The Xbox Series X|S thread

[WhiteWolf]

7 hours ago, quixote_1989 said:

The vehicle control in Halo CE.. Dear Lord!

 

And without any clear marker/map of where to go, most of the times I'm roaming around like a headless chicken until I somehow end up in the right direction.

 

I get this is a very old game, but still... not sure if I'll be able to stick with it. 

Play Halo 2 using modern graphics and Reach and 4.

 

 

Or just Reach and 4.

 

 

Reach best imo.

 

 

[Sach4life]

13 minutes ago, WhiteWolf said:

Both games runs fine on One X. No frame rate issues in any mordor games. Shadow of War uses 4k textures and runs great on One X

 

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2017-shadow-of-war-xbox-one-x-one-version-to-rule-them-all

 

 

 

 

Locked frame rate in every scene. On technical game was polished. So stop that bs that it had frame rate drops nd all. Outside one siege area there are hardly any drops.

 

I get it you don't like the  game but game runs very good. Frame rate problems is just nonsense 

 

Ok Phil

[Big Boss]

1 hour ago, WhiteWolf said:

Both games runs fine on One X. No frame rate issues in any mordor games. Shadow of War uses 4k textures and runs great on One X

 

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2017-shadow-of-war-xbox-one-x-one-version-to-rule-them-all

 

 

 

 

Locked frame rate in every scene. On technical game was polished. So stop that bs that it had frame rate drops nd all. Outside one siege area there are hardly any drops.

 

I get it you don't like the  game but game runs very good. Frame rate problems is just nonsense 

Runs like sh*t though.

[WhiteWolf]

It is 30 fps locked like all last gen games. It runs  fine, you just don't like the game in general. 

Edited January 20, 2021 by WhiteWolf

[Shantz]

24 minutes ago, WhiteWolf said:

It is 30 fps locked like all last gen games. It runs  fine, you just don't like the game in general. 

FWIW I played several hours of shadow of war on base PS4. I didn't feel any frame drops/stutters etc. The movement was a bit janky though like adity said (protagonist goes in different directions sometimes than where i want to, sometimes has a lag in action, sometimes doesn't do the right action at all, e.g. trying to climb resulted in a roll instead many times during a fight). But otherwise performance wise I didn't feel any issues. It's an average game if you don't have much else to play and find the nemesis mechanics fun.

[gecko89]

Dang, seems popular opinion here is quite opposite to mine.

 

Had a blast playing Shadow of War, the small issues didn't bother me much. Enjoyed the first one and felt this was a major step up compared to that.

Graphics update, the story, fluid gameplay, the characters, nemesis system were all positive.

 

Couple of things I disliked:

Fighting too many enemies at once and Talion tends to grab the wrong one, gets annoying.

True ending is only possible after completing some big sieges, and can get grindy if you don't strategize.(However, True ending gives a proper send off to Talion, very satisfying)

[Shantz]

9 minutes ago, gecko89 said:

Dang, seems popular opinion here is quite opposite to mine.

 

Had a blast playing Shadow of War, the small issues didn't bother me much. Enjoyed the first one and felt this was a major step up compared to that.

Graphics update, the story, fluid gameplay, the characters, nemesis system were all positive.

 

Couple of things I disliked:

Fighting too many enemies at once and Talion tends to grab the wrong one, gets annoying.

True ending is only possible after completing some big sieges, and can get grindy if you don't strategize.(However, True ending gives a proper send off to Talion, very satisfying)

I found it better than Assassin's creed games btw. And ..

Spoiler

the first orc that you dominate, forgot his name, was super funny.

 

[dylanjosh]

I loved Shadow Of War for the first half, then I definitely started finding it very repetitive and left it midway. I loved the Nemesis system too. 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 20, 2021 by dylanjosh

[quixote_1989]

5 hours ago, WhiteWolf said:

Play Halo 2 using modern graphics and Reach and 4.

 

 

Or just Reach and 4.

 

 

Reach best imo.

 

 

 

Yeah, will probably just Youtube Halo CE. This will be the second game I give up on, after Fallout 4

[Jigsaw]

2 minutes ago, quixote_1989 said:

 

Yeah, will probably just Youtube Halo CE. This will be the second game I give up on, after Fallout 4

 

Fallout will be back in 60fps... that's when i'll jump back into it. 

[Shantz]

15 minutes ago, quixote_1989 said:

 

Yeah, will probably just Youtube Halo CE. This will be the second game I give up on, after Fallout 4

I'm planning to just read up a bit on Halo and then do Reach and 4 too

[gecko89]

40 minutes ago, Shantz said:

I found it better than Assassin's creed games btw. And ..

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the first orc that you dominate, forgot his name, was super funny.

 

Spoiler

Yeah, he breaks the hold and betrays us, we learn a more powerful domination later and turn him into a mindless vegetable :/

 

22 minutes ago, dylanjosh said:

I loved Shadow Of War for the first half, then I definitely started finding it very repetitive and left it midway. I loved the Nemesis system too. 

Yeah, getting killed by an orc or an orc we kill always remember how what happened last time and have appropriate dialogs. Made the encounters more personal and less a random kill.

[Aercy]

58 minutes ago, gecko89 said:

Dang, seems popular opinion here is quite opposite to mine.

 

Had a blast playing Shadow of War, the small issues didn't bother me much. Enjoyed the first one and felt this was a major step up compared to that.

Graphics update, the story, fluid gameplay, the characters, nemesis system were all positive.

 

Couple of things I disliked:

Fighting too many enemies at once and Talion tends to grab the wrong one, gets annoying.

True ending is only possible after completing some big sieges, and can get grindy if you don't strategize.(However, True ending gives a proper send off to Talion, very satisfying)

After reading this, I'm itching to give it another go ? After Sniper Elite 4 and Far Cry 5

Edited January 20, 2021 by Aercy

[funjabi]

3 minutes ago, Aercy said:

After reading this, I'm itching to give it another go ? After Sniper Elite 4 and Far Cry 5

 

Sniper Elite 4 was such an enjoyable game. Played online coop with a friend.

 

Currently playing Far Cry 5 only. It's a mixed bag of emotions - story & characters are amazing. Missions are repeated way too much. Would suggest to play the campaign also in coop with a friend - it is very much fun & also doesn't make the missions as boring as you would find when playing alone.

[STICK3Rboy]

Think I'll give Shadow of War another chance too. I loved Mordor but somehow couldn't continue playing SoW for long.

[quixote_1989]

51 minutes ago, Jigsaw said:

Fallout will be back in 60fps... that's when i'll jump back into it. 

 

Lets see if 60 fps reduces the jank

[Jigsaw]

7 minutes ago, quixote_1989 said:

 

Lets see if 60 fps reduces the jank

 

A little bit of junk in the trunk is good. 60fps will be a new breath of life for FO4 

[quixote_1989]

I quite enjoyed Shadow of War, no performance issue on PS4 Pro. Didn't bother with the "true ending" slog tho.

[gecko89]

48 minutes ago, Aercy said:

After reading this, I'm itching to give it another go ? After Sniper Elite 4 and Far Cry 5

 

21 minutes ago, STICK3Rboy said:

Think I'll give Shadow of War another chance too. I loved Mordor but somehow couldn't continue playing SoW for long.

 

If and when you guys do give it another shot, I'd suggest at least hang on til the map opens up

[gecko89]

6 minutes ago, quixote_1989 said:

I quite enjoyed Shadow of War, no performance issue on PS4 Pro. Didn't bother with the "true ending" slog tho.

Understandable.

You could always check that on youtube, connects Talion directly to . . . 

Spoiler

the third LoTR film, Return of the King.

 

Edited January 20, 2021 by gecko89