Microsoft Xbox Discussion Part II

[JimmyApples]

Xbox still doesn’t have any kick ass exclusives that make someone NEED to buy a Series X. Gears and Forza aren’t cutting it for me and I’m hopeful at best that Infinite won’t be yet another 343 f***up of the Halo franchise. PlayStation has plenty of games and franchises that I’m intrigued to play.

Ghosts of Tsushima
Horizon
Spider-Man: 1, MM, and 2
God of War franchise
The Last of Us
Ratchet and Clank

Give me the Xbox equivalents to those. You can’t. I’ve been an Xbox customer since the original in 2001. I love it. I think the controller and online community is hands down better than the PS and I’m a huge Halo fan. Just those things alone might be enough to keep me playing Xbox forever but it sucks seeing all the cool games on a system I don’t have.

Oh coooool MS bought Bethesda…they’ve done so well with recent Fallout games and are even worse than Rockstar with their never ending pimping of Skyrim. There isn’t a real reason to buy a Series X still. Having played on my current setup and then at a friend’s with a nicer TV I didn’t notice much of a graphical difference. There aren’t any games that demand your attention and their console-seller, Halo: Infinite, went through major delays, isn’t ready yet, and won’t even be fully ready with a campaign and forge for months.

This is crap. If I’m wrong then I would love to hear what exclusives you’re currently enjoying on the Series X. Anything from this list?

Here are the Games Coming Exclusively to Xbox in 2021 - Xbox Wire

Those are all great games, but it also highlights the diversity Microsoft has (and is building) under their Xbox Game Studios umbrella. All of those titles are third-person, single player RPGs. Fine for some people…unless you wanna try something new, of course.

If we’re including a 2023 game (Spider-Man 2), then you should check out Xbox’s E3 presentation. The general consensus was that they hit the ball out of the park, and I couldn’t agree more. Plus, all of the first party games shown are Day 1 on Gamepass, unlike Sony/PS5 where you’re paying $90+tax Canadian.

 

[chicagoskycam]

Gamespasss is saving gamers a ton of money in terms of trying out games without the commitment. I had a great time with MLB The Show for a few months but due to the grind, I have not opened it in months. Access to the Battlefield beta this week was a nice touch - probably the best looking game I've seen on the Series X so far although the beta was glitchy. Halo looked great as well. I have not purchased an actual game in over a year due to game pass which most Xbox users have for $12 a year. We have about a month until the full release of Halo.

 

[chicagoskycam]

Xbox still doesn’t have any kick ass exclusives that make someone NEED to buy a Series X. Gears and Forza aren’t cutting it for me and I’m hopeful at best that Infinite won’t be yet another 343 f***up of the Halo franchise. PlayStation has plenty of games and franchises that I’m intrigued to play.

Ghosts of Tsushima
Horizon
Spider-Man: 1, MM, and 2
God of War franchise
The Last of Us
Ratchet and Clank



Here are the Games Coming Exclusively to Xbox in 2021 - Xbox Wire

This is all subjective. I would not even download any of the games you listed if they were on Gamepass right now for free...

 

[x Tame Impala]

This is all subjective. I would not even download any of the games you listed if they were on Gamepass right now for free...

What exclusives are you currently enjoying playing on Xbox or have enjoyed recently?

 

[Knave]

What exclusives are you currently enjoying playing on Xbox or have enjoyed recently?

Waiting for the inevitable chime in with 'ThaT's On pC BrO' once he gets back to you.

Some of us don't like RPGs. It's really that simple. There are tens of millions of us. The RPG market grows smaller over time in relation to most other genres.

And there are people who enjoy playing on a console and playing stuff like Halo, Forza, etc... on console.

Like there are tons who enjoy playing games on their phones. It is what it is.

 

[chicagoskycam]

What exclusives are you currently enjoying playing on Xbox or have enjoyed recently?

I don't like RPG's.... that's the only thing Sony had to offer all these years for me other than the Show. If I were into RPGs like when I was younger, I would gravitate towards PC. Not a console at all.

I don't need exclusives when choosing a console! I do still play Gears, Halo, Forza, etc. I prefer the ecosystem and the group of friends I have on Xbox vs. Sony. Most of the games I play are available everywhere at this point and IMO, nothing Sony is offering is worth the change plus I feel like they engage in more anti-consumer activity. It was really obvious with getting cross-play off the ground and their battle with Epic. Out of the two, the Series X performs better 90% of the time.

Gamepass is a game-changer in terms of sampling content. Elite controller > Sony POS. Gaming is all subjective. You need to head to the Sony thread lol.

 

[x Tame Impala]

Waiting for the inevitable chime in with 'ThaT's On pC BrO' once he gets back to you.

Some of us don't like RPGs. It's really that simple. There are tens of millions of us. The RPG market grows smaller over time in relation to most other genres.

And there are people who enjoy playing on a console and playing stuff like Halo, Forza, etc... on console.

Like there are tons who enjoy playing games on their phones. It is what it is.

I don't like RPG's.... that's the only thing Sony had to offer all these years for me other than the Show. If I were into RPGs like when I was younger, I would gravitate towards PC. Not a console at all.

I don't need exclusives when choosing a console! I do still play Gears, Halo, Forza, etc. I prefer the ecosystem and the group of friends I have on Xbox vs. Sony. Most of the games I play are available everywhere at this point and IMO, nothing Sony is offering is worth the change plus I feel like they engage in more anti-consumer activity. It was really obvious with getting cross-play off the ground and their battle with Epic. Out of the two, the Series X performs better 90% of the time.

Gamepass is a game-changer in terms of sampling content. Elite controller > Sony POS. Gaming is all subjective. You need to head to the Sony thread lol.

I’m not a PS fanboy. I don’t have a gaming PC. Outside of buying a Switch during the lockdown, I’ve exclusively had an Xbox since the original came out and have been perfectly happy with it.

I guess I understand what you’re saying, Xbox doesn’t have a lot of RPG’s because Xbox players don’t play a lot of RPG’s.

 

[Jovavic]

Gamespasss is saving gamers a ton of money in terms of trying out games without the commitment. I had a great time with MLB The Show for a few months but due to the grind, I have not opened it in months. Access to the Battlefield beta this week was a nice touch - probably the best looking game I've seen on the Series X so far although the beta was glitchy. Halo looked great as well. I have not purchased an actual game in over a year due to game pass which most Xbox users have for $12 a year. We have about a month until the full release of Halo.

It's saved me tons of money and disappointment on buying games. If I had bought Maneater (fun for a bit but then meh), Subnaticia and No Man's Sky (great games if you liked the genre, turns out I don't), Stellaris, Sea of Thieves, Outriders, Greedfall, Hellblade, Prey, Jurassic World Evolution, Nier, The Evil Within, Snowrunner, Alien Isolation, Elite Dangerous, I would've been out hundreds of dollars. I've played and beaten games I've wanted to try like the two Ori games, Hollow Knight, Ryse. It's got tons of games that I've already played on PS4 or earlier but would use this service if I hadn't like Yakuza:Like a Dragon, Katamari Reroll, Dragon Quest XII, the Dead Spaces, Mass Effects, Dishonoreds, Fallouts, Elder Scrolls.

Haven't touched on the Halos or Forzas, EA Play, and the other series on the service I personally don't care about but I'm sure other people like Battlefield or sports games.

To say there's nothing on the service besides Halo and crappy indies is either ignorance or dishonesty.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Does anyone have a Backbone for cloud gaming? Considering buying one but wanted to hear how it does.

 

[aleshemsky83]

Does anyone have a Backbone for cloud gaming? Considering buying one but wanted to hear how it does.

I haven't but I bought a razer Kishi, and it's just way cheaper feeling than an Xbox one controller (and for non cloud gaming supports way less games). Depending on how you do cloud gaming, I personally would try just buying a $10 controller clip to see how it feels before spending that much money on a expensive peripheral.

 

[93LEAFS]

I'm legit confused by all this RPG talk. Sony exclusives aren't really RPGs especially the ones made by SIE studios. They are mostly cinematic action/adventure (God of War, Ghost of Tsushima, Spider-Man) or cinematic 3rd person shooters (Uncharted, Last of Us, Horizon to an extent). If anything, the knock on Sony is the lack of diversity in their 1st party studios AAA games (no RPGs or 1st Person shooters recently). Microsoft with their purchase of Bethesda and Obsidian are probably the kings of Western RPGs for the foreseeable future, Sony had an exclusive for a big JRPGs in Persona 5 which was arranged with Sega/Atlus, and timed stuff with Square over FF.

 

[Jovavic]

I'm legit confused by all this RPG talk. Sony exclusives aren't really RPGs especially the ones made by SIE studios. They are mostly cinematic action/adventure (God of War, Ghost of Tsushima, Spider-Man) or 3rd person shooters (Uncharted, Last of Us, Horizon to an extent). If anything, the knock on Sony is the lack of diversity in their 1st party studios AAA games (no RPGs or 1st Person shooters recently). Microsoft with their purchase of Bethesda and Obsidian are probably the kings of Western RPGs for the foreseeable future, Sony had an exclusive for a big JRPGs in Persona 5 which was arranged with Sega/Atlus, and timed stuff with Square over FF.

Someone above on this page said that the PS4 exclusives that were listed are all third person RPGs, which is preposterous.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Played Back 4 Blood a good bit tonight. Definite Left 4 Dead vibes and it’s a good time with friends.

 

[Dolemite]

Played Back 4 Blood a good bit tonight. Definite Left 4 Dead vibes and it’s a good time with friends.

They nailed Tweet

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

They didn’t nail that tweet at all. It’s pretty much the same development team. More a spiritual successor that Valve didn’t make.

 

[Dolemite]

They didn’t nail that tweet at all. It’s pretty much the same development team. More a spiritual successor that Valve didn’t make.

Its the same game but with modern graphics.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Its the same game but with modern graphics.

I think the words cheap copy is kinda throwing it off as that kinda insinuates it was ripped off by someone else when it’s the same guys making it for the most part.

As a PS owner I’m envious it’s on gamepass as I really want to get this game but don’t want to drop $60-$70 on it.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

I think the words cheap copy is kinda throwing it off as that kinda insinuates it was ripped off by someone else when it’s the same guys making it for the most part.

As a PS owner I’m envious it’s on gamepass as I really want to get this game but don’t want to drop $60-$70 on it.

Even though I’m liking it a lot, I probably wouldn’t spend $60-70 on it. It’s a full co-op game so you can’t really play it alone, which stinks.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Even though I’m liking it a lot, I probably wouldn’t spend $60-70 on it. It’s a full co-op game so you can’t really play it alone, which stinks.

Yeah I know other people I could play with thanks to cross play too but it’s still a tough pill to swallow. Maybe Black Friday sales will happen. I want a future where every game is a crossplay dangit.

 

[Dolemite]

I think the words cheap copy is kinda throwing it off as that kinda insinuates it was ripped off by someone else when it’s the same guys making it for the most part.

As a PS owner I’m envious it’s on gamepass as I really want to get this game but don’t want to drop $60-$70 on it.

Can you get triumphs in single player mode? No.

Can you play with randoms at any given time from a list? No

Can you or host your own server? No

Can streamers play in game music on their stream without getting a DCMA strike against them? No.

Cheap. Copy.

 

[Jussi]

Details on Xbox exclusive Avowed: The Outer Worlds meets medieval fantasy | Windows Central

 

[GreytWun]

Even though I’m liking it a lot, I probably wouldn’t spend $60-70 on it. It’s a full co-op game so you can’t really play it alone, which stinks.

Great for us gamepass owners! Best deal in gaming.

 

[GreytWun]

Details on Xbox exclusive Avowed: The Outer Worlds meets medieval fantasy | Windows Central

Can’t wait for these two gems. With gamepass this will give these studios a lot of users to play their games that normally wouldn’t have tried it with the 70 dollar price tag!

 

[Jussi]

Great for us gamepass owners! Best deal in gaming.

Especially when you can get it for over a year under the cost of one game.

 

[aleshemsky83]

You know I have to admit, for as much hate as I gave the xbox controllers for not coming with a battery, the official rechargeable batteries they sell are insanely good. They literally last like 40 hours or whatever it is.