LaurenceJ1987

@Kaloudz my first Xbox. Definitely not my first console 😀

@Kaloudz 100% this. I'm relatively new to the Xbox ecosystem (Series X being my first console), but I feel Game Pass gives me so much value. Not every game is one I'll play, but even just a few in the year and I've gotten my money's worth.

I've been playing Shady Part of Me on Game Pass. Excellent puzzle game (albeit with terrible voice acting). I'm near the end I think now and I've really enjoyed it.

@carlos82 That's really useful to know. Definitely going to check my settings. I really appreciate the input from both of you.

@Banjo- Ah thanks so much for that. I am sure I've selected 120Hz for other games, but I didn't realise that was VRR. And I'm sure I've seen high numbers when looking at Game Optimiser settings. I will investigate this weekend ready to try Avowed when it hits Game Pass. Thanks again!

@carlos82 Thanks!

@Banjo- Sorry if this is a stupid question but I'm not very tech minded. I have an LG OLED TV so assume it's VRR, but how do I find out? And then is this a thing I actively need to turn on or does it just...work?

I've never played Ninja Gaiden before so I've been playing Black this week. I'm up to chapter 7 but I'm just finding the controls and camera at times too awkward. So I might give up on it now. I'm going to try Eternal Strands but I'm not sure it's my sort of game. I love Game Pass as otherwise I would likely not even try these.

@swedetrap I don't know The Casting of Frank Stone, but that comparison made me laugh. I'm still playing through Indy, but I'm enjoying it more and more as I play. it's brilliant.

I played a couple of tracks before Indy came out, and that's all I've played in my limited game time since. I have never played before so I didn't quite get used to the hop mechanism, as I've played a lot of Mario Kart in the past and it felt quite different.

I'm sure it's great if I get used to it, but I'm not sure I'll have time to.

@Coletrain @OldGamer999 I completely agree. I didn't know if I'd like the first person view beforehand but I love it. I think it works brilliantly, and the switch to third person when it happens is so smooth.

I can't imagine fist fighting being as enjoyable in third person.

I never thought I'd say this, but I am very happy if it remains first person.

I love that so many people are enjoying Indy. I've played a few hours so far. I was hoping it was good, and I'm enjoying it so much more than I expected to. It's just a really fun game.

Sound and Melina's performance were both incredible, so very well deserved.

Not great for Ultimate members (although for those of us excited for Indy next week, it probably doesn't matter too much).

Dungeons of Hinterberg is excellent though, and well worth playing by anyone who has access and hasn't tried it. I'm pleased this is getting more people able to play.

@BacklogBrad Oh interesting! Thank you for that. Good to know that wasn't some weird bug. I might dip in again then and see if it plays a bit better. My limited gaming time will be taken up with Indy from next week, so that will give a couple of weeks for more bug fixes on this too 😀

I've just gone to play and the career mode is locked so I can't get back in. When it works I am enjoying this, but there are too many bugs to make it consistently enjoyable. I think I'm going to leave it and try again in a few months.

I'm playing some more flight simulator. My current annoyance is having to u turn on runways to take off. The arrows in the ground form a much tighter circle than I can turn the plane and I always crash. Am I missing some way to turn in smaller circles?

@BearFut_1800 I've said this as well! Scrap the AI voices or at least give me the ability to mute them

@RetroMan71 I did my first tour around Manchester, then Salford. I had a quick look through settings and couldn't see any way to turn it off, but I think after I play a bit more ill be wanting to check again.

"I think I can see my house from here. Yes."
"Oh I think I missed that"

I've heard that too many times already. And that's one of the less annoying robot phrases.

I have enjoyed the few hours I've tried so far. It's not perfect (still loading too slowly with poor resolution until it loads). My biggest issue is the downright awful dialogue. I would rather have a proper script read by real actors, even if the dialogue was limited. This HAS to be AI (mainly the guests on flights in missions) and it's just horrible, the dialogue itself and the voices.

@RetroMan71 I've just tried again. There was a 500Mb update and now I've got in. It still took a few minutes to load, but worked. I've just done a few tutorial lessons. There's lots of loading and images loading in details slowly, but it's a big improvement over a few days ago.

@miller77 Yeah, that's where I am. I'm just going to give up for now. I really wanted to try this on day 1, but I guess I'll wait until it actually works.

@RetroMan71 After about 20 minutes and it seemingly stuck on 97% I quit the game in case rebooting it helped. It did not. 😬

Yeah, hopefully this is fixed soon. It's not a great launch for a game reliant on the cloud, but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt if it's quickly fixed.

11gb download is good, but it's taking an awfully long time to load. Hopefully this is just for the first time somehow, because waiting 10-15mins to load is not good, especially if I only have half an hour or so to play.

@qqbangbang Nearly 50gb of reserved space for CoD! Woah. Thanks.

@themightyant Thanks - that's a handy tip! I suspect I'm just acutely becoming aware now that I basically have a few massive games on there. But will investigate this.

I was looking at my space earlier. My Series X is about 75% full and I can't figure out how. I have CoD clocking in at about 350gb (although the individual components don't add up anywhere near that), Starfield and the Starfield artbook and music and a few other games totalling about 70gb. It feels like at least a couple of hundred gb have gone missing...

I've just finished Shattered Space. At least I think I have. It seemed to end quite abruptly.

For the most part I enjoyed it, but there were a couple of big bugs that I encountered that needed me to load a previous save: one when I couldn't talk to a character I had to talk to, and one when it autosaved as I was dying and reloaded just for me to die again.

The frame rate also seemed awful at times.

But it was certainly fun enough to keep me playing.

@RamiBalek I had exactly this issue. Downloaded the 18gb and assumed that was it, spent half an hour grav jumping, got annoyed and then realised I hadn't even downloaded the Shattered Space file!

I downloaded the last game, played a little and then deleted it to make room. At 30gb this could be a permanent fixture on my Series X.

I wonder if the cloud being involved so much would affect gameplay with slower internet.

Have Double Fine revealed what they've been working on since Psychonauts 2 yet? I'm interested what they are working on.

@Fiendish-Beaver Fair enough. I don't usually buy collector's editions but I thought the watch was actually a practical thing that looked cool. But if it can't connect to my phone it's purely an ornament.

@Fiendish-Beaver Do you actually use the watch? I used to use it a lot then one day it stopped connecting to my phone. I contacted Bethesda a few weeks ago, and they told me my case was being forwarded to the relevant person, and I never heard back.

@AlwaysPlaying Pepsi > Coke

Armageddon, to me, remains the peak of Worms.

@johnK Very true. I have avoided fist fighting after the introduction of it, and had no issues with the shooting on easy mode, so it allows me to enjoy it more. But I totally see your point.

I could just Google this, but is the co-op just online or is it also local?

@johnK I nearly quit on Mafia very early, but changed the difficulty to easy to enjoy the story, and a few hours in I think it's excellent. It's never going to be for everyone but might be worth sticking with a tiny bit longer

I (think I) have 2 dungeons left in Dungeons of Hinterberg, so I should have that finished this weekend. It's been one of my favourite games in a while. Heartily recommended.

I've never played any Mafia games, and the lack of freedom to go anywhere and do anything is a big plus for me. I like a gripping, tight story. Count me in (when I get time to play).

I'll be playing some Dungeons of Hinterberg. I honestly didn't really know to expect before starting it a few days ago. I've done about 6 dungeons so far and it's brilliant.

I think the most fun I've had with a game in the past couple of years was playing It Takes Two with my brother. He doesn't have much time for gaming, and I'm not that much better, but sitting in person and playing for an hour or two a week was brilliant. And it wouldn't have been the same online. The fact the game is also excellent obviously helped.

We then played A Way Out which, whilst not quite as good, was also a really fun co-op. I wish there were more games like these.

@AM2fl4m3 Yeah, it gets crazy tricky towards the end. I was so pleased to figure it all out! It's worth going back to if you can, especially if it is announced as leaving Game Pass soon.

Cocoon is absolutely brilliant. Not a long game either, so totally worth attention for everyone who hasn't played it yet.

I've never played any Mafia games, so this feels like something I'll definitely try out. Time and backlog permitting...

@Old_Man_Harper I'm partway through playing this. I like the gentle exploration. I don't like attacks by fabric men as much. 😀 But I'm enjoying it for the most part.

I enjoyed this a lot, but I'm not sure I'm a big enough fan to watch it again, never mind but it on Blu-ray. It is nice to see this exists though.

I got an Elite 2 in customised colours and that's my controller of choice. I do wish it had a screenshot/share button but I can make others screenshot with a shift button. And that's not a negative of the Design Lab but the Elite 2 in general.

@AlwaysPlaying Yep, played both of those too. Good simple fun.

I played it for a couple of hours, but that's probably it. It's just not my sort of game. Decided to give Tchia a try and I'm really enjoying that after a few hours. Really pretty game, and quite calm to just walk around and explore.