Kaepora_Gaebora Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 Yeah they've patched in an new co op mode to the game, not had a chance to play it yet though but looks pretty good! Haven't picked it up yet no, I'm thinking of doing EA Access though and then downloading Need For Speed on that, unless it's Mario Kart I'm not really a racer, no fun when you have to break...
Aneres11 Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 Yeah they've patched in an new co op mode to the game, not had a chance to play it yet though but looks pretty good! Haven't picked it up yet no, I'm thinking of doing EA Access though and then downloading Need For Speed on that, unless it's Mario Kart I'm not really a racer, no fun when you have to break... Haha that's always been my kinda thought! But I love how Forza has all the different cars and how their interiors are spot on! Level of detail is incredible! I will try Forza and if I get on with it, great! But if not I'll be trading it in and picking something else up. It's not my normal type of game tbh but I thought I'd try something different having enjoyed the little go I had on Forza 5 a while back! : peace:
martinist Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Just got a text from ShopTo saying they've dispatched my Xbox One with DPD Next Day. So there's a chance I could get it tomorrow. I doubt it thougth.
Aneres11 Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Yeah same here. And I don't see why not! ShopTo are normally brilliant with delivery so hopefully it'll be tomorrow!
Cube Posted October 29, 2014 Author Posted October 29, 2014 Haven't picked it up yet no, I'm thinking of doing EA Access though and then downloading Need For Speed on that, unless it's Mario Kart I'm not really a racer, no fun when you have to break... Just to note, Rivals is supposed to be pretty poor next to the recent Hot Pursuit and Most Wanted. So don't get EA access just for that.
Kaepora_Gaebora Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Just to note, Rivals is supposed to be pretty poor next to the recent Hot Pursuit and Most Wanted. So don't get EA access just for that. Good knowledge! Haven't really looked into any reviews or anything so that is good to know, I'm kind of saving the whole thing til there's a drought of some sort, then I'll have 4 or 5 games to bash through as and when.
martinist Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Just got a text from DPD saying they're delivering it tomorrow. Looks like I will be getting this early after all
Happenstance Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 God dammit, I want a Halo CGI movie now!
Aneres11 Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Mine coming tomorrow too! But no one is in... In other news, do any One owners have their Sky box plugged into their One? I know you can do it but I'm wondering whether it works well or not? I mean, do people even 'snap' TV to the side?! I think it's a good idea when I'm keeping track of a tennis match and I have to change the tv output and pause the game to have a quick look. But that's few and far between! I am looking forward to testing all these little tricks out though. See how well this 'TV TV TV TV' works!
flameboy Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 Mine coming tomorrow too! But no one is in... In other news, do any One owners have their Sky box plugged into their One? I know you can do it but I'm wondering whether it works well or not? I mean, do people even 'snap' TV to the side?! I think it's a good idea when I'm keeping track of a tennis match and I have to change the tv output and pause the game to have a quick look. But that's few and far between! I am looking forward to testing all these little tricks out though. See how well this 'TV TV TV TV' works! I don't use it now as we don't have cable anymore but when we did it worked amazing and the menus are so much cleaner, smoother and faster running than the boxes own. I did snap footie matches from time to time when it was a game I wasn't that bothered about.
Happenstance Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 I had a freeview box plugged into my Xbox One for a while and it worked ok but I never used snap and then when the novelty of having a new console disappeared I couldnt be bothered turning on the Xbox everytime I wanted to watch TV so took it out.
Aneres11 Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 See I don't think I'd use freeview with it, but Sky would be a good one as I absolutely hate hate hate the Sky menus. It's just got worse and worse over the years and is so user-unfriendly! So I will deffo give it a try and see how I fare. Got another text before, console is coming between 1 and 2. And no one is home. Well, my dad is... but he's on nights so will be in bed. Hopefully he'll be up in time!
martinist Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 Well it arrived. I set it up nad logged-in and stuff and everything seems fine. Nobody told me about these long install times though >_>. I stuck in forza horizon 2 a while ago, asked me to install it and its only at 2% after 15 minutes or so. I heard they were kinda slow but I never thought it would be that bad >_<
flameboy Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 Well it arrived. I set it up nad logged-in and stuff and everything seems fine. Nobody told me about these long install times though >_>. I stuck in forza horizon 2 a while ago, asked me to install it and its only at 2% after 15 minutes or so. I heard they were kinda slow but I never thought it would be that bad >_< Hmmm that is super slow....Is that installing or downloading an update? It is something that was an issue with earlier games...but they are working on improving them. Shadows of Mordor took no time at all. Also at some point it should let you start playing.
Happenstance Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 Yeah check if its downloading an update at the same time. Thats what fucked up my Xbox One and put the install/download into a loop that didnt end until I had to manually disconnect from the Internet so it could install the game properly. One of the reasons why I hate the Xbox One so much.
flameboy Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 Yeah check if its downloading an update at the same time. Thats what fucked up my Xbox One and put the install/download into a loop that didnt end until I had to manually disconnect from the Internet so it could install the game properly. One of the reasons why I hate the Xbox One so much. I know you say this happened a lot but I've also seem plenty of PS4 videos with a similar problem of it pulling updates and not being able to apply them and all sorts! Also like I've said never happened to me! I must have installed 4/5 games on friday night ready for Extra Life and all went swimmingly. : peace:
Aneres11 Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 I thought Happenstance loved his One?! :p Mine is here! However, it isn't being opened until I've been the gym so off I go!
martinist Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 It was downloading an update first, then it started installing propper. After it hit about 3 or 4% it said it was reay to play. After that it went way quicker.
flameboy Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 (edited) November's free Xbox One game as part of Games with Gold. Pretty happy watched some of this during Iron Galaxy's Extra Life Stream and looked good if a little hard! Only one game sucks though especially as Crimson Dragon has been part of it since August 1st has meant one new game a month since then. Anyone who has him on facebook will know we also have another member of the Xbox family!!!! (don't wanna steal his thunder lol) Edited October 30, 2014 by flameboy Automerged Doublepost
Aneres11 Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 So I've finallllllly unboxed it and found some space for the console! @S\.C\.G - you were right it is big! But not as big as I was expecting. I have seen one before, but it was tucked into a cabinet and didn't look huge, but it definitely is a big piece of kit! I managed to fit it on my shelf (hooray) here is a pic of it with my other consoles! Now I just need that white PS4 and I got the set! Not gonna happen yet though! Ha. The console itself is really nice in white. Liking it a lot... Shiny. Aaaand one of the controller. Coz it's also sexy! Dat feel. So good. So I hate the menu. As expected... Haha. But I dunno how to move stuff about on it. Can you do that? Not that I'd know what I'd move an stuff... But I need to download some apps etc and it'd be good to have some of them on the main screen. Everything seems tucked away and I'm not a big fan of that. I loved scrolling to the right on the 360 and seeing you friends list nice and clearly and what they were doing and seeing their avatars do a little jig etc... gutted that's not there anymore. :/ Feels like it's lost some personal touch. Also, I tried to download Sunset Overdrive as per my download code, was literally having none of it. Said there was an error. I'm guessing it's because I can't download it until midnight or tomorrow or something when it's actually released? Sorry for all the questions! The system runs so smooth and quick though. It sure makes the Wii U app opening and turning on and off seem archaic even though they have improved that a lot.
S.C.G Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 @\[b\]S\.C\.G\[/b\] - you were right it is big! But not as big as I was expecting. I have seen one before, but it was tucked into a cabinet and didn't look huge, but it definitely is a big piece of kit! That's what they all say... Seriously though it's nice to see a picture of your Xbox One, the white looks better than I expected, I tried to take a picture of my standard machine and it barely showed up but I did manage to take a couple of snaps of Sunset Overdrive as I unboxed my first One title! Firstly the boxart is amazing... Just a real joy to behold, seriously if I was you I'd consider selling the download code and buying a physical copy instead unless you get some bonus codes because you got the bundle? Secondly I was really surprised when I opened the box... ...to find the disc on the 'wrong' side! How come nobody mentioned this? Unless they did and I just forgot, either way I was genuinely taken aback as I didn't know this was how Xbox One games were packaged! Yeah my guess is that you won't be able to download your copy of the game until launch day but at least you've got your machine set up ready for it, I've just redeemed some gold, got my in-box dlc plus pre-order dlc from ShopTo plus my free games with gold which now work - yay! - and I'm ready to rock! : peace: Sunset City here I come! :awesome:
Aneres11 Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 Hahahaha I lold. Poor wording there from me! :p And yeah I did exactly the same thing when I opened Forza! I was like whut?! Why is the disc the other side?! But I kinda liked it! Well, turns out my console just didn't want to download as it wouldn't download apps either. I turned it off and back on and it worked ok but Sunset Overdrive will only install to the system and won't actually be playable until tomorrow - or midnight. I had a quick go on Forza after being very confused by the install it did :huh: and it was great. Can see me spending lots of time with the game! Didn't get chance to try out the battery plug an charge or the headset adaptor but will hopefully do all that tomorrow night. Still confused by the console a bit. Find it all a bit difficult to navigate, it's very cumbersome despite being quick and fluid. The installs were the most confusing thing though. During Forza I got a notification saying install stopped. I didn't check what it was for as I couldn't be arsed so just turned the console off and am now in bed! Will find out tomorrow I guess! Love to hear some Sunset Overdrive thoughts though if you get chance to play! : peace:
flameboy Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 So I've finallllllly unboxed it and found some space for the console! @S\.C\.G - you were right it is big! But not as big as I was expecting. I have seen one before, but it was tucked into a cabinet and didn't look huge, but it definitely is a big piece of kit! I managed to fit it on my shelf (hooray) here is a pic of it with my other consoles! Now I just need that white PS4 and I got the set! Not gonna happen yet though! Ha. The console itself is really nice in white. Liking it a lot... Shiny. Aaaand one of the controller. Coz it's also sexy! Dat feel. So good. So I hate the menu. As expected... Haha. But I dunno how to move stuff about on it. Can you do that? Not that I'd know what I'd move an stuff... But I need to download some apps etc and it'd be good to have some of them on the main screen. Everything seems tucked away and I'm not a big fan of that. I loved scrolling to the right on the 360 and seeing you friends list nice and clearly and what they were doing and seeing their avatars do a little jig etc... gutted that's not there anymore. :/ Feels like it's lost some personal touch. Also, I tried to download Sunset Overdrive as per my download code, was literally having none of it. Said there was an error. I'm guessing it's because I can't download it until midnight or tomorrow or something when it's actually released? Sorry for all the questions! The system runs so smooth and quick though. It sure makes the Wii U app opening and turning on and off seem archaic even though they have improved that a lot. Hey....so about moving things you can move stuff you have pinned but not anything else. It's also actually easier to move it using the Smartglass app...no idea why they don't let you press a button to bring up arrows around all the sides to let you move them. I realised you may not even know what pinning is? Pinning enables you to put apps and games down the far left of the menu. It's brought up by going into your games and pressing menu and selecting pin! Anyway yes I agree it makes all other OS' archaic but it does have some real usability issues along with some bits not quite working as fast as they should. Trust me though it's running way smoother than it used to. Also some bits are easier to do with Kinect...for example if I want to use a code I always say xbox use a code! and it's even better when they are the QR codes as there is no typing! Although by looks of it you are Kinectless? That's what they all say... Seriously though it's nice to see a picture of your Xbox One, the white looks better than I expected, I tried to take a picture of my standard machine and it barely showed up but I did manage to take a couple of snaps of Sunset Overdrive as I unboxed my first One title! Firstly the boxart is amazing... Just a real joy to behold, seriously if I was you I'd consider selling the download code and buying a physical copy instead unless you get some bonus codes because you got the bundle? Secondly I was really surprised when I opened the box... ...to find the disc on the 'wrong' side! How come nobody mentioned this? Unless they did and I just forgot, either way I was genuinely taken aback as I didn't know this was how Xbox One games were packaged! Yeah my guess is that you won't be able to download your copy of the game until launch day but at least you've got your machine set up ready for it, I've just redeemed some gold, got my in-box dlc plus pre-order dlc from ShopTo plus my free games with gold which now work - yay! - and I'm ready to rock! : peace: Sunset City here I come! :awesome: Oh yeah I always forget about the disc on the other side. It's become so normal to me! It's so nice to have new members on here who are Xbox One owners....we were severely outnumbered at one point, looks like we are catching up now! What games does everyone have all in so we can work out some multiplayer!
bob Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 Oh man that white Xbone. Almost considered throwing caution to the wind when I saw that. No. I will wait.
flameboy Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 Oh man that white Xbone. Almost considered throwing caution to the wind when I saw that. No. I will wait. Yeah it's bloody nice isn't it! I have the titanfall white controller but something about a plain white is so much nicer!!!
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