Eternal Strands is the perfect GP game for me. It is not a game I would buy but one I am super excited to try day one as a part of GP. It looks interesting and potentially really good.
@Fiendish-Beaver I’m not against buying games. I’m not sure where you got that idea. I buy games. That’s doesn’t mean GP is not an amazing deal that’s silly to pass up on if you own an Xbox and play a lot of games. Just in that list you posted I can see enough GP games that you could have instead paid for a whole year of GP and still have money left over to buy those games in a year when they are on sale. So by utilizing GP you could have played all those same games, owned all those games, saved money, and had access to hundreds of other games.
@Balaam_ Xbox sent out lifetime GP stats so I did the math. I have spent $0.32/hour of gaming on GP and have paid less than $4 per a game. You could not be more wrong about GP.
@Feffster It's not surprising to see this happen here again. This website used to have a great community but it's grown toxic due to poor moderation. Seeing a staff member participate in making this conversation toxic feels completely in line with the overall quality of moderation and general tone of the comments section here. I hope they can get it under control.
These sales blow. There are only a few things on my wish list that are on sale and they are priced at the exact same prices they were last time they went on sale.
@MeanBeanEgg I just played Ghostwire and while it was only a good 7/10 game, it had very impressive tech. Plus Hi-Fi was so much fun with an IP that could definitely make a lot of money off tv/movies. Why on earth would you close that studio only to acquire more studios?
I used to do AAA on Xbox and indie on switch but lately even indie games run like ***** on switch so I only use the switch for Nintendo exclusives. Whenever switch 2 drops I will start buying indies on it again.
@FraserG I don’t think anything is report worthy. Most of the anti-DEI crowd knows how to avoid stepping over the line with overt racism and sexism. But over the last year or so the comments section on this website are increasingly filled with people stepping right up to the line. It’s made me less apt to engage here. It’s a bummer because this was one of the least toxic gaming communities when I started frequenting this site.
@fraserg the comments sections on this website are increasingly becoming a haven for weirdos. You need better moderating or the normal people will stop engaging.
I tried Gotham Knights planning to beat it before it left and that has to be one of the sh***iest games I’ve ever played. WTF? How is it so bad in every way?
@MjJmediablogger XBox had its highest revenue ever for a quarter this year. It's not a dying brand, they just cry poverty to justify laying people off and raising prices in order to juice their profits.
These quotes, “push the envelope” and “not let something go”, are 100% a standard racist/sexist reaction to a black woman having power in a white male organization.
@Balta666 I think it will likely end up as my GOTY also. The only games I haven’t played that I could see passing it are Space Marines and Mullet Madjack but both fee unlikely. I thought for sure Astro would beat it but it has fairly bland gameplay so it was a letdown for me.
@Rog-X Imagine assigning yourself the little unpaid job of GP hater and then waisting your time each commenting on something that is irrelevant to you rather than just playing games. Very normal behavior.
It sounds like it runs like ***** on PC and they didn’t even bother sending out PS5 codes. I have a PS5 but I’m just going to wait until it drops on Xbox. They should have the issues fixed by then.
I’m shocked to see Doom so low but I guess I’m also shocked by Eternal not being more popular than it is. I guess most FPS players are more focused on multiplayer experiences?
@JustinSane I don’t mind a meh story I can largely ignore. A good story is at the most a welcome plus rather than something I need. To quote Dr Robotnik, “The time for talking is over. It’s time to push buttons.”
@JustinSane I’m starting to think overlooked AA game with great combat might be exactly what I want from games especially on GP. I recently loved Evil West and Outriders. I love that they’re straight forward action without getting bogged down in AAA bloat.
I wish they would just leave the game up with generic car models. the brand of the pixelated car is very meaningless to me and I prefer 4 to 5. I thought it had better off road racing.
I’m working my way through FIST. It’s pretty good and there is probably still time for people to play through it.
The combat is fun though some of the scenarios can feel a bit repetitive, it has the perfect amount of exploration for me which is not much, the story is good enough, and it looks great.
@BAMozzy I’m just taking the piss out. If you want to use your limited time engaging with coverage of a game you have nothing more to say about than I’m not interested in it I’m interested in these unrelated things rather than just engaging with those completely unrelated games then it’s your right to do so. Have fun being here uninterested.
i just now learned this is a roguelike and my hype for it went way up. It's crazy to me how fast I changed from ugh another roguelike a few years ago to now being like cool another roguelike. It's such a good genre.
It’s funny that people like this always paint themselves as wise visionaries who see truths others can’t. It’s like okay dude it doesn’t take a genius to guess that they’ll monetize the game in various ways.
Anytime this happens the games typically run like ***** on PS5 and PC at release and by the time they fix those they also drop the working Xbox version.
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Re: Poll: Which Xbox Developer Direct 2025 Reveal Are You Most Hyped For?
The poll results remind me of this classic joke:
A boat is a boat but the mystery box could be anything, maybe even a boat, you know how much I’ve always wanted one of those.
Re: Poll: Which Xbox Developer Direct 2025 Reveal Are You Most Hyped For?
Doom Eternal is one of my favorite games ever. I’m so excited for Dark Ages.
Re: Xbox Game Pass: All Games Coming Soon In January 2025
Eternal Strands is the perfect GP game for me. It is not a game I would buy but one I am super excited to try day one as a part of GP. It looks interesting and potentially really good.
Re: Pure Xbox's Top 10 Game Pass Titles Of 2024
@somnambulance I am loving Indy but Nine Sols is easily the best game on the service this year.
Re: Poll: What Were The Best Xbox Game Pass Additions In 2024?
@Fiendish-Beaver I’m not against buying games. I’m not sure where you got that idea. I buy games. That’s doesn’t mean GP is not an amazing deal that’s silly to pass up on if you own an Xbox and play a lot of games. Just in that list you posted I can see enough GP games that you could have instead paid for a whole year of GP and still have money left over to buy those games in a year when they are on sale. So by utilizing GP you could have played all those same games, owned all those games, saved money, and had access to hundreds of other games.
Re: These Are The Top-Selling Games In The Xbox Countdown Sale 2024
These lists always make me wonder how much bigger gaming could be if casuals actually played good video games.
Re: Poll: What Were The Best Xbox Game Pass Additions In 2024?
@Balaam_ Xbox sent out lifetime GP stats so I did the math. I have spent $0.32/hour of gaming on GP and have paid less than $4 per a game. You could not be more wrong about GP.
Re: Poll: What Were The Best Xbox Game Pass Additions In 2024?
Another crabs treasure
Re: Review: Indiana Jones And The Great Circle (Xbox) - A MachineGames Misfire
@Feffster It's not surprising to see this happen here again. This website used to have a great community but it's grown toxic due to poor moderation. Seeing a staff member participate in making this conversation toxic feels completely in line with the overall quality of moderation and general tone of the comments section here. I hope they can get it under control.
Re: Review: Indiana Jones And The Great Circle (Xbox) - A MachineGames Misfire
What happened here? Is the reviewer just not a fan of first person games?
Re: Deals: Xbox Black Friday Sale 2024 Now Live, 800+ Games Discounted
These sales blow. There are only a few things on my wish list that are on sale and they are priced at the exact same prices they were last time they went on sale.
Re: Phil Spencer Thinks Stalker 2 Could Be An Xbox Game Of The Year Contender
Phil Spencer was also shocked that Redfall did so poorly. I'm not sure he is very good at predicting a games performance.
Re: Despite The ActiBlizz Deal, Xbox Remains 'In The Market' For New Dev Teams
@MeanBeanEgg I just played Ghostwire and while it was only a good 7/10 game, it had very impressive tech. Plus Hi-Fi was so much fun with an IP that could definitely make a lot of money off tv/movies. Why on earth would you close that studio only to acquire more studios?
Re: Four Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass Standard (November 6)
Go Mechanic Ball is fun and only took like 5 hours to beat.
Re: Seven Games Will Leave Xbox Game Pass In Early November 2024
Are these Like a Dragon games as cut scene heavy as the mainline games? Also do they have dub or just subs?
Re: Talking Point: Xbox & Nintendo Switch Owners, How Do You Split Your Third-Party Purchases?
I used to do AAA on Xbox and indie on switch but lately even indie games run like ***** on switch so I only use the switch for Nintendo exclusives. Whenever switch 2 drops I will start buying indies on it again.
Re: Poll: A Year Later, What Do You Think Of Alan Wake 2 Overall?
@FraserG I don’t think anything is report worthy. Most of the anti-DEI crowd knows how to avoid stepping over the line with overt racism and sexism. But over the last year or so the comments section on this website are increasingly filled with people stepping right up to the line. It’s made me less apt to engage here. It’s a bummer because this was one of the least toxic gaming communities when I started frequenting this site.
Re: Poll: A Year Later, What Do You Think Of Alan Wake 2 Overall?
@fraserg the comments sections on this website are increasingly becoming a haven for weirdos. You need better moderating or the normal people will stop engaging.
Re: Talking Point: How Do You Feel About Xbox's ActiBlizz Deal One Year On?
I feel like Microsoft lied to federal regulators and screwed over gamers and thousands of developers at Activision.
Re: Xbox Game Pass: All Games Coming Soon In October 2024
@abe_hikura Sifu and Inscryption are enough.
Re: Reminder: Nine Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass This Weekend (September 30)
I tried Gotham Knights planning to beat it before it left and that has to be one of the sh***iest games I’ve ever played. WTF? How is it so bad in every way?
Re: Xbox's Sarah Bond Initially 'Clashed' With Phil Spencer When Working Together
@MjJmediablogger XBox had its highest revenue ever for a quarter this year. It's not a dying brand, they just cry poverty to justify laying people off and raising prices in order to juice their profits.
Re: Xbox's Sarah Bond Initially 'Clashed' With Phil Spencer When Working Together
These quotes, “push the envelope” and “not let something go”, are 100% a standard racist/sexist reaction to a black woman having power in a white male organization.
Re: Enotria: The Last Song Launches To Decent Reviews As Dev Works With Xbox On Release
Decent reviews? Opencritic has it outside the top 40% of games reviewed.
Re: Talking Point: What's Your Favourite Xbox Game Of The Year So Far?
@Balta666 I think it will likely end up as my GOTY also. The only games I haven’t played that I could see passing it are Space Marines and Mullet Madjack but both fee unlikely. I thought for sure Astro would beat it but it has fairly bland gameplay so it was a letdown for me.
Re: Talking Point: What's Your Favourite Xbox Game Of The Year So Far?
Prince of Persia is by a wide margin my favorite game released this year on any console.
Re: Xbox Has Begun Including Handhelds In Promotional Images
X cloud works so well on steam deck it almost feels like I’m playing natively.
Re: Soapbox: 12 Months Later, I Definitely Still Miss Xbox Games With Gold
Sign up for PS Plus Essential. The quality of free monthly games on there is rapidly approaching XBox Live Gold levels of *****.
Re: These Five Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (September 3-17)
@Rog-X Imagine assigning yourself the little unpaid job of GP hater and then waisting your time each commenting on something that is irrelevant to you rather than just playing games. Very normal behavior.
Re: Black Myth: Wukong Debuts To Impressive Reviews Ahead Of Delayed Xbox Launch
It sounds like it runs like ***** on PC and they didn’t even bother sending out PS5 codes. I have a PS5 but I’m just going to wait until it drops on Xbox. They should have the issues fixed by then.
Re: Talking Point: Is Local Co-Op On Xbox Still Important To You In 2024?
Playing through Gears of War with my wife is peak gaming for me. I will be absolutely crushed if the new Gears game forgoes split screen.
Re: Talking Point: If You Had To Limit Yourself To Three Xbox Games, What Would They Be?
Ori 2, Gears 5, FH5
Re: Here Are The Top 10 Most Popular Trailers From The Xbox Games Showcase 2024
I’m shocked to see Doom so low but I guess I’m also shocked by Eternal not being more popular than it is. I guess most FPS players are more focused on multiplayer experiences?
Re: Talking Point: Have You Ever Bought Any Official Xbox Merchandise?
I would but most everything I’ve seen is fugly.
Re: Rumour: Reliable Leaker Reveals Upcoming Xbox Game Pass Addition
@JustinSane I don’t mind a meh story I can largely ignore. A good story is at the most a welcome plus rather than something I need. To quote Dr Robotnik, “The time for talking is over. It’s time to push buttons.”
Re: Rumour: Reliable Leaker Reveals Upcoming Xbox Game Pass Addition
@JustinSane I’m starting to think overlooked AA game with great combat might be exactly what I want from games especially on GP. I recently loved Evil West and Outriders. I love that they’re straight forward action without getting bogged down in AAA bloat.
Re: Neon White Officially Added To July's Xbox Game Pass Lineup
This game is a 10/10 absolute masterpiece. It's the best 3D platformer other than Mario Odyssey.
Re: SteamWorld Heist 2 Causes Confusion After Being Removed From Xbox Game Pass Lineup
@FarmDog08 Right?!?! Are they somehow only just now realizing the mistake? I don’t buy it.
Re: Forza Horizon 4 To Be Delisted On Xbox And PC In December 2024
I wish they would just leave the game up with generic car models. the brand of the pixelated car is very meaningless to me and I prefer 4 to 5. I thought it had better off road racing.
Re: Reminder: Five Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass This Sunday
I’m working my way through FIST. It’s pretty good and there is probably still time for people to play through it.
The combat is fun though some of the scenarios can feel a bit repetitive, it has the perfect amount of exploration for me which is not much, the story is good enough, and it looks great.
Re: It's Gone Quiet Lately, But Xbox's Towerborne Is Still Launching In 2024
@BAMozzy I’m just taking the piss out. If you want to use your limited time engaging with coverage of a game you have nothing more to say about than I’m not interested in it I’m interested in these unrelated things rather than just engaging with those completely unrelated games then it’s your right to do so. Have fun being here uninterested.
Re: It's Gone Quiet Lately, But Xbox's Towerborne Is Still Launching In 2024
I’m super excited for this. There are not enough co-op games. I’m hoping it will fill the Streets of Rage 4 shaped void in my heart.
Re: It's Gone Quiet Lately, But Xbox's Towerborne Is Still Launching In 2024
@BAMozzy That’s a lot of words for “I’m not sure why I clicked on this article.” You should have just clicked the back button instead.
Re: New Indiana Jones Clip Continues To Build Hype Ahead Of 2024 Xbox Release
@WhiteRabbit Mr Burns and people suffering from a recent concussion.
Re: 'Killer Bean' Confirmed For Xbox Following SGF 2024 Appearance
i just now learned this is a roguelike and my hype for it went way up. It's crazy to me how fast I changed from ugh another roguelike a few years ago to now being like cool another roguelike. It's such a good genre.
Re: Forza Horizon Fans, The Crew Motorfest Could Be Well Worth Checking Out Later This Year
The racing isn’t as good as Forza but I thought this did the car festival aspect better and has more interesting variety.
Re: Starfield Is Getting Review Bombed (Again)
It’s funny that people like this always paint themselves as wise visionaries who see truths others can’t. It’s like okay dude it doesn’t take a genius to guess that they’ll monetize the game in various ways.
Re: Black Myth: Wukong Suffers Delay, But Only For Xbox Series X|S
Anytime this happens the games typically run like ***** on PS5 and PC at release and by the time they fix those they also drop the working Xbox version.
Re: Poll: How Would You Grade The Summer Game Fest 2024 Showcase?
Can you imagine having spent $50 to watch that live?
Re: Two Xbox Game Pass Titles Get Fresh Trailers Ahead Of July & August Releases
SteamWorld Heist 2 had me as soon as I learned it existed. I loved the first game and Dig 2 so much. I'm currently playing Quest and that's great too.