PC Game Pass (was Xbox Game Pass for PC)

shadowbane · 11 Sep 2020 at 18:49

Tombstone said:
You've got something wrong there then, I have several games installed and none of them uninstall themselves when I stop playing them

Yeah did seem a little odd, will have a poke about

varkanoid · 11 Sep 2020 at 18:51

shadowbane said:
So you subscribe and download the game you want to play, then what? Does it stay on your machine? I downloaded and played a bit of Wasteland 3 and after I quit, the game was removed and re-downloaded when I started the app?!?!?!?!

Welcome to the wonder that is Microsoft Store downloads. Nothing to do with the Xbox Game Pass. Its the cronic delivery system. Bit of a lottery sometimes. SOD2 was the worse game to be fair get to 91% then goes right back to 20%.

shadowbane · 11 Sep 2020 at 19:01

varkanoid said:
Welcome to the wonder that is Microsoft Store downloads. Nothing to do with the Xbox Game Pass. Its the cronic delivery system. Bit of a lottery sometimes. SOD2 was the worse game to be fair get to 91% then goes right back to 20%.

Yeah I couldn't see any settings that might relate to it so guess just a bug. Wouldn't have surprised me though if that was the way it worked

BlizzardX · 11 Sep 2020 at 23:03

Haggisman said:
Any way of streaming the games on here to an Nvidia shield yet? The DRM means you can't just add them as a non-steam game and play via the Steam Link app :/

Quite a few controller suited games I'd happily pay £8/month for a couple of months for, but without being able to stream them, that idea is dead in the water

Install rainway on your PC host and then use rainway on the Shield; Rainway is effectively a game streaming software with a front end built in that allows you to see all the games isntalled and also control steam installed games..

I've got rainway installed on my Sony x950G, Nvidia Shields etc. and it works really well. I find nvidia gpus better at streaming than AMD historically but haven't tried the latest gen amd to say if that is still true.

VincentHanna · 16 Sep 2020 at 20:14

Anyone playing Wasteland 3?

It's started lagging like mad every time I save the game now. It was instantaneous until recently.

Thumpsta · 16 Sep 2020 at 21:59

VincentHanna said:
Anyone playing Wasteland 3?

It's started lagging like mad every time I save the game now. It was instantaneous until recently.

Known issue I'm afraid. Devs are aware of it and it gets a bit worse as you get further into the game.

Finished the game a few days ago. Not game breaking just a little annoying.

Radox-0 · 17 Sep 2020 at 07:50

Did not get the lag when saving myself, but some people said they do and suggested they restart the game, not sure if that works or not. For me the loading times between areas was a pain! Seemed pretty long at times and more so when some quests meant going into and out of areas over and over.

shadowbane · 17 Sep 2020 at 09:14

Radox-0 said:
Did not get the lag when saving myself, but some people said they do and suggested they restart the game, not sure if that works or not. For me the loading times between areas was a pain! Seemed pretty long at times and more so when some quests meant going into and out of areas over and over.

Definitely needs a global map for fast travel in places, pain in the ass long loading times for one area, then to load again a few seconds later as you just wanted to pass through it :/ really sucks some enjoyment out of the game

Stu999 · 18 Sep 2020 at 09:28

Got the email saying this will be £8 on the next billing cycle. Will keep it for now since I cancelled Netflix as I hardly watch it.

Matty8787 · 20 Sep 2020 at 02:26

Company of Heroes 2 on now, downloaded and still as good as I remember.

ic1male · 20 Sep 2020 at 08:01

Matty8787 said:
Company of Heroes 2 on now, downloaded and still as good as I remember.

That is a big surprise. Are the developers still working on the Steam version or something?

Matty8787 · 20 Sep 2020 at 13:34

ic1male said:
That is a big surprise. Are the developers still working on the Steam version or something?

I have absolutely no idea, what I do know is for some reason it runs my GPU really, really hot.

Brumboy · 22 Sep 2020 at 09:47

Are there any games which are going to be for the Xbox Series S/X only and not come to the game pass?

Wondering if it's worth buying a new Xbox or not, cause if the games are going to be on game pass for PC too then..no point is there?

ZombieFan · 22 Sep 2020 at 13:50

Brumboy said:
Are there any games which are going to be for the Xbox Series S/X only and not come to the game pass?

Wondering if it's worth buying a new Xbox or not, cause if the games are going to be on game pass for PC too then..no point is there?

PC Game Pass only contains smaller selection of what's available on the Xbox One and games come and go on a monthly basis. There are just over 200 games available to PC players at the moment (https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/games?=pcgames), whilst there are thousands of games available for the Xbox One natively. I'm sure it will be the same for the Series S/X.

Brumboy · 22 Sep 2020 at 16:16

ZombieFan said:
PC Game Pass only contains smaller selection of what's available on the Xbox One and games come and go on a monthly basis. There are just over 200 games available to PC players at the moment (https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/games?=pcgames), whilst there are thousands of games available for the Xbox One natively. I'm sure it will be the same for the Series S/X.

Ah right! That changes things then!

I stupidly signed up for the £1 Ultimate trial today forgetting I could have used it for that xbox live ultimate trick..

Brumboy · 23 Sep 2020 at 13:37

Quick question.

Does this xbox live gold to ultimate trick still work, if so how do I do it?

For example, do I buy 3 of these - 12 Month Xbox Live Gold Membership - (EU)

Redeem 1, then allow reccuring billing, then cancel, then redeem another code, do this for all 3.

Then purchase a month of ultimate (either full price or £1 if the offer ever appears again), then it will convert all of that xbox live gold to ultimate?

Or does it only work with the £1 trial?

robfosters · 23 Sep 2020 at 17:25

They have tweeted a tease on twitter about something big coming to GP, but no one can work out what it is. Some are suggesting it could either be Valhalla or Cyberpunk.

chorse · 23 Sep 2020 at 18:21

Hey siri, when are EA games coming to gamepass?

ic1male · 23 Sep 2020 at 18:37

robfosters said:
They have tweeted a tease on twitter about something big coming to GP, but no one can work out what it is. Some are suggesting it could either be Valhalla or Cyberpunk.

Or Doom Eternal.

Nexus18 · 23 Sep 2020 at 18:58

Can someone provide steps or breakdown how you get this gamepass for cheap for 3 years, most of the steps seem to be referencing for the xbox, that and surely if you buy one of the below, it limits you to just the xbox, I want this just for PC.....