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Dean (6921 KP) rated the Xbox version of Need for Speed: Underground 2 in Video Games

Aug 26, 2018  
Need for Speed: Underground 2
Need for Speed: Underground 2
2004 | Action, Racing
8
8.0 (5 Ratings)
Video Game Rating
Cool graphics (2 more)
Big map
Great soundtrack
A great racing game
The first Need for Speed game I remember playing on the old Xbox. Quite different at the time as you had a fair bit of free roam to do your own thing. The customisation was very good to give your car different looks. You could pose it in a photo mode to make the cover of a car mag in the game.
Along with a great soundtrack with some big tunes it also had voice acting by Kelly Brook and Brooke Burke as well.
Definitely one of the best early Need for Speed games.
  
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Lee KM Pallatina (951 KP) rated the Xbox 360 version of Sonic Generations in Video Games

Aug 1, 2020  
Sonic Generations
Sonic Generations
Platform
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Video Game Rating
A good mix of old school side scrolling & modern 3D gameplay (0 more)
The controls don't always respond on time. (0 more)
Past meets future
So I downloaded this free from xbox live Gold so my kids could play (and so I could lol) the game includes 2 different versions of sonic, a classic version who's seemingly mute and a modern one who likes to talk.

Mixing the generations was a fun idea and having different versions of the levels for each sonic is a nice touch, switching between the two before entering the levels.

May not have been worth the money at the time, but is definitely worth the time now.
  
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Moses Boyd recommended 2 Far by Dizzee Rascal in Music (curated)

 
2 Far by Dizzee Rascal
2 Far by Dizzee Rascal
(0 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"On Xbox you could burn CD’s and some in games you could play the music in it, so Boy in Da Corner, Songs in A Minor and Speakerboxx/The Love Below were on my hard drive on my Xbox and would get played in any game that could do it in. So as much as this record is culturally significant, I just always had it on and I can just remember vividly it being a part of my teenage years. I think this track in particular because it’s got Wiley as well has that perfect energy, even if I wasn't from here I could tell that Dizzee is from East. It just feels like London, it just feels grey, someone’s pissed off, I don’t even know why or who’s pushed him too far but that could be anything, you know TfL, someone’s stepped on your trainers, someone’s chose not to sit next to you on the bus, you know, it could be anything. It's so angsty. I love music that can make you feel like that. Not that I’m trying to get people to go and moshpit or anything but music’s powerful. I like being able to tap into those things - you were fine before you came to my show and now you're hyped to do whatever, even to this day if I hear ‘2 Far’ I’m in the mode like ‘What! What! Who wants it!’"

Source
  
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KittyMiku (138 KP) rated Minecraft in Video Games

May 17, 2019  
Minecraft
Minecraft
2017 | Action
10
8.3 (58 Ratings)
Video Game Rating Watch
Lots to do (1 more)
Creative or survival modes
I have minecraft on my laptop but I enjoy it on the xbox one more. It's easier to use in my opinion. Nothing like exploring and building with some intense action along the way. I find myself lost for hours on end in this game. Whether I'm in a dungeon, cave or just exploring. It never ends with just a small amount if game play. I am often lost for hours on on having a blast. Not to mention it's okay for kids. Though my daughter will have to fight me for some time. It's also great for releasing stress after a long day at work and helps those creative juices flow.
  
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Rachel Maria Berney (114 KP) rated Netflix in Apps

Dec 3, 2018  
Netflix
Netflix
Entertainment, Lifestyle
9
8.7 (589 Ratings)
App Rating
No adverts. No waiting for the next episode. One of a kind programming. (0 more)
App doesn't always work on the Xbox. (0 more)
No adverts TV series and movies
I have to say, I love netflix. No adverts, no waiting a week for the next episode, you can binge watch to your heart's content. Netflix creates its own movies and seasons. My current favourite is The Christmas Chronicles and The Good Place. Both are most sees, both will brighten your day and leave you with a smile on your face and a laugh in your heart. Best of all, my whole family can watch whatever they want to on their own devices, no more fighting over the TV buttons.
  
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BookwormLea (3034 KP) rated Nintendo Switch Lite in Tech

Aug 30, 2020  
Nintendo Switch Lite
Nintendo Switch Lite
Games Consoles > Games Consoles
8
8.3 (3 Ratings)
Tech Rating
I got it over lockdown, as I'm sure many others did, just to pass time. I got it with Animal Crossing and I also ordered Mario Odyssey. The game choices are limited if you want something comparative to a PlayStation to xbox but they suffice for the little screen you can play on. And the free game choices are actually really good. The only thing I don't like about the lite that you get with the Switch is the ability to cast to the TV, for the bigger screen and the multilayer games like Just Dance or Mario Kart. But other than that, I don't see anything wrong with it and its the perfect travel size to take anywhere!
  
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Steven Dodd (1449 KP) created a post

Jan 24, 2021  
http://www.twitch.tv/Summonedgamesdm Here we have our stream link for you all. It is still our intention to play boardgames and roleplay games on stream. Until then we are playing various pc and Xbox games. Having fun and in the last few months have made it to affiliate and now pushing for 250 followers. If you’re there and bored come and lurk in the chat. Come say hello. A little view goes along way.
We stream on Tuesdays, Saturdays and sundays from 5.30pm GMT these are approximately times we start as life and things. There are random streams as well to try and boost to get us out of retail 😂😂😂 come on and support the underdogs ❤️❤️😜😜😘😘😘
      
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Sinead (6 KP) rated Horizon Zero Dawn in Video Games

May 30, 2018  
Horizon Zero Dawn
Horizon Zero Dawn
2017 | Action/Adventure
9
8.8 (72 Ratings)
Video Game Rating Watch
Main Character (1 more)
Multiple difficulty levels
I love this game and bought a PS4 just so I could play it as I was a Xbox owner.

I love that you have so many choices on the difficulty level as sometimes you just want to do story mode and explore the world. Other times you want more of a challenge to the game.

I dropped 1 point to it because you have a lot of different characters flirting with Aloy (and i love how she responds to it as to me it shows how she was raised in isolation) but I would have liked there to be more options on how it could develop relationships for better or worse depending on your responses.

Overall I think it's a fantastic game and can't wait for the next.
  
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Akward (448 KP) Aug 24, 2018

I also bought a PS4 just for this game! It was worth every dollar I spent.
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David Betteridge (327 KP) rated Minecraft in Apps

Mar 1, 2020  
Minecraft
Minecraft
Games
9
8.7 (20 Ratings)
App Rating
Creative (3 more)
Survival
Easy game play
Good for all ages
Lost hours (1 more)
Addictive
Game that can be played forever!
I played this game years ago with my eldest son (who has now moved on to Fortnite) and we used to spend hours creating real life buildings in our Minecraft world. The possibilities are endless. Then we moved on to survival, which can either be challenging or hard enough just to keep a young child engaged.

Then having not played it for a few years my youngest son was wanting to play on my Xbox and Minecraft was again the best thing for him to play. With all the updates to the game over the years, it has kept the game fresh for returning players and we are having so much fun building again!!
  
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Daniel Boyd (1066 KP) created a post

Sep 23, 2020  
Power Moves Out Of Necessity



An Essay On The Recent Acquisition of Zenimax Media and Bethesda Studios by Microsoft


Before this week it looked like Sony could do no wrong as they made the final sprint towards the release of their next gen system. It’s funny how quickly things can change in a week.

 First there was the monumental fuck up that was the PS5 pre-orders, which included but are not limited to; times that pre orders are going live not being clearly stated, each retailer apparently having totally random respective times that pre orders went live and pre orders seemingly being in stock until the point when the customer goes to pay at the checkout screen when they are told, ‘sorry buddy, not today!”

 Then there were the rumours, followed swiftly by the confirmation that the PS5 will indeed NOT be backwards compatible with anything pre PS4. Why is this something that is so difficult to do? This means that plenty of your favourite games from generations past, including titans such as the classic Hitman games, Silent Hill 2, the entire MGS franchise prior to Ground Zeroes, will spend yet another generation stuck on old hardware that is getting continuously older and harder to maintain.

 For years people have been begging Sony to introduce a service similar to GamePass, which has been a huge benefit to Xbox and PC players for a while now.
They listened… sort of.
The PlayStation Plus Collection was announced which includes a meaty array of huge last gen exclusives, including Uncharted 4 and God of War. The caveat is that while GamePass includes brand new first party releases added to the service on launch, as well as a respectable back catalogue of exclusives, the PS Plus Collection does not. Apparently it is ‘not financially feasible,’ for Sony to adopt this practice.

 Following all of this, Xbox then makes one of the most industry-shaking power moves that we have seen in the last decade, by announcing that they are purchasing Zenimax Media and by extension all of the studios under that umbrella, including Bethesda Softworks, Arkane Studios, id Software, Machine Games and Tango Gameworks. Talk about kicking a guy when he’s down.

 Now before you go and place a panicked pre order on an Xbox Series X, it has been announced that not all games from these studios will be exclusive to Microsoft systems. Instead this will be something that will be decided on a case to case basis and PS exclusives Deathloop from Arkane and Ghostwire: Tokyo from Tango will still be released as exclusives on Sony’s console. However, Microsoft did spend 7.5 billion dollars on the acquisition and you can bet on the fact they are going to want something for their money. If they can manage to claim Elder Scrolls VI, or Fallout 5 as a Microsoft exclusive, it could shift a lot of the market back to Xbox. The most likely candidate in my opinion for a MS exclusive, is Bethesda’s announced new IP; Starfield. It is already highly anticipated and will most likely be a huge seller when it drops and if Sony folks can’t get their hands on it, I can see many people making the jump to Microsoft.

 I have written before about my issues with exclusivity on either side of the console war, but I also understand the industry well enough to see that it is a necessary evil and in this cut-throat market, this is a clever investment. I really appreciate Xbox making a big move like this as quite frankly they had to do something major in this vein to even be in with a chance of winning the next generation. It’s good to see that they are refusing to go down without a fight. They really need a boost like this if they want to have any chance of catching up with Sony in the next generation.

 The only hitch in this whole plan is that had they done this five years ago, - before disappointments like Prey, ESO, Wolfenstein: Youngblood and especially Fallout 76, - this would have been ten times more effective and mind-blowing. As of today, it seems more like 2 companies that are both on their respective backs trying to help each other up.

 Overall, I think this is a good thing for the industry as a whole. I think that it will drive more intense competition, which will in turn result in better games. As a gamer, I think I would be way more upset about this if I hadn’t just built a decent gaming PC where I can play any Microsoft exclusives anyway, but I still think that it will ultimately benefit the individual gamer also by forcing more competition between developers and therefore a higher standard of games. I do think that it will encourage people who were originally going to just buy a PS5 to at least consider getting both consoles. This will have an effect down the line when MS starts announcing Xbox exclusive Bethesda titles etc, but we’ll see how much of an effect it ends up having at launch.