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Top of the line is a waste of money in today's console first industry.

travo said:

Phew, new water heater is finally installed....thanks to my brother-in-law.

That's sweet.

I'm playing Legacy of Kain Defiance on the XBOX.

I'm an effin' MESS at the moment...  

edgecrusher said:

That's sweet.

I'm playing Legacy of Kain Defiance on the XBOX.

I'm playing one of the greatest games of my life but I'm not telling what it is until I finish it (or until one of you guesses whichever happens first).

travo said:

What system is it on?

Wii

That's way too hardcore for me.  I tried it when it was released but I wasn't good enough for it.

Polygon's Rare Replay Review....some odd install methods for the game:

There will be 17 hours of FFXV footage at Gamescom... of you tubers playing the episode Duscae demo over and over again. No I can't make this shit up. There will be one Qand A event where they say they will talk about new stuff from the main game.

This is the schedule:

Hamburg (July 24, 2015) — In less than two weeks, Gamescom starts in Cologne. Square Enix today announced details about the schedule for its Final Fantasy XV Stage at Stand B31/B41 in Hall 9, revealing the illustrious guest that await attendees from August 5 to 9.

Every day on the Final Fantasy XV Stage presents a different YouTube or Twitch personality doing a “”Let’s Play” of Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae Version 2.0 with live commentary for the audience. Attendees will be able to meet real Final Fantasy experts and top stars at the Square Enix Stand, like Mit Gronkh, the PietSmiet team, Gregor of Rocketbeans TV, and HoneyballLP and Nino of NinotakuTV. Additionally, every day the Final Fantasy XV development team will answer fan questions, give out goodies, and present the game live on stage from Thursday to Saturday. Here, visitors will also have the chance to be selected as one of the lucky few to try Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae Version 2.0 at one of the demo stations.

Right at the end of the first day, there is also a special highlight for trade attendees and Wildcard Holders: the Final Fantasy XV development team will present an exclusive “Active Time Report” live streamed directly from Gamescom. The one-hour live stream on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. promises brand new insight into the highly anticipated RPG with exclusive information. Fans and visitors are welcome.

Those who cannot attend can watch the live stream at:

http://twitch.tv/squareenixpresents

On Friday and Saturday, we’ll also invite select cosplayers to showcase their elaborate costumes on stage.

The complete schedule for the stage show (all times German):

Wednesday, August 5

9:30 a.m. – Final Fantasy XV Stage Show with HoneyballLP
11:30 a.m. – Final Fantasy XV Stage Show with HoneyballLP
1:30 p.m. – Final Fantasy XV Stage Show with HoneyballLP
4:00 p.m. – Final Fantasy XV Stage Show
6:00 p.m. – Active Time Report Final Fantasy XV Live Stream (Twitch)

Thursday, August 6

9:30 a.m. – Final Fantasy XV Stage Show with Gregor of RocketbeansTV
11:30 a.m. – Final Fantasy XV Stage Show with Gregor of RocketbeansTV
2:00 p.m. – Final Fantasy XV Stage Show with Gregor of RocketbeansTV
3:00 p.m. – Final Fantasy XV Q&A with the Development Team
4:30 p.m. – Final Fantasy XV Stage Show with Gregor of RocketbeansTV

Friday, August 7

9:30 a.m. – Final Fantasy XV Stage Show
11:30 a.m. – Final Fantasy XV Stage Show with Gronkh
2:00 p.m. – Final Fantasy XV Stage Show with Gronkh
3:00 p.m. – Final Fantasy XV Q&A with the Development Team
3:30 p.m. – Final Fantasy XV Cosplay Show
5:30 p.m. – Final Fantasy XV Stage Show
7:00 p.m. – Final Fantasy XV Stage Show

Saturday, August 8

9:30 a.m. – Final Fantasy XV Stage Show with Nino of NinotakuTV
11:30 a.m. – Final Fantasy XV Stage Show with Nino of NinotakuTV
2:00 p.m. – Final Fantasy XV Stage Show with Nino of NinotakuTV
3:00 p.m. – Final Fantasy XV Q&A with the Development Team
3:30 p.m. – Final Fantasy XV Cosplay Show
4:00 p.m. – Final Fantasy XV Stage Show with Nino of NinotakuTV
6:00 p.m. – Final Fantasy XV Stage Show

Sunday, August 9

9:30 a.m. – Final Fantasy XV Stage Show with Chris & Sep of PietSmiet
11:30 a.m. – Final Fantasy XV Stage Show with Chris & Sep of PietSmiet
1:30 p.m. – Final Fantasy XV Stage Show with Jay & Hardi of PietSmiet
2:30 p.m. – Final Fantasy XV Stage Show with Jay & Hardi of PietSmiet

edgecrusher said:

Polygon's Rare Replay Review....some odd install methods for the game:

If there's anything questionable about Rare Replay, it's the way that the games are structured on the Xbox One hardware itself. That is to say, Rare Replay doesn't install as a single game. Rather, you install a core game with 21 titles included, and then nine more — Banjo-Kazooie, Perfect Dark, Banjo-Tooie, Perfect Dark Zero, Kameo: Elements of Power, Viva Pinata, Jetpac Refuelled, Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise and Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts — install separately as individual titles. This is because these inclusions are the Xbox 360 versions of each of those games, running off of Xbox One's new Xbox 360 backward compatibility functionality.

The install process is a little odd and maybe overly complex, but what's really concerning is that it seems like — at launch, at least — these Xbox 360 titles may not all run perfectly on the Xbox One. We ran into some framerate issues with Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts and Perfect Dark Zero in particular. We weren't able to compare these to performance on the original Xbox 360, but regardless it's disappointing to see a few of the games in this collection running so poorly on much more powerful hardware.

This gen just can't get a break. Even a compilation is complicated.