Xbox Is Hosting An Exclusive Sale For Game Pass Members This Week

Looks like some good deals but I either already have the Add-Ons (like FC5 and AC:Origins/Odyssey as I bought the Gold editions) or not likely to play those 'add-ons' in the games I have played - like Back4Blood as I stopped playing it - but at least you get some decent discounts if interested...

Soul Hackers 2 DLC sounds like a good buy for me. I'm one of 10 people that bought the game and one of 3 on Xbox, might as well buy the DLC.

I keep waiting for Lost Judgment DLC sales. Never happens.

wake me when Witcher 3 goes to $15

@Sebatrox Soul Hackers 2 or Judgment?

Soul Hackers 2 is very niche. It's an SMT-spinoff series, so if you're familiar with any SMT series you know what you're getting into in terms of turn-based dungeon crawling and knowing your Mabufu from your Zan. It's the Devil Summoner sub-series, which is a very traditional dungeon crawler, but with the usual demon fusion, hitting elemental weaknesses to gain extra turns, etc.

I happen to really like it though I'm far from done it, I it's one of the few games I actually preordered full price because I loved the original. If there's one criticism it's that dungeon design/variety can be lacking, namely there's a "hub" dungeon, that's basically just "blue tiles in cyberspace." This dungeon works as a dungeon you return to for each main cast member with delving deeper over the course of the game meaning unlocking new skill slot tiers, so it's a dungeon you end up spending a lot of time in, and it's visual design is pretty minimalist. But the gameplay is very solid and the characters are a ton of fun, for as much as they talk in a dungeon crawler, (ignore the criticism by Soul Hackers 1 fans that dislike the more colorful and bubbly tone shift vs the gritty crime drama tone of the old Saturn original. I loved that game, too, but I also like this one, and the gameplay is very much a sequel, even if the tone is very different.)

If you like SMT, Etrian Odyssey, like deep/complex turn-based battle, or like dungeon crawlers in general, I think it's a great game. But that does place it in a rather small niche, and the game obviously has a budget appropriate for its market size. The game would have been at home on 3DS, but for some reason isn't on Switch.

It's a great game if you're in its niche. But I don't think it'll make someone that's not part of the turn based dungeon crawler niche suddenly become one.

(If you meant Judgment, it's more Yakuza, so what's not to like? )

Haha, yeah, if you're an EO fan, you'll probably love this! It's obviously not quite the same but it should definitely be in your wheelhouse

So, from the list above, this isn't so much a game sale for GamePass players, as it is a game DLC sale? I find that much less interesting, personally.

Game Pass subscribers have a 20% discount on Game Pass games and a 10% discount on DLC. What I would like is that the regular discounts were combined with the Game Pass discounts. How many times have we said wait for the regular sale instead of using your Game Pass discounts?

Example:

A Game Pass game is 50% off on a regular sale.

Add 20% to that sale discount and it's 70%.

Subscribers will see that discount when browsing games or a Game Pass discount banner will show up.

This is something similar to the Deals with Gold discounts that used to be added to the regular discounts but with a random figure (5%, 10%...). However, Deals with Gold should disappear because most sales are regular now so just make the sales available for everyone and make it simpler, with the additional discount for Game Pass games.

I recommend Truth Quest, it cranks the Chris Parnell comedy in Maneater up to 11.