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Xbox Games with Gold for June

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Springy

Member
Massive Chalice and Just Cause 2 are pleasant enough offerings. How does Thief run on 360?

I'm genuinely curious about how many accounts will redeem Pool Nation in its third month. The cost to MS of keeping it on offer must be less than whatever benefit they feel they get from being able to advertise that "two GwG titles are available simultaneously".
 
C

Caspel

Business & Marketing Manager @ GungHo
I've been wanting to revisit Just Cause 2 before 3, so glad to see it on the list.
 
Fox Mulder

Fox Mulder

Member
Sakujou said:
i hope ms gets their shit done. heard that there will be a major change after june since the last ms points will expire next month.
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why would that even matter?

I think if anything, the lack of quality GWG stuff is due to MS having to slash prices to sell consoles. Sony's sitting high and hasn't had to carve a dime off their launch price.
 
V

VanWinkle

Member
GwG is just...ugh. I am disappointed almost every month. My sub is expiring next month though. No reason to renew it anytime in the near future.
 
F

FunkyDealer

Banned
Massive Chalice! Awesome, I funded that quite heavily and got references to my family in there. Haven't had the opportunity to play it yet though.
 
Doug Heffernan

Doug Heffernan

Member
I have a feeling that once they eventually stop giving away Pool Nation (if ever) they'll feature it on Deals With Gold for 50% off once a month just to piss everyone off.
 
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Roberto Larcos

Member
Jomjom said:
Three years and I still haven't gotten to it.
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That's the thing. Even the good games we get given (Rayman, Child of Light, #IDARB, Guacamelee) don't get played (by me at least) because I always have something else to play. I've heard a lot of good things about Massive Chalice, but I can almost guarantee I won't spend more than an hour on it.

I expect Microsoft gets these metrics, and they know most people just download the games and never play them. So rather spend a disproportionate amount on getting in games people do want, they just stick in whatever a publisher's offering to put in for cheap. A token gesture, nothing more. A checkmark on a box for internet comparisons.

I'm not sure if I should be pissed off at this. Years of conditioning mean I'm actually fine with paying £20 a year for Gold now though (especially if it means dedicated servers on first party games / 3rd party exclusives) - these games don't really interest me. If I'd been interested, I'd have bought it by the time it comes around to being a GWG / on PS+.

Maybe these games do legitimately offer something to those who really struggle to afford any games - don't get me wrong, if this had been a thing when I was 12, I'd be in love with it. But now, as someone who can just go to a shop and buy a new game if I want to, there's just nothing there for me. And in the earlier stages of a console gen, there are far more 'me's' than 12 year olds.
 
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TangoAlphaLima

Member
Roberto Larcos said:
That's the thing. Even the good games we get given (Rayman, Child of Light, #IDARB, Guacamelee) don't get played (by me at least) because I always have something else to play. I've heard a lot of good things about Massive Chalice, but I can almost guarantee I won't spend more than an hour on it.
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Same problem for me. It was easier back when the PS4 & X1 were newer and these free games were providing new experiences for the meager libraries, but now I've got massive libraries of physical (well, like 10 or so) and digital games.

Ultimately though, I still look to compare the two "free" game services, and I'm often disappointed with Microsoft's offerings. Chances are decent that I'll like Massive Chalice best out of everything the two services are offering in June, yet I still feel like Microsoft needs to be providing more and better content to keep up with Sony.
 
P

pswii60

Member
Roberto Larcos said:
That's the thing. Even the good games we get given (Rayman, Child of Light, #IDARB, Guacamelee) don't get played (by me at least) because I always have something else to play. I've heard a lot of good things about Massive Chalice, but I can almost guarantee I won't spend more than an hour on it.

I expect Microsoft gets these metrics, and they know most people just download the games and never play them. So rather spend a disproportionate amount on getting in games people do want, they just stick in whatever a publisher's offering to put in for cheap. A token gesture, nothing more. A checkmark on a box for internet comparisons.

I'm not sure if I should be pissed off at this. Years of conditioning mean I'm actually fine with paying £20 a year for Gold now though (especially if it means dedicated servers on first party games / 3rd party exclusives) - these games don't really interest me. If I'd been interested, I'd have bought it by the time it comes around to being a GWG / on PS+.

Maybe these games do legitimately offer something to those who really struggle to afford any games - don't get me wrong, if this had been a thing when I was 12, I'd be in love with it. But now, as someone who can just go to a shop and buy a new game if I want to, there's just nothing there for me. And in the earlier stages of a console gen, there are far more 'me's' than 12 year olds.
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Rayman Legends should have been the game you were playing. No excuse :p
 
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Roberto Larcos

Member
TangoAlphaLima said:
Same problem for me. It was easier back when the PS4 & X1 were newer and these free games were providing new experiences for the meager libraries, but now I've got massive libraries of physical (well, like 10 or so) and digital games.

Ultimately though, I still look to compare the two "free" game services, and I'm often disappointed with Microsoft's offerings. Chances are decent that I'll like Massive Chalice best out of everything the two services are offering in June, yet I still feel like Microsoft needs to be providing more and better content to keep up with Sony.
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Exactly, but look across the water. Sony are giving 4 games, yet if I had a PS4 I'd maybe give Metal Gear a bit of a go (but as someone who's so far behind there it'd likely be a token 'go') - everything else unplayed.

We just seem to want numbers for posterity.

If they reduced it to a game every 3 months - scandalous I know - but made it a legitimately awesome game. A full price release that came out a maximum 12 months ago with a Metacritic score >80, would it be seen as better value? Because it would be to me. I'd much rather take 3/4 games a year I'll actually get a decent number of hours out of over 20 I'll ignore forever.

But they won't. They can't. Because numbers.
 
K

keit4

Banned
Well, at least they are not giving away a glorified demo. Massive Chalice is the kind of game i would play... on PC.
 
D

Deadly Cyclone

Pride of Iowa State
Massive Chalice launching on XBO for free is an amazing deal. Don't sleep on that game folks. If you like X-Com and like Double Fine you'll like it.
 
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Frank Serpico

Banned
People keep begging for Ryse, it's like $15 on Amazon, just buy it from there. I'm about 60% through it, I stopped playing because it just got way too boring, I finally just hit the point of "I get it", and I know there isn't anything else this game will offer me except the same exact enemy fights over and over in different environments

But for the 3-4 hours or whatever I got out of it, it was fine, maybe one day I'll finish it
 
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Roberto Larcos

Member
Frank Serpico said:
People keep begging for Ryse, it's like $15 on Amazon. I'm about 60% through it, I stopped playing because it just got way too boring, I finally just hit the point of "I get it", and I know there isn't anything else this game will offer me except the same exact enemy fights over and over in different environments

But for the 3-4 hours or whatever I got out of it, it was fine
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I didn't mind it. A little uninspired in combat which stays repetitive throughout, but the actual story is fairly okay, and it is gorgeous. Not much replay value, unless you love collectables (that can all be found first-time), or you think of it as a Souls-lite (with the absolutely punishing difficulty that unlocks after completing the main questline once). You say you spent 3-4 hours on it, I think I completed it in 2 5-hour sessions. It's not a long game, but maybe that was for the better. I doubt I'd have finished it if it was 20 hours long.

It'd be a solid GWG, if only for the fact that it's not indie and looks amazing. And it's an actual full game, not a minigame being paraded as one (Pool, #IDARB).
 
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Frank Serpico

Banned
Roberto Larcos said:
I didn't mind it. A little uninspired in combat which stays repetitive throughout, but the actual story is fairly okay, and it is gorgeous. Not much replay value, unless you love collectables (that can all be found first-time), or you think of it as a Souls-lite (with the absolutely punishing difficulty that unlocks after completing the main questline once). You say you spent 3-4 hours on it, I think I completed it in 2 5-hour sessions. It's not a long game, but maybe that was for the better. I doubt I'd have finished it if it was 20 hours long.

It'd be a solid GWG, if only for the fact that it's not indie and looks amazing. And it's an actual full game, not a minigame being paraded as one (Pool, #IDARB).
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I'm on chapter 5 (there are 8 total), I just guessed how long I was playing and was being conservative because it was some late night gaming sessions so I wasn't sure

Does it change up at all? I doubt it
 
N

Novocaine

Member
E92 M3 said:
Next month, guys....next month they'll give us something exciting!
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I hope so, I've been waiting for an excuse to pop this 12 month gold sub. I rarely do online stuff especially considering I only have 1 friend on XBL :(

I was literally 2 days late on Rayman Legends, oh well.
 
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Roberto Larcos

Member
Frank Serpico said:
I'm on chapter 5 (there are 8 total), I just guessed how long I was paying and was being conservative because it was some late night gaming sessions so I wasn't sure
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Howlongtobeat has it as a 9-hour average for a leisurely gamer. I just sucked in the swampy forest level (you know the one), and go through games quite slowly anyway. Like I said, not a long game. I'd describe it as 'cinematic' if that word weren't so tainted, because it does describe it perfectly. Great visuals, decent story, not overly long.
 
C

Cat Party

Member
Having indie games debut on GWG is pretty good. I doubt I'd have ever given Massive Chalice a look otherwise. Now I'm excited for it.
 
B

BananasWithGuns

Member
Very happy with Massive Chalice. Great choice for GWG in my opinion.

On the flip side though, the fact that Microsoft keeps repeating games shows they don't really care how they look next to their competition. I mean a pool game for three months? Come on.
 
styl3s

styl3s

Member
Even free i still won't waste HDD space on that mediocre pool game and no matter how many times they keep reusing it i still won't get it.

Also, Massive Chalice? I thought that was still early access.. Been wanting to buy it but have been waiting for it to come out of that so that's awesome.
 
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Frank Serpico

Banned
Roberto Larcos said:
Howlongtobeat has it as a 9-hour average for a leisurely gamer. I just sucked in the swampy forest level (you know the one), and go through games quite slowly anyway. Like I said, not a long game. I'd describe it as 'cinematic' if that word weren't so tainted, because it does describe it perfectly. Great visuals, decent story, not overly long.
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I think I'm on that level now, the horned guys, the game finally just felt tedious, I then promptly loaded up sunset overdrive for the first time
 
C

Camwi

Member
I kickstarted Massive Chalice and already have Pool fucking Nation.

WTF Microsoft? You really hate the fact that Sony started this "giving away free games" shit, don't you?
 
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