Topic: The everything Xbox thread

@ThanosReXXX I last played DiRT on 360 some time ago back with the MS wheel and, yeah....it was.....difficult.

Forza 7 has those rally car missions with Ken Block that reminded me of everything I dislike about it Plus Codemasters is just kind of.....garbage now. They can't write a good game to save their lives....

@NEStalgia Ken Block? That's not rally, isn't it? I only know the guy from Gymkhana. (a word that still annoys me to no end, because I still don't know what it means, and explanations vary, both concerning it's origins and the true meaning)

@ThanosReXXX the WRC games are definitely very difficult to get a handle on. In addition the physics vary greatly from one to the next which sucks as well. The newer Dirt games a great though. Really loved 3 not sure if it's BC or not but was one of the funnest online mp racing games I've played. 4 is OK as it's more simcade but Dirt Rally and Dirt Rally 2 are much more sim focused and brutally unforgiving. You should check out 4!

@ThanosReXXX Yeah, Block is rally. He surely isn't F1!

@redd214 Well, I played the Dirt games on the Xbox 360, and I even had one on the Wii. Both of those were easier to control than WRC 6, so perhaps I shouldn't swear off ALL rally games...

And besides, I also own several Sega Rally and V-Rally games, so there's some hope left...

@NEStalgia Ah, so besides inventing an utterly stupid word, he's also a Rally rider. Good for him...

@ThanosReXXX oh man the Sega Rally game on the Dream cast is what got me into rally games in the first place. Such a classic! And right on topic was actually just reading WRC 8 got announced today. Coming to everything, including Switch! I doubt it'll be much better than average as the last few have been but will definitely spring for the switch version!

@ThanosReXXX And he's also in Forza 7. Gymkhana!! Actually that sounds like it should be written in kana too....

@redd214 Well, I'll await a demo, or the verdict on various sites. Seeing as it says "new off-road physics", they might have improved it a bit, and every little bit that this series improves upon, is a step in the right direction, so let's wait and see what they can come up with.

@DarthNocturnal Infinite Loading Screen Simulator 2006 is better

Getting very close to finishing FF13-2 (I think).

Really good game on the whole. The only thing really holding it back is the absolutely skidmark of a story. Man, they really sucked at storytelling in the 7th gen era.
It feels like both 13 games were written by just throwing various sci-fi concepts into a "random story generator" program.

Everything else is great though. Great characters, awesome enviornments to explore, cool progression system and collectathon approach to RPGs, battle system still great. Just that damn story.

Finally found the missing road in Forza Horizon 3.

Just watched about half an hour of Crackdown 3 gameplay and man, it just looks overwhelmingly mediocre unfortunately. Not necessarily bad just not impressive really. Hope they show off a lot more on the 5th.

@redd214 Is the 5th when the next Inside Xbox is meant to be?

@Grumblevolcano yes I believe so

@redd214 Oh wow that doesn’t look great, and this was one of the main reasons I had wanted to buy an Xbox One way back when it was first revealed. I mean, I’ll play it through Game Pass for single player mode but that’s it. I feel this game is going to get buried amongst everything else launching that month.

@FragRed yeah its not necessarily bad looking, but looks so average and unexciting. I can see this reviewing kinda poorly in the same way SoT did. For as many times as it's been delayed I expected a bit more. Will see if they have more that they're hiding still like the guy said in that video.

Looks like a pretty version of crackdown to me. Since I am not a shooty bang bang gamer and find games with tighter shooting mechanics darn near impossible to play, I am ok with this. It look precise enough when aiming without forcing me to become a sniper. This should keep me quite occupied. I'm not as excited as I was but I will most certainly get this at launch.

February gold games announced. Only played Bomberman, fun little game that is definitely gotten better over time!

Is that the funny assassin's creed?

I meant funny more as in...