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Topic   Xbox Series X/S Discussion Thread Microsoft Xbox Series X|S

bluemetal04
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18-Jul-2020(#1)
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Might as well get it started. Who's looking forward to it? I personally think that it could beat PS5, that is if they don't screw up. They need a basic UI, more first party titles, and focus only on gaming. They own the license to Rare games, we need to see new Conkers, Perfect Dark, Banjo Kazooie, etc. They did alright with Killer Instinct, I'll give them that, but they're sitting on a lot of games that needs remade, remastered, and sequels.
As far as I know, it's slightly more powerful than the PS5, which isn't a big deal. But what is a big deal is that it will come with more storage. XBSX will have 1TB, which I admit, is not much by today's standards. The PS5 will have 825GB, which is ridiculous. I'm guessing that the next gen games will be around 100gb or more in size on average. If that is the case, I expect the discs will be on 4k UHD blu-rays.
Simon_Belmont
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20-Jan-2023(#201)
The X/S Version of Werewolf: The Apocalypse is $10. I've been waiting for this game since 2009. It's the same indie level studio that did the fantastic stealth game Styx: Master of Shadows.
Ignore the reviews, it's a throwback to ridiculous, gory button mashers. It's a stealth game when you're a human or wolf and then if you if get caught or get angry during a conversation/interrogation, you turn into this ridiculous werewolf with a ton of powers. Graphics look fine for an indie game trying to make a AAA game, the animations on your character are great and the monsters look fantastic. The soundtrack is a well done thrash metal instrumental type.
It reminds me of Hulk Ultimate Destruction because LITERALLY everything is destructible in the game.
It's worth $10 bucks and i'm enjoying it more than most AAA games i've played recently.
Anxiouz
900 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader
* 20-Jan-2023(#202)
I enjoyed it for a night but it gets old really fast. Then you notice how dull, repetitious, and actually broken it is. You can just ignore stealth altogether and just fight everybody and it makes no difference. So why have the stealth at all? And why make a werewolf game where you're inside buildings 90% of the time and all of them look identical?
Slickriven
GameTZ Subscriber Double Gold Good Trader Has Written 1 Review
22-Jan-2023(#203)
How does Werewolf compare to the newest GunGrave title?
I rather enjoyed the 2x PS2 GunGrave games, but that was a long time ago and I traded them away. The newest one I was excited for but after 1 play session and just 1 boss I wasn't very good and didn't like it too much. I need to give it a 2nd chance...

Simon_Belmont
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23-Jan-2023(#204)
The newest Gungrave is awful. Barely could get through it.
I'm still enjoying the hell out of werewolf. It's exactly what I wanted. Not every game has to be an epic piece of art. Werewolf is certainly the Michael Bay of games, fast, fun and rediculous. I don't even try to be stealthy anymore. I'm not trying to get the good ending.

Is the Doom 3 in Gamepass the updated one withe the flashlight mod?
Also, is Dishonored Death of an Outsider worth playing? I wanted to get another shooter or two in before Atomic Heart drops on Gamepass.
Slickriven
GameTZ Subscriber Double Gold Good Trader Has Written 1 Review
23-Jan-2023(#205)
FYI Donut Country is set to leave GP at the end of the month, if you haven't played it yet it's likely worth your 2 hours. I found it enjoyable and it's not too hard to get all of the achievements if you care.

Worms WMD, Telling Lies and a Japanese titled Drum Master game is also leaving the service.

Bleed_DukeBlue
Triple Gold Good Trader
23-Jan-2023(#206)
I second the recommendation of Donut County. You're basically a hole that goes around eating everything. It's mindless fun and a nice palette cleanser between bigger games.

Slickriven wrote:
> FYI Donut Country is set to leave GP at the end of the month, if you haven't played
> it yet it's likely worth your 2 hours. I found it enjoyable and it's not too hard
> to get all of the achievements if you care.
>
> Worms WMD, Telling Lies and a Japanese titled Drum Master game is also leaving the
> service.
>
>
Simon_Belmont
450 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally
23-Jan-2023(#207)
I finished donut country on drugs. Great game.
thatfootballguy
Triple Gold Good Trader
23-Jan-2023(#208)
Chained Echoes is a really good game for those who enjoy SNES-era RPGs!
Kommie
250 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader
23-Jan-2023(#209)
I booted up my XsX and decided to give Moonscars a shot. The first boss killed me a lot, but then I explored and got some upgrades and got it second try after that.
Simon_Belmont
450 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally
23-Jan-2023(#210)
Moonscars is great. Great choice.
Slickriven
GameTZ Subscriber Double Gold Good Trader Has Written 1 Review
23-Jan-2023(#211)
I tried Moonscars a while back and it didn't suck me in, but I've been meaning to give it another chance. A site I follow has a review for it on the Nintendo Switch that I want to read, the headline was something to the effect of it's worth it after going through the initial learning pains.

Anxiouz
900 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader
23-Jan-2023(#212)
Simon_Belmont wrote:
> Is the Doom 3 in Gamepass the updated one withe the flashlight mod?

I don't know if it's the BFG edition on GP (which introduced using the flashlight with a gun) but yes, you can on the Xbox version.
Snappy
Double Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally
23-Jan-2023(#213)
longhornsk57 wrote:
> They'd have to pay me a lot more than $10 per month to use that crappy search engine.

How often have you used it? I’ve been using it exclusively for the past decade or so and it meets my search needs just fine.
longhornsk57
Quadruple Gold Good Trader
24-Jan-2023(#214)
Probably 20 times, each time giving me something that mostly had little to do with what I asked. I use brave pulling info from Google now.

Google might be evil and hell bent on intruding your privacy but they make a good search engine.

Bing just isn't very good.
Anxiouz
900 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader
* 24-Jan-2023(#215)
Bing is adequate but really not great and doesn't feel much better than the early days of search. It can get you to close to what you're looking for but sometimes takes a few tries to get it right.
DarkFact
400 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Has Written 4 Reviews
* 24-Jan-2023(#216)
Rarely don't find what I'm looking for in Bing and they pay out instead of just cashing in on me with no reciprocity. Google also seems to promote scammy spammy results towards the top that look legit but arent. Bing wins for me

I don't see what makes Google so much better. It's not hard to keep scrolling and looking if you don't get it on the first result
Finn
Quadruple Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally Canada
24-Jan-2023(#217)
Bing is complete crap IMO.I always find what I am looking for, Bing just gives me a damn headache, at least it's better than Yahoo... but that's not saying much.

MrBean
GameTZ Gold Subscriber 400 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Gold Global Trader (7) Has Written 1 Review
24-Jan-2023(#218)
Just wait till Bing is powered by ChatGPT... Google is nervous.
PizzaTheHutt
GameTZ Gold Subscriber Gold Good Trader Has Written 3 Reviews
25-Jan-2023(#219)
Already been talked about in the Switch thread but GoldenEye is also coming to Xbox GamePass on Friday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjW00as9XCA

TalonJedi87
GameTZ Subscriber Triple Gold Good Trader Has Written 4 Reviews
* 25-Jan-2023(#220)
Nice. I don’t think the Xbox GP version has MP tho. I think that’s a Switch exclusive.
Kommie
250 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader
25-Jan-2023(#221)
For the life of me, no matter the way I try to play Gamepass or my Xbox through my Steam Deck remotely, it lags and makes it unplayable. It's either a half second to a second delay, massive frame dips or both. My Xbox just isn't in a spot I normally play in and remote play would be way better.
TalonJedi87
GameTZ Subscriber Triple Gold Good Trader Has Written 4 Reviews
25-Jan-2023(#222)
That’s why I love the Switch even though the hardware is outdated. Love playing anywhere I want. It’s a shame game pass isn’t optimized for Steam Deck yet. If and once it does I’ll def buy one.
Kommie
250 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader
26-Jan-2023(#223)
Signalis - Honestly have no idea what this game is about but I'm liking it. Just beat the first boss. It's like a top down Resident Evil style game, I guess. 6 item inventory limit. Enemies can get back up/respawn after being killed unless you shove a flare up their butt-hole.
Kommie
250 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader
29-Jan-2023(#224)
Signalis - 10/10

Play Signalis. It's great. So fudging good. Like a Mashup of Resident Evil and Silent Hill with a weird as fudge story.

It's like if A24 made a video game.

I'm gonna probably play it again.

So fudging good.
Slickriven
GameTZ Subscriber Double Gold Good Trader Has Written 1 Review
2-Feb-2023(#225)
So GP is set to lose these games at midpoint of Feb, anybody have thoughts of them?
Infernax, Besiege, Recompile, Skul: The Hero Slayer, The Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom, and the CrossfireX campaign
I beat Infernax and it was good.
I tried Skul but didn't get very far.
I've been wanting to try out Recompile, anyone play it?

Feeb
GameTZ Subscriber Triple Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally
2-Feb-2023(#226)
Was going to say I liked infernax. Never heard of the other stuff.
Simon_Belmont
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2-Feb-2023(#227)
I didn't even know Crossfire had a single player campaign.
It looks mindless with good Remedy style lore, might give it a go.
Anxiouz
900 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader
2-Feb-2023(#228)
CrossfireX on GP lets you play the 1st half of the campaign not the entire thing. It's not terrible but it's not great either. Definitely doesn't have Remedy's usual high quality bar.
TalonJedi87
GameTZ Subscriber Triple Gold Good Trader Has Written 4 Reviews
2-Feb-2023(#229)
Oh man Infernax is getting taken off GP? That stinks. It was a really good gothic like 2D side scroller that filled a Castlevania like void.
Kommie
250 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader
2-Feb-2023(#230)
How long is Infernax? It's on my list to play. Guess it'll be bumped now
Feeb
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* 2-Feb-2023(#231)
Kommie wrote:
> How long is Infernax? It's on my list to play. Guess it'll be bumped now
>

Highly skill dependent. 5-6 hrs if you’re on it. Probably like 15 or so to plat.

It’s heavily influenced by simon’s quest- a game I would rent often as a kid- so it was a complete joy for me to play.

It’s tough to play it once though- I made a decision I regretted in the first few minutes.
Slickriven
GameTZ Subscriber Double Gold Good Trader Has Written 1 Review
2-Feb-2023(#232)
I think I put around 10+ hrs into Infernax. I also tried 2 of the unlockable other characters. Some sections were more challenging/annoying vs others. Was a solid game overall.

michaeld
300 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader
2-Feb-2023(#233)
I just tried Deaths Door, very cool game. I only just started but died about 5 times on the first soul I'm supposed to capture.

As far as remote play, I am trying it in a different location on wifi on my 5th gen 12.9 iPad Pro. I was able to get Red Dead to load and work but I tried Fortnite and it goes to the menu and tells me to reconnect the controller. I tried Deaths Door and No Man's Sky and it gives me an error that says quit remote play first. Disconnect your remote play session to play games from the cloud, or launch something already installed


I'm sure I'm not doing something right but I'm loving this Series X
MrBean
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2-Feb-2023(#234)
I hope this is good!

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Simon_Belmont
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7-Feb-2023(#235)
the Hot Wheels game on Gamepass is FUNNNNNN and it has the season pass so you get like 80 cars with it.
The graphics are great, the cars look like toys, the reflections and models are fantastic.
Haven't tried split screen with it.

Darkest Dungeon is BACK on Gamepass, those that haven't played it, give it a shot. Its one of my all time favorite games.
Simon_Belmont
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7-Feb-2023(#236)
MrBean wrote:
> I hope this is good!
>

I hope so! It's Arkane Studios Austin and the designer of Deus Ex, Thief and Dishonored.
MrBean
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7-Feb-2023(#237)
Simon_Belmont wrote:
> MrBean wrote:
>> I hope this is good!
>>
>
> I hope so! It's Arkane Studios Austin and the designer of Deus Ex, Thief and Dishonored.

Sadly, it was not that great ... I was kind of disappointed. Still, super early build, will revisit once it's final.
Archer
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7-Feb-2023(#238)
MrBean wrote:
> Simon_Belmont wrote:
>> MrBean wrote:
> |>> I hope this is good!
> |>>
>>
>> I hope so! It's Arkane Studios Austin and the designer of Deus Ex, Thief and Dishonored.
>
> Sadly, it was not that great ... I was kind of disappointed. Still, super early build,
> will revisit once it's final.

I was afraid of that. I love Arkane's games. But this one doesn't look good to me. I'm not sure I'll like this one.
Simon_Belmont
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7-Feb-2023(#239)
MrBean wrote:
> Simon_Belmont wrote:
>> MrBean wrote:
> |>> I hope this is good!
> |>>
>>
>> I hope so! It's Arkane Studios Austin and the designer of Deus Ex, Thief and Dishonored.
>
> Sadly, it was not that great ... I was kind of disappointed. Still, super early build,
> will revisit once it's final.

I don't think you can judge off a pre release, they have 3 months of non stop crunch time.
Anxiouz
900 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader
7-Feb-2023(#240)
Simon_Belmont wrote:
> the Hot Wheels game on Gamepass is FUNNNNNN and it has the season pass so you get
> like 80 cars with it.

The campaign stuff is fine but most of our fun was found in the UGC tracks. So many new tracks it kept things fresh for us for a long time.
Simon_Belmont
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8-Feb-2023(#241)
Holy god, i took a little nibble of an edible yesterday afternoon and played that Hot Wheels game for like 4 hours yesterday.
Wow, i am hooked. I really like that the campaign is challenging, some of those races are NOT EASY.
I really like that you're able to sell back or scrap cars you get in the loot boxes, i wish more games would do that.
ALSO, WOW, the soundtrack is amazing. I don't know if its an original score or they got unknown licensed tracks, but its a great mix of funk, electronic, dubstep and trance.
Ignore the bad reviews and download that when you get a chance.

Topic   Xbox Series X/S Discussion Thread Microsoft Xbox Series X|S