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Saw F1 2022 for XSX on "clearance" at gamestop. Price sticker said $65 but they are still doing their 50% off clearance thing so it would be $33.

Would probably have bought it if it were PS5 (which is NOT on clearance), because I have a PlayStation compatible wheel and not an Xbox one.

Sony and MS make me mad with their proprietary garbage for controllers. It's USB - just let me use whatever controller I prefer. Even wireless headphones you have to choose between PS or XB. It's silly.

I tired Mortal Shell and yeah not surprised that I royally sucked at it. Spent 30+ mins dying without really any progress.
Oh well glad I didn't buy it nor miss it while it was on GP to try and know that it's not for me.

Slickriven wrote:

So yeah. Mortal Shell has a pretty steep learning curve but once it "clicks" it's satisfying. I was frustrated by the demo but gave it another shot once there was a PS5 version I gave it another shot on a sale and ended up liking it. Pretty much me, @d3vanj and @Forgotten_Freshness seem to be the only one's here who liked it.

benstylus wrote:

They have financial incentives for hardware labs compatibility testing; they'd rather certify stuff for their console to let people slap that logo on the box, because they pay for that. I suspect the way things handle, unless the device has a dongle that switches between console types, anything not using open standards (like an optical port for audio tied into a USB dongle for wireless I/O like Sony did back in PS4) is incompatible with the other console due to their own standards being purposely incompatible. Which is why generally both Sony and Xbox intput/audio accessories all work fine on PC. They could work on consoles, if the consoles would let them!

and everything works on Switch because they don't have a hardware quality labs certification, because lol it's nintendo

DarkFact wrote:

I know why they do it but it bothers me when they do it. They could get certification for both, or sell additional dongles for ps4/xb capability. Butbthey don't. A decent racing wheel setup is a multi-hundred dollar purchase. Buying two of them would be silly both from a financial and from a space perspective.

So I buy my racing games on PlayStation since that's where my setup works.

DarkFact wrote:


Funny you say that, I was thinking about this game the other day because I was thinking about some game that I played on a freeware disk years ago that had a game-ending bug so I could never finish it. Don't know the name, but it got me kinda wanting to load up Alpha Centauri... I think it's in my steam library,

Playing through Resident Evil 3 Remake on the X.
It looks GORGEOUS!
Did anyone bite on the RE Village DLC? Worth it?

Got a wish list alert Sid Meier’s Pirates Xbox is on sale for $2.49, You would think the letter R is a pirates favorite letter but its the C.

apparently Alpha Centauri is NOT on Steam lol... I think I have a few games that can at least scratch the itch on PlayStation.

I was gonna ask but figured I missed it or something. Pretty sure it’s on GOG, probably about to be next to free this week

speaking of Cid Meier. I don't think you can officially digitally buy Sim Golf, ANYWHERE. And that one is my favorite Sim game.

ErickRPG wrote:

It's officially abandonware, you can legally download it.
https://www.abandonwaredos.com/abandonware-game.ph...

I was a big Streets of Sim City guy. No one liked that game but I loved it and it was ahead of it's time.

Simon_Belmont wrote:

Yeah I saw it there. I might download it and play it again some day. As a kairosoft fan (they make little iphone sims) I haven't gotten around to it yet, but Golf Resort Story looks somewhat similar.

I love Kairosoft. I play their games religiously.

yes me also. I had played a bunch last year. And now I only have like 6 or 7 left. I saved all of their newer stuff for last. So Dungeon Village 2 is the oldest of their games I haven't played yet. Still saving that golf game for next summer.

Happy to see the latest Hot Wheels game coming to GP later this month, with it's DLC as well.

Here are the games leaving soon, the 15th:
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Breathedge
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
Firewatch
Lake
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4
Neoverse
Race with Ryan
Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
Rory McIlroy PGA Tour
Transformers: Battlegrounds

I beat Firewatch and RoLW:Deedlit already and recommend both.

Source: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/12/01/game-pass-d...

High On Life dropped on Gamepass last night. I'm enjoying it. It's funny and visual as hell. Combat is a bit repetitive but the boss battles are great. It's definitely a combination of Rick and Morty, Blade Runner and The Muppets.

neat, Didn't know it was coming out already.

Looking forward to High On Life. Reviews are a little rough and it sounds a bit buggy but I think it'll still be a good time.

Atomic Heart is confirmed for GP when it drops in mid-Feb, nice. I have been pretty interested in the title but wasn't thinking I would be purchasing it close to launch.

@Anxiouz I played Trover Saves the Universe last year and I get the sense that the games will be similar in terms of heavy dialog. Trover wasn't the most compelling gameplay wise, but as someone who doesn't watch Rick & Morty I fully enjoyed all of the dialog and would take my time in sections to hear it all before moving forward and triggering the next section/fight/etc.
Having a talking weapon could get a little tiresome but I think I will play the game likely next month or so.

Yeah, I really liked Trover. I hear that in High on Life there is a setting to lower the amount of talking the guns do. Default is constantly, but you can decrease that if it's too grating.

I hadn't heard of High On Life before, but if it's similar to Trover then I'll give it a try. I played Trover on PSVR, it was hilarious.

Trover was great. Now, I'm interested in High On Life too.

PizzaTheHutt wrote:

high on live is a crazy comedy shooter where your guns talk to you.

There was a Day One patch last night, so i didn't play it.
The first ACTUAL boss battle is VERY FRUSTRATING, but at the same time, very old school. High on Life is definitely a game made by gamers for gamers. It reminds me of a Bioshock Infinite boss battle where you have to constantly keep moving.
Also once you get the talking knife the game gets THAT much better. I haven't even gotten the 2nd gun yet.
If you're an achievement hunter, there's a great one early on and i dont want to spoil it and the NAME of the Achievement makes fun of a very popular video game franchise.
Yes, the combat is very...meh, but its fun and funny and looks great. I actual combat itself reminds me of Borderlands, theres generally 3 or 4 different enemy types in each semi open world, with different skins and voices; tiny ones, flying ones, medium sized grunts and big fudgeers.
If you cannot stand the voice of Justin Roiland, i would recommend not playing this or turning voices off. Your main gun sounds like Morty and just makes fun of you the entire time and makes very gross sexual innuendos.

Slickriven wrote:

DUDE!
I'm so excited.
That's another game i don't have to buy. When everyone was crap talking no AAA releases on Gamepass, these are the games i was talking about!
I just HOPE its not TOO open world. I just want a mostly linear single player campaign. A solid 20 hours would be fine.
Looks like equal parts Bioshock and Singularity with surrealism and Fallout style Soviet retro futurism.
Super effing stoked.

Slickriven wrote:

Aliens Fireteam Elite was super fun, but i could never find anyone to play it with, just me and 2 bots.
It NEEDED split screen co op

I loved that Aliens game but hit a difficulty spike that I just couldn't get past. I know they want you to grind the first few levels over and over to improve your gear but even doing that a little I couldn't get past a certain end-level portion by myself. I think there are like 4 levels, split up into a few chapters? I believe it was the last portion of the 3rd level.

Anxiouz wrote:

it took me DAYS to get past that final Alien attack where they come from ALL ANGLES
glad i'm not alone.
thats what made Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 so fun, even a rookie with bots could finish a level. It'd be rough, but you could get through it.

Agree about Aliens Fireteam. It wasn't bad, but trying to play with randos wasn't ideal - game was likely better with good communication and I'm not too interested in playing with a headset on.

I'm excited about Atomic Heart too and really hope it is at least a 7+ (out of 10) average score - meaning not sort of overhyped but mediocre. I don't need it to be a 9+ necessarily, I just want it to be good.

Simon_Belmont wrote:


Someone will always crap talk GP and PS+. They both have award winning games but if it’s not anything they like it “sucks”

Had anyone played Chained Echoes? I'm about 2 hours in and liking it. So far mostly exposition but the few combats I've had were fun.

For Xbox One, what the hell kind of disk do you need? I got a kickass ssd for my nephews and while the Xbox detects it, won't let me use it for moves or installs.

Does it have to be a HDD? I read SSDs are supported.

https://a.co/d/fKguZBs

Does anybody know anything about sharing Game Pass Ultimate with friends and family? I'm trying to set this up in my house with my two sons, but they need to be logged in as me to download the games or use Live, so I can't play on my Xbox at the same time.

bonham2 wrote:

I had the same issue (I have an XSX and my son has an XSS) and you need to set your son's Xbox as the "home console". Login to his xbox and set it as "home" somewhere in the settings. You can only switch this like 3-5 times a year. Setting it as home links your account (and GPU) to the system and will be the default place things install remotely if you do that from the website/app.

So although your account is on his Xbox, since it's the home console he doesn't need to login as you any more and can do everything as his user and account.

Then on your xbox, simply logging in as your user will allow you to do everything.

If you have 3 Xboxes the above still applies except that on the 2 non-home systems you'll have to login as you to access your GPU.

My kids bought me a Series X for Christmas. I don't follow game news so I'm looking for some good indie/arcade etc games to check out.

michaeld wrote:

Did you get Game Pass? I'll give you a whole list

Absolutely get Game Pass as your first thing. You will find a ton to try out over the first few months.

There was a game I remember seeing a trailer for a few years ago that looked interesting, it reminded me of a Zelda game and was sort of an overheard and had a nice looking art style but I can't remember the name

michaeld wrote:


Tunic?

PizzaTheHutt wrote:


Yes that is it!