XboxOne not so Xbox Fun

[DragonmasterDan]

After its many years on the market and with a chain store that sells used item having a 50% off coupon today I finally obtained an XboxOne. I do have a few mostly cheap games, but have found it to be slow to install software and a lot more tedious to use than the 360 that preceded it or the PS4. Dpes anyone have some recommendations for XboxOne exclusives or must haves for the system?

[Gredler]

I am not sure if any of these are exclusive since most xbone games are on pc,

Cuphead
Ori and the Blind Forest
Sea of Thieves
Halo


I got one earlier in the year, and I honestly regretted it from the get go. Game Pass is where I spend most of my time on the system, trying games I never purchased but was always curious about.

I will post some more when I am at my console, but yeah it's pretty embarrassing for Microsoft and is significantly less enjoyable to use than PS4 and Switch, imho.

[DragonmasterDan]

I am not sure if any of these are exclusive since most xbone games are on pc,

Cuphead
Ori and the Blind Forest
Sea of Thieves
Halo


I got one earlier in the year, and I honestly regretted it from the get go. Game Pass is where I spend most of my time on the system, trying games I never purchased but was always curious about.

I will post some more when I am at my console, but yeah it's pretty embarrassing for Microsoft and is significantly less enjoyable to use than PS4 and Switch, imho.

Cuphead is on switch
I'll pick up Halo 5 eventually when it gets cheap. I picked up another Bungie game, called Destiny for 1.99 at Gamestop. The sequel is 8.99.

I'll look into Ori and Sea of Thieves.

[KingDrool]

The XboxOne is a pain in the balls. I also find it tedious and cumbersome, just like you. I bought one about a year after launch, played Sunset Overdrive, Forza Horizon 3, and a little bit of Rare Replay. After that, it sat - mostly untouched, except for the occasional round of Killer Instinct or Cuphead - for a long time.

Until GamePass.

I picked up a GamePass membership for dirt cheap recently; I think it was $15 for 3 months or something. Since then, I've been playing my X1 a lot, mainly to sample games like Blazing Chrome and others.

Also, Ori and the Blind Forest is a fun game that I put a bunch of time into recently. Came free when I bought the console, but I had never played it. Give it a spin. It's also on GamePass

[DragonmasterDan]

The XboxOne is a pain in the balls. I also find it tedious and cumbersome, just like you. I bought one about a year after launch, played Sunset Overdrive, Forza Horizon 3, and a little bit of Rare Replay. After that, it sat - mostly untouched, except for the occasional round of Killer Instinct or Cuphead - for a long time.

Until GamePass.

I picked up a GamePass membership for dirt cheap recently; I think it was $15 for 3 months or something. Since then, I've been playing my X1 a lot, mainly to sample games like Blazing Chrome and others.

Also, Ori and the Blind Forest is a fun game that I put a bunch of time into recently. Came free when I bought the console, but I had never played it. Give it a spin. It's also on GamePass

After both of your recommendations I ordered this https://www.amazon.com/Ori-Blind-Forest-Definitive-Xbox-One/dp/B01EJNUMQ0/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=ori%2Band%2Bthe%2Bblind%2Bforest&link_code=qs&qid=1563310255&s=gateway&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sr=8-1&th=1

[_joshuaTurbo]

The XboxOne is a pain in the balls. I also find it tedious and cumbersome, just like you. I bought one about a year after launch, played Sunset Overdrive, Forza Horizon 3, and a little bit of Rare Replay. After that, it sat - mostly untouched, except for the occasional round of Killer Instinct or Cuphead - for a long time.

Until GamePass.

I picked up a GamePass membership for dirt cheap recently; I think it was $15 for 3 months or something. Since then, I've been playing my X1 a lot, mainly to sample games like Blazing Chrome and others.

Also, Ori and the Blind Forest is a fun game that I put a bunch of time into recently. Came free when I bought the console, but I had never played it. Give it a spin. It's also on GamePass

After both of your recommendations I ordered this https://www.amazon.com/Ori-Blind-Forest-Definitive-Xbox-One/dp/B01EJNUMQ0/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=ori%2Band%2Bthe%2Bblind%2Bforest&link_code=qs&qid=1563310255&s=gateway&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sr=8-1&th=1

I also like Volgarr the Viking and the backwards compatibility to a handful of fun Xborks and 360 games. But yea- after PS4, it's pretty much left in the dust.

[DragonmasterDan]

I also like Volgarr the Viking and the backwards compatibility to a handful of fun Xborks and 360 games. But yea- after PS4, it's pretty much left in the dust.

Speaking of the backwards compatibility you should give this game called Deadly Premonition a try.

I picked up Rise of the Tomb Raider, Gears of War 4,  and a cheapee called Has Been Hereoes earlier.

[xelement5x]

Yeah my main interest in the Xbox One is for the backwards compatibility, the 4K video playback (on S and X), and a handful of exclusives. 

The Rareware collection is another which comes to mind and is exclusive I think.  On multiplatform games the Xbone seems to normally have a graphical edge at least.

[deckard]

XBone also has a really nice controller in my opinion.  I have a friend that uses it for a pretty nice media center with the remote and the kinect integration.

[roflmao]

I don't know if I have any Xbox One exclusives, but like xele, I play a lot of 360 games on it and like that it takes advantage of a 4K UHD screen. We watch a lot of media through it as well. I dig the controller, too, but it pisses me off that I can't use my 360 controllers with it.

[KingDrool]

The XboxOne is a pain in the balls. I also find it tedious and cumbersome, just like you.

I just re-read this and...uh...it sounds bad. 

I meant just like you DO. I don't find you tedious, Dan. 

[xelement5x]

The XboxOne is a pain in the balls. I also find it tedious and cumbersome, just like you.

I just re-read this and...uh...it sounds bad. 

I meant just like you DO. I don't find you tedious, Dan. 

Just his balls?

[KingDrool]

All three of 'em.

[ValisLivesOn]

I bought a pre-owned Xbox One in 2018. The fan malfunctioned, had my younger brother replace it but he broke the disk drive during the process and I've needed to have the disk drive either fixed or replaced since then. Haven't had it hooked up since late 2019 based on my memory, and don't know if I will ever having hooked it back up due to already having a TG16 Mini, Evercade VS-R and a Switch hooked up already.