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Victor Mildew wrote:I never thought to do that!

Sort of related. Sometimes the requirements for the reward can be a bit vague, or chances are there's gonna a be quicker way to achieve the requirement. I use this channel for such occasions: https://www.youtube.com/c/RewardsHunter Their uploads for the latest rewards are always ready and waiting when I've looked them up, and there's no dreaded YouTube face or voice.

Only downside to cloud can be that sometimes it doesn't load the game. This only happens when a fresh set of challenges has gone live and so I am assuming the servers are getting hammered. But it sorts itself pretty quickly. (I either try again later in the evening or the next day and then it loads up every time.)

Saint of Killers wrote:
Victor Mildew wrote:I never thought to do that!

Sort of related. Sometimes the requirements for the reward can be a bit vague, or chances are there's gonna a be quicker way to achieve the requirement. I use this channel for such occasions: https://www.youtube.com/c/RewardsHunter Their uploads for the latest rewards are always ready and waiting when I've looked them up, and there's no dreaded YouTube face or voice.

I usually use https://www.trueachievements.com/xbox-quests

The comments on the quests are usually helpful in finding out how easy a quest is to complete.

Moggy wrote:
Saint of Killers wrote:
Victor Mildew wrote:I never thought to do that!

Sort of related. Sometimes the requirements for the reward can be a bit vague, or chances are there's gonna a be quicker way to achieve the requirement. I use this channel for such occasions: https://www.youtube.com/c/RewardsHunter Their uploads for the latest rewards are always ready and waiting when I've looked them up, and there's no dreaded YouTube face or voice.

I usually use https://www.trueachievements.com/xbox-quests

The comments on the quests are usually helpful in finding out how easy a quest is to complete.

Very true if this tip works for Gorogoa!

If you already played this game, then go into settings, from Chapter 0 go skip into Chapter 1, and the quest should be complete.

jawa_ wrote:Cloud-only for the two EA games? I hadn't realised that Cloud-only options existed in Game Pass. Do any of you Xbox folks use Cloud gaming much?

I play on my phone using a controller in bed some times using cloud gaming. It's good for pick up and play stuff, but not for anything that takes a while before you get control.

Has anybody gave Lost in Random a try?

Buffalo wrote:Has anybody gave Lost in Random a try?

I gave it 5 minutes and then moved on. Not sure why. Maybe too much other stuff to try.

Coming to Game Pass on 21st June.

twitter.com/LootRiver/status/1516764369039757314

Lootriver out 3rd May.

jawa_ wrote:Cloud-only for the two EA games? I hadn't realised that Cloud-only options existed in Game Pass. Do any of you Xbox folks use Cloud gaming much?

I exclusively use cloud to play ganepass games, due to not being in a position where I can get a new console or PC right now.

I think it works really well. If you've ever seen me on twitch playing a Ganepass game then that would have been me sharing my screen as I used the cloud service on a browser. Very impressed with the tech. I think this will be the predominant way people play videogames in 10 years, and running games locally will be the domain of "hobbyists" like us.

aayl1 wrote:
jawa_ wrote:Cloud-only for the two EA games? I hadn't realised that Cloud-only options existed in Game Pass. Do any of you Xbox folks use Cloud gaming much?

I exclusively use cloud to play ganepass games, due to not being in a position where I can get a new console or PC right now.

I think it works really well. If you've ever seen me on twitch playing a Ganepass game then that would have been me sharing my screen as I used the cloud service on a browser. Very impressed with the tech. I think this will be the predominant way people play videogames in 10 years, and running games locally will be the domain of "hobbyists" like us.

To be honest, your timing of jumps in Ori seemed spot on, some very technical parts that require fast responses, did you have to pre-empt things slightly earlier or is it seem less?

Photek wrote:
aayl1 wrote:
jawa_ wrote:Cloud-only for the two EA games? I hadn't realised that Cloud-only options existed in Game Pass. Do any of you Xbox folks use Cloud gaming much?

I exclusively use cloud to play ganepass games, due to not being in a position where I can get a new console or PC right now.

I think it works really well. If you've ever seen me on twitch playing a Ganepass game then that would have been me sharing my screen as I used the cloud service on a browser. Very impressed with the tech. I think this will be the predominant way people play videogames in 10 years, and running games locally will be the domain of "hobbyists" like us.

To be honest, your timing of jumps in Ori seemed spot on, some very technical parts that require fast responses, did you have to pre-empt things slightly earlier or is it seem less?

It couldn't seem less seamless if it tried!

So yeah, no pre empting of jumps or anything like that. I get extremely little to no input lag and routinely forget I'm playing via streaming. This is even the case on wifi. I've tried wifi on a 250MB connection and wired on a 40MB connection, both perfect.

I wish xcloud wasn't absolutely shite for me

Its generally very decent for me, but the slightest glitch makes me very aware that I am streaming the game and it loses all of its appeal. Daft I know, but I suppose I am just set in my ways.

Works perfectly for me, but I have to check my phone to make sure I'm on the 5ghz WiFi as there doesn't seem to be any way to set it to that permanently. Just seems to be a case of turning the wi-fi on and off until you get the right result. It's awful on a 2.4 connection.

Yes, 2.4GHz is not the connection you want to be on for game streaming. Pretty sure all streaming services advice to be on the 5GHz band, but some people do get good results with 2.4.

It's awful for me and that's with an ethernet cable.

twitter.com/_Pedz_/status/1448709659020439556

Lol I've never had anything like that. What speed is your connection?

Wow I've never seen anything like that before.

And I was an OnLive subscriber back in the day!

Great gameplay from top walking sim Melty Land, thanks for sharing Pedz!

more heat than light wrote:Lol I've never had anything like that. What speed is your connection?

70mb.

That's the thing. Stadia and PSNow are fine.

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