Games with Gold

wexdevil

#IDARB is up for download now for anyone who is waiting for it

daUbiq

rottie 11 wrote: »

Another **** game with gold for xb1

How will you cope?

super_furry

Definitely disappointing when you see what Sony are doing with PS+.

Mr Freeze

calex71 wrote: »

Brothers is not a happy game

But a brilliant game, and its got heart (if a game can have heart that is).

Mr Freeze

That IDARB looks like it could be a bit of fun.

Looking forward to giving it a go. Read somewhere it could be as addictive as bomberman live. Bomberman Live was class.

daUbiq

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Shows you the self entitlement of modern gamers when they complain about free games.

That's modern Ireland for you! :eek:

super_furry

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Shows you the self entitlement of modern gamers when they complain about free games.

Comparing the relative merits of two similar competing paid services isn't exactly "complaining about free games".

daUbiq

super_furry wrote: »

Comparing the relative merits of two similar competing paid services isn't exactly "complaining about free games".

But someone saying x game is rubbish or another month of crap on XBOX1 is complaining... There's been plenty of good games given away for free, hasn't there?

maximoose

PS+ hasn't exactly been great of late either tbh

Their PS3 offerings are better than GWG for 360, PS4 games have been meh.

super_furry

daUbiq wrote: »

But someone saying x game is rubbish or another month of crap on XBOX1 is complaining... There's been plenty of good games given away for free, hasn't there?

I could count on one hand the number of good games on Xbox One that have been part of Games with Gold - there have been only two games with a Metacritic rating higher than 80 (Guacamelee and Super Time Force). And again, when put alongside what PS4 owners have had with Playstation +, there's a big disparity. Along with that, there have been 30 PS+ games for PS4 compared with 11 Games With Gold for Xbox One.

daUbiq

maximoose wrote: »

PS+ hasn't exactly been great of late either tbh

Their PS3 offerings are better than GWG for 360, PS4 games have been meh.

Decent this month though - Thief on ps3 and Transistor on ps4. I'm very happy to have gotten the Witcher 2.

rottie 11

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Shows you the self entitlement of modern gamers when they complain about free games.

All the good games are coming out on the 360. Brothers and sniper elite this month , they are games i would actually play. Unfortunatly i dont think i would play idarb:pac:

ZiabR

maximoose wrote: »

PS+ hasn't exactly been great of late either tbh

Their PS3 offerings are better than GWG for 360, PS4 games have been meh.

Would agree here. The 360/PS3 offerings are where the best games are.

If I power my 360 back up do I need to re-download the profile from the XO or will it just update?

Stone Deaf 4evr

super_furry wrote: »

I could count on one hand the number of good games on Xbox One that have been part of Games with Gold - there have been only two games with a Metacritic rating higher than 80 (Guacamelee and Super Time Force). And again, when put alongside what PS4 owners have had with Playstation +, there's a big disparity. Along with that, there have been 30 PS+ games for PS4 compared with 11 Games With Gold for Xbox One.

To be honest, I'm quite happy with the games with gold, mainly because they're titles I'd never spend money on.fair enough, panzer dragoon or whatever its called was terrible but Guacamelee was fantastic, as was max: the curse of brotherhood, Worms is always a good laugh, and I'm told chariot is pretty enjoyable too. Likewise, I was interested in D4, but never would have paid money for it. Its a bit much to expect them to give away AAA titles for free on a console thats just over a year old - most of which I've probably bought myself anyway. And fair enough if you want to compare it to Sonys service, but I didn't sign up to xbox live for free games when I first joined 9 years ago, I see them as a bonus - nothing more.

CatInABox

logik wrote: »

Would agree here. The 360/PS3 offerings are where the best games are.

If I power my 360 back up do I need to re-download the profile from the XO or will it just update?

There shouldn't be any difference, your profile should just continue on.

ZiabR

CatInABox wrote: »

There shouldn't be any difference, your profile should just continue on.

Think I will do this later and download Brothers. Cheers

CatInABox

logik wrote: »

Think I will do this later and download Brothers. Cheers

Another way of doing it is going to Xbox.com and getting it from there. Once you click download on the game on Xbox.com, then you've got it on your purchase list. You can download it at any time then.

The Games with Gold page is here.*

*It hasn't updated yet for me, but will in a few hours.

Stone Deaf 4evr

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Comparing two services which arent like for like isnt useful. Look at the mess that that PSN network has been over the last year or so.

to be fair, xbox live isn't exactly covering itself in glory lately either.

RobertFoster

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Shows you the self entitlement of modern gamers when they complain about free games.

Free? When did a Gold subscription become free?

DARK-KNIGHT

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

to be fair, xbox live isn't exactly covering itself in glory lately either.

I keep saying that stone it's issue after issue very infuriating seems every day there's some live problems

daUbiq

RobertFoster wrote: »

Free? When did a Gold subscription become free?

I've subscribed to xbox live for 7 years and for most of that time no games were given away so I see them as free games. Maybe you are new to xbox live?

pleasant Co.

daUbiq wrote: »

I've subscribed to xbox live for 7 years and for most of that time no games were given away so I see them as free games. Maybe you are new to xbox live?

Patronisation aside, what you see them as is fairly irrelevant, as is the length of your xbox live gold membership.
Games with Gold is a selling point of xbox live gold, brought in as a direct response to psn's own initiative to offer games as part of it's online service.

These games are not free, you are required to have an active gold sub to avail of and continue using any games from the games with gold catalogue.

MiskyBoyy

My 2 cents: I still see them as free and would still happily pay for Xbox Live without them.

pleasant Co.

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

My 2 cents: I still see them as free and would still happily pay for Xbox Live without them.

Of course, what's been given so far has been shockingly poor compared to its rival service

Stone Deaf 4evr

pleasant Co. wrote: »

Of course, what's been given so far has been shockingly poor compared to its rival service

but you'd have to wonder, did the rival service only offer free games to get people accepting of the yearly subscription model?

most certainly.

And If you cruise the PS4 forums, they complain about their free games as much as we do, the usual moaning about too many indies, old games, etc, etc.

GBX

Annnd unfollow thread. :rolleyes:

mrcheez

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Your not buying Gold to get the free games.

I only buy Gold for a month whenever I want the particular games available. I don't play online.

I get 2 months worth of games by joining at the end of the month.

Have only opted for this 2 times in the last year (largely due to indifference regarding the games on offer) so worked out cheaper than paying for the year.

calex71

MOD: Knock it off guys , whether or not games with gold is good or poor is an argument that always ends up going around in circles.

There is borderline childishness here from several posters who should really know better, any further posts in this manner will result in warning or a week off.

ZiabR

CatInABox wrote: »

Another way of doing it is going to Xbox.com and getting it from there. Once you click download on the game on Xbox.com, then you've got it on your purchase list. You can download it at any time then.

The Games with Gold page is here.*

*It hasn't updated yet for me, but will in a few hours.

Thanks for the link. I see the Witcher 2 is still there. That worth getting? Not played the series at all.

Mickeroo

logik wrote: »

Thanks for the link. I see the Witcher 2 is still there. That worth getting? Not played the series at all.

Brilliant game. If you like rpgs like Dragon age or mass effect it's a must buy (it's better than those though!)