Not-so-easy Gamerscore: 35 tough and long completions from the latest Xbox sales

Excellent! An article about games other than shovelware which we have week after week, year after year.

Seems to be missing a few. Where's RAD and Soulstice for example?

EDIT: Oh I see they don't have completion times so I guess they're getting excluded? Not sure that's the right call considering the subject.

I started Fatal Bullet when it was on gamepass, and every time it goes on sale I think about buying it. It does seem to go on sale a lot, though, so I guess there's no great rush.

Time to get ACE COMBAT 7: Skies Unknown

blastfreak X said:… to play it in 2027
Since I’ve already made my playing list until the end of 2026

Depending on the legitimacy of how you get the full completions for these two games, WWE 2K22 on Xbox One and Xbox Series X aren't exactly 100-120/120-150 hour completions

If you finish the 1000g on one version, you can literally just unlock most of (if not, all) the grindy achievements (MyFaction) just by logging in on the other version and then it would only take like 30 hours to do the rest of the achievements (the most of that time would go into the MyCareer achievements)

Oddball5052 said:Do you know if it works the other way around too? Just because I’ve completed the series x version

35 > 25.

There, be happy complainers

TLDR: There aren't actually more easy games out there than moderate/hard games. It's just you all's perception that leads you to believe this.

Maxumilli0n said:Definitely not one I'd want to rush through for achievements though.

I've been slaying it in Payday 2 lately but man the DLC achievements being sketchy is frustrating as hell. I had to do Death Wish Goat Simulator three times, which is easily the most aggravating and likely hardest loud heist. I did the Yacht heist in under 6 minutes five times in coop and it popped for my partner first try but never did for me with multiple workarounds. I was resigned to do it solo and even then it didn't pop in the first success, I had to reset everything and pull it off a second time! Thank goodness it worked then.

I'm gonna complete it damnit. Seven achievements to go, but two of them are long prestige achievements.

Totally recommend Xcom 2. I feel it was a big improvement on the first game. The full completion is out of my reach but that doesn't mean I don't feel it is excellent.

Spirochaete said:The number of easy games vs moderate/hard games was never the issue (for most of us anyways). It was the issue of quick and easy completions getting an unproportionate amount of coverage on the site.

But, since you brought it up, I would argue:

1.) You are using a sample size of 1 week

2.) There is much bigger estimate criteria for 'not so easy' completions. The 'easy' list only counts games between '0-5' hours, whereas the 'not so easy' list counts games from 15 hours to 300.

3.) The art of publishers selling gamerscore is a relatively new development, really taking hold in 2018. Since then, more and more publishers are jumping on the trend and effortless gamerscore titles are absolutely on pace to outnumber longer completions.

4.) Since most 'gamerscore for sale' games are already modestly priced, there isn't a big of need to put them on sale. Most of the quick and easy games on sale are adventure games that are inherently short, or games that have exploits that allow for quick completions. There aren't any Ratalaika, Xitilon, SometimesYou or Chilidog games on this week's sale, nor do those games go on sale as often as you would think.

Just saying.

The Allslayer said:I think this is finally the week I pick up RAD, even just to add it to the endless backlog. It’s been on my wishlist forever.

Yakuza Like a Dragon is fantastic.
Getting all the cheevos for the "true bosses" it is a grind for a few people. Probably you will spend more hours grinding to reach level 99 on your character than the rest of the actual game :)

Skanker irl said:If you or anyone else needs help with builds or recognizing god rolls on gear, let me know, I’m happy to help. Odyssey is one of my all time favorites and I’ve spent over 1000 hours playing it.

TymanTheLong said:Thanks! Will do. So far I'm okay. But yeah, just having fun exploring the map chillin so far. Not in a rush.

Never stop fighting and good things will happen.

Now about that broken ratio formula...

WhitestAFI2ICAN said:Definitely curious about this. Im about 97% done with the myfaction stuff on series X, then I just have the mycareer and gm stuff left. I haven’t heard a definitive answer to if they actually do pop If you log into the other version

WhitestAFI2ICAN said:Yeah, it does work (either way) :)