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wes wrote: »

They shouldn't just have the one big exclusive. Yeah, Halo packaging would still be on there, but they could have had something else.

Sure, there are great 3rd party games, and I am enjoying them, but the lack of even one first party launch title is pretty bad form.

There are a lot of good things, but we shouldn't ignore where they messed up.

They did, buy and X Tuesday but spend the next week on my PS4 playing Miles Moralis... haha.

rafi bomb wrote: »

I actually got a invoice for one yesterday after cancelling in Sep. Hope another doesn't arrive out will be a nightmare trying to get it back to them

I got a text in the morning from dpd that they would deliver at such and such a time , was able to arrange them to recollect

I’m sure hn would have spotted the mistake eventually but they were quite relieved

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

I think Forza Horizon 4 and Gears 5 and the two best optimised on game pass and I am on the Series S.

The smooth frame rate and Forza and the lack of loading times plus HDR makes this feel like a totally different game I just could not get into this game on my Xbox One.

Gears 5 is great also but I enjoy the racing games more than shooters.

I'd second having a go of Forza Horizon 4. The lack of most loading times, the 4K60 display and so many things make it feel like a completely new game.

Sea of Thieves is a much more subtle update (the change from 30 to 60fps) and you didn't realise that you were missing it before. But, it's not as night-and-day a difference as with Forza.

Even non-optimised games get a useful boost in load times, etc. Battlefront II loads back into the game so much quicker now, rather than the interminable loading screens. FIFA21 gets a better flow of the game experience (optimised version is due next week).

I even tried some older titles with mixed results.
Psychonauts (OG Xbox game) loads so quickly that it is very enjoyable - I'd often get bored on loading screens and leave it and the dynamic HDR is really nice in parts. If you don't own it already, it's worth a look but with MS owning Double Fine, it might come to game pass before Psychonauts 2 releases.

The Force Unleashed II - loading times are so much better, but I find the dynamic HDR gets a bit 'mushy' (to use a technical term ) around the lightsabers.

Red Dead Redemption - The original 360 game was already boosted to 4K on the One X. It's a great game. Fast Travel is quicker, load times better, etc. I haven't had the chance to check out if dynamic HDR has much of an impact here.


I know it sounds like marketing bumpf, but the 'feeling' of getting back into games quicker and greatly reduced loading screens interrupting your play session make a huge difference. Probably one of the reasons I was up so late last night and paying the price this morning

wes wrote: »

They shouldn't just have the one big exclusive. Yeah, Halo packaging would still be on there, but they could have had something else.

Sure, there are great 3rd party games, and I am enjoying them, but the lack of even one first party launch title is pretty bad form.

There are a lot of good things, but we shouldn't ignore where they messed up.

Where they messed up?

A developer delayed a game during Covid?
Games get delayed, such is life, no need to accuse people of messing up.

I'd rather a better delayed come out then a buggy mess (Fallout 76 as an example)

Halo would have been nice if you're a fan. For me, who's not a huge Halo fan then there's plenty to keep my busy and the improved loading times and performance has made me really happy with the console.

The games will come with time and I think in a year to 18 months there will be a huge library of Xbox exclusive Series S/X games as alll the acquisitions begin to bare fruit.

Username265 wrote: »

I plan on keeping on to an Xbox One for use in another room. Anyone know the best way to set up my Series X for that? Do I have to do some kind of system transfer first or does everything just stay on my Xbox One by default?

You can do either as the poster above said and use a hard drive to transfer games over to the new Xbox or you can use a feature called Network Transfer. You need to have both consoles hooked up to your network and powered on. Then go to the new Xbox, go to settings and locate Network Transfer. Not sue where it is off the top of my head but anyway, from there you can connect to the old Xbox and transfer whatever you want from it.

I would suggest using a wired connection if you are doing this as both consoles connected through Wi-Fi might slow things down a bit.

Have a look on YouTube for a tutorial as the above explanation isn't very good.

lfc200 wrote: »

Mine despite having had labels created on Saturday by MS, is still showing in Dublin on the UPS Tracking. Needs to be in Cork.
According to the tracking it arrived into dublin yesterday evening at 10pm but nothing done with it since.
What a shower UPS and their tracking is

Mine arrived in Dublin on Monday

Yesterday was "Out for Delivery"
Today is "In Transit"

Might get onto MS at this stage caus I ain't getting anywhere with UPS support

wes wrote: »

True, they also have Godfall which is console exclusive and Sackboy which is cross gen. I am honestly not bothered too much by cross gen stuff, at least Spidey is a launch title, and Demon Souls looks stunning. They have 4 launch titles for the PS5 that have some measure of being exclusive for Playstation.

Godfall is a timed exclusive, it will be on Xbox in April FYI

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Some frustrated parent will just buy that for their kid's Christmas present.

Some frustrated ME will probably just buy it for ME. 😂 I don't have a console anymore and mad to get a Series X.

On the launch title topic - Would have been great to have a new Halo game to tuck into on launch with added bonus of it being live day 1 on Game Pass. But I think MS don't get enough credit for the free Series X updates they are pushing out for the like of Gears and Forza. Yeah, they are titles we already have played but playing Gears last night felt like a brand new experience and genuinely looks next get to me at least and Im sure the boundaries can be pushed far more with next get titles built for the system. I'm happy to wait.

If you look at that in contrast to what Sony is doing with the next gen update for Spiderman, its locked behind the Ultimate Edition for Miles Morales so if you already own the game on PS4 you have to get an ultimate edition of Miles Morales to avail of the next gen update.

And Im definitely no fanboying here, I have a PS4 , I just don't think MS get enough credit for these free upgrades they push out and are far more consumer friendly with their ecosystem than the competition. Its no small task to make these games run as well as they do on the new system

Were Smyths deliveries by An Post, UPS, Nightline? Which carrier did they use?