Xbox Game Pass (Xbox / PC)

[MartyG]

Yeah, same issue :/

[MartyG]

Some End Sept / October 2021 additions to Game Pass

Flynn: Son of Crimson (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox — Sept. 15
I Am Fish (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox — Sept. 16
SkateBIRD (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox — Sept. 16
Superliminal (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox — Sept. 16
Aragami 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox — Sept. 17
Lost Words: Beyond the Page (Cloud, Console, and PC) — Sept. 23
Sable (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox — Sept. 23
Subnautica: Below Zero (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox — Sept. 23
Tainted Grail: Conquest (PC) ID@Xbox — Sept. 23
Dandy Ace (Console and PC) ID@Xbox — Sept. 28
Lemnis Gate (Console and PC) — Sept. 28
AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES (Console, PC and Cloud) — Sept. 30
Astria Ascending (Cloud, Console, and PC) — Sept. 30
Marvel's Avengers (Cloud, Console, and PC) — Sept. 30
Mighty Goose (Console, PC and Cloud) ID@Xbox — Sept. 30
Scarlet Nexus (Console, PC and Cloud) — Sept. 30
Unsighted (Console and PC) ID@Xbox — Sept. 30
Phoenix Point (Console) ID@Xbox — Oct. 1
Back 4 Blood (Console and PC) — Oct. 12
Echo Generation (Console and PC) ID@Xbox — Oct. 21

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Games Leaving

Sept. 30, 2021
Drake Hollow (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Ikenfell (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Kathy Rain (PC)
Night in the Woods (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (Cloud and Console)

[nonny]

Completely crazy month to be fair.

I've downloaded Avengers and I'll be checking out Lemnis Gate, Back 4 Blood, Aragami 2 and Superluminal

[Escape-To-88]

Some stuff I thought I'd enjoy the last couple months, but found Skate Bird flat and Sable lacked character for me. However having a blast with Mighty Goose and looking forward to Back 4 Blood despite not overly enjoying the beta.

[nonny]

Aaero in games with gold isn't bad. Getting a decent Rez vibe from it.

[Escape-To-88]

Aaero in games with gold isn't bad. Getting a decent Rez vibe from it.

Enjoying this too. Was hoping for more DLC tracks but they are quite thin on the ground.

[MartyG]

Some more titles for Game Pass announced ...

October 19
Into the Pit (console, cloud, PC)
Outriders (PC)

October 21
Dragon Ball FighterZ (console, cloud)
Echo Generation (console, cloud, PC)
Everspace 2 (PC; Game Preview)

October 28
Age of Empires IV (PC)
Alan Wake's American Nightmare (console, PC)
Backbone (console)
Bassmaster Fishing 2022 (console, cloud, PC)
Nongunz: Doppleganger Edition (console, cloud, PC)
The Forgotten City (console, cloud, PC)

Hoping Age of Empires IV isn't garbage.

[fishbowlhead]

Consoles being left out of the Age of Empires strategy party once again, sigh.

[nonny]

Consoles being left out of the Age of Empires strategy party once again, sigh.

There is a rumour that they'll add it to consoles next year. A bit like what they did with Gears Tactics..

[fishbowlhead]

There is a rumour that they'll add it to consoles next year. A bit like what they did with Gears Tactics..

Should be on consoles as well day 1, gross oversight by MS.

[MartyG]

Or it isn't because RTS games work horribly horribly on consoles.

[nonny]

Yeah it's a very difficult genre to port to consoles. I thought Gears Tactics did it really well and the two Halo Wars games aren't bad either but the developers really have to work hard to support controller. Even though you can of course use keyboard & mouse on console that's not much of your target market.

It could happen but if it does I'd expect it sometime mid next year...

[fishbowlhead]

Or it isn't because RTS games work horribly horribly on consoles.

Not really, it just takes, and this is going to sound shocking to everyone, effort on the controls. Xbox supports m&k anyway so thats no excuse.

[MartyG]

You can make all the effort in the world and they still don't work on a controller (and I'd wager there about 6 people who plug in a MKB into their XBox) - the experience is always horribly horrible - some games just work better on PC.

Gears Tactics is NOT an RTS, it's a turn based strategy game.

[fishbowlhead]

There is a rumour that they'll add it to consoles next year. A bit like what they did with Gears Tactics..

HW2 works just fine on controller, some actions can be done quicker on controller, some quicker on m&k.

We don’t need Starcraft2 world champ meta levels of control here.

Again, the console has m&k support so thats no excuse.