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Game Pass Ultimate

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 2:38 pm
by 16vCento
Has anyone got this on Xbox?

Any recommended games?

I've got a free 3 month Ultimate pass to use that came with my Series X so I may as well try some new games.

Re: Game Pass Ultimate

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 2:58 pm
by ZedLeg
It's definitely worth the money.

Assume you want some driving so the Forzas and Snowrunner are worth a look.

What kind of games are you into??

Re: Game Pass Ultimate

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 3:45 pm
by 16vCento
I've got all the Forzas and Snowrunner already annoyingly.

I quite liked Fallout 4 if there's anything like that?

I only really play driving games but I'm bored so happy to try some new genres out.

Is that Cyberpunk game on it? That's supposed to be good I've heard, I think MS FS is coming onto it next month hopefully!

Re: Game Pass Ultimate

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 3:53 pm
by ZedLeg
All the Bethesda games are on Gamepass so all the Fallout and Elder Scrolls games.

The older ones are worth playing but they are quite rough compared to the more recent ones. If you just liked wandering around in Fallout, you could try Fallout 76.

Outer Worlds and Control are both worth a look too.

Cyberpunk isn't on it and I'd probably wait until the Series X/S updated version eventually comes out. The current console versions are quite broken.

It's worth just downloading stuff and giving it a go, I end up playing loads of the wee indy games on it just because they look fun. Doesn't cost you anything :)

ETA, flight simulator is coming to it. There are a lot of big games that are going to be on game pass from launch coming up, including Forza Horizon 5 in November.

Re: Game Pass Ultimate

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 4:50 pm
by RobYob
I saw Titanfall 2 on there, really enjoyed that as a nice short campaign (took me a weekend) with a bunch of fun set pieces with mechs, parkour and gunplay.

The massive RPGs like The Witcher series and Cyberpunk and Fallouts can be very rewarding but the time commitment is huge.

As ever Elite Dangerous is fantastic space flight/fight/**** although the servers are still a bit wonky from the latest DLC release.

Re: Game Pass Ultimate

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 4:51 pm
by 16vCento
Cheers, quite a few decent games to have a go at on it by the sound of things.

Should keep me occupied for a while!

Re: Game Pass Ultimate

Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 5:18 pm
by 16vCento
Downloading RDR2, never played it!

110gb 😳

Re: Game Pass Ultimate

Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 6:07 pm
by ZedLeg
Yeah the size of modern games is bonkers.

I’ve got back into cod over lockdown and the total file size is about 300gb.

Re: Game Pass Ultimate

Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 6:08 pm
by Mito Man
Just wait until you start downloading 40gb updates due to the batshit stupid way consoles are programmed :roll:

Re: Game Pass Ultimate

Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 7:36 pm
by 16vCento
It's mental, taking forever to download as well, and we have Sky Fibre Max!

Re: Game Pass Ultimate

Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 7:50 pm
by Mito Man
I haven’t used Xbox in years so don’t know if they’re better but the PS3 and 4 was absolute rubbish for downloading games. Even on gigabit internet it was terrible as Sony limited download speeds greatly due to their crap bandwidth.

Re: Game Pass Ultimate

Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2021 8:00 am
by Brannen
You can set you Xbox to download when it's off/standby mode (not fully off). It tends to download a bit quicker that way I've found, just leave the game to download overnight. When I upgraded to the Series X a little while a go, I forgot about having to reinstall all my games. Took 2.5 days! 100gb plus file sizes are never going to be that quick unfortunately.

CoD is a nightmare when they release a new patch as well. It's the biggest game file by far. I've got Modern Warfare and Cold War installed, and both updating at the same time is shite

Re: Game Pass Ultimate

Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2021 8:51 am
by ZedLeg
The Series X is pretty good with downloads tbh. As long as I don’t have a game running I’ll get about 250mbps which is about all my connection will manage.

It also doesn’t do that thing that PlayStation does where you need double the space the download actually needs to install it.

Bit cheeky of MS to only put a 1tb hard drive in it and sell a 2tb expansion though :lol:. My CoD install is actually over 400gb now.

Re: Game Pass Ultimate

Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2021 10:56 am
by 16vCento
My Series X downloads slower than my One, both on same WiFi network.

Glad I got the expansion drive!

Re: Game Pass Ultimate

Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2021 11:03 am
by ZedLeg
It's worth checking you don't have any games still running. Having something like Forza running will drop my speed to 20mbps.

Re: Game Pass Ultimate

Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2021 11:08 am
by 16vCento
I'll go close everything down I think!