Xbox: This is the Jan 6th of gaming.

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Barudak: May 7, 2007

HiFi rush was real fun and I wish it would get a sequel that fixed the first games rough edges.

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Feels Villeneuve: Oct 7, 2007; Setter is Better.

The ps3 was ftw. Loved that thing much more than the ps4.

# ? Apr 16, 2024 03:59

The Kins: Oct 2, 2004

Bruteman posted:

So it looks like PC Game Pass added Populous: The Beginning, Sim City 3000 Unlimited and Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Planetary Pack (the bundle with the original game and the Alien Crossfire expansion). I can't speak to those iterations of Populous and Sim City because I never played them, but SMAC is an all-time great 4X game, and that's coming from someone who is not normally a 4X fan.

There's actually a lot of EA's old classic games on EA Play (and therefore accessible to PC/Ultimate Game Pass subs). Hopefully this means they add more!

TheScott2K posted:

Whoever hid HiFi Rush from Microsoft and Todd did the world a real service

Apparently they, uh, didn't hide it. Part of the reason it got greenlit for full production was their prototype/tech demo getting passed around all the Zenimax studios and "going viral", so to speak.

Game Informer posted:

A producer at Bethesda did a lot of the legwork getting the publisher onboard, sending a demo first to the company's younger employees. As Johanas recalls, the different tone struck a chord. They'd come back claiming they'd played the 10-minute demo 15 times.

"Then it became like a rumor. It's like, 'Yo, I heard you got this thing. Can you get me in on that?'" Johanas says. "I still remember at some meeting, I think it was still early, and Todd Howard was there. He was like, 'I heard about this thing that you're making. When can I get an invite to this thing?' I was like, 'I dunno.'"

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Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

I 100% Outer Worlds a few years back and I remember the Murder at Eridanos DLC being the closest it got to that classic Obsidian New Vegas storytelling

# ? Apr 16, 2024 06:29

John F Bennett: Jan 30, 2013; I always wear my wedding ring. It's my trademark.

Wiltsghost posted:

Avowed could be pretty good, I hope so at least.

The gameplay trailer made me less interested in it. But I'm also just very tired of fantasy stuff.

Except if it's Fable. Phil better show some Fable on June 9 or else.

# ? Apr 16, 2024 06:56

Quantum of Phallus: Dec 27, 2010; Can't post for 3 hours!

Feels Villeneuve posted:

The ps3 was ftw. Loved that thing much more than the ps4.

# ? Apr 16, 2024 07:48

Kirk Vikernes: Apr 26, 2004; Count Goatnackh

I still have my PS3 and play it from time to time because it still has games on it I've never played because I collected them faster than I could play. :filez:

for life.

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Bumhead: Sep 26, 2022

The PS3 is home to the last good console UI.

# ? Apr 16, 2024 12:48

Mung Dynasty: Jul 19, 2003; Why do the peasants slave while the emperor gets to eat all the mung?!

i would trade hifi rush for the evil within 3

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webmeister: Jan 31, 2007; The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

Mung Dynasty posted:

i would trade hifi rush for the evil within 3

I would not

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kri kri: Jul 18, 2007

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/04/16/xbox-game-pass-april-2024-wave-2/

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Barudak: May 7, 2007

Finally years of not buying Orcs Must Die 3 pays off

# ? Apr 16, 2024 14:06

Saoshyant: Oct 26, 2010

webmeister posted:

I would not

# ? Apr 16, 2024 14:09

welcome: Jun 28, 2002; rail slut

Bumhead posted:

The PS3 is home to the last good console UI.

Ew.

# ? Apr 16, 2024 14:13

Beastie: Nov 3, 2006; They used to call me tricky-kid, I lived the life they wish they did.

Hell yeah Dark Souls crab game is coming to Gamepass

# ? Apr 16, 2024 14:14

Feels Villeneuve: Oct 7, 2007; Setter is Better.

The xmb ftw.

# ? Apr 16, 2024 14:15

Quantum of Phallus: Dec 27, 2010; Can't post for 3 hours!

Feels Villeneuve posted:

The xmb ftw.

it still looks slick as hell today on a massive screen

# ? Apr 16, 2024 14:21

DEEP STATE PLOT: Aug 13, 2008; Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!

Bumhead posted:

The PS3 is home to the last good console UI.

until you try accessing the playstation store, maybe

i will give it that it's a lot better than the horrible laggy piece of poo poo the 360 dashboard became by the end of its life

# ? Apr 16, 2024 14:24

John F Bennett: Jan 30, 2013; I always wear my wedding ring. It's my trademark.

Hell yeah, Harold Halibut is out today.

# ? Apr 16, 2024 14:52

The Kins: Oct 2, 2004

DEEP STATE PLOT posted:

i will give it that it's a lot better than the horrible laggy piece of poo poo the 360 dashboard became by the end of its life

BRING

BACK

THE

BLADES

# ? Apr 16, 2024 15:34

hatty: Feb 28, 2011; Pork Pro

Make UIs dark and ambient again like the menus for the Gamecube, PS2, and original XBOX.

# ? Apr 16, 2024 15:38

univbee: Jun 3, 2004

hatty posted:

Make UIs dark and ambient again like the menus for the Gamecube, PS2, and original XBOX.

# ? Apr 16, 2024 15:40

DEEP STATE PLOT: Aug 13, 2008; Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!

The Kins posted:

BRING

BACK

THE

BLADES

for the 360's 20th anniversary next year ( :ohno:

) i really wanna find an original model xbox 360 that still has the blades and play a bunch of the launch games on it

that is close to impossible tho

# ? Apr 16, 2024 15:44

John F Bennett: Jan 30, 2013; I always wear my wedding ring. It's my trademark.

The blades were fine in the olden days perhaps, but not anymore.

I like the current single-page UI. You can access almost everything you need without scrolling down. It's performant and accessible.

# ? Apr 16, 2024 15:48

Quantum of Phallus: Dec 27, 2010; Can't post for 3 hours!

univbee posted:

absolute dogshit

# ? Apr 16, 2024 15:49

hatty: Feb 28, 2011; Pork Pro

univbee posted:

Not ambient enough

# ? Apr 16, 2024 15:52

Feels Villeneuve: Oct 7, 2007; Setter is Better.

regardless of the ps5's merits as a "game" console i think everyone can agree that it's UI sucks buffalo rear end.

# ? Apr 16, 2024 15:56

ImpAtom: May 24, 2007

Feels Villeneuve posted:

regardless of the ps5's merits as a "game" console i think everyone can agree that it's UI sucks buffalo rear end.

I prefer it to the X-Box Series one TBH, but they both suck total rear end.

I, genuinely, prefer the drat Switch UI this gen. It isn't good but at least everything is cleanly laid out without any real ads. X-Box is way way too messy and PS5 hides poo poo in the most obscure places so like finding a list of upcoming games is way more of a struggle than it should be.

# ? Apr 16, 2024 16:08

Ruffian Price: Sep 17, 2016

It's been four years and I still confuse the button layout in the PS5 control center. The menu's functionality is fine but it's like they swapped what Start and X do

# ? Apr 16, 2024 16:27

Seltzer: Oct 11, 2012; Ask me about Game Pass: the Best Deal in Gaming!

ImpAtom posted:

I, genuinely, prefer the drat Switch UI this gen.

# ? Apr 16, 2024 16:27

hatty: Feb 28, 2011; Pork Pro

Switch UI is good

# ? Apr 16, 2024 16:32

DEEP STATE PLOT: Aug 13, 2008; Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!

console ui peaked with gamecube

for that matter so did console gaming in general

# ? Apr 16, 2024 16:33

Seltzer: Oct 11, 2012; Ask me about Game Pass: the Best Deal in Gaming!

Navigating the switch menus takes a long time. Opening and moving through the store is hilariously slow. On xbox I start my console press the xbox button and quick resume into one of the three games I'm currently playing.

# ? Apr 16, 2024 16:35

ImpAtom: May 24, 2007

Seltzer posted:

Navigating the switch menus takes a long time. Opening and moving through the store is hilariously slow. On xbox I start my console press the xbox button and quick resume into one of the three games I'm currently playing.

People are talking about the store/general UI. (Also like... if you're playing a Switch game then you leave it in rest mode and it just starts up instantly when you turn on the system.)

None of them are great but if you told me I had to pick one, I'd pick the one that is slow but clear.

# ? Apr 16, 2024 16:39

Quantum of Phallus: Dec 27, 2010; Can't post for 3 hours!

hatty posted:

Switch UI is good

# ? Apr 16, 2024 16:49

welcome: Jun 28, 2002; rail slut

The Xbox UI got much better, for me, in the last update where they pinned All Games/Store/Gamepass to the top of the screen while adding an additional tile to the Recently Played row. Dashboard Groups were sadly ruined as I can no longer see which titles were removed from Gamepass at a glance.

My only problem with the store is the full screen popups asking me if I'm enjoying my Store Experience, usually appearing two seconds after I've started browsing. Haven't seen any of them for a while so hopefully everyone responsible was arrested.

# ? Apr 16, 2024 16:57