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Re: Forza Horizon 5 Is A 'Phenomenal Experience' On Xbox Series X, Says Digital Foundry

Bobobiwan

Damn. I was under the impression that 60 fps was an obligation for a racing game, but they made me doubt it.
I think I'll try the quality mode first, and then stick with it, or either switch to performance. But my guess is once you've played in 60 fps, you just can't go back to 30. So 30 first, I think.

Oh, and now I remember : Drive Club on PS4 is 30 fps. Still my favorite racing game of the gen, so...

Re: Poll: Are You Buying GTA: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition?

Bobobiwan

@Tharsman "Big backlog and this won’t be making it to the top of the list. I have picked a policy of only paying full price for games I must play immediately after launch. Last such game was Mass Effect Legendary Edition."

I'm totally with you on that, except I refrained myself to buy Mass Effect Legendary, as I know it will definitely come to the EA Play service (and so to the GPU). But I'm so, so eager to play it, especially given the case that I only did Mass Effect 1, back in the day.

As for GTA, I'll try it day one on gamepass, then I'll take my decision.

Re: Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Season 8: Mythic Is Now Live

Bobobiwan

Ok, I'm just gonna speak for myself, here : I don't see the point of it, with Infinite being so close to release, now.

Actually, I think I'll even uninstall all of the MP content of the MCC, and keeping only the campaign modes. The multiplayer will be on Infinite, from now on.

Plus, and that's only my personnal feeling : I just don't know what to think about these new armor designs. Really, they're so... weird, I don't know.

Anyway, waiting for Inifinite, now.

Re: Far Cry 6 Only Installs 700MB From The Disc On Xbox Series X

Bobobiwan

I have been a defender of physical copies for years. Really : I'm the guy who enjoy to collect games, and put them on a shelf, near all my books and Dvds / Blurays.

But with my Series X, I finally made peace with a full digital way to play. At least on this console. Gamepass was a part of the equation, smart delivery was another.

I really don't see the point of discs anymore, on this console. They are now just keys to unlock your content, which has to be downloaded anyway. So you better download it right away, in order to cancel one step of the process (you just select your game and play).

I'm still going physical for the Switch, thought (planning to buy a Metroid copy this week).

Re: Marvel's Avengers Sparks Rage As Paid XP Boosts Are Added To The Game

Bobobiwan

I just can't believe it. At the VERY SECOND they get a new batch of players for their until-that-deserted-game, they go all out and try to milk a maximum of cash out of it.

It's just unbeliveable.

I understand that they want this game to make them profit outside of the retail price itself, in order to make the game live and all, but that's the absurdity of the "game as a service" model.

You can't just do those "free-to-play"sort of things with a game that is not, well, free to play.

And an admission in the gamepass programm does not make it free to play.

It's a shame, cause at its core, Avengers is a solid game, in my opinion. For twenty of thirty hours. But Square, please, don't try so desperatly to steal our money, geez. At this point, you just embarass yourself.

I don't know what to choose, between that and the "Kingdom-Hearts-Saga-on-Switch-but-only-on-cloud" for the worst Square Enix decision of this week. And I'm saying that as a fan of their games.

But come on, guys.

Re: Another Six Games Will Leave Xbox Game Pass Soon (October 15)

Bobobiwan

Ok I just did try Katana Zero and that game is an absolute masterpiece, in my book.
The game is pretty short, apprently, so I'll have time to finish it before it leaves, but I guess I'll buy it anyway, just to support the devs. With the little 20 % discount we get, the game is nearly ten bucks.

Very worth it, in my opinion !

Re: Six More Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (September 30)

Bobobiwan

@themightyant Honestly, I don't know very much about that, as I'm an actual casual player.

All I wanted with this game was to play an Avenger in a good story mode, and that's what I found.

I only played Iron Man, except when I had to play others for the sake of the story, and I still have not maxed his skill tree. But It's probably because I did stop playing just after the end credits (I didn't dive into the endgame - multiplayer play).

So, my take is : if you consider this game just for its solo mode, it is a good game. Not too short, not too long, a good superhero tale with really cool sequences (The Stark Mansion, for exemple). But for the endgame, I don't know. And I guess that's where all the criticisms are found.

But I'm planning to play the game again, now, for the Wakanda expansion which seems very fun. And maybe a little multiplayer, who knows ? With gamepass, maybe it will suddenly be filled with plenty of players !

Re: Six More Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (September 30)

Bobobiwan

Excellent batch of games !
Time to play, I guess !!

Oh, and please, guys : try Avengers. Really. Forget about all the bad buzz and everything. This was a game MEANT for gamepass. Now that you can access it for free (sort of), please give it a try.

It really has a good story, gameplay is fun (I'm so in love with the ability to play an actual IRON MAN, with flying and everything !), and graphics are really cool. Maybe you won't play hundred of hours, and will let it go after the main story's ending, and that's fine. But it deserves a play, really. Just my two cents.

Re: Shang-Chi Star Simu Liu Gets His Very Own Xbox Series X

Bobobiwan

Saw Shang Chi in cinemas last week : it was a very cool movie.

Sure, it was not perfect, especially if you can't take it anymore with all these Marvel's gimmicks we're now used to (like having a side character making a joke instantaneously, everytime something seems a little too silly in the screen - just in case we would like to take it too seriously).

But the fights are really cool, and the main protagonist is very, very likable. It feels kinda fresh, in a way, to discover a new character in this universe, and this is one I'll be pleased to follow in the next entries.

Give it a chance, if you like this kind of entertainment !

PS : Oh, and Tony Leung is SO COOL. In every scene he's in. But we all know that, right ?

Re: The Halo Infinite Xbox Series X Is Already Going For $1,000+ On eBay

Bobobiwan

Seriously...
I wanted one for myself, you know, just to PLAY WITH IT, the way it is supposed to be.

Thinking about it, the scalpers themselves are not the real problem : despite of what I'm thinking about these people, what they're doing is technically legal...

But the BUYERS ? Yeah, here is the real problem. No buyer, no market, no scalp.

Seriously (again), WHO IS PAYING THAT KIND OF MONEY for that ? Please, don't engage in that game, don't contribute to the pratic in itself ! Or this kind of problem is going to last forever and ever... :-/

Re: Black Desert Dev Shows Off Its New 'Creature-Collecting' Game

Bobobiwan

Ok, ok... First I thought "Oh, sure. Another Poké-clone."
And then I saw the trailer.

W... Wow ! o_O'

What is this game ? Why nobody's talking about that ? It surely is the biggest surprise of the show, for me ! Cause, you know :

1) Nintendo and Gamefreaks won't likely give us a Pokémon that beautifull. Like, never. So, why someone else should not give it a try ?

2) This does not seems to be, in fact, a Pokémon-clone. It seems to bring some things from the Kingdom Hearts saga as well. Like a KH vibe, I don't know.

But it sure looks freaking awesome !!

Re: Hellblade Is A 'Whole Lot Better' On Xbox Series X|S, Says Digital Foundry

Bobobiwan

I'll play it again very soon, in enriched mode.

When I played it on One X, after trying the 60 fps mode, I decided to stick to quality (30 fps on One X) because I found that, for a game with such a beautifull cinematography, the 60 fps kinda deserved it, giving it a look that felt too much "videogame" for my taste (which is ironic, cause, you know, it's a... videogame).

So, once again, 30 fps for me. And so Enriched mode it is.

Re: Xbox Is Getting An All-New 'Night Mode' Feature Very Soon

Bobobiwan

This is the feature I've been waiting on.

Especially for watching movies : I'm always trying to hide the X logo of my Series X, with some kind of black tissue or whatever. When I'm watching a movie, I don't want anything to distract me from the screen.

So, good job on this one !

Re: Pick One: Which Of These Is Your Favourite Halo Game?

Bobobiwan

It's difficult cause at every main title of the list, I'd like to say "yeah, that's one ! This is my favorite ! Oh, wait, that one was excellent, too..."

Overall, the first one will always have a special place for any gamer from that time. It was a shock. It was "the best videogame ever made" for many who played it back then. And I'm saying that as a Nintendo fan at heart : I don't even really like FPS as a genre. I like adventure games, I like... The Legend of Zelda, for exemple. But Halo, man... It just had something special to it. It was a new world to discover. It was amazing.

But, in the end, about the choice... I had to pick Halo 3. Cause at the time, I've waited for this game like I never had for any other. Watched the trailer a million time ("I am your shield. I am your sword..." goosebumps everytime !) and I still do, from time to time.

Reach is also extraordinary. I really, really loved its campaign.

Also, a word bout 4 and 5 : 343 really don't deserve, in my opinion, all the bashing they get. Halo 4 is a very beautifull game (it is even more so on the MCC) and Halo 5 has its incredible story for it (that ending !!).

All of that to say : I'm very confident about Infinite.

Re: Xbox Exec Promises To 'Look Into' Ways To Improve Game Updates

Bobobiwan

The option to be able play a game not updated, but only offline is a must-have, in my opinion.
Playstation does it since an eternity, it should be a given.

How frustrating it is, when you finally get the time to play a little hour of a game yoy haven't played for a long time, only to see that you cannot play it right now, cause IT HAS to update first.

No, it has not to. Just block the online features, and let me play right now. I'll update it later in the evening.

Just my two cents.