Xbox Series X / S

[mr_norris]

Sorry to say, not a fan of Uncharted either

Ah, I loved everything from Uncharted 2. I got the remastered collection with a friend when I had a PS4, then got uncharted 4 after burning through those. They are such great games. Uncharted 1 though - that was just painful. Everyone looked like potatoes, and the controls were horrible. I kept falling off cliffs, etc. From 2 onward, it's a mixture of a movie and Tomb Raider. And 4 has some real feels in the end.

I understand not getting into a series though, especially if there are many old ones. I wasn't part of the Halo crowd, hardcore gaming came quite late in my life, so I missed out on a ton. I recently tried the Masterchief collection, and Halo 5. They have not aged well. Spent a good few minutes with each. Some things just aren't for me.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Ah, I loved everything from Uncharted 2. I got the remastered collection with a friend when I had a PS4, then got uncharted 4 after burning through those. They are such great games. Uncharted 1 though - that was just painful. Everyone looked like potatoes, and the controls were horrible. I kept falling off cliffs, etc. From 2 onward, it's a mixture of a movie and Tomb Raider. And 4 has some real feels in the end.

First time I played Uncharted was also the Nathan Drake collection since I skipped the PS3.

Loved every moment of each game. Even the first one, as fidgety as the controls were, was redeemed by the story. Ended up preordering Uncharted 4 and wasn't disappointed.

The Tomb Raider reboots remind me a lot of those games. The new story is great, and much easier to take seriously, now that we don't have to contend with PS1 & PS2 level graphics...

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

First impressions of Outriders is pretty good, apart from the login issues. I'm sure they'll get that sorted out.

Once I did manage to login, it was pretty good. Sunk about 5 hours into it in no time. It's sort of a hybrid between Destiny and The Division. If you like either of those games then you'll like this.

Story feels done-before but the mechanics and combat are top notch. I'm currently running Pyromancer solo. It's challenging without feeling impossible. You don't need to co-op to progress. Skill trees are nicely laid out and intuitive. Haven't gotten to any crafting stuff yet.

Would recommend...

 

[WiseCrack]

I haven't been able to login on my series X. Game stuck at authentication screen with no internet connection error.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

I haven't been able to login on my series X. Game stuck at authentication screen with no internet connection error.

Restarting Xbox did the trick for me...

 

[WiseCrack]

Restarting Xbox did the trick for me...

Fixed it for me as well thank you

 

[AlphaJohn]

Fixed it for me as well thank you

Had to do the same.

Suspect this was the cause.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Had to do the same.

Suspect this was the cause.

Possible but more likely all the server issues mentioned here -

https://twitter.com/Outriders?s=09

Only came right at about 11pm last night for me.

The comms from these guys have been brilliant though. Constant updates unlike with the Cyberpunk launch...

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

I loved this tweet from them

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1378112007954702338

"Get back in there and fsck schit up"...

 

[AlphaJohn]

Possible but more likely all the server issues mentioned here -

I was trying to play Warhammer....

Stuck on Authentication page with same error. Go out of the game... internet works... so rebooted console and it worked. No idea why.

 

[Frankie23]

I haven't been able to login on my series X. Game stuck at authentication screen with no internet connection error.

Still had this issue about an hour ago.

Will try again later.

 

[Pho3nix]

Still had this issue about an hour ago.

Will try again later.

Seems when the US players are also trying to logon, that's when issues arise.

Managed to play for an hour or two earlier today

 

[Mr Scratch]

do you lot play solo or squad up? a lot of my lads are PC so I find myself quite into story games

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

do you lot play solo or squad up? a lot of my lads are PC so I find myself quite into story games

I solo pve content. Reason being I like to be in control of my story and the pace of the missions, and don't like people rushing through it because they're busy replaying stuff.

Squad up sometimes for pvp...

 

[AlphaJohn]

You can now play Halo on Xbox with a mouse and keyboard

You can now play every classic Halo on Xbox with a mouse and keyboard

Parity is a beautiful thing.

www.theverge.com

Oh and Gta V coming to Xbox Game Pass again

'Grand Theft Auto V' returns to Xbox Game Pass on April 8th | Engadget

You'll be able to play Rockstar's blockbuster on your phone via the cloud..

www.engadget.com

 

[D33D5]

Hi Guys, anyone else experience a random black screen on Xbox Series S console sometimes? Especially when starting up a new game that wants to calibrate the screen area. Changing the the hdmi source on tv and going back to the source that the Xbox is connected to seems to fix/refresh it but I'm wondering what causes this. Playing on 55" 4K UHD tv @ 60Hz.

 

[AlphaJohn]

Hi Guys, anyone else experience a random black screen on Xbox Series S console sometimes? Especially when starting up a new game that wants to calibrate the screen area. Changing the the hdmi source on tv and going back to the source that the Xbox is connected to seems to fix/refresh it but I'm wondering what causes this. Playing on 55" 4K UHD tv @ 60Hz.

Suspect thats your TV. I has similar experience on my Media PC and older Hisense TV before I upgraded to Samsung.

Is your console set to 4K with perm upscaling, if not I would try that 1st.

 

[Lupus]

Hi Guys, anyone else experience a random black screen on Xbox Series S console sometimes? Especially when starting up a new game that wants to calibrate the screen area. Changing the the hdmi source on tv and going back to the source that the Xbox is connected to seems to fix/refresh it but I'm wondering what causes this. Playing on 55" 4K UHD tv @ 60Hz.

nope, but I've got a Series X and I've tried it on 2 TVs without any issues.

 

[mr_norris]

Hi Guys, anyone else experience a random black screen on Xbox Series S console sometimes? Especially when starting up a new game that wants to calibrate the screen area. Changing the the hdmi source on tv and going back to the source that the Xbox is connected to seems to fix/refresh it but I'm wondering what causes this. Playing on 55" 4K UHD tv @ 60Hz.

I have not experienced this on the X. That sounds like a frustrating problem.

 

[Elon]

Hi Guys, anyone else experience a random black screen on Xbox Series S console sometimes? Especially when starting up a new game that wants to calibrate the screen area. Changing the the hdmi source on tv and going back to the source that the Xbox is connected to seems to fix/refresh it but I'm wondering what causes this. Playing on 55" 4K UHD tv @ 60Hz.

It’s almost certainly your TV. Can you download a firmware update for it?