Gaming Xbox Series X|S

Which of these do you prefer

  • Microsoft Game Pass

  • Xbox Game Pass


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DavelinaJolie

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So after completing Lies of P (brilliant game btw) I needed a palate cleanser, something short and easy going.

Frog Detective is one Canadian-ass Australian game, and is making me laugh more than it should.
 

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Does anyone play forza horizon? Which is the best one? Also are there better controllers than the standard oneS one for driving or can you get a steering wheel without pedals?
 

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Does anyone play forza horizon? Which is the best one? Also are there better controllers than the standard oneS one for driving or can you get a steering wheel without pedals?
I never bother with specialist controllers.

Personally my favourite is FH4, they struck the right balance with interesting events and an enjoyable map. The seasons worked well and the add-ons are really good too. FH5 whilst really good, wasn't as good a map IMHO and the progression system wasn't as good as FH4 after a while of playing so that sense of achievement faded. Also the NPCs were even more annoying.
 

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I never bother with specialist controllers.

Personally my favourite is FH4, they struck the right balance with interesting events and an enjoyable map. The seasons worked well and the add-ons are really good too. FH5 whilst really good, wasn't as good a map IMHO and the progression system wasn't as good as FH4 after a while of playing so that sense of achievement faded. Also the NPCs were even more annoying.
This is about right
 

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I'd add that I played the shit out of FH4, was an absolutely great racing game and probably my favourite of all time. Took the best elements of PGR and stuck it all in a great open world map with tonnes of customisability.
 

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I'd add that I played the shit out of FH4, was an absolutely great racing game and probably my favourite of all time. Took the best elements of PGR and stuck it all in a great open world map with tonnes of customisability.
I still miss PGR4.

For me the biggest issue with the Horizons, despite being awesome games (with awesome DLC) is that progression isn't a big deal. There's no sort of building yourself up to get a supercar. You get them from the start.
 

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I still miss PGR4.

For me the biggest issue with the Horizons, despite being awesome games (with awesome DLC) is that progression isn't a big deal. There's no sort of building yourself up to get a supercar. You get them from the start.
That's true, just get a bit of credit or a lucky spin and you've got the hoonigan that blasts the drift stuff and has an insane top speed.

I think FH4 did create a great event progression though, which they kinda broke in 5 by making that too easy. That's probably why I fell of 5 more quickly, whereas I put over 120 hours into FH4, which is 119.75 more hours than I'd put into most racing games.
 

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I never bother with specialist controllers.

Personally my favourite is FH4, they struck the right balance with interesting events and an enjoyable map. The seasons worked well and the add-ons are really good too. FH5 whilst really good, wasn't as good a map IMHO and the progression system wasn't as good as FH4 after a while of playing so that sense of achievement faded. Also the NPCs were even more annoying.
Thanks guys. Right that's what I'd read, I'll get 4 then. Have you got any controller settings for me to try because I can't get it to stop weaving about all over the place?
 

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Xbox 2023 year-in-review

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Hmm. :lol:
 

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The rumours about Sea of Thieves being released on PS and Switch are interesting. It's a fantastic game, but it's near six years old and the engagement has been flagging a bit. Sensible move to release to other platforms to bolster the user base, a live service game like this really deserves to be on more platforms tbh, and it'd be great to see other gamers on other platforms have the chance to play it*.

I can't see how it would run on Switch though unless it's cloud based, or it's planned for Switch 2.

*Plus, y'know, scrubs to beat up on.
 

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The rumours about Sea of Thieves being released on PS and Switch are interesting. It's a fantastic game, but it's near six years old and the engagement has been flagging a bit. Sensible move to release to other platforms to bolster the user base, a live service game like this really deserves to be on more platforms tbh, and it'd be great to see other gamers on other platforms have the chance to play it*.

I can't see how it would run on Switch though unless it's cloud based, or it's planned for Switch 2.

*Plus, y'know, scrubs to beat up on.
Last ditch attempt after they've run it into the ground. Sadly they've made decisions over the past 18months or so that have been detrimental to the game and experience, even the top streamers of it have been looking elsewhere.

Also I wouldn't expect the cross platform aspect to be a thing either. This is likely more about that safer seas nonsense.
 

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Last ditch attempt after they've run it into the ground. Sadly they've made decisions over the past 18months or so that have been detrimental to the game and experience, even the top streamers of it have been looking elsewhere.

Also I wouldn't expect the cross platform aspect to be a thing either. This is likely more about that safer seas nonsense.
Personally I'm still enjoying it greatly, and I don't see that they've really made the experience worse. I suppose you could argue Safer Seas would split some of the player base in realtime, but I think they've done a fairly good job of restricting it enough to encourage people not to use it as a default outside of certain things (for me I can wrap up tall tales.achievements and fishing commendations in it, but otherwise I'd much rather play High Seas as I'm still grinding Athena rep and using captains voyages to get the bloody skeleton captains killed achievement).

As I say it's nearing six years old, I would expect people to be dropping off, it needs a fresh influx of players.