Xbox Game Pass

CatInABox · 14-11-2019 09:49PM

Nice, three Yakuza games are coming to gamepass in 2020

skerry · 14-11-2019 09:57PM

CatInABox wrote: »

Nice, three Yakuza games are coming to gamepass in 2020

Sweet. Have them all on PS4 but their super games. Did not expect them to make it to Xbox at all. Great to see they're getting a bit more adventurous with japanese titles on Xbox

CatInABox · 14-11-2019 10:14PM

https://twitter.com/XboxGamePass/status/1195088800323686400

EDIT: A better tweet.

ShaneU · 14-11-2019 10:42PM

Witcher 3 being console only is a joke

Would have liked to try Remnants too

14-11-2019 10:44PM

Rage 2 is there now for GamePass if you look for it in the store

CatInABox · 14-11-2019 10:49PM

It's rare that I'd give a flat out recommendation, but The Talos Principle is on Game Pass now. Folks, this is just a great game, get on it. Yes, it's from the studio that brought us Serious Sam, and no I didn't expect it either, but this game has a wonderful story line that explores what it means to be human better than any I've played since.

At the start, the puzzles are ultra easy, you'll get through them in no time, but soon enough you're juggling emitters, deactivating force-fields, avoiding drones all over the place. Eventually, at some point, in some puzzle, you spot something and say to your self, "hang on, I see something over there, could.... Could I hit that with....", and that's when your head will really start melting.

14-11-2019 10:53PM

It looks very like the Witness which I wasn't at all keen on despite many saying in the main games thread that it was great. Talos Principle looks a lot less pretentious though in it's story???

CatInABox · 15-11-2019 12:34AM

Deleted User wrote: »

It looks very like the Witness which I wasn't at all keen on despite many saying in the main games thread that it was great. Talos Principle looks a lot less pretentious though in it's story???

Hmm... Tough one. I didn't think that it was pretentious, but I can't compare it to the Witness, as I never played it. It's basically two storylines, one with a voiceover from "god", and computer terminals that show you the back ground. Both come together eventually, if you get far enough/go off the beaten track enough.

The good news is that it's on game pass, so it won't cost you anything to find out, and you'll probably have a fair idea if it's for you after 30 minutes to an hour.

skerry · 15-11-2019 09:09AM

Looking forward to trying out Remnant now, have heard good things.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 15-11-2019 11:43AM

skerry wrote: »

Looking forward to trying out Remnant now, have heard good things.

same, only problem is that its supposed to be very strongly biased towards co-op play.

15-11-2019 08:11PM

Halo Reach is in MCC now too.

17-11-2019 10:57PM

CatInABox wrote: »

It's rare that I'd give a flat out recommendation, but The Talos Principle is on Game Pass now. Folks, this is just a great game, get on it. Yes, it's from the studio that brought us Serious Sam, and no I didn't expect it either, but this game has a wonderful story line that explores what it means to be human better than any I've played since.

At the start, the puzzles are ultra easy, you'll get through them in no time, but soon enough you're juggling emitters, deactivating force-fields, avoiding drones all over the place. Eventually, at some point, in some puzzle, you spot something and say to your self, "hang on, I see something over there, could.... Could I hit that with....", and that's when your head will really start melting.

Started this one tonight, it's very enjoyable. You're right puzzles do start off easy. The first one I really scratched my head on was the don't cross the streams one, which was the second one with the beams or the one where you had to pick up the jammer from above then unblock the drone and let it do it's thing.

iLikeWaffles · 18-11-2019 09:22AM

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Started this one tonight, it's very enjoyable. You're right puzzles do start off easy. The first one I really scratched my head on was the don't cross the streams one, which was the second one with the beams or the one where you had to pick up the jammer from above then unblock the drone and let it do it's thing.

There is one in that area and it has a hidden star with a red laser on the door, still trying to work that one out. Paint!?

Think this is for clues on how to solve but you have to pick the correct clue -_- couldn't paint it red anyway

It's a tough game, not wanting to look online for the solutions! From a user standpoint I found that it is over optimised, if you peek around a corner, wall textures unload but do not load quick enough sometimes also. The control schema's are not great a few more would be nice like sprint on left trigger or one of the sticks with x being used as interact or just mappable controls in-game.

18-11-2019 10:34AM

I had to set it to performance mode, I found the textures very harsh in terms of sharpness in graphics mode.

iLikeWaffles · 18-11-2019 12:01PM

Yeah sums up the experience so far pretty well!

https://twitter.com/PhilGolden_/status/1196380965741977601?s=20

19-11-2019 10:05PM

Started getting pop ups tonight about daily and weekly reward quests. Handy points, I've been doing them when possible and the ones on the website every day and they add up, got 2 months of Game Pass for free so far. You have to do the web ones through a VPN to UK or use Tor with an edited cc file to force it to use UK based nodes.

01-12-2019 02:18PM

Is 3 months GamePass for €1 a limited black Friday deal ?

sniper_samurai · 01-12-2019 03:11PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Is 3 months GamePass for €1 a limited black Friday deal ?

Yes. Stack up at least 2 years of gold before redeeming as it converts all time to GPU up to 3 years.

01-12-2019 03:20PM

sniper_samurai wrote: »

Yes. Stack up at least 2 years of gold before redeeming as it converts all time to GPU up to 3 years.

I ordered one of the €99 no-disc consoles but I was planning to put it away til xmas. So I should go ahead and get the €1 for 3 month now ? The offer will be gon by then ? I can do it without a console ?

I don't want any gold stuff, I was planning to just play a few months of Game Pass and then sell the console.

Mickeroo · 01-12-2019 03:49PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I ordered one of the €99 no-disc consoles but I was planning to put it away til xmas. So I should go ahead and get the €1 for 3 month now ? The offer will be gon by then ? I can do it without a console ?

I don't want any gold stuff, I was planning to just play a few months of Game Pass and then sell the console.

In that case just take the three months now.

sniper_samurai · 01-12-2019 03:59PM

Mickeroo wrote: »

In that case just take the three months now.

Yeah, if you are selling it on just do this. You can sign up for this offer on xbox.com. You will need to set up a gamertag and Microsoft account first if you haven't got one already.

01-12-2019 06:17PM

sniper_samurai wrote: »

Yeah, if you are selling it on just do this. You can sign up for this offer on xbox.com. You will need to set up a gamertag and Microsoft account first if you haven't got one already.

Cheers. Yeah, it was just an impulse purchase, i'll use Game Pass to go through a few of the exclusives that I never played (halo etc) and then sell it or give to a friend. Or maybe when the next-gen rolls around i'll get the full €99 back in trade-in.

jimbob_jones · 01-12-2019 07:29PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Cheers. Yeah, it was just an impulse purchase, i'll use Game Pass to go through a few of the exclusives that I never played (halo etc) and then sell it or give to a friend. Or maybe when the next-gen rolls around i'll get the full €99 back in trade-in.

I like that angle !

Mervyn Skidmore · 02-12-2019 11:24PM

So if i buy a years gold on cdkeys for €42.49, I can upgrade this for €1 and get 12 months of Ultimate Game Pass? Sorry, I'm not familiar with this.

sniper_samurai · 03-12-2019 12:46AM

Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »

So if i buy a years gold on cdkeys for €42.49, I can upgrade this for €1 and get 12 months of Ultimate Game Pass? Sorry, I'm not familiar with this.

You'd get 15 months of GPU for that atm.

Mervyn Skidmore · 03-12-2019 01:25PM

sniper_samurai wrote: »

You'd get 15 months of GPU for that atm.

Your right. 15 months for 45 euro seems like a great deal.

03-12-2019 05:32PM

Halo Reach @ 6pm

Blazer · 03-12-2019 11:59PM

Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »

So if i buy a years gold on cdkeys for €42.49, I can upgrade this for €1 and get 12 months of Ultimate Game Pass? Sorry, I'm not familiar with this.

I did the same and it’s saying 3 months at €1 and then it’s 38.99 every 3 months?

Mervyn Skidmore · 04-12-2019 12:01AM

Blazer wrote: »

I did the same and it’s saying 3 months at €1 and then it’s 38.99 every 3 months?

I put the code through for the year of xbox gold. Couple of mins later bought the €1 upgrade and it says I'm subbed to ultimate up until February 2021. Next payment due then.

Blazer · 04-12-2019 12:21AM

Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »

I put the code through for the year of xbox gold. Couple of mins later bought the €1 upgrade and it says I'm subbed to ultimate up until February 2021. Next payment due then.

Nice. Next due is Mar 2021 for some reason.
I only had a months trial before I topped up for the year.

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