My latest round with Game Pass Ultimate

 i just completed a 3-month Bing Rewards points subscription to Game Pass Ultimate. Still playing on my Xbox One, so some games i wanted to try were not playable (didn't really want to download stuff on my Series S).  i got close to the monthly internet cap as it was every month without those mammoth "next gen" downloads.

Strange that rewards gets me to play less games on Game Pass than i would without them. Why? The daily and monthly 5 pt reward for achievements. i basically hold off playing games as much to make that daily easier (to make the 500pt and 1,000pt monthly bonuses easier to get).

So what did i play/"beat" (considering that i mostly play at the easiest difficulty possible). 

• Ben 10: Power Trip: had to use internet for collectibles though.  There were some annoying segments.  i hate that fast character (hard to control) XLR8. More platforming than i would like
• My Friend Peppa Pig: (for the achievements)
• Dordogne (didn't get the CPR achievements, hate QTEs)
• Bluey The Video game (for the achievements)
• TOEM
• Sword and Fairy: Together Forever
• Persona 5 Tactica: though i hate tactics games
• Persona 3 Reload
• Venba

Played about 60 hours of Octopath Traveler 2 over a 10-day span. Kind of hate the gimmick bosses (especially Dulcinea). Beat half of the character story lines.  Every character 50+ (three are level 75) View some characters as useless.

Disappointments:

* Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy: i suck at this. Spyro was the better series (not like i can do that much better anymore)

* Sponge Bob Square Pants: another annoyingly hard (for me) platformer.

* Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan: feel dumber having played this game.  Too much feeling bs.

* Eiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes: Massive problems with stick drift/dead zones made this game virtually unplayable.  Stupid minigames and other annoyances.

If you want to play a Suikoden style game wait for the Remaster March 6, 2025

* Diablo IV: a game i didn't actually play.  Why?  i'm not signing up to "battle pass" to play a game.  Also heard it was too much of an MMO type game (i want to play a game, not with others)

* Palworld: don't see the appeal

* Lies of P: getting one achievement was about all of that game i could stomach.

Started, But Didn't Play Enough to Ultimately Get a Feel:

* My Time at Sandrock: stuck when you need to create a crane or something and have to recycle components

* While the Iron's Hot

* Lil Gator Game