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@Lrapsody If you're a big sonic fan, then yes. Otherwise I think it's just ok. People have been desperate for a good 3D sonic for so long I think they're quite forgiving for a lot of the games issues. Still if you can get it for a decent price, or try before you buy, you'll at least get a feel for it.

I wanted to like Generations more. But it has all the issues 3D Sonic games have had since Adventure. I won't bother with this.

I never planned on getting a Series X, since I could just play all the current gen games on my PC, and used my One X Goldrush console for X1 games and BC for old 360 and phat console games. But then I saw this bitch, and thought, damn, me likey. So I went and got this thing. I've barely used it really, bunch of BC games but not much else. I use the controller with my PC and linked an old Xbox One pad to the console. Just aimed my UV torch at the thing and it does indeed have this pattern, also only the white dots react to the UV, the blueish looking ones do nothing, so in a dark room it looks like half the stars have disappeared.

I remember playing this on my Saturn back in the day. Considering the other platformers we got back then, it was pretty crap.

Looks alright, but I still find it dumb and lazy that they did the same thing as the Xbox One S all digital. You're removing a significant chunk of the console, also this is probably a die shrunk lower power consuming version of the Series X, so why not give it a new smaller sleeker form factor?

5 sucked balls. felt more like a side game.

@dskatter Funny thing is they do use M.2 internally. And even the expansion cards are just M.2 drives with the connector cut down to two lanes and using a port borrowed from cameras.

Still stupidly overpriced for what is essentially just a 2230 M.2 drive using only 2 lanes and stuck in a CFExpress adaptor. But hey, console makers have been screwing customers with stuff like this for decades.

Slow day in the office today?

@Rog-X Sony only do that with certain games, and like 1-2 years later. Practically all the Xbox games come to PC on the same day. I only ever fire up my Series X for some old back compat 360 stuff. Everything else is on PC and looks and runs better on my PC than my Xbox so... meh.

@Scirius Yeah, it's an odd list. And I can play most of the games on my PC for a better experience too. This list isn't exactly helping the "Xbox has no games" argument.

I loved the map on this. Mountain passes based on france and italy. Awesome. Pity they never bothered to patch it so it's still stuck in 2014 mode, 1080p30. And no PC release like FH3. Playing FH3 in 4k60 is beautiful and enjoyable.

Astro Bot. Not much else.

Hows it run on the Series X? I tried it on my PC and it ran crap. 4k but using DLSS Perf, so 1080p internally, medium settings and it was constantly dropping under 60, and looks like an Xbox One game. And that's with a system that obliterates the series X.

After playing the beta I've lost all interest.

@cburg 30fps hemlock?

crossing over from PlayStation? You make it sound like a PS exclusive is coming to Xbox. This has been on PC and phones since day one.

@Pabpictu Exploring the world is good, some great locations and beautiful music. But some of the story stuff is just boring and poorly paced, and grinding for materials to power up your characters is very tedious.

@OldGamer999 Agreed, something pretty like forbidden west has a solid 60fps, but it's around 1800p. the 4k mode is 30, but it does have the 40fps mode which is around 4k, drops a bit under. But games like this with 40fps modes are outliers. Most seem to just be perf or quality mode, 1440p or 4k usually. I remember people complaining about PS4 Pro having loads of games not in native 4k, which was obvious from the get go. Devs need to decide really, take longer, drop the graphics a bit, aim for 4k60. Or what most do, 1440p60 will do and throw in a higher res 30fps mode.

@OldGamer999 Blame that on devs rushing games out with crappy optimisation. There's plenty of games that run in high res and look great in 60, then we have crap like this. The pro consoles are basically throw more power at it. Like crappy running pc games when they say use a 4090, use DLSS. It's people not trying any more. Publishers pushing devs to rush, or just devs without as much skill as in the past.

@AccessibleDaydream That depends on the devs, optimizing and using a decent engine. I tried this on my pc, which is gigantically more powerful that the series x. and it ran like crap. 1440p medium rarely hit 60fps and was more often around 45. And it only looks ok. Far better looking games run massively better. I have very low hopes for this.

Ooo, I'm gonna try this on my actual GBC.

Good news at last.

CG mock ups make it look quite good and detailed. Then look at the video on the store page, it looks like crap, no where near as good as the pics.

Dat man jaw. Modern DEI crap, can't have a pretty woman!

@OldGamer999 your comments should come with an autism warning at the top.