Oh ok.
Well ya'll keep expressing your disappointment online and maybe the MS Rewards team will notice and adjust it again for the better.
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Well ya'll keep expressing your disappointment online and maybe the MS Rewards team will notice and adjust it again for the better.
It's funny, I have been playing GTA5 on game pass even though I own it on PC so I have a reason to log into my Xbox each day and was planning on moving to Yakuza 0 after (also owned on PC). But this makes me a lot less likely to log into my Xbox and play those games daily? Which I assume is bad for the devs/publishers?
Yeah, when you could extract 2-3 bucks of your gaming in a month it was something, but now you have to download hundreds of GBs, turn on games every day, use your mobile app every day, do some fucking lame quests which often require half an hour or more to do (or worse, the State of Decay 2 challenge from last month for example definitely requires more, especially from a fresh start). For what, a total of half a dollar a month? If your job pays overtime, you probably get 10-20 times more than that for staying in 30 minutes, and that's not even counting the electricity you spend on the thing and the fact you wasted hours of your time on this activity.
Right now it's just insulting. Because you can get about 300-400 points every day in mere minutes through MS Rewards, then you have to grind for hours and download big games just to get a fraction of that in a month? It's just not even worth the time and thought anymore.
March 5
NBA 2K20
Train Sim World 2020
March 11
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
March 12
Pikuniku
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My favorite part about being an Xbox Game Pass member is playing games that I haven’t tried yet and enjoying them on day one when they’re released. This week we have both of those and more! (I didn’t say I would be good at these games — there’s some bad basketball in my future). If […]
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We all knew about Ori so that's quite a disappointing announcement.
However, I'm still over the moon that we get Ori as part of Game Pass because that would absolutely be a day one purchase.
However, I'm still over the moon that we get Ori as part of Game Pass because that would absolutely be a day one purchase.
yall can have your Oris
TRAIN SIM BABY. Used to play the shit out of the genre on PC, then American Truck Simulator came along and I dumped trains for BIG RIGS. I wish ATS would come to console. The perfect relaxation game.
TRAIN SIM BABY. Used to play the shit out of the genre on PC, then American Truck Simulator came along and I dumped trains for BIG RIGS. I wish ATS would come to console. The perfect relaxation game.
I see mother Russia bleeds....ehhhh yikes and maybe ori.....But the rest of those games.....? woof.
Isn't Pikuniku from the Katamari director? Then it has a certain pedigree at least.
PC lineup looks better than console's for once.
PC lineup looks better than console's for once.
Nope, that's Wattam. But Pikuniku is a fun little adventure I'd gladly recommend to people who like wholesome games.
It is not just that final fantasy is missing from the lists, it is also that I do not care much about those games on it that makes it a wash for me.
Maybe I wll check out the lord of the rings card game though. I actually been meaning to get around to reading those books (I have read the hobbit years ago, heard LOTR is better). I am going to read LOTR or the warcraft books... not sure which yet.
Maybe I wll check out the lord of the rings card game though. I actually been meaning to get around to reading those books (I have read the hobbit years ago, heard LOTR is better). I am going to read LOTR or the warcraft books... not sure which yet.
Yo I've been thinking about buying 2k for about a week now because my buddy got it and I've been having a good time playing it so I'm pumped!!
Question, if I move to New Zealand will I be able to play it early or is it pretty universal on game pass for when the games become available?
Question, if I move to New Zealand will I be able to play it early or is it pretty universal on game pass for when the games become available?
The Hobbit is basically a kid's book. LOTR is in a whole other league. Read it!
I think Game Pass has somewhat gotten me to like roguelikes or at least accept the benefits their structure can provide. Not that I still don't prefer handcrafted content over procedural generation, but I have been having some enjoyment with the latter on Game Pass lately. Children of Morta is what got me hooked and while it mostly progresses like a non-roguelike with a sequential and forward moving campaign, it was still enough of a gateway drug to entice me to give other games in the genre a chance. Neon Chrome first, Void Bastards now and I've already installed Everspace as the next.
Game Pass is really good a broadening people's horizons on games or at least it feels that way in my experience. I constantly see people on my friendlist playing something they wouldn't have before due to the low barrier of entry and sometimes discovering something new and different they enjoy. It's the first time I've tried something similar myself. It really is a lovely service.
Game Pass is really good a broadening people's horizons on games or at least it feels that way in my experience. I constantly see people on my friendlist playing something they wouldn't have before due to the low barrier of entry and sometimes discovering something new and different they enjoy. It's the first time I've tried something similar myself. It really is a lovely service.
I think the thing that will really break barriers is streaming, like geforce now. Combine that with a game pass and... who knows what will happen.
How is NBA and Train Sim still not online in NZ? It's the 5th for almost 11 hours there and in 1 1/2 hours I don't need the NZ store anymore cause then it's the 5th in Germany. :D
For anyone playing Yakuza 0 on PC, i seem to have run into a game crashing bug that ive been able to duplicate.
Whenever my Bluetooth audio disconnects from low battery, the entire game freezes and i cant even get it to shut down from task manager. It requires a hard reset to even get back to desktop.
Whenever my Bluetooth audio disconnects from low battery, the entire game freezes and i cant even get it to shut down from task manager. It requires a hard reset to even get back to desktop.
Really? It still shows as 100 in the App for me.
I won't be interested at all until all of the old points are back. Including 15 each for the dailies.
Quest Completionist is indeed back up to 1000. The rest of the values are still fucked, though.
Yeah it shows as 1000 for me now too. They need to fix the rest of them.
Yeah, downloaded TSW now, even comes with some big DLC, but NBA is still not online, like 3 hours away from the 6th in NZ. :D
The new quest values seem fine now. I understand nerfing them a bit but taking them to 10% of their value was simply insane. Glad they realized it.
No way. Each of the daily quests are down from 15 to 5. Not worth it at all still.
Yeah the dailies kinda suck but at least the monthlies and weeklies improved. Besides, even before the nerf the MS Rewards page was always far more profitable than Game Pass.
Have had the same experience. I've become a fan of that genre. Not sure why it's so addictive but it really works for me. Dont think I'd be seeking out the genre the way I do if not for this service.
It may have always been down as PSNOW first, a Sony have a marketing deal for the game which includes monyehatted timed exclusivity for the DLC.
With that in mind, it perhaps makes sense we won't see it on GP til after that period has expired
A few Game Pass things -
- The reduction in points is really disappointing. They were probably too high to be sustainable for the first month and I get that? But they don't feel worth it right now, there needs to be some kind of middle ground to make all of the downloading of Game Pass stuff feel worth it. Quests can already feel like a chore if it's a game you don't care to play. I at least want it to feel as close to worth it as Bing Rewards do.
- For me personally, as a fan of basketball who skipped NBA 2K20, that's a big damn get. The rest of the month looks kinda whatever, but between Ori, Bleeding Edge, and Sonic Generations on Games With Gold, still plenty to do.
- I'm currently working my way through FF15 right now, and really enjoying it! This is a game I would have never played if it weren't for Game Pass. I love the interplay between these road tripping car boys.
- Question: what super short games are absolutely worth my time on Game Pass right now? I've got What Remains of Edith Finch cued up for after FF15, but I'm sure I'm going to want a palate cleanser after making my way through some of the longer games I've got ready to go. Stuff in the 2-4 hour range is great, as I usually have an hour and a half to two hours of gaming time in a day.
- The reduction in points is really disappointing. They were probably too high to be sustainable for the first month and I get that? But they don't feel worth it right now, there needs to be some kind of middle ground to make all of the downloading of Game Pass stuff feel worth it. Quests can already feel like a chore if it's a game you don't care to play. I at least want it to feel as close to worth it as Bing Rewards do.
- For me personally, as a fan of basketball who skipped NBA 2K20, that's a big damn get. The rest of the month looks kinda whatever, but between Ori, Bleeding Edge, and Sonic Generations on Games With Gold, still plenty to do.
- I'm currently working my way through FF15 right now, and really enjoying it! This is a game I would have never played if it weren't for Game Pass. I love the interplay between these road tripping car boys.
- Question: what super short games are absolutely worth my time on Game Pass right now? I've got What Remains of Edith Finch cued up for after FF15, but I'm sure I'm going to want a palate cleanser after making my way through some of the longer games I've got ready to go. Stuff in the 2-4 hour range is great, as I usually have an hour and a half to two hours of gaming time in a day.
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