X-BOX Megathread 2023

[Bobfoc]

Starfield and Redfall have been delayed to the first half of 2023. Redfall doesn't surprise me at all because we've seen virtually no footage.

Starfield was always a bit of an odd one because they announced a specific date almost a year-and-a-half in advance. We've still only seen a few bits of concept art and vague screenshots since then.

[Ruki]

Boo. I was looking forward to Starfield. Doesn't feel like there's any big games coming in the back half of the year

[9 to 5]

21 minutes ago, Ruki Returns said:

Boo. I was looking forward to Starfield. Doesn't feel like there's any big games coming in the back half of the year

Why? I will admit to being a bit ignorant but I have seen so little about Starfield to even know what it is never mind get hyped about it.

[Bobfoc]

At the moment, Starfield's big selling point is "It's a space game by Bethesda". They haven't said a huge amount about it otherwise.

I'm looking forward to it simply because it will be on Game Pass. If I'd have to pay for it separately, I'd have very little interest.

[Ruki]

5 hours ago, 9 to 5 said:

Why? I will admit to being a bit ignorant but I have seen so little about Starfield to even know what it is never mind get hyped about it.

 

5 hours ago, Bobfoc said:

At the moment, Starfield's big selling point is "It's a space game by Bethesda". They haven't said a huge amount about it otherwise.

I'm looking forward to it simply because it will be on Game Pass. If I'd have to pay for it separately, I'd have very little interest.

Basically that. 

[apsham]

Yeah - same here essentially. Bethesda games, I've played and enjoyed pretty much all of them, it's a new setting for them, it has my interest.

[Bobfoc]

Jurassic World Evolution 2 has surprisingly been added to Game Pass today. I've been interested in trying it for a long time, so I'm happy.

[tristy]

So, besides using the Series S as a Gamepass machine, I do want to get into overlooked 360/One games since they can sometimes go on a pretty deep discount. I've found a few that interest me, and are only a few bucks, and I have a small list (with stuff like Enslaved, Lost Odyssey, Spec Ops: The Line, etc) to look out for, but I'm wondering what everyone else thinks.

[Bobfoc]

Condemned: Criminal Origins is a good one.

[DFF]

7 hours ago, tristy said:

So, besides using the Series S as a Gamepass machine, I do want to get into overlooked 360/One games since they can sometimes go on a pretty deep discount. I've found a few that interest me, and are only a few bucks, and I have a small list (with stuff like Enslaved, Lost Odyssey, Spec Ops: The Line, etc) to look out for, but I'm wondering what everyone else thinks.

If you didn't play them first time around, Fable 1 and 2. 

[Owen]

Fable 2 is a fantastic game.

[tristy]

did anyone else get a message from Xbox saying they've deposited a $5 gift card into your account? Because I did, it's from the official Xbox team or whatever, but there's no $5 gift card in my account. No link to follow, no code, so it's not a phishing scam or anything. I've got all the messages from this Xbox account since I activated my Series S, so I know it's legit.

Very weird.

[Bobfoc]

Microsoft does that from time to time with randomly selected accounts. I've never got one myself, but plenty of other people have.

[tristy]

I'm assuming they usually get the amount mentioned, though

[Bobfoc]

Have you definitely checked your Microsoft account balance?

[tristy]

1 hour ago, Bobfoc said:

Have you definitely checked your Microsoft account balance?

Yeah, did it on the Microsoft website and even added something to my cart on both the website and console. No gift card balance. A few people on the MS Rewards subreddit had the same thing happen to them today. It’s odd.

[VerbalPuke]

On 20/05/2022 at 08:44, Owen said:

Fable 2 is a fantastic game.

Lots of fun, especially like shitting my pants in front of the whole town. 

[LL!]

1 minute ago, VerbalPuke said:

Lots of fun, especially like shitting my pants in front of the whole town. 

Not gonna lie, this would be fun as hell. 

[VerbalPuke]

Just now, LL! said:

Not gonna lie, this would be fun as hell. 

Yeah, theres a bunch of tricks you can do to impress town ls people. Its a quick mini game, silly but fun. Theres funny, scary, romantic, dogs tricks, heroic tricks you do that either increase or decrease popularity with the town. 

[TheGrandAvatar]

My grandmother could never remember the name of Fable. She just always wanted the game where you run around with the little dog on.

Amazing fun was had with Fable 2. Not so much with Fable 3 😒

Thinking of it. Considering how old the game is. It had a lot of custom rpg content for the time.