flyinghaggis Posted October 1, 2018 Posted October 1, 2018 (edited) the dualshock is a terrible controller always has been but the latest version is better. Heresy! The Xbox one controller is meh at best. Somehow they managed to make it less ergonomic than the reasonably decent Xbox 360 controller whilst still failing to improve the d-pad on it to match what's on the PS4 and the switch pro controller. I realise it's all down to personal preference but to me Microsoft's latest controller offering is my least favourite of the current gen consoles I own Regarding consoles my advice would be to buy the system most of your friends own as there isn't much between them! Failing that I'd suggest the PS4 as the best current system unless you like Nintendo titles and/or would find the portability of the switch useful. Maybe consider an Xbox if you really like Halo/Forza. Or you could just be sad like me and buy them all.... Edited October 1, 2018 by flyinghaggis
sted Posted October 1, 2018 Posted October 1, 2018 Heresy! The Xbox one controller is meh at best. Somehow they managed to make it less ergonomic than the reasonably decent Xbox 360 controller whilst still failing to improve the d-pad on it to match what's on the PS4 and the switch pro controller. I realise it's all down to personal preference but to me Microsoft's latest controller offering is my least favourite of the current gen consoles I own it does have to be said its a while since ive used a stock xb1 controller as i bought an elite controller when they came out. i was more thinking in terms of layout though i just dont get on with the dual analogues being both at the bottom. in some ways the switch pro controller is great but im not sure the dpad on that is great either. in terms of preference for me it probably a tie between xbox elite/switch pro (depending on the game) then ps4 dead last as i dont like that dpad much either tbh i think the best dpad is the elite when you have the weird octagon on it but its very game dependant. ergonomically to me the ps4 is definitely the worst its far too light and too small i actually find a duke about as comfortable though the latest rev i got with my pro is better ps i recognise that a £150 controller is a bit of a cheat but its what i use by default on my xbox i donr think the one i got with the x has been used beyond initial setup then i pulled the batteries out and left it at the side of the console
Garacesh Posted October 1, 2018 Posted October 1, 2018 Random titbit whilst we're discussing controllers. Steam kicked out a peripheral survey recently and I think XBox 360 controller was the most popular controller on PC, with a whopping 45%! https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/09/valve-reveals-just-how-many-pc-gamers-plug-in-gamepads-and-which-kinds/
LeMarchand Posted October 1, 2018 Posted October 1, 2018 Random titbit whilst we're discussing controllers. Steam kicked out a peripheral survey recently and I think XBox 360 controller was the most popular controller on PC, with a whopping 45%! Won't this at least partially be down to ease? I have never owned an XBox but use the controller for PC Games as it's easy to connect.
caffrey Posted October 1, 2018 Posted October 1, 2018 Yep, I have a xbox controller on my PC, it comes with an adaptor - barely gets used Might wait on reviews on RDR2 before deciding
Garacesh Posted October 1, 2018 Posted October 1, 2018 Won't this at least partially be down to ease? I have never owned an XBox but use the controller for PC Games as it's easy to connect. Undoubtedly. Plug it in and it works, boom. A lot of it will probably be that a lot of PC games have native XBox support though. And also that 360 controllers are cheaper than XB1 controllers. Although Steam Link's "Plug in a controller and we'll sort out the mapping button-by-button" is pretty good. Used a third-party PS4 controller with the Steam Link and it took 30s to set up the button mappings and done. I don't know if 'full-fat' Steam has that or if it's just part of Big Picture mode. No mess, no fuss, worked flawlessly. (Less however could be said for our culinary teamwork, since we were playing Overcooked...)
korifugi Posted October 1, 2018 Posted October 1, 2018 Might wait on reviews on RDR2 before deciding *WARNING: Controversy* I didn't much care for RDR, sure it was good - but to me it certainly wasn't the mind-blowingly incredible game many made it out to be. Started on Mafia 3 finally as it's been on my shelf for a while. Loving the soundtrack.
flyinghaggis Posted October 1, 2018 Posted October 1, 2018 *WARNING: Controversy* I didn't much care for RDR, sure it was good - but to me it certainly wasn't the mind-blowingly incredible game many made it out to be. I did kind of feel that way myself as I have RDR for PS3. I've only played it for an hour or so but it just felt like grand theft auto with horses which were inherently less fun than cars?
caffrey Posted October 1, 2018 Posted October 1, 2018 It did come out 8 years ago, I really liked it back then - enjoyed it more than GTA
Bagpuss66 Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 Forza Horizons 4 out today, downloaded it last night on my PC. Roll on 4pm!!
ICTDirect_Dave Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 First foray into Skyrim VR last night. Goodness me it's a lovely world to be immersed in, but oh my! I sure made me feel unwell! I need to get me some resistance to the motion sickness I experienced. All that running and jumping made for a dizzying experience!
Mewdewgooboofoo Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 First foray into Skyrim VR last night. Goodness me it's a lovely world to be immersed in, but oh my! I sure made me feel unwell! I need to get me some resistance to the motion sickness I experienced. All that running and jumping made for a dizzying experience! get some ginger root and chew on it. helped me 1
DeGrimmy Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 I've heard the PS4 controller is better than the Xbox One controller, although I don't own a PS4. The Xbox 360 controller is better designed than the Xbox One controller, in my opinion, but my old 360 controller for PC is worn out, so I just use my Xbox One controller for PC as well these days. I've never managed to get it connected wirelessly to my PC, but any micro USB cable works perfectly. I imagine I'll be spending most of my evening downloading Forza Horizon 4. I loved FH3, once they fixed the stability and performance issues on PC. I'm hoping they've put into practice what they learned from FH3's launch!
ICTDirect_Dave Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 I've heard the PS4 controller is better than the Xbox One controller, although I don't own a PS4. The Xbox 360 controller is better designed than the Xbox One controller, in my opinion, but my old 360 controller for PC is worn out, so I just use my Xbox One controller for PC as well these days. I've never managed to get it connected wirelessly to my PC, but any micro USB cable works perfectly. I imagine I'll be spending most of my evening downloading Forza Horizon 4. One of my colleagues downloaded the PC version last night. Just the 63GB!
Bagpuss66 Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 One of my colleagues downloaded the PC version last night. Just the 63GB! Yes downloaded it last night after seeing how big it was !! Played the demo last week, looks as good as Forza 3.
DeGrimmy Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 One of my colleagues downloaded the PC version last night. Just the 63GB! To be fair, it's nowhere near as ridiculous as Gears of War 4, with its ~110GB download... But I'll get FH4 started as soon as I get home!
flyinghaggis Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 (edited) First foray into Skyrim VR last night. Goodness me it's a lovely world to be immersed in, but oh my! I sure made me feel unwell! I need to get me some resistance to the motion sickness I experienced. All that running and jumping made for a dizzying experience! I've found that enabling click turning (so you turn in 30-45° increments) rather than smooth got rid of the motion sickness I used to experience. Edited October 2, 2018 by flyinghaggis
sted Posted October 3, 2018 Posted October 3, 2018 forza horizon 4 is also ~64gb on xbox onex well its definately a prety game to the point im seriously debating going out and buying a 4k compatible amp and a 4k tv and atm im running in 1080p performance mode. it feels like driving round Britain i was driving round somewhere in it and it just felt like driving along the snake/woodhead pass (though granted faster). first car i bough was my actual real car (though not tuned and a 5 door left hand drive version fiesta st its even the same colour though the wheels are wrong) and ive been bombing round in my own car smashing down walls and generally just messing around. ive got through the tutorial section up to autumn and i can go to winter when im ready. i was playing it before work but i just did a barn find (s1 escort rs turbo iirc) and a few boards/landmarks its fun so far but so was fh3 until it wasnt at least this time its cost me nothing (i got 4 weeks worth of game pass by eating at burger king lol) and when i get to winter i have the perfect car i won ive got a 205 t16 thats insanely fast and fun to drive. having said that from teh cars ive driven so far like previous iterations i think the more normalish cars are more fun (so mustang ish) as soon as you get to Bugatti or mclarens it requires enough concentration its less fun when my gaming laptop worked (the 1070 as soon as its enabled now makes it unstable) and i tried fh3 on it when it was new it was awful i dont think i ever got to play for more than maybe 10 mine before it crashed so i hope they a fixed that and b 4 is much better out of the box for pc
DeGrimmy Posted October 3, 2018 Posted October 3, 2018 Yep, Forza Horizon 4 is beautiful, and rock-solid performance on PC too. I think I just escaped the hand-holdy section before I had to call it a night - I'd unlocked the option to buy cars, finally! I also lucked out in one of the wheelspins and won a Forza Edition Lamborghini Aventador, so I look forward to trying that out tonight.
sted Posted October 3, 2018 Posted October 3, 2018 Yep, Forza Horizon 4 is beautiful, and rock-solid performance on PC too. I think I just escaped the hand-holdy section before I had to call it a night - I'd unlocked the option to buy cars, finally! I also lucked out in one of the wheelspins and won a Forza Edition Lamborghini Aventador, so I look forward to trying that out tonight. in that case im not sure you have you i believe need to do all 4 seasons i think it started in summer so ive got winter and spring to go and ive unlocked drone a house (which iirc is when i could buy cars) so i think i need to do the winter and spring seasons before im in the game proper. yeah ive got a few cars from the prize wheels (including my daft 205 t16) ive also got some clothes and horns i may equip one day lol. theres 2 types of wheelspin as well a single wheel and a triple wheel
DeGrimmy Posted October 3, 2018 Posted October 3, 2018 in that case im not sure you have you i believe need to do all 4 seasons i think it started in summer so ive got winter and spring to go and ive unlocked drone a house (which iirc is when i could buy cars) so i think i need to do the winter and spring seasons before im in the game proper. Perhaps I'm just at the point where it opens up, then. I've got a selection of races in different categories now, rather than just the one it wants you to do. I'll probably end up exploring a bit rather than progressing though!
Garacesh Posted October 3, 2018 Posted October 3, 2018 Speaking of FH4, there's apparently some interesting chat lines in the game:
sted Posted October 3, 2018 Posted October 3, 2018 Speaking of FH4, there's apparently some interesting chat lines in the game: [ATTACH=CONFIG]50419[/ATTACH] the whole game is apparently full of references in speech etc (so its suposed to say something along the lines of i wish they would bring back project Gotham racing) i was quite impressed at the start you pick what your spoken name is and a. my name was there and b. it auto picked it for me. does sound odd though when the say hello Jonathan and i picked a female avatar because all the avatars look dumb and the pink haired lass looked the least ridiculous to me though setting her to pop and lock as a victory dance undoes that lol
DeGrimmy Posted October 3, 2018 Posted October 3, 2018 i was quite impressed at the start you pick what your spoken name is and a. my name was there and b. it auto picked it for me. does sound odd though when the say hello Jonathan and i picked a female avatar because all the avatars look dumb and the pink haired lass looked the least ridiculous to me though setting her to pop and lock as a victory dance undoes that lol You can choose your spoken name? Ooh, must've missed that!
NokiX Posted October 3, 2018 Posted October 3, 2018 Anyone still playing overwatch? Not played it in ages, thinking about playing it again for some casual fun but not sure who still plays! Maybe...Garacesh?
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