r/XboxSeriesX • u/Asleep-Sprinkles-760 • Apr 20 '24

This generation has been underwhelming Discussion

I bought a Series X at launch, and can’t think of a single game that has impressed me this gen. I’m a big Halo fan, and Halo Infinite felt like a letdown. I’m a Forza fan, and Forza Motorsport felt like a massive disappointment. I was exited for Starfield, but was underwhelmed after playing it.

It just feels like we’ve had no heavy hitters this gen, even 3rd party AAA games have been average at best. I guess the only hope I have left is with Gears 6, but aside from that, Microsoft needs to get their act together and start releasing some new games. It feels like games are taking way too long to make these days, we used to get bangers every year in the 360 gen. Even the Xbox One had more compelling games than what we have now

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '24

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u/fish_in_a_barrels Apr 21 '24

The 360 was the pinnacle of xbox. I was part of the group on xbox-scene.com that hacked the optical drives. We hacked a samsung pc drive so you could burn games on your pc instead of the console. It was awesome.

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u/danktonium Apr 21 '24

Why would you need to hack a PC drive to burn anything?

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u/fish_in_a_barrels Apr 21 '24

We didn't need to but it was a pain in the ass to do it on the xbox at the time. You had to insert an enable disc that would enable the firmware hack, burn the game then unable the firmware with a disc afterwards. Years later better methods evolved but the pc drive was fast and easy to use.

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u/Internal_Ad_2285 Apr 21 '24

The scene is making a revival

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u/fish_in_a_barrels Apr 21 '24

Where?

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u/Internal_Ad_2285 Apr 21 '24

It started rising from the dead around the pandemic

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u/fish_in_a_barrels Apr 21 '24

A regular pc drive won't burn a xbox game. It had to be the same firmware that was on the 360.

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u/GameJerk Apr 21 '24

If it's RGH'd just get a hard drive. Going to destroy your DVD drive in no time w/discs.

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u/speed721 Apr 21 '24

I'm just copying them over. Left that out. Lol

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u/digestedbrain Apr 21 '24

You have Aurora dashboard, right? Have you tried the Xbox Unity online component? It's like Xlink Kai/Xbox Connect which will allow you to play system link games online with others and it's built right into the dashboard. I used to play Halo Reach with tons of Brazilians every night.

http://phoenix.xboxunity.net/#/news

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u/gillgrissom Apr 21 '24

Dont need to burn games at all, a plug in usb hd will do the trick, you can even transfer to internal if you want.

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u/speed721 Apr 21 '24

Can you direct me to the best way or information you have in order to do this?

I see a few different things. Thank you so much.

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u/XboxSeriesX-ModTeam default Apr 21 '24

Thank you for you submission, unfortunately it has been removed for the following reason.

Rule #10 No piracy, jailbreaking, account (game) sharing, region switching, or other similar topics are allowed.

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