@AgentCooper I think @LtSarge already summed up most important games. Some other games on ultimate beside those that got high ratinga are immortality, sniper elite 5, nobody saves the world. I think it's also dependant on what type of games you like generally speaking, theres over 400 games in gamepass in basically every genre. I also enjoyed some of the older games on there like brutal legend and Alice madness returns which are 360 games but since the backward compat they are playable on the series.
Enjoy your new Xbox!
@JohnnyShoulder I just don’t like using the switch bud… in handheld mode it gives me pins-and-needles in my hands and in either docked/handheld mode I just wanna launch the thing at the wall every time I hit the switch equivalent of circle to exits out of a menu or the switch equivalent of cross/x when I want to select something. It just royally ****s with my orientation. So while I have some interest in the Ori games… that interest is no way near strong enough for me want to use the switch.
@AgentCooper An added suggestion from @LtSarge is if you do decide to jump into Halo from the beginning and not just right into Halo Infinite, I would suggest just going right to Halo 2 and skipping the first Halo. Imo, it has aged that badly that I had a pretty miserable experience with it after finally playing it last year, but Halo 2 was still a blast and is still one of the best FPS games to this day. You could probably find the story of the first one on YouTube.
I'm still primarily a PlayStation guy with my PS5, but whenever I'm on my Series X again, I'll add you. Enjoy.
@colonelkilgore You can remap the buttons, which was the first thing I did once I got my Pro controller synced. There was no way I was going to be able to use the buttons "backwards" coming from playing PlayStation and Xbox for so long.
Oddly, I don't mind the flipped orientation of Nintendo vs Sony. Probably because Nintendo uses letters and Sony uses shapes. This does make it where, despite loving the DS4 for Playstation games, I struggle to use it on Switch, though. It just doesn't feel right.
What really does my head in is Microsoft and Nintendo having the same letters for buttons, but inversed.
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@Ralizah That a major reason why I had to flip them. I don't even look at the buttons either. It's muscle memory, and there's no way I'd be able to flip it in my mind and it wouldn't be annoying.
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if youve just got an xbox i recommend signing up to Microsoft rewards you earn points and can convert them into credit or other voucher im averaging about £20 month so well worth doing.
games i would recommend on gamepass
mass effect legendary edition
quantum break
the gears of war games
guardians of the galaxy
i was always a PlayStation guy but after i signed up to Microsoft rewards the value proposition was just too good i signed up a few years ago and it got my my Series X for £90, 25 games so far and i earn enough every month i never have to pay for gamepass
i do recommend the gears of war games they remade the first Gears f war one ultimate edition. Gears of war 2 got 4k upscaled and 60fps boost so did gears 3 quite incredible what they were able to do to xbox 360 games. gears 4 is ok looks good and gears 5 is a very impressive technical showcase for how good stuff can look on series X
Managed to start Sable too and was gutted when it left GP hours later. Do the games always get deleted from your ssd automatically?
This isn't normal. Are you sure it's not still there? Go to "Manage Storage Devices" and click "View Contents" and check if it's there. Normally it doesn't get uninstalled once it's left game pass but when you go to play it, it will say something like "You need to buy this game".
It's a shame Sable left but i decided to get a month of GPU to play it and other things. It was really good and I would have rated it a 9 or 10 but not long after you leave the first area, performance issues start to crop up and they are pretty severe. It's like a modestly ambitious title that can't achieve that ambition on a technical level.
some of the stuff they were able to do with the xbox 360 games is incredible eg fallout 3 now runs at 4k 60fps and the load times are dramatically improved
And every 29,250 points are worth a £25 Xbox gift card so you can exchange to buy Games.
I currently have 133,730 reward points...
Also, if you join Xbox Ambassadors, you can earn 'rewards' with the 'top' reward every season being 1 month of Game Pass Ultimate free of charge. There are 4 seasons a year, and I have accumulated enough points every quarter to get my 1 month free - so I only pay for 2 out of 3 months, or 8 out of 12 months per year...
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Why can't life be like gaming? Why can't I restart from an earlier checkpoint??
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@trev666 Basically a programme designed to promote & encourage a Safe, fun, inclusive gaming environment for everyone - basically a promise to the Xbox Community: A promise to be inclusive, promote safe and accessible gaming, celebrate other gamers' achievements and individuality, and positively represent the Xbox Ambassadors.
Its a bit like Rewards where you get some activities, like play the game of the week for example which is usually a Game Pass game anyway. Some may be for the 'month' (like make a friend) and have someone friend you (basically follow someone and they follow you back for 2 completed missions worth 1500+ XP - and you need around 5000XP a month, 15000XP a quarter to earn your 'free' 1 month GPU. You get sweepstake tickets to win prizes, digital assets (banners, gamer pics, mobile/desktop wallpapers etc) as well, depending on how much XP you earn and/or what missions you complete.
Its not often you need to check daily for 'new' missions. Once a week can be enough most times as they have the 'same' monthly missions and Game of the Week - but sometimes they have Blogs, youtube video's to watch etc and 'occasionally', Twitch streams but they may only be up for a few hours or so whilst streaming.
Anyway, hope that helps...
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