Xbox One General Discussion - Part 2 (Please Read 1st Post)

Jordan 199 · 11-01-2017 03:26PM

maximoose wrote: »

Have always wanted to play that Ghostbusters game

If there's something strange in your neighbourhood,
Who you gonna call?

11-01-2017 04:54PM

Jordan 199 wrote: »

If there's something strange in your neighbourhood,
Who you gonna call?

Joe Duffy

Max Mafioso · 11-01-2017 04:54PM

Jordan 199 wrote: »

If there's something strange in your neighbourhood,
Who you gonna call?

Deleted User wrote: »

Joe Duffy

Adrian Kennedy?

CatInABox · 11-01-2017 05:32PM

Jordan 199 wrote: »

If there's something strange in your neighbourhood,
Who you gonna call?

I aint afraid of no goats!

dunworth1 · 12-01-2017 01:31AM

qrx wrote: »

sorry, I know I said end of discussion, but someone in work pointed me to the GameStop returns policy. They state that they:
reserve the right to limit returns to unopened or defective products
We do not accept returns of: Any product(s) that has been opened (taken out of its plastic wrap).

So I think my suspicions were right, I should not have been sold a game in this way and really I should have refused to accept it. Chalk it up to experience. Fingers crossed all is intact, hadn't planned on playing the game for a while but I'll have to fire it up now.

I've always wondered this actually.

anytime I bought a game from GS that was not sealed the shop assistant took the game out of the sleeve and placed it into the holder in the box.
i would assume that if i went home and didn't play the game but decided i needed the money so i return the game or there's any issue with reading the disc

i would assume that when I bring it back to the shop I would have an issue
as the box is opened as what's to stop someone from buying the game playing through it and then returning it.

i remember when Game was still around they used to have the games inside sleeves also but when you bought the game the store assistant out the game in the box and then placed a game security seal on the box.

CatInABox · 12-01-2017 06:07PM

MEGA MAN 9, 10 and Beat'n Groovy are going BC today.

https://twitter.com/majornelson/status/819589807454220288

The BC guys are having a really strong start to the year.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 12-01-2017 06:11PM

CatInABox wrote: »

MEGA MAN 9, 10 and Beat'n Groovy are going BC today.

The BC guys are having a really strong start to the year.

Yeah, It seems like they're after hitting their stride with the emulation or something, last year we were lucky to get a few games a month, they're coming daily now.

The only problem is its adding games back into the backlog:rolleyes:

CiaranTheGreat · 12-01-2017 09:15PM

Has anyone's download speeds gone wildly erratic since the last update? Go from 150-30 up and down al,it's cyclical or is it just me. Very frustrating!?

ECO_Mental · 12-01-2017 10:22PM

CiaranTheGreat wrote: »

Has anyone's download speeds gone wildly erratic since the last update? Go from 150-30 up and down al,it's cyclical or is it just me. Very frustrating!?

I was afraid to say this because as this is a real 1st world problem, but I have 1 Gb/s FTTH and for the last couple of months my network test in settings has gone from 600-700 Mb/s to mostly now 100-200 but I have seen single digits

I havent seen the glory days of the 700s in months.

But I put it down to testing to Seattle and the congestion testing to there as when I do speedtest.net on my laptop everything is ok. Also when downloading a games from different servers (I presume) i get solid steady download speeds in the 200s, even when I was getting good network tests I would get these speeds. So I gave up worrying about it and put it down to the distance to Seattle.

13-01-2017 01:03AM

ECO_Mental wrote: »

I was afraid to say this because as this is a real 1st world problem, but I have 1 Gb/s FTTH and for the last couple of months my network test in settings has gone from 600-700 Mb/s to mostly now 100-200 but I have seen single digits I havent seen the glory days of the 700s in months.

But I put it down to testing to Seattle and the congestion testing to there as when I do speedtest.net on my laptop everything is ok. Also when downloading a games from different servers (I presume) i get solid steady download speeds in the 200s, even when I was getting good network tests I would get these speeds. So I gave up worrying about it and put it down to the distance to Seattle.

Ping on network test on the xbox should be around 150ms, html5 speed test can be done on speedof.me with the edge app. That should give a more accurate idea of possible speed vs what ms are churning out.

13-01-2017 02:10AM

Picked up both BFs today.

Wowwww... time hasn't been good to BC2, not sure I could play it tbh.

Flying was awful, controls would take a lot of adjustment.

Tanks don't seem to have a zoom.

General graphics are far worse than memory. I'll probably ship it off again as I have spare BF3 to sell to CEX at these higher prices.

BF3 holds up far better.
It's a bit of a drag seeing as my original play was 64 on PC, but I didn't put much time into it before selling the PC so I had some hours left in it, just.a shame its not a higher player count on the bigger maps.

Be interested to hear how others feel going back to BC2....I didn't think it would feel as much of a let down in the present era.

wotzgoingon · 13-01-2017 03:02PM

gilberto_eire wrote: »

Picked up both BFs today.

Wowwww... time hasn't been good to BC2, not sure I could play it tbh.

Flying was awful, controls would take a lot of adjustment.

Tanks don't seem to have a zoom.

General graphics are far worse than memory. I'll probably ship it off again as I have spare BF3 to sell to CEX at these higher prices.

BF3 holds up far better.
It's a bit of a drag seeing as my original play was 64 on PC, but I didn't put much time into it before selling the PC so I had some hours left in it, just.a shame its not a higher player count on the bigger maps.

Be interested to hear how others feel going back to BC2....I didn't think it would feel as much of a let down in the present era.

I'm pretty sure I had Bad Company on the original Xbox way back.

13-01-2017 04:11PM

gilberto_eire wrote: »

Picked up both BFs today.

Wowwww... time hasn't been good to BC2, not sure I could play it tbh.

Flying was awful, controls would take a lot of adjustment.

Tanks don't seem to have a zoom.

General graphics are far worse than memory. I'll probably ship it off again as I have spare BF3 to sell to CEX at these higher prices.

BF3 holds up far better.
It's a bit of a drag seeing as my original play was 64 on PC, but I didn't put much time into it before selling the PC so I had some hours left in it, just.a shame its not a higher player count on the bigger maps.

Be interested to hear how others feel going back to BC2....I didn't think it would feel as much of a let down in the present era.

I've played maybe 10 hours of Bad Company 2 this week. Can't say I had a bad time playing. Only problem I have are snipers , there is little to no bullet drop off that I can tell making it far too easy for them. I don;t play these kind of multiplayer games that often so for me to have put 10 hours in must mean something

I'd no issue with the graphics myself , I wasn't expecting it to look any better or worse that what it does really.

13-01-2017 08:34PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I've played maybe 10 hours of Bad Company 2 this week. Can't say I had a bad time playing. Only problem I have are snipers , there is little to no bullet drop off that I can tell making it far too easy for them. I don;t play these kind of multiplayer games that often so for me to have put 10 hours in must mean something

I'd no issue with the graphics myself , I wasn't expecting it to look any better or worse that what it does really.

I'm by no means a graphics snob, you often see FPS talk on these forums, but I also can't play anything that's really rough looking by today's standards.

Like I replayed Fallout 3 this month but BC2 just seemed hugely dated in comparion to that which wasn't top notch in its day.

Don't get me wrong I loved the game at the time but I just felt after one round yesterday that I'd rather play 3 and 1.

Maybe having no BF helps but its a lot of adjusting when playing newer ones simultaneously.

ibFoxer · 13-01-2017 11:27PM

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

Yeah, It seems like they're after hitting their stride with the emulation or something, last year we were lucky to get a few games a month, they're coming daily now.

The only problem is its adding games back into the backlog:rolleyes:

Not enough time eh?

13-01-2017 11:50PM

gilberto_eire wrote: »

I'm by no means a graphics snob, you often see FPS talk on these forums, but I also can't play anything that's really rough looking by today's standards.

Like I replayed Fallout 3 this month but BC2 just seemed hugely dated in comparion to that which wasn't top notch in its day.

Don't get me wrong I loved the game at the time but I just felt after one round yesterday that I'd rather play 3 and 1.

Maybe having no BF helps but its a lot of adjusting when playing newer ones simultaneously.

Yeah I think it hold up ok for a what 7 year old game?

Not sure how to embed this ... anyone?

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Calex%20dEUS/video/25661343

We won this and I finished 17/10 K/D which is shocking for someone like me

This guy should have seen me coming or at the very least noticed I was capping the objective.

wotzgoingon · 14-01-2017 12:00AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeah I think it hold up ok for a what 7 year old game?

Not sure how to embed this ... anyone?

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Calex%20dEUS/video/25661343

We won this and I finished 17/10 K/D which is shocking for someone like me

This guy should have seen me coming or at the very least noticed I was capping the objective.

Just watched your clip and I do not see anything wrong with those graphics. I don't know what that other guy was on about it is an old game a swell but looks fine to me.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 14-01-2017 12:15AM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Just watched your clip and I do not see anything wrong with those graphics. I don't know what that other guy was on about it is an old game a swell but looks fine to me.

Was just going to post the same thing.looks like it's running pretty smoothly too.

14-01-2017 12:48AM

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

Was just going to post the same thing.looks like it's running pretty smoothly too.

Solid as in terms of fps , only time if noticed drops is when i capture a video.

Game play wise, it seems very fair and balanced vs some of the stuff I've played in recent years which like I said earlier I usually avoid competitive multiplayer but battlefield titles I always enjoy for a while, this actually more than Battlefield 1 in terms of game play but not maps. There are also some striking similarities to the map I took the video on and one from BF1 in the desert.

trixiebust · 15-01-2017 01:36AM

The controller I got with a console, in October has broke. The left thumbstick is gone. Any one know, do I have to return the console too ?

Will they just swap a single controller ?

CatInABox · 15-01-2017 05:17AM

trixiebust wrote: »

The controller I got with a console, in October has broke. The left thumbstick is gone. Any one know, do I have to return the console too ?

Will they just swap a single controller ?

Take it back to the shop, they won't want to take the console too.

Gizmo55 · 15-01-2017 10:19AM

trixiebust wrote: »

The controller I got with a console, in October has broke. The left thumbstick is gone. Any one know, do I have to return the console too ?

Will they just swap a single controller ?

Got mine in Smyths and the controller broke, they replaced the controller no problem, no need for the whole console.

TheGunns · 15-01-2017 11:54AM

trixiebust wrote: »

The controller I got with a console, in October has broke. The left thumbstick is gone. Any one know, do I have to return the console too ?

Will they just swap a single controller ?

Pray it's not GameStop. They wouldn't take mine. Microsoft sort it out for free anyways tho if you do have hassle.

Liamalone · 15-01-2017 02:25PM

Buy another controller from a local retailer that will replace them without any quibble, if you've broken one controller you'll break more as they aren't as good as the 360 controllers imo.

erkifino · 15-01-2017 08:03PM

Liamalone wrote: »

Buy another controller from a local retailer that will replace them without any quibble, if you've broken one controller you'll break more as they aren't as good as the 360 controllers imo.

The 360 controllers are like old Nokia phones. They can take a beating. The new controllers, while sleeker, are a disappointing build.

trixiebust · 15-01-2017 08:59PM

erkifino wrote: »

The 360 controllers are like old Nokia phones. They can take a beating. The new controllers, while sleeker, are a disappointing build.

The white ones seem worse than the black ones I've found. It's only lasted three months!

IvoryTower · 15-01-2017 09:02PM

On my third controller, the arm of the couch is no place for a controller #toptip

maximoose · 17-01-2017 10:56AM

maximoose wrote: »

Have always wanted to play that Ghostbusters game

Started this lastnight, it's great! Erasing all memory of that shîtfest of a film last year :pac:

TheYardStick · 23-01-2017 03:32PM

Have any of yee used Simplygames.com for buying anything at all, if so what were they like to deal with? I've been looking to get the Infinite Warfare Legacy edition but it's €80+ everywhere I know of, whereas it's £40 on the above site. It's out of stock at the minute but it's in stock on PS4 for the same price so it's not an Argos job where they mark the price down by accident and then put it as being out of stock. A question for anybody who's used it - is the currency conversion straight forward? The game plus delivery comes in around £42 which is about €48, so should I expect to pay that or do they knock the price up of their own accord?

Thanks!

JoyPad · 23-01-2017 03:35PM

TheYardStick wrote: »

[...] The game plus delivery comes in around £42 which is about €48, so should I expect to pay that or do they knock the price up of their own accord?

This is where a card like Revolut comes in handy. And then you pay £40 and not one penny more, and you know upfront what the price of £40 is.

Xbox One General Discussion - Part 2 (Please Read 1st Post)

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