Topic: Xbox One questions

I have been thinking about getting an Xbox One for a while now . Not as my main console but for the exclusives. There are a few games already on my radar which I will pick up but if anyone could list exclusives here that would be helpful. Also if you get the Gold on xbox can you add the games to your library rather than downloading straight away? I am not sure when I will buy it so I was thinking of joining the subscription now to get a few extra games.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_One_games

@dryrain: As far as exclusives go, the Xbox has the usual Halo (5 and MCC), Gears of War: Ultimate edition and Forza (5, 6 and Horizon 2). It also has Ryse, Dead Rising 3, Titanfall, Sunset Overdrive, Quantum Break, Rare Replay, Ori and the Blind Forest, and of course Rise of the Tomb Raider (currently) with games like ReCore, Sea of Thieves, Scalebound, Crackdown 3, Gears of War 4, Halo Wars 2 due in the next year or so.

If you do buy Gold, you can go to the the Xbox website and 'purchase' from there - including the 360 games. Xbox doesn't really have a 'Library' as such but all games you purchase (or have purchased from the 360 store and are available on XB1 through Backwards Compatibility) show up in your 'Games and Apps' as 'Available to Download'. If you do have a Gold Account now, as soon as you create your Xbox account, these games will show up in your Games and Apps as a small icon to download and install. If you buy from console, they tend to download straight away - where as 'purchasing' from the website and Smartglass don't (unless you have your console on 'Standby'. Games I had on my 360 'digitally' get added to my list of ready to install as soon as they are made backwards compatible.

If you are interested in this months GwG, particularly 'Dead Space' and 'Lords of the Fallen'', then you would need to have an active Gold membership by the 15th April. The system is 'slightly' different from IGC. With the 360 games, you only get 1 game at a time. On the 16th of every month, the first is replaced. With the XB1 games, you get 2 at a time but they are staggered - 1 game is available for the whole month, the other runs from the 16th of one month until the 15th of the next. Dead Space will be replaced by Saints Row 4 and Lords of the Fallen by Sunset Overdrive on the 16th April Both Saints Row 4 and The Wolf Among Us will stop being available on 30th April (don't know yet what will replace these) but Sunset Overdrive will remain available until May 15th. Joining Gold on or before 15th of a month will get you 5 games (1 that became available last month) - Hope that makes sense.

I know people are being helpful here but it would probably be a better idea to go to http://www.purexbox.com/ and ask this you can log in with ur push square account there too

@SKC_Diamond: I am also on PureXbox and own an XB360/XB1 (as well as a PS3/4) so I see no issue with asking the question here - in a 'Retro and Other gaming thread. I know a few people here also own an Xbox and so the answers are 'more' than just 'being helpful' but contain facts from actually owning the system.

It may not be worth visiting PX if you rarely visit the site and don't actually own an Xbox yet. People don't always reply with a 'name' so you don't always get notification of a response. Also Pure Xbox doesn't have the same 'traffic' as here.

If @dryrain does decide to purchase, then I would certainly advise them to check out the site and can use his same 'log in' as here - same as if he (or anyone else) bought a Nintendo, I would recommend NintendoLife and they can use the same log in there too.

If Scalebound doesn't come to PC that is when I will probably breakdown and get a One.

Honestly I would stay clear from PureXbox. They don't get the traffic there like NL or PS there and the ones that do frequent there tend to be hardcore Xbox fans, even going as far as insulting Pushsquare and other Sony related things for no reason. Everytime I go there and say the truth about MS, I am met with insults and usually get into an argument with a few of the users there.

Don't get me wrong, the staff is great not really not as visible I guess you say as say Sammy, and it may take a few days for new articles to be posted but I like the staff, it's just the community that is visible is a bit to toxic for me.

i would say that if there are enough exclusives (for me it has to be at least 5) that interest you and you can afford it then GO FOR IT!, the XB1 is a good machine (even though i can't play mine any more because disc drive broke and i refuse to pay the over inflated price of digital games, not when physical games are cheaper)

as for how the downloading of games work, i think BAMozzy pretty much covered all you need to know there

@dryrain:
How often do you game on PC? I can give you a more helpful answer if I know that.

@FullbringIchigo: Disc drive broken? Completely? I know there is an issue on 'older' models where the drive doesn't recognise discs and can sometimes make a grinding noise. The way to fix this is to turn the xbox over and give the console a 'tap' where the disc is (it realigns the cogs) and if you are having 'issues' of the drive not reading discs properly, lift the front up to about 45 degrees and insert the disc. It doesn't always take the disc in enough to be properly aligned and this method uses 'gravity' to work.

I would replace or repair mine but I really think MS will release 'something' in the near future - hopefully a more powerful and preferably 'next' generation console - so waiting to see if they do that first...

@BAMozzy: it doesn't even take discs in at all, it's completely broken, just stopped working one day

@FullbringIchigo: Damn

@BAMozzy: yeah the only solace i have is that i can still play some of the 360 games i got from games on gold for free by downloading them on my XB1 as my 360 is dead as well (in fact ALL my XBOX's are broke, even though i treat them with a lot of care)

@Gamer83 I do not really game on the PC due to its lack of power

thanks @BAMozzy

@dryrain:
In that case, an Xbox One would be a good purchase, particularly if you like shooters and racers. Forza Horizon 2 and Motorsport 6 are both games I'd recommend, Gears of War is great and Halo 5 has pretty decent multiplayer. Sunset Overdrive and Dead Rising 3 are also a nice change of pace.

There are number of 'indies' if you like that sort of thing that seem to get a lot of praise or are highly anticipated - games like Ori and the Blind Forest, Cuphead, Below - not my thing but tend to have had (or get) a lot of attention. If fighting games are your thing PS4 obviously has Injustice and SR5 but Xbox has Killer Instinct (not saying it compares or anything but its an 'alternative' option). If you didn't have a XB360, there are a number of exclusives available from that generation you can play too - the whole GoW series for example. The list of BC games are increasing so you could pick up some 360 discs very cheaply and play these too.

@dryrain: @JaxonH:

I'd definitely also throw a recommendation behind Quantum Break. The only thing I'd say though is a lot will depend on your enjoyment of story-heavy games and adding onto that, how you feel about sci-fi stories that focus on time travel. I really enjoyed and thought the game and live-action show tied in nicely. I also think the combat, though it has some quirks (no button to snap to cover and no shooting from cover, which is crazy in 2016), is extremely fun and with branching story paths I'd say it's worth it to playthrough at least twice. It's a fairly short game, 8-10 hours, so it's up to you if you want to spend $60 for that.

Depending on when you get an Xbox One, if you get one, I'd say the first two games to purchase are Rise of the Tomb Raider and Forza Horizon 2. Those are my two favorite games of this gen so far. But with RotTR also set for a PS4 release, maybe you want to wait and see how that version pans out. In that case, just sub that game with Sunset Overdrive, which is awesome and and can be bought for fairly cheap now. I think I've seen it going for $30.

I want to pick up Quantum Break on PC but heard it's had problems out of the gate. I wish they would just put in on Steam instead of having to mess with the Windows Store.