Microsoft Prattle v2

[bps21]

Alright I've gotten to put some quality time in with the console. First things first...I love instant switching. My pet peeve of the 360 (which I adored) was that it was slow to load its main menu up. On this one it not only does that quick it also will flip you from game to game to app to TV in no time. It's beautiful. I generally have the controller in my hand to start what I'm doing but I have thrown out some voice commands to switch apps. Sometimes the controller will power down while I'm watching Netflix so telling it to switch apps while I turn on the controller is pretty natural. The voice commands have worked for me...just take a pause after saying "Xbox" and issuing it a command and it's good to go. I did plug my TV through it so last night I was flipping channels using voice. Mostly though it's just about the speed you can maneuver the menus. There's something inherently awesome about being able to quick switch to something else, come back later and have your game sitting right where you left it with just telling it to go back.I was playing some Killer Instinct last night and wanted to watch the Doctor Who movie so I used voice to switch to TV, told it to watch BBC America, watched the movie, told it to go to Killer Instinct and it was right on the spot I left off.

I've played 3 games. Killer Instinct is titties. It's so smooth and slick. I'm not a huge fighting game fan but it is fun to try to keep those combos going. I even won the one online match I played! That dude must have sucked.

Forza is great. I apologize to everyone on my friends list because my drivatar is out in the wild and he doesn't understand how not to ram people and take bad turns. Everyone but Broward that is...whose drivatar rammed me off track 3 times in the same race and made me finish in silver instead of gold.

Powerstar Golf is what it is. Hot Shots golf. Not a pretty game...but the constant challenges and seeing where people on your friends list have set shot records to try and catch keep you wanting to play another hole.

All in all I've had the system on and running pretty much nonstop for over 30 hours and it's dead silent and still cool to the touch.

I did pop a Blu Ray in to see if I had the misfortune of one of the faulty drivers...but it went just fine. The games were all digital downloads...which honestly I probably plan on doing all the time. If you didn't have to install all games anyway maybe it would be different...but since I can just delete and redownload as needed in the future anyway...I can't imagine waiting to pick up the games that come out on Tuesday when I can just download them on Monday night.

 

[Broward83]

Your Drivatar is a dick, BPS.

 

[bps21]

That's Drivatar payback for what yours has done to me. There's one dude on my friends list who must be a really excellent driver. He just flies past the field every time he shows up. Thank God you can get gold finishing top 3 because when he's out there...forget about it.

 

[Mik]

Dead Rising 3 make anyone else dizzy? I can only play an hour or so before I have to turn it off. A friend of mine is having the same issue.

 

[bps21]

None for me. I've put in a ton of hours the last few days on it.

 

[Mik]

Anybody have any experience with Ryse yet? I'm just about finished with DR3 and I'm still completely on the fence about Ryse.

 

[bps21]

I've played about half of the single player. It's super short and frustratingly basic and linear.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

I heard Kinect gives you fouls in NBA 2K14 if you swear. Damn you Kinect!

http://youtu.be/Q5okb9Vc8SY

 

[Broward83]

Everybody stop playing your shitty zombie games...stop racin round in suped up cars..

The main attraction has finally launched for Xbox One.

Mother. Fucking. Peggle 2.

11.99 on XB1 Games Store.

 

[bps21]

Playing it as we speak.

 

[Mik]

I couldn't make up my damn mind on Ryse. I figured I'd play it eventually so I traded in Dead Rising and used some other amazon credit to get it for $11. So either way I can probably stomach it much better than $60.

 

[Mik]

I've played about half of the single player. It's super short and frustratingly basic and linear.

Correct. I'm almost done with Chapter 3 after only about 90 minutes. Although the gameplay is repetitive I kind of really like it. Plus it's a beautiful game. Really great graphics.

The multiplayer is fun but I only did the solo version, which was very tough.

 

[bps21]

It is undeniably a gorgeous game. I don't mind the combat much...but it can get frustrating when...oh hey...it's another wave of 3 guys attacking me again. I got it with Best Buy reward zone certificates that were about to expire, and only picked it up because I needed to get a game on disc to make sure the disc driver wasn't broken like some were reported to be (and I had picked up my other games digitally).

 

[Youth N Asia]

Sleeping Dogs is the free with gold game right now.

 

[vivisectvi]

ROFL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uvBwezmeW1M

 

[bps21]

Ahahahahaha

 

[The Amazing Rando]

That's so fantastic.

 

[Youth N Asia]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWZLa4AnN5k

this is another good one. So many kids...

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

I've been doing their rewards points thing and found out I can't get any of the points until I actual make my system compatible by making a purchase and thus transferring it from points to dollars. Thanks Xbox!

 

[The Amazing Rando]

I looked at my reward points and found I had the equivalent of 310 MS points, so I tried to do the transfer. It said it didn't take, but my 360 showed I had a 4 dollar credit. So I used that shit, and today (my "next deposit date") I jump on to see I know have a $5.55 credit. So, thanks Microsoft.

 

[bps21]

I got a Titanfall beta code! Just as I'm heading out to work all night. ... yay

 

[Mik]

Me too. Downloading now, about to hop in.

EDIT: I've only played a few runs of Attrition so far, but it's very fun. I am also very terrible.

 

[bps21]

They've now opened it to everyone.

except me. I'm still at work

 

[Mik]

I've never really gotten in to shooters and I am getting wrecked. Most of the time I'm at the bottom but every now and then I have a good round. Maybe I'll get the hang of it? I don't know. Very fun game, though. Considering the beta is limited to a few modes, I think it's worth a purchase.

 

[bps21]

I got to play ten rounds or so last night before I fell asleep. It's super fun and I had a couple of very good rounds. I also had some rounds where I got eaten alive. It's pretty much pure adrenaline from start to finish every round.

 

[Mik]

Yeah, I really like Attrition and Last Titan Standing but not so much the hold the objective one. I'd like it all much better if I weren't so awful.

 

[bps21]

I fared much better today. I love the map that's the city...but don't care for the other one (fracture I think) if it's Attrition game mode. It's good for the other 2 but I am consistently terrible playing Attrition on it.

I didn't think I'd like Last Titan Standing but it may actually be the one I liked most. I look forward to playing it when people can have different Titan types since the beta only has the one.

The capture points one is the weakest because it's the only one where the number of human players is a detriment. But occasionally I had some crazy moments where I'd be protecting a capture point while avoiding a Titan trying to fire in the window while fighting off a guy who came to take it back.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

Okay, so the "local currency" thing...I bought a new Gold 12-month membership card and redeemed it in late September/early October. Will this transfer over without me having to do anything, do I actually need to put my CC number on there to confirm the transition, or am I just going to go "fuck it" and go PC?

 

[bps21]

Transfer over to what?

 

[AnonymousBroccoli]

There's no currency transition involving Xbox Live Gold subscriptions; it's the Microsoft Points system that's being phased out. If you mean moving to Xbox One, you'd simply sign in with your existing XBL account, and you'll receive Gold benefits on both consoles. If you want to extend the subscription, you can buy another pre-paid card.