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XBL: Games with Gold
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MMaRsu
Banned
I don't own any of them but it still looks like a terrible month for me. No games that personally suit my tastes! *barf*
I appreciate games launching into GwG but wish they had saved it for better games.
Not my taste = bad game
rofl
Klart
Member
It's also over 8 years old, so there's that
SlipperyFishes
Banned
chronic_archaic
Member
It's also a really good game that will see a big population boost, better than a lot of other offerings.
AndyMoogle
Member
The Banner Saga 2 might be the best game that has appeared on GWG on Xbox One. It's so sad to see most people dismissive because it's not a AAA title.
Castef
Banned
Eh, this.
BananasWithGuns
Member
Surprised people are shitting on Banner Saga so much. I'm very happy to have it. Interested in Tumblestone as well since it has online multiplayer.
KelpPlankton
Member
I always wanted to check out Tron Evolution but never felt like spending money on it lol, should be cool to mess around with.
Not a bad month.
Not a bad month.
justsomeguy
Member
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Banner Saga 2 is a real surprise. Would have expected the first one. Not that I mind, fits me perfectly
All xbox 360 games will be pretty old by now. At least it's not a launch title
shiftymorgan
Member
Both xb1 games shouldn't be sniffed at.
The banner 2 looks massive and tumblestone actually looks like an interesting match 3 game.
I know this may rub some people up the wrong way but if these games arent triple A games who cares?
They aren't terrible. Its not like they are giving you ET, duke nukem or Aliens Colonial Marines.
Then there could be something to whinge about.
The banner 2 looks massive and tumblestone actually looks like an interesting match 3 game.
I know this may rub some people up the wrong way but if these games arent triple A games who cares?
They aren't terrible. Its not like they are giving you ET, duke nukem or Aliens Colonial Marines.
Then there could be something to whinge about.
Vert boil
Member
PR is out for Tumblestone confirming GwG.
Very solid month for Xbox One. Enjoyed Tron on 360 as well.
Very solid month for Xbox One. Enjoyed Tron on 360 as well.
Tumblestone doesn't look anyway near as bad as the reactions in here lead me to think. Tetris Attack / Magical Drop hybrid with multiplayer isn't horrible, even if the presentation is kinda dull (like many, many puzzle games now-a-days.)
Banner Saga 2... Maybe they'll put the first one on 50% off sale at the same time? If so, I'd love to get the first as well. Gorgeous hand-drawn animation there.
Tron Evo... sure, why not! In a way, this kinda stuff that not many might have, but are a fun curiosity, are kinda nice too. Surprised to see this had multiplayer, weird.
R6V 2... this is more the type of thing many, many people purchased, so it can be found for cheap like... anywhere. I doubt I'll get much out of it, but welcome to the digital library? Good for the community though! Happy for those who'll get a temp boost.
I actually rather like the months with a variety of games for different audiences. It sucks when everything is basically "mature" gore, violence, or, coarse-language fest. And there's been a lot of racing games (all the Dirt games, The Crew, etc) on GWG too, so it's nice to see something different.
Banner Saga 2... Maybe they'll put the first one on 50% off sale at the same time? If so, I'd love to get the first as well. Gorgeous hand-drawn animation there.
Tron Evo... sure, why not! In a way, this kinda stuff that not many might have, but are a fun curiosity, are kinda nice too. Surprised to see this had multiplayer, weird.
R6V 2... this is more the type of thing many, many people purchased, so it can be found for cheap like... anywhere. I doubt I'll get much out of it, but welcome to the digital library? Good for the community though! Happy for those who'll get a temp boost.
I actually rather like the months with a variety of games for different audiences. It sucks when everything is basically "mature" gore, violence, or, coarse-language fest. And there's been a lot of racing games (all the Dirt games, The Crew, etc) on GWG too, so it's nice to see something different.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Banner Saga 2 is awesome.
My guess is that Banner Saga will be included in the Summer Sale.
KentBlake
Member
In my opinion:
Banner Saga 2: Amazing. I'd buy it anyway.
R6V2: Never played a R6 game before. Maybe I'll enjoy it.
Tron Evolution: I know nothing about this game. But I don't own it, so that's a plus (last month I already had every game).
Tumblestone: WTF? I looks like a F2P match-3 phone game. I hope I'm wrong, though.
Overall a good month for me, personally. And I don't own any of the games (for the first time in many many months for Xbox AND PlayStation).
Banner Saga 2: Amazing. I'd buy it anyway.
R6V2: Never played a R6 game before. Maybe I'll enjoy it.
Tron Evolution: I know nothing about this game. But I don't own it, so that's a plus (last month I already had every game).
Tumblestone: WTF? I looks like a F2P match-3 phone game. I hope I'm wrong, though.
Overall a good month for me, personally. And I don't own any of the games (for the first time in many many months for Xbox AND PlayStation).
Would be smart, hopefully so. A nice, deep discount + Already owning the Sequel / Having it on the way would be very enticing.
Even if it does, this doesn't bother me much if they're willing to patch it up and fix it.
If the trade for getting a brand new game for free is that it might have some technical issues / might be a bit of an "Early Access" style situation, where players will help the devs shine the thing up, that's honestly not horrible...
...as long as they fix it, and fast. Set up that 2 way interaction from Day 0, let people know you're communicating, send out messages over the updates on XBL, Twitter, etc. If they want us to be patient with them, they have to give us a reason.
Don't really agree with that logic at all. Why not make it August 1 GWG then? That's closer to the original release and they'd actually be releasing a working game. That way it could be free for a few days extra, or delay the release on XB1 by a few days like they are doing with Tumblestone.
Release the game when it's finished, don't release it half cocked up. By the time the patches fix stuff up people will have moved on and won't really be interested in going back.
Of course just speculation, the game could turn out fine, and if so good job on the devs but if it's a disaster I'm gonna be disappointed. I guess we'll see soon enough.. but based on previous games that have been rushed to make GwG I'm not holding my breath.
Had to laugh as my 37yo wife plays one game only.....and its Candy Crush
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Yo Banner Saga 2 and Tumblestone is awesome. Two games guarantees no one ones on Xbox One. I only own Vegas 2 but it's a solid game
Chiaroscuro
Member
That is a great month for me, I don't have any of the games and I would buy Banner Saga 2. Last month did nothing for me so this is great.
Mushroomer25
Member
Honestly, Tumblestone is actually super fun. Played a bit of it at PAX. It's a match-3, sure. But the head-to-head multiplayer gets extremely fun and competitive. Deceptively simple game.
Agreed, it is a great game with a very dope art style.
Definitely great month for me. I own Banner Saga 1 on my Android, it will be nice to have the sequel on X1. I have Vegas 1 on 360 but never owned 2 so that's a nice addition to my BC digital library. Always wanted to try Tron back in the 360 days just because Tron and cool colors but never wanted to pay for it. So it'll be cool to check that out. Puzzle games are usually hit or miss for me so I'll have to give Tumblestone a try.
I hope banner saga 1 goes on sale soon. Seems to be very story and narrative driven so it doesn't make much sense to me to jump to 2. Plus, it looks like a game I would enjoy.
I'll give tumbles tone a shot, pretty sure I rented the tron game before and rainbow six is old, and was free with Seige.
I'll give tumbles tone a shot, pretty sure I rented the tron game before and rainbow six is old, and was free with Seige.
Because it's not the way things work, for some reason? Maybe the early exclusive gets them some extra monetary incentive, which can be cycled back into working on the game anyway? In the end, if the game becomes a better product, and all it took was a couple weeks of imperfection, the win is much longer lasting than the small time of discomfort.
It's definitely not the ideal, but if given that as a framework, It's also not a worse-case scenario.
Most GWG aren't something I planned to buy immediately half the time, so they're always a bonus. If it's perfect on release, great, DIVE RIGHT IN! If not... it won't disappear from my backlog, and even if I delete it, if I hear it's great 2 months later, it's still something I own.
I hope it comes out with no issues, though! That would definitely be best. But even if it has some... it's not that big a deal, as long as it gets sorted swiftly. The part I'll really take away from it, in the end is that I have another solid game to play.
I try almost every GWG for 30 min ish to see if I like it, if not it gets dropped forever and I move on. If a game is technically messed I'll just drop it and probably not go back to it because I've moved on. Pool Nation FX for example was a mess at launch, I think I played one game and deleted it off my hard drive due to long loading screens and constant crashes.. Maybe it's fixed now but the first impression was a bad one I'll never load it up again. And I was actually kinda looking forward to that game aswell.
Maybe I'm in the minority but I try to keep as up to date with my backlog as possible and honestly don't have the time to stack up all the GWG's for months
So I find it easier to try it out and get it out the way ASAP rather than saving up a ton of games for x amount of months down the line.
J-Roderton
Member
Vegas 2? I guess that would be cool to hop into online matches again for a minute.
I'll pass.
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
Bad month.
Jawmuncher
Member
I'll play Tron Evolution again. I've been in a Tron mood having bed. Play /r
illusionary
Member
I'll be very happy if The Banner Saga 2 turns out ti be true, unlikely though it might seem. Either way, we'll know very soon now.
Maybe I'm in the minority but I try to keep as up to date with my backlog as possible and honestly don't have the time to stack up all the GWG's for months
That's fine and all, but again, it's still in your library. You still "own" it as long as you have gold. Considering we've still got people playing Pacman and classic console games, who knows how this digital collection will turn out 2, 5, or 10 or more years from now? What kinda sucks or is annoying in the short term could be absolutely awesome in the long run.
Heck, with Back-Compat on X1, I find myself playing some early 360 games over again, some fully, some for just a few moments. There's something really weird about seeing old leaderboards that still hold my old scores, and seeing if I can challenge them now, years later. I even had a friend randomly challenge me to Lumines when I was messing with it, and we spent some time in online MP... totally wasn't expecting that!
I kind of like the fact that PS+ and GWG have me loaded up with a variety of games from different genres and publishers. If there's a dry spell, and I need something to fill a genre, I actually have loads of options just waiting on my download list, that I don't even need to pay new money for. It's amazing how much quality gaming one can get for ridiculously cheap prices now-a-days.
Doug Heffernan
Member
Probably Max & The Curse of Brotherhood... again. lol
Baron_Calamity
Member
So I will be able to play Tron:E on the X1?
will check. What other games weren't available?
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