Gave up trying to pretend I'll ever complete Assassin's Creed Odyssey main quest. And it's just more enjoyable.
Watched a few hints videos, rearranged my perks, so now the combat and stealth is much better.
Figured out which side quests are the better ones and just go for them. Generally the quests are similar, but there is a lot of heart in the dialogue and stories.
Came across a beautiful sea side salt mines area after coming down off some amazing forested autumnal area. It just looks gorgeous in 4K/60 FPS on a decent TV/monitor on series x. And fast loading. No bugs. Just a decent, polished, well produced game.
I know, it's chewing gum for the brain. But aren't most games. I think with a bit of editing and some more interesting missions ( and less missions ) it could have been superb. I'm thinking what BOTW2 could look like of it had the same tech available to it.
Also, it's an awful lot more cheerful and bright than other non kiddie games on Xbox at least. I'm looking at the Xbox sale at the moment and it's a load of drab, FPS, games or racing games or FIFA.
So, Halo Infinte (a decent FPS) and Psychonauts 2 are on GamePass and I'm enjoying them but ...
I think outside of Nintendo, the only modern AAA games I really want to play are the Spiderman games, Horizon Zero Dawn, and maybe the Uncharted games, all on PS.
Maybe Starfield will be special.
Anyway. Time for bed.
America really needs to rethink it's warfare strategy. The most powerful weapons in the world don't amount to anything when the Russians deploy with keyboard and mouse trained PC gamers against console noobpadders.
There won't have been a massacre like it since I hacked into the Dreamcast quake 3 servers with my PC.
sorryits not unmanned, you sit inside it but it's all setup like a very expensive gaming rig.
Interesting bit in the article, I didn't know the u.s army recruit gamers to control their drones.
I hope they don't recruit PS gamers, can't imagine hitting the B button instead of the X by mistake playa out too well in a tank or a drone!
You buy two or three years of gold and then one month of Gamepass at full price instead of the €1 offer.
There's a guide on the sticky in the Xbox Forum. You can still get it but you'll have to leave your current sub lapse and it'll be more than the €1 convert fee.
You can customise the Xbox UI to remove most of the ads. One row can't be removed though.
Your video game controller being used for US drone warfare and by the Israeli military would be the best possible reason to change it.
What ads are people seeing? I get links to game sales but I'd hardly call that ads. Can't aee how anyone can complain at getting a tile linking to a 70% games sale for example.
I've no complaint with the UI at the moment to be honest. It's all about getting in and out of games as quickly as possible. Not sure what else you'd expect on a console. I've not experienced the PS5 but PS4 was hardly anything special and people were saying the same thing back then.
I remember an interview with Phil Spencer, I think it was with The Verge, where we said they are limited in what they can do with the xbox controller as it has so many uses outside of gaming. It's used by the military to control drones and submarines and I read recently the Israeli army use them for controlling new unmanned tanks.
Clearly they need to separate their military and gaming businesses!!
The Xbox UI evolution maddens me. It's like they started off with the perfect system with blades on 360 and then ever update has been worse with more adverts added each time.
Once the 3 months expires you can do the 3 year deal, if it's still around.
It's €313 trade credit, doesn't show cash. Plus extra tenner if you're level 3 (used to be a %). Edit: I'd say be quick, I checked the trade in price of the 2Tb Pro and its only €212!!
Re: Xbox controller, I was actually shocked when I realised it was batteries and no charging cable. Didn't realise MS were still clinging onto that. Madness for a next gen console. And not a tap on the DualSense, which I've already spilled praise on as a genuine step forward. It's why the 5 will be the console of choice for cross plat not-in-Gamepass games.
PS5 UI is way nicer too. I feel like the SX UI is trying to make me spend money at every opportunity.
I've a few games lined up already, both Oris, Psychonauts 2, Quantum something, Mechwarrior 5 (I my PS wishlist no longer!). I've enough to tie me over anyway!
Must Google that 3 years thing, though I've probably already messed up by getting 3 months as I got the free month last year on PC.
But, I have Praey for the Gods to play on the 5 first! Forza looks good, but still early in it so getting to grips with it. Can't believe I can buy a Starion! Yurt!
Yes, but how many polygons per second !!! Have digital foundry done the analysis yet.
Just before you go splashing the cash. Seems like it does indeed work, but no indicator light. Other solns here too.
Thanks for this! You made my day.
Yup
Here's a better link
Oh wow! I had no idea! 😄 This works with the Series X controller?
Just get ninja gaiden. It's better than anything on the PS4 or ps5.
Here you go
Also,.maybe 3rd party ones too
Make sure you use the trick to get three years gamepass for €100 or thereabouts.
I think if this is your first Xbox then there is a cracking back catalogue of games you have access to on Gamepass even if you ignore the new raft of games.
Depends on what style of game you like but I'd suggest having a look at the Ori games, state of decay, Grounded, the gears franchise, master chief collection.
Also possibly a lot of third party games on gamepass that you haven't bought/played on the ps5.
Perhaps explaining my PS4 routine would help. Every time I would finish playing the PS4 I would put it on rest mode and plug my controller in, so it charged every night. Because of this I NEVER once had a controller die mid game in the years I had that console.
By contrast, my Xbox controller has died multiple times mid game, often during live online games, which is just awful.
I convinced a buddy to get an Xbox for GamePass and both of us cannot understand why people consider batteries as a better solution. Absolute madness.
If the Xbox solution is such a great idea, perhaps we should have batteries in all devices like mobile phones, etc? Let's do away with lithium batteries entirely. Of course we don't do this, because it's a nonsensical idea. Honestly if the rechargeable Xbox controller wasn't €170 I would just buy that and be rid of this.
I think proponents of the Xbox solution are just people who grew up with Xbox I guess, like it's what you're used to or something. I've always been playstation so I'm used to charging it every night and the concept of a controller running out of battery is alien to me!
Yup, and you can get 3 years of game pass for about 120 squid.
Also, don't forget you can cloud stream games to see what they are like (maybe with shittier response times) before downloading them.
I hour every ready battery charger + pack of re chargables. Or rechargable battery packs. Isn't that the same? Let's not start battery gate again though. 😀
In the long term, I think you'll get a lot out of the X even if it doesn't have the most exciting exclusives for you right now.
My ps5 is gathering dust. I can't get enough of GamePass. I feel guilty for having both when people are struggling to find a ps5.
The ps5 controller is class though, I can't stand constantly changing batteries on the Xbox, so annoying!
How much did you get for the Pro on its own if you don’t mind me asking? I have one sitting here gathering dust since I got the PS5 so if the price is right I may be tempted.
I hear ya. Great hardware and great deal for 145 though! Yep, no sense of excitement for me with the MS consoles. No killer apps unless you love FPS games. But there is certainly good stuff available on game pass.
Eg
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Psychonauts 2
Halo Infinte
Today, I finally traded in my PS4 Pro, because GameStop have a crazy credit trade in price right now for it. I also traded in BF2042. So I picked up a Series X and 3 months Gamepass for €145!
I have it set up for the last 2 hours downloading Forza. But I have no excitement for it. Hard to explain, but I was like a giddy child opening the PS5. Once set up, there's no fanfare or excitement. With the 5, you had Astro to dig straight into and it showing off the DualSense and console features. Nothing with Xbox. Just pick and game and download. It doesn't feel like I have a new console, just a more powerful 360 (I skipped the One).
I know I'm a bit of a Sony fanboy, and maybe the gameplay will make me excited. Any cross platform game I'm interested in will be played on the 5 simply because of the DualSense. Saying all that, I still couldn't turn it down for €145!
I've been catching up on some of the acclaimed games I missed this year, and the critics weren't wrong about Chicory. It's a really special, memorable game. Some of the 'wholesome' games can kind of come across feeling twee to me - but this is just loaded with smart storytelling and gameplay devices. The central painting mechanic is surprisingly agile, with lots of cool twists on the idea as the game progresses. The writing does its often grim themes justice. It looks brilliant too - the black and white world filling up with colour (which stays on environments persistently, like a record of your progress) as you fling the digital paintbrush around. Funny, smart and charming stuff.
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