Topic: The everything Xbox thread

Yeah, if there are GwG I want or whatever, @ThanosReXXX .... Do I gather xbox one can play most 360 games, too?

@BruceCM

Because of what you have shared with us until now, I'd advise you an Xbox One S bundle. These are some of the bundles on xbox.com but you can look elsewhere:
https://www.xbox.com/en-gb/xbox-one/consoles?xr=shellnav

Then just get Gold, Game Pass or Ultimate (Ultimate is Gold and Game Pass). The first month is £1 so get Ultimate the first time. Then you can get any of them whenever you want depending on the deals available. Gold gives you online gaming, discounts on games and free games and with Game Pass you can download and play games.

List of games with Gold, you can check every month to see what games you can get:
https://www.xbox.com/en-gb/live/gold?xr=shellnav#gameswithgold

These are the games available on Game Pass:
https://www.xbox.com/en-gb/xbox-game-pass/games?xr=shellnav

This is the list of backwards compatible games, most of them are Xbox 360 games and some are Xbox games:
https://majornelson.com/blog/xbox-one-backward-compatibility/

And... enjoy!

Just remember to cancel auto renewals from your Microsoft account settings after you’ve purchased your trial.

Unless you do want it to renew automatically.

Thanks, @BlueOcean .... I'd be getting a pre-owned console, though, since they're about £150-200 Final Fantasy XIII trilogy is included, right?
Yeah, I'm used to doing that, thanks, @Morpheel

@BruceCM No problem and yes, the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy is backwards compatible and improved because Square Enix restored the high quality cut-scenes for both Xbox One S and X.

Ooh, found an easier list... Jade Empire, KotoR, (not sure about 2nd of those) Heard good things about the 2 Alan Wake games & Alice: Madness Returns Would like to play the Castlevanias there, too! Too long a list, though

@DarthNocturnal You beat every game and every expansion hours after release. Meanwhile, I can't keep up!

@Buizel Seconding what @DarthNocturnal said in that the LEGO expansion is fun. The main meat of it is the challenge list, which sets you up with doing plenty of things within the world and with various cars, so you aren't just restricted to the PR stunts and races. I'll also second the lack of actual LEGO cars featured, especially as the Speed Champions theme has more than thirty cars within it, and I was expecting to see at least ten of them recreated here. Doesn't spoil the enjoyment of it, though.

I do have to wonder if this was the original plan for the expansion, or whether something else was meant to come instead before they jumped on the chance to do this. And of course I'd have liked an extra challenge within the races to try for like with Blizzard Mountain of FH3.

@DarthNocturnal Good to hear. It's all new to me (I've never touched a Forza game before) and I've just picked up the Ultimate Edition, so I'm sure I'll be overwhelmed with all the content regardless.

Anyone played Alien Isolation...? Is it good?

@BruceCM The general consensus seems to be that Alien Isolation is a good game...
I absolutely hated it, though so it’s not for everyone. I don’t think I’ve ever been so frustrated with a game as I were when playing Isolation.

Is there a better way to sort games on the actual XBox....? I'll get fed up going through more than 1500 of them!

@BruceCM @JoakimZ I am fan of the survival horror genre but I haven't played Alien Isolation after reading reviews because I know it's not for me either. Too much hiding and too much waiting, right?

@BruceCM Alice: Madness Returns got mixed reviews but I haven't played it. Castlevania Symphony of the Night is a Game with Gold now.

Lols, played that on Vita... It won't be free with gold by the time I get an XBox 1, anyway

@BruceCM Will you get the Castlevania Anniversary Collection? I want to play Symphony of the Night first.

(Now busy with Monster Hunter World...)

Completed that on Switch....

Quantum Break is XBox, right?

@BruceCM Yes, backwards compatibility on Xbox One is a BIG thing, so not only is there a wealth of Xbox 360 titles that you can play on the Xbox One, but there's also quite a few original Xbox titles to choose from. And all benefit from being on a more powerful platform in some way, so the Xbox One either offers better frame rates or better graphics on all of these titles, and then there's the Xbox One X, that also offers additional upscaling of the graphics on those older titles.

So, it all depends on what you want/are looking for.

P.S.

I would advise against a pre-owned console, especially if you're getting an Xbox One S, which can now be bought for only slightly more than you'd have to pay for a pre-owned one. Better do it right the first time around, if you ask me. Just check your local game stores for offers. Around this time of year, some kind of bundle should be available for an interesting price point.

@BruceCM I haven't played any Castlevania game yet. Yeah I liked Quantum Break and the episodes are great so watch them. They are optional but also the best thing in the game.

Well, I'll check in store, @ThanosReXXX, when I have the money.... Obviously, if there's sales & good bundles, I might manage to get a 'new' one S Certainly not a one X but then I'm not getting a huge 4k TV, since I can't afford that
Why not, @BlueOcean? The non Iga ones aren't supposed to be as good & they're a bit different in gameplay, I hear I'd still like to play those for comparison but the ones he did are the best

If you can wait for Black Friday or your local equivalent, I got my S brand new with a game for 200 US dollars last year.

It maybe could go lower this year.