GatorDeb

So I'm looking for a game for the Ally. BG3 doesn't work because you need to find crevices. Starfield doesn't work because the save syncing is wonky and it corrupted my save and I had to start from scratch lost 3 hours (no issues with BG3 back and forth). These are part of GP and I'm not planning to play them on the PC (got too many games lined up for PC), which of these would you recommend first?

Pillars of Eternity I
Pillars of Eternity II
Dragon Age Origins
Dragon Age II
Dragon Age Inquisition
Tormend Tides of N
Skyrim
Oblivion
Mass Effect Trilogy

GatorDeb

The Ace Attorney Trilogy was just added, never play any of it or PW, gonna give it a whirl.

Dan

COCOON is out tomorrow (maybe tonight?) and will be on Game Pass.


It doesn't look like it's available for pre-download yet, but should pop up soon enough.

Reviewers seem to like it.

Decker

Thanks Dan. I had posted here a month or so about how cool the game looked but then forgot about it. Will go check some reviews now.

nickdawgy

It’s getting stellar reviews. Not my kind of game though.

OldBoy

what time do these game pass games usually open up to download?

Dan

midnight in New Zealand is common, but not always the case. Depends on the publisher's release plan, and other factors.

OldBoy

i don't think that is accurate.

Decker

You don't think 'It depends on other factors" is accurate?

OldBoy

no, this whole New Zealand thing. doesn't really say anything or what time and i doubt it has to do with New Zealand.

Decker

NZ is the first time zone, so it's the earliest that a preloaded game can unlock by changing your Xbox time settings. Now as to when Xbox games can be added to Game Pass, that varies. Wait and see. It will be today.

OldBoy

ok. thanks.

Dan

New Zealand starts every calendar day before every other country due to their time zone. Games on Xbox generally target either a coordinated release time OR some specified local time in each zone OR some variation.
Midnight may not be the actual release time, but it has sometimes been the case, which is why some games show up in NA “early.”

there are also a bunch of games that, when “local time” is the release method, you can access early by changing your console’s time zone. Thousands of dorks (myself included) have switched our Xboxes to NZ’s time zone to play a game early. Doesn’t work every time, but often enough. And again… it depends on the release plan and other factors.

OldBoy

it's live.

GatorDeb

18 minutes into Lamplighters League and it's just boring. Not feeling. I LOOOOOVED Rabbids, it's the same gameplay, but with clunky controls. I think if it was easier to maneuver around I'd like it more.

lwhy?

I don't know if 18 minutes is enough to be bored. Most of the reviews I've watched on YouTube talk about how fun the game is.

GatorDeb

I'm mostly annoyed at the controls.

lwhy?

You might want to wait on it for a couple months then. The general consensus is that it's fun, but buggy. It might improve after a couple months.

GatorDeb

That's a good idea. I think I'll shelve it for now.

nickdawgy

I guess better than the 8 minutes you gave Cocoon.

GatorDeb

Well that was enough to know Cocoon wasn't my kind of game. I'm starting to not play the games that don't grab me wholly because I've seen that there's plenty of games that do.

nickdawgy

I saw a picture of it and knew it wasn’t my type of game.

GatorDeb

I also will play anything on Gamepass that comes out (except for like Payday 3, I tried Payday 2 and didn't like it) and stuff like that. The last few games I've personally picked like BG3 and Starfield that I paid or would have paid money for I have played a ton.

Rob V

I'm totally digging Lamplighters League and Payday 3. Both are great additions to GP.

GatorDeb

So I spent about ten more minutes with it and I'm going to stick with it because it has an interesting story. Couple of bugs I found, after every fight you have to find your companions and regroup them. And it will randomly go into battle mode and you have to pass your turn to exit.