XBOX GamePass ~*OT*~ best service, best console (now with EA Play)

[Trent Dole]

I started up 0 and had a generally good time, need to get back to it.

[nachobro]

https://twitter.com/majornelson/status/1253307742686568448

console only but still a hell of a get

[Don Rumata]

Pointless for me (since i already have it on ps4 and don't have an xbox) but 
I'm assuming it's for, like, 2 months at most.

[nachobro]

i don't think anything has been signed for less than a year but rockstar is precious about their games so who knows

[Don Rumata]

i don't think anything has been signed for less than a year but rockstar is precious about their games so who knows

Actually, on PC they go cheap relatively fast and relatively hard.
For example they gave out all their shit for (near) free in plenty of occasions, just to promote their new thing.
I know they gave LA Noire, GTA4 and Max Payne 3 away for peanuts, when needing to promote GTAV and RDR 2 PC.

[nachobro]

maybe its an attempt to get people into the MP, it was pretty dead the last time i was playing it. doesn't seem to be much to do, especially compared to gtav online

[mormapope]

maybe its an attempt to get people into the MP, it was pretty dead the last time i was playing it. doesn't seem to be much to do, especially compared to gtav online

It feels like GTA V has had an MMO'S worth of content added, but I don't want to sit thru 30 cumulative loading screen hours to play thru all that shit.

[The Sceneman]

maybe its an attempt to get people into the MP, it was pretty dead the last time i was playing it. doesn't seem to be much to do, especially compared to gtav online

Issue was it launched as garbage, I was pumped to play it as I put 100s of hours in RDR1 online. GTAV online was fine at launch.

RDR2 Online launched with a terrible F2P economy in a retail product, and nothing to do. They've added stuff but not sure how cool it is.

[Don Rumata]

To me it was the same problem GTAV had, just constant griefing annoyance.
I know you can put some kind of immunity mode, but it's not exactly ideal.
I think i would just rather have a coop mode with 4 players, than this pseudo MMO thing they always go for.

[The Sceneman]

Playing Worms WMD as there's a weekly quest for some rewards points (I'm pushing for the big 1000 monthly quest). I really dug the original game as a kid in the 90s and the classic formula is still good. Lots of customisation options in this installment

[chronovore]

maybe its an attempt to get people into the MP, it was pretty dead the last time i was playing it. doesn't seem to be much to do, especially compared to gtav online

Issue was it launched as garbage, I was pumped to play it as I put 100s of hours in RDR1 online. GTAV online was fine at launch.

RDR2 Online launched with a terrible F2P economy in a retail product, and nothing to do. They've added stuff but not sure how cool it is.

This has been my problem as well. It's not just that it's a bunch of F2P economy, so much as them showing off a bunch of stuff that isn't even available due to me not having leveled up. I mean, I got it in GTA Online, when they roll out options based level, on trying to ease the player into how many Jobs/Modes there are, but this SHOWS the player how much stuff is there, but doesn't allow them into it.

And the whole menu structure is hard to understand.

And they offer to drop the player directly into explanations of what each new item/mode unlocked is, but from within the Pause Menu, I can't dismiss it with Option Button, I've got to B-Button back out through a half dozen depths. Sometimes this happens during a mission online, where it doesn't actually pause.

[Trent Dole]

I started up Gato Roboto and I swear some of the tileset is literally swiped from Metroid. This was released on Switch and Steam first too apparently. I guess they traded temp console exclusivity for not getting sued? Though you probably can't really get in trouble for having similar blocks. But it's just so so insanely obvious.

[Stro]

GTA online should just be you can either go in with strangers or go in with a group of friends and do crazy shit, not shitty deathmatches or shitty races. You know like...playing GTA like you would by yourself, but with your bros.

[The Sceneman]

Anyone try out the new space game? Deliver Us the Moon? Sounds pretty cool

[Sho Nuff]

I tried about 30 minutes and couldn't get into it. If you want a walk around adventure in space (or float around) Tacoma is probably the better choice here. Your writing or art's gotta be stellar if you expect me to play any of these, so hard pass.

Working on Plague Tale; holy shit @ these graphics, these are the same monsters who are doing Flight Simulator. They know their shit. Good prep for when the Corona Rats start arriving

[chronovore]

What am "corona rats"?

[Akala]

you'll see

[The Sceneman]

I tried about 30 minutes and couldn't get into it. If you want a walk around adventure in space (or float around) Tacoma is probably the better choice here. Your writing or art's gotta be stellar if you expect me to play any of these, so hard pass.

Working on Plague Tale; holy shit @ these graphics, these are the same monsters who are doing Flight Simulator. They know their shit. Good prep for when the Corona Rats start arriving

Yeah, the Plague Tale gfx engine was super smooth and slick on my Xbox One S. Sweet game. Tks for spaceman impressions.

[The Sceneman]

Looks like I'm playing Farming Simulator if I want to complete the monthly challenge for 1000 reward points. It could be fun?!



I heard Oxenfree is some short indie wank thing so will smash that for the achievement points

[demi]

[The Sceneman]

Havent played FFIX since release so probaby gonna play it. Remember it being pretty good

[CatsCatsCats]

Sweet, didn’t play red dead yet

[nachobro]

ff9 coming to pc too

[MMaRsu]

Thats great I never played FF9 but I've heard great things

[nachobro]

the only downside is that ff9 on pc is a port from mobile, dunno about the xbox port but i assume it will be too. not a ton of difference in the actual gameplay but the ui is redone and much uglier imo. also there's a bug that never got fixed where the field music restarts from the top after every battle, so you'll hear the first 30 seconds of each area theme a lot.

the game itself is still excellent though.

[demi]

The achievements on these ports are doodoo as well. Id rather fire up the ps1 versions instead

[Don Rumata]

I have the Steam version.
I think the UI is alright, people bitch too much about it.
It's a bunch of text boxes anyway.
Graphics look very nice and sharp, but you have to mod the backgrounds with that AI improved ones.

[riotous]

Endless Legend is pretty cool;  reminds me to go back and play it again.. own it on Steam and didnt' play long before I got distracted by another game.

Like an RPG + Civ kinda thing.

[Rufus]

Graphics look very nice and sharp, but you have to mod the backgrounds with that AI improved ones.

Which in all likelihood you won't be able to on this version.

[pilonv1]

Endless Legend is pretty cool;  reminds me to go back and play it again.. own it on Steam and didnt' play long before I got distracted by another game.

Like an RPG + Civ kinda thing.

Battles are fun, unlike civ with no ai

[Trent Dole]

RDR2 is up and it's 101gb.

[pilonv1]

Makes sense given it's two discs?

[nachobro]

yeah i think the total install size from the disc was like 120 on the X for the game+4K stuff

[HardcoreRetro]

Seems I'm done with the gamepass for now. Finished like 70 of the games that are on the service. Basically the only stuff left I want to play is stuff I own myself.

Hope they've rotated in a new batch of games around the time the Xbox Series X launches. 

[Sho Nuff]

So far played/completed

Outer Worlds
Plague Tale
SOR4
Dead Rising 4
Gears 4
Gears 5
Forza Horizon

Current active multiplayer rotation:
Sea of Thieves
World War Z

This service whoops fucking ass

[Cerveza mas fina]

Something about the colour pallette in Outer Worlds bugs me.

[Sho Nuff]

Something about the colour pallette in Outer Worlds bugs me.

Some of the zones in that game have sorta....repulsive art direction

[Philip Cardgage]

Plague Tale was great but maybe 2 levels too long.

Still super impressive for a small team.

[The Sceneman]

I think I've just been playing Ace Combat 7 for the past couple months lol. Still not sick of it. Its so good

[Sho Nuff]

Is Rage 2 good or doodoo? I have been doing a good job at not paying for video games and this is right here in front of me

[The Sceneman]

I watched a couple minutes gameplay and it looked boring AF. Like, a wannabe Borderlands game and I hate Borderlands.

Check out VOID BASTARDS if you haven't already. I probably enjoyed that game too much

[BIONIC]

Is Rage 2 good or doodoo? I have been doing a good job at not paying for video games and this is right here in front of me

If you’re expecting a good story or level design then lol.

If you go in just wanting some real satisfying shooting with varied weapons and abilities then it’s decent, albeit hilariously repetitive after just a couple of hours. I’ve had quite a bit of fun with it, but it depends on your ability to turn your brain off and check off endless outposts and points of interest on the map.

[HardcoreRetro]

It's basically a modern Far Cry game. On a regular xbone I'd give it a pass. The 60 fps on Xbox One X made it a decent alternative to a Far Cry game.

[Philip Cardgage]

Anyone up for doing some Sniper Elite 4 overwtaches?

[HardcoreRetro]

Demi really needs to play Fractured Minds. Easy 1000 gamerscore in like 10 minutes.

[Stro]

I'll be joining PC Gamepass by the end of the week but man the selection isn't very appetizing tbh but it comes free with my graphics card so

[Bebpo]

I'll be joining PC Gamepass by the end of the week but man the selection isn't very appetizing tbh but it comes free with my graphics card so

There is a looooooooooooooooot of great stuff in there. If you want and I'm bored I'll go through and highlight top-tier games in it for you.

[Stro]

I went through and saw maybe 5 total games I'd be interested in playing .


Power Rangers fighter
Dead Rising 4
Maybe Metal Slug
Killer Instinct

[Sho Nuff]

Demi really needs to play Fractured Minds. Easy 1000 gamerscore in like 10 minutes.

I feel gross for having done this

[HardcoreRetro]

Demi really needs to play Fractured Minds. Easy 1000 gamerscore in like 10 minutes.

I feel gross for having done this

I mainly booted it up cause I thought the story behind it was cute. 15 year old girl making her own game about mental health. Got more respect for that than these thot gaming influencers.

[MMaRsu]

I'll be joining PC Gamepass by the end of the week but man the selection isn't very appetizing tbh but it comes free with my graphics card so

which card are u getting again?

My fav gamepass games:

Forza 4 horizon (very good)
Sunset Overdrive
Gears Tactics
Streets of Rage 4

[Stro]

I'll be joining PC Gamepass by the end of the week but man the selection isn't very appetizing tbh but it comes free with my graphics card so

which card are u getting again?

My fav gamepass games:

Forza 4 horizon (very good)
Sunset Overdrive
Gears Tactics
Streets of Rage 4

MSI Radeon RX 570 DirectX 12 RX 570 8GT OC 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express x16 (Uses x8) HDCP Ready ATX Video Card

[demi]

Demi really needs to play Fractured Minds. Easy 1000 gamerscore in like 10 minutes.

IMO Gamerscore has lost value to me due to all these "easy" games especially since XB1 launched and more indie titles came up.

I still like Gamerscore and Achievements and Trophies, but I try to focus more on games I want to play

I do sometimes cave and play some easy games like Tacoma so I'm not immune to hypocrisy



Very interested in Minecraft Dungeons I hope it's good

[Bebpo]

I went through and saw maybe 5 total games I'd be interested in playing .


Power Rangers fighter
Dead Rising 4
Maybe Metal Slug
Killer Instinct

Ok, I'm just gonna spend like 3 mins skimming and list stuff I notice:

-Ori 1 & 2
-Plague's Tale
-Pathologic 2
-Blazing Chrome
-World of Horror (early access tho)
-Yakuza 0
-Yakuza Kiwami
-FFXV Complete
-Guacamelee 2
-Streets of Rage 4
-Halo Anniversary
-Gato Roboto
-Gears Tactics
-Forza Horizon 4
-Frostpunk
-Crosscode
-Dirt Rally 4
-Dishonored 2
-Gris
-Hollow Knight
-Kingdom Come Deliverance
-Halo Wars 2
-Metro Exodus (and previous Metro games)
-Lonely Mountain Downhill
-Mutant Road Zero
-Hellblade
-Momodora
-Night Call
-My Time at Portia
-Pillars of Eternity
-Rage 2
-Shadow Tactics
-Samorost 3
-Slay the Spire
-Shadow Warrior 2
-The Messenger
-The Outer Worlds
-Talos Principle
-Where Water Tastes like Wine
-Wolfenstein Youngbloods
-Yoku's Island Express


Pretty much all of those are worth playing/trying. Most of them I can vouch for, some I haven't played/tried but have good word of mouth/reviews

[Stro]

Not all of those are on PC but I have both Yakuza games and KCD from EGS

[Bebpo]

I’m on PC! Those are all on there, I got the list from browsing in the PC app 

[Rufus]

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/games (set to 200 per page for maximum browsing comfort)

[Stro]

Well not all of those show up on the website listing then Some I have on other platforms and others like shooters I'm not interested in, and a bunch of indies I've never heard of

[The Sceneman]

Anyone try Minecraft Dungeons yet?

[demi]

Yes a little. It's ok, in that Torchlight kind of way. Achievements don't look too bad.

I don't think it's cross-play, and you can only play online with friends, theres no random matchmaking.