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Xbox Game Pass

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,844 ✭✭✭Treppen


    Sniper Elite 5

    Coming to Gamepass May 26th....


    Or pre order if you wanna pay.





  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,881 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    Oh now Tunic does look interesting.



  • Posts: 3,754 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Gave Tunic a go. Not for me.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,308 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    What did you not like about it? I will give it a go eventually but I'm into 8 games at the minute. I started some last year and haven't gone back to them yet but I will get around to it eventually. Nine if I include the Witcher but started that years ago and never went back to it. It's been sitting there on internal SSD ready to go back to but I just cannot bring myself to.



  • Posts: 3,754 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I didn't play it for long, so I don't have a strong opinion on it. I just ran around, fought some enemies, found a few caves, etc. I just wasn't into it.

    Maybe it gets better as you play, but like you I've other games I want to play and not a lot of time to play them.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,881 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    Curiosity got the better of me and I downloaded it. I'm liking it. Not really like anything I've personally played before, I'd imagine it's like a lot of the older Zelda games. Combat is straight forward, based on timing attacks. Game pushes you towards the main path, and upgrade you as you go. Instructions are like a little booklet that you pick up pages of, bit by bit, and most of it is in the in-game language but is done well enough to give you enough of an idea.

    Haven't encountered a boss yet, or at least nothing to be considered a main boss. Plays really smooth, respawn is quick and checkpoints are not too bad. Story is minimal and doesn't tell you much. Saw people compare it to DS, and I can see the similarities, but so far I reckon it would be what DS would be like with an easy mode (so far!). I'll keep at it for now anyway.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,881 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    Few more hours of Tunic. Got to the first "boss". Somehow managed to beat him first go so it's probably not a hard game, or those 2 ch. Its nice and quick and amazingly allows a sprint that only takes stamina for the initial roll. Didn't mention it in the first post, but it's visually stunning at times. I'm usually too taken in with the exploring, but at one point I opened a door using a level while inside a big building, and the doors opening suddenly flooded the room with light, slowly as they opened, lighting up the room in an extremely realistic way I thought. Made me take note of the rest of the game, and it's beautiful.

    I look forward to more!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,961 ✭✭✭EagererBeaver


    GPU ran out today after 36 months, having done the upgrade etc. Hadn't kept an eye on it at all so it caught me off guard.

    What's the best/most efficient/cheapest way to resubscribe these days?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,400 ✭✭✭sniper_samurai


    Buy another 3 years of gold and 1 month of gpu. Use a vpn for the gold if you want it a bit cheaper again.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,961 ✭✭✭EagererBeaver


    Great, thanks. Presumably can accrue my Gold in whatever way possible, e.g. if I can find cheaper codes off 3rd party sites?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,400 ✭✭✭sniper_samurai


    Yeah, don't buy directly from MS or at retail here. You'll get cheaper subscription keys from CDKeys, Eneba etc.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,961 ✭✭✭EagererBeaver


    Thanks, got my codes from Gamivo and got the years of GPU for just under €145, so 4 quid a month instead of 14.

    Think I could have got it even cheaper if I bought my Live Gold from Brazil but i had some issues before with codes and VPN and my Xbox region all being in conflict so didn't want to risk it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 428 ✭✭Ultimate Gowlbag


    Love Gamivo for their Argentinian pricing on games



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,832 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin


    Very interesting gdc talk on Gamepass.

    Members play 40% more titles after joining.

    Members play games across 30% more genres after joining.

    Average 8.3x player lift after a back catalog game joins Gamepass.

    For new games from large publishers 3.5x player lift compared similar games not on Gamepass.

    Similarly 15x player lift new indie games.

    3.5x lift for games launching on Gamepass compared to steam.

    Social conversation increased by 3x for a game when it is announced for Gamepass.

    GP members 4x more likely to stream on twitch.

    GP members spend 50% more than similar users.

    Post-sale monetization increases by 2.8x after joining Gamepass, 50% of this comes from new players to the game.




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,871 ✭✭✭skerry


    I wonder do they factor in Microsoft Rewards into their data. Since starting collecting Rewards I've fired up a game loads of times to just get the Reward to Pop and close it again. Same with achievements based ones, Play game, achievement pops and turn it off again.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,832 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,498 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    Just finished Guardians of the Galaxy. It was good. I'm a fan of the Guardians humour anyway, so that helped. Some niggles - namely the fighting mechanic was repetitive, and some of the audio would glitch if you look away or move camera. The cut scenes were quite long in places too. Having said that, the game was much longer than I expected, and the story was good fun. Much better than the Avengers game too.



  • Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Started playing Rainbow six siege last night on a whim. Playing on the newcomer playlist and it's a lot of fun. Difficult but having lot of fun playing it, haven't encountered any toxic players yet but doubt I'll get into or play any ranked games so hopefully will avoid all that.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,038 ✭✭✭✭SuperBowserWorld


    Playing Mass Effect 1 Legendary Edition on XBox Series X.

    I like it.

    So far, it's way way better than Halo Infinite for me in so many ways.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,308 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,774 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    Chalk and cheese tbf.



  • Posts: 3,754 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Im not into movie games. I tried ME1 and spent the first few hours watching cut scenes.

    I thought the gameplay was clunky and dated.

    Not for me.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,038 ✭✭✭✭SuperBowserWorld


    I've been through quite a few action sequences now and there are several side quests unveiled I can do, across the galaxy. The story and characters are good.

    Yep, the combat is clunky. I believe that gets better in the second game. I almost didn't bother going past the first part of the game, but am sucked in now.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,832 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin




  • Posts: 3,754 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    This looks really cool.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,590 ✭✭✭theteal


    If he can do a mist raven into a flame slash return I'm in. . . .ah who am I kidding, I'm in anyway



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,498 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    Played firewatch to get some gamepass rewards. It was very good, good story, not particularly difficult or long. Nice little game, very good voice acting. Apparently its going to be a movie too. I'd recommend.


    Currently playing goragoa (for another gamepass reward thing). Really nice puzzle game. I'm on the 3rd chapter, just doing a clock puzzle thing at the moment. Some really cool solutions to some of the puzzles so far, if it stays good for rest of the game it's a high recommendation from me. And I'm not usually into puzzle games too much but this is decent.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,844 ✭✭✭Treppen


    Same here, firewatch was a good story line in the Life is Strange vein, movement around the map was a bit janky though.

    Goroga draws you in alright. Didn't have a clue what I was doing at the start.


    Try Exo One , it's like a Stanley Kubrick flashback scene. Still haven't a clue what I'm doing.



  • Posts: 3,754 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Firewatch was nice. That's what I love about Game Pass. You can try out short little games like that as a break between the 80+ hour games.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭-=al=-


    Firewatch, Goroga and subliminal were pretty cool. Recommend them for some puzzle fun. Pedestrian is good too but gets tricky towards the end

    Recently bought ‘inside’ on sale for a few quid. Really enjoyed Limbo and it’s pretty good so far.

    Never would’ve played any of these without game pass and really enjoyed them



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