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@VenomousAlbino @Rockboy247 @SacredPYRO and anybody else who may be interested...

Not sure if you are all getting the same quiz as me but here is the (thankfully short) list of games with FPS boost!

https://majornelson.com/fpsboost/

@VenomousAlbino ahh wicked, cheers for letting us know!

@VenomousAlbino @Rockboy247 @SacredPYRO same here 😭

Thankfully nothing for me. Played Observation already which was OK.Out of curiosity, I will probably give that Ace Combat game a go before it leaves but I can't see myself wanting to play through the whole thing

I've got 120 points left until I hit 10K. Just playing Yakuza Kiwami naturally now for the next few days and hopefully I'll hit it! Otherwise I'll have to bust out one of the freebies!

Do games get added to specific sales during the sale period? I'm only curious because I am eyeing up that Super Saver Sale punch card and a couple games but I don't think there's enough I really want to hit £30

Ahh a double "start the game" for this week, sweet!

Sonic, Crash or Spyro out of this list.

But if I chose an Xbox character then it would be Ori!

@LegendOfPeach I think there's a math to it. At a base level of 50 points per achievement a day (for this example I am discounting additional punch cards and weeklies). If the GS for an achievement is less than 50 then it's worth saving it for that daily. If the GS is higher than 50 then it would be worth scoring for this punch card as GS directly translates to points.

You could probably say a larger number if you could do the maths and work out exactly what the maximum and also the average amount of points you could get per acheivement on a normal day. Would need to collect the data of what points are available over a few months though.

Having said that, between Game Pass, GwG and paid for games, there is an abundance of available achievements and/or gamerscore. I don't think I will personally run out if I just use the quick games for this punch card and save the drop in/out games like Forza Horizon for the achievement a day.

But....I do like making spreadsheets for random stuff like this so maybe I will collect some data over a period of time in the future and get back to you with a definitive answer. Or at least post it over in the rewards thread in the forums! 😅

There's an easy 545 gamerscore available for just booting all the games in Rare Replay (including the 360 titles which unlock cumulative achievements like "play every banjo game")

Ah that's brilliant, cheers for updating that other guide too. It's good to get these points with game pass games that have a sell by date on them and save the GwG and other free games for a similar future punch card when there is slim pickings for easy achievements on the then available game pass games!

Edit: looks like I've got 6 of the game pass games in that challenge guide left with no achievements popped so that's a good start but I may have to dip into my GwG and free games selection

I had one of these for the GBA and I used it to play Tony Hawk's on GameCube on the tiny dimly lit GBA screen. I thought it was rubbish at the time so I took it back to the store. Wish I didn't now though, I could be making some sweet YouTube ad revenue lol

@A01 we did similar in secondary school. It was mainly using the pictochat to message eachother about the teachers. I remember a rude anatomy drawing contest we had on the coach going to a school trip 😂

@gingataisen quake 5 would be awesome, seems like I didn't even realise there was a quake 4 though 😂. I would welcome a Quake Quollection to game pass too!

I wonder if it will simulate the number 21 bus route

@Cherip-the-Ripper no worries, I'm sure it'll do the job but check the reviews on the store page. I almost bought a powerA controller back when I first got the Xbox but the official ones ended up being on sale so I bought another official one in the end

@Cherip-the-Ripper I've got a couple of the licensed ones for Switch (DK and Bowser), they work fine, they look cool but they feel really cheap. I guess you should expect that though as they are cheap. The sticks on the switch controllers were way too fat.

I took em round a friend's house for a smash sesh pre pandemic and I remember people commenting on how confusing they were because they felt like cheap knock offs but looked really official. But yeah, if you like the design I'd probably wait for a discount. I think mine cost £15 each down from either 20 or 25

The things people come with sometimes are absolutely potty!

Don't call it a comeback!

https://youtu.be/vimZj8HW0Kg

In all seriousness though, a new burnout would be awesome. In fact a HD collection of the first 3 would be better. I still need to check out those Dangerous Driving games at some point they look like spiritual successors.

Hell, between Burnout and Destruction Derby, their influence can be felt as far as things like Forza Horizon

59K at the moment so about £50 worth over the last 4 months. Saving up for a series X in its entirety or sizeable contribution towards one when it comes into stock on the MS store.

@RedShirtRod That's £225! Could almost get a series S for that, nice one!

Horizon 5 announcement to be linked with the Metal Gear Solid teases: game will be set in Afghanistan and the Angola/Zaire Border Region in a Phantom Pain crossover!

@ultraviolet I know your comment is from a few months ago but there are games on this list that have a single player component or are single player in general. I never played online on Rocket League for example and I believe (but not certain as I haven't played them) at the very least that Crackdown 1+2, Phantom Dust and Too Human are single player games or have a single player component

@belmont ahh fair enough. I imagine it's not a huge inconvenience to turn the thing off and on again to cycle modes. I guess if you are playing GameCube games then you would probably just be doing that for a few hours instead of flicking between GameCube games and Xbox games.

Unfortunately I finished uni about ten years ago 😅. My partner does work at a university though so maybe I will look into it. I can't imagine MS care that much, it's not their games that are being played. Even if it was, they are fairly liberal in giving their own classic game library out at little or no cost anyway. It seems a bit like the "Other OS" feature that was patched out of the PS3, just seems like it unlocks the Xbox so you can do a number of things you could do on a Windows PC.

@FraserG hmm fair enough, well it's very interesting nonetheless! It's been going on for a while hasn't it so you'd think something would have been done already. I'm still some years out from upgrading my One X anyway so there's some time to find out if this gets restricted in any way.

That's awesome, I'd be quite interested in doing this if I ever got a series X. Imagine having parties and whipping out an upscaled Mario Kart Double Dash or Mario Kart Wii!

Does the Dev mode app have any downsides? Does it restrict other uses of a consumer Xbox or break any Terms of Service to use it in this way? Like could you get banned from Live/GPU or anything for doing this?

@CrazyJF nice, mines the other way around because 4 was my pack in and I got 3 a bit later on 😅

So good though, also stuff like Burnout and Destruction Derby was so good. I think the racing games are a bit better when they are less realistic.

Considering the reputation of Motorsport though, it was a huge surprise when I found Horizon to be an off road, open world and generally bonkers game. It's sort of realistic but then like totally unrealistic as my car flipping down the side of the mountain will attest!

If I could only play one? It's hard to choose between Ori and Forza.

I haven't played Will of the Wisps yet but Blind Forest is probably the best Xbox One game I've played so far.

Forza Horizon 4 was my first game on the Xbox One X and it blew me away. Very surprising for a genre that I'm not typically interested in.

They are two of the best games/series on Xbox in my opinion but I chose Forza Horizon 4 in the end just because it is a longer game. I could play it for longer without feeling like I am "playing it over again".

Nice! They should make this backwards compatible 😂

Haha I literally don't even think I've played a PlayStation game new enough to have that PlayStation Studios banner on it anyway. I normally wait for big sales!

Is that the American Office or the English Office? I feel like I'd understand references to the latter just because I'm more familiar with it. Not saying the American one is bad, I actually prefer what ive seen of it but I haven't seen all 8 or whatever it is seasons in comparison to the English versions 2 + Xmas special

I really liked the original game on Nintendo DS lol. I've got the new Switch one downloaded but haven't tried it yet

Metal Gear saturday morning cartoon with a catchy theme tune

@Vinsanity that is a pretty rad trailer! You've gotta applaud Jason David Frank for keeping a straight face through some of that lore heavy dialogue though 😂.

I've got the TMNT and Justice League crossovers because they are fairly self contained, I don't really have the time/money to get into the main Boom series as good as it sounds. I do have the 6 foil Montes variant covers framed on my wall though, of the ranger's torsos holding their helmets around their tummy area. I didn't get the foil turtles variants because there were just too many combinations! Also I kept having visions of a grim alternate where a ranger would be holding a turtles head instead 😅

I picked up a couple of the Guilty Gear games on PS4 a few weeks a go because they cost like a quid each. Well worth it at that price!

@JayJ same here, I was reminiscing about Rival Schools over on Push Square a week ago and how that game was stuffed to the brim with multiple versions of the game and loads of extras and mini games.

Nowadays I either buy fighting games on a whim or I judge by the developers/publishers previous form with releases. E.g. Bandai Namco aren't known for physical complete editions so I got DB FighterZ and slowly picked up the DLCs when they go on sale. On the other hand, Netherealm are known for their complete editions so I've been waiting patiently for a complete mortal Kombat 11 for years (I've heard even MK11 Ultimate isn't complete and that there is space in the game to add a number of new fighters so I've held out on that one even though I'm real tempted by its current £25 price at Currys). Street fighter IV got a more or less complete version by the next gen (PS3>PS4) so hopefully next year or the year after for SFV.

But yeah nWay had no previous form because they'd only made a mobile game prior so Battle for the Grid was a bit of a punt really! Had no idea it would be popular enough to warrant 4 DLC passes and various physical releases!

Tekken and Soul Calibur just get the passes too, no complete editions so it's just worth making do with the base game on them. I won't even go near the latest Dead or Alive though, £55 for a season pass? Get real! 😂

It's not that weird to add these characters this time around, I believe they were in nWay's previous Power Rangers game for mobile.

Having said that, I would have been surprised when they added these characters to that older game a few years back!

Damn though, a super edition? You just never know which digital games will get physical releases, complete editions at that! This one stings a little bit because I've bought the game and all its DLC (when it was on sale) over the years

Can't I have my steamed hams and eat it too? It's not even a question for me, I'd love this and every other Xbox game to be made backwards compatible. Even if they didn't sell them in the store and I had to track down second hand copies.

@Arcnail I think "being an Xbox" is when your experience and relationship with your console transcends the normal limits of modern gaming and you become one with the Xbox. Mind and machine converge and your consciousness exists only in the (x)cloud. It is a state that few attain and even fewer return from to tell the tale.

Switch Pro will have a 5G SIM card slot, xCloud support and analog triggers.

I just made that up but sounds cool

It's a shame the 2x and 4x multipliers aren't in effect this week

@FraserG I don't think NFL 21 is available on xcloud, it's not showing up on my device anyway 🤷‍♂️. NFL 20 is there though

@FraserG thanks for the tip! I'll certainly think about topping up my existing membership with this deal.

I played it last week, I thought it was good. I played it over a few days and I feel like it's a game that's best played in one or two sittings for maximum atmosphere. Spreading it out over a few days stopped me getting really into it.

I'm just eeking out the last few achievements over the next few days for the daily 50pts rewards.

Me love In Your House, War Zone and Attitude, Smackdown too while I'm in the memory. I know the Xbox didn't exist back then but they were and probably always will be my favourites.

I genuinely think I own everything I want in this sale already. There's maybe a couple of things that I'm not ready for yet but they are always on sale so it's not that pressing. I'd really like to get that Lara Croft Guardian of Light if they ever discount it again. I've got the second one but the first one seems to have been a GwG twice (according to the reviews), before my time with Xbox and hasn't been discounted since

Donkey Kong country

@Static1 no problem! Yeah I don't like the bing app either, I literally only use it for nonsense searches so I can get the points lol. Happy Yakuza-ing!

@Static1 have you checked that you are logged into your Microsoft account on the various browsers? Near the top right of the search page it should show your MS profile pic if you have one (not your Xbox pic unless it's the same), a trophy with a circle that moves when points get added and the number of points. This is for PC/Xbox browsers. I'd just use Edge on Xbox though because it counts toward the PC Search and the Edge Bonus! 102 points in total from 90+12. But yeah you should see your points tally go up in that top right corner as you do the searches.

I think you log into the Bing mobile app when you install it but should show your profile pic down the bottom

If that's all good and the Rewards App on Xbox ain't showing you the search points, you might need to quit the app completely (Menu button over the icon and Quit) and reopen it and the total should have amended.

Cheers for the heads up! Deliver us the moon is next on my play list then!

Ahh sorry @FraserG , I only just saw this article because I got linked over from your April punch card article. I didn't know it existed when I created my "guide" in the forums. Not that mine is getting many views anyway lol.

I don't think I've doubled up on any information in the thread anyway but I've added a link to this article now so I hope it's OK and I'm not stepping on anyone's toes!

Any tips on the easiest/quickest achievement to pick up in that top 10?

I've played through gears 5, battletoads, Forza Horizon 4 and the Halo MCC campaigns already but didn't hunt for achievements in any so I'll only have the basic amount of achievements for a casual playthrough on those games. I think The Medium is XSX exclusive so I can't play that anyway and I'm not keen on starting Ori 2 for an achievement as I actually want to make some time to play that game properly.

I also seem to have issues actually activating this punch card at the moment too 🤔. I click activate but it just takes me out to the main rewards page and the quest still reads 0/2 complete (activating it should have been the 1/2)

edit: forget this, I activated it, I have a gears 5 achievement lined up too, something about completing 3 different types of multiplayer game...

Edit 2: I actually played one game of gridiron with bots on gear 5 and got an achievement for getting a touch down!

Gosh I am going for that outriders achievement. Seems like the first achievement you can get is completing the prologue. Was just going to use this for the 250pt punch card, 50pt daily achievement quest and to top up whatever punch cards need a a number of achievements.

But yeah, after a number of connection errors I managed to get in to the game. Played it for twenty minutes and now I keep getting connection errors again. Hopefully I can get back into it soon. Luckily you can skip about half of the cut scenes and all of the dialogue when you are actually playing.