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@Fiendish-Beaver I have a Xbox for two things: game pass, and Microsoft rewards. I’d still be using my reward points on the Xbox store. But yeah, Steam would be stiff competition. And a PC-thing without Steam would be a harder sell unless suddenly every indie game launched not just on Steam but on the Xbox store

I would totally be up for a device that plays Xbox games, plays game pass, plays potentially Steam games, runs windows, connects to my tv, but still functions as a PC as well basically.

People have such weird knee-jerk reactions to anything involving AI, and for good reason. But it would be nice if people would stop scrolling and think a bit, or at least put more thought into their responses. People behave like AI

Sheesh it’s hard to keep up with all the stuff leaving

They need better Avowed ones.

It’s so weird how opinions and scores on games are so over the map these days. It used to all be a little more objective

I’m also underwhelmed. If it enhanced switch 1 games out of the box, and if it was launching with some stuff I was actually interested in, it might be another story.

Paying for updates, and the $80 game prices, and the lack of stuff I care about… makes it a harder sell.

Looks like I need to speed run botany manor and Harold halibut!

While trying to finish avowed and get ahead on some other game pass stuff!

@FraserG I for one am quite glad you’re not taking article suggestions from the audience, or at least not that member of the audience…

Yeah their multiplatform strategy stinks.

Blue prince looks excellent.

Wish more of these were on game pass

This is like the 3rd time it’s been on there. 🙄 I’m surprised they don’t just keep it permanently to sell gta online garbage.

Yeah. Bizarre list skewed toward newer stuff.

Adventure (which started on mainframes) kind of influenced everything, and it’s not even on there.

@themightyant exactly. In order to figure out timing we really have to see where the holes are. They don’t want to undercut expedition 33 either I’m sure.

Seems like weird timing.

Glad it’s not just me experiencing this!

Spacing out searches doesn’t work for me. I can’t go sit down at my computer the required 8 (!!) times per day. Not everyone lives on a computer. So it just is what it is.

I’m still glad the rewards program exists. I rarely spend actual money for a game anymore (besides discounted game pass renewals).

Controllers are one of the downsides to Xbox series for me. Pack-in controller hurts my hand, Xbox one controller got stick drift and is outdated and no longer available, 3rd party controllers typically aren’t wireless, and elite controllers are an expensive risk.

So I’ve got a wired 8bitdo. Great other than the wire.

@RentedPanda All these people being like "I finished the game in 19 hours" like... ok...???

I'm not even reading all the lore. I started skipping it, because I was taking long enough just doing side quests and exploring for treasure!

I wish more of them were coming to game pass

That’s even more a bummer about saga frontier 2. Romancing saga 2 remake also skipped Xbox. square and sega are both letting me down. And Sony too.

Just means I won’t bother buying or playing the games anytime soon. Too much else to play already that actually is on Xbox.

@darylb24 how did you finish so fast? Did you do all the side quests? I’m at 48 hours and am possibly half through the 3rd area. I’d like to speed up, but I want to do all the stuff! Maybe I spend too much time looking for unneeded loot.

@RentedPanda that’s how long it took me too, about 20 hours per area so far (partway into 3rd area now)

Wow. I was wondering what the heck was going on with the compass. That explains that.

Altho I feel the game is an 8, I’m sure having fun with it. It just feels a little padded. Maybe my fault for trying to do everything.

It was kinda late for dlc. But I know some people don’t mind that.

Whole thing was odd. “We won’t do dlc!” “Okay, we’ll do dlc!” “No wait! Not gonna!”

Wish them all the luck on the sequel tho. First was good, tho a bit checklisty, and with that solid base and more time and inspiration, it could be amazing.

@Residentsteven I wasn't into Rare in their Nintendo days even. I always thought the Donkey Kong stuff was highly overrated (except the great soundtracks in DKC). They got lucky with Goldeneye It seems like their older stuff from back when was pretty interesting, though, judging by the Rare retro compilation.

@Millionski I dno. Between GPU and Rewards, I haven't had to buy much/anything in a long time We don't know GPU is going first party anyway. This is all just wild speculation. Just because Sega wants to do their own service and is pulling everything somewhat rapidly doesn't mean it's going first party only.

@Millionski well they’d lose a lot of subscribers then, like me. I have less than zero interest in cod. Gpu has gotten worse for me since the activision buyout instead of better.

If Game Pass becomes first party only, I’ll be done. I like a few of their first party games, but I mostly liked the indie stuff and others, which has been less lately.

Either way, just because sega is leaving all at once doesn’t mean GP is suddenly going to be first party only.

Got more games leaving than coming these days with the sega exodus. It’s going to be sad not having Atlus games come to game pass anymore, but I guess P3R was the last one anyway. Had to buy SMT and metaphor!

What is rare even working on if they’re outsourcing for perfect dark? 🙄

@FarmDog08 it’s a totally different focus and experience, but I think they’re actually even better games overall 😉 Just not as graphically advanced. Still very pretty.

It’s the same as they did with PoE 2 a number of years ago. It’s an option. People asked for them to do it with the first game as well, but the time and money wasn’t there. I guess now it is!

Hoping for a turn-based PoE 3.

@Tasuki I think I burnt out a little spending too much time on everything. Some of the side quests are just okay. Which is totally fine, but I don't want to miss the good ones. I think I'm maybe doing too much exploring and insisting on finding everything. When did I become this way??? It makes me feel like I don't have time left in my life for everything and need to hurry up.

@Fishticon Yeah, maybe I should try that

@Kaloudz I desperately wanted to like it. I was expecting pre-3D Zelda, but I got overhead dark souls and really wasn’t into it.

So when stuff gets added to standard or core, does that reset the 12 month counter? Or can it still leave all tiers 12 months after it first joined the service, or 24 months, or whatever?

I hope it’s not bad. I doubt it’ll live up to its predecessor, and I’m not sure they were trying to make a true sequel. But I hope it’s good.

I feel like it’s gonna be buggy and rushed despite all this time. Paradox wants it done and has been releasing broken stuff lately, cancelling stuff, and disappointing.

I haven’t gotten around to trying it yet. No rush, and it’s probably a lot better now than at launch.

@Tasuki yeah I’m at least 40 hours and finishing up emerald stair. Might be more like 45 hours! Seems like each zone takes me 20 hours. I’m actually TRYING to hurry, but I’ve been doing all the side quests. Don’t wanna take forever but don’t wanna miss stuff either! I’m gonna maybe try spending less time climbing around for loot. The loot gets pretty samey.

I don’t know how other people are getting through the whole game in 20 hours…

Blue prince and tempopo look like guaranteed winners.

Hoping that for Clair obscur too

@Blastfemur I definitely under-budgeted the time commitment! At the same time, I don't really want to skip the side quests. It's odd to me that most gamers apparently don't do side quests?? (and then complain games are too short

I’m finished up the second zone in Avowed and at 40 hours. Is every zone gonna take me 20 hours??? I thought people were saying this game was short!

Don’t forget KunnikuNeko, a game about a weird cat that can turn into a cat-headed muscle man. It’s genuinely the funniest game demo I’ve ever played and a great platformer.

Hmm. Sounds like a neat game. But with so much to play, it definitely would have competed better for my time with some more enthusiastic write-ups.

@LostInBlue0 it looks like a sweetroll! That’s been a running gag since elder scrolls 1.

They wished oblivion a happy bday with a comma splice.

I dno about calling it an RPG, but I’m hoping it turns out.

Chained Echoes for me, followed by sea of stars, baldurs gate 3, metaphor refantazio, and like a dragon 8

SMTV is great. I played it all summer and could potentially play it again if only I had infinite time in my life.

It didn’t click with me at all. Guess I’ll have to give it another try. It’s probably just not my thing tho.