Defining Duke, Episode 209 | The Best & Worst of Xbox Game Pass in 2024
Added 2025-01-02 17:00:04 +0000 UTCGames are releasing at a ridiculous, potentially unsustainable pace. It's no longer a question of money, but rather time. Game Pass is always putting out good stuff, but there's so much to sift through that it makes the service a bit overwhelming. Well, the Dukes have arrived, and they have lists that they've checked twice. It's time to go over the naughty and nice for Xbox's prestige service in 2024. What games hit for Matty and Cog and which deserve a lump of coal in their stocking? Let's find out.
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Friend, I said the story was the only thing that was arguably worse. Everything else is at par or better.
Mr. Scott If You're Nasty
2025-01-05 20:47:23 +0000 UTCI find it far worse. They made her voices a superpower of sorts now, and the guy's dad at the end being responsible for the giants felt like a really left field pull. It's been too long for me to remember precisely but so many story elements left me disappointed. It has its moments though
David P
2025-01-05 20:35:51 +0000 UTCYes, thank you. The game was so bland and boring for like 75% of its runtime. It had some highlights, but I will never understand the praise. And for the record, I loved P4Golden, P5R, and Metaphor
Ryan Zimm
2025-01-05 17:15:40 +0000 UTCAlso - I will never understand the Persona 3 love. I thought it was awful, worst dungeon ever and no story until the last 2 months, no party social links… music and art is good but other than that - one of the worst for me
TheMuff1nMon
2025-01-05 15:58:28 +0000 UTCRe Cog enjoying Senua interacting with others: My theory about Hellblade 2 is that all of the people are in her head and the giants represent past trauma (since they are seemingly allegories - her mother, Dillion’s Death, her father).
TheMuff1nMon
2025-01-05 15:56:36 +0000 UTCPushback on Cogs Telltale comparison when discussion Hellblade 2: Telltale has made a name for themselves in that style of game. Ninja Theory on the contrary hasn’t, they’ve been known for good combat. Hellblade 1 was more gamey. So it’s weird for a sequel, nonetheless a game from the same studio who made Dmc to make HB2
Diddy’s Dong Quest
2025-01-05 15:14:39 +0000 UTCHellblade is indeed awful. It if it is as Cog says 'their vision' then it's a completely ill conceived vision and a massive opportunity cost for the studio. Xbox doesn't need to micro manage studios but they can guide them as to what games are needed for the platform. A mediocre 5 hour walking sim is simply not what Xbox needed on any front
Phil Walker
2025-01-04 16:17:18 +0000 UTCWrong. This Black Ops was amazing!!
Mr. Scott If You're Nasty
2025-01-04 12:19:49 +0000 UTCBingo. It makes zero sense to me.
Mr. Scott If You're Nasty
2025-01-04 12:19:17 +0000 UTCMy thoughts exactly, Hellblade 2 is becoming the new (the) Medium game in terms of repeating the same joke/banter. He's totally entitled to his opinion but to hate the second one so much, how can you love the first one? I can't wrap my head around it. Not bothered him having the opinion but when it's repeated constantly, naturally you'll start noticing flaws in his argument.
Stone Cold Steve
2025-01-04 09:35:19 +0000 UTCpsa Don't waste your hard earned dollars on Call of Duty and scummy developer studios
Nightseye9
2025-01-04 09:11:08 +0000 UTC37:11 YO MATTY WHAT
Drew
2025-01-03 18:44:45 +0000 UTCThe Good: Persona 3 Reload. What a steal. The Bad: Shattered Space. Wtf happened?
NeO JD
2025-01-03 16:27:33 +0000 UTCBest of luck guys, hope everything works out well.
Grimm Carousel
2025-01-03 14:01:28 +0000 UTCMatty's disdain for Hellblade 2 makes zero sense to me. The game is better or on par with the first one in every aspect, except story. Its a better version of the first one. So, if you liked the first one how aren't you at least okay with the second one. Makes no sense.
Mr. Scott If You're Nasty
2025-01-03 11:27:26 +0000 UTCI gotta say my top game pass game this year is Inscyption! Really good and surprising game!
Joel Nehlmark
2025-01-03 09:40:48 +0000 UTC😭😭
Andre Ordonez
2025-01-03 05:54:49 +0000 UTCI am selling my Xbox to my neighbours kid... I feel like I'm ripping em off though deep inside.
slick
2025-01-03 00:51:59 +0000 UTCAyo - what's COG doing in that thumbnail? 🫦
joefray_
2025-01-02 18:51:23 +0000 UTCHellblade 2 was shockingly bad imo. It's a summation of everything I don't want in video games.
Adam Razak
2025-01-02 17:26:34 +0000 UTC
