Xbox Series S/X: Thread 04

[nonny]

I've always said they should add a PvE mode so that players can enjoy the game solo. That said I've had instances of larger crews helping me when playing 1-2 player.

[nonny]

Question: If I was to play Monster Hunter Rise on PC Game Pass, would I be able to party up with players who have the game, but not on Game Pass?

Dunno mate... I guess it depends whether it supports full cross play.

[DeathAdder]

There's a whole Pirates of the Carribbean story in it from over a year ago but the game as a whole is geared for co-op play.

You can actually play all of the game solo but it takes practice and really it's better with 2 players.

I played it for a good 8 hours solo doing some basic missions and it was fun but pales in comparison to the co-op.

Thanks. Doesn't sound like my sort of thing, so you've saved me a few quid.

[MartyG]

Xbox is that starved of content

Yup, had to put mine in the bin. A couldn't find a single game on the store and Game Pass? What a waste of money that is. Nothing. Nothing at all.

The lack of first-party exclusives in 2022 was disappointing, too many slippages into 2023, but the vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast vast releases on any platform are third-party. Even for Nintendo. If third-party was important then Sony wouldn't be trying so hard to stop Activision going to Microsoft.

A Series S coupled with Game Pass remains the biggest bargain out there pound for pound, with hundreds of hours of gaming.

If the only thing you ever play is AAA exclusive titles and nothing else, then a PS5 might be a better choice for 2022 - for everyone else, there are plenty of things to enjoy on every platform.

Maybe not on the Atari VCS.

[nonny]

Well this... this isn't all that surprising.

[Ouenben]

Well this... this isn't all that surprising.

Mine is incredibly off with thousands and thousands of Gscore missing.

Turns out I was 'untrackable' due to privacy settings, since July

[Tobal]

without pick to post, 64 games played, 643 achieves, 10k score, and 141 hours in Elden Ring

[Cassius_Smoke]

I don't think I've clocked over 100 hours in any game for a long time.

[nonny]

To be honest I didn't think I'd clocked over 100 in Halo Infinite but then I have finished the campaign on legendary and all of the multiplayer seasons so it's probably accurate.

[nonny]

Timed exclusivity over in March, coming to Xbox and Steam with a new Arenas mode update.

[Neon Ignition]

So - Today is the big day, precisely one year to the day since I cashed in all but 11,000 of my reward points and decided to make a concerted effort to save as much as I could each day.

I haven't collected literally every point I could have. It took me a while to figure out all of the ways you can score points each day such as the fitness/shopping game points etc and one or two lost streaks and some terrible challenges in the app have cost a small amount of points but the majority is here.

Looking through my history the tally I've managed to save in one year is: 381,138 points / £325

Given I have all the angles covered the next year should theoretically come in a little higher than this so this might actually be the true real best deal in gaming

[wakka]

What are you going to spend it on?

[Neon Ignition]

I've already spent a lot of it over the course of the year, an Elite controller here, several games there. I'm back up to 61,000+ points atm but I think from here on out I'm just going to let them build up

[Lebowski]

https://www.eurogamer.net/high-on-life-is-now-the-most-popular-thing-on-xbox-game-pass

Xbox Game Pass’ biggest 2022 launch and biggest third-party Game Pass launch ever. Glad so many are playing it as its a great game and one i and my son have really enjoyed playing.


The comment section is a fun read on that article and it's being super moderated, post being removed saying things like Eurogamer is out of step with the vast majority of other reviews. They get another dig in at the game by referencing their divisive review too idiots.

[nonny]

The game reminds me of Oddworld Strangers Wrath mixed with the obvious Rick and Morty humour.

Maybe MS should pick up Squanch Games and put them to work on a Conker re-imagining...