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Game Pass for PC is awesome too!
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It was a genuine post, but I can see why it came across that way.
I've written about why Game Pass isn't for me, but for a dollar, it's obviously worth it.
Bought a PC a few months back. I cancelled PS+ and picked up PC games pass... definitely the best deal in gaming by far. Have been playing AOE remasters, Halo MCC, Gears, State of Decay, TABS, Sea of Thieves, and more.
Started Carrion and got bored after an hour.
At the very least it has saved me a LOT of money in letting my try games.
Started Carrion and got bored after an hour.
At the very least it has saved me a LOT of money in letting my try games.
That's how I am with multiplatform games, exclusives are really the only ones I keep and Microsoft exclusives are always on gamepass anyway
I took a snapshot of the PAC library for a thread last week
Good illustration of all the stuff on there. I have GPU, and while the console library is better, I still find myself playing GP games on PC more than anything (maybe that'll change with Series X).
The launcher is slowly getting better but still has issues, and they do need to revamp the whole game installation process. No need to put stuff in the locked WindowsApps folder. I've had little to no technical issues but I know a lot of folks get stuck when bugs happen with the windows store.
Just as a small tip, if you need to access the game files for some reason, or you get the bug where the game is gone from your library but still taking up space on the HDD, you can boot Windows into safe mode which should allow you free access to the WindowsApps folder to delete or modify whatever you need to do in there. But this step shouldn't be necessary. I think myself and others give them somewhat of a pass on this because of the value of the service, but it ain't cool. Hopefully they're working on that.
Yeah, it's kinda crazy and they've just released first party titles like Gears Tactics, Grounded and the new Ori, while we're getting third party games like Carrion, The Touryst, Neon Abyss, Streets of Rage 4 and others at the day of their release. It's absolutely ridiculous in terms of value.
Ive played a hundred hours or so and never seen it crash.
Yeah no idea. It crashes every 5-10 minute, I eventually just uninstall it and play it on Xbox One.
This is the issue I was having.
Yeah def something going on there. I have two PCs, and one of them is older with a gtx980 and I've never had a crash, it works fine on both.
I'm confused, is everyone not using the Xbox (Beta) app on PC that houses GamePass, Xbox Live social, acquiring and launching games? I'm not sure, it may be using Windows Store behind the scenes, but I've never once had to go directly to the Windows 10 store to get any GamePass PC game. The Xbox app is incredibly easy to use for me though...
A fantastic service if you like the games or if you usually don't buy/play that many games.
I used a great deal and got myself GP Ultimate until 2022 for around 120$. That comes down to 30$ a year. Even if i only play one big game form them each year it would be a steal.
But the regular 15$ a month plan isn't something i would pay for outside of the few times a game i really want (Fable, Psychonauts 2, Avowed, Hellblade 2) releases.
Not enough new and exclusive content for me personally.
I counted the games that i find interesting or would at least give a one time test:
55 games in total.
1x i finished on Game Pass (Gears 5)
5x i tried on Games Pass for the 1st time, stopped and never touched again
49x i played on release on (PC, PS4, One, switch)
Outside of some of the Xbox Studios exclusives and the odd launch exclusive or rare indie hre and there i'm not the audience for this service it seems. That's a problem for a certain subset of gamers.
Users who buy their games day 1, and not "just" one or two each year, won't stop just because someday the game they want today "might" be on Game Pass.
But for more casual audiences or people without the time i think Game pass is a fantastic deal with great value.
I used a great deal and got myself GP Ultimate until 2022 for around 120$. That comes down to 30$ a year. Even if i only play one big game form them each year it would be a steal.
But the regular 15$ a month plan isn't something i would pay for outside of the few times a game i really want (Fable, Psychonauts 2, Avowed, Hellblade 2) releases.
Not enough new and exclusive content for me personally.
I took a snapshot of the PAC library for a thread last week
I counted the games that i find interesting or would at least give a one time test:
55 games in total.
1x i finished on Game Pass (Gears 5)
5x i tried on Games Pass for the 1st time, stopped and never touched again
49x i played on release on (PC, PS4, One, switch)
Outside of some of the Xbox Studios exclusives and the odd launch exclusive or rare indie hre and there i'm not the audience for this service it seems. That's a problem for a certain subset of gamers.
Users who buy their games day 1, and not "just" one or two each year, won't stop just because someday the game they want today "might" be on Game Pass.
But for more casual audiences or people without the time i think Game pass is a fantastic deal with great value.
After finding out about this, my life has been a lot easier. No more troubleshooting just do delete that damn WindosApp folder. Just boot into safe mode and get rid of the bastard.
That said, in spite of this locking you out of the files, Game Pass is something I'm planning to stay subbed for life. So much value for a neat monthly price. Love it
Game Pass PC is cool but also has a lot of problems compared with the console counterpart or even in regard to pc gaming standards.
Like, you can't mod your game, or do any kind of troubleshooting that needs to change the game folders in any form, while the client is a mess and downloads often have problems. I know game pass on pc is still considered beta but some of this stuff is 100% MS decision, like locking the folders.
Like, you can't mod your game, or do any kind of troubleshooting that needs to change the game folders in any form, while the client is a mess and downloads often have problems. I know game pass on pc is still considered beta but some of this stuff is 100% MS decision, like locking the folders.
Curious about this as well. I don't go to the MS store at all.
yup cannot wait. Just hope its closer to EU4 than Imperator in terms of quality
It's awesome when it actually works fucking properly. God do I hate the W10 store versions of games.
Metro Exodus literally feels like it was never patched (a bug ridden mess) and PSO2 has deleted itself from my system at least twice due to the W10 store screwing up.
Metro Exodus literally feels like it was never patched (a bug ridden mess) and PSO2 has deleted itself from my system at least twice due to the W10 store screwing up.
Gotta be that negative guy here... imo, it's trash......
-For some reason, I couldn't play Gears 5 because the game stutters like crazy. Turns out that this caused by my other software which was Razer.
-Dead Rising 3 doesn't work.....
-Dead Rsing 4 kept crashing....
And the worse imo....
I can't even download Outer Worlds??? Why????? I have 5tb of storage.... everytime I click download, nothing happens....
I rather just buy these games at this point.
-For some reason, I couldn't play Gears 5 because the game stutters like crazy. Turns out that this caused by my other software which was Razer.
-Dead Rising 3 doesn't work.....
-Dead Rsing 4 kept crashing....
And the worse imo....
I can't even download Outer Worlds??? Why????? I have 5tb of storage.... everytime I click download, nothing happens....
I rather just buy these games at this point.
I'm sure it's great but really I'm not interested because of the whole Windows 10 Store Games For Windows Live 2.0 experience.
Anecdotally. I have. I used to buy probably 2-3 new games per month on average, and since subbing to Game Pass (and then GPU), am probably more at like 2-3 new full priced games per year. There is just so much content on Game Pass/GP 4 PC that I don't feel a need to go buy every new game day one anymore, and am never stuck with nothing "new to me" to play.
Oh yea another thing.. the launcher is trash... and also missing some big games like Red Dead 2.
I had some similar issues. Might sound dumb but ending everything MS store/Xbox app related on task manager and using WSreset usually solves it.
2 moments where this wouldn't help me:
Wanted to use my directinput controller to play the games so i used 360ce most of the time to simulate xinput, but the 360ce archives need to be on the same directory as the game. Even if i could put them there in safe mode, they will disappear once i back to normal.
Tried to play Shenmue 1 + 2, but the launcher to select the game was bugged and didn't work. I could just click on the .exe of the games separately to play them, but MS didn't allowed me to do that since the files were locked. I could only play the game via client and launcher. I didn't even modified the files in any way, but no way to actually play the games because of that. Like, i don't think playing the games in safe mode is a viable option.
Mixed bag over here but it's changed the way I purchase games for sure and led to me trying to games I'd never of played plus it's great value for money.
Downloads are an issue, it does error every 10 minutes. Retrying works in fixing this. The selection does appear to have slowed down slightly the last few months (I heard FF8, 10 and 12 are coming months ago, I could kill for those during lockdown).
I'm also finding the urge to buy games on other platforms reducing significantly and especially if a publisher has a game on the platform.
Downloads are an issue, it does error every 10 minutes. Retrying works in fixing this. The selection does appear to have slowed down slightly the last few months (I heard FF8, 10 and 12 are coming months ago, I could kill for those during lockdown).
I'm also finding the urge to buy games on other platforms reducing significantly and especially if a publisher has a game on the platform.
I think SuikerBrood is right, I remember noticing that explicit disclaimer when I watched the stream.
Ah so Phil lies when he said every game from here on out is on gamepass
I think SuikerBrood is right, I remember noticing that explicit disclaimer when I watched the stream.
Absolutely.
A great service for many people.
I couldn't/wouldn't want to wait for games i look forward for. For example: A Plague Tale was such a gem and i'm very happy to have played it day 1 (even got the Platinum trophy).
Wait... doesn't xbox game pass for pc cover everything (on win10 pc) ? Why am I seeing that I can only but Grounded and it says I need xbox game pass to be able to download it ? I just downloaded Golf with your friends & Carrion but for this game only buying is an option _ How come ?
I have to believe people are using the xbox app but any and all problems with that app seem to stem from it still using the windows Store in the background.
So, I'll ask.
Why do you have the expectation that a $5/month service would have the same quality as a $10/month service ?
some games are only licensed for console version of game pass
he chose his words very carefully (as usual), and said every game was either coming as part of the sub or free to play — and technically "Crossfire X" is free to play and enjoyable as part of your GPU sub... just not the whole game.
I'd be surprised if it didn't show up in future though if they are already making those kinds of deals with MS.
It isn't $1 though. That's like saying Apple Music is free.
I'm talking about the one month trial, of course. You can play through quite a few games within that period of time. Unless something has changed, anyone who tries Game Pass is entitled to one month for a dollar. I reckon if there's a new batch of games you want to clear through on the cheap in the future, paying for one month and unsubbing would be economical, too.
Well I was able to download it via windows store, thanks to the talk here about not requring to enter to the store to get anything, in the XBOX app -which I was using up to this point- only buying is available but in the store I can also install the game which sees that I have the gamepass and so lets me do it.
Just checked it and well it is like the desktop version, grounded is not available to install there either. But it seems I can start installing other games such as observation, forager via the app. Curious.
At $5 it seems ok, you still need to buy games outside of Gamepass, and you get to keep games you buy so it's probably best to get them on the crazy amount of deals, and freebies we get on PC.
I like returning to games, and I usually don't get around to playing or finishing games especially if I got it free or on a sale. I wouldn't even suggest GP to my nephew which play a lot of games on PC, because he has PS+ and gets a lot of EGS, Amazon/twitch Prime, freebies that publishers offer randomly (like the recent Watch Dogs 2 from Ubisoft, I actually have almost all of the pre Odyssey Assassin's Creed because of Ubisoft), and games on deep sales. No subscription fee.
PC games are so cheap after a year or a few months. I got Assassin's Creed Odyssey mega collection all boxes ticked (follow the Ubisoft game buy chart) for like $25 or something very low and it's around $100 normally (just googled, and Ultimate Edition is normally $119.99 US, and it has a -67% off price of $39.59 at the moment).
I like returning to games, and I usually don't get around to playing or finishing games especially if I got it free or on a sale. I wouldn't even suggest GP to my nephew which play a lot of games on PC, because he has PS+ and gets a lot of EGS, Amazon/twitch Prime, freebies that publishers offer randomly (like the recent Watch Dogs 2 from Ubisoft, I actually have almost all of the pre Odyssey Assassin's Creed because of Ubisoft), and games on deep sales. No subscription fee.
PC games are so cheap after a year or a few months. I got Assassin's Creed Odyssey mega collection all boxes ticked (follow the Ubisoft game buy chart) for like $25 or something very low and it's around $100 normally (just googled, and Ultimate Edition is normally $119.99 US, and it has a -67% off price of $39.59 at the moment).
I had a game that I started download to see the file size, then tried canceling it multiple times, finally got it canceled, and the next month maybe during a windows update it downloaded without me knowing (I checked my internet use to find out when it downloaded). To say Microsoft makes the OS, I would have thought this would be easy for them.
Yes. The Game Pass Ultimate reward on there is 14k points for 1 month, and 42k for 3 months. (Level 2 reward status makes it 12k and 35k)
Being shackled to the Windows Store client means that even though I have a GPU subscription I'd just as soon buy those games on Steam so that I can use a launcher and ecosystem that I actually like. I'm holding out hope that MS strikes a deal with Valve to make it available there the same that Origin Access will be.
