Xbox Series X / S

[Lupus]

off topic but are you the same Lupus that plays Modern Warfare?

The last Modern Warfare I played was in 2007 so probably not me. I'm not a twitch gamer any longer.

 

[Barbarian Conan]

Must say I am very tempted to get: This charge bay for R440

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Hmmm works with Microsoft's play and charge kit as well, but does also include batteries

Edit: Aaand now there is only 4 left in stock

I have a charging dock for my PS4. It is a must have, as long as you are one of those people who will put it in the dock when you're not playing.

 

[Markd]

Six month later, and I'm still loving this console. Gamepass is the #1 gamechanger for me.

Granted, I'm a bit of a bargain bin hunter that is prepared to wait for specials, never buying new games at R1000+ anyway, but I have not purchased a single game yet.

I've played:

Doom Eternal
Rage 2
Maneater
Outriders
Call of the Sea
Outerwilds
Darksiders: Gensis
Ori 1 & 2
Gears 4 & 5
The Medium
Control
Starwars: Jedi Fallen Order
Forza 4

and various indie titles with backwards compatibility (Caste Crashers! )

Sold my PS4 this weekend as it's just gathering dust now.

And what would be your top recommendations?

I've been spending an unhealthy amount of time on recently added FIFA21 as well as UFC3 (something like 800 fights done now...). Also doing Outriders from time-to-time when I have co-op available - probably once or twice a week. Spent a lot of time surviving in The Long Dark. Enjoyed Fortnite oddly enough (that's free, not part of GamePass). I recommend Lonely Mountains: Downhill for some seriously chilled out, fun, challenging indie biking, as well as "Yes, Your Grace" if you have the patience for a choose-your-own type of story game (also quite good for when you just want to kick back and take it easy). On my to-play-when-I-can list are Desperados 3, Mass Effect Andromeda, Star Was: Jedi Night, Night Call (leaving soon) and a bunch of others.

The drawback is there is a lot of crap on Game Pass too, as well as many games that I just didnt connect with and uninstalled after 15 minutes of playing, like Cricket....

I also haven't bought a single game yet, however, I am keen to get a game or two soon that can test the console. Im sure Valhalla will be on a decent sale soon and considering Hot Wheels when it releases.

 

[mr_norris]

And what would be your top recommendations?

I've been spending an unhealthy amount of time on recently added FIFA21 as well as UFC3 (something like 800 fights done now...). Also doing Outriders from time-to-time when I have co-op available - probably once or twice a week. Spent a lot of time surviving in The Long Dark. Enjoyed Fortnite oddly enough (that's free, not part of GamePass). I recommend Lonely Mountains: Downhill for some seriously chilled out, fun, challenging indie biking, as well as "Yes, Your Grace" if you have the patience for a choose-your-own type of story game (also quite good for when you just want to kick back and take it easy). On my to-play-when-I-can list are Desperados 3, Mass Effect Andromeda, Star Was: Jedi Night, Night Call (leaving soon) and a bunch of others.

The drawback is there is a lot of crap on Game Pass too, as well as many games that I just didnt connect with and uninstalled after 15 minutes of playing, like Cricket....

I also haven't bought a single game yet, however, I am keen to get a game or two soon that can test the console. Im sure Valhalla will be on a decent sale soon and considering Hot Wheels when it releases.

There is a lot of crap, but there are a lot of gems too:

* Doom Eternal
* Jedi: Fallen Order
* The Medium
* Gears 5
* Ori 1 and 2
* GTA V (Story mode is boss. Wait for the "next gen" patch coming near the end of this year if you can - 30FPS isn't a great experience)

I've hit a bit of a slump myself, and the last few gamepass additions haven't been for me (lots of sports stuff). So at the moment I'm switching between these:

* No Mans Sky (proud to say I preordered this on Steam, so I am one of the OG beta testers)
* Maneater
* Aliens: Isolation
* Shadow Warrior 2
* Hellblade

I had a lot of fun playing Minecraft: Dungeons with some friends too.

Different tastes and all, but I have never been a fan of turn based games, so Desperados didn't work out for me. While I played the OG Mass Effect games, I just couldn't get through Andromeda. Even though they fixed a lot of the problems, I have now started that game twice now and I still can't get into it. I have officially given up.

Unfortunately for me, I really hit the gaming hard when I got my series X, so I played and finished all the good stuff quite quickly. Since then nothing has really gripped me that I've gone home to play every night. I suppose it's a good thing in a way.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

* GTA V (Story mode is boss. Wait for the "next gen" patch coming near the end of this year if you can - 30FPS isn't a great experience)

Problem is Rockstar is still milking GTA V and want to charge full price for the next gen version of an 8 year old game. They can ****.

If you want to play it for free, the next gen version is likely not coming to GP anytime soon so we're stuck with the 30 FPS version...

 

[Lupus]

Holy #@$%!!!

I'm clearing out my study, and found some original Xbox (pre-X360) games, that I wanted to throw out now, because they never worked on the X360. For laughs, I just inserted Jade Empire into the X Series and it's busy converting it!!! What the actual hell is with this backwards compatibility? Now I'm going to have to go through each one of them. Original KOTOR anyone? Burnout 3? Cassics!

Actually worked on the Xbox one but yeah the BC is great.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Holy #@$%!!!

I'm clearing out my study, and found some original Xbox (pre-X360) games, that I wanted to throw out now, because they never worked on the X360. For laughs, I just inserted Jade Empire into the X Series and it's busy converting it!!! What the actual hell is with this backwards compatibility? Now I'm going to have to go through each one of them. Original KOTOR anyone? Burnout 3? Cassics!

Yep every Xbox game across every generation will work on Series X | S...

 

[Lupus]

Yep every Xbox game across every generation will work on Series X | S...

Nope not every game,I've got a few from the 360 that won't work.

 

[AfricanTech]

Honestly thinking of doing the same with my Switch. Only thing holding me back is if a new exclusive IP comes out, say a new Mario game that is as awesome as Odyssey was (I also think I got my switch banned )


How did you find Outriders?

I love the Switch - playing Zelda:BotW (fir the first time) - love the pause, pick up and play anywhere nature of the console.

 

[AfricanTech]

Electric Volt Controller available now

R1399 at TAL

https://www.takealot.com/xbox-series-wireless-controller-electric-volt/PLID72400231

That's the one I want!

/races to see if AVO has it.

 

[AlphaJohn]

Yep every Xbox game across every generation will work on Series X | S...

Its the reason why I have 3 PlayStations but only need 1 Xbox

Or simply put:
PS2 Fat - For PS1/PS2 Games (Fat can take a HD where slim can not)
PS3 Super slim - For PS3 Games (Phat can play PS2 games but prone to YLOD or Die)
PS4 for -PS4 Games (To be replaced with PS5 for PS4/PS5 Games)

Xbox Series - For Xbox/360/One and Series games

 

[AlphaJohn]

Busy playing Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance on PS2 till I get this

 

[AlphaJohn]

Destiny 2!!!! All the expansions are on GP as well. So addictive

and I can talk from experience...



8 months clean now

 

[AlphaJohn]

Xbox and Xbox Game Pass are Coming to More Screens

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• Xbox is exploring new subscription offerings for Xbox Game Pass so more players around the world can experience the most immersive and fun games across devices, geographies, and financial realities.
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Bringing the Joy and Community of Gaming to Everyone - Xbox Wire

At Xbox, our mission is simple: bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone on the planet. To achieve that, we aspire to empower everyone to play the games you want, with the people you want, anywhere you want. Ahead of the first-ever Xbox and Bethesda Showcase on Sunday, when we will...

news.xbox.com

 

[Sarg3_ZN]

This looks pretty awesome... and you can play it on last gen as well

 

[AlphaJohn]

Must be E3? cause they dropped a lot of new trailers last night

https://www.youtube.com/c/xbox/videos

 

[mr_norris]

Must be E3? cause they dropped a lot of new trailers last night

https://www.youtube.com/c/xbox/videos

Summer Game Fest stuff - they must be keeping all the good stuff for that Xbox & Bethesda show on Sunday.

Bringing the Joy and Community of Gaming to Everyone - Xbox Wire

At Xbox, our mission is simple: bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone on the planet. To achieve that, we aspire to empower everyone to play the games you want, with the people you want, anywhere you want. Ahead of the first-ever Xbox and Bethesda Showcase on Sunday, when we will...

news.xbox.com

I wonder if this means we will be able to stream from our own consoles to PC. I always have my laptop when I'm staying away from home for a while, and not having to cart my Xbox around would be nice.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

I really want to lose my head when trying to download anything on the Xbox.

Run a speedtest through the Edge browser, get like 600Mbps+. Try to download a game, 30Mbps then 5Mbps then 50Mbps then 500Kbps then 90Mbps and so on.

I think this is something to do with how Xbox downloads and decompresses at the same time, although I cannot find any info online to confirm this, just everybody complaining about slow downloads.

 

[Mars]

Considering that I do not have a 4k tv, do I really need the x? or would the s be fine?

 

[Lupus]

Considering that I do not have a 4k tv, do I really need the x? or would the s be fine?

If you have physical discs, if you need space then yes