While on Endor, regardless of what is going on in the Star Wars Battlefront multiplayer universe; a stop along the lake is a welcome pause for reflection about ones place.
It doesn’t take long for someone with a silly gamertag to ruin what could have been a moment. The walk is nice and as long as you keep your wits about you; everything will be OK.
Waiting for Fallout 4 to install.
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5 is lame. Limited player options, and well it’s a chore. The original Tony Hawk was fun, hours and hours of fun and the latest installment of the skateboarding franchise is more like work.
Letting this digest and going to go experience Fallout 4; it is heard that Fallout is not lame.
I am really bad; in fact God awful seems appropriate at Star Wars Battlefront, but it’s fun.
The Xbox One seems touchy, overly complicated, and even time consuming; or I’ve been doing it wrong.
Nearly a full week ago a brand new Xbox One console from Microsoft was unboxed in our living room to the overwhelming excitement of a little boy and his dad. The last console; the Nintendo Wii was unplugged and moved to the higher shelf and now rests comfortably next to the Sega Genesis and Nintendo NES.
With a space cleared the Xbox was connected to the Television, Internet and powered on for a next generation experience…
“Your console needs an update.”
Ok; no worries.
15 seconds in to downloading the update my son proclaims that,
“This is taking forever!”
This was foreshadowing.
After the console updated and the game was installed; then the controller required an updated version.
The controller!?
An hour later and I don’t know how many, “are we there yet’s” gaming began. The gaming is fun and the Xbox One handles game play with ease. Pounding through layers of blocks on a Minecraft map or surviving endless waves of Imperial force in Star Wars Battlefront; the Xbox delivers problem free fun.
Microsoft’s console is pretty remarkable and offers a cornucopia of entertainment options to satisfy any member of the house. Before the long list of features, functions and benefits the Xbox One console provides to the user; let’s talk about what “it” is.
The Xbox One home video game and entertainment console from Microsoft is a Gaming Desktop. Let that sink in.
Now, I know what you are thinking…
Am I comparing the Xbox One from Microsoft to MSI’s Vortex G65? Yes, yes I am. Simply on price. The MSI desktop computer offers an Intel I7 gaming experience that I’m sure will knock your socks off; if the $3,999 price tag doesn’t . The Xbox and Sony’s PlayStation 4 both use an AMD CPU and I just bought an XBOX for $299. $3,999 vs $299; I mean, it’s there; one of those numbers is really large and the other is, well, it’s the opposite. So, with that being said; I believe that the Xbox One is a remarkable achievement in whatever category this feat would go into.
A gaming PC for $299! You know what a gaming PC is? A computer. A desktop computer that handles next generation games as well as all the other functions you’ve come to expect from a computer running Windows for $299. Sure, there is no monitor; but you probably already own a television with an HDMI port and I doubt a budget desktop would include a monitor at a price of $299.
Now at this price many short comings can easily be forgiven and overlooked, but the Xbox started with a much larger price. Had this console been purchased earlier at a higher price, different opinions would present themselves.
One issue with the Xbox appears to be the way the console clears the memory. Windows has a long history with memory clearing issues and the Xbox One is no exception. Console freeze, screen freeze; whatever you call it, it is frustrating. A simple solution to the underperforming RAM uses the power cord and a wee bit of time.
Problem free operation of the Xbox One requires all power to be cut and enough time for the console to reset itself.
Plug in and play.
Power cord; check.
HDMI cable; check.
Ethernet cable; check.
1 hour to download updates and set up an XBOX One…yeah; check.
Why in the world did that take so long?
Oh well, up and running now.
Wait? The controller needs an update?
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