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American McGay
Feb 28, 2010

by sebmojo
I was in the Android beta like a year ago and thought about checking out the new one but apparently the betas are different because it didn't recognize my account. I'll probably never really use it but I hope the experience is good. The Android one worked great for me on wifi but I was only playing Forza which wasn't the greatest for detecting input lag.

American McGay fucked around with this message at 21:57 on Apr 20, 2021

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Real hurthling!
Sep 11, 2001




Every streaming service ive tried in the past year at my house has been very playable. i expect xcloud will work great too.

WattsvilleBlues
Jan 25, 2005

Every demon wants his pound of flesh
So it turns out I'm really enjoying The Division. Early in the game for some reason I got about half a million credits from selling a piece of gear from some mission or other.

I've run down my balance to about 4000 credits now, at Level 18, so it might start to become more of a slog to level up further. Anyone got experience of levelling up higher than this?

I also took delivery of The Division 2 yesterday and intend to play it either after completing the first game or being advised to abandon the first if the grind becomes too much.

Are there any other similar games that are held in high regard that I should consider?

Ruffian Price
Sep 17, 2016

WattsvilleBlues posted:

So it turns out I'm really enjoying The Division. Early in the game for some reason I got about half a million credits from selling a piece of gear from some mission or other.
They added an achievement system a bit after launch to keep people playing, you get an endgame piece of gear with every medal and the first is just for getting the base unlocked
Can't wear the thing since it's level 30 but selling it tides you over for the whole game :thumbsup: Levels 15-30 are still drat slow tho, I enjoyed the story enough but it's annoying that so many cool mechanics are endgame-only

Professor Beetus
Apr 12, 2007

They can fight us
But they'll never Beetus

WattsvilleBlues posted:

So it turns out I'm really enjoying The Division. Early in the game for some reason I got about half a million credits from selling a piece of gear from some mission or other.

I've run down my balance to about 4000 credits now, at Level 18, so it might start to become more of a slog to level up further. Anyone got experience of levelling up higher than this?

I also took delivery of The Division 2 yesterday and intend to play it either after completing the first game or being advised to abandon the first if the grind becomes too much.

Are there any other similar games that are held in high regard that I should consider?

Tbh I would play until you get tired of it, then move on to Division 2. Once you play 2 you're not going to want to go back.

MikeTheCoolOne
Jul 18, 2006

Drinking heavily the night before.

Doctor Nutt posted:

Do you mind sharing a link to the eq settings?

Here you go - https://www.reddit.com/r/xboxone/comments/m6mw0j/im_a_sound_guy_for_concerts_i_just_spent_2_hours/.

I'm using his settings for Dolby Atmos but reverted to the standard 'Game' preset in Xbox Accessories as his custom values sounded too piercing to me. I'm replaying Rise of the Tomb Raider and felt louder noises like gunshots, explosions etc weren't particularly pleasant using his setup.

Barudak
May 7, 2007

Talking about games at work and all the german people at my company have an xbox because of game pass.

Wert!

Crafty
Dec 9, 2003

I CAN'T SEE SHIT.












xbox one is the best

MikeTheCoolOne posted:

Here you go - https://www.reddit.com/r/xboxone/comments/m6mw0j/im_a_sound_guy_for_concerts_i_just_spent_2_hours/.

I'm using his settings for Dolby Atmos but reverted to the standard 'Game' preset in Xbox Accessories as his custom values sounded too piercing to me. I'm replaying Rise of the Tomb Raider and felt louder noises like gunshots, explosions etc weren't particularly pleasant using his setup.

Yeah that was the one I used. I didn’t use his suggestions for the Dolby atmos because I tried them and it made the gunshots in gta4 unbearable sounding, like painful. So I left atmos at standard settings and just used his settings for the headphone EQ - and it sounds perfect to me.

Might test some other stuff with atmos at some point.

I just read your post again and it sounds like we’ve done the opposite (you did atmos and not standard eq and I did standard eq and not atmos), I guess they both work well in their own but not combined.

Crafty fucked around with this message at 11:35 on Apr 21, 2021

MikeTheCoolOne
Jul 18, 2006

Drinking heavily the night before.

I've just swapped between both configs and there's not much difference to my (non-audiophile) ears, so I suppose it is the stacking that makes it sound bad to us. I'm going to play around some more, it's nice to have options.

I'm hoping they add an option to disable turning on the console via the headset, I'm using it for PC as well as X1X so that's getting slightly irritating. It's coming in future firmware according to one of those support chat agent/rando Redditor conversations, so fingers crossed.

Laserface
Dec 24, 2004

I've been to plenty of concerts with lovely sound, he might be a sound guy but it doesn't mean he's good (or that he knows anything about how to make Dolby technologies or headphones good)

UnfortunateSexFart
May 18, 2008

𒃻 𒌓ð’‰𒋫 𒆷ð’€𒅅𒆷
𒆠𒂖 𒌉 𒌫 ð’®𒈠𒈾𒅗 𒂉 𒉡𒌒𒂉𒊑


Empress Brosephine posted:

I wish I could get any enjoyment out of game pass. Instead it's just made me not want to play games because I didn't buy them

All it does for me is confirm that I was right about the games I choose to not buy but am still curious about.

Been great for sports games though. Used to get NHL on huge discount and sometimes madden or mlb. If they did next gen NBA I'd be set.

Thom12255
Feb 23, 2013
WHERE THE FUCK IS MY MONEY

Empress Brosephine posted:

I wish I could get any enjoyment out of game pass. Instead it's just made me not want to play games because I didn't buy them

The problem right now is that I already owned most of the games I was interested in playing on Gamepass, I suspect in the next few years its value will go up a lot more for me. But I wouldn't have bought Ori or Forza and Gamepass let me find something new I enjoy.

barnold
Dec 16, 2011


what do u do when yuo're born to play fps? guess there's nothing left to do but play fps. boom headshot
we're getting a new Test Drive Unlimited game :piss:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPy_B0fOGQ8

Haptical Sales Slut
Mar 15, 2010

Age 18 to 49

barnold posted:

we're getting a new Test Drive Unlimited game :piss:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPy_B0fOGQ8

:eyepop:

Asnorban
Jun 13, 2003

Professor Gavelsmoke


The Show very much feels like a game without much done for the next gen versions. Doesn't wow at all.

I'm having fun though. Pretty relaxing.

Chasiubao
Apr 2, 2010


Barudak posted:

Talking about games at work and all the german people at my company have an xbox because of game pass.

Wert!

I always thought Europe was Sony’s domain forever and ever. That’s kind of nuts to hear.

Zurtilik
Oct 23, 2015

The Biggest Brain in Guardia
Finally got a Series S. I've had it ordered through Walmart since last Tuesday and it still had not shipped but my Target had one ready to pick up so I got it from Target and canceled my Walmart purchase.


Playing Yakuza 0 for now but might pick something more cutting edge just to see something closer to modern graphics. I've been kind of out of the loop on big name games since 2015 if it wasn't on the Switch.

Real hurthling!
Sep 11, 2001




Chasiubao posted:

I always thought Europe was Sony’s domain forever and ever. That’s kind of nuts to hear.

Xbox has like 30 percent of playstation sales in european market historically
Theres plenty of fans

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

Zurtilik posted:

Finally got a Series S. I've had it ordered through Walmart since last Tuesday and it still had not shipped but my Target had one ready to pick up so I got it from Target and canceled my Walmart purchase.


Playing Yakuza 0 for now but might pick something more cutting edge just to see something closer to modern graphics. I've been kind of out of the loop on big name games since 2015 if it wasn't on the Switch.

Yak0 is a port of a PS3 game so you're gonna have a massive leap going to the newer games

Toaster Beef
Jan 23, 2007

that's not nature's way

Asnorban posted:

The Show very much feels like a game without much done for the next gen versions. Doesn't wow at all.

I'm having fun though. Pretty relaxing.

home run derbies are so god drat fun

bushisms.txt
May 26, 2004

Scroll, then. There are other posts than these.


Asnorban posted:

The Show very much feels like a game without much done for the next gen versions. Doesn't wow at all.

Apparently they're one of the few annualized sports entries that doesn't try to gently caress over the last gen when the next gen starts. I've heard it'll take a year or so until next gen graphics and mechanics set it.

Zurtilik
Oct 23, 2015

The Biggest Brain in Guardia

Quantum of Phallus posted:

Yak0 is a port of a PS3 game so you're gonna have a massive leap going to the newer games

I read that. Did they upscale the character models at least? A lot of the world textures I could be the PS3 could do, but the characters actually look pretty good.

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

Zurtilik posted:

I read that. Did they upscale the character models at least? A lot of the world textures I could be the PS3 could do, but the characters actually look pretty good.

I think it’s just running higher res. The character models and animations were always excellent in those games though.

WattsvilleBlues
Jan 25, 2005

Every demon wants his pound of flesh

Zurtilik posted:

Finally got a Series S. I've had it ordered through Walmart since last Tuesday and it still had not shipped but my Target had one ready to pick up so I got it from Target and canceled my Walmart purchase.


Playing Yakuza 0 for now but might pick something more cutting edge just to see something closer to modern graphics. I've been kind of out of the loop on big name games since 2015 if it wasn't on the Switch.

Try Hellblade, it's on Game Pass and it's excellent.

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

Just got the email about online mp going free. Starts today.

Zat
Jan 16, 2008

Quantum of Phallus posted:

Just got the email about online mp going free. Starts today.

Just to clarify, it applies only to free-to-play games (and demos and betas), which is what they promised a few months ago. But a nice change regardless.

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

Oops yeah

I said come in!
Jun 22, 2004

barnold posted:

we're getting a new Test Drive Unlimited game :piss:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPy_B0fOGQ8

Ehhhh, I want to be excited about this, but its competition is Forza Horizon 4, which is an extremely high bar to clear, and the last Test Drive Unlimited was a bad game.

Professor Beetus
Apr 12, 2007

They can fight us
But they'll never Beetus
Welp struggling to pretty much do anything in the Show 21, which keeps losing connection to their servers and wiping any of the progress I'd made in creating a team. :sigh:

Fly Ricky
May 7, 2009

The Wine Taster

I said come in! posted:

Ehhhh, I want to be excited about this, but its competition is Forza Horizon 4, which is an extremely high bar to clear, and the last Test Drive Unlimited was a bad game.

I legit loved TDU2. Even that dumb casino. But no idea what they can do in a post-FH4 world.

barnold
Dec 16, 2011


what do u do when yuo're born to play fps? guess there's nothing left to do but play fps. boom headshot

I said come in! posted:

Ehhhh, I want to be excited about this, but its competition is Forza Horizon 4, which is an extremely high bar to clear, and the last Test Drive Unlimited was a bad game.

I agree.....but I'm hoping that its mere presence propels FH5 to be an even better video game. Now is no time for PG to rest on their laurels and pump out more of the same!!

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!



I said come in! posted:

Ehhhh, I want to be excited about this, but its competition is Forza Horizon 4, which is an extremely high bar to clear, and the last Test Drive Unlimited was a bad game.

hey man fh4 is not the only competition. there's also the crew 2, which is pretty greahahahahahahaha couldn't finish that sentence

SUNKOS
Jun 4, 2016


I said come in! posted:

Ehhhh, I want to be excited about this, but its competition is Forza Horizon 4, which is an extremely high bar to clear, and the last Test Drive Unlimited was a bad game.

True, but what I find weirdest of all is the trailer doesn't show where the game is located and I'd think that's the number one thing a TDU game should announce first. They had the teaser which showed nothing, now we've had the official trailer which showed nothing, so I don't have high hopes at all.

I'm guessing Horizon 5 is two or three years away but I hope they finally make one set in Japan. They have a lot of staff from Bizarre Creations and the Japan tracks in PGR4 looked incredible at night, so a Horizon game set in Japan with a city location on the map like Edinburgh in Horizon 4 would no doubt look stunning. A map that took us from that to small villages and mountain drift routes would be really fun, they could pack a lot of variety in there.

I said come in!
Jun 22, 2004

PG is working on Fable 4 currently but I am unsure if they have two teams now.

Zerot
Aug 18, 2006
Forza Horizon 5 is likely out this year if you believe leakers.

I said come in! posted:

PG is working on Fable 4 currently but I am unsure if they have two teams now.

They do.

Anno
May 10, 2017

I'm going to drown! For no reason at all!

They have two teams. I think there’s a decent chance FH5 makes an appearance in a couple months and releases this year. It’ll already have an extra year on the usual cadence to help with the slowdown from COVID and people moving over to the Fable team.

I said come in!
Jun 22, 2004

I just want Forza Motorsport 8 more than anything.

Laserface
Dec 24, 2004

need for speed heat is also open world racing.

except that it gets the racing part extremely wrong.

swims
May 5, 2014

Waiter, this band keeps shooting pearls at me.
I thought fh4 was a better game than 3 in almost every way except I wish they kept those single player championship series events from 3.

It was basically just 3 strung together single races that kept a running score and there was a winner at the end. It seemed like there were endless amounts of those.

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otter
Jul 23, 2007

Ask me about my XCOM and controller collection

word.

Are the fable games good? I’ve never played them. I might have asked this before.

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