Xbox Game Pass

Birneybau · 25-03-2021 9:37pm

Spent last 2 hours playing Octopath Traveller. Good old school Snes-esque RPG.

skerry · 26-03-2021 12:15am

Birneybau wrote: »

Spent last 2 hours playing Octopath Traveller. Good old school Snes-esque RPG.

Really enjoyed it on Switch. Soundtrack is brilliant too.

Birneybau · 26-03-2021 12:50am

skerry wrote: »

Really enjoyed it on Switch. Soundtrack is brilliant too.

I like the 8 bit characters mixed with the tilt-shift backgrounds.

skerry · 26-03-2021 12:54am

Birneybau wrote: »

I like the 8 bit characters mixed with the tilt-shift backgrounds.

Yeah the art style is lovely in it. Only complaint is the characters stories aren't really intertwined but I really enjoyed it regardless.

grimm2005 · 26-03-2021 2:49pm

Polar101 wrote: »

I had Origin installed already, but had to install the new app instead. Not too much hassle, but I spent a long time trying to find out where to link the Xbox and EA Play (Origin) accounts.

New app is very basic, but so far I haven't had problems with it.

I had the same issues linking my EA account to my Xbox account, possibly because they are registered to different email addresses. I had already downloaded EA desktop and signed in using my origin account which showed up my origin games no problem but when I clicked to download a game in game pass it auto created a new dummy EA account to use game pass with so I had to unlink my gamertag from the dummy account and then login again on a very specific EA site before it would let me link my existing EA account to xbox account.

Bit of a hassle but got there in the end, the following post helped me out:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/EA-Play-PC/How-can-I-link-Xbox-Game-Pass-account-to-my-EAGames-account/m-p/9823677/highlight/true#M1054

4real · 29-03-2021 10:47am

anyone know how DLC works on games with game pass, since you dont own those games?

sniper_samurai · 29-03-2021 11:25am

4real wrote: »

anyone know how DLC works on games with game pass, since you dont own those games?

It works fine. You will also get a discount on any dlc for games in Game Pass. Of course if the game leaves Game Pass you will need to purchase the game to continue using the dlc.

DeSelby83 · 02-04-2021 2:45pm

MLB The Show 21 is coming to gamepass on April 20th. Didn't expect that from a Sony first party studio.

murpho999 · 02-04-2021 7:41pm

DeSelby83 wrote: »

MLB The Show 21 is coming to gamepass on April 20th. Didn't expect that from a Sony first party studio.

Amazing news.

Looks like MLB wanted their games on more platforms so Sony had to open it up and then MS pay up and put in Game Pass on launch day.

So Playstation 5 users will have to pay €70 for their own Sony developed game whilst Game Pass subscribers get the game for free.

Birneybau · 04-04-2021 11:21pm

Really getting into Outriders.

Like a sci-fi The Division.

CatInABox · 06-04-2021 3:07pm

https://twitter.com/samuelofc/status/1379435163793252362

John Horgan · 06-04-2021 3:27pm

Wouldn't mind some game pass quests on Gta V.
It just happens to be one of my favourites even though it's old AF now

06-04-2021 3:35pm

Time for a 6th/7th playthrough I think. :P

08-04-2021 10:16pm

Just finished Dishonored. Fps boost is impressive. Gotta give outriders a try next. I'm a sucker for the character progression grind.

Treppen · 09-04-2021 6:00pm

If yissr looking for a blast... Zombie Army 4 : Dead War is now on Gamepass and xcloud

If u haven't time for campaign try out the horde survival mode (you can play that multiplayer co-op too).

Great sound FX and soundtrack too. Stick on the headphones and turn off the lights.

Check out Zombie Army 4: Dead War on Xbox Game Pass!
https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9PLSCHRN5715

00sully · 11-04-2021 8:50am

I've recently subbed to GPU (thanks to the amazing sticky!) and it is just phenomenal. Even at full price the value is insane!

Got myself a razer kichi controller for the phone too and if you thought the nintendo switch style capability to move from couch/TV to bed was good, this surpasses it for me. Simply amazing. Xcloud works almost flawlessly for me so far. First time playing gears 5 on my phone was jaw dropping

Every day seems to get better and better. I was (greedily) bemoaning the lack of older games on xcloud at first, but they are now addressing that with a bunch of 360 games just released. Pretty soon I won't even need any emulation solution to scratch the retro itch.

Class.

Treppen · 11-04-2021 12:15pm

00sully wrote: »

I've recently subbed to GPU (thanks to the amazing sticky!) and it is just phenomenal. Even at full price the value is insane!

Got myself a razer kichi controller for the phone too and if you thought the nintendo switch style capability to move from couch/TV to bed was good, this surpasses it for me. Simply amazing. Xcloud works almost flawlessly for me so far. First time playing gears 5 on my phone was jaw dropping

Every day seems to get better and better. I was (greedily) bemoaning the lack of older games on xcloud at first, but they are now addressing that with a bunch of 360 games just released. Pretty soon I won't even need any emulation solution to scratch the retro itch.

Class.

Out of interest what's your broadband speed and phone ram, mine is 500mb and phone is 4gb ram but still find it laggy enough some times.

00sully · 11-04-2021 3:14pm

Treppen wrote: »

Out of interest what's your broadband speed and phone ram, mine is 500mb and phone is 4gb ram but still find it laggy enough some times.

12gb ram on the note 10+ but not sure if that is the critical aspect.

My broadband speed is only 250 but I don't use the virgin router because it is not very good at all. Replaced with an Asus rt-ac88u and on my 5ghz network I can get almost full speed in most rooms that couldn't even get any signal using virgins.

Using the virgin router you can forget good WiFi speeds in my experience.

Sometimes when on my 2.4 ghz network xcloud gives me a warning about latency so I just switch to 5ghz

Treppen · 22-04-2021 10:43am

00sully wrote: »

12gb ram on the note 10+ but not sure if that is the critical aspect.

My broadband speed is only 250 but I don't use the virgin router because it is not very good at all. Replaced with an Asus rt-ac88u and on my 5ghz network I can get almost full speed in most rooms that couldn't even get any signal using virgins.

Using the virgin router you can forget good WiFi speeds in my experience.

Sometimes when on my 2.4 ghz network xcloud gives me a warning about latency so I just switch to 5ghz

Interesting, I've often thought about replacing the VM router.

Is there a forum or website to explain the procedure, or do you just plug out VM box and plug in the new router and away you go!?

Treppen · 22-04-2021 10:44am

If you like the movie Mars Attacks , Destroy all Humans is coming to gamepass.

hots · 22-04-2021 12:05pm

Treppen wrote: »

Is there a forum or website to explain the procedure, or do you just plug out VM box and plug in the new router and away you go!?

Same question but sitting with a Vodafone box here, actually have a brand new router sitting in a box here and never played with it.

deadl0ck · 22-04-2021 2:01pm

You should be able to just take a single ethernet out of the vodafone router and plug it into the new router and have the new router control everything - It will just use your old router as a gateway
Well, that's a bit of a simplification, but more or less that.
I have an Imagine router (my ISP) which plugs into my own router where I control everything from

hots · 22-04-2021 5:30pm

deadl0ck wrote: »

You should be able to just take a single ethernet out of the vodafone router and plug it into the new router and have the new router control everything - It will just use your old router as a gateway
Well, that's a bit of a simplification, but more or less that.
I have an Imagine router (my ISP) which plugs into my own router where I control everything from

So I should keep my VF router plugged into the "phoneline", ethernet from VF into the new router, then plug in any ethernet connections into the new router too?

deadl0ck · 22-04-2021 10:35pm

hots wrote: »

So I should keep my VF router plugged into the "phoneline", ethernet from VF into the new router, then plug in any ethernet connections into the new router too?

Pretty much - the new router may have a WAN port - if so plug the ethernet from VF in there
I have all my Ethernet going into my own router and a single ethernet from mine into the Imagine router. I've disabled WiFi on the Imagine Router and use the WiFi on my own so I have complete control.
I'm running Gargoyle on my router so I can monitor bandwidth also.
It should work - if not you can usually ask the ISP to put their router into Bridge mode and then it should work, but I've never had to do that so can't really give any advice on it

00sully · 22-04-2021 11:15pm

If you have virgin there should be an option to enable "bridge mode" then plug your other virgin box to your new routers WAN port and away you go.

If the virgin router doesn't have a bridge mode see here https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057649794.

The boxes they give you are brutal. Get a decent Asus router. Got one for my folks too solved all their WiFi issues.

Enjoy lag free xcloud

This is it · 23-04-2021 12:33am

Make sure you know what you're at before you start mucking about with routers. If you plug a router into your ISP router then it won't do you much good, your new router will get a LAN IP from the ISP router and will likely give your device an IP from a different range and then you'll have double NAT. Pretty pointless in my opinion to have your own router connected to an ISP router that's still doing the routing for you.

If you bridge the ISP router you'll need to make sure you have the username and password so your new router can establish a connection on the ISP radius server. These are usually generic but are sometimes specific to a customer. You'll also need to use VLAN 10 most likely.

Back to Game Pass, have started GTA V, haven't played it in years!

beakerjoe · 29-04-2021 12:28am

Whats the cheapest way to get game pass these days?

Sorry, just noticed the sticky.

Treppen · 29-04-2021 7:14am

beakerjoe wrote: »

Whats the cheapest way to get game pass these days?

Sorry, just noticed the sticky.

Don't forget, if you do the rewards quests you can get it for free.

beakerjoe · 29-04-2021 9:38am

Treppen wrote: »

Don't forget, if you do the rewards quests you can get it for free.

IIRC I have 2000 or so points

Birneybau · 30-04-2021 5:50pm

Have started Rage 2 again from the start. Never stuck with it. Decent.

Buttros · 01-05-2021 10:04am

FIFA 21 coming May 6th.

Treppen · 01-05-2021 1:19pm

beakerjoe wrote: »

IIRC I have 2000 or so points

Ya I admit it takes a looooong time for anyone in Ireland as our rewards program is *#**

I'm on 80000 just shy of 1 year and doing practically everything. My GP Ultimate is up in July but I really want to go for a new Xbox S.

BTW Tesco vouchers can be converted to Xbox gift cards.

It's great at forcing you to try different games you wouldn't normally bother with.
Best games so far from the rewards quests...

Dishonored 2
Hellblade Senua Sacrifice
Sniper Elite 4
State of decay
Battlefield (even though the quest was impossible)

03-05-2021 2:20pm

https://twitter.com/majornelson/status/1389203263031898113?s=19

wotzgoingon · 03-05-2021 4:32pm

Psyconauts is such a good game for anyone who never played it.

Treppen · 03-05-2021 6:33pm

Rumours that Battlefield 6 will be released first on Gamepass !!!

ZiabR · 04-05-2021 8:19am

Treppen wrote: »

Rumours that Battlefield 6 will be released first on Gamepass !!!

If true, thats big. You can no longer ignore or bash Game Pass. It is the place to be this gen for all your gaming needs. Imagine there is also talk of Ubisoft coming to Game Pass. That would be a massive addition and really put pressure on competitors.

wotzgoingon · 04-05-2021 3:55pm

I can't see it. Unless MS paid them massive amounts of money. Their revenue would be down millions if it came straight to gamepass.

B_Sharp · 04-05-2021 4:05pm

Could it just be that a 10-hour trial will be available as part of EA Play? Let people play the campaign and dip their toe into multiplayer.

Royale with Cheese · 04-05-2021 6:18pm

Treppen wrote: »

Rumours that Battlefield 6 will be released first on Gamepass !!!

That's the only way I would be playing Battlefield 6 at launch after BF5.

Treppen · 04-05-2021 8:53pm

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I can't see it. Unless MS paid them massive amounts of money. Their revenue would be down millions if it came straight to gamepass.

Ya dunno what way the money would work. Maybe they reckon people will take a punt on subscribing to gamepass for a few quid, as opposed to paying full whack for the game. Would Battlefield be a free to play game like Fortnite or Rocket League?
Presume there's buckets to be made on the DLCs, battle passes and season passes etc.
Could be a loss leader to get more people into Xbox / subscriptions.

Just a rumor though

murpho999 · 04-05-2021 10:38pm

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I can't see it. Unless MS paid them massive amounts of money. Their revenue would be down millions if it came straight to gamepass.

They would get paid handsomely by MS and also companies have found that their games are making more money when they go to gamepass.

Gamepass is changing gaming and gamers are the winners.

Interesting article about it.

ZiabR · 05-05-2021 10:28am

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

That's the only way I would be playing Battlefield 6 at launch after BF5.

I think we are in for a treat though. It is comfirmed to ONLY be launching on PC, Series S/X and PS5. BF5 was the last PS4, Xbox One/S/X game. So BF6 is a true next gen or current gen title and wont be held back by last gen hardware. I am expecting it to look and sound incredible. I am actually excited for a BF game.

Royale with Cheese · 05-05-2021 10:33am

Hopefully, I'm sure I'll pick it up eventually but no way I'd pay full price for it at launch after BF5 basically being half completed when it launched. BF4 was a buggy mess at launch too wasn't it? BF1 was pretty solid though from what I remember.

beakerjoe · 05-05-2021 1:55pm

B_Sharp wrote: »

Could it just be that a 10-hour trial will be available as part of EA Play? Let people play the campaign and dip their toe into multiplayer.

It doesnt have to be direct, just the back catalog and a time delayed release, like Fifa21 with EA

06-05-2021 8:04am

Call me cynical, but first thought I had when I heard this is that its going to be a mediocre game and they know it.

brav · 06-05-2021 8:12am

Deleted User wrote: »

Call me cynical, but first thought I had when I heard this is that its going to be a mediocre game and they know it.

Nah, there is a decent boot load of cash to be made by single player games, but getting as many people as possible to play your multiplayer game with cosmetics and all that will get them the truck loads of cash they expect

Hurrache · 07-05-2021 12:25pm

Rain on your parade is a great game if anyone hasn't tried it yet. Initially seems quite simple but gets pretty inventive when it comes to puzzle solving.

08-05-2021 10:49pm

Hurrache wrote: »

Rain on your parade is a great game if anyone hasn't tried it yet. Initially seems quite simple but gets pretty inventive when it comes to puzzle solving.

Yeah really enjoyed it, some chuckles to be had along the way too on some of the levels.

Fingleberries · 10-05-2021 10:18am

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeah really enjoyed it, some chuckles to be had along the way too on some of the levels.

Definitely lots of nods and chuckles along the way in this one, took me by suprise how a simple concept could have decent variety in levels and pop culture / game references. I'd recommend it to anyone for a spin, not overly challenging at all.

"Cloud ... Cloud .... CLOOOOUDDDD?"

Sandor Clegane · 15-05-2021 11:13pm

Downloading Halo: the master chief collection on the series x, have not played a halo game since the first xbox so thought id give this a go since it's free with Pass.

Quick question, I've always been a playstation player, this is my first time playing Xbox since the first one came out, just wondering is Xbox game Pass like the playstations psn network? where you get discounts/free games every month? or how does it work?

Xbox Game Pass

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