ralphdibny

Got around 47000

I cashed in £250 worth when I bought my series X

Otherwise it's just gone on ms store credit to buy digital games.

I kinda wanted the adaptive controller to play around with but it was never discounted otherwise I would have used my points to buy that

@Sol4ris @UndyingInsurgent95 @Fiendish-Beaver

"I am the legate of the congregation" has become a regular catchphrase in my household 😂🤣

They should have made it in the style of an orange Hugh Grant

After I used my 250K points to put toward a Series X ages ago, I had a real lull in my desire to collect points, even though they were still generous at the time.

I'm not sure what it was, maybe I had achieved my goal, maybe I had less time because the pandemic was more or less over or maybe it was something else. I carried on doing it for a couple months after I got the Series X but then I just stopped.

It just became too much of a chore across both Xbox and mobile, especially mobile because my hands would hurt due to smartphones being non-ergonomic. I think the time sink into all the game pass rewards took its toll on me as well, it just wasn't fun and became a chore.

Fast forward to a couple months ago, all the rewards had dropped in both their actual reward but more critically the time requirement had dropped massively too.

I started doing them again, just on the Xbox though across the Bing, Edge, Rewards and Game Pass apps. Overall, the only regular points I am missing out on with this low effort approach is 60/day from the mobile searches.

And this time, it really is just taking a few minutes a day, I do it while I'm having my breakfast and coffee.

I'm also not bothering for the achievement reward unless it happens naturally and I'm definitely avoiding any of the more arduous weekly game pass rewards, stuff like kill 80 zombies in state of decay 2 or whatever. I can stretch to something like die 12 times in Limbo but anything that takes more than 5-10 minutes will just be ignored.

And well? I actually really like this approach. It's low effort and low commitment. I actually like the fact that there are less rewards to earn because I don't get the FOMO from not doing the high effort/commitment ones.

That's just how I feel about it, I totally understand the argument that there should still be better rewards and I should just ignore them but that's just not how my brain works. So for me at least, less reward points available is actually much better for me psychologically.

I didn't even know Lego Star wars was on there lol

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I thought the trailers made it look similar to Die Hard Vendetta which really piqued my interest because that is an awesome game. Will definitely get around to playing this at some point.

Also, I must object to the dismissal of RoboCop 2! It's a brilliant film and on the level of the first one, if not better in some ways.

I will forgive you for dismissing RoboCop 3 because that is dog doo doo.

RoboCop the remake is very underrated too but I understand why people hate it. Personally I loved the 12A adaptation and all the Metal Gear/Raiden influence on it. Pretty horrifying while still being suitable(ish) for kids, along the lines of Jurassic Park or The (Brendan Fraser) Mummy

I want this to go the other way. Not only for controllers to be cross compatible between systems but for games to be too. A generic cross system digital store or physical media which means if you buy a game then you can play it on PS, Xbox or PC without having to buy it again. I feel like gaming is the only industry that locks games to platforms. Imagine buying a Sony Blu Ray and not being able to play it on a Philips blu ray player. But we are used to it so it never gets brought up but thinking about it, it's actually super weird.

Nope, new update doesn't make this any better. Xbox is only compromising itself rather than controllers compromising the game experience.

Even if money wasn't an issue and people could buy fight sticks, controllers and steering wheels for every platform they own instead of using one set across devices. Normal people don't live in mansions. I live in a flat and I don't have the space to store 3 or more fight sticks. I have one, it lives somewhere specific and that's what I have space for.

I'm not much of an online player really but I did play through the campaign of Battlefield 4 earlier this year and thought it was absolutely wicked 👍

@mcdreamer hopefully it does! Do you have the Mayflash stick as well then? Mines an f300 elite (I think?)

I'm just hoping that because you connect the Xbox controller to it for authentication that it still overcomes whatever DRM MS decides to install

Yep, totally lame. I have an arcade stick that works using an official Xbox controller as a pass through. It's the only reason I have bought certain games on Xbox instead of Switch or PlayStation so I'd be gutted if they somehow blocked it.

On top of the forced UI changes that others have mentioned. Yeah just lame. Can't believe that you can buy a £450 console and Microsoft can just nerf it remotely a year or two down the line. Totally lame.

Ooo bus wraps.

I saw some series X console wraps up for pre order on the MS Store. A Starfield one and a mineral camo design. Not sure if they've been covered on PureXbox yet? @kezelpaso

45 quid though. Bit pricey. I thought the PS5 console covers were pricey too!

Mind you, I feel like it would make sense if they made two more collections at the very least.

Vol 2 - MGS (game boy), Twin Snakes, Mobile, Portable Ops, MGS4, Ac!d and Ac!d 2

Vol 3 - Rising Revengance, Peace Walker, Ground Zeroes, Phantom Pain and Survive

If they could find a way to emulate Touch! properly then that would be a good get. Social Ops and the various versions of Online are probably a lost cause

If they throw in some extras like they did with Vol. 1 then I'd really really like to see The Twin Snakes and Metal Gear Solid Mobile (interquel between MGS1&2 - I haven't been able to find a way to emulate it easily because it's an N-Gage 2.0 game)

BMX XXX

Just kidding

I don't really think I have a game I want to experience for the first time again

Yep, it either RRoD'd a month outside of the extended warranty or the particular model I had was too new to be eligible for the extended warranty and it was one month outside the original warranty.

Either way, it soured me off Xbox as a brand and I didn't come back until the Xbox One's golden years and I got a really good deal on the console, game pass and subsequently a Series X.

I saw some HD DVDs in the charity shop the other day. I thought it must be so weird that so many of them exist in the wild still. I know there must be some enthusiasts that collect them but I wonder how many regular people actually just have HD DVD players and a small range of films that they still watch

@ParsnipHero haha I realised as soon as I posted it that the meme is probably very dated and I wondered if anyone would actually get it or just think I had gone doolally 😂. I think it's so far back in my memory that I've conflated two memes as well, the "in yr computer, stealin yr data" and "I can haz cheezburger!?" It's probably because both memes featured cats. Oh dear, I should probably go to bed 🤪

It meanz Bill Gatez iz in yr Xbox, stealin yr cheezburgers

@kezelpaso and @fraserg

You've been mentioned and linked to on IGN!

https://www.ign.com/articles/now-red-dead-redemption-is-60fps-on-ps5-xbox-series-x-and-s-players-want-the-same

Though I'm not sure if this is a fan site, I'd always considered it to be a gaming news website. A much better one than IGN, at that!

So what's the resolution of Performance RT? Is it dynamic or just 1080p?

@HarmanSmith cooooomeeee baaaack toooo usssssss 👻👻👻👻👻

@FraserG 🫡 thank you for the shout out!

I had a quick go on Prodeus when it was announced to be leaving. It seemed quite decent but I only ended up doing a couple levels in the end because I had other things to do.

Oh dear, more bloat.

Download all the apps at once just in case you have 8 subscriptions being paid monthly?!

And another unremovable tab/group for the home screen.

And a one stop shop for sports? I hope that's not another tab for the home screen. I hate to say it but all of this is kind of reminding me of the XB1 launch.

The capture thing could be useful potentially, how it works currently is a bit confusing/vague.

I just want control of my home screen returned to me, I didn't agree to all of this new bloat being displayed constantly.

Gotham knights is a wicked addition 👍. One of those games people aren't sure on but it's worth trying. It's one of the few things I like about subscription services is that it gives you a chance to try things you weren't ready to pull the trigger on.

Does GK have any story DLC that won't be included in this release though?

It's a tough one to balance for some people, it's always said that you should quantify your career achievements but you can't always do that if you are under an NDA

Best I've got is apex legends battle pass for 100% off. But I have never played apex legends 😂

I also have some sports thing with a measly discount

As soon as I saw the headline, I was thinking it would be good if Xbox gave an additional discount if you already owned something in a bundle, like on steam.

Can't believe it actually is a thing!!!

Is this the only bundle that has ever done this?

My additional discount is like £25 but I only own the first game on xbox :S. Seems like they've discounted the full price of that game?!

I think I will pick it up, even though I don't like the first game very much at all, I did love Tales on ps plus and would like to own it and play the new tales as well.

Shame it doesn't include the Tiny Tina game so it's not a complete collection

@themightyant nice 👍

Why does it have two hdmi ports and 3 network ports?

I played the Deus Ex game on PS4 and I got kinda bored so I decided to kill every single NPC in the main city bit and the haul all of their bodies into a big pile on the bed inside my character's apartment's bedroom. I think there were a couple I couldn't get because they were stuck below ladders.

Anyway, the end result was just walking into my apartment would tank the frame rate 😂

Wicked, picked up Sherlock Holmes chapter one deluxe edition for £15 of ms rewards points!

@Cashews so you gonna mouse and keyboard it for its original form?

I've done both kinds of gyro aiming. Wii/PS3 Move style where I agree, it is a bit odd but it is cool and better for slower paced games.

But the modern gyro aiming where it's basically twin stick but you can just edge the aim by moving the controller is actually brilliant. I used it when playing through the Dooms on Switch with the Pro controller and thought it complimented it nicely 👍

It's not like the waggle of old, it's just micro movements for extra precision

Can't say anything about Splatoon as I've never played it unfortunately. But yes I agree, this release is awesome! 👍

The question PX posted the other day about whether we would want an updated controller. This is the only version of this game without gyro aiming.

I wouldn't even mind if it was a stealth update to controllers going forward and they started patching in gyro aiming to older games that have it on the other consoles.

With Xbox being the only 4K console I have, I'd happily buy a second controller if it included gyro over any other feature listed in that article so I can play games in 4K with a bit of gyro for precision aiming

Some shots look better on Switch, it looks more vibrant but I think the resolution difference is clearest in the shot of John and the dancing guy where the Series X version looks miles better

Will have a look later, hoping for DLC from Force Unleashed and DN Forever but I don't have high hopes tbh lol

If they have to charge for online play them they should have just dropped the price, the word gold and the monthly games.

Xbox Live - a few quid a month to play online
Game Pass for console
Game Pass for PC
With Game Pass Ultimate combining all of the above

Annoying but I suppose it had to happen some day. Probably won't resub when mine is up in a couple years.

I suppose if one was to take advantage of the 3:2 ratio, then it also affects how long you will have game pass subbed for. Because you can only stack 3 years so you'd end up with 2 years and 1 month (the GPU month you bought to convert it)

@Scummbuddy there's a slot on the back but I couldn't fit the n64 expansion pack removal tool in there and now I have to go through an annoying warranty process with Microsoft

I mean, it said expansion slot so I assumed it was for the expansion pak 🤷‍♂️

Had better luck jamming the rumble pak in to the battery slot on my Xbox controller though 👍

I heard from an anonymous friend in the FTC that the e-mail contained an animated gif file depicting a cartoon Phil Spencer defecating all over a bunch of Playstation 5s

I wonder how this gen would have panned out if Xbox had only released the Series S at the £250 price point, almost half the price of the PS5.

I mean it's good to have options but without the knowledge of the Series X, could a standalone Series S at a budget price have a similar market impact to a £129 GameCube or a £179 Wii against their more expensive contemporaries?

Ahhh, wish they'd announced this before the eshop shut down, would have saved me 60 quid!

@Dusk_Actual wicked mate, everything alright with you?

We'll look forward to your return! Just give us a shout if you want to be added back to the tag list or just pop along for some casual clubbing if you want

@Dusk_Actual done

Also, thought I'd post my Photoshop from last month's game club here as I feel like it didn't get enough attention 😂

Lol beat me to the punch this month! @FraserG

I had to click the Results button because there wasn't an "All of them" option 😅

Why? 😂

I suppose you get a free dinner, could be useful with the current cost of living