Xbox Exec Responds To 'Confusion' About Elden Ring And Game Pass

I think Elden Ring is the type of game where anyone who wanted to play it will have bought it as soon as it came out. I suppose it would have been nice for new players to test the From waters though.

If I was going get it I'd have bought it straight away to be honest as most people have done but that type of game isn't for me

@Cashews this site is relatively dead compared to both push square and Nintendo life.

If it’s an article on games you will often only get a handful of comments.

If it’s an article where console wars come into it then it gets far more comments. Sony seems to get more attention and comments on here than Xbox.

I really want Elden Ring but am waiting on Game Pass - otherwise where's the value in GP if I have to rent AND buy games. I'm pretty convinced it will arrive eventually and there's enough to keep me going til then - especially once Starfield releases

@PsBoxSwitchOwner well there isn't a lot of games on xbox thats probably why compared to ps5 and switch there's nothing

I guess this is a cautionary tale of hanging on the every word of important gaming people. I followed a bunch of Bioware devs when Mass Effect was at the height of it's popularity, expecting them to talk about the game. I slowly unfollowed them when they stopped talking about being devs and just started talking about Canadian stuff. And politics. And Canadian politics.

@Alex79uk I want to play it but worried the difficulty will be too much so a Game Pass release would be the ideal scenario for me.

Maybe don't assume everything execs do is some elaborate tease.

There is way too much reading between the lines in gaming.

@Rob3008 similar boat here, I find soulslikes a bit hit and miss (it's very much a me thing) and I really don't like the idea of paying modern game pricing on a game that there is a solid chance I won't get on with (even if it's great)

@abe_hikura @Rob3008 I don't actually believe the from soulslike experience is that hard. More so the huge space between some checkpoints / bonfires make the game more difficult than it needs to be. The games tend to be fair but challenging otherwise.

What I don't like is when you die, you have to retrace your steps to pick your gear back up on one life, it's heartbreaking if you don't make it. Disappointing enough to make me close the game and never reload. Unsure if Elden ring does that, every prior game has.

@Dan1283 this is hyperbole at its finest. The 32x had hardly any games. The virtual boy had hardly any games. The xbox series x has thousands of games. Wherever you think the quality is right, is another question. But the xbox definitely has a lot of games.

@themcnoisy a lot of games but not much quality exclusives for now that's definitely going change soon though in the next few months

I haven't bought Elden Ring yet. But I will eventually, probably...

Too many other games at the moment.

@themcnoisy for me it's not so much about the difficulty. For reasons I'm not fully aware of some souls likes click with me, some don't.

@Dan1283 Honestly, that really depends on what you want. I don't like the new style Zelda and fell off 3d platform games 20 years ago. So all the best rated switch games are not my bag at all. On the other hand it does have a fine selection of tactical rpgs and indies (most of which are on xbox). As for the PS4/5, yeah the quality with God of War, HZD and Spiderman - it is a class above similar 3rd person action adventures on xbox easily. But what about simulations like Flight sim or real time strategy like Age of Empires 2 remastered? What about Ori? which is imo the best metroidvania. What about forza horizon 4 and 5 which are easily the best open world driving games.

Xbox does have great games, best in class in some genres. Just because it lags behind Sonys 3rd person action adventure library doesn't mean it can't compete in stuff microsoft are historically much better at. And microsofts output has been more mature.

If you are staying up after work and playing Mario it's just dead time (it's up to you how you spend your free time of course). But with a lot of xbox games you learn something tangible - car brands, historical figures, how to control a plane. As a middle aged bloke, this is way preferable to playing 3rd person action adventures in make believe places.

@themcnoisy I love ori and the will of the wisps one of favourite games of all time the xbox exclusives released are amazing except redfall obviously its just there's not been a lot of them over the past few years there does look to be a lot on the cards over the next few years

Soulslike games are straight no go for me. I honestly see ZERO enjoyment spending 5 hours of try and die, just to advance 5 mins in a story.

I'm also not a fan of watching the boss battles and CONSTANTLY going: ok he winked at me, so now I have to jump 3 times, roll 5 times, use certain attack at precisely 2 seconds before the next wink. Do that 8 times in a row, for 20 mins. Then I have to realize it was 8 times in that ENTIRE sequence and not 7 cause the boss will dodge the attack, and fart on me for a one shot death. Then have spend another 30 mins of that again.....

Not enjoyable. At. All.

@StonyKL

I am in this camp too- don’t disregard the number of players that are patient enough to wait.

I picked up the Witcher 3 and both expansions for $11 (CDN)bucks last year and played it start to credits for the first time. Best $11 I ever spent.
Playing Wo long in GP, Lies of P demo is a lot of fun, I’m looking forward to that release on GO in Sept.
I’m pleased as punch playing F122 on GPU even though f123 is available for purchase - I’ll play it when it his GPU I’m March. I can’t pay $80 for every game I want to play.
I’m old enough to recognize that of a game was great she. It came out, it’s still great when I get around to playing it.
Career, family, home upkeep, vehicle upkeep, other interests.
There are a lot of us out there that will wait for a few years until the game has been patched a few times (I’m looking at you next cyberpunk 2077), and you can end up with a better experience than diving in at launch.
I will absolutely be jumping into Starfield on GP at release though.

Does anyone know if there's any gaming sites that actually review games? The last review I can see here was posted nearly a month ago.