Xbox Game Pass 4+

While not giving you access to every game in the XBox library, Game Pass gives you access to plenty of well known titles and big blockbuster hits plus less well known games at, what I consider, to be a great price point. New titles are constantly been added each month to keep you interested. I am loving it.

One caveat is the need for a decent internet connection to allow for the speedy download of games that you want to play. The games you download from Game Pass remain part of your local gaming library whilst you remain subscribed to Game Pass.

For me, Game Pass really does represent the Netflix of games for gamers playing under the XBox banner.

Pretty good app for the purpose it’s intended to do. Haven’t had it crash on me. But it does sometimes lag a bit with opening game pages and layers pages on top of one another. Then you have to go back for each page.

I think having a feature to remove a game from you’re installation list after you’ve completed and/or uninstalled it would be really useful. Or being able to put them in a separate category like “ Ready to download” or “Completed” like with digitally owned uninstalled games would be good. I’ve only had Gamepass for a while and installing games off my phone is handy (not really a easy to find button) but the list has gotten long.

I was surprised by the lack of having reviews in the app from the store. Considering this is easily seen in the regular Xbox app. As well as what friends you have that own the game and if it has DLCs and other related games you might like. Seems like a bit of a missed opportunity there to incentivise further use “hint hint, nudge nudge”

The game pages even play videos but do tend to buffer, as usual. Just that the play/pause button is tiny in the corner and doesn’t show video true status.

But these are otherwise minor things

One of the easiest to use apps regarding remote access and downloading for Xbox and the Game Pass/Game Pass Ultimate. It’s pretty much having your Xbox on or even not on just connected to power and downloading remotely! Not even in your home! So whatever you download will be installed by the time you get home give or take your DL speeds etc. The array of games they have is outstanding from brand new releases (The Outer Worlds for me atm) to other major titles like Halo, Gears 5, Forza, and literally over 100+ titles you can easily swipe through and literally download there and then!