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Games with Gold September 2021: Warhammer: Chaosbane, Mulaka, Zone of The Enders HD Collection (360), Samurai Shodown II (360)
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I wish I knew about the keeping 360 games forever earlier
I only found this out last month and I've had GPU for 6 months now
I'm too scared to look at what I've missed out on so far
Chaosbane is legit a pretty solid Diablo game. If you're looking for an ARPG and don't want to support Blizzard, you really could do worse than this. Drawback is it doesn't seem to be the next-gen version, and the game doesn't support smart delivery. Still, well worth playing imo
Can someone remind me, are Xbox 360 titles free to keep forever whether you have a subscription or not? Is it only Xbox One games where you need an active subscription in order to play, similar to PS+?
They are yours to keep. Just the X1 games require an active subscription.
Awesome! Looking forward to Zone of The Enders from that list.
I should play ZOE HD, i bought the game a few years ago and never played much.
ZOE1 plays fine but in general isn't worth playing. ZOE2 was never patched to the updated Hexadrive version on PS3 so it's also not worth playing.
If you're interested in playing ZOE2, play the PS3, PS4, or Steam versions. They're all so much better than the Xbox 360 one.
If you're interested in playing ZOE2, play the PS3, PS4, or Steam versions. They're all so much better than the Xbox 360 one.
From my understanding, the performance issues the Xbox 360 version suffered are ironed out playing on more powerful hardware through BC.
Neat. Heard Chaosbane is actually alright (ish) now after all the updates.
Might give ZOE a go. I think the only bit I ever played was a demo way back when for the PS2?
Might give ZOE a go. I think the only bit I ever played was a demo way back when for the PS2?
That may be true (I don't actually know) but playing the game in 1080p (on PS3) or 4K (on PS4/Steam) just makes the 360 version automatically look worse.
Now, of course your mileage may vary in regards the importance of maintaining the original games' look, but it was not just the frame rate issue that plagued the original High Voltage versions. With that said though the game is being given away for free so I think still pretty cool for people who haven't played it or have no way of playing the other versions to have a chance to do so
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Zone of the Enders: how Konami remade its own HD remake
How the Second Runner finally got the remastering treatment it deserved.
www.eurogamer.net
We need the BC team to work their magic and 4k enhance it.Now, of course your mileage may vary in regards the importance of maintaining the original games' look, but it was not just the frame rate issue that plagued the original High Voltage versions. With that said though the game is being given away for free so I think still pretty cool for people who haven't played it or have no way of playing the other versions to have a chance to do so
Zone of the Enders: how Konami remade its own HD remake
How the Second Runner finally got the remastering treatment it deserved.
Kinda week that Chaosbane is without the Series X patch.
It would have been a nice treat, if it was the slayer edition they gave.
I am gonna try Zone of the Enders, I wonder if those games still hold up.
It would have been a nice treat, if it was the slayer edition they gave.
I am gonna try Zone of the Enders, I wonder if those games still hold up.
This is why I like games with gold. It's always shit that at first glance is "oof, that sucks." But it's the perfect vehicle for helping me try games I absolutely never would have otherwise.
I really loved Coffee Talk for example, and I never would have tried it without gold.
Warhammer: Chaosbane and The Zone of the Enders HD Collection are now up to redeem on Xbox Live Gold.
Nice, my GPU sub finish in some days and I was worried to miss this. Now I may renew my sub next month, Samurai Shodown 2 don't interest me a lot.
Seems to be a bit of confusion regarding the ZOE HD Collection.
For ZOE1 I'd recommend playing it on the Xbox One/X/Series. As the Hexadrive patch only fixed ZOE2 on the PS3, ZOE1 remains completely unchanged and identical (720p) between both 360 and PS3 versions. With the 360 version through BC though , you get a completely smooth 60FPS on ZOE1, whereas the PS3 version regularly tanks anytime there are heavy alpha effects. You can test this in the first area of the game before and after the battle against Viola (explosions from enemy deaths and the fire+smoke in the environment)
For ZOE2, go with the updated PS3 or PS4/Steam version.
For ZOE1 I'd recommend playing it on the Xbox One/X/Series. As the Hexadrive patch only fixed ZOE2 on the PS3, ZOE1 remains completely unchanged and identical (720p) between both 360 and PS3 versions. With the 360 version through BC though , you get a completely smooth 60FPS on ZOE1, whereas the PS3 version regularly tanks anytime there are heavy alpha effects. You can test this in the first area of the game before and after the battle against Viola (explosions from enemy deaths and the fire+smoke in the environment)
For ZOE2, go with the updated PS3 or PS4/Steam version.
