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I wouldn't normally post something from this subreddit, because who knows if it is real, but it is possible an oft-requested feature is coming soon to Xbox. https://reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/pm3j4m/a_toggle_has_added_to_settings_in_prealpha_system/ quote:A toggle has added to settings in pre-Alpha system, mute your TV audio when connect a headset to your Xbox This has come up a lot in this thread, and a toggle is the best possible outcome. Hopefully it happens.
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# ? Sep 11, 2021 09:54 |
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# ? May 26, 2024 18:18 |
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Zerot posted:I wouldn't normally post something from this subreddit, because who knows if it is real, but it is possible an oft-requested feature is coming soon to Xbox. Fuckin finally! It’s my pet peeve.
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# ? Sep 11, 2021 09:56 |
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It's what I miss most coming from a PS4.
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# ? Sep 11, 2021 10:10 |
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PS4 doesn't have a toggle either. It just automatically mutes the console without any way to unmute, a worse solution than the current Xbox situation of having to press one button on your TV remote after connecting your headset.
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# ? Sep 11, 2021 12:10 |
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American McGay posted:PS4 doesn't have a toggle either. It just automatically mutes the console without any way to unmute, a worse solution than the current Xbox situation of having to press one button on your TV remote after connecting your headset. I admit this is the most pedantic poo poo ever, but I can't mute my tv because a big red Ghostbusters cross mark bounces around the screen like a screensaver on a DVD player. I have to manually turn the volume all the way down to zero, which is somehow not the same thing as mute. First world problems. I have an older LG OLED, for the record. I'm happy about the addition if it works well.
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# ? Sep 11, 2021 16:10 |
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American McGay posted:PS4 doesn't have a toggle either. It just automatically mutes the console without any way to unmute, a worse solution than the current Xbox situation of having to press one button on your TV remote after connecting your headset. Nah it’s a way better solution because with the PS4 I’m never going to forget once to mute the tv when playing late at night and I’m never going to be annoyed by the blinking blue mute light on my sound bar. Should this toggle exist it’s being flipped once and never touched again.
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# ? Sep 11, 2021 16:26 |
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I've been playing Artful Escape and I'm pretty sure I haven't taken any drugs today.
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# ? Sep 11, 2021 18:33 |
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Tsietisin posted:I've been playing Artful Escape and I'm pretty sure I haven't taken any drugs today. Contact high?
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# ? Sep 11, 2021 18:58 |
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Having a sound toggle is the most obvious solution to the problem and I'm curious why neither console did it. Being unable to stream my playstation with headphones because it mutes my stream audio is a huge no, and the while I can always lower the volume on the tv for the xbox many people here have shown that they can't be bothered with that. Maybe there is some sort of technical reason for it, but who really knows but the devs.
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# ? Sep 11, 2021 19:22 |
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Tsietisin posted:I've been playing Artful Escape and I'm pretty sure I haven't taken any drugs today. I needed drugs to finish it. Bleck!
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# ? Sep 12, 2021 01:11 |
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Bought Valhalla, my first rear end Creed since AC 2 and I'm not digging it as a stealth game. It's more of a Viking raiding simulator so far. So I abandoned it in favour of Hitman 3 and got the access pass for Hitman 1 since I've never played any of the games before. Digging it.
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# ? Sep 12, 2021 08:17 |
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23 Skidoo posted:Bought Valhalla, my first rear end Creed since AC 2 and I'm not digging it as a stealth game. It's more of a Viking raiding simulator so far. So I abandoned it in favour of Hitman 3 and got the access pass for Hitman 1 since I've never played any of the games before. Definitely don't play Valhalla as a stealth game. It's super broken.
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# ? Sep 12, 2021 08:20 |
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Admittedly I haven't played Valhalla at all, and only the first few missions of Odyssey, but I don't think AC has been a stealth-focused game in years. Not since they dropped a couple of turd games and decided to just wholesale copy Witcher 3, at least
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# ? Sep 12, 2021 10:53 |
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webmeister posted:Admittedly I haven't played Valhalla at all, and only the first few missions of Odyssey, but I don't think AC has been a stealth-focused game in years. Not since they dropped a couple of turd games and decided to just wholesale copy Witcher 3, at least Valhalla is a pretty good game where you play as a Viking. If you're looking for the old stealth from the first couple of games, stay right the gently caress away. Still surprised they haven't copied the new Hitman games for an AC series.
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# ? Sep 12, 2021 15:46 |
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You definitely can play the newer AC games stealthily, especially with Valhalla's one-hit assassination stuff—it's just very clearly not the sole focus anymore. Going loud is usually way more satisfying and less time-consuming, the latter of which is important because Valhalla is very easy to sink 100+ hours into
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# ? Sep 12, 2021 15:55 |
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Toaster Beef posted:You definitely can play the newer AC games stealthily, especially with Valhalla's one-hit assassination stuff— it's just very clearly not the sole focus anymore. Yeah, this is what I meant. Sure it's possible and hell, Valhalla does good on it with the one-hit assassination option (stupid that Odyssey ever did away with that). But I think what most people miss is the assassin fantasy of the games, which just hasn't really been present too much in the game, and when it is (Hidden Ones) it gets put aside for a while before Ubisoft even remembers they did it.
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# ? Sep 12, 2021 16:07 |
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Skeezy posted:Still surprised they haven't copied the new Hitman games for an AC series.
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# ? Sep 12, 2021 19:15 |
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Ruffian Price posted:AC: Unity's assassination missions are mini-Hitman levels Syndicate also has a bunch of hitman lite missions in it. Finding the assassination opportunities for an 11/10 over the top finish was always so satisfying.
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# ? Sep 12, 2021 20:08 |
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Some good games on sale right now that ends shortly. You can see them all on the store but some notable picks are DragonBall FighterZ if you're a Marvel vs. Capcom fan, Trials HD (360 BC version) is a classic physics platformer, Soul Calibur VI is stupidly cheap (and X-Enhanced unlike Tekken 7 which is also on sale, so it looks fantastic and on par with the PC version) and some others such as the Borderlands Collection, Guardian Heroes (!!!), Mortal Kombat 11, Devil May Cry V, the Saints Row Remastered games and some other titles with pretty hefty (up to 80%) discounts. Also for anyone that wants to grab it, Forza Motorsport 7 is on sale and will be permanently delisted from the store shortly. Not that big of a deal when the new Forza Horizon is due soon but for people who like the track-based racing of the series there won't be any Forza Motorsport games to buy on the store once this is gone. The assumption is the next Forza Motorsport will probably launch next year but nobody knows for sure and it could have a significantly reduced car and track count given they're developing for a new console again. Considering the long development time however I'm hoping that's indicative of a lot of content for launch and a good chunk of the better tracks from Forza 7 being updated and in the game.
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# ? Sep 12, 2021 20:54 |
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Ruffian Price posted:AC: Unity's assassination missions are mini-Hitman levels Yes I know, and they added the black box stuff to Valhalla with the last expansion. They should go all out with it though.
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# ? Sep 12, 2021 21:44 |
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For some reason I thought the new Life Is Strange was going to be day one game pass and I'm really disappointed now.
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# ? Sep 12, 2021 23:19 |
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Apparently it runs like poo poo at the moment
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# ? Sep 12, 2021 23:28 |
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It runs very well (on PC).
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# ? Sep 12, 2021 23:29 |
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Blue Raider posted:No idea. I played it a couple of years ago and found matches, but I guess it’s like most shooters and the only people that still play it are the die hards. Titanfall has a very high skill ceiling, so these people are likely filthy after 8 years of practice. It's actually much easier to get a game in T1 than T2 for some reason. Sucks they'll probably never make another one
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# ? Sep 12, 2021 23:54 |
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Professor Beetus posted:For some reason I thought the new Life Is Strange was going to be day one game pass and I'm really disappointed now. I've heard critics say it's the best one yet.
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# ? Sep 13, 2021 01:13 |
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Apparently it runs like poo poo at the moment It's fine on Series X. A little chunky with ray tracing on in the outdoor scenes and the loading times are rough. It's not really a game that needs high performance. I'm pretty impressed with how it looks. The facial animations are great.
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# ? Sep 13, 2021 01:40 |
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I wish they would make assassins creed games just contained stories set in historic locales and leave out the ancient aliens and what have you. That crap has always been the weakest part in the ones I’ve played with 2 as an exception.
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# ? Sep 13, 2021 02:12 |
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Blue Raider posted:I wish they would make assassins creed games just contained stories set in historic locales and leave out the ancient aliens and what have you. That crap has always been the weakest part in the ones I’ve played with 2 as an exception. You'd think they would have realised all this after Black Flag, where the protagonist becomes an Assassin by finding the outfit, and then when someone tries to explain the significance and the lore and backstory etc, he basically just goes "yeah whatever, I don't care about any of that, just let me stab people from hay piles". It was one of the best (and best-received!) games in the series
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# ? Sep 13, 2021 04:20 |
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webmeister posted:You'd think they would have realised all this after Black Flag, where the protagonist becomes an Assassin by finding the outfit, and then when someone tries to explain the significance and the lore and backstory etc, he basically just goes "yeah whatever, I don't care about any of that, just let me stab people from hay piles". It was one of the best (and best-received!) games in the series Black Flag is greatly partly because the plot starts there and he goes on an actual character evolving journey into the assassin's and templars and learns and changes. Which is also nice in Origins when it flirts with that. I haven't played beyond those. But most AC games give you flat characters who travel in a bee line to their revenge. Origins' secret sauce to me is just every time Bayek interacts with children, he almost becomes a different, happy person and it's simultaneously endearing and heartbreaking. Origins is good!
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# ? Sep 13, 2021 05:04 |
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Lammasu posted:I've heard critics say it's the best one yet. Yeah, I checked into the game pass thing because I heard lots of good buzz and I was excited they did a whole game instead of putting it out episodically. There's also a hilarious tiktok of a streamer playing on "streamer DMCA friendly mode" that doesn't even bother to replace the cut music with anything so the main characters just look like psychos for 2 minutes, it's pretty great and doesn't spoil anything if you look it up; apologies in advance for losing the link.
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# ? Sep 13, 2021 07:26 |
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webmeister posted:You'd think they would have realised all this after Black Flag, where the protagonist becomes an Assassin by finding the outfit, and then when someone tries to explain the significance and the lore and backstory etc, he basically just goes "yeah whatever, I don't care about any of that, just let me stab people from hay piles". It was one of the best (and best-received!) games in the series It seems they tried this again with Valhalla in which your character is not an assassin at all through the story. At one point an assassin shows you how to fall properly and gifts you a hidden blade, which you wear incorrectly for the remainder of the game.
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# ? Sep 13, 2021 07:48 |
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I'm that person. I'm the one that actually liked the modern day story in conjunction with the historical setting. I kind of miss the simultaneous plots that are mostly missing from the most recent trilogy. I just couldn't get into Origins or Odyssey. I'm not sure exactly what it was but they didn't feel like assassins creed games. And I hated the level gatekeeping with a passion.
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Tsietisin posted:I'm that person. I wouldn't mind the modern story if it wasn't such a mess now. I played the Odyssey and the first 2 DLCs for it. I had started the third one, but put it down for some reason. Played Valhalla and was a little confused about what was going on with Layla and figured it was just something I missed in the DLC and that I'd go back and play it and find out. I never got around to it until this past week when I tried playing and the game just wasn't landing with me anymore so I watched a video of the cutscenes. It still didn't answer any of the questions about what happened from when Layla contacted her team and her working with the the team in Valhalla. I don't remember them even mentioning about what happened to Otso Berg after Layla crippled him.
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# ? Sep 13, 2021 11:02 |
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Professor Beetus posted:Yeah, I checked into the game pass thing because I heard lots of good buzz and I was excited they did a whole game instead of putting it out episodically. There's also a hilarious tiktok of a streamer playing on "streamer DMCA friendly mode" that doesn't even bother to replace the cut music with anything so the main characters just look like psychos for 2 minutes, it's pretty great and doesn't spoil anything if you look it up; apologies in advance for losing the link.
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# ? Sep 13, 2021 13:03 |
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RodShaft posted:I stream to like a half dozen people max and have gotten DMCAed due to in game music. When GTA Vice City HD comes out I'm getting banned/sued. It’s pretty ridiculous that this is how it is.
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# ? Sep 13, 2021 13:08 |
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My Extra Life stream got cut because of "Four Little Diamonds" playing in Vice City. RIP.
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# ? Sep 13, 2021 13:30 |
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RodShaft posted:I stream to like a half dozen people max and have gotten DMCAed due to in game music. When GTA Vice City HD comes out I'm getting banned/sued. Did they DMCA the stream or the vods? I follow a guy that does very little but watch music videos and talk poo poo about them, and he’s going strong.
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# ? Sep 13, 2021 14:34 |
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Not really that surprising considering Arkane is one of the best singleplayer developers in the industry, but reviews for Deathloop are coming out and the consensus appears to be that it is a masterpiece. IGN and Gamespot both awarded it 10/10 and I cannot wait for it to hit Xbox next year and see what extra content may be included. I imagine that the game will see high quality DLC much like their prior releases. Out of the whole Bethesda deal I think Arkane will go on to become one of Xbox's singleplayer powerhouses given the sheer quality of their output. Here's a couple of video reviews for anyone who feels like watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn6xfWyYkB4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_wHbSmEaTE Very excited to see how Redfall turns out as well. We've only seen a prerendered trailer so far but the premise looks like another fun and inventive take on Arkane's core formula that they somehow find ways to keep improving. Hopefully Dishonored 2 gets an FPS Boost like Arkane's other titles soon as well. It's the only one yet to bumped up to 60fps and considering Death of the Outsider was a smaller scale sequel running on the same engine and tech I hope that it isn't forgotten or some bizarre technical hitch specific to Dishonored 2 only is preventing the upgrade.
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# ? Sep 13, 2021 16:59 |
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RodShaft posted:I stream to like a half dozen people max and have gotten DMCAed due to in game music. When GTA Vice City HD comes out I'm getting banned/sued. How is this such an issue for music when you're literally streaming loving video games in their entirety. Maybe the music industry should wise up that people are more inclined to get into your music if they can hear it. No one is shutting off their spotify or not going to live shows because they're getting their music fix from someone streaming a bideo game. YouTube dmca'd me for a 20 second clip of Haddaway's "what is love" because I dubbed it over a funny animation glitch I got that made Wrex and Ashley look like they were bopping like the SNL sketch. I actually appealed arguing that it was clearly fair use and less than 30 seconds of the song and they just denied me with no reason given.
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# ? Sep 13, 2021 19:38 |
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# ? May 26, 2024 18:18 |
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Music DMCA poo poo drives me nuts. Everyone who can is paying for a streaming service, either directly or indirectly. The ones who can't aren't using Twitch streams of GTA as a replacement. They got their defacto music tax, it's time to stop acting like there's some awful risk of Unauthorized Listening, and if they can't then let's all go back to pirating like in 2005.
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