Gaming Xbox Series X|S

Which of these do you prefer

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Just came by to say that I bought a Samsung Frame TV for the bedroom (the only one my partner would allow as it looks like a painting) and I tried the XCloud app. My word! I was not expecting this level of performance. Granted, I have good, consistent Wi-Fi speeds but it was easily playing Halo Infinite, Gears, Jedi Fallen Order and Forza at 30fps (or it seemed), little to no judder and my Xbox pad hooked up instantly. Best of all, all my cloud saves were there.

Don’t know what I was expecting but it blew my mind. I’m one of those saddos that has a series X in my man cave and an S downstairs so this probably ain’t needed but nice to know if I’m sick or something I can game in comfort.
 

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Finally finished Hi-Fi Rush, amazing game. Absolutely love the variety of gameplay, you have normal 3D beat-em-up mixed in with some real time events and also 2d scrolling levels. This is especially true within the boss fights, all of which are really well done. The variety of enemies increases as you go further and there isn't one way to beat them. This doesn't even mention the great art style for the game and funny dialogue.

Would love to do another playthrough. If the is just one complaint I'll have it's that levels can go through a bit of a lull while you're platforming before you reach an enemy stage.

9.5/10 game. Definitely a recommendation for anyone with an Xbox, especially GamePass.
 

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Finally finished Hi-Fi Rush, amazing game. Absolutely love the variety of gameplay, you have normal 3D beat-em-up mixed in with some real time events and also 2d scrolling levels. This is especially true within the boss fights, all of which are really well done. The variety of enemies increases as you go further and there isn't one way to beat them. This doesn't even mention the great art style for the game and funny dialogue.

Would love to do another playthrough. If the is just one complaint I'll have it's that levels can go through a bit of a lull while you're platforming before you reach an enemy stage.

9.5/10 game. Definitely a recommendation for anyone with an Xbox, especially GamePass.
I'm somewhere around halfway through and it's been a blast so far. One of the best games I've played on my Xbox this generation. I like how straightforward and oldschool it is, without unnecessary puzzles, open world or dragged levels.
 

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Hi-Fi Rush is absolutely fecking quality. Reminds me of what it used to be like playing games.
 

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I'm somewhere around halfway through and it's been a blast so far. One of the best games I've played on my Xbox this generation. I like how straightforward and oldschool it is, without unnecessary puzzles, open world or dragged levels.
After finishing such a fun, colourful and happy game I don't feel like going back to complete the depressing, dreary Senua Sacrifice :lol:
 

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After finishing such a fun, colourful and happy game I don't feel like going back to complete the depressing, dreary Senua Sacrifice :lol:
I’m going to go straight to Atomic Heart or Wo Long after this but I’m also playing Persona 5 in the meantime which is quite colorful but much more grim.
 

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Looking for some info from you guys if anyone can help, currently have an xbox one, looking to pick up a series x in the next week or so

If i give the xbox one to my 9 year old, will she be able to use the same gamepass or will i need to buy a second one?

will she be able to have her own profile on the series x and use gamepass on that or can only my profile use it?

does anyone have the official xbox headset? They any good? If not what would you recommend? Doesnt need to be anything fancy, its only really for party chat while playing and possibly game sound if its late, have an xbox cheapy one currently but its very temperamental, think the cable is on its way out
 

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Looking for some info from you guys if anyone can help, currently have an xbox one, looking to pick up a series x in the next week or so

If i give the xbox one to my 9 year old, will she be able to use the same gamepass or will i need to buy a second one?

will she be able to have her own profile on the series x and use gamepass on that or can only my profile use it?

does anyone have the official xbox headset? They any good? If not what would you recommend? Doesnt need to be anything fancy, its only really for party chat while playing and possibly game sound if its late, have an xbox cheapy one currently but its very temperamental, think the cable is on its way out
She'll definitely be able to have her account on your Series X and be able to download and play games from your GP subscription. My partner has her own account and can download from GP just fine.

I think it will work on the old Xbox One too but I'm not 100% as I haven't tried it myself.
 

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I’m getting so fed up of that bullshit Parry mechanic in HiFi Rush to the point where I’m not sure I can keep going with the game. Shame as I really enjoyed it until now.
 

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I’m getting so fed up of that bullshit Parry mechanic in HiFi Rush to the point where I’m not sure I can keep going with the game. Shame as I really enjoyed it until now.
It is completely unnecessary and annoying indeed. I also don’t like how the game will not allow you to just bypass that using common fighting mechanism but will rather throw you into situations that specifically require you to use parry and nothing else, while you can pretty much complete all other parts of the fight however you like.
 

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It is completely unnecessary and annoying indeed. I also don’t like how the game will not allow you to just bypass that using common fighting mechanism but will rather throw you into situations that specifically require you to use parry and nothing else, while you can pretty much complete all other parts of the fight however you like.
Yeah and then fecks you back to an earlier checkpoint after and you have to repeat shit just to do it again. Turning on low latency mode has helped but there are still some ridiculous ones that take me forever. It’s so stupidly precise and crazy. Ruins an otherwise brilliant game for me at times. And as you say, parry is usually optional but here you literally can’t progress without doing it, it’s so silly.
 

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Yeah and then fecks you back to an earlier checkpoint after and you have to repeat shit just to do it again. Turning on low latency mode has helped but there are still some ridiculous ones that take me forever. It’s so stupidly precise and crazy. Ruins an otherwise brilliant game for me at times. And as you say, parry is usually optional but here you literally can’t progress without doing it, it’s so silly.
To be fair the QT parts where you are supposed to very quickly mash buttons in the right order and with perfect timing are even more annoying because they also allow no room for error and tend to be quite dragged at times. At least with parry there is a degree of rhythm there which does not exist in QT intervals.
 

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I’m getting so fed up of that bullshit Parry mechanic in HiFi Rush to the point where I’m not sure I can keep going with the game. Shame as I really enjoyed it until now.
Just keep spamming block button
 

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I’m getting so fed up of that bullshit Parry mechanic in HiFi Rush to the point where I’m not sure I can keep going with the game. Shame as I really enjoyed it until now.
I think I got to a point where I have to stop because of it too, namely Korsica boss. I have already spend nearly 4 hours trying to beat her, destroyed one pad completely and I honestly don't need this in my life. Awful. I think I'll give it 2 more hours maximum and if I don't beat her the game is off my HD.
 

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I’m getting so fed up of that bullshit Parry mechanic in HiFi Rush to the point where I’m not sure I can keep going with the game. Shame as I really enjoyed it until now.
It is completely unnecessary and annoying indeed. I also don’t like how the game will not allow you to just bypass that using common fighting mechanism but will rather throw you into situations that specifically require you to use parry and nothing else, while you can pretty much complete all other parts of the fight however you like.
Yep I felt the same when the parry stages started. Really frustrating at the start when I really tried to timd the button based on the circles.

The solution I got to this is:

Just keep spamming block button
This.

I completed the game on Hard difficulty so certainly is possible by spamming the button.

That being said, I noticed that I naturally started to time my parries better as I went forward in the game, especially after you get the first one and then you follow the beat, and it started to get more fun. When the big enemies come with these parry attacks it was challenging but an enjoyable change from beat-em-up.
 

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Yep I felt the same when the parry stages started. Really frustrating at the start when I really tried to timd the button based on the circles.

The solution I got to this is:



This.

I completed the game on Hard difficulty so certainly is possible by spamming the button.

That being said, I noticed that I naturally started to time my parries better as I went forward in the game, especially after you get the first one and then you follow the beat, and it started to get more fun. When the big enemies come with these parry attacks it was challenging but an enjoyable change from beat-em-up.
It is fine for parry alone, but when dodging enters the frame it's hell. I have completed that boss fight after almost 5 hours.
 

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It is fine for parry alone, but when dodging enters the frame it's hell. I have completed that boss fight after almost 5 hours.
Yea I just try to remember the pattern that's given before the attack happens, like how many parries are coming before the dodge.

Anyways, it's not going to get any easier with regards to that after Korsica though :lol:
 

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Showcase and Starfield Direct on 11th June:


Will mean that Starfield (confirmed September) and Forza Motorsport will miss the first half of the year window promised in last year's showcase


but I don't think anyone genuinely believed either of those games were intended to make the first half of the year anyway, was just to pad out the infographic and make the releases look more impressive.
 

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Thought all those games were going to be on GP for a minute. Not convinced yet to buy this expensive dvd player. Starfield looks great though. Hellblade is the one I’m waiting for. That’s going to be insane I hope. But they still need more for me to spend 500 quid just to play just 2 games.
 

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Thought all those games were going to be on GP for a minute. Not convinced yet to buy this expensive dvd player. Starfield looks great though. Hellblade is the one I’m waiting for. That’s going to be insane I hope. But they still need more for me to spend 500 quid just to play just 2 games.
Just sign up for gamepass and play it via the xcloud app on a device. I’d presume all the major exclusives will have a streaming option.
 

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Why such a fuss for game delays? And if it wasn't delayed and came out unfinished, same people would moan about it being unfinished, can't please either way.
 

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Why such a fuss for game delays? And if it wasn't delayed and came out unfinished, same people would moan about it being unfinished, can't please either way.
I don't care and always knew it'd be around then. It's more MS being terrible at managing expectations.

They needlessly said it would release Nov 22 in the summer of 21. Then in the summer of 22 said it'd be latest summer of 23. Both times it was foolish and called out as silly to build that expectation they couldn't guarantee.

Agree that it's not a huge deal and for a game like this I'm happy for it to take as long as needed for a quality product. But MS need to improve their comms.
 

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Yea I just try to remember the pattern that's given before the attack happens, like how many parries are coming before the dodge.

Anyways, it's not going to get any easier with regards to that after Korsica though :lol:
Wait, are you telling me there’s more party/dodge nonsense after Korsica? I thought I was about two thirds done already and would be smooth until the end!
 

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I will be shocked if we see Starfield in 2023. Mid-2024 is the earliest I can imagine.
Nah. I knew June wouldn't be likely as Spencer will want to avoid a cyberpunk situation and they'd be competing with Diablo, Final Fantasy and Zelda. Diablo could be 1p by then too.

Could see them delaying one more time to November but think it absolutely comes out this year.