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DeSelby83 · 21-07-2021 6:36pm

Flight simulator is available to fully download now

SuperBowserWorld · 21-07-2021 7:30pm

MS Flight Sim

Xbox killer app

Yep. The reason I got a series x and the cheap gamepass ultimate offer. Hopefully it clicks with me.

marcbrophy · 21-07-2021 8:42pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117643243#Comment_117643243

It won't unlock until next week though, right?

Still, better to have it downloaded and ready to go 😁

DeSelby83 · 21-07-2021 8:49pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117643810#Comment_117643810

Ye next Tuesday, not sure what time though

SuperBowserWorld · 22-07-2021 7:02pm

Left my series x with a "dust cover" on it (sheet of paper) while playing about 2 hours of Skyrim. Forgot to take it off. Doh!

Think it's ok. Was a bit hot afterwards. What an idiot. I'm sure it's got in built temp protector ...

wotzgoingon · 22-07-2021 7:11pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117648307#Comment_117648307

There is a built in heat protector, well there was deffo on the One X as I triggered it a few times.

SuperBowserWorld · 22-07-2021 7:37pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117648347#Comment_117648347

Cool! Phew!

Getting sucked into Skyrim in 60 FPS 4K and HDR. For "free" on GamePass. What a game! With all the DLCs too. And hardly any bugs.

All good things come to those who wait!

cnocbui · 22-07-2021 7:58pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117648307#Comment_117648307

I have had mine shut down once, which I assumed was either heat or a crash. Yours probably didn't because the fan should be more than capable of lifting a sheet of paper a bit so the air could escape.

SuperBowserWorld · 22-07-2021 8:18pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117648526#Comment_117648526

Hopefully no long term damage to my precious 🙂 Have a few games I need to get through. Skyrim, Hades and Flight Sim spring to mind on GamePass. And then Witcher 3 when the free next gen upgrade comes out. That lot should keep me quiet for the next year or so.

26-07-2021 11:46am

I had the elite controller case sitting on top of the Series X for a while which I finally copped on to, again no harm done. I can't believe how quiet the console is, I don't have a very good setup as I've had to raise everything quite high so the toddlers don't pull the TV down on top of them, so the console is out of the way behind the TV and you would generally have no idea its there. Don't think I've ever been aware of the noise. Between the speed everything works at, how good the games look, quick resume, managing the console remotely, and of course Game Pass I continue to be extremely impressed by the Series X I have to say.

Flaccus · 27-07-2021 10:00pm

I just got my Series X and of course Game pass. Blown away by the amount of games to play and I have not gamed on consoles in at least 2 years so am playing catchup.

Right now have downloaded Halo MCC, GTA V, Forza Horizon 4 and Doom Eternal. But I have selected over 30 games for download.

Is Cyberpunk still a mess or is it worth buying for the eventual next gen patch ? Also thinking I would like to play Mass Effect trilogy again and Legendary looks pretty good.

I am most looking forward to the Diablo II remaster though, but will also play through Diablo III once again.

What's the story about storage expansion. The 1TB Seagate add in nvme card looks very expensive. Is there alternatives that give more storage and allow you to run your game directly from the drive or are we stuck with the official add in card ?

<Edit> I just found this. Seems like you need to go the official route if you want to play Xbox Series X games directly from the drive. Alternative SSD's work in compatibility mode or are useful for moving games back and forth.

https://www.windowscentral.com/best-ssds-xbox-series-x-series-s

DeSelby83 · 29-07-2021 5:31pm

The Ascent seems to be getting fairly polarising reviews today. A lot of very averages and a few excellents. Sounds like it might need a few patches for bugs etc but looks fun. Pretty good for a studio of 12 people.

30-07-2021 8:09am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117679546#Comment_117679546

Definitely going to give it a go, but as you say might just wait a little bit to see if they update it.

CatInABox · 09-08-2021 7:08pm

Remote play is coming back for PCs, starting with Xbox Insiders. 1080p quality, even outside your home. The Xbox App is getting an update that'll enable it.

CatInABox · 09-08-2021 7:11pm

Was going to include this in my last post, but decided it might be best to have it's own post for it. I'm thinking of closing the old Xbox One General Chat thread, and renaming this one to be just Xbox General Chat. Yay or Nay? I'm not seeing any down side really, maybe there's a possibility of Xbox One posts getting drowned out, but we weren't that busy, even before the boards migration.

What say you all?

Mr Crispy · 09-08-2021 8:20pm

Makes sense to me. With traffic down so much, I don't see a problem amalgamating some of the threads.

10-08-2021 9:42am

Looking forward to Disco Elysium coming to Xbox. It has a summer 2021 release window so I presume it'll be in the next couple of weeks. Hoping that it might launch on Gamepass!

Mickeroo · 10-08-2021 9:55am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117731840#Comment_117731840

Would be great if that went into gamepass, I keep putting it off until it gets cheaper in the steam sales but it hasn't been dropping in price much.

cnocbui · 14-08-2021 9:06am

I have been experiencing some video glitching when quick resuming on an xbox series x while playing Witcher 3 and was wondering if anyone else was getting it? The screen will flicker with a complete loss of signal for an instant and occasional brief flickers of what looks like reverse colours:

That is an example of what the brief flickers look like.

The TV is a new LG. It seems it might have something to do with HDR, because it seems it can be fixed by turning HDR off then on again. I realise that makes it sound like it's a TV problem, but since it only happens after a quick resume, there definitely seems to be something not quite right in the signal from the Xbox end.

SuperBowserWorld · 14-08-2021 9:56am

If it's only this game ...

free next gen version upgrade soon.

I'm waiting for that before I play this game.

Mr.Fantastic · 14-08-2021 7:01pm

Anyone play children of morta on gamepass ? Dived into it during the week and I am hooked !

14-08-2021 10:04pm

Hades finally out. Bit disappointed tbh. I suppose I've been around long enough to have played this type of game many times. I was expecting something more like Diablo, I probably should have watched a YouTube video before hyping it up in my head.

Decent enough fun game, but that's all.

Mr.Fantastic · 14-08-2021 10:32pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117755496#Comment_117755496

Depends if you like roguelites, it really opens up after a few runs, the voice acting in it is stellar too.

CatInABox · 19-08-2021 2:25pm

https://twitter.com/XboxWire/status/1428340984790884356?s=19

Wired version of the Xbox headset inbound.

DeSelby83 · 19-08-2021 7:13pm

Quake is on gamepass today. Possibly right now.

sniper_samurai · 19-08-2021 7:43pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117777487#Comment_117777487

Can confirm, €9.99 if you don't have Game Pass.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-ie/p/quake/9p1z43krnqd4?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

Includes both expansions and 2 new ones by Machine Games. Also has mod support like the Unity ports of classic Doom, the first of which available is Quake 64.

CatInABox · 19-08-2021 9:26pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw23-NCc1vU

Looks good.

cnocbui · 20-08-2021 10:47am

I remember people playing Quake and Doom during their lunch breaks on their work PCs with 286/386 processors, Windows 3.1 and RAM and HD's measured in low MBs.

DeSelby83 · 22-08-2021 12:11pm

Is anyone here overly bothered about the lack of co op campaign or forge on release for Halo infinite?

cnocbui · 22-08-2021 12:59pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117787961#Comment_117787961

Nope.

SuperBowserWorld · 22-08-2021 2:00pm

I really don't "get" FPS games. There is a real glut of them, especially on Xbox. No interest in Halo whatsoever. I have a ton of them sitting there on GamePass. Tried a few, bored to tears. I guess they make more sense multiplayer ... Also, I think the controller is useless for these kinds of games. I see keyboard and mouse being added for some games, so maybe that'll help. Also, gyro aiming needs to happen on Xbox.

ozmo · 22-08-2021 6:41pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117787961#Comment_117787961

is there any xbox current gen game that can play two player on one tv - coop, vs , spilt screen or whatever?

screens are getting so much bigger and capable but split screen games seems to be getting rarer.

sniper_samurai · 22-08-2021 7:27pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117789876#Comment_117789876

Quake has it, it was added to Game Pass on Friday.

I would also highly recommend Overcooked for that kind of thing, I believe Overcooked 2 is also in Game Pass.

All of the Gears of War games have split screen as well.

SuperBowserWorld · 22-08-2021 9:30pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117789876#Comment_117789876

Very good point. A 50 inch 4k TV should be great for couch multiplayer. The Series X should support fantastic smooth hi rez multi player. Nintendo has this market nailed on Switch.

Edit! Didn't know quake and gears of war supported this. Maybe time to revisit FPS games. 😊

SuperBowserWorld · 22-08-2021 9:40pm

Just did a search and there are quite a few even on GamePass ... Now to get a second controller ...

https://gamerant.com/best-coop-splits-screen-games-xbox-game-pass/

ozmo · 22-08-2021 11:27pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117790600#Comment_117790600

The older controllers work - we have one from xbox one that is ok - we used for overcooked. Kids liked it but not my style game.

was looking for something like call of duty but only games we found so far were very old.

- will try gears 5 thanks.

SuperBowserWorld · 23-08-2021 6:57pm

AC odyssey is getting a 60 FPS boost on Series consoles. Not on here long enough to post a link ...l

Nice, 60 FPS 4k hopefully. Like the asthetic of this game. Certainly more cheerful than endless dank dark dungeons.

Have yet to play an AC game. Might get it when it goes on sale again and I've 60 hours free.

honda boi · 25-08-2021 10:52am

Switched Xbox on and the green animated starting screen loads up then I get a black screen.

Quick Google seems to be the black screen of death.

Any advice on from anyone that had this on any possible fixes?

sniper_samurai · 25-08-2021 11:47am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117800931#Comment_117800931

Check online, there are guides to fix this but you will need to factory reset the console.

This seems to only be happening with the current beta firmware. Another annoying issue with it is that they changed how long is required to press the guide button before it shows up and has completely broken the ability to bring up the guide using a media remote.

honda boi · 25-08-2021 2:02pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117801139#Comment_117801139

Thanks sniper.

Tried resetting now .

Asked me to set up through the phone app. Did this.

Xbox switched off so I turned it back on but now there's still a black screen but the power button is flashing.

Do I just wait or?

sniper_samurai · 25-08-2021 2:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117801743#Comment_117801743

Not sure. You may need to reset again. Make sure to go into the insider hub and remove the console from the program or it will attempt to reinstall the faulty firmware.

Fingleberries · 26-08-2021 4:30pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117787961#Comment_117787961

Not especially. The only Halo campaign I played Co-op before was ODST. It was fun, but I prefer solo campain and separate multiplayer.

Although, since the game was already postponed by a year, I just wonder when they actually made the call to delay campaign co-op.

CiDeRmAn · 27-08-2021 7:50pm

No one was playing Quake on a 286, and you weren't going to be getting much from a 386 either.

I bought an early Pentium in the mid 90s for Quake, £2000, and it played the game in software.

I did get a Rendition and later a 3DFX card which made it much better though.

286/386, they were Doom/Wolfenstein machines at best, maybe some Duke 3D... but surely there'd be borders

bdmc16 · 28-08-2021 6:08pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117794359#Comment_117794359

Including DLC you in for double that if like exploring

Fingleberries · 29-08-2021 8:49pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117812585#Comment_117812585

Sweet lament, that brings me back.

I remember being blown away when I first installed a 3DFX Voodoo card and played Quake - it was such a mind blowing step up.

Now a fridge probably has more computing power than my old PC 😁

SuperBowserWorld · 30-08-2021 8:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117816095#Comment_117816095

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117812585#Comment_117812585

Caved in and got it for 24 quid for the gold edition which includes Odyssey, all the dlc and AC 3 remastered. cdkeys. Now, I'll probably be bored well before I get to any of that, but I just want to experience the 60 FPS 4k beautiful Ancient Greece world 😊 with the hawk and me sword n shield. 😊😊

And to that other point ... Just compare a 500 quid Xbox Series X to that 2000 quid PC from the 90s. Nuts how far things have progressed. Real time ray tracing, 4K, 120 FPS, 1 Gbps broadband, super fast SSD drives, ...

CatInABox · 02-09-2021 10:08pm

Have to admit, that's a seriously impressive custom console. Very impressed with how out there they've taken it. No chance of actually getting it, it's only a sweepstakes job, but still, between this and the Halo console, the Series X is going to have some amazing custom consoles by the end.

SuperBowserWorld · 02-09-2021 11:38pm

It's straightforward shape to customise too, ie a cuboid. And the vents are easy to avoid. Great design.

Having a load of fun with AC Odyssey in 60 FPS 4k. Looks and plays so smoothly and the Ancient Greece setting is beautiful.

03-09-2021 1:26pm

https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1432333824554409989?t=EXq-Qr6iMPJTlxggTjcscA&s=19

Disco Elysium has been rated for Xbox so hopefully it'll be releasing soon. I wonder does Playstation have a 6 month exclusive deal and it'll release end of September.

sniper_samurai · 03-09-2021 2:31pm

If anyone is interested in game streaming on their phone the generic Android Razer Kishi is currently €56 inc shipping, or €76.99 for Xbox branding, on the Razer store for Intel Gaming Days.

https://www.razer.com/eu-en/mobile-controllers/razer-kishi/RZ06-02900200-R3M1

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