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Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass: Pentiment, Football Manager 2023, Somerville, and More
Checked out Tianding last night. It’s an average Metroidvania in a sea of average Metroidvanias. Worth sleeping on.
Another weak GamePass haul. It is seriously starting to feel like a rebranded, more expensive, games with gold…
Eh, looks like a ‘you’ problem. Because most of the games on offer have 80+ MC ratings. Including stuff like Monkey Island that’s one of the better rates games released in H2 2022.
Certainly not a weak month.
CamHostage
Member
Internal projections, nothing we the public would know.
I just don't want to find an interview or sales report from MS in 9-12 months saying, "Unfortunately Pentiment underperformed against our sales estimates, and we do not plan to continue this line of products." I hope people try this, and I hope it's successful enough for MS to ask what other ideas are floating around the offices which might be worth a try.
clarky
Gold Member
With Game pass i don't think thats much of an issue. Infact without GP i doubt this would have got made.
DEAD ORIGINAL
Member
Battleship grey drab presentation and someone gets paid for this.
CamHostage
Member
Eh, it's still an issue. HBO shows with unfortunately low ratings get canceled even though their business model is driving premium subscription interest for prestige TV. But Pentiment has gotten the kind of attention it needs for being small yet prominent; so far, so good.
clarky
Gold Member
You mentioned sales, hence why i mentioned the game pass model, which will lead to more engagement even if its doesn't light up the charts (it won't). But yeah, i get your drift.
If it reviews well and enough people try it out hopefully we'll get more of this kind of thing. Like you say.
I don’t think Pentiment is planned to be a franchise. And with the success of Grounded, MS will likely continue to fund these smaller titles.
Not to mention they can’t really say no to the likes of Sawyer.
Negotiator101
Member
Looks like it was made with a very small budget and a very small team. The mere fact Booty gave this the greenlight (I'd wager Sony wouldn't have) shows how much Xbox have come on since the early Xbox days.
CamHostage
Member
What I'm saying is, I'm hoping whatever Pentiment does for Xbox and Game Pass (perceptually if not financially,) I would like to see the possibility of that kind of greenlight also extended past Josh Sawyer.
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Davevil
Late October Surprise
How the heck Konami don't sue it with all that asset grab from Castlevania?
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
I thought that was the case as well originally.
https://www.pcgamer.com/vampire-survivors-didnt-rip-off-castlevania-sprites-after-all/
This was also highlighted by the developer on the Steam discussion boards, which brought the topic up.
No assets have been ripped or stolen from other titles. The asset pack in question had been commissioned non exclusively for a different game, Serenade of Chaos, in 2006, then removed from sale from Oryx Design Lab's site a few years ago and finally made available on Oryx's Patreon under the name "Hi-Fi Gothic".
Designs from the pack that are too unique and that aren't just the yet another interpretation of something from the Ars Goetia are not in use.
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MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
I need to finish God of War before Pentiment 
Think it also depends on the type of games, if you are into indies then there is a great number of indie day one games (thank god for the humble games partnership).
That’s a lot of words to say you only play AAA games. Which is kinda sad.
SportsFan581
Member
Agreed. The big games are always great to see on there, but there are so many gems on there that aren't as widely known. You miss out on a lot if you ignore those.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
Tomorrow.
buenoblue
Member
Yeah I have nothing against indies but being in my 40s now I have limited time to game and prefer to just play the bigger titles at the pace I want..price is not an issue for me it's having the the time and having had gamepass for 18 months or so I just don't use it enough. It's like quantity over quality for me.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
feynoob
Banned
I doubt you play every game.
But I can see the gamepass burn. I don't see any game worth playing for me currently. Most of my desired games are 2023.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
THE CRACK IS OUT !
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Sommerville has seemingly launched early than expected on game pass.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
It can be incredibly difficult to find out what they want you to do in this game. Super vague opener so far.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
Somerville Review - IGN
My first play session on Somerville lines up with this review pretty well. Seems like a 7. It's not bad, has some cool elements for sure. But it definitely is a little difficult to see what you're doing sometimes, and the controls don't feel great.
Roberts
Member
Yup, they should have spent a bit more time on animations and improve the way characters interact with the world. That said, art, sound and overall mood are really impressive - as a father of two small kids, that beginning at the house with the kid gave me weird anxiety and yet sucked me right in.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
I can only imagine lol. That trash can part I was like ... kid ... stop lol.
Jimmyisback
Banned
Midway through signalis. Getting Resident evil classic vibes. great game so far.