Topic: The everything Xbox thread

@Octane Haha, I'm usually like a little kid in the back seat of a car when a FPS game trailer comes one but I thought the initial reveal of Battlefield 1 looked like it would be fun to play.

@Peek-a-boo thank you. It may be a week or two from now but I think I'll give this a go.

Been playing some Red Dead Redemption after the RDR2 trailer.

Beat it long ago, so I'm just doing random "Stranger" quests that I come across, and I ran into one where you get revenge on the guy who killed John. It's definitely not news at this point I'm sure, but I didn't know of it before, so I thought it was pretty cool.

Just played the Recore demo and I liked it. I noticed some unity related technical hitches right away but for a AA game sort of in the vein of Zelda or Metroid it played fine.

Blue Dragon is now playable on XB1.

Yes! Another one down!

...Which is good, because I just found a copy of Culdcept Saga in a disc sleeve that I forgot I still owned, so now the count of potential B/C games I'm waiting for is still 7. I'd say "8" if I felt like there was a ghost of a chance that Prey would ever make it on there...

Wait, did I count Raiden Fighters Aces last time?

@shingi_70
If you can find the full version of ReCore for $20 or less its' worth a buy, there's actually a really good game hidden in there. A little more polish and a few different design choices and the game could've been a real winner. I'd like to see them get a chance for a sequel but considering we've heard nothing about sales I doubt it did well enough for MS to want to invest any money in future entries.

Just got a used copy of Assassin's Creed III (360) in the mail today!

It'll be my first experience with the series (attracted to this entry due to the time period, as there really aren't that many games, let alone well made games set during the Revolutionary War), so I'm pretty excited.

I'll start it up after I'm done with the show I'm watching on Netflix (only have two episodes left to go).

@DarthNocturnal, glad to hear that you liked it! (in fact, the biggest complaints, in general, seem to stem from the fact that franchise fatigue was starting to set in when it released, so hopefully as a newcomer it'll be able to wow me, lol).

Now that I think about it, I DO have previous experience with the series, as a long time ago I played the iOS port of one of the DS entries. Though I never beat it, and it's different than the open world console games (it's a level based puzzle platformer with some combat), I did enjoy what I played.

@RR529 AC III is probably my second favorite entry in the series right behind IV but that's another story.

Like you I drawn to the time period and the story ended up a real joy. If you like it I highly recommended IV afterwards.

Okay, I've already ran into my first issue in ACIII (not even an hour in...).

I'm on the ship bound for Boston (investigating the rumored mutiny), and it keeps freezing up at the same point. It's during the opening cutscene of the third segment on the ship (it opens with an overhead shot of the ship, stating that it's day 33), and when the screen turns white to load up whatever's coming next, a window (actually looks like the UI of the 360 itself, rather than the game) starts to open, but everything freezes before it can.

It's done this multiple times now, and I don't know what's going on as the disc doesn't have the slightest bit of wear. Next time I'll just try skipping the cutscene & see if that works...

@DarthNocturnal, thankfully I was able to get past it this last time.

While it still froze when I tried to skip it, it must have registered it, because the next time I loaded up the save it started up after the freezing point.

Anyhow, I spent quite some time running/climbing around Boston. Picked a chest, took a ride in a hay cart, petted a dog, and some other tom foolery. Oh, and the segment on the ship during the storm was cool.

Here's to hoping I don't have many more technical issues, lol.

@DarthNocturnal Given the Ezio Collection coming out soon and games already on PS4/XB1, the only main games missing from current gen are 1, 3 and Rogue.

Although I have never played Rogue (which is supposed to be pretty good IIRC), the lack of Assassin's Creed 1 and 3 is hardly anything to grumble about, given that they are arguably two of the worse games in the series.

I remember Assassin's Creed III marketing; it was blooming EVERYWHERE! In newspapers, in magazines, on television and on the big screen at the cinema - you simply couldn't avoid it!

Two weeks after launch?

Hundreds of copies were piled up in the pre-owned bins in various computer game stores across the country. I was one of many who chucked their copy away too.

It was a huge disappointment, especially after the sequel which is still considered to be the highlight of the series.

Still haven't played another Assassin's Creed since, such was the let down the third one ended up being.

@Peek-a-boo, as someone who's just started it, could you explain why it's so bad? Is it mainly just technical issues (which I could see being a problem, and has already hit me once), did it just not enhance the gameplay enough (which is understandable, but shouldn't affect me as a newbie), or is there some other reason you hold it in such low regard that I should be looking out for?

I liked Assasin's Creed 3. Of course there's going to be differences in opinion based off of how much hype people consume but as someone who hadn't really played an Assassin's Creed game I thought 3 was a pretty good game and introduction to the series. Albeit I've only bothered to get 4 and Syndicate since and found neither to be truly gripping but that's neither here nor there. I think I'll pick up the collection to see what I missed out on before but considering all Ubisoft games are the same anyway I dunno why 3 gets all of the hate.

@RR529 I guess you had to 'be there' at the time when the series was at its peak of popularity. I just had very little love for Assassin's Creed III after the Ezio trilogy (Assassin's Creed II, Brotherhood and Revelations).

I thought the opening few chapters were awful!

It was also the most infuriating tutorial in living memory. Reducing such a free-form series into a succession of CoD-esque instances and instructions on basic techniques, which take 3-5 HOURS to complete, was a mindbogglingly terrible decision.

I know, you can go running around in spite of them, but even that's poorly explained (I remember that I didn't go exploring as Haytham, because I was worried I'd lose any map exploration progress when I inevitably changed characters).

As soon as the prologue was over, I had little desire to continue, especially after experiencing a bug/glitch (disappearing flagpoles) that prevented me from competing a story mission.

The Ezio trilogy improved and refined from the original however, you can consider them separate games from the first title; Assassin's Creed is slower and more methodical, compared to the high-speed, low-stealth murder fest of the latter games.

Assassin's Creed III, for me, lacks focus and cohesion. There's nothing tying the game together.

And yet!

If you're enjoying the game, my underwhelming experience probably won't play any part in yours. I was just personally saying that the Ezio trilogy isn't a poorer collection without the first and third games, is all.

Mass Effect 2 and 3 are now playable on XB1.

Black Friday is approaching, and it looks like Microsoft are throwing the kitchen sink (at it) again.

• $50 off Xbox One S consoles (choose from the Battlefield 1, FIFA 2017, Gears of War 4, the Master Chief Collection + Halo 5: Guardians or Minecraft bundle), along with a $25 gift card and a free game.

$249 for say, Battlefield 1 and a free game (Gear of War 4, for example), a $25 Microsoft gift card and, in some select stores, three months of Xbox Live and an additional $25 store gift card.

If you take away the value of the two games and $50 worth of gift cards, you are kind of getting an Xbox One S for $100!

Looks like the Xbox One will clean up in the US during these festive months.

Apologies for the double post, but it is the 15th Anniversary of the Xbox!

I know that the majority of folk associate the Xbox brand with the success story of the Xbox 360 however, I was far more fond of the original Xbox as it felt like Dreamcast 2.0 because of the surprisingly strong SEGA support at the time.

You had Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller, the ESPN games (American football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey and winter games), Gunvalkyrie, Headhunter Redemption, House of the Dead III, Jet Set Radio Future, Otogi 1 & 2, OutRun 2 (and Coast 2 Coast), Panzer Dragoon Orta, Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II, Puyo Pop Fever, Shenmue II, Sonic Heroes and ToeJam & Earl III: Mission to Earth.

Also, the spiritual successor to Metropolis Street Racer arrived on the Xbox in the form of Project Gotham Racing.

I am actually being quite serious when I say that if Microsoft announces backward compatibility with the original Xbox today, I may consider buying an Xbox One S when it inevitably goes below £200 sometime next year.

Titanfall 2 sale at Walmart, 50% off. I'm gonna post it over in the PS4 thread, too.