Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (June 8)

Oooo! I might have to take a look at RF4 then, I quite liked Stardew Valley.

Only thing I remember of RF4 when my wife posted it was one of the characters saying “it’s almost 9…” a lot. It became an in-joke in our house after that.

@Kaloudz
Interesting maybe I need to give it another shot. Stardew Valley ruined all other farming games for me. I used to be big into Harvest Moon and such but I just can’t go back now. I did try a little of RF4 but I found the farming a bit frustrating to control in some ways so I dropped it.

Play Stacking.
This game is one of a kind

Such fond memories of RF4, one of the most memorable experiences. I happen to remember out of chance I was playing that the day the X1X had its "highest quality pixels anyone's ever seen" E3 reveal, lol.

Shame RF5 was a total technical cluster. An xbox port of that would be a dream so it's not a 15fps slideshow, I couldn't even play it.

I remember seeing a trailer for Stacking but then never saw it ever again.....forgot it had ever existed. I'm curious about that.

IMO 3DS still remains the greatest platform, ever. Its library is one of a kind and it just never quit.

Really glad to see Rune Factory come to Xbox. No clue if I’ll have time to play it anytime soon, but love seeing more JRPGs enter the ecosystem, and directly into Game Pass on top of that!!!

@NEStalgia I’m sure Nintendo has a time lock on RF5, but should this GP deal work well for both, the publisher and Xbox, I am sure we can then expect RF5 to show up the same way after the exclusivity deal is over. Same story likely with Shin Megami Tensei V.

Its little drops like these that make me feel glad I keep renewing my GP sub.

I’m not a farming sim guy so usually that it what I say … stacking looks interesting- how am I supposed to play all these games with something shadow dropping in a couple days???

@Tharsman There may have been a time lock, but I get the sense the game is just technically rough enough it's more or less abandoned as a loss. It would be cool if it got a better port, but it just comes across as a game that kind of failed on its own. I think it NEEDS a PS/XB port to even be playable TBF.

@AlwaysPlaying FWIW Rune Factory isn't just a farming sim. it's an dungeon crawling action-RPG looter with social sim base play all built around a farming sim. In the postgame you're fighting damage sponge dragons. That ohko you too easily. Want better swords? Grow more turnips.

Wow, I remember playing Staking on the 360. I don't like puzzle games normally but that was a fun one. Would highly recommend.

I don't know anything about Stacking, but I'm a big fan of Tim Schafer ever since Psychonauts 2, so I'd love to try it. Lack of time is the problem here, there's too much stuff lately, can't play 'em all unfortunately, but I'll try.

Rune Factory 4 was one of my most played games on the 3DS, which in turn, the 3DS was one of my favorite systems of all time, so I have a lot of nostalgia for that game. Luckily, I was planning to start another playthrough of Stardew Valley, and, while they're not that similar, they fill me with the same cozy feeling, so I'll be going through this one instead.

@FakeSunkist Definitely. I'm already subbed just to play Deep Rock Galactic with others, so these little surprises and discoveries (Planet of Lana, Psychonauts 2, Hi-Fi Rush are some examples of games that I would never have bought without trying first, but played through game pass and am now a huge fan) are what I like best about this service as well.

The AAA stuff is nice, I'm excited for stuff like Lies of P and Starfield, but those are the kinds of games that I generally buy with my own money anyway, as they're usually on my radar already and they're also easier to determine if they're for me or not.