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| Author: | Hearthly [ Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Xbox one thread |
That's where I went wrong, the PC version probably got released years ago. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Sun Apr 15, 2018 12:54 ] |
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TOP TIP. Even though the 'Capture' menu says you can only capture 30 seconds of footage at 4K, as long as you have (1) An external USB 3.0 rated drive and (2) An Xbox One X, you can capture up to an hour at a time in 4K. (It won't allow this if you're capturing to the internal storage, and/or have a standard XBox One.) The 'replay capture' feature is indeed capped at 30 seconds if you change the capture mode to 4K (down from 2 minutes), but the standard 'record from now' function will actually capture at 4K once you've set it in the Capture preferences. It really does look a lot better than the standard 1080p crappy bitrate capture. Obviously filesizes are much increased but with a 1TB USB 3.0 drive costing as little as £40, that's no biggy. (Compare this video to the videos I've linked in the Burnout Paradise thread, which were captured at the standard 1080p/shit bitrate quality, before I realised you could force 4K.) EDIT - Actually it doesn't look that much better once it's gone through the YouTube mangler, and for some reason it's 1080p instead of 4K. Stupid YouTube. Windows definitely says it's 3840x2160@60FPS though. Well it looks fucking good when you're watching the raw footage, anyway. EDIT AGAIN - Turns out YouTube was just being slow, it's now available at 2160p/60FPS. Looks pretty sweet! |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Sat Apr 21, 2018 9:45 ] |
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My trial XBox Pass that came with the console has run out, so MS have given me some more for free. I haven't actually played anything at all on Pass during the trial period (I installed Sea Of Thieves but haven't even loaded it). Who has that much free time to play games? I love playing on my XBox but it's also competing with Hearthstone, fruit machine emulation, watching series/films, and being an internationally famous content creator on YouTube. (And I also love watching stuff on YouTube.) I can't see me paying XBox Pass any time soon, or most likely at all, I'm not sure I'll get any value out of it whatsoever. I've paid for Gold membership though. Attachment: passeroes.JPG
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| Author: | TheVision [ Sat Apr 21, 2018 9:47 ] |
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I agree about having time as I'm the same but, I can imagine that if I was single and without kids with all the time in the world then the game pass represents excellent value for money. I have a feeling that we'll see more of this particular business model over the coming years. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Sat Apr 21, 2018 17:47 ] |
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GAMES WITH GOLD MAY 2018: XB1: Super Mega Baseball 2 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. 360 Sega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage Vanquish |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Sat Apr 21, 2018 17:56 ] |
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Ooohhhh Streets of Rage, I can see me and Mrs Hearthly getting together on that for old time's sake. We used to play it on my Megadrive in our crappy student house in Manchester in 1993 whilst my girlfriend was out having sex with her fiancé. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Sat Apr 21, 2018 18:25 ] |
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Your stories make me sad. Oh, and it’s all 3 SoR games which is cool. |
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Sat Apr 21, 2018 18:43 ] |
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The game pass that came with my Scorpio didn't even work. |
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| Author: | myp [ Sat Apr 21, 2018 18:59 ] |
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The first SMB was excellent fun. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Sat Apr 28, 2018 9:55 ] |
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I bought RAYMAN LEGENDS for my XB1X yesterday which is only £23.99 on the MS Store. The good news is that it's an incredibly accomplished version of the game, with the extra RAM of the XB1 being leveraged to effectively eliminate loading screens completely after the initial game load. (The same is true on the PS4 version, apparently.) Beyond that it's really just the same as the 360/PS3 versions, running at a flawless 1080p/60FPS. (The Wii-U was a rock-solid 720p/60FPS.) It does however suffer a bit from the lack of motion gamepad controls implemented in the Wii-U version (which is the platform I previously played it on), which makes sense as the game was originally designed for Wii-U, they've done a workaround with standard controls, and it only affects the small number of levels that were designed for the Wii-U's gamepad, but it is still a small tick in the 'negatives' column. Overall though, if you've never experienced Rayman Legends before, I can very much recommend snagging it on XB1 for the bargainous price of £23.99 (note that this is £6 cheaper than the Switch version, and that the Switch version is the weakest version of all, being inferior to even the Wii-U version, I was going to get it on Switch until I read up on it and got the XB1 version instead). |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Sun Apr 29, 2018 9:01 ] |
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Turns out the XB1(X) makes for a fantastic media player. There are both VLC and PLEX apps available in the store for free. VLC is great with locally attached drives but I've found it badly behaved for network stuff. In the end I just installed Plex Media Server on the Media Centre PC, created a library in there, installed the app on the XB1X and it works flawlessly, connecting happily to the Plex Media Server. There seem to be some new hyper-compressed codecs around that the old Media Centre PC has trouble with, suffering from stuttery playback whatever media player I use, whereas the XB1X copes without a hitch. (VLC on the XB1X will play MKVs that VLC on the Media Centre PC really struggles with.) It's turning out to be a rather impressive multi-capability box. I was on the cusp of spending about £600 on a new Media Centre PC yesterday, had it all specced up ready to order at PC Specialist, but now this is not necessary, which is good. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Wed May 02, 2018 12:58 ] |
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Satsuma wrote: 360 Sega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage So Mrs Hearthly hasn't got any better at this in the last 24 years, the best thing to do is stay well out of her way or you'll most likely get an iron pipe in the face or a knife in the back, or get grabbed from behind and violated, and not in a good way. Plus in the heat of the moment her fingers tend to wander and she does ten back-to-back special moves which use most of her health and I'm like 'You're pressing the wrong button again'. Anyway, this was reflected in our scores where I absolutely crushed her, which is the natural order of things. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Wed May 02, 2018 22:24 ] |
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i see Edge has had an update on the Xbox One... I don't use it much but it seems to do the job. I'm posting this from it as we speak. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Wed May 09, 2018 7:55 ] |
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Hearthly wrote: I've found myself hankering to play Burnout Revenge again, but that would entail getting the 360 out of its new home in a cupboard and setting it back up. OH SHIT SON. BIGGEST INSTA-BUY EVER. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018 ... n-xbox-one Attachment: Screenshot 2018-05-09 at 07.54.58.png
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Wed May 09, 2018 8:52 ] |
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Actually I had it as a digital purchase on my 360, so hopefully it will just appear in my games list. If it doesn't I don't mind spending £9.99 again. |
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| Author: | myp [ Wed May 09, 2018 8:56 ] |
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Revenge is easily the worst Burnout. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Wed May 09, 2018 9:01 ] |
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I love it, it's totally mental and has the BEST Burnout soundtrack. Had it on my old XBox and then bought it again on 360, completed it both times. I think I may have even bought it on disc for 360, and then bought it again digitally, for reasons I have completely forgotten. Pure arcade fun. I mean, it's not really a racing game like the earlier Burnouts were, but I'm fine with that. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Wed May 09, 2018 9:17 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: Revenge is easily the worst Burnout. I liked it, but after putting so much time into Takedown, it felt odd. I never liked the launch control mechanic on the Crash mode. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Wed May 09, 2018 10:39 ] |
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 says I have issues.Quote: This is gaming for poorly-coordinated nine-year-olds with Attention Deficit Disorder, and if you're past puberty and can play it without a nagging sense of embarrassment as the game continually cascades rewards down on you in an exaggeratedly exciteable tone like a children's television presenter training a frisky puppy, then you probably need to address some approval issues with your personality. http://worldofstuart.excellentcontent.com/fadeaway.htm |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Wed May 09, 2018 11:12 ] |
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Hearthly wrote: Actually I had it as a digital purchase on my 360, so hopefully it will just appear in my games list. Yep, this should happen! |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Wed May 09, 2018 11:15 ] |
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XBox Rules. Free cloud saves too. XBOX is where it's at. Except if you want to play Nintendo games and PS4 exclusives. Other than that it totes rules. |
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| Author: | myp [ Wed May 09, 2018 11:41 ] |
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Yes, they've certainly turned things around, much like Sony did in the 2nd half of the PS3's lifespan. If I were buying a console now between the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X, it'd be the latter. |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Wed May 09, 2018 11:53 ] |
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I dunno, Sony still have the more compelling games catalogue by a massive margin and that's what it's all about for me. |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Wed May 09, 2018 12:02 ] |
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Bamba wrote: I dunno, Sony still have the more compelling games catalogue by a massive margin and that's what it's all about OOOOH give me Sony Sony, OOOOH give me Sony Sony, OOOOH give me Sony Sony, Xbox One X tra-la-la. |
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| Author: | LewieP [ Wed May 09, 2018 12:09 ] |
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I'd probably rather buy an Xbox One X over a PS4 Pro, but I already own a PS4 and don't have a 4k TV. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Wed May 09, 2018 13:14 ] |
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I think the best solution is to have an XB1X, a PS4Pro, and a Switch. And a gaming PC for HIGH-POWERED PC GAMES* * Hearthstone. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Wed May 09, 2018 17:05 ] |
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TheVision wrote: Yep, this should happen! Yay! It just appeared in the list of 'Ready to install' games when I turned my XB1X on, installing it now, easy as that. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Thu May 10, 2018 7:35 ] |
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Well in fairness 720p does look a bit rough on a 55 inch screen but fundamentally it's still the same old awesome Burnout Revenge it always was. It's very cool though, basically just a free game. I wonder if EA are happy about it, when they have new driving games they want to sell which are shitter. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu May 10, 2018 7:56 ] |
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I think the publishers have to agree to making their games backward compatible so yeah, I imagine EA are fine with it. I'm sure there'll be people that don't own the game already that will be buying it from the Microsoft store. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu May 17, 2018 8:44 ] |
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Fair play to Microsoft: that’s really inspiring |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Thu May 17, 2018 8:49 ] |
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That's excellent. The value of gaming for someone stuck in a chair must be huge. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Thu May 17, 2018 10:38 ] |
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Not gonna lie, got a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye after watching that. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu May 17, 2018 11:07 ] |
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GazChap wrote: Not gonna lie, got a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye after watching that. Yep... As did I. That's an excellent tool they've developed there. Good work Microsoft. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu May 17, 2018 11:32 ] |
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Superb. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Tue Jun 05, 2018 14:55 ] |
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My friends and I have been playing Sea of Thieves a fair bit since it came out and the new content for it has a giant shark that needs to be killed. The only way to do this is with more than the regular 4 members of your crew so last night... We had to rely on randoms to help us out. And help us they did! We had 12 people on one boat all working together to thwart the giant shark. It was brilliant! Everyone was chatting and working together to the one goal. This is what playing online should be. We tried to take a group photo at the end but it was raining and it was difficult to get everyone in the frame, but you get the idea. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Mon Jun 11, 2018 10:11 ] |
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Satsuma wrote: Devolver Digitals conference was much better. Nina will knucklepunch you right in your muthafucking throat. Devolver did another E3 presentation yesterday and its as glorious as last years |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Tue Jun 26, 2018 21:32 ] |
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SWOS is now backwards compatible. Brilliant. |
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| Author: | romanista [ Wed Jun 27, 2018 8:52 ] |
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yup, my 360 can finally die again https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018 ... ack-compat |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Thu Jun 28, 2018 17:09 ] |
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GAMES WITH GOLD, once again, FIRST, by me, Sat, your resident gaming know-how guy: Xbox One: Assault Android Cactus (July 1-31)($14.99) whut - apparently a twin stick shooter. Looks a bit rubbish. Death Squared (July 16-August 15)($14.99) whut - apparently a puzzle game. Looks a bit rubbish. Xbox 360: Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown (July 1-15)($14.99) yay - a game about kicking people in the face. Splinter Cell: Conviction (July 16-31)($19.99) yay - grizzled stealthy guy shoots people in the neck. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Thu Jun 28, 2018 17:15 ] |
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Actually I’ve changed my mind, that Cactus game looks like a bullet hell game. Me like those when they’re done good. Looks interesting. |
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| Author: | LewieP [ Thu Jun 28, 2018 23:27 ] |
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AAC is excellent. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Thu Jul 12, 2018 23:50 ] |
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Assault Android Cactus is pretty entertaining and challenging. It’s a dire shame that the leaderboard shows that from my friends list (going back to the 360 days so it’s full up) those that played (probably about 6 people) only completed 5 levels and then stopped. Only Rodafowa has even progressed beyond the first stage. Shame, it’s a natty little twin stick shooter. Nowt mind blowing or of Geo Wars excellence but good for a bit of a blast. |
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| Author: | JohnCoffey [ Thu Jul 12, 2018 23:53 ] |
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Quick question guys. I have looked up about replacing the hard drive with an SSD and I gotta say it terrifies me. However, would I benefit from better load times on something like FO4 (which I know does) on an external SSD? or is it not worth the bother? I must say I was quite amazed at how fast that 1tb drive is getting chomped up. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Thu Jul 12, 2018 23:53 ] |
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No. |
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| Author: | JohnCoffey [ Thu Jul 12, 2018 23:55 ] |
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Satsuma wrote: No. OK cool. Well that saves me a few bob then  Cheers. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Fri Jul 13, 2018 7:51 ] |
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Couple of years old, but seems the answer is 'Yes'. Do note however, that you'll be wanting to use an external SSD, and not faff about replacing the internal drive. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digi ... ith-an-ssd |
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| Author: | JohnCoffey [ Fri Jul 13, 2018 10:03 ] |
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Hearthly wrote: Couple of years old, but seems the answer is 'Yes'. Do note however, that you'll be wanting to use an external SSD, and not faff about replacing the internal drive. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digi ... ith-an-ssd Ah. I was sure I had read something at some point. Will probably pick up a 240 or something, I only really want it for Fallout. Yeah not only did I read about how you have to clone your drive (sector by sector which takes an age) but my mate's boss messed his up and it took him hours to fix. Not something I really want to meddle with tbh. I love my Xbox though. Going back a page or two I noticed you mentioned the media thing? yeah, it's simply awesome for that. I've been OK with the streaming thing (VLC, using my NAS) but I've not tried to stream anything in 4k yet. I got the Rare collection installed last night, so I think an early night is in order because I have not played a single Rare game since Banjo Tooie on the N64. It all switched to Microsoft and I switched to a PC. I did play Underwurlde for a while, sheesh that bought back some memories man ! |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Fri Jul 13, 2018 12:26 ] |
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Just checking my hard drive and it’s about 75% full and I’ve got 36 games on it. If I wanted to free up some space I’m sure I could delete some crap I’ve finished or never play out of those 36 games. I mean, just deleting Gears 5 would free up 100Gb. And it needs deleting for how crap it is. EDIT: hang on, you were talking about SSDs. Meh. |
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| Author: | JohnCoffey [ Fri Jul 13, 2018 12:30 ] |
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Satsuma wrote: Just checking my hard drive and it’s about 75% full and I’ve got 36 games on it. If I wanted to free up some space I’m sure I could delete some crap I’ve finished or never play out of those 36 games. I mean, just deleting Gears 5 would free up 100Gb. And it needs deleting for how crap it is. EDIT: hang on, you were talking about SSDs. Meh. Well I'm a bit of a Fallout boy so yeah, I am only really looking to improve that. I've only installed four games and half of my hdd is gone lol. GOW4 is 115gb :O |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Fri Jul 13, 2018 14:32 ] |
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Satsuma wrote: Assault Android Cactus is pretty entertaining and challenging. It’s a dire shame that the leaderboard shows that from my friends list (going back to the 360 days so it’s full up) those that played (probably about 6 people) only completed 5 levels and then stopped. Only Rodafowa has even progressed beyond the first stage. Shame, it’s a natty little twin stick shooter. Nowt mind blowing or of Geo Wars excellence but good for a bit of a blast. If Rodafowa is still lurking about, just know that I’ve annihilated all your Zone 4 scores. Pow pow! Zone 4 was ace. Difficulty upped and some great arena designs. |
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