Turn on the console itself and it broadcasts its own Wi-Fi signal, which the app picks up on and uses to complete the setup. Just make sure to go through the setup options carefully to avoid sending too much data to both Microsoft and third-party publishers. Not only can you transfer most of your device settings from the older console to the newer one via the app , but my Logitech Harmony remote seamlessly started controlling the Series X when I hit the button for its predecessor.
Design wise, it's hard to get simpler than a big black box. I've described it as a Soviet-era constructivist office block as reimagined by Syd Mead. If I were casting it in a dystopian film, I'd use it as the headquarters of the secret police. According to Microsoft's own designers , they didn't want anyone to say, "That looks like a microwave.
It's nearly featureless from the outside, save for a glowing, all-seeing eye I mean small, light-up Xbox logo. There's also a vertical optical drive slot and a nearly hidden USB-A port. Other than that, the main visual feature is a slightly concave black-and-green grid over the top, which acts as a fan vent. And this thing kicks a good amount of really hot air out of that vent. I spend a lot of my time with high-end gaming PCs, so I know a bit about system heat and exhaust, but I was still surprised.
I'd keep a good amount of headroom free above the console if you're going to stand it up vertically. They are remarkably similar, with the same advantages and quirks.
Multimedia and shopping, from streaming apps to the Microsoft game and video storefronts, gets prominent placement, nearly as important as the games. On the PS5, the menu is split into separate Games and Media sections, firewalled from one another. My theory has always been that Microsoft wants your game console to be a trojan horse for the illusive living room PC concept.
The company says that Universal Windows Platform apps will run on the Xbox Series X and S as they currently do on the Xbox One , which makes it easier to develop for both PC and Xbox at the same time, which is especially good news for indie game developers.
That's not to say the experience is seamless. The Xbox interface moves quickly, but is too busy and not exactly intuitive. User Score: 7. A fast-paced retro-FPS roguelite. As a member of a family of lore-hunting mystics you are summoned to a cursed village, drawn by rumors of a demonic portal.
User Score: 5. In this peaceful setting, players will grow crops, take care of animals, and build relationships with villagers. With buttery-smooth HD visuals and a heartwarming reimagining of the iconic locale, series veterans and newcomers will soon find themselves welcomed by the gentle rhythms of Mineral Town. With more than 20 varieties of crops to grow, and animals ranging from alpacas to angora bunnies, no day is the same as seasons cycle and new skills await.
Get to know the locals and learn their stories as you go about your daily life, and you might even find love along the way! If you're looking for a quieter time, take yourself away to the local hot spring, delve deep into the mines, or seek out the seasonal secrets of the town. Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future resources are scarce but opportunity calls. Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists and restore civilization to a devastated world.
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The revised pad now has a tactile texture on the triggers, grips and bumpers, which we found made the controller feel more secure in our hands. In addition, while the controller is the same size as its predecessor, the bumpers and triggers have been rounded and reduced in size by a few millimeters, which makes the gamepad feel less bulky.
If you're someone with small hands, past Xbox One controllers have felt quite tanky, but this simple change improves comfort levels in a subtle but noticeable way.
The Share button essentially acts as a capture button, allowing you to easily snap screenshots of your game — a single click takes a snapshot, while holding the button down for longer records a second video by default you can adjust the video duration in the Capture settings. This is much easier than on the Xbox One, where you have to press the home button and then X or Y, but we did find it a bit fiddly to quickly take a screenshot — your experience may vary depending on how big your hands are.
What results is a kind of traditional D-pad, laid over a disc. Again, this is a small but welcome change and is intended to give more control and leverage over the D-pad — while generally feeling more comfortable.
It keeps the 3. In addition to the cosmetic changes, the Xbox Series X controller brings improvements in functionality too. We found the controller to be more responsive, which is likely down to the lower latency Microsoft has boasted about paired with more frame rate stability , while connecting the gamepad wirelessly via Bluetooth to a range of devices — including the Xbox One, an iPhone 11, and a Mac — was straightforward. The Xbox Series X has a number of useful features and meaningful quality-of-life improvements, while the inclusion of a Blu-ray drive and access to entertainment apps means the console can double-up as a home entertainment system.
The purpose of Quick Resume is to allow you to continue a game from a suspended state pretty much instantly. So, within seconds, you can jump back into the game where you left off, as if you never stopped playing, without having to sit through loading screens again.
Not only that, but you can jump between multiple games that have been left in this suspended state in no time at all. We found that we could seamlessly jump between gameplay in a matter of seconds, as long as the games you're hopping between have already been booted up at some point beforehand.
That's from gameplay to gameplay — no loading screens. If we wanted to access Tell Me Why from the Xbox dashboard home screen, selected as the current game we were playing, the time from the dashboard to gameplay was 2.
Microsoft hasn't said if there's a limit to the number of titles that you can have in a suspended state at one time, but we found more than four would start taking a toll on the machine. And we found that if we stacked more than four games in a suspended state, some required a full boot-up again, with the console closing the first game opened.
Online multiplayer games work a bit differently to the other titles. It wouldn't be feasible to allow players to suspend mid-play during online gameplay, or we would just have a bunch of AFK players on the servers. Since launch, Quick Resume has received an update that makes the feature more reliable, makes it easier to see which games you have stored in a suspended state and identifies which games actually support the feature, with the ability to simply select each game from the My Games and Apps menu.
It's a very welcome quality-of-life feature that simply makes using Quick Resume that little bit easier. Another of the Xbox Series X's best features is the breadth of its backwards compatibility. As mentioned previously, we found these titles loaded faster and simply played better; improved stability means fewer frame rate drops, which makes older games feel nicer to play, even if they're otherwise a little outdated by the standards of modern blockbusters.
This backwards compatibility also extends to Xbox accessories. We found that we could easily connect the original Xbox Wireless Controller and the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 to the Xbox Series X with no issues, and we were also able to connect our headsets. We found that we could access the games we had access to on Xbox Series X on the Xbox One S without issue, and without having to purchase two versions of the same title.
So, for example, we could play The Falconeer on Xbox Series X — with its optimizations — then jump onto the Xbox One S and continue playing the game there, just without the Series X optimizations.
Save data is carried between consoles, so we could easily jump between playing on both. Likewise, our Xbox One games were easily accessible on the Xbox Series X, with upgrades becoming immediately available for those that currently have Series X optimizations, such as Gears Tactics and Gears 5. The Series X also offers a range of multimedia features.
All of these can take advantage of the console's 4K UHD capabilities, although some require a decent internet connection. While all the most popular entertainment apps are available, we did find that there are still some more regional apps that we wish we had access to, such as ITV Hub and BBC iPlayer in the UK. Microsoft is also the only next-gen console maker to support Dolby Vision, a more exacting HDR format that allows for superior contrast and color accuracy.
In terms of content, you can watch shows and movies in Dolby Vision with Netflix if you shell out for the premium subscription tier. The advantage Dolby Vision has over standard HDR10 is that it supports bit color, enabling the console to display more than The overall point of the game is that not everyone's life will be paid off in a way that provides catharsis, or comfort, or satisfaction.
Sometimes it just ends, sometimes it keeps going whether we're there to see it or not, and sometimes it's just disappointment. Conway has debts to pay, and there is a chance he drops dead working to pay them back.
That is as American as it gets in the 21st century. What Act V does, though, is give everyone one last chance to rail against that fact, mourn it, continue to have hopes regardless which, too, is what it is to live here. Kentucky Route Zero has been priming us for seven years to recognize that life isn't fair, though we'd gain so much if it was, and sometimes we're lucky enough to make it as fair as it can be.
But just as often, we're not. Kentucky Route Zero is ultimately a story about America's ghosts, literal and metaphorical. It's a story about entire ways of life coming to one singular place to die quietly, hopefully with dignity. In all of its oddity, it never backs down from the fact that all that is now dead will stay dead, and for those who have settled in along the Zero, that includes the American dream. It never overstays its welcome or stretches puzzle ideas beyond their limits, letting each one leave an impression despite their brevity.
The Last Campfire's narrative contextualizes each of these with small anecdotes, letting your imagination fill in the blanks of its world between worlds to the backdrop of its colorful imagery. It's a consistently relaxing and pleasant experience. The twists it adds to From-inspired mechanics do well to help this sort of game become more approachable than most, while maintaining the same air of mystery and foreboding that makes the genre itself so intriguing.
Mortal Shell makes for a strong introduction to Souls-likes, a demonstration for new players of what so many have found so interesting about From Software's games and those like them. But Mortal Shell is also a lovingly crafted, weird, and deceptively deep game in its own right that rewards you for wandering its twisted paths and challenging its deadliest foes. The new skill moves are a welcome addition to the mix to give players new ways to be slippery and keep defenders guessing, but the best part of NHL 21 is its solid foundation thanks to its excellent controls and presentation package that is getting even closer to mirroring a TV broadcast.
If that is the case, you could hardly ask for a better send-off. Ori and the Will of the Wisps is a remarkable synthesis of artful design and beautiful moments. The variety of classes and abilities make for a wide range of strategies, but no matter your team composition, the Daughters work together beautifully to take down their enemies. Boss fights are by far the most memorable and really showcase the reaction and combo system, but they also feed into the game's unique and engrossing story.
While Othercide's maps and missions leave something to be desired, it's still a blast to cut your way through hordes of Others and pull off deadly combos that look cool as hell.
With an exceptional story, atmospheric horror visuals, and tense, rewarding combat, Othercide offers a challenge you'll want to rise to, again and again.
There are still some minor annoyances that can temporarily take you out of the experience, but it offers a closer approximation of the actual PGA Tour schedule and a relaxing, streamlined approach to MyPlayer.
And explode. And bleed? What begins as a chill loot-shooty time quickly escalates to a frantic fight for your life where everything is burning and there's a big red target on your back.
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