Gaming Xbox Series X|S

[IrishBlue1]

FIFA 23 is £14 if you have Gamepass or had FIFA 22

Just bought it. Had a £10 Microsoft voucher from work so got it for £4.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/game-pass-members-or-fifa-22-owners-get-fifa-23-for-14.663433/

 

[Massive Spanner]

24 months of GPU just gotten for around €4.40 a month, lovely. Wanted to bulk up before the inevitable price increases.

 

[BristolRuss]

24 months of GPU just gotten for around €4.40 a month, lovely. Wanted to bulk up before the inevitable price increases.

Just renewed mine today myself. Got three years of Ultimate for £83.46, so around £2.31 per month! Fantastic value.

 

[Sarni]

Must say I am having high hopes for High On Life. Hoping this to be another 80+ rated game this year. Two days to go.

 

[Reditus]

24 months of GPU just gotten for around €4.40 a month, lovely. Wanted to bulk up before the inevitable price increases.

Mine doesn’t run out until about April 2024 but wouldn’t mind topping it up again. Can I ask where you got that price?

 

[Alock1]

Must say I am having high hopes for High On Life. Hoping this to be another 80+ rated game this year. Two days to go.

Me too. Looks good.

Those games always seem to get less than the blockbusters and I think the writing style (humour) and likely clumsiness that comes with a game like this probably gives it a ceiling score wise.

 

[Massive Spanner]

Mine doesn’t run out until about April 2024 but wouldn’t mind topping it up again. Can I ask where you got that price?

I got vouchers for gold on cd keys and then I did the 1 month stack with ultimate. Pretty sure you can only do it if your sub is expired.

 

[IrishBlue1]

Must say I am having high hopes for High On Life. Hoping this to be another 80+ rated game this year. Two days to go.

Reviews are dropping in the next 2-3 hours for this.

 

[Sarni]

Reviews are dropping in the next 2-3 hours for this.

Please don't be 60/100 crap.

 

[Sarni]

Getting 8/10 across the board except for one reviewer who gave it 3/10 because he did not like the talking gun. Another solid addition to Game Pass.

 

[Volumiza]

24 months of GPU just gotten for around €4.40 a month, lovely. Wanted to bulk up before the inevitable price increases.

Just renewed mine today myself. Got three years of Ultimate for £83.46, so around £2.31 per month! Fantastic value.

I've just joined the dirty world of XBox

Where are you getting these deals?

 

[DavelinaJolie]

Just renewed mine today myself. Got three years of Ultimate for £83.46, so around £2.31 per month! Fantastic value.

Where from? Mines up in April, want to stack up

 

[Massive Spanner]

https://www.eurogamer.net/high-on-life-review-a-mediocre-shooter-with-an-unfunny-attitude-problem

Fecking hell will they ever make a good exclusive? (apart from Psy 2)

 

[BristolRuss]

I've just joined the dirty world of XBox

Where are you getting these deals?

Where from? Mines up in April, want to stack up

I followed this guide, you'll need to use a VPN: https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/xbox-live-game-pass-ultimate-3-years-ps7319-at-eneba-4043792

I had a bit of a scare as only one of the codes worked initially, but I left it a few hours and then they worked. Fantastic value.

 

[Volumiza]

I followed this guide, you'll need to use a VPN: https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/xbox-live-game-pass-ultimate-3-years-ps7319-at-eneba-4043792

I had a bit of a scare as only one of the codes worked initially, but I left it a few hours and then they worked. Fantastic value.

Thanks

 

[Vidyoyo]

https://www.eurogamer.net/high-on-life-review-a-mediocre-shooter-with-an-unfunny-attitude-problem

Fecking hell will they ever make a good exclusive? (apart from Psy 2)

As the review implies, I suspect a lot (all?) of the appeal rides on whether you find zany, in-yo-face humour even slightly tolerable

Psychonauts 2 had just the right amount

 

[Ainu]

https://www.eurogamer.net/high-on-life-review-a-mediocre-shooter-with-an-unfunny-attitude-problem

Fecking hell will they ever make a good exclusive? (apart from Psy 2)

It's worth noting Edwin is by far the most pretentious, snobbish, pseudo-intellectual writer at Eurogamer - or pretty much on any gaming website. It's basically pointless letting him review that particular game, as he was always going to hate it.

That said, I can imagine it getting annoying quickly.

 

[VeevaVee]

I've just joined the dirty world of XBox

Where are you getting these deals?

It’s also threadmarked in here. I didn’t need to use a vpn

 

[VeevaVee]

Been playing some Plague Tale Requiem. Very nice looking game. Much of the same as the first one but they’ve stepped the difficulty up a fair bit at some points.

 

[Volumiza]

It’s also threadmarked in here. I didn’t need to use a vpn

Thanks

 

[DavelinaJolie]

I followed this guide, you'll need to use a VPN: https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/xbox-live-game-pass-ultimate-3-years-ps7319-at-eneba-4043792

I had a bit of a scare as only one of the codes worked initially, but I left it a few hours and then they worked. Fantastic value.

AHH cheers. I've bought 2 or 3 games via the VPN method, but I understand that doing that can lead to a ban, though this hasn't been enforced for a while.

 

[altodevil]

Too many v-based usernames now.

 

[Vidyoyo]

Too many v-based usernames now.

Good point Valtodevil

 

[Volumiza]

Too many v-based usernames now.

I don't approve of alphabet based discrimination dude, no place for it in the modern forum environment, us V's are human too.

 

[altodevil]

feck me just realised there are 3 of you. I think I have you all down as the same person/user.

 

[afrocentricity]

feck me just realised there are 3 of you. I think I have you all down as the same person/user.

It's easier that way

 

[Vidyoyo]

It's worth noting Edwin is by far the most pretentious, snobbish, pseudo-intellectual writer at Eurogamer - or pretty much on any gaming website. It's basically pointless letting him review that particular game, as he was always going to hate it.

That said, I can imagine it getting annoying quickly.

I've just got round to reading the comments and they did not disappoint. He's angered the fanbase massively

Personally I don't know who Edwin is but I do quite like how he's given his full opinion about the game. As somebody in the comments said, gaming is very often filled with people who'll say "verily I didn't like this game nor enjoy any part of it at all, but it's definitely a great game". Sometimes you just want people to come out and say what they really think.

 

[VeevaVee]

I’ve seen lots of people enjoying High On Life. Wouldn’t go off what that Elvis says.

 

[jasT1981]

Hotwheels unleashed went on Gamepass last night with all the DLC.

Removed already.

 

[noodlehair]

I’ve seen lots of people enjoying High On Life. Wouldn’t go off what that Elvis says.

I think it's hilarious. Average game glossed over by making it funny and completely unique. Well unless you've watched Rick or Morty in which case it'll seem entirely familiar.

 

[Vidyoyo]

I’ve seen lots of people enjoying High On Life. Wouldn’t go off what that Elvis says.

In fairness you do need quite a high IQ to appreciate High on Life

 

[Acheron]

The issue I have with buying a PC is that you have to upgrade every few years to keep up with the improved graphics. With a console you can atleast invest once and be able to play games at high graphics for more years without upgrading.

Playing some games on PC is certainly more fun but it's too expensive if you want to enjoy the highest graphics.

Series S is great in this way that you don't have to spend a lot.

That would be the case if you get a PC with an entry level GPU that already struggles to keep up with current games on low settings. In that case, yeah you're going to have to upgrade soon if you still want to keep playing AAA titles. Then if you bought an 1080 or 1080 To 6 years ago you would still be able to play current games at 1080 resolution with high settings. If you really think about it consoles also have GPUs and there's nothing inherently special with them that makes them last longer.

However, until very recently graphics cards were obscenely expensive thankr to crypto currency, among other stuff, but now it's quite affordable to build a good system that plays games smoothly. Maybe not as much as an xbox but a PC can do other stuff so it's hard to make a direct comparison but if someone here is interested you must know GPU prices have come down to normal again, specially the stuff from AMD.

 

[Acheron]

A question I would ask is whether you can build a PC for 500 dollars that could play the latest games on high quality today and games 3-4 years down the line without having to upgrade (obviously there is more utility to a PC than just gaming that can be included in the price but just talking about gaming right now).

Yes you can, although the problem with PCs is that it's not something as accesible as a console but if you're an adult it's possible depending where you live, definitely doable in the USA.

 

[DixieDean]

I've heard enough good things that I think I'm going to try High On Life.

 

[DixieDean]

I've put a couple of hours in high on life and it seems fun, so far.

 

[DixieDean]

High On Life is actually a bit better than I thought. If I had to score it right now it would be a 7. Total GamePass game.

 

[Vidyoyo]

Persona 3 and 4 came up to pre-install this week. That'll be my entire 2023 filled up judging by the amount of time P5 has already taken me

 

[Sarni]

Disappointed with Microsoft not offering second drop for December Game Pass. It's the first time since they launched subscription where they have skipped the second drop, effectively only adding half as many games as they used to.

 

[Redlambs]

Merry Christmas all.

Now that's out of the way, has anybody got the MS headset? I've just bought it for my boy, it's connected fine and all the settings are correct...and yet the sound refuses to come out of them, only through the hdmi. I'm struggling to find any decent answers on google too, so if anybody has them let me know if it went smoothly please!

 

[TheReligion]

Merry Christmas all.

Now that's out of the way, has anybody got the MS headset? I've just bought it for my boy, it's connected fine and all the settings are correct...and yet the sound refuses to come out of them, only through the hdmi. I'm struggling to find any decent answers on google too, so if anybody has them let me know if it went smoothly please!

I’ll let you know via the headset.