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EvanBenner said:
No, this is my first month participating as a new Xbox user. As recent as several months ago people were still touting the rewards program as a viable way to earn monthly Game Pass Ultimate for free basically, but in the last few months point values have declined significantly or aren't registering when earned in my case. Not a great first impression.
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I think they might actually be sabotaging the system or planning to phase it out. Haven't had any issues with the quests not completing, but I also just get the same weekly quest every time now - check out a game, 3 daily search sets, and check into the app 3 times. I've also seen a sharp reduction in activities and suggested games in the Rewards app. On the Bing side, I usually do the daily sets through the app, but it has become complete garbage the past few weeks. The activities take ages to load, and the searches are rewarding points roughly 30% of the time. Doesn't matter how I search, through the suggested bar, manually typing, or scrolling to the bottom and tapping a related search. The rewards program was great, I used to earn 3 month Game Pass cards, but it's getting harder and harder to hit that mark.
 
It took about 7 attempts, but I got through the first tier of the new endgame on Diablo 4. Got the new glyph to start ranking up - that will take forever.

Oh - and when they added this new patch - they broke existing glyphs, as any that were maxed out to 21 got bumped down to 19. I had all that I was using up to 21.

They are still trying to fix it.
 
duke86fan said:
anyone looking at the game awards

new game in the mana series

GOW ragnarok DLC

Jurassic Park game

JORDAN PEELE AND KOJIMA WORKING ON A HORROR GAME FOR XBOX
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The trailer from Sega has me most excited. So many classic games getting the remake treatment. My middle school years all over again!

Edit: guess these are new entries! Even better!!
 
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I got lucky at last weekend's company Xmas party and won the Nintendo Switch in the raffle. It came bundled with Mario Cart which the kids and I absolutely love, but dad did win it so technically it's still dad's...

So what is everyone's short list of must-have games? I'm eyeing Breath of the Wild already, but I'd like some easy to pick up, quick to play games to kill 30 minutes or an hour as well.
 
folsom_lives said:
I got lucky at last weekend's company Xmas party and won the Nintendo Switch in the raffle. It came bundled with Mario Cart which the kids and I absolutely love, but dad did win it so technically it's still dad's...

So what is everyone's short list of must-have games? I'm eyeing Breath of the Wild already, but I'd like some easy to pick up, quick to play games to kill 30 minutes or an hour as well.
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Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Mario Odyssey, Personas 4 and 5, Tears of the Kingdom (after Breath of the Wild, natch), Xenoblade 3, the Picross S series...

Odyssey in particular is structured in such a way that it works really well for both short and long play sessions. Lots and lots of little micro-goals inside the larger stages so you can feel like you got a little something done even during bite-sized playtimes.
 
folsom_lives said:
I got lucky at last weekend's company Xmas party and won the Nintendo Switch in the raffle. It came bundled with Mario Cart which the kids and I absolutely love, but dad did win it so technically it's still dad's...

So what is everyone's short list of must-have games? I'm eyeing Breath of the Wild already, but I'd like some easy to pick up, quick to play games to kill 30 minutes or an hour as well.
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Nintendo makes really, really good games that are very fun, but feel like they could have spent more time making more content for them. It won't stop me from playing them, but when you spend like $40+ you want more than 15~ hours on a game. But for your purposes, that might be perfect, so you'd only need like a handful of sessions to beat them.

BOTW and TOTK are LONG. Good, but know that you'll spend loads of time playing them. I put like 150 and 170 hours in each.

Shorter but fun games:
  • Kirby and the Forgotten Land
  • Luigi's Mansion 3
  • Pikmin 3 (and 4)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
  • Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
  • Mario Odyssey (could be as short or as long as you want it to be)
Games available on Switch but also other consoles that you might have already played:
  • Hollow Knight
  • Hades
  • Ori and the Blind Forest
  • Ori and Will of the Wisps
 
wokeupnew said:
Nintendo makes really, really good games that are very fun, but feel like they could have spent more time making more content for them. It won't stop me from playing them, but when you spend like $40+ you want more than 15~ hours on a game. But for your purposes, that might be perfect, so you'd only need like a handful of sessions to beat them.

BOTW and TOTK are LONG. Good, but know that you'll spend loads of time playing them. I put like 150 and 170 hours in each.

Shorter but fun games:
  • Kirby and the Forgotten Land
  • Luigi's Mansion 3
  • Pikmin 3 (and 4)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
  • Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
  • Mario Odyssey (could be as short or as long as you want it to be)
Games available on Switch but also other consoles that you might have already played:
  • Hollow Knight
  • Hades
  • Ori and the Blind Forest
  • Ori and Will of the Wisps
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Thanks. I really like the look of Ori and will probably check those out.
 
folsom_lives said:
I got lucky at last weekend's company Xmas party and won the Nintendo Switch in the raffle. It came bundled with Mario Cart which the kids and I absolutely love, but dad did win it so technically it's still dad's...

So what is everyone's short list of must-have games? I'm eyeing Breath of the Wild already, but I'd like some easy to pick up, quick to play games to kill 30 minutes or an hour as well.
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Portal Companion Collection would be my choice. Play 1 puzzle in a sitting or all of them once you get hooked.

The couch co-op is amazing and would be fun to play with the kids.
 
folsom_lives said:
I got lucky at last weekend's company Xmas party and won the Nintendo Switch in the raffle. It came bundled with Mario Cart which the kids and I absolutely love, but dad did win it so technically it's still dad's...

So what is everyone's short list of must-have games? I'm eyeing Breath of the Wild already, but I'd like some easy to pick up, quick to play games to kill 30 minutes or an hour as well.
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SNIPPERCLIPS. It's so much fun with kids, and translates so incredibly well to the Joy-Con controller format.

I also love using our Switch for 2D side scrollers (platform puzzlers and Metroidvanias which include several games recommended above).

A newer one that I recently started (and had backed on Kickstarter) that feels very kid friendly is 9 Years of Shadows. It's got the Metroid/Castlevania style map, save style, and abilities unlocked through exploration, but isn't overly challenging. The art style is gorgeous and the fantasy themes around defeating darkness by unleashing art and music feel really good too. (I've already backed the dev's next game Mariachi Legends.)

I really dug Dredge, which would be an easy one for your shorter game windows. Fishing sim meets eldritch horror.
 
EvanBenner said:
SNIPPERCLIPS. It's so much fun with kids, and translates so incredibly well to the Joy-Con controller format.

I also love using our Switch for 2D side scrollers (platform puzzlers and Metroidvanias which include several games recommended above).

A newer one that I recently started (and had backed on Kickstarter) that feels very kid friendly is 9 Years of Shadows. It's got the Metroid/Castlevania style map, save style, and abilities unlocked through exploration, but isn't overly challenging. The art style is gorgeous and the fantasy themes around defeating darkness by unleashing art and music feel really good too. (I've already backed the dev's next game Mariachi Legends.)

I really dug Dredge, which would be an easy one for your shorter game windows. Fishing sim meets eldritch horror.
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Nice. I like the look of Dredge too.
 
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