Xbox Series S/X: Thread 03

[BIG EDD]

Full specs fir the Xbox headphones on Microsoft store

https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/accessories/headsets/xbox-wireless-headset?irgwc=1&OCID=AID2000142_aff_7794_1246483&tduid=%28ir__p39u0qjspckfqysu0ctiwv3kfm2xpgpg3hv6trdd00%29%287794%29%281246483%29%28%2856fc2c2ea1bc5829181410aa85d99378%29%28266696%29%281503186%29%2887431X1540261X84464638026a91f25c3857219b692d45%29%28%29%29%2856fc2c2ea1bc5829181410aa85d99378%29&irclickid=_p39u0qjspckfqysu0ctiwv3kfm2xpgpg3hv6trdd00

[Baseley09]

The greatest game to grace our screens is part of Games with Gold today. Lost Planet 2.

Cool game though I recall getting stuck on a bit that pretty much required 2 players where one man's a gun on a train while the other passes about cooling it or something. Looked amazing.

[hudson]

I love the game. Great in coop.

[randombs]

First batch of FPS boosted games:

Far Cry 4, New Super Lucky’s Tale, Sniper Elite 4, UFC 4, Watch Dogs 2

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/02/17/making-backward-compatible-games-even-better-with-fps-boost/

[nonny]

First batch of FPS boosted games:

Far Cry 4, New Super Lucky’s Tale, Sniper Elite 4, UFC 4, Watch Dogs 2

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/02/...ith-fps-boost/

Just watched DF video on it. It's some cool tech for sure, though a pity resolutions haven't seen a bump but then they're not touching the game code to achieve this.

I think Sniper Elite 4 is a stand out as that game is great and has lots of screen tearing which is now fixed. Plus New Super Lucky's Tale hitting 120fps is crazy. It'll be really interesting to see where they go with the now. As a demonstration of what can be done it's great but hopefully they can do something with bigger profile titles.

[Cassius_Smoke]

I think for me the biggest boost is FPS this gen. If we look past the jarring of Control, the Ray Tracing looks lovely. But do you care when you are trying to dodge bad guys and smashing the room up? Same with Spiderman. The windows look brilliant, but do you see them when you are barrelling passed at 100mph?


Edit: Talking of Control, it's just had an update for 'bug fixes' but, call me crazy, it seems smoother on the 30fps mode...

[nonny]

I think for me the biggest boost is FPS this gen. If we look past the jarring of Control, the Ray Tracing looks lovely. But do you care when you are trying to dodge bad guys and smashing the room up? Same with Spiderman. The windows look brilliant, but do you see them when you are barrelling passed at 100mph?


Edit: Talking of Control, it's just had an update for 'bug fixes' but, call me crazy, it seems smoother on the 30fps mode...

It's still crashing for me, usually when trying to upgrade abilities from the menus. Other than that I can't say I noticed a difference but I'm playing on 60fps performance.

[nonny]

https://www.windowscentral.com/fall-guys-ultimate-knockout-xbox-finally-been-announced-drops-summer-2021

[hudson]

Worked well for Sony nabbing that as a timed exclusive didn't it? Evil those timed exclusives! Reckon it will do well on Switch.

[MartyG]

It's fun for a few hours, didn't really feel that compelled to keep coming back to the game myself given it gets pretty repetitive quickly. Still, if you're in the market for paying for additional costumes to make yourself stand out, microtransaction yourself out .

[nonny]

Worked well for Sony nabbing that as a timed exclusive didn't it? Evil those timed exclusives! Reckon it will do well on Switch.

Does anyone know if it needs Nintendo Online to play? Seems like a perfect game for Game Pass to be honest....

[CMcK]

Does anyone know if it needs Nintendo Online to play? Seems like a perfect game for Game Pass to be honest....

It likely will, Among Us required it on the Switch.

[nonny]

So Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered just got updated.

It's now got a livery editor but more importantly it's been upgraded to run at 4k60 on both Series X and PS5... Previously it was 4K30 or 1080p60.

Just tried it and yep, it's definitely a lot nicer now. The only weird thing is as far as I can tell the original performance/quality modes are unchanged but a new maximum mode has been added.

[nonny]

Well that didn't take long... SW Squadrons it's officially coming to game pass.

[CMcK]

Well that didn't take long... SW Squadrons it's officially coming to game pass.

I’d been dithering over buying the PSVR version but at least this will let me try the game before taking the plunge.