Alright, thanks. I honestly find it hard to believe Microsoft of all people would opt to have free expansions for over a year, so I wanted to make sure.
It does sound like it was quite an unfinished game at launch. The updates were probably paid for by the main game price.
@CanisWolfred Considering the publisher that forced that garbage is walking away from Destiny and giving the whole IP to the developer after complaining they weren't satisfied with sales should tell us how well that model works, though....
So, yesterday I received my new, future-proof 4K HDMI switch, meaning I can finally unburden my poor
Xbox One S from having become a glorified HDMI throughput for my Nintendo Switch.
I only had a 1080p 3 port switch, and now I've got this 4K 5 port switch. I was one port short, hence me using the Xbox One's "One Guide" option to display the Switch on the TV, and that was also the method I used for when
I plugged in the Classic Minis. Now, I've got one port to spare, for whenever I feel like playing on one of the Minis.
So, all in all, a purchase well worth my time and money. And it was cheap, I can recommend it to anyone.
For those curious or interested, I got this one: https://www.amazon.com/Hhusali-Intelligent-Supports-HD1080p-B...
It comes with two custom cables (no HDMI cable) and a remote control to switch to the various inputs,
but those aren't necessary for it to work, as long as you don't have more than one active device at a time,
from all the devices that you want to attach to it.
One of the cables has an IR sensor for the remote, if you wish to use it, and the other is a power cable,
that has a USB plug, to power the remote controls (which you can simply plug into the back of your TV,
if that has any USB ports).
But like I said, if you don't intend to use these, then you can just plug the HDMI switch in without these extra options.
@NEStalgia I finally got to playing this month's free games, but as soon as I tried out WRC 6, I instantly remembered why I don't really like (modern) rally games. Man, what a b**** it is, to control these cars.
It's so far removed from any other racing genre or game, that it is almost in a completely isolated bubble.
I actually used to like and be really good in Colin McRae games, but that was a long time ago, and
I mostly played these on PC, but apparently things have changed, and not so much for the good...
Oh, well. It was a free download, so I'm not too bothered. But a shame, because I would have enjoyed it,
if the feel of the controls was more like any of the other racing games that I like to play.
@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)
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@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!
@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...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@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!
@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.
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
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.
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 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.
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@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.
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