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flashfire926 on 28 February 2018
TranceformerFX said:
flashfire926 said:

Game Pass has way more than just Halo. But its easy to tell you didnt do your fact checking, because forza isnt even on the game pass.

Instead, what you have is: Halo 5, Halo Wars 1 and 2, all four gears games, mass effect, rise of the tomb raider, dirt rally, bioshock trilogy, saints row 4, mad max, borderlands, bayonetta, soul calibur, ninja gaiden black, dead island, dead rising 3, banjo kazooie/tooie, metro last light, darksiders 1&2, devil may cry 4, fable trilogy, recore, rime,  sunset overdrive, state of decay, and much more.

see for yourself: https://majornelson.com/blog/xbox-game-pass/

So the appeal is multi-plat games and "some" exclusives? Got it. I'll pass.

 

Hahaha..ha... Get it? 

does not being exclusive devalue those games?



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Chris Hu on 28 February 2018
TranceformerFX said:
The Xbox One is literally the worst console of this generation. Games Pass? For what? Forza and Halo? I know that example is dramatic - but the X1's exclusive library is total garbage. PUBG doesn't change that.

Yeah, the only people that say that is people that actually don't own one.



Pemalite on 28 February 2018
slab_of_bacon said:

 

Forza is a great game which could flagship the Xbox... unfortunately Halo is in decay and constant Forza sequels ruin the Xbox experience for me.

 

Many argued that Call of Duty was in Decay. Call of Duty WW2 changed that sentiment almost overnight.

Halo could still potentially do the same thing... But I will reserve judgement on that front until I have the games in my hot sweaty hands.
Halo 5 was pretty average and was probably the worst Halo title in the entire franchise.

It's campaign deviated from it's advertising, visuals were mediocre, story needed more love, multiplayer was bare bones, features missing, not enough maps, micro-transaction infested.

But Halo 6 could turn that around. I do hope so, I actually like the Halo franchise, I own every game on every platform it has ever released on.
But holy crap was Halo 5 a terrible game for a Halo game.

jason1637 said:

I wouldn't call it a worse. I'd say the PS Vita and Wii U are probably worse consoles even though I love my Wii U. Also the XB1 has like 15-20 exclusives of the top of my head which is a pretty good amount to buy a console for imo.

The bulk of decent Xbox One exclusives are on PC. Meaning they aren't true exclusives.
And as a PC gamer... (And there are HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of us!) have less of a reason to pick up a console.

The only reason I jumped on the Xbox One bandwagon was for Halo and Fable. Even if the games are average, they still tend to be enjoyable.

The Wii U was shit partly because of it's controller gimmick and underwhelming hardware capabilities.
The Vita just didn't seem to gain any traction what-so-ever, don't think I have ever seen one on sale or advertised here actually.

TranceformerFX said:

The PS Vita isn't a console.

It's a handheld portable console. Ergo. A console.



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TranceformerFX on 28 February 2018

 

TranceformerFX said:

The PS Vita isn't a console.

It's a handheld portable console. Ergo. A console.

No, it's not. Just handheld/portable. 



flashfire926 on 28 February 2018
slab_of_bacon said:
goddog said:
So after a long time away I picked up an Xbox One X, not quite living in a 4K world yet, but with the optical drive in my launch 360 dying/dead and most friends having hopped over I have made the leap.... man halo 5 was disappointing, on the bright side despite its flaws forza 7 ruled and I am looking forward to Red Dead

 

Forza is a great game which could flagship the Xbox... unfortunately Halo is in decay and constant Forza sequels ruin the Xbox experience for me.

 

How does forza being annual ruin things for you? (Especially when the games are consistently great?)



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TranceformerFX on 28 February 2018
Chris Hu said:
TranceformerFX said:
The Xbox One is literally the worst console of this generation. Games Pass? For what? Forza and Halo? I know that example is dramatic - but the X1's exclusive library is total garbage. PUBG doesn't change that.

Yeah, the only people that say that is people that actually don't own one.

So what you're saying is that "owning" one automatically gives it a free pass from scrutiny and standards. That's called bias. Presumably unlike you, I know when to admit I made a poor choice in a console - that's why I sold my Wii three months after owning it and threw my Dreamcast into the garbage.



d21lewis on 28 February 2018
TranceformerFX said:
Chris Hu said:

Yeah, the only people that say that is people that actually don't own one.

So what you're saying is that "owning" one automatically gives it a free pass from scrutiny and standards. That's called bias. Presumably unlike you, I know when to admit I made a poor choice in a console - that's why I sold my Wii three months after owning it and threw my Dreamcast into the garbage.

Good lord!



ResidentToxy on 28 February 2018
TranceformerFX said:

So what you're saying is that "owning" one automatically gives it a free pass from scrutiny and standards. That's called bias. Presumably unlike you, I know when to admit I made a poor choice in a console - that's why I sold my Wii three months after owning it and threw my Dreamcast into the garbage.

We have ourselves a badass over here.
Poor Dreamcast. It didn't even see it coming.



 

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captain carot on 28 February 2018
Pemalite said:

Halo could still potentially do the same thing... But I will reserve judgement on that front until I have the games in my hot sweaty hands.
Halo 5 was pretty average and was probably the worst Halo title in the entire franchise.

It's campaign deviated from it's advertising, visuals were mediocre, story needed more love, multiplayer was bare bones, features missing, not enough maps, micro-transaction infested.

But Halo 6 could turn that around. I do hope so, I actually like the Halo franchise, I own every game on every platform it has ever released on.
But holy crap was Halo 5 a terrible game for a Halo game.

Ah, Halo 5. Bad campaign for Halo standards, especially the balancing if playing solo was terrible on legendary.

But the multilpayer was great, got tons of additions and micro transactions are totally optional. You don't need them at all if you don't play Warzone.

Graphicswise it's a 60fps game, though not the shiniest one. I really hope they don't go back to the 30fps of older Halos.



Kaneman! on 28 February 2018
goddog said:
smroadkill15 said:

Great time to pick one up, let alone the X1X. There is enough of a backlog to keep you busy and plenty of new games around the corner. Gamepass is a phenomenal deal if you're into that. It honestly super nice having BC. I never played the Saints Row games before and I just jumped into Saints Row 3 and I've been having a lot of fun with it. If it wasn't for BC I would have never played it.

Nice, the BC has been rocking. the all time best is Saints Row 2 really hoping it makes the cut eventually. also hoping for the saboteur, and crackdown series

I have good news for you then. Crackdown just became backwards compatible yesterday.