Official NXE Reviews & Impressions thread from VGCers

[Gnizmo]

mrstickball said:

Gnizmo said:
I can't hate the update entirely as it appears to have made the marketplace a bit better to navigate. I am going to toy around with installing games later and see how it affects Culdcept. But I can say the update would have been a thousand times better by making this new interface entirely optional and letting me keep the one I actually liked.

You can switch back to the pre-NXE as far as I remember. The update isn't forced in a way that the new browser is required, but is required for new functionality as far as I know.

 

 I would love to know how. So far as I can tell the interface change is a mandatory part of the 360 update. The 360 update is mandatory if you ever want to use any of the online functions. Xbox.com had a question about whether or not you can switch to the old interface and the answer is less than promising but still fairly vague (something to the effect of who wouldn't weant tp upgrade).

 @Piggy
Yeah I noticed that and loved it immediately. The problem is at least a few of the old functions are gone (playing a disc based game for example) and some of the other features just bump you to the correct fugly portion of the NXE. It really feels like they are taunting me with it honestly. The interface is entirely intact, but denied to me for some reason I don't yet know. Edit: It appears playing a game is an option presented in your pictures. Strange it wasn't there for me. I will investigate this further soon.