Xbox Game Pass

CatInABox

Very strange. Nintendo were the blocker on getting this released years ago, I wonder if this is the price that MS had to pay to get it released at all?

wotzgoingon

Is it even a good game?

Like would it hold up today to modern shooters?

Potential-Monke

I was just about to ask, is it a modern remake or fancier old edition? Because yeah, it was a great game at the time, but it looks fugly now.

Edit: looks like an upscale with modern control support. Meh.

Jordan 199

Art of Rally is good fun to play.

Potential-Monke

I found it quite tough, especially the longer stages.

You Suck At Parking seems like a laugh. Only played the campaign missions so far, I'd say MP is crazy and probably not in a good way.

Stone Deaf 4evr

Anyone play tunic? I'm a bit late to the party on it, but its pretty good, if not a fair bit tougher than I was expecting.

CatInABox

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119620519#Comment_119620519

Yeah, it's good, quite tough at times all right. Had to cheese a boss or two. Being honest, I needed a guide for some of the more obscure puzzles, but that just made me appreciate the design more, there's just no way I was going to figure out the golden path one on my own.

EoinMcLovin

https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1570345424032075777?t=hHKWKKuHUGBKv9XPUIyA6Q&s=19

https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1570346208983384064?t=OuY9oY_rrBn1JdPTlYWjPg&s=19

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Potential-Monke

Nevermind that, Metal Hellsinger is out today! Have it ready for a go, but may not be able to play it properly until the weekend (me thinks headphones will be better). Also, The Outer Wilds got the PS5/XS update today, free for anyone who already bought it.

Mr Crispy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119623838#Comment_119623838

Looking forward to your thoughts on MH. Been watching its progress for a while.

Headphones will = latency I reckon from my hour or so with it though it can be calibrated. It's a Doom knock off lets not pretend otherwise here but for the hour or so I spent tapping my foot and nodding to keep time I had fun with it. I beat the first boss and aced one of the torments. However I had to replay the level as I ran out of revives (you get 3) on my first run but blasted through it on my second attempt on Lamb difficulty which was challenging enough starting out.

marcbrophy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119580135#Comment_119580135

Just finished up 1,000G on this, about an hour before it's due to leave GP, but what a great little game! Full of emotions I am now!! 😊

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119620519#Comment_119620519

Really enjoyed it.... once I turned on the accessibility features to make gameplay easy. There was enough to it with the world and puzzles without the need for the difficulty I felt and a nice touch they added an option to accommodate for that. The guidebook was genius and I'd love a physical copy of it.

Mucashinto

I let my game pass lapse last March/April and just resumed last week. I don't think I've switched my Series S on since then, nothing to do with console really I just have so many different ways to play games and go in phases using them.

The amount of games I can no longer play on game pass now though...I usually go for indie/roguelite games and there was an abundance of them before, not sure why they've all gone. I assumed Microsoft had done a deal with the smaller publishers and that they'd always be there. Had to uninstall Luna Nights, Lumines, Gonner 2, Katana Zero, Cyber Shadow, Xenocrisis, Guacamelee!2, SoR4 and Hades 😥

I was planning on this being my indie machine tbh, at a bit of a loss now. Funny thing this Game Pass, depending on when you subscribe you could have a completely different experience to someone else.

Still feel the Series S is a terribly under utilised machine as well. If Nintendo had the hardware, or maybe Valve running Steam OS, I think it could be doing great things. So much to like about it, nice and small, completely silent, flies around the software and plenty good graphics for quick and basic gaming imo. If someone could put half-decent desktop pc components into its form-factor I'd be all over it.

SuperBowserWorld

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119628495#Comment_119628495

I was loving this until the first boss which hammered me.

Might go back if I have time and turn down the difficulty.

Potential-Monke

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119623875#Comment_119623875

Ok, so, I like it. The music is good, it looks pretty good, the movement is responsive, weapons so far are fun, and the story is thin but there is one there to keep you spurred along. The only problem I'm having is the timing. I set up the test but it's completely off in game and having them both set to 0 is nearly better, but still off. I spent an age trying to get it right, but as soon as the song/level changes with a different tempo, I feel like I'm back to square one.

Now, I don't know if it's just me and my aging timing, or is it the Xbox controller, because I really dislike the feel of the RT when playing this. Too much resistance maybe, not sure. I've only 4 levels left to beat (that I'm aware of), and I've done the challenges for each level complete so far, all on Lamb. I feel with my accuracy at the moment, whatever the cause, I won't get far in the higher difficulties.

Still, it's different, and when the on-screen madness matches right with the music, it has some amazing moments. I'd wager there will be some amazing videos of people nailing the levels with non-stop rhythm action. Not sure if I'll struggle on here, or wait for the PS+ inclusion.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119639762#Comment_119639762

I'm on the 2nd to last level/boss and the timing gimmick wore thin a long time ago. The music is great but the gimmick isn't enough to carry a game of it imo. It's very repetitive in terms of enemies and how levels play out and to be honest I'd nearly prefer it was an on rails game.

Potential-Monke

I will do, I do find the timing at times getting in the way of a good ole fashioned murderathon, but I have to remind myself it's a rhythm game. Shame to hear it doesn't hold out, but I suppose it's limited. Will see how I get on.

wotzgoingon

Started Deathloop and it is good so far. Well worth the download.

Potential-Monke

Started it myself (but on PS5 and I can already "feel" the difference), and yeah, it's well made by the looks of it, and it's interesting enough, but the repetition of the areas may dull my progress, as it usually does with these loop type games. Thankfully, if you want to go all out, the affected area (so far) is limited so you can blast through a certain area and stealth away afterwards.

wotzgoingon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119661055#Comment_119661055

I died twice in two levels so far. But luckily you get three lives which I was careful about when I was on my last but the levels so far aren't too big well parts of the level I was in and was near the end of the level and each time and I just had to make it back to the tunnels.

I was foolish for a few of those deaths. One a turrent got me and another I was messing about with this laser gun thing and got killed by that. And another death I was in a massive shoot out and people just kept coming and ran out of bullets for my favourite gun so had to switch to a worse gun.

wotzgoingon

Also afaik it is made by the same guys that made dishonoured and you can see it in the art style of the characters and style of the levels.

Potential-Monke

With the reports of it crashing, I'm gonna leave it a while, mainly because Hardspace Shipbreaker is out today! I am excite.

Potential-Monke

Right, loving Hardspace. I'm playing on the no time/oxygen mode because 15 min days seems excessively short and I read that even with full O2 upgrades you'll be renewing once a day. I wanted a more relaxed game anyway so suits me fine.

Still early days, learning new stuff. It's zen like at times, and is giving me Powerwash Sim levels of satisfaction. But it's not all plain sailing.

Inbetween the moments of serenity and dismantling, there are moments of panic and oops. I can still die, and mess up big time. At one point I found myself being pulled into the incinerator, prompting crazy flailing to grapple onto something in the opposite direction, and just about managed to pull myself out of it, danger music creshendoing. Only to elastic band myself towards the opposite processor and perform the same panic actions again. Coupled with slight mistakes causing explosions, it keeps you on your toes.

One upgrade I've avoided, and I'd recommend others to, is the Audio Resynth. It replaces the dull space sounds with fake versions as if there wasn't a vacuum. I reckon that could ruin it.

Anyway, recommend it!

Stone Deaf 4evr

@Potential-Monke , good shout on Shipbreaker, I'd forgotten that was coming out, and I've heard good things about it, apparently theres a very good story to it as well.

A quick tip for Hellsinger - much like playing an actual instrument, it gets a lot easier if you can nod your head or tap your foot along to the beat, if you set yourself up at the intro to each section when the arrows are pulsing, it helps a lot.

DarkJager21

Can't recommend Chivalry 2 enough, I'd never heard of it until a friend mentioned it's like a medieval Battlefield. The combat is amazing and hilarious at the same time - screaming all the way down a hill only to get shanked by the first person you run in to, one on one fighting a man missing an arm and leg (the gore is very nice 😂).

dulpit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119716710#Comment_119716710

I haven't played it, but whenever I see any game that involves medieval battle I only think of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ_F1BtscWk&ab_channel=MemeArchive

Potential-Monke

Chivalry is a great game, but it also suffers from the fact that you will go up against people who play it religiously and wipe the floor with you. But, it's an amazing feeling if you go on a long life kill streak. And full of random moments. Will never not be amazing when someone takes out the person you're fighting with a ballista.

Scorn isn't great, is it? Really not sure what all the hype was about.

padair

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119751478#Comment_119751478

It's all puzzle game. Not my cuppa either . Uninstalled and downloaded the Dyson sphere program