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@Dan1283 Cash crab - "Moneymoneymoney!"

"Fixed instances of Alex Casey t-posing menacingly"

Try to read this without the accompanying mental image. Go on, I dares ya...😀

@Blaa Well, clearly you can...😀

I'm enjoying this immensely so far. Just playing on pad, but it feels great to me. I am tempted by a wheel, but already have a pretty permanent set up with a velocity one flight yoke for flight sim, and it'd be a faf to swap over all the time.

As far as graphics go, it's impressive, but has its limits. I was playing about with the photo mode last night in the various modes and found that the ray tracing is definitely higher resolution and detail in fidelity mode, but at the cost of (an admittedly quite smooth looking) 30fps.

One thing I did spot is that some distant elements of the reflections - I suppose the cube map, are copied from the players car onto all the other cars, but closer reflections are ray traced. Interesting technology behind our games these days.

I was hoping Train Sim World 4 would be announced for Gamepass, seeing as 3 just recently left.
It could be argued that having a new game each year, that barely changes each time, is a bit dodgy, but I do quite enjoy it as a 'chill' game.

This isn't helped by the weird colour filters that the game uses. Blacks, aside from being grey, often have a green tinge to them that you can see changing as you walk from location to location.

I watched a YouTube video last night on recommend PC mods, and the guy's number one pick was a mod that removes this - the image looked so much better.

That being said, it's all moot on my crappy Hisense 50". It does HDR but not really, and the cheap led's are slowly turning blue, so everything has a slightly purple tinge in certain lighting conditions. 😔

@sixrings I think it has framerate boost on Series X/S, but not resolution.

@Kaloudz Came here to say just this. It's surely the only correct answer. 😀

"Patience is definitely the name of the game with this one!"

Describes Xbox as a whole this gen, to be fair.

I bought the Original Xbox around 2003 I think. What I remember is it dropping off my Son's pram seconds after leaving Game. It made an almighty bang as it hit the ground in the shopping centre, and I thought I'd knackered it before I'd got it home.
Was all good though, and my Son is now a bigger xbox fan than me (He bought the One and One X while I jumped ship for PS4/Pro - both have Series Xs now).

...Still have no clue why I thought it was a good Idea to balance the OG Box above my baby Son though - Dad of the year right there.😂

Does Alan Wake : American Nightmare have any Series X enhancements like framerate boost?
Thinking of trying to do the whole RCU before Alan Wake 2, and haven't played this one.

Flight Simulator 2024. Came out of nowhere for me, and as a Gamepass using Series X owner, I'm really looking forward to it.
Unfortunately, the same can't be said for a fair number over on the official forums, which have turned into a bit of a s**tshow.
The main argument seems to be that MS/Asobo promised a 10 year plan for FS2020 on PC, and are now moving on to a new, paid, sim without including promised features or fixing long-standing bugs.
Also, the 'missions' shown in the FS2024 trailer have been seen by many as 'gamifying' the sim, and there's quite a bit of anti-xbox sentiment going about again.

@InterceptorAlpha so good for driving games - kind of halfway to a wheel. It took me so long to adjust, moving from PS4.

@abe_hikura I hope you're not implying for a moment that the decision of the CMA might be in any way politically motivated, and not have been arrived at after thorough and fair handed consideration.

I'd be shocked, I tell you! 😂

@NeutronBomb Yeah, we really need an official conversion chart or something so we can cross reference dates.
Announcement: Nov '23
What they mean : May '24
Factor in second delay - Release: Sep '24

Meanwhile another video or three where the devs tell us they "can't wait" for us to get our hands on it...😂

"Xbox Players Encouraged To Change One TV Setting In Redfall"

On your remote, press the red power button. If done correctly, your screen should now be black. We've tried this and can confirm it's a 100% improvement, so give it a try and see if it works for you.

Still waiting on my 500 points from last months task. Kind of puts you off a bit when the awarding of the points is so willy nilly.

@Kaloudz Cool, thanks - what I hoped, but with modern gaming you can never be too sure.

So is this "open" open to everyone, or "pre-order" open?

My favourite Far Cry. Love the setting, the vibe and, weirdly, the cult music - if I'm in a vehicle I always change to it.
Not to sure what that says about me 😀, but I like that there's multiple versions of each song.

@Banjo- Yeah, the very fact that there is a weekly list like this that features so many games is testament to that hard work.

@ActionPanther Oh, definitely, the list is ideal how it is - I suppose I was just venting a bit 😀.
Technology plays into things as well - improvements are far more incremental these days, so console generational leaps like we seen from say, the OG xbox to 360 don't really happen now.

I'm going to say it again, and probably get it in the neck again but, aren't Xbox One titles technically 'backwards compatible' too?
This is the first generation when I don't really feel I've bought a next gen machine - more like a graphics card update for existing games.
Thank god for Fliight Sim.

@ActionPanther I'm not so sure, unfortunately. Over on Reddit I made a comment similar to yours on a game coming in 2024 to Xbox one.
Interestingly, the consensus seemed to be I should sit down and shut up, as xbox is now a series, hence the name.
That said, I'll look forward to playing the latest titles on my venerable series x in 2033, but personally I feel it's time to cut the strings.

@Fishticon Good news! - they have! ...at least that's what it's starting to flaming well look like 😀

@Nintendo4Sonic Welcome back! You seem to have picked a good time to jump on board - a few belters from the last couple of years to catch up on (although you could argue, fairly imho, not quite enough) and the promise of great things to come in '23.

I would recommend taking a look at flight sim if you at all think it might be your thing. I'm obviously biased as I moved to Series X from PlayStation purely for it, and am now sitting on 1020 hrs played and a full yoke/hotas/pedal set up that cost more than the xbox did, but if it clicks for you, there's nothing else like it.

Anyone know how Hell's Highway runs on Series x - any improvements?

Meanwhile the player base has starved to death...

He's looking at a board full of scribbled post-it notes, that make up the entirety of development on Everwild.

Probably.

"Fully support's"? Yeah, life support...

@aj102404 😂 "Looks like a giant..."

The Series X brought me back after to xbox for the first time since 360 - I had PS4/Pro before that.
I switched purely for Flight Simulator, which I used to play on PC back in the old days.
Very glad that I did, and have put in many, many hours in Flight Sim. I am eager to see some more 'next gen' games though, and am looking forward to what Unreal 5 and FSR will bring.

Am I right in thinking that the fps boost on Series X removes the 'one X enhanced' features too though, like better shadow quality / draw distance etc?
I suppose in a first-person shooter the 60fps has more of an impact.

Really enjoyed this last year. I played the 'Lake' demo, and it ended up one of my games of the year.

It is what it is, and should eventually make for better games, which is what we all want in the end.

That said, if any devs on the show even dare to utter something like "...and we can't wait for you to play (insert game title)!", I may just throw something at the screen.

I'd love some more Thief. I've played them since the PC days but, like many, was a bit disappointed with the reboot. I think Deadly Shadows was my favourite - the Shalebridge Cradle mission was fantastic.
I've always thought the City itself, and its lore and atmosphere was the best element of the games and I'd love to see what's possible in UE5 with Nanite and Lumen - it really could be something special.

Personally don't care much for the guys videos, but my heart goes out to him...

Having to watch bits of the show FIVE times.
God bless him.

I had the first one on Android, but it seems to have disappeared from the playstore now - even though I own it.
I'd definitely be interested in the trilogy release.

@Titntin You too, huh? 😂😂

@Thenewguy Same, Yakuza: Like a Dragon steelbook - hadn't even put the disc in the console!
Not bitter though, it's a great game (and series).

Sinclair Flight Simulation or 3D Monster Maze on ZX81. Considering I bought my Series X mainly for flightsim, we've come a long way.