Has anyone tried the XBOX Game Pass? It looks like they have a really nice offering of titles that I might want to check out. I normally just buy games on sale on Steam and play them when the backlog opens up a bit, from having bought tons of other games on Steam.

With the Game Pass, I think some games are permanent and some are temporary. It's not even a bad amount of money to pay to just try out lots of different titles, but I'm a bit unsure if I want to commit to the system, and then have the titles I want to play disappear from the Game Pass, either forcing me to buy it outright, or wait for a Steam sale.

Right now some examples include some of the older FF games I never tried, and the Yakuza franchise which would also be kinda nice to try. I still have a good bill of Steam games I want to beat, so it's not like I'm out of things to play for the time being. Just wasn't sure if it would be more practical to try out the Microsoft thing, or to just stick to Steam sales.

Artisreal

Germany9235 Posts

March 14 2021 16:06 GMT

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On March 15 2021 00:49 intotheheart wrote:
Has anyone tried the XBOX Game Pass? It looks like they have a really nice offering of titles that I might want to check out. I normally just buy games on sale on Steam and play them when the backlog opens up a bit, from having bought tons of other games on Steam.

With the Game Pass, I think some games are permanent and some are temporary. It's not even a bad amount of money to pay to just try out lots of different titles, but I'm a bit unsure if I want to commit to the system, and then have the titles I want to play disappear from the Game Pass, either forcing me to buy it outright, or wait for a Steam sale.

Right now some examples include some of the older FF games I never tried, and the Yakuza franchise which would also be kinda nice to try. I still have a good bill of Steam games I want to beat, so it's not like I'm out of things to play for the time being. Just wasn't sure if it would be more practical to try out the Microsoft thing, or to just stick to Steam sales.

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As to having used the game gass, I tried it out early last year to play Ori and the Will of the Wisps using a 1€/month promo and it was fine. Had to use the windows store app but apart from that everything worked out fine.

intotheheart

Canada33091 Posts

March 14 2021 16:19 GMT

#208154

Thanks! Would you see it as something you'd continue to use for more than 1 Euro/month? I guess I'll try it out after I'm done more of my backlog. I mean, they don't have all the games I'd actually play (aka none of the anime trash I like) but a lot of the other titles do show up.

PassiveAce

United States18076 Posts

March 14 2021 16:32 GMT

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ITH you might really like the latest Yakuza game. its the only turn-based rpg in the series and the story is a ton of fun

intotheheart

Canada33091 Posts

March 14 2021 16:33 GMT

#208156

Ah nice, I'll have to keep that in mind. It also isn't a direct continuation of the other ~7 games in the franchise right?

PassiveAce

United States18076 Posts

March 14 2021 16:36 GMT

#208157

yeah its not a continuation. I think there are some boss's that are recurring characters in the series but you wont be missing out on anything in terms of narrative.

intotheheart

Canada33091 Posts

March 14 2021 16:43 GMT

#208158

Awesome, thanks! I think it'll be on the list for sure, although I may pick up another one as well, because I plan on playing a bunch of turn-based games in a row. Even more than you'd expect for a career weeb.

Artisreal

Germany9235 Posts

March 14 2021 16:59 GMT

#208159

On March 15 2021 01:19 intotheheart wrote:
Thanks! Would you see it as something you'd continue to use for more than 1 Euro/month? I guess I'll try it out after I'm done more of my backlog. I mean, they don't have all the games I'd actually play (aka none of the anime trash I like) but a lot of the other titles do show up.

well, for a euro a month? Absolutely.
For 5? maybe, but for 10? Probably if I had the time and if it had ubisoft games haha.

I ususally just binge a new game and rarely touch it again - just don't have the time anymore. I guess that many here can relate to that.

eieio

United States14512 Posts

March 14 2021 17:05 GMT

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(I play a lot of games on my xbox, not a pc, but I think that doesn't matter here)

I really like game pass. I think "using it to download a game that you need to buy later" isn't a huge problem, because it still lets you decide that you *actually* want to buy the game -- a few weeks ago I downloaded Dishonored 2, played a few hours, and decided it wasn't for me. Doing that was free - it woulda sucked to have bought the full game and not liked it.

Also, there are a *ton* of great indie games on game pass. Many of them can be finished in like 10 hours or so. It's pretty common for me to grab an indie game off of game pass on friday and beat it basically over a weekend. It's free, it rules.

Also, related to the above, it makes me much more likely to try out new games because you're not committing to anything other than "waiting for the game to download." This makes new game discovery easier.