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Most popular Xbox games — Game Pass boosts Far Cry New Dawn back into top 20

  • Mr PeanutbubberMr Peanutbubber1,042,458
    Posted on 10 February 25 at 19:35
    I didn't realize Sniper Elite was that popular. I know it is a Game Pass release, too.
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  • TymanTheLongTymanTheLong568,265
    Posted on 10 February 25 at 20:13
    Mr Peanutbubber said:
    I didn't realize Sniper Elite was that popular. I know it is a Game Pass release, too.
    I mean even your stability issues with it aside, that game is a hodgepodge mess of jank that somehow manages to be extremely fun. I don’t expect it’ll hang on for too many weeks because there’s just not that much there, but what is there is a shockingly fun sandbox where you find creative ways to kill and maim nazis so…. I don’t know what to say, the stupid thing works even though it’s a mess.
  • Posted on 10 February 25 at 20:22
    Giving my score a good boost. Might be able to finish that online one now with the influx.
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  • Mr PeanutbubberMr Peanutbubber1,042,458
    Posted on 10 February 25 at 20:54
    TymanTheLong said:
    Mr Peanutbubber said:
    I didn't realize Sniper Elite was that popular. I know it is a Game Pass release, too.
    I mean even your stability issues with it aside, that game is a hodgepodge mess of jank that somehow manages to be extremely fun. I don’t expect it’ll hang on for too many weeks because there’s just not that much there, but what is there is a shockingly fun sandbox where you find creative ways to kill and maim nazis so…. I don’t know what to say, the stupid thing works even though it’s a mess.
    Yeah, I never did bother even trying to download it again. I just played it exclusively through the Cloud. Honestly no issues at but the resolution was a little low. Given the nature of the game, it was fine.

    To me, this game is what you expect from it. Good fun for 15-20 hours but not much you'll remember or take away.
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  • FaSCoRPFaSCoRP783,634
    Posted on 10 February 25 at 20:56
    Zombie Army 4 from the same dev than Sniper Elite was really, really fun, mostly in 4 player online coop
    nope
  • AllgorhythmAllgorhythm667,362
  • Posted on 10 February 25 at 21:46
    Here's hoping that the Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection shows up next week.

    Very difficult without GamePass though...
  • Wicked JeiWicked Jei1,093,847
    Posted on 11 February 25 at 00:42
    Yeah that’s wild that KCD isn’t top 40 after 6 days of release and has less than 8k tracked players on here. Did it only sell well on PC?
  • IgolorbrIgolorbr223,939
    Posted on 11 February 25 at 02:32
    The gen 9 patch for Far Cry helps a lot. Looks nice.
  • HolyHalfDeadHolyHalfDead829,213
    Posted on 11 February 25 at 08:00, Edited on 11 February 25 at 08:02 by HolyHalfDead
    Putting a Far Cry game into Game Pass would be good publicity for a new Far Cry game. I wonder if Lost Between Worlds means we won’t be getting Far Cry 6.5 (like Blood Dragon/Primal/New Dawn).

    I’ve enjoyed Far Cry since 2 (and then played the 3 previous games which are quite different). But Far Cry never makes the TA best Open Worlds list, which is mainly a list of RPGs.
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  • Posted on 11 February 25 at 08:14
    TymanTheLong said:
    Mr Peanutbubber said:
    I didn't realize Sniper Elite was that popular. I know it is a Game Pass release, too.
    I mean even your stability issues with it aside, that game is a hodgepodge mess of jank that somehow manages to be extremely fun. I don’t expect it’ll hang on for too many weeks because there’s just not that much there, but what is there is a shockingly fun sandbox where you find creative ways to kill and maim nazis so…. I don’t know what to say, the stupid thing works even though it’s a mess.
    Thanks to Game Pass I gave it a try, but the enemy AI is so bad that I don’t know if I’ll return.
  • Mr PeanutbubberMr Peanutbubber1,042,458
    Posted on 11 February 25 at 09:00
    DrDaveWatford said:
    TymanTheLong said:
    Mr Peanutbubber said:
    I didn't realize Sniper Elite was that popular. I know it is a Game Pass release, too.
    I mean even your stability issues with it aside, that game is a hodgepodge mess of jank that somehow manages to be extremely fun. I don’t expect it’ll hang on for too many weeks because there’s just not that much there, but what is there is a shockingly fun sandbox where you find creative ways to kill and maim nazis so…. I don’t know what to say, the stupid thing works even though it’s a mess.
    Thanks to Game Pass I gave it a try, but the enemy AI is so bad that I don’t know if I’ll return.
    You're not wrong, they are pretty derpy. You die very quickly in a gunfight on higher difficulties but you are like invincible on lowest one. Makes getting collectibles easy.

    I found it beyond confusing how AI can set off an alarm and the entire map isn't alerted. I feel you would get swarmed so much quicker irl.
    I'm escaping to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism...SPACE!
  • Posted on 11 February 25 at 10:06
    Mr Peanutbubber said:
    DrDaveWatford said:
    TymanTheLong said:
    Mr Peanutbubber said:
    I didn't realize Sniper Elite was that popular. I know it is a Game Pass release, too.
    I mean even your stability issues with it aside, that game is a hodgepodge mess of jank that somehow manages to be extremely fun. I don’t expect it’ll hang on for too many weeks because there’s just not that much there, but what is there is a shockingly fun sandbox where you find creative ways to kill and maim nazis so…. I don’t know what to say, the stupid thing works even though it’s a mess.
    Thanks to Game Pass I gave it a try, but the enemy AI is so bad that I don’t know if I’ll return.
    You're not wrong, they are pretty derpy. You die very quickly in a gunfight on higher difficulties but you are like invincible on lowest one. Makes getting collectibles easy.

    I found it beyond confusing how AI can set off an alarm and the entire map isn't alerted. I feel you would get swarmed so much quicker irl.
    Even on normal difficulty the enemy AI is laughable; guards will discover a body and just stand there staring at it for minutes on end, not even raising the alarm or looking around for the perp (me) even though I'm close by and in open sight as there's no cover. So you take that guard out too, and eventually another arrives and the scenario repeats until there's a mountain of dead guards. Bit of an immersion breaker, that....
  • Posted on 12 February 25 at 08:47
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