The Old XBOX Megathread

[Ruki]

Octopath Traveller on gamepass!!!

[Bobfoc]

OK, this is ridiculous now. Game Pass is chucking out way more games than I can keep up with.

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Date	Game	Platform
Mar 16	Undertale	Console, PC, Cloud
Mar 18	Empire of Sin	Console, PC, Cloud
Mar 18	Nier: Automata	PC
Mar 18	Star Wars: Squadrons	Console
Mar 18	Torchlight III	PC
Mar 25	Genesis Noir	Console, PC
Mar 25	Octopath Traveler	Console, PC
Mar 25	Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Ultimate Edition	PC
Mar 25	Supraland	PC
Mar 25	Yakuza 6: The Song of Life	Console, PC, Cloud
Mar 30	Narita Boy	Console, PC, Cloud
Apr 1	Outriders	Console, Cloud

 

I want to play Empire of Sin, Star Wars: Squadrons, Octopath and Yakuza 6. NHL 21 is coming next month as well, and I'll give that a go.

 

Super Bomberman R, previously a Stadia exclusive, is also coming to Xbox as a free-to-play game. For those who don't know, it's a 64-player battle royale-style elimination version of Bomberman.

[apsham]

1 hour ago, Ruki Returns said:

Octopath Traveller on gamepass!!!

ON CONSOLE TOO HOLY SHIT.

[Ruki]

Everyone needs to play it! Was my favorite JRPG in the past few years.

[Bobfoc]

I was always curious about it because I like the art style.

[King Ellis]

I didn't even realise that was out on anything other than Switch.

[Bobfoc]

It's been out on PC for a little while now, but the announcement of its arrival on Xbox was only made today. Square Enix has a presentation on Thursday, when it might be announced for Playstation as well.

[Ruki]

1 hour ago, Bobfoc said:

I was always curious about it because I like the art style.

The art style is great, the music is great, the combat is really fun. And it has a job system, which I am always a sucker for.

Tressa is the best.

 

[apsham]

My ONLY issue from when I played it the first time was me wishing that there was a speed up battle option. Fights can take a while, especially when you run into enemies that you can't exploit the weakness of.

[FLiam]

I downloaded Subnautica off Gamepass and it seems like it has potential to be a good game but man they don't really give you much help at the beginning. 

[Baddar]

I've still never tried it. It's regarded on Steam as one of the best survival games out there.

[apsham]

I got very into it when it first came out - but it didn't perform well and I eventually dropped it. Its origins as an early access kind of title where the devs very much learned as they went kind of makes for a situation where the starting bit of your game is going to be the roughest because it's the hardest to go back and change.

[FLiam]

Is Squadrons only going onto PC Gamepass today?

[Bobfoc]

It's coming to both Xbox and PC today.

[apsham]

Some big ol' rumors flying that Persona is coming to GamePass in some form or another. Whether it's Persona 5, Persona 5 Royal, Persona 5 Strikers or what not hasn't been specified but there's been a couple of writers/leakers talking about it - including the guy who leaked the Yakuza stuff along with the notion that Microsoft was looking for more SEGA titles to add to the platform back in February. Yesterday morning he just tweeted Joker with an Xbox logo.

[Ruki]

1 hour ago, apsham said:

Some big ol' rumors flying that Persona is coming to GamePass in some form or another. Whether it's Persona 5, Persona 5 Royal, Persona 5 Strikers or what not hasn't been specified but there's been a couple of writers/leakers talking about it - including the guy who leaked the Yakuza stuff along with the notion that Microsoft was looking for more SEGA titles to add to the platform back in February. Yesterday morning he just tweeted Joker with an Xbox logo.

I hope Strikers! I love 5 and Royal, but I've already finished both to completion (Royal was actually my second platinum on Playstation).

[Bobfoc]

Strikers might be too much to ask as it's such a recent release, but I'd be all over it. I'm less bothered about Persona 5 because I already have it, but having it available for more people is never a bad thing.

[apsham]

36 minutes ago, Ruki Returns said:

I hope Strikers! I love 5 and Royal, but I've already finished both to completion (Royal was actually my second platinum on Playstation).

You shut your damn mouth, you get in my Persona 5 prayer circle because there's no way I'm getting a PS5 even this year it seems. 😩

[Bobfoc]

I'm reading that some new console stock is coming today in the USA. Might be worth looking into for those interested.

[apsham]

Just a reminder that Octopath is out on Gamepass today, and even though they give you the option you are meant to start as Tressa and don't let anyone tell you any different.