see ahead of you.

Also finally started Gears 5. Looks pretty nice. Tutorial was pretty long.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: pilonv1 on October 25, 2019, 05:00:30 AM: Quote from: Bebpo on October 09, 2019, 09:54:29 AM
They also added Dirt Rally 2, Dishonored, Bad North and fixed Killer Instinct.

Bad North is great
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: MMaRsu on October 31, 2019, 04:06:33 PM: Quote from: riotous on October 31, 2019, 03:48:11 PM
Fuck it, installing Kingdom Come Deliverance

What are the chances I uninstall quickly? lol

I have very little patience for jank.

none

(1 minute)
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 31, 2019, 04:55:16 PM: Quote from: riotous on October 31, 2019, 03:52:41 PM
GamePass is rad when you have the Gigatit internuts:

(https://i.imgur.com/RHiplcO.png)

:stahp
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: nachobro on November 16, 2019, 11:14:40 AM: Rage 2 is on PC GP even though its advertised for console only. Downloading it now, this is one I meant to try when on sale and there's no better price than this
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Eel O'Brian on November 17, 2019, 01:40:50 AM: I think I just got a year of this for $1. I had just bought a year of Gold in October. Today I signed up for the 3 months of ultimate for $1. Apparently they convert the remainder of your current Gold or console gamepass to the ultimate plan when you sign up. I just checked my subscriptions and it says they're not going to charge me again until December 2020. If that's true this is the best subscription service ever.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Rufus on November 17, 2019, 09:16:20 AM: Yup. It's a great deal. I think I might keep renewing until they increase the price.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: nachobro on November 17, 2019, 10:05:45 AM: Yep, I got that converted time thing plus been using free month codes when I see em pop up (or when they come with taco bell 8)) and I'm subscribed til 2022 now :lol
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 03, 2019, 11:52:46 AM: Played a few hours of Vambrace: Cold Souls (aka Anime Darkest Dungeon) because it had some nice Korean anime tiddy art, but it's hard af + boring. Combat is "just keep hitting the attack button and hope you don't die" and you have to go through a million rooms of that and hope RNG gives you some without combat. Then you find a campfire, but oh whoops, RNG says you don't get to have any HP or Stamina refilled this time, so you have to leave the dungeon so everyone doesn't die.

I guess this is fun for people that like getting punched in the dick? :idont
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 03, 2019, 10:05:17 PM: Decided to check out CrossCore today. It's a pretty good little LTTP-like. The graphics are crisp, the characters are cute, and the gameplay is pretty solid. Although it did take me a bit to get used to the layout of the controls, once you do it feels pretty good. It seems like it has a good combat and puzzle mixture. I played through the intro dungeon and then did a couple of quests in the first town and field area. I like it, I'm gonna keep playing it.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: nachobro on December 05, 2019, 09:17:49 AM: https://twitter.com/klobrille/status/1202584595352498176

:rejoice
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Great Rumbler on December 05, 2019, 09:20:20 AM: Game Pass really is an incredibly value right now.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Don Rumata on December 05, 2019, 10:03:44 AM: Wow, that's a big get.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: nachobro on December 05, 2019, 12:39:58 PM: never mind maybe? :fbm

https://twitter.com/ControlRemedy/status/1202638974193479680

or they just don't want xbox/pc people to stop buying it
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 05, 2019, 12:42:04 PM: Maybe Phil just forgot some magazine/website was supposed to get an exclusive reveal.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Bebpo on December 05, 2019, 01:18:15 PM: Even if it comes to gamepass, probably be one of the many console only ones, especially to not get in the way of Epic's PC deal.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: nachobro on December 05, 2019, 02:16:51 PM: Metro Exodus came to PC Game Pass like a month after it launched on EGS, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Control too. Everyone says Control is the game to show off raytracing so I'll wait and see cause I'm a cheapass
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Bebpo on December 06, 2019, 08:42:29 PM: Demon's Tilt - Super charged pinball table with lots of explosions and great spritework. No idea what's happening but pretty fun. Only shame is seems like it's just one really long to beat table instead of a couple tables.
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Bebpo on December 06, 2019, 08:51:25 PM: Also apparently it's a spiritual successor to Alien Crush which I never played but can totally see. Even the music sounds similar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNP4qNuYwuk
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: The Sceneman on December 06, 2019, 08:55:41 PM: so keen for control omg
Title: Re: Can we have a PC Gamepass thread? The PC Gamepass thread
Post by: Rufus on December 06, 2019, 09:55:15 PM: Quote from: Bebpo on December 06, 2019, 08:42:29 PM
Demon's Tilt - Super charged pinball table with lots of explosions and great spritework. No idea what's happening but pretty fun. Only shame is seems like it's just one really long to beat table instead of a couple tables.
Played it for an hour or so. My eyes are too slow for this. You can even have multiple balls out at once (don't ask how, it just happened) and that was impossible to follow.
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Post by: Bebpo on December 08, 2019, 03:26:27 PM: My Friend Pedro - I'm mixed on Devolver's indie output. There's a lot of great stuff, but some of it is also flash over substance like I thought Ape Out was. My Friend Pedro has substance, and is fun but I kinda got bored of it within an hour because the substance wears thin. Generally the substance & challenge seems to be trying to chain together as much of a full stage combo as possible, which is fun but after doing it once or twice I was good. Was hoping it'd be kinda like a 2d Stranglehold and it visually sorta is with the slow mo leaping and split aiming and stuff but otherwise it's not much like it.
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Post by: Rufus on December 10, 2019, 01:36:57 PM: Prey's folder is called BethesdaSoftworks.LiluDallas-Multipass_1.11.7.0_x64__3275kfvn8vcwc :confused
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Post by: Akala on December 10, 2019, 02:25:15 PM: Yeah Demons Tilt seemed coolish but a bit too random, doubt it hold interest long. Ball lacks weight and I am probably missing the usage of tilt but it kept fucking me up. :lol

My Friend Pedro I also like less than expected. It’s pretty ok looking but tries a bit too hard. Not all that fun to play IMO, was bored by end of first level.

I am glad games like this are being made, am happy it’s MS giving them money rather than me.
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Post by: Bebpo on December 10, 2019, 02:41:18 PM: Quote from: Akala on December 10, 2019, 02:25:15 PM
I am glad games like this are being made, am happy it’s MS giving them money rather than me.

Yeah, pretty much.
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Post by: nachobro on December 10, 2019, 02:44:24 PM: demon's tilt has so much going on, its hard to follow :lol
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Post by: kingv on December 10, 2019, 08:07:23 PM: Quote from: Bebpo on December 08, 2019, 03:26:27 PM
My Friend Pedro - I'm mixed on Devolver's indie output. There's a lot of great stuff, but some of it is also flash over substance like I thought Ape Out was. My Friend Pedro has substance, and is fun but I kinda got bored of it within an hour because the substance wears thin. Generally the substance & challenge seems to be trying to chain together as much of a full stage combo as possible, which is fun but after doing it once or twice I was good. Was hoping it'd be kinda like a 2d Stranglehold and it visually sorta is with the slow mo leaping and split aiming and stuff but otherwise it's not much like it.

I have good memories of stranglehold. I played it on a submarine out to sea while I was in the navy. I had my parents send that and earth defense force in a care package and would wreck them and halo 3 in my stateroom off watch with my bunk mates and we would play that and watch Season 1 and 2 of Heroes before it was trash.

That’s like literally the only fun thing to do on a submarine other than prank people and try to spin them up for a laugh.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on December 10, 2019, 11:03:03 PM: Quote from: Rufus on December 10, 2019, 01:36:57 PM
Prey's folder is called BethesdaSoftworks.LiluDallas-Multipass_1.11.7.0_x64__3275kfvn8vcwc :confused

(http://i.imgur.com/S8dgdOG.png)
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Post by: Rufus on December 11, 2019, 04:52:16 AM: Quote from: riotous on December 10, 2019, 01:40:59 PM
5th Element reference.
Yeah, but why tho. I guess users can't do shit with UWP apps, so it doesn't matter what they're called, but it still caught me by surprise.
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Post by: Bebpo on January 09, 2020, 08:07:32 PM: Frostpunk is free. Been wanting to try it since I don't have the patience for city builders but people seem to love this one.
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Post by: Sho Nuff on January 11, 2020, 10:29:15 PM: Holy shit why did nobody tell me that Demon's Tilt existed
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Post by: Bebpo on January 12, 2020, 12:12:44 AM: I like it, especially ‘cause I love pinball, but it’s fun for like 2 hours tops. Maybe that makes it perfect for game pass :doge
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Post by: Great Rumbler on January 23, 2020, 09:39:14 AM: Gris and Plague Tale are up on PC.
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Post by: Bebpo on January 23, 2020, 03:53:31 PM: Motherfucker, I held off on Gris forever waiting for it to show in a bundle or service and then spent like $3 last steam sale on it :'(

Oh well, good for everyone else who hasn’t bought it.
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Post by: EightBitNate on January 23, 2020, 03:56:20 PM: I will wait hours for Plague Tale to download and then play it for 35 minutes, being amazed at the graphics but never getting pulled in.
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Post by: nachobro on January 23, 2020, 03:56:49 PM: Quote from: Bebpo on January 23, 2020, 03:53:31 PM
Oh well, good for everyone else who hasn’t bought it.
it me
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Post by: Akala on January 23, 2020, 05:29:48 PM: Quote from: Sho Nuff on January 11, 2020, 10:29:15 PM
Holy shit why did nobody tell me that Demon's Tilt existed

Try and play it for more than 30 mins.

I really wanted to like it but it didn’t stick. DISCLAIMER I didn’t figure out the tilt mechanic before deleting. :lol
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Post by: Rufus on January 23, 2020, 06:15:16 PM: Plague tale crashed on me twice during the tutorial. :doge

Looks like it's MSI Aferburner/RTSS' fault. Making and exemption for the game seems to have fixed it.
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Post by: Sho Nuff on April 17, 2020, 11:50:17 PM: Wait a second. If I had 3 years of XBLA and then did the $1 upgrade plan, I could get three years of Game Pass ultimate for an extra $36?

That seems like....insanity.
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Post by: demi on April 17, 2020, 11:57:32 PM: That sounds about right to me, give or take.
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Post by: Sho Nuff on April 18, 2020, 12:12:18 AM: In that case I'm on it. There's a ton of games I would have bought on sale. Fucking insane deal.
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Post by: Sho Nuff on April 18, 2020, 12:48:51 AM: I am pretty sure this worked. Bought 3 years of Gold then did the $1 upgrade; says the next recurring billing date's in 2023. I am flabbergasted and can't believe this actually works.
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Post by: demi on April 18, 2020, 12:50:22 AM: Welcome to the future of gaming
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Post by: Sho Nuff on April 18, 2020, 11:01:42 AM: I checked my credit card records and yes, it is a dollar. Until the year 2023. I don't understand how they make any money off this. I am literally downloading something like 4 00 gigabytes worth of games right now. I would have bought all of these games for like 20 to 30 bucks on a sale. This is fucking awesome. I don't understand how they're making any money on this.
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Post by: nachobro on April 18, 2020, 11:04:32 AM: i don't think they are making anything off the people who converted from live only/gamepass only for $1, but the full gamepass ultimate price is $15/month so if they can convince people to stay in the system then they can make money. also ms has said that the discounted price to buy gamepass games has lead to more subscribers just buying the games and dlc so that probably helps too.
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Post by: toku on April 18, 2020, 11:30:33 AM: Yeah the whole idea is you're staying and using their storefront. Hopefully it pays off eventually.
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Post by: demi on April 18, 2020, 11:37:00 AM: I dont understand how it all works either, but it works for me and that's all I care about
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Post by: Great Rumbler on April 18, 2020, 02:15:32 PM: Yep, just enjoy the tons of games for cheap while they last, let Microsoft worry about how to make money off it.
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Post by: Trent Dole on April 18, 2020, 06:11:25 PM: There's logic to it if people pay the actual base price but I kind of doubt too many are doing that since there's deals for it constantly.
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Post by: who is ted danson? on April 19, 2020, 12:49:27 PM: I just subbed up. I had a browse and like 30-40% of my steam wish list is on gamepass anyway. Sorry Gabe. To be honest, the stuff on here could probably keep my busy for years. :lol

Gonna start with Forza Horizon 4.
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Post by: Sho Nuff on April 19, 2020, 09:07:07 PM: I just got a 500GB external SSD and filled the fucking thing up with games. ROCK ON

Playing Plague Tale now which looks amazing. Forza Horizon on deck, baby.
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Post by: who is ted danson? on May 03, 2020, 09:09:59 AM: - Dumped 20 hours into Forza Horizon 4. Really fun game *but* it does start to feel a bit aimless after a while. There is no real even progression as such like you would find in other racers (more laps, more opponents, tougher/more technical tracks etc). That said it feels great to play, nice to cruise around in etc etc. Still makes me long for a new PGR >:(

- Messed around in Superhot for half an hour or so. Cool concept but didnt really grab me tbh

- Beat Dishonored 2. Definitely as good as the first with some *insanely* creative levels, but performance was a bit sluggish. My rig is due an upgrade in a year of two (4690k/1060) but still felt poor in comparison to FH4 and Wolfenstein 2. Will probably revisit it in a year or two.

- Beat Wolfenstein 2. I really liked this. I think the reception was a bit divisive at launch? The game had some really fun/zany/crazy set pieces and the shooting was as fun as the last one. Did feel like they dumped a bunch of extra (pointless) mechanics in (
spoiler (click to show/hide)
I used those extendable legs like 5 or 10 times, whats the point lol
[close]

- Dicked around in Streets of Rage 4. Never played the older ones, IDK what I was doing. Will probably go back later this week.

Verdict: get PC Gamepass :science
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Post by: Himu on May 04, 2020, 10:07:12 PM: I've tried to get SoR4 from Game Pass and this has made a horrific intro.

The Game Pass application is a massive resource hog. This is ridiculous. It keeps logging into an account I don't want to use when all I fucking want to do is log into the account that I signed up to Game Pass with. I log into with one account and for some reason I log into another and it defaults to one particular account which doesn't have Game Pass on it. It's driving me crazy.

MS can't even do PC gaming right because they're fuck ups at that too.
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Post by: Himu on May 04, 2020, 10:13:17 PM: God fucking dammit I fucking hate Microsoft and this is case number 1 why I haven't touched any of their shit in almost a fucking decade. I go to SoR4 page on the MS store and I can't fucking dl it because it defaults to another account which doesn't have fucking gamepass and I can't switch accounts or log in as a specific account. God I hate this fucking company.
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Post by: nachobro on May 04, 2020, 10:14:11 PM: i just use the ms store/website over the "xbox" app, but it does want to default to the account you use to log into windows. you should just be able to sign into another account though
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Post by: Himu on May 04, 2020, 10:16:14 PM: I'm dling it from the store page. At least they have that option and aren't complete fucking hacks.
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Post by: nachobro on May 04, 2020, 10:17:21 PM: lmao
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Post by: benjipwns on May 04, 2020, 10:18:59 PM: It's called "usability" Cindi.
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Post by: nachobro on May 04, 2020, 10:19:10 PM: (https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/372503124226867203/665268987092926476/6a0120a85dcdae970b0128776ff992970c-pi.png)
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Post by: Himu on May 04, 2020, 10:23:04 PM: It took me two full minutes to make this post because the quick reply box wouldn't load due to the apparent demand of downloading SoR4 has put on my computer.

This has never happened with Steam.

Even the less stressful option still blows. Typical MS. Always have to go through hoops with this company.
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Post by: nachobro on May 04, 2020, 10:40:07 PM: ms is to blame for you downloading something from your browser? :lol
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Post by: Himu on May 04, 2020, 10:46:20 PM: MS is to blame for bad apps. I dled it from the MS Store and slowed my computer considerably. Even that was bad. Nothing with MS is a smooth experience regarding the Xbox line and hasn't been since mid-360 days. Comparing Xbox and MS STore apps with the performance and usability of other pc apps such as Steam and GOG makes it even more harrowing how bad the user side of their Xbox shit really is.
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Post by: nachobro on May 04, 2020, 10:52:18 PM: i think it might just be your experience there. it's pretty smooth for me. go to the website, click install, and it opens the store and installs.
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Post by: remy on May 04, 2020, 10:55:38 PM: Quote from: who is ted danson? on May 03, 2020, 09:09:59 AM
Beat Wolfenstein 2. I really liked this. I think the reception was a bit divisive at launch? The game had some really fun/zany/crazy set pieces and the shooting was as fun as the last one. Did feel like they dumped a bunch of extra (pointless) mechanics in (
spoiler (click to show/hide)
I used those extendable legs like 5 or 10 times, whats the point lol
[close]
It's a fun game but I think it kinda starts to suck on higher difficulties. Maybe I just suck, but you die super fast in open space so it becomes a pretty hardcore cover shooter. why give me beast dual wielding dieselpunk shotguns if i can't use em without hiding like a coward.

Some of the shit in the story though was so awesome. Some of the wildest fucking crap in a big budget game like this
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Post by: Rahxephon91 on May 04, 2020, 10:59:21 PM: I just put Wolfenstien 2 on easy and called it a day. I like everything about the game, except the gameplay. The actual shooting is good, it's just yeah you die so quickly that's it's not fun. The game looks and feels like it wants you to play it like Doom, but instead you're supposed to be stealthy. I just don't find that fun.
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Post by: Sho Nuff on May 04, 2020, 11:03:38 PM: Wolf 2 was a fucking riot, production design on that game is incredible. All the props are like insane looking. Going to Gears 5 after Wolf 2 was a definite downgrade
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Post by: Great Rumbler on May 05, 2020, 12:12:20 PM: Quote from: nachobro on May 04, 2020, 10:52:18 PM
i think it might just be your experience there. it's pretty smooth for me. go to the website, click install, and it opens the store and installs.

I use the Xbox app on PC, works well for me [for the most part]. I'm sure it depends on what kind of system you're running, though.