Topic: Official Push Square Xbox Thread

@colonelkilgore That is a hell of a change going from having a ridged schedule to playing what you like. It must have been pretty hard work to try and stick to it knowing that you'd got a certain amount of time to finish a game in but fair play to you for making it work for so long.

Having played pretty much what I like the only reason I normally have for having something scheduled in is if I fancy picking something up day 1, and even that doesn't happen much these days. I've been pretty busy over the summer and actually just enjoyed doing other things that gaming has taken a bit of a backseat. Not to say I don't enjoy it still but I've not been getting that feeling that if I'm not making progress in a game then I'm wasting my time.

@Th3solution Like you mentioned this year has had such a good release schedule that in previous years I'd have been getting the sweats if I'd not have picked up some of those games as soon as they released. Now I'm just happy knowing that I'll get around to them one day, or not, but there's no pressure. I'll just pick them up at some point when there's a good deal or I have some time.

@colonelkilgore I knew you'd break eventually and see the light!

@CaptD @Th3solution while I’m loving Nioh 2, I’m finding it pretty difficult fair play… can’t remember if I found the original quite this tough 😅. The combat is pretty much the same (which is excellent) but it seems to improved on the original in terms of level design (from the ones I’ve seen so far at least). I’d say it’s pretty much a s-tier souls-like and will be interested to hear your thoughts if you ever play it.

@render yeah it certainly feels freeing to make the change. Think it came as a result of a few things really… apart from finding gaming in general a bit of a trudge of late, I’ve started getting back into health and fitness and I think that has changed my perspective a bit… that and the rugby World Cup has grabbed my attention for the last 6 weeks or so. Either way, it’s a nice change.

@JohnnyShoulder yeah, it was a good run while it lasted though.

@colonelkilgore I remember the first Nioh being really difficult, at first. I was in the beta and thought, yeah I'm not buying this as it is too difficult but eventually bought it via some crazy price Black Friday deal. Really enjoyed it but some bosses did feel cheap and I remember one particular boss which I could only beat using a weapon I'd never used before and a certain fighting stance/move.
The whole stance mechanic is too much for me and besides that one boss I never changed from mid stance.

Anyway back to Xbox, I see EA Play (and by association Gamepass) is getting Dead Space next. Enjoy Xboxers.

@AgentCooper just a bit of circuit training mate but it’s been really noticeable how it’s had loads of little quality of life improvements since I’ve got back into it. Hopefully I can keep it up and shift a couple more stone (lost around two so far while also building up some decent muscle mass, which keeps me motivated).

@CaptD my memories of the original may be a bit foggy but I definitely don’t recall struggling like I have been with 2. Maybe I power levelled or something back in the day, where as I’m just playing through the sequel as it comes… but I spent around 6 hours and maybe 25-30 deaths on what I assume is a fairly early boss this afternoon 😅. It was great though in all honesty, slowly learning it’s attacks and what measures to take in each situation… just the game I needed tbh.

@colonelkilgore Cool that you are back on playing games and are enjoyning Nioh 2.

@colonelkilgore I'm in the same boat. All the games in my backlog are games I want to play.

Currently Late Shift, Spyro the dragon, Final Fantasy 8 and Diablo 2. They weren't getting a look in because of the latest and greatest games on the sub services. But honestly, they are better than the newer games I've been playing recently. More fulfilling without any paid boosts and what not.

The early access stuff microsoft has launched has annoyed me enough to call it a day for the time being. I've contemplated jumping to PC, but have ptsd from constant driver updates two decades ago. Maybe watch some TV or read some books instead.

@oliverp appreciated mate 👍

@AgentCooper cheers buddy 👍

@themcnoisy Yeah I think that’s one of the main issues with subscription services… you end up putting things on the back burner that you’d much rather be playing, to play things that you aren’t particularly bothered about but will be removed from the service shortly and you want to get your moneys worth. The trouble is that every month there are games leaving the service, so you continue to prioritise the fodder and never get a chance to return to the cream.

I think there comes a point where the spell breaks though and clarity returns, sounds like that’s kicked in for you recently. Have fun with the cream over the next couple of months MC 👊

@Jimmer-jammer nice, I thought you may have already played Nioh 2 what with your love of souls-likes. I was actually tempted to pick up Lies of P or Lords of the Fallen… but I guess the backlog still holds some sway, even if it has lessened. What you been playing lately bud?

Glad you’ve enjoyed Girlfriend Reviews too… their output has dropped off a bit this past year (quantity-wise at least) but there are a load of great episodes available fair play. She’s a talented girl!

@Jimmer-jammer well it certainly sounds like Cyberpunk has legs and glad you’re enjoying a second playthrough. I would respond by saying “I’ll have to find a spot for it in the schedule…” but that would go against my recent about-turn 😅. I will certainly have to play it at some point though.

Won 6 months of Game Pass Ultimate. Maybe I’ll go back to Starfield. Or just play Yakuza.

@nessisonett nice! Starfield has some moments where its pretty good but also some that make it feel really dated! I posted some thoughts on purexbox in the Starfield forum thread. I would give hi-fi rush a look if you like character action games, it's a wholesome bundle of Saturday morning cartoon goodness that will make you realise that genre was always part rhythm game!

@colonelkilgore I've been enjoying the girlfriend reviews channel a lot since you posted that link, really funny stuff!! I also like honest game trailers stuff, which has a similar vibe.

@nessisonett Noice! I've had the opportunity to get a free Gamepass sub in the past, but always went for something like Disney+ instead.

@R1spam @JohnnyShoulder It was from a bag of Doritos funnily enough, I usually enter the code things just cause you never know.

@R1spam 🤣 who knew back when Microsoft bought Bethesda and made Starfield exclusive that that it had so much potential for comedy gold.

@nessisonett The most important question - what flavour?! 😆

@JohnnyShoulder Cool Original, the best flavour 😂

@colonelkilgore I think all us knew deep down that it probably would be, ships going warp speed backwards, heads spinning round so fast that you would swear that you had discovered a new two headed species.
Seriously though Im gonna miss Bethesda way more than Activision, all those VR games/ports that they were willing (i.e. paid) to do. Still we have Fallout 4 PS5/Xbox S to look forward to I guess, that would have been great on psvr2, spinning heads and all.

@CaptD I used to love Bethesda games but I have found that my tastes changed a fair bit over the years. That said though, I was looking forward to Starfield when I first heard about it (prior to the acquisition). As it turns out, I don’t think I’d have liked it anyway tbh.