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Got my Series S finally, and ready to catch up on some Game Pass games. What are some of the more underplayed/overlooked gems on here? I've played most of the "big" titles (Hades, Prey, Celeste, Hollow Knight etc), but always love discovering stuff that may not be as known.
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thatfuturekid posted:Got my Series S finally, and ready to catch up on some Game Pass games. What are some of the more underplayed/overlooked gems on here? I've played most of the "big" titles (Hades, Prey, Celeste, Hollow Knight etc), but always love discovering stuff that may not be as known. I like Carto and Wilmot's Warehouse.
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Oct 18, 2021 09:18
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thatfuturekid posted:Got my Series S finally, and ready to catch up on some Game Pass games. What are some of the more underplayed/overlooked gems on here? I've played most of the "big" titles (Hades, Prey, Celeste, Hollow Knight etc), but always love discovering stuff that may not be as known. STREETS OF RAGE!!!
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Oct 18, 2021 09:24
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Plague Tale Bards Tale IV Pillars of Eternity (both) Ori
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Oct 18, 2021 09:27
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Psychonauts 2
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Oct 18, 2021 09:48
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The Procession to Calvary (One man absurdic comedy point and click adventure) Desperadoes 3 (Squad based puzzle pausable rts in wild west) All the Yakuza's (Start with Yakuza 0 or Yakuza like a Dragon) ((earlier parts are beat em ups with good stories, Like a Dragon is JRPG with good story)
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Oct 18, 2021 09:57
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Sable just came out and is great
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Oct 18, 2021 09:59
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Barudak posted:Sable just came out and is great I am absolutely in love with Sable. It's GOTY so far for me, just based on vibe and aesthetics alone. I just want to roam around the desert to the Japanese Breakfast soundtrack forever.
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Oct 18, 2021 10:09
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I've been enjoying these Tetris Effect Superhot: Mind Control Delete Superliminal Wreckfest
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Oct 18, 2021 11:17
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My Time at Portia if you enjoy games that are like Stardew Valley. The Long Dark if you like extreme survival.
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Oct 18, 2021 11:28
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Barudak posted:Sable just came out and is great Did you get the bug where your objectives disappear? I'm supposed to get parts for a better land speeder or whatever and it erased the objectives when I got near the objects.
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Oct 18, 2021 11:41
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bushisms.txt posted:Did you get the bug where your objectives disappear? I'm supposed to get parts for a better land speeder or whatever and it erased the objectives when I got near the objects. I got this in the tutorial in the demo and thought they fixed it. Theres lots of weird things about the prompts to interact vanishing that are fixed by just quiting out of the game completely and reloading it
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Oct 18, 2021 12:18
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adhuin posted:Desperados 3 (Squad based puzzle pausable rts in wild west) I'm gunna second this recommendation, I've been playing it the last couple of weeks and it's really really good. A sort of mix between Xcom and Hitman, set in the Wild West. Missions are surprisingly open as well, there's a whole bunch of different ways you can usually complete the objectives which is super cool.
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Oct 18, 2021 12:35
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Desperados 3 is extremely good, if you like tactical trial-and-error games. Very good save system which is a must for that kind of game.
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Oct 18, 2021 13:32
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thatfuturekid posted:Got my Series S finally, and ready to catch up on some Game Pass games. What are some of the more underplayed/overlooked gems on here? I've played most of the "big" titles (Hades, Prey, Celeste, Hollow Knight etc), but always love discovering stuff that may not be as known. Hellblade, if you haven't played it already. If that's the case, make this your top priority.
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Oct 18, 2021 13:38
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John F Bennett posted:And why are the buttons not coloured, now I'll be forced to read them. They nixed that standardization. Like even in-game button prompts for current-gen games won't show colors, only the letters.
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Oct 18, 2021 13:55
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univbee posted:They nixed that standardization. Like even in-game button prompts for current-gen games won't show colors, only the letters. I wish all input notation was standardised to how the Switch does it where they show button position instead of any letter.
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Oct 18, 2021 13:56
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Hellblade, if you haven't played it already. If that's the case, make this your top priority. Seconding Hellblade. It’s a great piece of work.
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Oct 18, 2021 13:57
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njsykora posted:I wish all input notation was standardised to how the Switch does it where they show button position instead of any letter. The only problem with that is how you verbalize saying what each button is, especially in a way for non-gamers to understand. left/right/top/bottom face button is the best I could come up with but you have to explain to people what a "face button" is.
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Oct 18, 2021 14:00
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Check out how depressing this is (second tweet not first tweet, you can't post a threaded tweet solo). https://twitter.com/MatPiscatella/status/1450083598720135179
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Oct 18, 2021 14:07
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The jocks have taken over gaming. In my day gaming was reserved for nerds.
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Oct 18, 2021 14:11
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what's depressing about it
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Oct 18, 2021 14:13
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Oh no the hugely popular game series sold well?
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Oct 18, 2021 14:13
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MAD about MADden!!! Games are all good.
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Oct 18, 2021 14:16
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This is the corner of gaming that either has zero presence online or has that type of internet presence that has zero interaction with the circles people in this thread and similar sites/social networks are in. Like if everyone on Something Awful and ResetEra all bought a copy of a specific game it would still be nothing compared to the millions of copies of Madden that are purchased on disc at Wal-Mart by 6-year-olds and their relatives shopping for them. This is also the main reason why an "all digital future" whether via Game Pass or other means is probably not going to happen meaningfully on consoles, there are far too many physical copies sold in a way that's largely invisible to people who don't specifically have access to the big picture sales numbers.
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Oct 18, 2021 14:18
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Back in the day, only 2 games mattered: Halo and Madden/NCAA. Swap Halo for cod and not much has changed in 20 years. I guess throw fortnite into the mix. E: yes I’m aware poo poo like pokemon existed
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Oct 18, 2021 15:43
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From the too-little-too-late files, Outriders hits Game Pass PC this week. https://twitter.com/XboxWire/status/1450114632736194560
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Oct 18, 2021 16:14
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I had fun building out my endgame gear in that game but then all my friends stopped playing and I didn't have anyone to do the endgame rift things with. Still a fun game though, Game Pass ftw.
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Oct 18, 2021 16:28
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Gamepass has prevented me from spending a single cent on Destiny 2. Xbox stays winning
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Oct 18, 2021 16:31
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thatfuturekid posted:Got my Series S finally, and ready to catch up on some Game Pass games. What are some of the more underplayed/overlooked gems on here? I've played most of the "big" titles (Hades, Prey, Celeste, Hollow Knight etc), but always love discovering stuff that may not be as known. Some of my picks/seconding others: Psychonauts 2 A Plague Tale Wreckfest Children of Morta Carrion Desperados 3 State of Decay 2 And I'm currently addicted to The Riftbreaker which just came out. 
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Oct 18, 2021 16:59
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Gamepass has allowed me to download dozens of games to my PC and never start them.
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Oct 18, 2021 17:09
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The Ascent is very good and cool looking if you are looking for something pretty to look at on your new system. The Ori games are also really good. I found some older stuff on GamePass also is way more fun with higher FPS and quick load times, like Prey and Fallout 4 and Morrowind and so on. It's kind of niche but I was surprised how much I liked playing Planet Coaster on a controller. It's not quite as easy as a mouse but they did a pretty good job porting it and it's a fun game.
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Oct 18, 2021 17:18
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Series S back in stock at Costco for $290 shipped if anyones still looking.
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Oct 18, 2021 17:43
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Just an fyi, while i was on the phone with support for my still hosed xbone, they tried to sell me on the series. Apparently preorders go up tomorrow on the ms store I'm guessing for the x and she let slip the delivery date is December 21st.
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Oct 18, 2021 19:41
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The X is already out. Did you hit your head and wake up having only memories from September 2020?
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Oct 18, 2021 20:11
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GOOD TIMES ON METH posted:The Ascent is very good and cool looking if you are looking for something pretty to look at on your new system. The Ori games are also really good. I found some older stuff on GamePass also is way more fun with higher FPS and quick load times, like Prey and Fallout 4 and Morrowind and so on. The Ascent looks great but it's also wildly unbalanced and walking into the wrong zone on the way to a mission (that's at your level) tends to be a giant frustration. I put a decent chunk of hours into it before I finally gave up because the constant back tracking and getting murdered on the way to the next story mission sucked.
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Gamepass has prevented me from spending a single cent on Destiny 2. Xbox stays winning What is there to even do?
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Oct 18, 2021 20:12
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joylessdivision posted:The Ascent looks great but it's also wildly unbalanced and walking into the wrong zone on the way to a mission (that's at your level) tends to be a giant frustration. I put a decent chunk of hours into it before I finally gave up because the constant back tracking and getting murdered on the way to the next story mission sucked. I bounced off some mini boss fight where there's some endless wave of enemies for x minutes and I just can't loving beat it. But the atmosphere is so loving good. I might have to try again.
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Oct 18, 2021 20:18
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Akuma posted:You're playing Destiny 2 without any of the seasonal content?? Do the campaigns and listen to podcasts or chat to my bros 
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thatfuturekid posted:Got my Series S finally, and ready to catch up on some Game Pass games. What are some of the more underplayed/overlooked gems on here? I've played most of the "big" titles (Hades, Prey, Celeste, Hollow Knight etc), but always love discovering stuff that may not be as known. People have chipped in with a ton of excellent suggestions already, but for my part, I'm going to also suggest... Snowrunner. It *isn't* X/S enhanced, so won't be as visually resplendent as some other titles, but *drat* it is a good game. *If* you like the notion physics sandboxes in which you haul cargo from A to B, through sucking mires of mud and water, through snowdrifts, and over unforgiving rock. Slowly and carefully. So very slowly and carefully. Getting deep into a drive, and then tipping over, or getting hopelessly stuck, and then taking out additional vehicles to try and recover the situation. And maybe you tip those over too... It is an interesting mix of 'accessibly casual' and 'strangely hardcore'. Setting aside all of its DLC content, I spent over 200 hours on its base-game stuff alone, and if you *do* check it out, know that there is a great thread for the game in this sub-forum as well.
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