Xbox One

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I wondered how things were going , I am pretty jealous as I'm waiting for Friday for my PS4.

The Kinnect apparently works well, how does BF4 feel to have 64 players online. Is Ryse a bit of a disappointment or are you enjoying it.

Dead Rising 3 how are you getting on with it? The videos with hundreds of zombies looked cool.

I read a test on sound levels and I think its quieter than the 360. If you had a PS3 is it quieter than that?

just downloaded walking dead S1 from gold, take it, its worth a go then?

Yeah, I'm not into WD at all but I started it lastnight and got hooked, good story development and p1ss easy to play, worth a few hours (if that) of game time

I thought Shadow of Mordor was excellent by the way. The Nemesis system, which is where different orcs will remember what happened in battles happened between you in the past and their army will be in constant flux with different enemies rising up, with different strengths and weaknesses was something really cool and new. Then it essentially built upon other franchises' styles. It's fighting style is similar to the Arkham Batman games, much better than Assassin's Creed sword fighting style anyway, and then it does have free-running aspect of Assassin's Creed, but then also has animals to ride, bow and arrows, and different elements like mind controlling enemies and beasts.

I think it's easy to play, whilst also offering a challenge and if you like Lord of the Rings it's just an opportunity to spend more time in that setting.

It's also got a lot better reviews than Mad Max did, which by most accounts was an 'okay' game. Shadow of Mordor gets consistently 9/10.

I'm glad I held my nerve on Battlefront, does seem to be another Titanfall in that it looks visually stunning and amazing to play for the 1st two weeks but after that it just becomes more of the same.

Fallout 4 meanwhile, well currently trying to clearout various buildings in the ruins of Boston and finding a particular Super Mutant with a missile-launcher who's on some scaffolding particularly tricky, need to get all my VAT headshots with my sniper rifle to hit to take him out but just not getting lucky currently.

All FPS are the same in my eyes its how much you enjoy them is what matters, Battlfront has issues but fixable ones, it would be fun to play with people online especially survival as it reminds me of Gears of War 3, we'll just have to se what happens over the next few months

Some FPS though keep you coming back for more, some don't.
Titanfall's a prime example of this, stunning to look at and from both the demo and the first few games you think wow. Quickly though it then starts losing its appeal and I worry this'll go the same way.

I have never played Titanfall so I can't comment on that but as I pointed out earlier the lack of story mode in Battlefront was a BIG mistake, it feels like the game is for multiplayer and group play and like me if non of your mates have it, its a lonely game to play and limits what you can do but at the moment its enjoyable and I still get the buzz when flying a Tie Fighter or driving a Speeder bike but thats the Star Wars fan in me

Random Question.

I bought game - It broke after 2 days (so installed on machine) got money back. If i buy it again a lot cheaper due to black friday (already seen much cheaper) as a game download would i have to install it again?

I would heavily assume no.

I thought that too tbh just updates id guess.

I know some of you have it already but is EA access worth getting and what do you get with it?

Yes, yes and thrice yes.

Basically it gives you the following:

1. All EA games free around 6 months after initial release
2. Free access to brand new games 5 days prior to their launch (5 hours play)
3. Discount off the game if bought through the online store.

I was thinking of getting it and paying monthly like I do with Live

Think its probably better doing a 12 month sub Dicey, assuming of course the costs are still the same of either £4 a month or £15 for the year (unsure of what this is in euros though)

Yeah its €20 odd a year so I might do that next week, what free games are on it

Everything up to and including Dragonage Inquisition currently.

Any of the Ice Hockey games

I would expect so, though in all honesty I've never checked for one.

Edit: Yes NHL 15 is included:

http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/entertainment/xbox-one/live-apps/ea-access

Currently it has 12 different games on there (14 if you count the older versions of FIFA and Madden NFL)

Some alright games there, especially the Battlefields

Have any of you bought external storage for your XB1? If so, what did you get?

My friend has one of these

http://store.westerndigital.com/store/wdeu/en_GB/pd/ThemeID.22586100/productID.318283100/parid.13831800/catid.69978000/categoryID.69978100/WDBCRM0020BBK-EESN/My_Passport_X/External_Hard_Drives

Looks good Nando, cheers. Fed up of the 500GB limit when every sodding XB1 update adds another 1GB to the total!

looks at bit dear that to me, ive been looking around and seen a 2tb one for around £50. think it may have been on a amazon lighting deal but still below its still only 57

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Expansion-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B00UNA1IE4/ref=sr_1_8?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1448994186&sr=1-8&keywords=external+hard+drive

whats better for gaming & games out, xbox360 or ps4?

Depends, if you're interested in FIFA and like, EA do a pretty good deal for Xbox 1 where you pay like £20 a year and get full access to all their games 6 months after release, and a discount on them before that.

PS4 is the more powerful console, although I haven't really noticed much of a difference. Don't think console specific optimisation is really a priority.

There isn't really any exclusives I'm interested in so can't comment.

Anyone download Killer Instinct this month on Free with Gold, Im really enjoying it

I took the plunge and got EA Access, I downloaded Battlefield 4 yesterday, I also traded in Star Wars and got Mortal Kombat X which is amazing

Is the initial love for Star Wars wearing off? I sense the lack of single player is making it a tad Titanfallesque.

I actually got rid of my Xbox for that very reason in general Hero, too many RPG's and too many games concentrating on the online element; there's a lack of games like Skyrim or the original COD's.

Hero wrote:Is the initial love for Star Wars wearing off? I sense the lack of single player is making it a tad Titanfallesque.

Yeah no campaign and sh*tty servers mainly

Glad now that I decided to hold fire on it until it comes out on Access, though my access to the Xbox is limited as the boys have discovered Terraria.

I saw you were playing that the other day, my boys are still in love with Minecraft and couldn't get into Terraria

They've hammered it over the past couple of days and then it crashed and they've lost all their saves so they may well get bored of it now.

My son was like that with Skylanders now he cant be arsed

Skylanders, god that was a drain on the wallet for absolutely nothing!
The 3rd one that came out they'd completed by Boxing Day.

I was hoping he'd get into Disney infinity just so I could collect the figures

Reports (and leaks) have it that the new Battlefield will be set in WW1 and the next Call of Duty will be Ghost 2

Thoughts?

I am underwhelmed by COD do something different a term your surely familiar with Dicey

Battlefield could be fun though, Was a big fan of Medal of Honor games so could be interesting.

I'm as different as they come Nando

Ghost was probably the last CoD I enjoyed so hopefully they can bring that magic back, I prefere Battlefield and I think a WW1 setting could be genius as long as the fix the bugs and servers

I much prefer Battlefield of the two, I think I was the only person to enjoy the cop one but that was mainly for the single player story, I understand why it wasn't to everyone's tastes though, the fact it's called Battlefield should really then involve battlefields.

I hated Ghosts, story and online. Advanced Warfare's story was immense, but online was poor. Not played Blops 3 as I didn't like the first two much, but will do so once the price has gone down.

Still love playing Star Wars Battlefront though. Never a dull moment, and it's so difficult to camp at spawn points.

Presume it can't be far off having Star Wars for free on EA Access?

Anyone try the Division when it was on Open Beta btw, and anyone planning to buy it?

Have no idea and no, I didn't. I haven't been taken with The Division at all. The advert they're playing constantly on TV has turned me off of it.

Get on Battlefield 4 Hero and well go a round or 3

I got bored with Battlefront fairly quickly

I'll load it up again tonight and give you a game or three, that was probably my fave FPS since the first COD Modern Warfare.

Yeah its great fun, just love destroying the buildings

sunset overdrive free this month, looking forwards to that

That's probably the best freebie they've done so far, loved that game.

Best and most original game on the Xbox one.