Topic: The everything Xbox thread

@DarthNocturnal I've done some looking around and Hog Wild comes out May 31st while Warzone Firefight comes out late June.

I wish I could care about the Halo series as much as you two guys!

I used to play Halo 3 multiplayer for YONKS back in high school, only for 343i to cock it all up with Halo 4.

Swords of Sanghelios is literally the only level/mission I like in Halo 5; after the incredibly misleading 'Hunt the Truth' campaign as well as the poor handling (and the disappointment) of the whole Locke and Master Chief head-to-head, I fell out of love with Halo for good.

Granted, the multiplayer is pretty enjoyable though!

@Peek-a-boo To me the single player in Halo 5 is the worst in the series but the multiplayer is the best in the series.

One game that I had completely forgotten about 'coming soon' for Xbox One that I can't wait to play now that I've remembered it is Cuphead. I don't know why that has just dropped off of the face of the Earth since last E3, AFAIK they're still aiming for a 2016 release and it should be entirely possible considering the scope of the game. Cuphead and Sea of Thieves are what I'd like to see most.

Looks like someone found out about the media reel for E3.

No surprises, unfortunately.

• Rare is working on a new Battletoads
• Sea of Thieves won't be a straight MMO, more like The Division/Destiny; seems like Microsoft will give this game a huge focus and may well offer cross-play and cross-buy
• Forza Horizon 3 is set in Australia
• General RAAM for Killer Instinct
• Something to do with Age of Empires (not sure what exactly, probably a new game)
• Halo Wars 2 Beta is a thing, no cross-play mentioned
• Zombie online game by MS - a new State of Decay, or it could also be Dead Rising
• Anniversary update will gets its own landing page on Xbox.com with the major features listed, "available now" at E3 for preview

I certainly hope they have something else up their sleeves!

@Peek-a-boo Well that's clearly not everything as I really doubt there not being any Gears of War 4 stuff. The teaser trailer most be only for some of the E3 stuff.

I completely agree, but there is still hope for Halo Wars 2

If Scorpio is real I'm assuming that's the main reason ScaleBound got delayed. Baseless speculation

Looks like Dead Rising 4 is coming to PC and Xbox One. Plenty of leaks on this one.

The slightly underwhelming news is that it is a remake of the first game with a four player co-op mode.

Which explains why they decided to call it Dead Rising 4 (!)

@Peek-a-boo Looking back this gen is going to be the "Bad names" gen. From the Wii U, Xbox One and New 3DS all the way to games like Battlefield 1 and Dead Rising 4.

What's wrong with those two? The former is clever and fitting for me and the latter is logical.

@TheLastLugia I think Battlefield 1 is fine, but calling a remake of the original Dead Rising game, 'Dead Rising 4' surely raises an eyebrow, no?

Left 4 Dead Rising?

@DarthNocturnal
I see. I only saw the first 3 games and thought maybe they didn't add them. Never the less, I still enjoy the older games on Nintendo consoles. The Nintendo controllers always just seem better, in terms of buttons. I think they got rid of pressure sensitive buttons on PS4, and the d-pads are never as good as the Nintendo ones, IMO. Also, the IR thing in Xbox One is mostly useless. It really depends. Mega Man 9-10 were better on Wii, regardless of the HD, for that very reason, IMO.
I don't bother Googling most of this stuff anymore, because it's just small talk.

In the light of Dead Rising, a forth one would be cool. Dead Rising I'd hands down one of my favorite series. It's a shame I bought DR3 for $60, w/o the DLC, though. Now the full edition is $30. That's what you get for being an early adopter...

I'm only looking forward to Gears 4, Banjo, Games with Good, and deals with gold. That keeps me plenty entertained. I bought PowerStar Golf, Kinect Sports Rivals, and South Park: Sick of Truth, so I have a lot to play on top of RE6, which I have improved on; it is much different than RE4 and 5. Capcom is spamming RE big time, and I was fine with buying RE6, because that's the only one in the main series I haven't played. I think the campaign is short, and everyone that plays Mercenaries never knows how to play. I've been playing Mercenaries since RE4, and I still have yet to see anyone understand the pacing and combat, besides when I played RE5 on PS3. That's the last time I saw anyone who knew how to play Mercenaries to the point where the high score matters. Just thought I'd point that out.
EDIT: I'm still getting used to RE6 Mercenaries mode, but I've had sessions in RE4, RE5, and Mercenaries 3D where the combo was never dropped, and a large time bonus was added at the end. There are some people that choose to ignore the time, in order to finish the session with any score, and there are people who choose to get all the time bonuses at the beginning. That ruins the pacing between fighting zombies and gaining the bonuses. Also, shooting across the map or shooting until the combo is kept; to keep the bonus. I've had people quit, because they don't understand how to play, then they keep creating sessions. Especially, on Mercenaries 3D, some people will choose the infinite weapons, and the skill points and challenge is gone... Oh well.

So, anyone else get a "free" copy of FO4 + Season Pass yesterday?

Yeah, I totally expect the entitlement to be removed though.

It will be interesting to see what happens. There are a couple examples (Fable 2) of this happening in the past with Microsoft where they didn't revoke the license.

lol nope, those FO4 licenses got revoked with a mad quickness. had some buddies jumping on that glitch all at once, didn't last long :3

Fallout 4 entitlements are being removed but those who downloaded are getting $10 xbox credit for free.

So, I think I may be ready to try Halo. Any idea where to start? I have my eye on both Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (360) & Halo: Reach (360), both of which are pretty inexpensive on Amazon.

Now, I'm not too experienced with FPS', as I've only played CoD: World at War (Wii) & CoD: Modern Warfare 2 (360), both of which I played on Easy.

So, which of the two do you guys think it'd be easier to get into? Do you have to fully complete a mission in one sitting, or are there a few checkpoints throughout (sometimes I may only have about an hour to play)?