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Only those escape sequences gave me trouble.
Amazing game though, wish it got an HDR update. Give me a reason to go through again.
I'm pretty sure it was referring to the offer.
Still, I'll wait and see if it shows uo again, it's strange tho, they need to do a better job at comunicating these offers and who is eligible.
Lol. I'm terrible at it too.
This video will be super impressive to you
You guys probably have a very large bandwidth. I apply the same principle as buying for real the game. I went to youtube before downloading. Well, I didn't download it lol.
I wonder what type of contract publisher and MS have regarding Game Pass.
Hmm well ij ust beat it, 9hours 28min. Dumb thing is i finished the last sequence, and then it froze on me, so i had to do it twice.
Heres hoping will of the wisp have less or non of these runners sequences. Though that game is looking more like hollow knight. Also i felt like i was pretty thorough in my playthrough but im missing sooo much shiet.
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Goddamn.
I tried Dirt Rally for about 20 minutes. I felt like a 2 year child trying to compete in the Olympics.
Hellblade - please tell me that not every stage is those door changing reality puzzles, as they are annoying as f*ck and I'm still only working on the first door?
I've got some bad news....lol. Yeah its pretty rote stuff but I felt was worth it for the ending and general enemy/boss progression.
Thanks. It's a shame as I'm loving everything else about it, even the combat, which has had mixed reviews on here. If you go back through the doorway, does it reset the changes made do you know?
I have a question. I don't own Sunset Overdrive but I have GP sub. Can I buy the season pass and play the dlcs without actually owning the game?
No, there are different puzzles to get through. I assume this is the stage with Valravn? I actually liked those puzzles and how they were handled quite a bit. They were not overly difficult, but not too simple either. And the visual effect of the portals and illusion of Valravn I thought were quite nicely done.
At any rate, no, all of the puzzles are not like that. There are some differences, but there is only one other section later in the game where the puzzles have somewhat similar mechanics but I think would be considered a bit harder.
I thought pretty much all of Hellblade was excellent, and there were few (if any) parts I found annoying. The only thing I didn't care for that much was the concept that if you die enough times, your save game is deleted and you have to start over. This sounds interesting on paper, but this game is 6-8 hours long. While the first 2/3 of it are not particularly challenging (I think I died only one time), there are some instant-death sequences and combat gauntlets later in the game where I died repeatedly. So while it is a "neat" mechanic, I simply don't have time to have to start a game over at the 6 hour mark or later because I fell out of the rhythm of the combat or something.
The whole "okay, you found this door, now it's locked and you have to backtrack to find these random shapes in specific places" thing lost me real quick. When I thought it was finally over and instead the game dropped a door with 3 instead of 2 symbols, I just quit.
I love the idea of the game, the design, all that yadda yadda, but my god these puzzles that make you just jog around the map are really not cool.
Yep, and these days I drop games quick if they're aggravating me in this sense.
Yeah I gave up too. Beat the first boss then as soon as I left the room we fought in *boom* exactly the same annoying ass puzzles. The beauty of Game Pass is you are free to uninstall without any purchase guilt.
That never really happens, its a lie they tell you to put you in the right mindset for the game: "A large part of the game is about fear, and a large part of mental illness – psychosis in particular – is about fear," Antoniades explains. "I was speaking to one fellow who described it as a fear of death. This was one person – I don't want to generalise to everyone – but in this particular case, during [psychosis] episodes, there was a palpable fear that he was going to die. So that's what we wanted to try to find an analog for in the game."
This might be one of my favourite things about the game. I somehow did not know that this was just a bluff and after dying a few times and seeing Senua's arm half black i panicked and put the game on easy mode. I still died a few times because it happens and every time it put me on edge. Using a game mechanic (or what you think is a perceived game mechanic to be precise) is a great way of incorporating the experience they were going for in a way that can only be done in this medium.
The "find the random shape" puzzles didnt exactly thrill me but they were easy enough that i found them mostly inoffensive. I mean, the glyph stands out when you are in the right spot so mostly i just jogged around looking for the rough shape and then having a proper scan of the environment when i found the right location of it.
Hellblade was for me the perfect example of a very enjoyable game that i'm glad i played that I probably wouldn't have without it being free on Game Pass.
I thought Kingdom Two Crowns was a sidescroller when I tried it. Talk about completely defying expectation...
I love its minimalist approach to city building game. Everyone should try it!!
I love its minimalist approach to city building game. Everyone should try it!!
It's brilliant and so is the first one. It does frustrate the life out of me sometimes though.
Do I have to finish shadow warrior before shadow warrior 2
And yeah I know it's shadow warrior and the story is probably ridiculously unimportant and played for laughs. Still curious if there's continuity tho
And yeah I know it's shadow warrior and the story is probably ridiculously unimportant and played for laughs. Still curious if there's continuity tho
Just tried Hellblade and man what a visually stunning game with an interesting concept. Really like the story as well. The game evokes a weird feeling of making me feel constantly uneasy. The whispering voices and atmosphere is so damn thick I don't think I've played a game in quite some time feels like it almost smothers you.
Also they go all in on the deaths, when you get the rot for the first time and you have the forced death the animations (the long stare into the camera) combined with the stellar voice acting, I almost had to look away it felt real.
Great work and I'm glad that NInja theory is now on Ms's bankroll, hopefully we get something like Hellblade but with an increased budget and some expansions on the core gameplay.
Also they go all in on the deaths, when you get the rot for the first time and you have the forced death the animations (the long stare into the camera) combined with the stellar voice acting, I almost had to look away it felt real.
Great work and I'm glad that NInja theory is now on Ms's bankroll, hopefully we get something like Hellblade but with an increased budget and some expansions on the core gameplay.
The constant running back and forth is a bit annoying, so are the Greeds. Thankfully I managed to pick up a new ride on my second island.
Oh wow, these Sunset Overdrive DLCs are really short, huh? Finished the Mooil one in an hour. Oh well, I only paid like 4 dollars for the season pass anyway.
So what games do you guys predict will be coming to gamepass soon/in the future?
My predictions:
We happy few.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider.
Dead Rising 1 and Dead Rising 4.
Pillars of Eternity 1 and 2.
Tyranny.
Forza Horizon 3.
Forza Motosport 7.
Killer Instinct.
Guacamelee 2
Gears Tactics
Age of Empires 1,2,3 and 4. So Age of Empires collection.
Contrast.
The Bard's Tale 2.
Darksiders 3.
Biomutant.
Torment Tides of Numenera.
The outer worlds.
Fallout New Vegas.
Plus all the already announced MS studios games.
There are some more I believe are coming but those are the ones I'm sure about. with the possible exception of biomutant, not saying the unreleased games will launch on gamepass, but eventually they'll be there.
My predictions:
We happy few.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider.
Dead Rising 1 and Dead Rising 4.
Pillars of Eternity 1 and 2.
Tyranny.
Forza Horizon 3.
Forza Motosport 7.
Killer Instinct.
Guacamelee 2
Gears Tactics
Age of Empires 1,2,3 and 4. So Age of Empires collection.
Contrast.
The Bard's Tale 2.
Darksiders 3.
Biomutant.
Torment Tides of Numenera.
The outer worlds.
Fallout New Vegas.
Plus all the already announced MS studios games.
There are some more I believe are coming but those are the ones I'm sure about. with the possible exception of biomutant, not saying the unreleased games will launch on gamepass, but eventually they'll be there.
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Game is amazing fun. But I know what you mean. Just go into settings and turn off film grain, chromatic aberration and depth of field makes it much less blurry.
Maybe new vegas can get added now instead of just fallout 3
Would bet on some dishonored games or prey as well
just started it and went to play something else, guess i'll go back eventually
is it more like layers of fear or more like the layers of fear DLC? because good god that was terrible while base LoF had some interesting parts
I'm not too familiar with their previous work.
Detective mode then this cool neural interrogation / dream eater thing which I would simply describe as horror puzzle moments similar in design/ simpler to re7/ PT but with the cyberpunk aesthetic
Pretty stimulating stuff
Just edited that in as I agree with you and also edited the age of empires games to include them all.
We should probably expect some other old cheap games to get on the service, lol.
Anyway, do you agree with my list?
Not sure if older Forza games will come to Gamepass. Could be some licensing issues.
Wondering if Minecraft will ever come to the service (even tho you can buy that game for really cheap)
Wondering if Minecraft will ever come to the service (even tho you can buy that game for really cheap)
Seems like they should just add it. Everyone owns it anyway.
Hey, so I got my Dad and Sister (55, and 14) an Xbox One for Christmas with a year of Game Pass.
Wondering who has game recommendations for either of these two demographics.
My dad was big on videogames from NES-PS1 eras, and slowed down a lot after that, but still had PS2, Wii, 360. He's into basically anything that isn't an FPS or an RPG.
Sister on the other hand, isn't big into gaming much at all, outside of Minecraft. Big into SciFi stuff (Dr Who, Star Wars, Harry Potter, LOTR)
I have a couple of recommendations in mind, but am definitely looking for a bunch.
Thanks!
EDIT: Here are the things I'm recommending
Wondering who has game recommendations for either of these two demographics.
My dad was big on videogames from NES-PS1 eras, and slowed down a lot after that, but still had PS2, Wii, 360. He's into basically anything that isn't an FPS or an RPG.
Sister on the other hand, isn't big into gaming much at all, outside of Minecraft. Big into SciFi stuff (Dr Who, Star Wars, Harry Potter, LOTR)
I have a couple of recommendations in mind, but am definitely looking for a bunch.
Thanks!
EDIT: Here are the things I'm recommending
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You said that your dad isn't into FPS, but man, I have to recommend Doom. Didn't think I would like a FPS on console until Doom came to my life.
Recore is really good, and Rime is just beautiful.
It's not on game pass, but if you think they need a coop game, Overcooked seems the best choice.
Thanks for the recommendations, I agree that Doom is amazing, but my dad just can't do FPS games, he gets motion sick really bad.
I have the other 3 in my recommendations already, guess it would make sense for me to post mine. I'll edit my Original post with my list
Overcooked is on Gamepass from the list I looked at BTW.
Thanks a lot though!
Oh, that's a shame.
Your list it's good, but overcooked was removed from game pass months ago, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 too, and Injustice is gonna be removed on December 31.
The only thing I could recommend that's not on your list is The Swapper, great puzzle game.
Good to know, I'll remove those. Tekken is unfortunate, he loved them in the past. I have a physical copy for 360, so I'll probably just give it to him. Added The Swapper as well.
Thanks again!
Ori should be at the top of your list, for both your dad and sister.
My list is alphabetical, but Ori, and Shantae and the Pirate's Curse are both bolded. along with Guacamelee, they're some of my favorite games from the past couple of years.
Agree with Ori. I'm supposed to be finishing up things I want to consider for my end of year list, and I am replaying it instead right now. Just one thing to note, it might be a little hard for your sister. If your dad played some of the harder 2D platformer NES games, difficulty should not be a problem.
Yeah I played about 10 mins of Hellblade through Game Pass, and it's really interesting. I will definitely go back to it in the New Year, but that's not really the vibe I'm looking for in the Christmas season. The whispers in my ears were driving me a bit crazy too haha.
I'm having a lot of fun with Shadow Warrior 2. One of the most fun games I've played all year.
I'm not liking Shadow Warrior 2 at all. Also, it looks bad on the Xbox. The best game this month is Ashen. I've been really enjoying my time with it.
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