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A thread solely devoted to when we want to go 'oooooh look at this'. :D
Just installed Fallout 3 to the HD as it was already in the drive, took 11mins or so. Have to see if it makes any noticable difference. It's taken up 6gb so no more game installations for me!
NokkonWud
19-11-2008, 13:08
Gears of War 2 was noticeably quieter, didn't really notice whether it was quicker.
Personally I'm bowled over by almost everything. almost.
Firstly, one of the changes I really wanted still isn't implemented, I don't care when a friend signs on, so don't want to see it, but I do want to see messages, invites and achievements.
Secondly, everything has changed, gone to the new colour scheme and style except for the notifications which now look both too low of a resolution and out of place against the new Blue-Grey and Green scheme with square edges.
Thirdly, when browsing the games some have backgrounds which look great, but far too many don't. In fact, I only saw Gears of War 2 and Call of Duty 5 that did, new games like Dead Space and Mirror's Edge didn't, so I'm sure almost all old games won't either except perhaps Halo 3 and Gears of War. Shame.
Fourthly, I thought we were supposed to be able to see the themes before we bought them?
Other than that, so far, I really like everything
If you mean theme previewing that's only when you're looking over what you've already downloaded.
Still hoping that themes on the online marketplace actually show you what they look like, but that's not an announced feature.
Secondly, everything has changed, gone to the new colour scheme and style except for the notifications which now look both too low of a resolution and out of place against the new Blue-Grey and Green scheme with square edges.
Yeah I noticed it doesn't match up as well as it used to.
I may well treat myself to a new theme anyway. Currently have ~2500 points in the bank, and just had a dispatch email for 2 x 2100 points I preordered ages ago for dead cheap :o
:shocked:
You're a point whorer in the unconventional manner ;D
leowyatt
19-11-2008, 14:41
how many points????? :shocked:
I know I know :o
I ordered them when I had no points, figured I'd get 2 because they were cheap, they went on back order and I forgot about them. Just bought a 2100 topup and found out I'm getting 2 more :o
Davey_Pitch
19-11-2008, 14:59
Send them my way if you want, I need more points for all the Rock Band tunage I want to download :p
I could do with some points too :p
How long is the update taking to download? Am I going to get ****e speeds by the time I get around to downloading it when I get home tonight?
leowyatt
19-11-2008, 16:33
well here it took around 5 minutes max to do everything
Was the same for me although that was at 10.30am ish
I know I know :o
I ordered them when I had no points, figured I'd get 2 because they were cheap, they went on back order and I forgot about them. Just bought a 2100 topup and found out I'm getting 2 more :o
Just like me... I'm down to 3600 points. When ever I get to around 2000 I order a couple more 2100 packs from Tesco... :) You never know when you might see something you want.
Oh I'm all for keeping some in the bank, just that almost 7000 points is a bit much :D So long as they dont release the 720 next year I'm sure they'll get spent :p
leowyatt
19-11-2008, 18:06
they better not be releasing a new console next year :p
Justsomebloke
19-11-2008, 18:43
Got mine downloaded around 10.30am after 30 mins of feeling left out ;D
Loaded Fifa08 to HD & it's whisper quiet :cool:
Sorted me mini me out & I must say I am damn good looking :p
Overall I'd say it's a Brilliant update.
Just like me... I'm down to 3600 points. When ever I get to around 2000 I order a couple more 2100 packs from Tesco... :) You never know when you might see something you want.
I need to buy some more actually, is Tesco still the best deal around? I keep missing them on Zavvi at the reduced price :(
leowyatt
19-11-2008, 18:47
How cheap are we talking here, the best price I've found some is £13-14.
Don't forget you can delete old game histories from your profile now.
Handy for getting rid of demos and 0 gamerpoint scores.
Press the Xbox Guide button, left to Marketplace and then Achievements.
Any with 0 score will have the option to press X to delete.
Going to do this later on.
Metalface Mark
19-11-2008, 19:39
I likey the new nxe sig :)
How cheap are we talking here, the best price I've found some is £13-14.
Just looking at Tesco it seems they've stopped selling them for the £13 odd I was spening, might need to a new source!
I likey the new nxe sig :)
If you really look like that I'll eat my, err scratch that, your hat!
There's a free Gears 2 theme (last day) which is NXE friendly. You lot are all standing in front of various GoW paraphernalia :D
Keep getting timeouts and errors in certain areas of the marketplace... guess it's being battered!
leowyatt
19-11-2008, 20:33
There's a free Gears 2 theme (last day) which is NXE friendly. You lot are all standing in front of various GoW paraphernalia :D
Keep getting timeouts and errors in certain areas of the marketplace... guess it's being battered!
I got some errors too at various points. No free theme here Daz, you lie!!! :p
It's there :p When the online marketplace sorts itself out I'll post a link to it :D
[edit]The link from my download history is this (http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-GB/games/offers/033f0009-0000-4000-8000-00004d53082d), hopefully that'll work when they fix it.
leowyatt
19-11-2008, 20:39
cheers, was going to say maybe with you gazillion ms points it's free to you ;) liking the avatar btw :) Dee's is great too! :thumbsup:
Not had a decent look through this yet but first impressions are good :D
leowyatt
19-11-2008, 21:05
seems my xbox crashes everytime I go to the friends list :p
Don't forget you can delete old game histories from your profile now.
Handy for getting rid of demos and 0 gamerpoint scores.
Press the Xbox Guide button, left to Marketplace and then Achievements.
Any with 0 score will have the option to press X to delete.
Going to do this later on.
Took me about 10 minutes to find that. :o
leowyatt
19-11-2008, 21:22
gah damn yanks have killed it! :p
seems my xbox crashes everytime I go to the friends list :p
Done that a couple of times to be, looks like it locks up waiting for something from live (or taking issue with an answer it's getting back!). It does come back if you leave it, takes 2 or 3 mins though.
Want to try a party later, see how that looks :)
NokkonWud
19-11-2008, 23:28
seems my xbox crashes everytime I go to the friends list :p
My friends does that.
leowyatt
19-11-2008, 23:31
There's a free Gears 2 theme (last day) which is NXE friendly. You lot are all standing in front of various GoW paraphernalia
gah it's now unavailable the marketplace :(
NokkonWud
19-11-2008, 23:41
No Gears of War 2 theme for free for me. Just not there :(.
leowyatt
19-11-2008, 23:50
It isn't listed for me either but Daz says it is available on the xbox.com marketplace but that isn't available either.
Took me about 10 minutes to find that. :o
Same here ;D
leowyatt
20-11-2008, 00:09
Nokkon I have checked the US site and the theme is 150 points not free :(
No Gears of War 2 theme for free for me. Just not there :(.
It isn't listed for me either but Daz says it is available on the xbox.com marketplace but that isn't available either.
Maybe it was a limited time thing :dunno: I grabbed it on launch weekend. I can see it on the console but the whole online marketplace is still broken for me.
leowyatt
20-11-2008, 00:18
ah it was probably only available for that weekend then no worries! :)
I'm quite happy with my own photo of the belagio as my background pic.
I think I might have that theme. I know I downloaded all the launch weekend ones I could, except for one that I couldn't for some reason.
Have to have a look later on.
Blighter
20-11-2008, 00:33
I was going to download NXE tonight but have been at work since 8am... and just got in... AND have to be back in at 8am tomorrow :p :(
G'night! x
It was Gears of War 2 Last Day (Premium) on marketplace, check your download history on xbox.com :)
It was Gears of War 2 Last Day (Premium) on marketplace, check your download history on xbox.com :)
Oooh forgot I can do that :D
Can't find it on there, but my brain is a bit frazzled after work :o I'll keep looking as I know I downloaded something.
NokkonWud
20-11-2008, 01:17
It was Gears of War 2 Last Day (Premium) on marketplace, check your download history on xbox.com :)
Ah shame, that's 250 points on MP :(.
I forgot to look, annoying as I got the one they did for the first game :(.
Seems I've only got the Gears of War 2 - Hope Runs Deep theme and Gears of War Map Pack 1 Theme.
NokkonWud
20-11-2008, 01:43
Ooh, I wonder if there are any Fallout 3 themes!
Davey_Pitch
20-11-2008, 09:45
Ooh, I wonder if there are any Fallout 3 themes!
Not yet, but you can expect me to drop 250 MS points the moment a good one becomes available :)
Justsomebloke
20-11-2008, 10:16
I run a Forza2 theme which auto switched over to the new dash. Best of all for me is having Fifa08 on HD, My instant gaming is now Instant & Silent :cool:
Davey_Pitch
20-11-2008, 10:17
You should try and get Fifa 09 if you can JSB, it's far superior to 08 :)
Justsomebloke
20-11-2008, 10:30
In two minds on whether to pick up Saints Row 2 for 20 quid as my next game & now you go & say that :'(
How much better is 09 ?
Caught between a rock & a hard place at the mo with 360 games :confused:
It's certainly strange watching a game load up without a shuttle taking off :D
Davey_Pitch
20-11-2008, 10:48
In two minds on whether to pick up Saints Row 2 for 20 quid as my next game & now you go & say that :'(
How much better is 09 ?
Caught between a rock & a hard place at the mo with 360 games :confused:
I personally think it's the best footy game of all time, but if you're happy with 08 then stick with it. I know a few people on the OcUK forums who were big 08 fans said that 09 didn't feel quite right for them. You could download the demo and give it a whirl, if the marketplace is back up to speed today :)
NokkonWud
20-11-2008, 12:20
In two minds on whether to pick up Saints Row 2 for 20 quid as my next game & now you go & say that :'(
How much better is 09 ?
Caught between a rock & a hard place at the mo with 360 games :confused:
Fifa 09 blows Fifa 08 away. Faster and slicker in every way and now players have a pre-determined strength rating, so any one coming up against a Terry, Drogba, Ferdinand, Vidic etc.. will lose out on strength, but then again, they might not be able to catch a Ronaldo or Messi because they can now switch the ball between feet so much quicker.
Players clearly feel very different. I would say everything in Fifa 09 is better than Fifa 08 and it's definitely worth buying.
Dude, you have to get Fifa 09, I can whoop your ass on that then :D
Fifa 09 blows Fifa 08 away. Faster and slicker in every way and now players have a pre-determined strength rating, so any one coming up against a Terry, Drogba, Ferdinand, Vidic etc.. will lose out on strength, but then again, they might not be able to catch a Ronaldo or Messi because they can now switch the ball between feet so much quicker.
Players clearly feel very different. I would say everything in Fifa 09 is better than Fifa 08 and it's definitely worth buying.
Got to agree with buying FIFA 09. Well worth it.
Do we have enough for a BD Knockout cup ???
I'd be up for that, would get knocked out in the first round but would be a laugh.
NokkonWud
20-11-2008, 17:45
Just shoved an opinion about it, in-depth, on my blog: http://www.nokkonwud.com/?p=323
Psymonkee
21-11-2008, 03:57
nice and subtle there :p
so far impressed though. Now I've had a wee play with it on a pad (not a guitar...) it's perfectly easy to use and pretty quick. Anytime you have to wait for it to pull some data from XBL it holds up a moment which can be a pain. Still the fact it appears to be in a higher res = bonus points.
Now if only my new theme would downlaod. Trying to get one of the GoW2 themes and it stops at 1% and says: Can't download this item
But still takes my money :(
Matblack
21-11-2008, 10:19
Someone try something for me.
I tried Uno last night, it uses the avatars and I wanted to see how it worked, however I can see everyone elses avatars but mine is just my gamer pic, can someone check if this is normal or if I have something set wrong please, thanks
MB
Have you turned it on here?:
http://www.dwuk.net/misc/uno.png
Useful thread for those considering a new theme: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=342627
Nice being able to see properly what it'll look like.
Forza and Castle Crashers work really well. Quite tempted by the Castle Crashers one :o
Good link :)
NokkonWud
21-11-2008, 13:27
Halo Wars one is brilliant. As is the CoD:WaW theme. I do like the Forza 2 one also.
Annoyingly I have 200 points so I'm 50 points off.....is quite tempting to buy some points though.
Those all look great, I begrudge paying for themes though.
NokkonWud
21-11-2008, 17:27
I used to, but the new ones are actually good and High-Res, so not so much now. It's a shame they (Microsoft) won't give away more free themes like Sony do.
All Gold subscribers should get 5-10 free themes a year IMO.
Justsomebloke
22-11-2008, 00:40
Got the Premium Forza one earlier, Looks much better with all my freinds in front of a motor & a little garage, Change my mini me a bit an all :)
NokkonWud
22-11-2008, 00:53
Were you going for the Sean Penn look?
Justsomebloke
22-11-2008, 00:57
Was just sitting smoking a fat one with a mate messing about showing him round, I thought he looked more like Jimmy Hill :)
Got the Premium Forza one earlier, Looks much better with all my freinds in front of a motor & a little garage, Change my mini me a bit an all :)
I got that yesterday as well :D
Another little NXE bonus from the speed of it, the chatpd is much more responsive. I type quite fast on it, and before it would often miss a letter, but it hasn't missed anything since the update. Was really bugging me that :D
Justsomebloke
23-11-2008, 11:44
I have to say that out of All of the Avatars Jens is the most appropriate & relates best to the person, Don't know why it just does :p
Lol thanks :D It does look quite like me :)
Psymonkee
23-11-2008, 23:04
Was gonna say something similar but thought it might sound a little stalkerish :p
Blighter
23-11-2008, 23:45
I think I may sent an invoice to M$ charging them for the battery usage while waiting for GoW2 to find a matching team :angry: ;D
Was gonna say something similar but thought it might sound a little stalkerish :p
;D
Didn't realise you knew what I looked like :D Not hiding in a tree in my garden or anything, are you? :p
Blighter
24-11-2008, 00:03
;D
Didn't realise you knew what I looked like :D Not hiding in a tree in my garden or anything, are you? :p
I hope he isn't! I'm not too keen on people that take my spots ;D
I hope he isn't! I'm not too keen on people that take my spots ;D
Ah ha! I knew someone was up there :cool: ;D
Psymonkee
24-11-2008, 00:20
;D
Didn't realise you knew what I looked like :D Not hiding in a tree in my garden or anything, are you? :p
No, no not at all....
/fumbles binoculars...
Nah just saw your face book pic :p
Nah just saw your face book pic :p
Oh doh, forgot about that :o;D
The next time you sign in to Xbox LIVE, be sure to check out the new winter items just released for your avatar. All of the items are completely free, so try them all on for JUST the right look.
Tip: It is easy to tell what is new when you are in the avatar editor, just look for the gold star. Any item of clothing with a gold star is new since your last sign in.
http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/12/03/the-winter-collection-is-now-available-for-your-avatar.aspx
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