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I don't understand people being upset by this.  Congrats to him and to his family on getting 'somewhere in the 9 figures' for his work.  This literally has no effect on you or your enjoyment of the music.

24 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said:

@SimpleG I stand corrected. Thanks. Though it does make me wonder the difference in quality between the theatrical and extended versions then since the theatrical fit on one disc and you're only adding an additional ~30 min on Fellowship for example.

Woah...  This isn't how the internet works.  Never accept you are wrong.  Fight against all odds and facts that may be against you!

Kudos for being rational.

4 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said:

If Control is coming to gamepass, I assume it will be The Ultimate Edition? DLC Inculuded and Series X enhanced?

We will find out soon, but it wouldn't make much sense for it to not be ultimate. 

Honestly this thing looks like something I might take a second look at if it was $40-$50... but even then I would probably pass.  As was already said why have SF tied to only single player.

24 minutes ago, Xbob42 said:

I set it to "default" which allegedly switches back and forth depending on which version is "stronger" or something? I don't know what that means, I thought it'd be story-influenced but I've been female Eivor the entire game so far. Granted, I'm not very far at all in the actual story since I play these games like Skyrim where I just go do side shit for 95 hours and then eventually stop playing once I've had my fun, but I thought the idea of me switching between two versions of the same character was cool.

That said, I've found female Eivor to be perfectly fine. Not quite as much as I liked Kassandra, and what little I have seen of male Eivor seems far better than Alexios.

From what I read that mode is pretty much all female, it only switches to male in a few small special (not primary storyline) sections of the game. 

In what world is anyone paying more than $200 for a handful of SF2 and old megaman games? 

7 hours ago, The def star said:

Looks like Xbox has started their Black Friday sales already. I think these are some of the lowest some of these games have been all year. Gonna pick the Watch Dogs Legion/ Valhalla pack and Control Ultimate Edition for $20. Other small games I have been wanting to pick up like Spryo and RE1 Remake. 

 

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Red Dead Redemption 2 $26.99

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Deluxe Edition $27.99

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 $29.99

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Marvel's Avengers $29.99 or Deluxe Edition $39.99

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I'm a little surprised to actually see things in the sale I might want to get.  I still haven't got Tony Hawk or Control so I should probably pick those up.  I'll wait until closer to Bl Friday to see if they are a better deal anywhere else.  I'll also probably get the Bulletstorm Full Clip.  I really enjoyed it when it first came out, but I never wanted to pay for the remaster.  5.99 sounds about right for that.  

57 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said:

 

Some of that gating is a bit weird; found a barred door with no way to get into it, and after a few minutes I decided it was story related and I ended up being right. Other areas of the early game straight up say, “area not available” which would be a fine way to keep people from butting their heads against things that literally cannot be done right then. Also kinda weird when you purge an area of mobs, then the next story event brings you back there and everyone’s respawned.

 

Only other LUL the game keeps delivering is where you use your battering ram to gain access to certain parts of a town during a siege... but as soon as you get in there, all your troops are inside fighting with the enemies already. Why didn’t someone tell me I could just walk in

Exactly. I like the game but the setup for a solvable mystery can't be the same as an unsolvable one. 

A little pissed at this game ATM.  I found a nice little cabin with a locked door.  When you try to open the door it says something like you need to find the key...  so that has happened previously and the key was nearby - so I go searching.  Spend a solid 30 minutes looking around destroying stuff, burning stuff.  Finally I gave up and googled it, that cabin is tied to some mission that gives you the key.  Sigh.  So I moved ahead and Oh cool I found an anomaly.  I get almost to the end of it (it involves platforming and moving beams of light around) and I can't finish it.  For some reason one of the beams keeps resetting on me then not allowing me to interact with it again.  I finally google that and found that it is a known glitch and the solution is to wait for a patch.  Great.  

6 hours ago, Pikachu said:

Got my second clear today with the spear. Going to go for the bow next. 

Ugh. Bow suuucks

3 hours ago, DPCyric said:

I picked it up during the Halloween sale because I had an EGS coupon as well. Haven't got around to it yet but their games and this type of game is my jam.

I hate games of this type... But I loved Hades. I have escaped several times,but I still play occasionally. Not sure if the game has a final end or not. 

21 minutes ago, Spork3245 said:

Wow, that’s really shitty. It should easily do 4k60 of the XboneX’s quality mode, and probably even high quality than that, really.

This game 'feels' better than ever before.  The reduced load times and the steady 60fps make a big difference.  My guess on some of the visuals is that this was a rush job so that it would be ready by release day.  My bet is we will get another patch for the graphical bits that got left out.

One thing that I realized was happening with me a little subconsciously that I have never done before... I am avoiding some games to save HD space.  I think in the past I would be all over COD and NBA2K even though those games are not my style I would have wanted them to showcase the new hardware.  Now I am looking hard at their install size and deciding that it isn't worth it.  

I had an issue with the new Tetris game not starting... I'm glad it was just that game because the install isn't very big.  Redownloading it now.  

There are obviously a few quirks.    I think everything will smooth out over time.

4 minutes ago, jaethos said:

So is instant on mode just broken? It turns on fast, but none of the background stuff works. It doesn't keep downloading and remote downloads don't start until the console is turned on.

I'm not seeing any of those issues...  

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26 minutes ago, Dodger said:

Posting this for posterity because I’ll probably forget but the first game I played on my XSX is Bright Memory. It’s definitely got some style to it.

I played about 20 minutes... It's not my kind of game. I deleted it. HD space is gold. No room for stuff I don't love. 

Apparently a lot of amazon customers aren't getting one soon: 

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BAD NEWS for Amazon peeps.  I just got an e-mail from Amazon on my preorder that says they 'hope' to get it delivered to me sometime before Dec 31.  Damn glad I also got the MS Store order in.  I hope everyone gets their xboxes!

16 minutes ago, Spork3245 said:

@ManUtdRedDevils so, I decided to contact MS store tech support. The guy told me that the consoles ship on the 10th with 1-3 day shipping 

My shipment from MS Store shipped last Thursday with FEDEX overnight shipping... but there are notes in the shipment that say don't deliver until the 10th.

1 hour ago, Mercury33 said:

My Amazon order still says that’s it’s placed but that “We’ll email you when we have an estimated shipping date”. I don’t really care because it’s for a friend. But has anyone else gotten this message? I just wanna know if the thing has been cancelled or some semblance of an idea when it’s coming. 

I'm in the exact same boat.  My amazon order is also going to someone else... but I called them this morning to ask about this and they said it was going to ship on the 10th so it will probably deliver on Thursday.  I should get my MS Store delivery tomorrow.   

Well sure those review scores look good... but with only 69 (nice) reviews posted on this page I'm not sure if I have enough information yet to make a decision.

7 hours ago, Xbob42 said:

Don't really care about the legendary edition unless it offers new gameplay or a new engine or something. Would definitely enjoy it with Andromeda gameplay because Andromeda's gameplay was by far the best in the series, by a country fucking mile, even if the rest of it was a sad shitshow. Can already play the games in 4k with HD texture packs, so fancy bells and whistles don't matter much to me. Maybe remade animations, I guess? Bioware sucks at animations.

I am interested in the new game, that's the announcement I was hoping for, even if I have serious doubts about the capabilities of modern Bioware.

So to summarize : crap, crap, crap... I want the new game but it too will probably be crap. 

2 minutes ago, Mr.Vic20 said:

Multiple of every actually! 

I still have my original first Xbox so only one of those.  The 360 I had multiple of (pretty sure everyone did thanks rrod).  The X1 I have the original and the X1X.