@Banjo- @themightyant If you check out the current Ubisoft sale while logged in (on console/desktop etc.) certain titles should show up with the extra discounts. Do bare in mind one of us here only got one deal on their account (I have like 4 or 5 discounts).
@Lupaie79 This is a fan-made roadmap aimed at giving us a rough idea of the schedule! MS hasn't provided any sort of official roadmap. Hopefully we get Forza & Starfield dates soon.
@CraigDigsTrains Yep. I tried installing the X|S version to my console via the app, still doesn't work. Sadly the enhanced version is only a part of more expensive bundles and it's just the XB1 version that's free this weekend.
@Savage_Joe I wouldn't say that's the full reason, but I've been saying since announcement that it's not a great name. It's unwieldy & just a bit odd isn't it?
@NEStalgia Appreciate the heads up but it's actually a direct quote from the store page! Ultimately I'm not super familiar with the series so I figured it best to stick a quote in there. Any further issue pls take it up with Bandai Namco... 🤣
@Fiendish-Beaver Maverick Games is an independent studio right now and is not under Xbox. We're not sure on platforms yet, we'd assume the plan is multi-platform unless they strike a deal somewhere along the line! This is all very early on right now.
@themightyant @themcnoisy Agree on most of this. FH5 is technically great and still a fantastic game but FH4's map just feels more cohesive. Also the roads in FH4 make for great racing routes, FH5's are a bit more generic open road vibe.
@awp69 Blizzard Mountain, for me, was cool on paper but driving in those conditions just got annoying after a while. I prefer a down-to-earth DLC that I want to keep going back to, I haven't touched BM since launch.
@ironcrow86 This is the cheapest Legion has ever been, so price wise, you're looking good. As for the game itself, I enjoyed it more than most and London is a real treat to look at. Worth it imo!
@UltimateOtaku91 I would say you don't need to play Wildlands first. There's potentially some carry over story-wise (I haven't played Breakpoint myself) but from what I played of Wildlands it's more about the emergent gameplay than any sort of deep storyline. Good deal at 85% off!
@Kaloudz Not usually but this week could be different if Xbox is a little slow waking from its holiday slumber... I'm in the same boat as you there, will bring the roundup as soon as it comes!
@stvevan It's mainly due to regional price differences/currencies making things a little messy. With this amount of deals it's doable, but sometimes we're listing quite a lot of them and then it gets complicated & time consuming
@raftos Hey! No, it's not a part of Game Pass but for some reason it's showing as being extra discounted for Game Pass members. The store appears to take another £1 or so off when signed in as a GP member!
@Lup Yep, Xbox usually runs one last huge sale that runs up to the new year. Last year's promotion went live on December 17th, so this year's could be later this week!
@Clankylad The idea of 2 is great, on paper it sounds really interesting. But, in my experience it's just not that fun, there's too much awkwardness within its systems and its world. I never managed to finish it...
@MaccaMUFC Yep. I think the modern weaponry and the smaller maps do make it quite a lot more accessible than HLL though. More combat and less sprinting through empty spaces
@Tharsman The rumour is that 2023 will be a gap year, with MW2 potentially getting two years of support before Treyarch come back into the fold. Not confirmed though, so we'll have to wait and see!
@Nightcrawler71 You can uninstall parts of the game with MW2 (as you have been able to in the last few CODs) but I believe you have to download the whole thing first and then start removing. MW2 is about 85gb right now, for the full thing.
@Moist_Raine Yeah, I'd love to see some sort of collection of some of those older games. Basically a modernised way of enjoying classic TR in some fashion
@somnambulance Personally I haven't played through the Remaster, but I too think the 360 version is still solid. The resolution is low, but man, with FPS Boost it really does work great.
@Kaloudz Hmm, what didn't you like? Rebirth is a bit more puzzle-y and has a more involved storyline compared to the sometimes-vague-wandering of the older games. It might be worth a shot, I'll be putting a review up on it around release anyway!
@gollumb82 What a great selection of games mentioned here, Insurgency is bloody brill! Glad to see you ended up enjoying Thief, maybe we'll get a successor one day...hopefully!
@UltimateOtaku91 No concrete info on Nintendo but you'd assume Xbox wanted it there too. Yeah, it'll have probably been blocked because neither Ninty or Sony want competition with their own sub services, makes sense.
@BlackMayge Hey, at least our angle was around the expansion and the leak itself (I thought I was quite forgiving with the headline tbh 😅) I agree that these types of games have their merit, although FC has become a little bloated even as someone who likes the series generally. Still, a GOTY label is a stretch, could easily call it a complete edition or something along those lines.
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Re: Xbox Is Offering Absolutely Crazy 'Just For You' Deals Right Now, Over 90% Off AAA Titles
@Banjo- @themightyant If you check out the current Ubisoft sale while logged in (on console/desktop etc.) certain titles should show up with the extra discounts. Do bare in mind one of us here only got one deal on their account (I have like 4 or 5 discounts).
Re: 'Far Cry 7' & Far Cry Multiplayer Project Reportedly Safe From Ubisoft Cancellations
@Tharsman Far Fry - a Far Cry out-in-the-wild cooking sim? I'd play that!
Re: Xbox's Forza Motorsport 'Probably' Delayed Into Second Half Of 2023
@Lupaie79 This is a fan-made roadmap aimed at giving us a rough idea of the schedule! MS hasn't provided any sort of official roadmap.
Hopefully we get Forza & Starfield dates soon.
Re: Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (January 19-22)
@CraigDigsTrains Yep. I tried installing the X|S version to my console via the app, still doesn't work. Sadly the enhanced version is only a part of more expensive bundles and it's just the XB1 version that's free this weekend.
Re: 'The Callisto Protocol' Sales Expectations Lowered By Analysts
@Savage_Joe I wouldn't say that's the full reason, but I've been saying since announcement that it's not a great name. It's unwieldy & just a bit odd isn't it?
Re: 'Quantum Break' Actor Gets Behind Fan Requests For A Potential Sequel
Quantum Break was easily as good as Control imo, if not better!
Re: 'One Piece Odyssey' Free Demo Now Available On Xbox
@NEStalgia Appreciate the heads up but it's actually a direct quote from the store page! Ultimately I'm not super familiar with the series so I figured it best to stick a quote in there.
Any further issue pls take it up with Bandai Namco... 🤣
Re: Forza Horizon 5 Devs Split Off To Form New AAA Studio
@Fiendish-Beaver Maverick Games is an independent studio right now and is not under Xbox. We're not sure on platforms yet, we'd assume the plan is multi-platform unless they strike a deal somewhere along the line! This is all very early on right now.
Re: Soapbox: Forza Horizon 5 Expansion 2 Should Take Notes From 'Fortune Island'
@themightyant @themcnoisy Agree on most of this. FH5 is technically great and still a fantastic game but FH4's map just feels more cohesive. Also the roads in FH4 make for great racing routes, FH5's are a bit more generic open road vibe.
Re: Soapbox: Forza Horizon 5 Expansion 2 Should Take Notes From 'Fortune Island'
@awp69 Blizzard Mountain, for me, was cool on paper but driving in those conditions just got annoying after a while. I prefer a down-to-earth DLC that I want to keep going back to, I haven't touched BM since launch.
Re: Xbox Exclusive Redfall Is 'Arkane Blended With Far Cry 2 Or Stalker' Says Game Director
Mentioning old Far Cry & Stalker has me very much looking forward to this one. Can't wait to try it on Game Pass!
Re: Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (January 5-8)
@Cherip-the-Ripper godspeed
Re: Xbox Game Pass Adventure 'Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty' Continues To Impress In Latest Preview
@Kaloudz The normal time slot has come and gone :/ I've posted about the new addition anyway!
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2023/01/one-of-november-2022s-leavers-rejoins-xbox-game-pass-today-january-5
Re: Deals: Lots Of Games Reduced By 85-95% In Xbox's 'Last Chance' Sale
@ironcrow86 This is the cheapest Legion has ever been, so price wise, you're looking good. As for the game itself, I enjoyed it more than most and London is a real treat to look at. Worth it imo!
Re: Deals: Lots Of Games Reduced By 85-95% In Xbox's 'Last Chance' Sale
@UltimateOtaku91 I would say you don't need to play Wildlands first. There's potentially some carry over story-wise (I haven't played Breakpoint myself) but from what I played of Wildlands it's more about the emergent gameplay than any sort of deep storyline. Good deal at 85% off!
Re: Xbox Game Pass Adventure 'Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty' Continues To Impress In Latest Preview
@Kaloudz Not usually but this week could be different if Xbox is a little slow waking from its holiday slumber...
I'm in the same boat as you there, will bring the roundup as soon as it comes!
Re: Xbox Game Pass Adventure 'Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty' Continues To Impress In Latest Preview
@Kaloudz Nope, we're still waiting 😩 Stranded Deep was shadow dropped, no roundup just yet.
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2023/01/stranded-deep-becomes-2023s-first-xbox-game-pass-addition-january-3
Re: 'Stranded Deep' Becomes 2023's First Xbox Game Pass Addition (January 3)
@UnusedBabyWipes Hopefully confirmed soon via an official roundup from Xbox! For now, it's just Stranded Deep
Re: Deals: Huge 'Last Chance' Xbox Sale Now Live, 300+ Games Discounted
@EliJapan I believe it refers to the final holiday sale as lots of stuff is reduced around this time of year.
Re: Talking Point: Is It Time For Xbox To Sunset The 'Games With Gold' Program?
@EliJapan I totally forgot 360 games were to keep! Yeah, that's a bummer
Re: Gallery: 'Stalker 2' Looks Absolutely Gorgeous In Set Of Brand New 4K Screenshots
@Sebatrox I believe it's the site's compression when uploaded on our end. The source images are 3840x2160.
Re: Deals: Multiple Games Reduced By 80-90% This Week On Xbox (December 27 - January 3)
@stvevan It's mainly due to regional price differences/currencies making things a little messy. With this amount of deals it's doable, but sometimes we're listing quite a lot of them and then it gets complicated & time consuming
Re: Soapbox: 'Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3' Is Actually A Pretty Great Mario Kart Alternative On Xbox
@Clyde_Radcliffe Great game, sadly Team Sonic Racing was a bit pants. I don't think Transformed is 4K, just 60fps? Looks a bit blurry to me 😩
Re: The Best Deals From The Xbox Countdown Sale 2022
@raftos Hey! No, it's not a part of Game Pass but for some reason it's showing as being extra discounted for Game Pass members. The store appears to take another £1 or so off when signed in as a GP member!
Re: Deals: 100+ Games Included In This Week's Xbox Sales (December 13-20)
@Lup Yep, Xbox usually runs one last huge sale that runs up to the new year. Last year's promotion went live on December 17th, so this year's could be later this week!
Re: Ubisoft Launched The Best Far Cry Ever 10 Years Ago This Week
@Clankylad The idea of 2 is great, on paper it sounds really interesting. But, in my experience it's just not that fun, there's too much awkwardness within its systems and its world. I never managed to finish it...
Re: Insurgency: Sandstorm Is An Amazing FPS, And It's Heading To Xbox Game Pass
@MaccaMUFC Yep. I think the modern weaponry and the smaller maps do make it quite a lot more accessible than HLL though. More combat and less sprinting through empty spaces
Re: 'Evil West' Runs At 1080P & 30FPS On Xbox Series S, 4K On Xbox One X
@TheGrimOne None taken, I was genuinely curious! No need to apologise, let's blame MS's dodgy console naming conventions 😄
Re: 'Evil West' Runs At 1080P & 30FPS On Xbox Series S, 4K On Xbox One X
@TheGrimOne what's misleading?
Re: Soapbox: Two Years In, FPS Boost Is My Xbox 'Game' Of The Generation So Far
@Raffles Yeah, it's a beauty!
Re: Soapbox: Two Years In, FPS Boost Is My Xbox 'Game' Of The Generation So Far
@armondo36 Hey there's Flight Sim, and... The Medium? 😄
Re: Video: 'Evil West' Dev Shows Off Some Cowboy Co-Op Gameplay
@FatalBubbles It's cross-gen so, you'd think 60 is possible on Series X|S?! Hopefully anyway...
Re: Forza Horizon 5 Dev Provides Update On Expansion 2 & In-Game Ray Tracing
@Titntin FH4 is the GOAT
Re: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Just Delivered The Series' Best-Ever Opening Weekend
@Tharsman The rumour is that 2023 will be a gap year, with MW2 potentially getting two years of support before Treyarch come back into the fold. Not confirmed though, so we'll have to wait and see!
Re: Hands On: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Flexes The Series' AAA Muscle
@Non_Toxic_Camper I'm assuming its involves driving... I did think of bringing it up but thankfully it doesn't detract from the campaign overall.
Re: Hands On: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Flexes The Series' AAA Muscle
@Nightcrawler71 You can uninstall parts of the game with MW2 (as you have been able to in the last few CODs) but I believe you have to download the whole thing first and then start removing. MW2 is about 85gb right now, for the full thing.
Re: Soapbox: Tomb Raider Deserves A 'Resident Evil-Style' Remake
@Moist_Raine Yeah, I'd love to see some sort of collection of some of those older games. Basically a modernised way of enjoying classic TR in some fashion
Re: Alan Wake's Nintendo Switch Launch Highlights The Xbox 360's Brilliance
@somnambulance Personally I haven't played through the Remaster, but I too think the 360 version is still solid. The resolution is low, but man, with FPS Boost it really does work great.
Re: 'Amnesia: Rebirth' Makes Its Xbox Debut In A Spooky Week For Game Pass
@Kaloudz Hmm, what didn't you like? Rebirth is a bit more puzzle-y and has a more involved storyline compared to the sometimes-vague-wandering of the older games. It might be worth a shot, I'll be putting a review up on it around release anyway!
Re: A Plague Tale: Requiem Offers Up New 40FPS Option On Xbox Series X|S
@Kaloudz No. 60fps came with the next-gen update, it was 30 before on Xbox One / One X.
Re: Review: A Plague Tale: Requiem - An Incredible AAA Adventure On Xbox Game Pass
@Dr_Luigi My experience was about 16 odd hours I'd say
Re: Review: A Plague Tale: Requiem - An Incredible AAA Adventure On Xbox Game Pass
@TJ81 I ran into 1 or 2 bugs throughout the whole thing. Performance aside, there's no reason to wait for a patch on this if you're playing on XSX.
Re: Review: A Plague Tale: Requiem - An Incredible AAA Adventure On Xbox Game Pass
@Artois2 It's an improvement I'd say but if you didn't like the first you probably won't like Requiem. It's an iteration not a revolution of Innocence
Re: Talking Point: What Are Some Of Your Favourite Horror Games On Xbox?
@Banjo- I mean, it's hardly a series heavily associated with Xbox is it
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 15-16)
@gollumb82 What a great selection of games mentioned here, Insurgency is bloody brill!
Glad to see you ended up enjoying Thief, maybe we'll get a successor one day...hopefully!
Re: Disney Dreamlight Valley Brings First Major Update To Xbox Game Pass Next Week
@Kaloudz As far as I'm aware it's not limited, apologies for the confusion. Edited slightly to clear that up!
Re: Microsoft Intended To Release Xbox Game Pass On PlayStation, Sony Blocked It
@UltimateOtaku91 No concrete info on Nintendo but you'd assume Xbox wanted it there too. Yeah, it'll have probably been blocked because neither Ninty or Sony want competition with their own sub services, makes sense.
Re: Halo Infinite Campaign Co-Op Achievements Revealed Ahead Of November Launch
@pip_muzz Yeah, I couldn't commit to any more than "should" 😅
Re: Halo Infinite Campaign Co-Op Achievements Revealed Ahead Of November Launch
@Texel According to 343's roadmap, mission replay comes alongside campaign co-op so yep, the winter update should contain both!
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2022/09/343-reveals-whats-coming-to-halo-infinite-in-late-2022-and-early-2023
Re: Xbox Store Leaker Unearths Far Cry 6 Expansion & 'GOTY' Upgrade Pass
@BlackMayge Hey, at least our angle was around the expansion and the leak itself (I thought I was quite forgiving with the headline tbh 😅)
I agree that these types of games have their merit, although FC has become a little bloated even as someone who likes the series generally. Still, a GOTY label is a stretch, could easily call it a complete edition or something along those lines.