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Xbox One Tour- Dublin
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I went to it, plenty on consoles/games to try it out. The joypad seemed pretty crap. It is very difficult to press the bumper buttons, bf4 was really buggy also. I enjoyed dead rising 3 and fifas new engine was pretty good, made the game alot more enjoyable
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General Impressions.
The controller
The Xb1 controller is amazing, much lighter and slightly smaller than the 360 controller. The battery's are well hidden in the design. The thumb sticks are noticeably smaller and offer more grip than its predecessor. The buttons are far more responsive. The dead zones are almost non existent. The left and right triggers are larger than the 360 triggers and respond to the slightest touch which at first was causing me some problems until I realised in most FPS games I hold slight pressure on the left trigger before fully pressing to aim down the sight. The left and right bumper buttons aren't as clicky as they used to be on the 360 but are much more responsive. It took me only about 20 seconds to fully adjust to the controller from the moment it was in my hand.
The console and the Kinect - first impressions
It's not as big as I thought it would be and the Kinect was far smaller than I had expected. It looks really wide in pictures but It really isn't that big at all.
The Kinect sports rivals demo was fun. The demo is a jet skiing race. I only had to extend my arms forward and steer the jet ski. I had to avoid mines in the water and other obstacles while racing. When I hit jumps I would bend forward from the waist and my character would do flips on the jet ski in mid air.
The Kinect worked really well at sensing the slightest movements and the lady demonstrating it was able to show me that I can use the Kinect at a very short distance and it will still pick up full body movements the same as when I was standing a good bit back at the beginning of the demo.
Graphics :cool:
When you start playing the games thoughts of "is this 720p, 900p and 1080p" go right out the window. All the games look beautiful. I really liked the graphics in BF4 multiplayer, dead rising 3, Ryse, FIFA and of course Forza which just looks incredible.
Games I played
Battlefield 4 - The graphics look great and the game plays very smooth, no frame drops even during intense fire fights. We played 8 vs 8 conquest on a small map called Zavod 311. The games were intense. Playing this game using the new controller was brilliant, so responsive. People at the tour talked about how much better the XB1 version is compared to the 360's version.
Kinect integration with BF4 - When you lean to one side your character mirrors this instantly on screen. There is no jerky movement on screen, its really smooth and effortless.
Ryse - I was really prepared to dislike this game but I actually enjoyed it. The graphics are beautiful. It wasn't campaign or multiplayer that we were playing. It was like a demo mode were I fought in an arena against small waves of enemies. It was really enjoyable, I'll pick this up later in the year when its a little cheaper to buy. The fighting style of the game reminded me of assassins creed 2 when fighting more than 1 opponent at the same time.
Call of Duty Ghosts - Graphics look very good, as good as they can for a stock call of duty release. I have this on the 360 and the overall graphical difference is slightly better. The HUD looks a lot sharper and is easier to see on the XB1 version. The guns and optics look a good bit better on the XB1.
Fifa 14 - Looks great, and the craic is 90 when having a game. The controls have been improved again since FIFA 13. Graphics are really nice, right down to seeing individual blades of grass in replays when the cameras were passing the sidelines.
Dead rising 3 - I am not a Dead Rising fan, I just couldn't get into DR 1 and 2. After 1 game of this I am now a fan. It was amazing. Some highlights were killing zombies with an inflatable toy
, dosing a huge crowd of zombies with a flame thrower, using a huge hammer that was like Thor's hammer to pound on hordes, using multiple sawn off shotguns while spinning around firing like crazy, shooting a zombie in the face with a flare gun and the best highlight was watching a guy use a steam roller to flatten a wave of zombies.
Killer Instinct - The graphics look great and the gameplay is fun. In case anyone is wondering there are 4 characters to choose from in the character selection screen.
Forza - LOOKS STUNNING, the force feedback rumble on the individual triggers is awesome. The demo is really short, I think its 2 laps. I wont be picking this up because I am not a racing game fan. I enjoyed the games.
Audio headsets at each console - They were using the Astro A40 and the Turtle beach Seven headsets. In my opinion the Astro headset sounded a lot better than the TB Seven. They both hooked into the optical port in the back of the XB1.
Some pics
FIFA
Killer Instinct
Killer Instinct arcade joystick.
Kinect Sports Rivals
Downstairs
I was disappointed that there were no competitions to win an XB1 or games etc. I thought they might give out t-shirts but unfortunately there was nada...
HMV/Xtravision have a stand inside taking preorders for the XB1 and were mentioning they are the only company out of the local games stores that could guarantee an XB1 before Christmas.
I am looking forward to picking up the Xbox One next Friday 0
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