JetmanUK

Unpopular opinion - I think that the campaign is quite fun so far and I really like the open missions. I have just got to a stealth mission though, not very keen on it, so I am hoping it's a one off and it's back to the blasting next!

Oof!
Im a big fan of their service, this is a huge loss, lots of old favourites of mine. That said, I am very glad the Namco stuff is finally coming.
Perhaps we will see the WB games return in the future.

Perhaps this will be unpopular opinion, I don't have a problem with AI voice overs in a game. Sure, maybe not for full cut scenes, and not in big budget games, but especially if it's a smaller dev studio I think it's fine.

One day we'll probably have all voice acting done by AI. Who knows how far in the future that will be? 🤔🤷🏻

Easy, Deadly Premonition.

I think what happened is that it would get very confusing switching Res boost and FPS boost on and off and trying to find the best default option, whether it be both on or one or the other on, and what resolution to boost to (on two consoles!) on a per game basis would be too time consuming.

They could have given all XB1 games a toggle switch for both in the OS, but they wouldn't want people to have a potentialy poor experience so they would have pushed that idea aside straight away.

I feel a conservative bump of all XB1 games to 1080p on XSS would be a nice feature. XSX would be trickier as XB1X enhanced games run at varying resolutions all the way up to 4K already, now we are getting into time consuming testing again! Yeah, just a bump for XB1 games on XSS would be fine, particularly as it's the higher selling console.

Another thing they could do is bump all back compat OGXB and XB360 games to 1440p and 4K on the XSS & XSX, just exclude all games already boosed (XB1X enhanced back compat games are already given a nice bump on both series consoles anyway). See, even this cut down idea is still complicated! That's why it was scrapped. 💁🏻🤣

@Fiendish-Beaver It really was! I was sweating sat at my laptop! 😅🤣

@NorthwestEagle I sat on the Xbox site hitting the refresh and managed to preorder both an XSX and and an XSS for launch day. 🤣👍🏻

Following on from my previous comment... The irony here is that I bought the following Xbox consoles on launch day:

Xbox 360
Xbox One S
Xbox One X
Xbox Series X
Xbox Series S

So I definitely would have enjoyed getting those cheevos. With only the OG Xbox and XB1 purchased after launch I would have had a nice collection to show off on my profile. Ah well.

I got my XB One a while after launch, so I missed out on this, sadly. Personally I think it's pretty cool and I'd like it to be a thing with every new generation.

It's like Minecraft, it's such a massive money maker why would you remove it from other platforms? MS are first and foremost a software company, COD is software, and it makes huge amounts of money. It's obvious. 💁🏻

My lunch model was fine, then I upgraded to the hdmi model, then the S before I had an issue. The GPU fried on that one. It still switched on but was all garbled and pixelated.

I bought an E right at the start of the XBO generation as I wanted to be able to play my old games as well as the new gen ones. It was brand new and cheap as it was less desirable then. It's quite an ugly model but has been ok so far ..

Better scores than I expected, I was thinking this might just be more of the same and therefore quite disappointing. I dabbled with the first one a little, I really should get back on that one.

Will trawl through this later, I was hoping for the annual Halloween theme sale soon. I can recommend the pacman game for sure!

Over the years I have often tried out these 'worse games of the moment' releases and have enjoyed the simple fun of some. Yeah maybe I'm crazy, but the curiousity and super low expectations make me get something out of them. 🤷🏻

Would I pay full price? Nah. A deep sale? Maybe. 🤣😉

I like the Xbox dashboard a lot, I really do, but I have had far too many issues like this. In addition to this one (which has been a problem for far too long) I also have issues sometimes when downloading an app.

Sometimes it won't start downloading, I have to go back and hit download multiple times, then it will start and sit for ages at the top of the queue not actually downloading. Then it will start and not finish for ages, I mean hours.

Ive had this on both my XSS and XB1X recently. Drove me mad as it messed up two nights chilled plans! One night was let's watch a DVD and the One X wouldn't/couldn't download the damn Blu-ray app. I tried restarts and everything, it just sat there. Another night it was one of the streaming apps on my XSS (can't remember which one), it did exactly the same thing. Grrrr
Anyone else had this?

Blur is the game at the top of my list.

Prototype could be Xbox's Spiderman

Pitfall could be revamped into a Tomb Raider/Uncharted style game.

A series of remixed Atari 2600 and other 8 bit era games at a low price. Similar to the Atari Recharged series of games. Modern River Raid anyone?

Are we finally gonna get an Xbox team racing game? Many more characters to add now.

Duck Dynasty baby!
(No? It's ok, I have the disc )

Finally over!
Well done to all involved in the deal.

@BacklogBrad Yeah I understand that it's the cloud streaming, I was thinking that cloud streaming of Acti games was not gonna be available as part of Gamepass, to console, phone or PC. It seems that others think that this won't be the case though, hopefuly they are correct.

All right CMA, you have been an international embarrassment, shamed my country and put off tech companies from dealing with us here… how about you get back in your box, cry into your baby blankets… oh and don't forget to GFY.

@BAMozzy Thanks for the comment, I hope I have it completely wrong, this sounds much fairer... although does this open it up to abuse in the way that Sony currently signs exclusive deals for games. Could Sony (or Google, Amazon, Nintendo ect) then sign exclusive cloud rights to games from Ubi for their streaming service? I would hope that a protection was built in against that as this is supposed to be 'pro consumer'.

@Syndrome Thanks for the comment, I hope I have it completely wrong, this sounds much fairer.

@The-Grezzly-Bear Also a good outcome if it could be sorted.

@Enigk Ah now if Ubi can license the games back to MS so that they can be included in Gamepass at no additional cost to the subscriber then that would be great. I am doubting this though. 😔

@TheAshCohen09 Unless I am mistaken, I think it will be that you need to subscribe to Ubisofts Plus service to stream Activision games. Therefore a further cost to UK Xbox users, so not consumer friendly at all, at least not to my pocket. I hope I am wrong.

The CMA have really looked after us haven't they? I just have to buy an additional subscription if I want to stream Activision games now, great, and it's OK, it's only for the next 15 years. Thanks for looking out for the consumer CMA. 🙄👍🏻

All that aside, I'm very glad it's almost crossed the finishing line. 😊

@Kaloudz 🤣 Happy to help.

@Kaloudz Haha, it really is!

It was a thing on the Xbox One ages ago, pre Series consoles, so it's not new at all. With the advent of the controller with the share button (and it being remappable) it has become a lot easier though.

I think the games which miss out on a 60FPS mode on XSS have a pretty simple solution to this problem, put a 120hz 40 fps mode in. Done!

I bet most 30fps games would require only a minor tweak (many no tweak at all, as they would have been capped at 30fps because they couldn't reach a stable 60fps, but could hit the 40s/50s).

Yes, I know not everyone has a 120hz capable TV, but it's a growing market and many have one and even budget models include the capability, so more and more people are using compatible tech.

I am a digital game guy, but as I have my XSS in my living room it would be handy to have a disc drive for the occasional Bluray/DVD disc that I play. The current solution is use the Xbox One X which is sat next to it as a glorified disc player! Haha

Of course I could bring the XSX downstairs and swap it with the XSS, but I want the better console in my game room.

Make it cheap enough and I am in!

@Kaloudz 🤣 Yep, it's allowed me to be glued to the sofa too. 🤣
It really is a great feature, I use it all the time, much more than I ever use screenshots and video clips, so it really works for me having it on the share button as a single press.

@Kaloudz Yes, it's exactly that.

It's actually an accessibility function called magnifier, I find it handy when you get the occasional tiny text in a game, and also often use it just to take a closer look at graphics too.

You activate magnifier (via the remapped button like me or by holding down the Xbox button and selecting magnifier) and then the triggers zoom in and out, it's really handy!

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/account-profile/accessibility/use-magnifier

But I find it faster and more user friendly to remap, the choice is yours.

How to remap:
https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/hardware-network/accessories/controller-share-button

@Kezelpaso
When you click the YouTube button under the video it take you to a different Pure Xbox account page which has no videos and only 18 subscribers.

@Kaloudz You can repmap the button.
I have mine set as follows:

Press - Zoom
Double tap - Take screenshot
Long Press- Video clip

There are lots of options on what you can use it for, I find the zoom really handy personally.

I finally tried Redfall last night, on my XSS (not my XSX) as I wanted to see it at it's 'worst' to see what everyone was crying about. Well, from my play of around an hour or so I thought it looked good, performed well and controlled very smoothly.

I left all options to the defaults other than selecting perfomance mode. I was pretty impressed, it looks like fun, if you have Gamepass it's a no brainer to give it a go.

Love the 350 Hoodie!

Any game by Swery catches my eye!
I am still waiting for Deadly Premonition 2 on XBOX, maybe one day.

Am I the only one who thought that the graphics looks weird? Black edges to the cars made it look like some sort of comic book filter, or like a cell shaded game. I just dunno about this, perhaps it was the type of paint on the cars/time of day/odd stream. Didn't look real to me.

@BrilliantBill That's good to hear as to be honest all the videos I see on YouTube seem to show the newer Xbox One CODs to have a frame that is often sat in the 40's. An account from someone who plays them saying that the games perform well enough to cross play with better performing versions is great.

Wow. What a weird generation we've had, the last gen has cast a massive shadow over it. Great for people still on those old consoles, if you can accept the lesser performance, which I guess if you're still there, then you can.

I have a Series S and Series X and I buy my games digitally, so the only reason of get a discless XSX is if I became dissatisfied with my XSS. Can't see that happening, I am currently very happy with it.

I actually think I'd be more likely to buy a standard XSX as a replacement as even though I buy games digitally I do play the occasional DVD or Blu-ray and that would be handy in the room that the XSS currently lives in.... Or maybe I should just dust off and set up the One X next to it for that purpose. 🤷🏻🤣

@Backagen https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/store/antstream-arcade-lifetime-pass-edition/9PKVNQRL9NQ1

The annual pass is below this when you scroll down too. But do yourself a favour and just get the lifetime one. 🤟🏻

Back compat on Xbox is amazing and really help with game preservation too.
I play old games all the time.

The only ones who don't like back compat are Rockstar, they can't take advantage and do a swift cash grab port to the Xbox! Don't worry, they will fleece some Sony and Nintendo fans and get their bags of cash. If they could revoke their games back compat they would!

Also, anyone remember what a state the old GTAs were in on the recent (ish) compilation? They might even release a mess of a port this time too, Sony and Nintendo fans beware!

I love this service, highly recommend it to anyone interested in retro games. The controller response is way better than any other cloud service I've ever tried too.

As the 360 game received a 4K One X enhancement it plays at 4K on the XSX and 1440p on the XSS, with a solid 30fps too.

The only thing Xbox owners miss out on is if they up the frame rate to 60fps, it sounds like this is not the case. I am happy with my super cheap Xbox 360 version which will play across three generations of Xbox thank you very much.

Suggested solution - How about two player split screen on XSS and four player split screen on the XSX?

Games on the S are allowed to have lower resolution, lower graphic settings and textures, and even half the frame rate, why not half the split screen players? It then still offers split screen play.

This is if it is 4 player on XSX, I have seen comments that it is only 2 player.

Either way, as we have seen with Switch games, you can chop and chop and make a just about acceptable game. If it's 1440p 60fps on XSX then make it 720p (or even a Switch style 540p!) and 30fps. Use dynamic resolution and reconstruction. Cut the textures right back. Disable shadow or lighting features. Remove animations. Maybe make the viewable play area in a smaller window. Perhaps restrict the distance the two players can roam from each other (biggest difference right there, huge memory saver especially). Lower AA, motion blur, AO. So many cuts made all round to try.
All of the above would make a huge difference to CPU, GPU and memory requirements. No reason this game can't ship, Microsofts team will help them ship the game, I don't doubt this at all.

Credit to them for their excellent support of this game. It's such a shame that it launched with lots of issues (like many other games), plus the tonal changes which put off many long standing fans of the series.

I actually picked this up on a sale a while back and have not even started it yet, I think I'll wait until after the final patch. I think I'll be in for a real treat.

Yeah, as mentioned above I believe this game marks the end of the Sony deal, release wise. I do wonder however if they still have marketing until 2024?

Love this service, great to play some old classics in a convenient way and the challenges are really fun.

I highly recommend anyone with an interest in old school games gives this a go.