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Xbox Pioneers Past, Present & Future
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I've got just a few staves of Fantasia in D Minor left, so there's a good chance I'll have finished it this month. Then I'm guessing it may take a month to be able to play it well at its original speed and the bizarre 4:4 double speed version people play on the internet for some reason. I guess because playing fast seems impressive? But playing it fast in 4:4 also allows you to play it without any of the interesting dynamics, so it's not really harder...and the people playing it faster don't do the twiddles that are double speed in the original! Pfft. This also makes it feel much less baroque.)
This weekend was a lot of Forza Horizon 5 and Halo: Infinite with a bit of Monster Hunter Rise.
I also thought it was good, though the traversal between the "lands" in the "hub world" took too long and were mostly there to serve the narrative, and the poor map extended many a voyage between the areas where the missions took place. I would have appreciated if the missions were linear, or if the transitions between were tighter. All in all though it was a good game, and good on the Collective for trying something new.
I tried out Halo and Forza and enjoyed my time with both.
There are some games I'd gladly let die, like Gone Home, Snake Pass, My Memory of Us.
Finished downloading the Crysis trilogy.
Never tried Crysis 3 before so tried it out. Awesome visuals, looks like it's on a different console than most switch games. Not a fan of the motion blur, I reduced it, but may turn it off.
Gyro controls are decent, but you still have to use the right stick. I maxed the sensitivity out, but there is no dead zone, it's central pivoted to your cursor so the whole screen moves.
The ADS allows for much finer control and the sensitivity can be set independently from main movement.
I would have loved a camera lock option like some Call of Duty wii games had. Still works well overall and you can even set the sensitivity of the stick to use it for fast paced turns.
Weirdly the game makes you hold down the minus button to customize your weapon. But it's too closely placed to the left stick so you can accidentally keep moving.
Still, seems great overall. And a great deal for all three games. I'll start from the first game, always wanted to play it.
I enjoyed Crysis 2 and 3. Never played the first one yet though.
I never finished Crysis but have it for Xbox. I might get around to it soon.
I think the 360 version is on Game Pass Ultimate. I should probably get around to playing it myself as well sometime.
I am always sure to play the first 3 minutes of Crysis every time I get a new computer or graphics card. I don't think I've even gotten further than that. Is it a decent game?
I'm all for that, as it means they'll work for the next 80 years (if the dear LORD allows for batteries to exist that long) as opposed to some internal battery that fries after so many re-charges.
My experience with Forza Hoe is limited to 2. The gameplay was supreme. But the entirety of the game was dragged down by the hard sell of DLC and having events on the map, but not knowing until you go there that they were DLC or not. Has that softened? As it turned me off the franchise to the point I would not entertain buying it.
Yes! I could not believe it. I bought a $20 rechargeable one from Amazon.
I honestly dont remember.
Same here. Also as a collector I prefer not storing something that could potentially get damaged and leak.