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NEStalgia

@Ryu_Niiyama To be fair to Ubisoft, every other open world sandbox fake RPG is mostly copying the AC series, or started that way, so there's a reason it feels like all the others

I agree though that they are trying to do too much. But I do think the suit meddling does it. The game is designed around the features on a marketing checklist it must have, and no doubt keeps changing until it goes gold. How do you build a story around "something, something, make sure to showcase a need for this characters' DLC costumes, something, generic action sequence that has the right metrics, something, something." Squeenix builds a game around the story. Nintendo tacks a minimal story onto a game design. Other companies get a screenwriter to build a script, then chop up pieces of it to fit whatever systems they want to showcase, do it out of order, then advertise how big a blockbuster it is.

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NEStalgia

Was there an X1 update this weekend? I notice the long-press screen now has 3 buttons, Turn off console, Turn off controller, and Restart console, which wasn't there before. But I didn't get a "spring update" message or anything.

I can knock wood and hope futile that they fixed the HDD problem this time....I know...it's like wishing for world peas.

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ThanosReXXX

@NEStalgia Yes there was an update, but not this weekend. I already received the update last week. Tuesday or Wednesday, if I remember correctly. Was downloading my free games, started one up (Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2), and my console suddenly froze mid load, so I physically rebooted it, and then a firmware/system update screen appeared.

Took some time to update as well, but in the end, all worked as it should once again.

'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.'

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NEStalgia

@ThanosReXXX Weird, it must have rolled out in waves. I definitely didn't have it on Wednesday. I didn't use the X1 Thurs, Fri or Sat, but I believe it was Fri that I noticed my HDMI switch powered off, which happens when the X1 reboots and kills power on the HDMI out (that apparently always runs and keeps the switch active, while the PS4 and Switch's does not.) So it must have installed on Friday.

I wonder if the past month of HDD activity was related to trying to download or install that patch? It would be nice if were just that, but I doubt it.

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ThanosReXXX

@NEStalgia Could have been region-based, of course, so let's just assume it is, and be done with it.
To be honest, I don't even know what changed, so for all I know, it's only background operation and other stuff that has changed/improved.

If it was a Nintendo update, it would probably just have been more stability...

'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.'

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NEStalgia

@ThanosReXXX If "stability" is a euphemism for "no longer hammers your HDD spindle motor 1000+ times a day" I'm all for stability

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ThanosReXXX

@NEStalgia Ha, in Nintendo's case, it's probably just code for "anti-piracy measures"...

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NEStalgia

Interesting, so I was watching my HDD last night and it seems at least temporarily after the latest system update, the behavior has changed again. Favorably (more or less) but could be even worse later if it flares up again. For the moment, it looks like it is not spinning up the drive (only if using the official Game Hub) when it activates but has returned to that "safe neutral" of just turning he light and the controller on without actuating the motors. But on the flip side it now turns on for 30 seconds, off for 40 seconds non-stop. If that turns into HDD actuations again sometime that will be 2500+ power-ons a day, easily eating an HDD a month. So for now it's better than it was last week, but with the potential to be catastrophic if it flares up again (and it periodically seems to...)

It's actually really SAD this problem could even exist....let alone persist. It's freaking Windows. Haven't they had USB power management working since the 90s?!

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ThanosReXXX

@ReaderRagfish Which list is shorter: game types you'd like, or ones that you wouldn't like?
Seeing as I've got about 300+ games lying around here, plus probably another 100 digital, I might be able to recommend you a title or two...

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gcunit

@ReaderRagfish You ever tried Viva Pinata?

You guys had me at blood and semen.

What better way to celebrate than firing something out of the pipe?

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@ReaderRagfish
Try my list : 🤓
1. Dance Dance Revolution Universe 1 - 3
2. The Sims 3 Pets
3. FF XIII
4. F-1 Star Race
5. London 2012

With Kinect
6. Dance Master / Dance Evolution by Konami
7. Kinect Adventure

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HobbitGamer

@ReaderRagfish Viva Piñata for sure. And Mass Effect 1. Splatterhouse. Kameo. Ohhh Dark Sector. And Battleblock Theatre. And Costume Quest 1 & 2. Colonial Marines.

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Heavyarms55

Anyone in the Microsoft loop able to tell me what most people think the new Xbox will be called? At this point my money is on Xbox Banana 421. Because they have had no pattern in naming conventions.

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Xbox Ace
Xbox Porta
Xbox 2.0
Xbox Terra
Xbox Primo
Xbox Ultima

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CanisWolfred

Xbox Infinity. It will come pre-packaged with it's own treadmill and will be marketed as an exercise machine that's fun for the whole family.

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JoakimZ

Crackdown 1 and 2 has been free for everyone (including silver members, I think) to download for awhile now, and now the DLC for both games is also free, so go and grab it if you haven’t already!

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DarkRula

Midnight Club's a pretty good arcade racer. Forza Horizon is a more realistic racer, but still with the same arcade feel. Try the Fable series if you're after a more action/adventure/RPG type game.

And since you have Battlefront 1, I see no reason why you couldn't try to track down Battlefront 2.

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