Hello! If you know me from the Pipeline Discord you know that I play games from all the consoles + PC + retro, I like games! When you play games for a long time you tend to stick to your areas sometimes, and play it safe, AKA buy games from genres I like from developers I already like. Games are a big commitment, both in time and money, so spending $60 to potentially hate something? It's a hard sell, especially since there's not as many demos today as their used to be, and game rentals are not as common (RIP Blockbuster, fond memories of renting N64 and PS2 games there).
Game Pass has been a solution to this problem for me. I can try games now in genres I'd never consider buying before such as Crusader Kings 3, which is totally out of my wheelhouse but I had a great time trying and failing to take over parts of Europe. Also, I recently tried Skatebird, and hated it, was glad that I played it through a subscription so I didn't waste any money on it, cute idea, very bad execution.
This thread is ideally for what you're currently playing on Game Pass as well as asking for recommendations.
What I'm looking forward to trying out next is Scarlet Nexus, part of a wave of games just added during TGS, pictured below. Also need to get back to Banjo Kazooie, and maybe Yakuza Zero (I like Yakuza story a lot but wish I liked the game part more...).
Game Pass has been a solution to this problem for me. I can try games now in genres I'd never consider buying before such as Crusader Kings 3, which is totally out of my wheelhouse but I had a great time trying and failing to take over parts of Europe. Also, I recently tried Skatebird, and hated it, was glad that I played it through a subscription so I didn't waste any money on it, cute idea, very bad execution.
This thread is ideally for what you're currently playing on Game Pass as well as asking for recommendations.
What I'm looking forward to trying out next is Scarlet Nexus, part of a wave of games just added during TGS, pictured below. Also need to get back to Banjo Kazooie, and maybe Yakuza Zero (I like Yakuza story a lot but wish I liked the game part more...).