Coming to Game Pass: Assassin’s Creed Mirage, 9 Kings (Game Preview), Rain World, and More

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Ultimate:

-Assassin's Creed Mirage (8/7)
-9 Kings (8/14)

Standard:
-Rain World (today)
-Citizen Sleeper 2 (8/6)
-Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders (8/6)
-MechWarrior 5: Clans (8/6)
-Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap (8/6)
 
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I don't have Mirage yet. I could run through a shorter AC game I guess. Rain World has been on my wishlist for a bit. The demo was interesting, but not blowing me away. Aliens has been on there before.

Definitely on the weaker side for these 2 weeks, but I'm still playing catchup on half a dozen other titles minimum.

Standard is getting some bangers. Citizen Sleeper and Lonely Mountain are fantastic.
 
Mirage is good purely because it's the first proper Ass Creed game in forever.

No bullshit, overly huge map and grinding needed, it's straight to the point and an entertaining 12 or so hour journey.
 
Punished Miku said:
I don't have Mirage yet. I could run through a shorter AC game I guess. Rain World has been on my wishlist for a bit. The demo was interesting, but not blowing me away. Aliens has been on there before.

Definitely on the weaker side for these 2 weeks, but I'm still playing catchup on half a dozen other titles minimum.

Standard is getting some bangers. Citizen Sleeper and Lonely Mountain are fantastic.
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Yeah, I was actually bought to buy Mirage on PS5 for $20 and as somebody that hasn't been able to get into a AC game since Black Flag it seemed more up my alley.

I'll have to look to see if the Pro upgrades are enough to warrant spending. I guess I could force myself to use the PC Xbox app...
 
Gamer_By_Proxy said:
This wouldn't even be a good PS+ month and GP is supposed to be more premium, more day 1's and it's more expensive.
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We had like 5 day 1s last month. This is just the first 2 weeks. Herdling is day 1 on Aug 21st. This isn't counting the Hellblade 2 free update.

Also this is a slow month. September also looks slow. Then October has Ninja Gaiden 4, Outer Worlds 2, and Call of Duty. November has Keeper. PS doesn't even have 4 first party titles this year, and we're getting 3 in just 2 months plus a second party title all day 1 on the sub.


If you drop a ton of day 1s that no one could possibly be done playing like 2 weeks ago, sometimes it's best to have a down period for 2 weeks to recoup some money. No one is caught up yet.
 
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Heard very good things about Rain World, but also that it's a hard game to get into.
 
I might try Game Pass this month then

EDIT: not supported in my western european country, come on
 
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Gamer_By_Proxy said:
This wouldn't even be a good PS+ month and GP is supposed to be more premium, more day 1's and it's more expensive.
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Game Pass has two waves of releases (every two weeks), and often shadowdrop releases. This month is also Gamescom and Quakecon, and that's often accompanied by surprises.

Evaluating the level of releases each month requires waiting to find out all of them.

Then, we've had many months where the level has been extraordinary. It would be extremely opportunistic to draw a comparison with PS+ when there's a less-than-stellar first wave (but with another batch of announcements left this month and Gamescom and Quakecon in the middle)
 
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Certinty said:
Mirage is good purely because it's the first proper Ass Creed game in forever.

No bullshit, overly huge map and grinding needed, it's straight to the point and an entertaining 12 or so hour journey.
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It's nice to be able to run around in a massive, fleshed out city after all this time.

Story is absolutely terrible, literally every character fucking sucks and the gameplay is MEGA barebones, but the visuals and the overall vibes are excellent. Super impressive lighting.


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Darsxx82 said:
Game Pass has two waves of releases (every two weeks), and often shadowdrop releases. This month is also GDC, and that's often accompanied by surprises.

Evaluating the level of releases each month requires waiting to find out all of them.

Then, we've had many months where the level has been extraordinary. It would be extremely opportunistic to draw a comparison with PS+ when there's a less-than-stellar first wave.
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Gamescom also.
 
SJRB said:
It's nice to be able to run around in a massive, fleshed out city after all this time.

Story is absolutely terrible, literally every character fucking sucks and the gameplay is MEGA barebones, but the visuals and the overall vibes are excellent. Super impressive lighting.


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But that's about it ...

As a huge AC Ezio trilogy fan, I wanted to like Mirage so much but couldn't play beyond ~5 hours (even after multiple attempts, months apart from each other). As you said, the game is very bare-bones and feels boring and uninspired.
 
Mirage is a decent addition.

But don't sleep on Aliens: Fireteam Elite, folks. It was on the service when the game first launched, I really enjoyed it back then.

Gamer_By_Proxy said:
This wouldn't even be a good PS+ month and GP is supposed to be more premium, more day 1's and it's more expensive.
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You know GP gets two drops a month right?

They don't dump everything at the same time like PS+.
 
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AC Mirage was fun for a bit due to the focus on stealth, but it was ultimately forgettable and I just wanted it to finish by the end. Glad I got that one cheap.

Citizen Sleeper 2 and Fireteam Elite are the big wins. Wasn't Citizen Sleeper literally on gamepass a few months ago? I hope that's not a sign it's not selling well.

Not sure what everyone above is saying. This is a pretty good month.
 
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Mirage story is so fucking bad. It doesn't help either they the cutscenes are terrible animated and the character rendering is a joke.

The city on the other hand is well made and the parkour and infiltration is good.

But yeah, its far from the quality of older AC
 
I hope this means it's coming ps extra soon. Usually both subs wouldn't allow a game on the rival platform for a period of time but since the war is over maybe this will hit Extra next week too.
 
I'm surprised people still play Ass Creed games after the 700th release. That IP has been milked to death.

Not impressed so far by this months first releases, but its dog days of summer and I suppose the major releases have to be saved for October-December at this point.

Plenty on the back catalogue anyway with the incredible releases the last few months.
 
UltimaKilo said:
Not impressed so far by this months first releases, but its dog days of summer and I suppose the major releases have to be saved for October-December at this point.
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The big hitter for the next drop is Gears: Reloaded along with anything else. September is all quiet so far, we don't know any confirmed day 1 games then but October is gonna be lit, Ninja Gaiden 4, Outer Worlds 2 and Double Fine's next game, Keeper, all 3 come out then barring any last minute delays.
 
Kind of surprised that Mirage is ultimate only. I thought the main difference between Ultimate and Standard was day 1 first party.
 
Fess said:
Enjoy??
Give me some snow! Can't take this summer of hell with nearly 30°C for like 4 weeks on a row!
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It's a bummer you cant enjoy it. My wife is similar but I fucking love weather like this - just brings me joy especially knowing that it will get freaking cold in like 2 months. That said, I wouldn't be able to stay outside for too long at 40°C.
 
Roberts said:
It's a bummer you cant enjoy it. My wife is similar but I fucking love weather like this - just brings me joy especially knowing that it will get freaking cold in like 2 months. That said, I wouldn't be able to stay outside for too long at 40°C.
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I mean I like it in short bursts but this summer has been brutal. I'm just not built for it when I can't do anything without sweating and can't cool off besides jumping into the ocean. I planned to do some work on the house, but nope! Not happening!
 
Fess said:
Enjoy??
Give me some snow! Can't take this summer of hell with nearly 30°C for like 4 weeks on a row!
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My man!

We just got over it being 95+ with like a billion % humidity. The mid 80's felt downright chilly for the first day. Can't wait for proper cold weather to return. I HATE summer.
 
LordCBH said:
My man!

We just got over it being 95+ with like a billion % humidity. The mid 80's felt downright chilly for the first day. Can't wait for proper cold weather to return. I HATE summer.
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Had to Google on that. 35°C ?? Just nope! What can you even do in such heat? Just suffer?
 
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