What do you rather have: Scorpio in 2017 or real Xbox 2 in 2018

[Mr Puggsly]

Pemalite said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Halo 5 is great and looks fine for a large scale game locked at 60 fps. One of the best PvP games around as well.

Hell no it doesn't.
Battlefield, heck every 60fps frostbite game is easily superior to Halo 5 in terms of visuals, Halo 5 also didn't have everything run at 60fps either.
Taken a look at Spartans in the Distance? They are sprites, operating at 10-15fps, it's extremely jarring.
Shadowing will often pop in-and-out at short distances... Same with some of the geometric details like rocks on the ground.
Texture animations on things like Jump Ramps are often 15-30fps animations as well.

Halo 5 was gross visually. It was flat and static.

Some of the texturing is fairly low resolution as well, but covered up with some clever art. The cliff/rock textures and geometry though were probably my favorite aspect with Halo 5 (And Halo 2: Anniversary) as far as image quality goes, 343i has nailed that.

The game also doesn't achieve a full 1080P resolution either which hasn't helped.

Mr Puggsly said:

You forgot 3 great racing games from MS. That is a genre Sony has has no answer for in about years.

I didn't forget them, I am just not interested in sports or racing games. Haven't had an interest in them since Most Wanted on the Original Xbox. (Which I also own.)
But, people enjoy them. So it's a plus. I guess.

I also did leave out the colossal failure that was Halo: The Master Chief Collection. You don't want me to get started on that. :P

Mr Puggsly said:

Gears 4 is awesome. Great campaign, co op, and PvP. Its a total package. It rated in the mid 80s I think.

I can only take your word for it and the word of reviews as I haven't played it myself, nor do I own it.

Mr Puggsly said:

I beat Quantum Break and Ryse twice. They weren't amazing per se but still enjoyable.

I was hoping for something "more" from the people who brought us Alan Wake. (Which I also own.)
Ryse was everything I expected, lots of visuals, not much else. Crysis on PC in 2007 was easily my favorite game out of Crytek, it's hard to for Crytek to top that experience for me.

Mr Puggsly said:

I haven't played much Halo Wars 2 but its fun and its not like we have meant RTS options on consoles. So whatever, fun and unique content.

It's Story is fairly convoluted and boring and suffers from bad pacing, by the time you start to get into the groove of things... They ended it.
Multiplayer online population is basically dead as a doornail in Oceania.

There was only 1 map for Blitz which was the one new and interesting game mode.

The best RTS on consoles is still the first Halo Wars in my opinion, shame Microsoft didn't support that title better, the re-release is good though, but suffers from lack of population in it's multiplayer component.

Mr Puggsly said:

Recore has achieved a cult status. Can't be worse than The Order, I will play it eventually.

I expected more. It certainly is a better title than The Order 1886.

Mr Puggsly said:
I played a lot of DR3 and I will play DR4 eventually. But that's Capcom stuff.

Being an early generation game, it just hasn't aged very well. I am a graphics whore though, so you might care less about things like static hair meshes and low resolution texturing.

Battlefield games are an anomoly, there is no other titles that I can think of that look and run that good. However, they are not locked at 60 fps especially in large scale modes like Halo 5.

I'm not gonna argue Halo 5 looks great but overall I feel it looks pretty good. You keep whining about graphics, but I like Halo 5 because its hand down one of the best shooters on the market. I don't see other first parties making anything comprable, that's definite.

I think Halo 5 is using very demanding effects, that's apparent when you play something like Halo 4 which looks much flatter in comparison. I think Halo 5 would have benefitted from using less demanding effects while polishing other aspects like animation. I'm very curious to see what Scropio does for Halo 5.

I'm not gonna bash Halo 5 for not having 1080p because its pretty rare to see 1080p/60 fps on modern consoles.

Halo:MCC sold very well for a "colossal failure." Even MS admits that was a mess, but over time they fixed most of the issues and its the best way to experience all those Halo games. Hence, MCC is a great product that simply didn't achieve its full potential. This is a product I think will also benefit from the Scropio.

The Forza games are notable content even if you don't enjoy them. I've probably played over 100 hours of Forza this gen and they review very well.

I played Alan Wake as well, I think Quantum Break is about at par. Entertaining story, good gameplay, but a pretty linear experience. Its what I expected, its a Remedy game.

I agree that DR3 is a rough looking game, but it was also one of the most next gen experiences at launch. It genuinely felt like something 7th gen couldn't replicate albeit unpolished on X1. I really wish they would patch it for Scorpio but I doubt it will happen.