Poll: New Xbox Experience!

[Bowstring]

I liked it, thought the user interface was very smooth and attractive. The new party system works well, it's nice not to have to choose just one friend to chat with. My only real complaint is that the avatars all look like transgenders no matter what you do to them.

I've used the new install feature with Fallout 3, hoping to see a drastic change in load times. I can actually see no change whatsoever... So that's slightly disappointing. Plus I've now gone from 11GB hard drive space to 5.6.

Are you kidding? The load times in Fallout 3 are all 2-10 seconds, way better then most games.

Oh lord, I hope my machine isn't on the way out.

 

[Anton P. Nym]

I liked it, thought the user interface was very smooth and attractive. The new party system works well, it's nice not to have to choose just one friend to chat with. My only real complaint is that the avatars all look like transgenders no matter what you do to them.

I've used the new install feature with Fallout 3, hoping to see a drastic change in load times. I can actually see no change whatsoever... So that's slightly disappointing. Plus I've now gone from 11GB hard drive space to 5.6.

Are you kidding? The load times in Fallout 3 are all 2-10 seconds, way better then most games.

Oh lord, I hope my machine isn't on the way out.

Maybe, maybe not. I find the 120GB drive to be much faster than my old 20GB drive; it could just be a matter of having a slower drive.

I fired up NXE this morning but only had about 15 minutes to explore before leaving for work; first impressions are reasonably favourable, though I wish there were some free themes for the new one and that the old themes integrated better with the new dash. I also thought that the old theme would be applied to the "guide" menu; oh well. (And what's with 250G for a theme? Sheesh, that's half the cost of a movie rental.)

Didn't play much with my avatar, so I'm not satisfied with it yet... I was hoping for some iconic one to use, but alas it's just meat-beings for now.

It does seem to run much faster than the old one; if nothing else, that makes the update worth it.

-- Steve

 

[Sir_Montague]

I think this might be a piracy issue later, but I sincerely love it to death.

Nope, you still have to have the disc in to play the game.

Fair enough, but I felt like it might still be a possibility worth mentioning...

 

[wilsonscrazybed]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.77551#945893

Show off your avatar!

 

[Sir_Montague]

Btw, staying up til 430 in the morning messing around with it and trying to learn the interface before having class today right now (9am) is the worst idea ever... and work after this. Just don't do that to yourself, a heads up from the more rational side of myself right now.

 

[Danny Ocean]

I refuse to subscribe to Xbox live until they either:

1. Make me pay for otherwise free things on the regular internet .
2. MAKE MORE GAMES WITH LOCAL PLAY! Seriously! It's the only reason I have a console!
3. Make it free.

 

[ElephantGuts]

Crap, I can't wait to get home and download this. Are there really a lot of customization options for your avatars? Because I hate those things as much as I hate Miis, even more maybe for invading the xbox, and the only way I plan on using the avatar is if I can make mine look like an orthodox Jew. And if I can't, I'm seriously writing a letter to Microsoft. And though you can copy games to the harddrive you still need to have the disk in the tray to play it, right? That's what I heard.

And what's up with the themes and gamerpictures? Can you still use your old ones?

 

[Sir_Montague]

Crap, I can't wait to get home and download this. Are there really a lot of customization options for your avatars? Because I hate those things as much as I hate Miis, even more maybe for invading the xbox, and the only way I plan on using the avatar is if I can make mine look like an orthodox Jew. And if I can't, I'm seriously writing a letter to Microsoft. And though you can copy games to the harddrive you still need to have the disk in the tray to play it, right? That's what I heard.

And what's up with the themes and gamerpictures? Can you still use your old ones?

There are quite a bit in comparison with the miis, but keep in mind, it's the first day it's released... They are going to periodically release more customization options etc. For both MS points and free (potentially with achievements is what I unofficially heard)... But your old themes and gamerpics are still available for use. Actually with the new update there are newer 'default' themes that are put on your xbox but you still keep your old ones, and they don't look half bad with NXE b/c the screen is less busy. Just make sure when you're creating your avatar you don't switch your gamerpic to a picture of the avatar (lame?)...

EDIT: BTW! The online (via computer) marketplace is up as opposed to last night at 4, check it out! [http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/default.htm]

 

[B4D 9R4MM3R]

There isn't an indifferent option. I don't see why they had to force me to make an avatar though. Can't I just not have an avatar?

Oh, and mottos are still only 21 characters.

And I still can't see why I can't delete my achievements. Why am I not allowed?!

 

[Aiden Rebirth]

I really love it, and it's a life saver for including a download function, scratched disk, need plague me no more! but I need a bigger harddrive

 

[Conqueror Kenny]

Why does the friends list not have an option to be in list form? I wanted to scroll and see if anyone was online, but the buggerdly think made me go through everybody, and told me fuck all whether they were online or not. After I checked by pressing the big X, I found out, but still. Plus, where's the option to see people you've played with recently? I loved that, it let me report the damn cheaters without having to play another game with them.

Encountered one chap earlier using a modded controller and could take a whole M1014 clip without dieing. I left, pressed the X, and discovered that I couldn't report him! He was lost!

It's still there. Click the guide button then go to friends and scroll right. Same as before really.

I'm not completely overwhelmed by this, for a new experience, I'm still doing exactly what I did before. I fiddled with it for fifteen minutes thought "that's cool" them played Gears again.

 

[Camarilla]

I find the avatars to be pointless, the new layout to be in-efficient, the marketplace loads 5-10 seconds slower and all my old themes are useless because the menu takes up three quarters of the screen. I want the old dashboard back.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

I'm rather disappointed that you can only have one avatar, but other than that, it's all right. Prefer the new layout as well.

 

[D_987]

Its a lot better than I thought it would be =)