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10 Best Twin-Stick Shooters on Xbox One

Love running and gunning your way through enemies, wildly spraying bullets as you go? Then check out these twin-stick shooter on Xbox One.

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7 Indie Games Definitely Worth Your Time

With the industry filled with oversaturated FPS titles doing little in the name of innovation, indie developers show us what true games are.

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anast1055d ago

I still have to finish Little Nightmares, but so far the art is enjoyable and the environmental storytelling is entertaining.

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The Best Roguelike Games

IGN : Ask three different video game fans to define what a “Roguelike” is, and chances are, you’re likely to get three very different responses: One might say "Oh yeah, those are like that game with the sexy greek gods!" Another might reply "No, you idiot, Hades is a Rogue-LITE. A roguelike is a game like Spelunky." And another still might slam their hands on the table and shout, "The reason why they're called rogueLIKES is because they're LIKE the 1980s dungeon crawler rogue. None of those games are roguelikes at all!"

BrainSyphoned1425d ago

Everspace, Moonlighter and Monster Train are my top 3 quick time wasters.

Atom6661425d ago

Can't argue there. I am firmly on the Hades bandwagon too.

i81duce1425d ago

I’ll have to agree with a comment below that Binding of Isaac is my top, but thank you for 3 recommendations that I’ve never heard of to appease my addiction. @atom666, I’ll try and see what Hades is all about as welll ☺️

Sidewinder-1425d ago (Edited 1425d ago )

Loved FTL.

Oh, & Dungeons of Dredmor was pretty good.

Eviltattoo 1425d ago

My daughter and I had a blast with Rogue Legacy - our favorite by far.
We also enjoyed Undermine which I didn't see make this list unfortunately.

Vanfernal1425d ago

To me Binding of Isaac is the GOAT. No two runs in that game feel the same. The unlimited combinations of item synergies is still something no game has been able to match.

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RazzerRedux1525d ago

Warface: Breakout
Vicious Attack Llama Apocalypse
Metal Slug 3
Port Royale 3

darthv721525d ago (Edited 1525d ago )

Metal "Heavy Machine Gun" Slug... hells yeah!!!

I've played all the MS games but they are still so much fun.

Orchard1525d ago

Unpopular opinion but they should just scrap GWG. It's become weak since Game Pass took over. Perhaps they need to merge the two services fully.

ocelot071525d ago

It is merged fully. It's called game pass ultimate. Microsoft pretty much want everyone on gamepass.

But can't just cancel gold because it will annoy so many users. It will make them feel like they are forcing gamepass into them. Next option for them is to make gold look like rubbish value. Which is what they are doing. No more 12 month sub codes. Monthly games are a joke these days.

CYALTR1525d ago

I'm pretty sure that was the idea they had when they doubled the price of Gold. That didn't go over so well! I think you are definitely on point though.

Parasyte1525d ago

You can still buy a 1-year sub. They reversed that policy the same day it was revealed.

Profchaos1525d ago

The recent price jacking of good went over as well as a lead balloon but the fact it would of been more expensive than gamepass Ultimate was a clear middle finger to gold only subs

Christopher1525d ago (Edited 1525d ago )

Yes. Giving fewer options now is how it should go. You either pay for GamePass (which requires Ultimate for GWG, btw) or get nothing. We'll totally forget how Microsoft sold GamePass as an idea of more options for gamers, now it is the only option. Sounds like a great idea. And exactly what Microsoft wants people to think and why they are putting crappier games out on GWG.

Orchard1525d ago

I mean I agree. I don't think less options is better, but right now the options are basically a weakened Live sub for the same price as a previously strong Live sub, or Game Pass Ultimate. Either merge them (without a price increase), or scrap GWG since it's been weak for a while, and make Gold a bit cheaper.

ocelot071525d ago

@Orchard it's never going to happen. Microsoft has invested so much money. They are banking on everyone on pc and the Xbox platform to move to gamepass or gamepass ultimate. Not give people a cheaper option. At least least not for much longer.

This is why as a pc gamer I don't buy into gamepass. For now while Microsoft keeps offering me £1 a month or £1 for 3 months it's worth it. But once all these nice offers go away. I won't be subbing to gamepass. Not for £150 a year.

I much rather buy 3 games I know I'll get my enjoyment out of and monies worth. Than £150 a year to play the same 3 games.plus try a few more and loose access to them aftr a year.

crazyCoconuts1525d ago

I'd agree if online play was free. Given that it's not, it would be uncool to force ppl to pay the price of gamepass +gold just to play online.
BTW, re: ocelot @ gamepass for PC, MS rather quietly tiered gamepass so that you don't get certain games unless you have ultimate. Hivebusters requires ultimate to get to. I think they'll use this tiering strategy for their bigger AAA titles in the future

DJStotty1524d ago (Edited 1524d ago )

I think the options are still the same :-

Option 1 - Gold sub, online multiplayer and GWG (£39.99 12 months until codes run out)

Option 2 - Gold sub + gamepass sub seperately (i did this for around a year or so), online, GWG, 363 gamepass games (around £120 per year)

Option 3 - Gamepass Ultimate - XBL gold, gamepass 363 games, EA Play, Xcloud, Gamepass for PC, GWG. (gamepass currently stands at around 380-400 games) (around £130 per year)

For me personally, option 3 is the most cost effective, breakdown :-

Option 1 - £39.99
Option 2 - £120.00
Option 3 - £130.00

DJStotty1524d ago

Please explain disagrees, as i do not want to be stating false information.

As far as i am aware, everything stated is fact.

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Jericho13371525d ago

They should do away with gold altogether and just have Xbox Live as a free service with GamePass being the premium service.

I can imagine them bringing more tiers to GamePass as well, like basic (2 downloads per month or something like that).

NeoGamer2321524d ago

I am fine the way it is. Kind of nice getting 4 games every month that add to my collection.

I am not sure it is really that weak. Warface is a newer release of a decent game, VALA is a fun duel stick shooter, Metal Slug 3 is a nice side scrolling shoot'em up and Port Royal 3 is a pretty good RPG that not a lot of people have or would have bought. But any PC RPG fan would probably enjoy.

Frankly, both PS Plus and XBL Games with Gold have had a disappointing past 12 months overall. Gone are the days where we would see a 4-6 month massive triple AAA game. Here are the days of the multi-year old AAA and well rated games.

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TheColbertinator1525d ago

Metal Slug 3 is the only title I would check but I already bought it for every platform on the planet.

Father__Merrin1525d ago

Terrible month Mslug 3 is alright as well as War frame breakout tho the other 2 no point in them

DJStotty1524d ago

Not bad for me, i have not played any of these 4.

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