Make sure Bluetooth is switched on on your PC, then switch on your XB1 controller (to avoid conflicts, make sure your Xbox isn't on at the time - I unplugged mine so the controller wouldn't power it on). Then press the sync/pair button on it for 3 secs to put it into pairing mode. Then open up Bluetooth devices on your PC, and it should have found the controller, and you can then click "pair" for the connection to be made. You shouldn't need to download anything - it should auto-detect any drivers etc. that are needed and install them for you. Obviously you would need to re-pair the controller again with the Xbox next time you want to use it on the console (for this reason, I keep one of my controllers paired with my PC and the other with the Xbox).
Make sure Bluetooth is switched on on your PC, then switch on your XB1 controller (to avoid conflicts, make sure your Xbox isn't on at the time - I unplugged mine so the controller wouldn't power it on). Then press the sync/pair button on it for 3 secs to put it into pairing mode. Then open up Bluetooth devices on your PC, and it should have found the controller, and you can then click "pair" for the connection to be made. You shouldn't need to download anything - it should auto-detect any drivers etc. that are needed and install them for you. Obviously you would need to re-pair the controller again with the Xbox next time you want to use it on the console (for this reason, I keep one of my controllers paired with my PC and the other with the Xbox).
Beat Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice last night. 57 hours total by Steam's count for my first play through start to finish though there will still 2 optional bosses I missed and a couple mini bosses.
I got the Dragon's Homecoming ending, which actually seems like the most complicated ending to get, just by taking it slow and trying to learn as much as possible about the world.
Its hard. Its a damn hard game. But its very good. Not a masterpiece that some call it, but very good. I feel like the people who call it a masterpiece are getting carried away with feeling good over beating the game. It has some truly great parts but some flaws, and that's not considering its diffculty as a flaw as many would.
The world design is absolutely STUNNING. The lore is good. The story narrative is very good (surprisingly for a FromSoft game). The characters are good. The Japanese voice acting is very very good (I would recommend playing with Japanese VA to fit the setting, plus the English VA is pretty bad). There are some very, very cool cutscenes which get you hyped up every time.
There's basically two games in there. The boss fights and the rest of the world. The world exploration is almost like a sandbox. You're a ninja (or Shinobi) in feudal Japan in the fictional Ashina mountains. Getting to run along rooftops, sneaking around, hugging walls, getting instant stealth deathblows, using a grappling hook and throwing shurikens and utilising other Shinobi tools to gain an advantage. Its almost like a ninja sandbox. I think most people would not have much trouble traversing the world and fighting the normal enemies through combat or stealth and would probably find it quite fun. I should make it clear its not massively open like Skyrim or whatever but you are free to go where you please once an area has been unlocked.
Then there are the bosses and mini-bosses. You'll die. A lot. I found some bosses much harder than others and some streamers I watched had their own bosses that they had a harder time with. All the bosses are unique and the way you play will lead to some being harder than the rest. Against the harder ones you can expect to spend hours on frustrating attempts for a single boss. My thigh got some bruising from slamming my controller into my lap because of some of my deaths. I died not only to bosses, but to the funky camera and arena layouts due to not actually being able to see something in a particular moment. Some of the enemy tracking is total bullsh*t too.
Frame-by-frame screenshot from a 60FPS YouTube video:
For many players, the bosses will be too hard. Bosses hit HARD and some have very short openings for you to deal damage in return if you aren't staying close to them, and you will end up dying having used all your healing and looking at the nearly full enemy HP bar and feel like "what's the point?". Its hard. Don't underestimate how hard it can be. If you aren't prepared for a serious challenge you will not like this game. I was sat at 1 hr 40 mins and on the verge of returning it (steam refund policy is under 2 hr played), because of how soul crushingly difficulty I was finding it. But I'm really glad I didn't because its a great game if you can overcome it.
My personal issues with it are how shinobi tools and combat arts are implemented. They nearly all cost varying amounts of Spirit Emblems to use and you get a total per life that you can hold. You also need to buy or find more in the world if you run out. It really put me off using them and actually most of them weren't worth trying to use in most boss fights. There's one particular shinobi tool which is great for a ~2 second stun on nearly all enemies but all the rest left me open to more damage and didn't do enough in return. Just felt like they were really poorly implemented for use in fights where you want all the help you can get. I would have preferred it if the player had a slowly regenerating bar like how magic in Dark Souls 3 worked as the resource for these moves, rather than 1 consumable you couldn't replenish until at a rest site.
After nearly a week with my ps4pro on 1080. I've noticed big difference on the exclusives. They all have settings to choose to boost frame rate or resolution. And other pro options even old games. Frame rate is very noticeable. So I normally use that setting. I'd say I'd notice resolution boost if I had a 4k. But definitely better experience even on 1080.
Beat Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice last night. 57 hours total by Steam's count for my first play through start to finish though there will still 2 optional bosses I missed and a couple mini bosses.
I got the Dragon's Homecoming ending, which actually seems like the most complicated ending to get, just by taking it slow and trying to learn as much as possible about the world.
Its hard. Its a damn hard game. But its very good. Not a masterpiece that some call it, but very good. I feel like the people who call it a masterpiece are getting carried away with feeling good over beating the game. It has some truly great parts but some flaws, and that's not considering its diffculty as a flaw as many would.
The world design is absolutely STUNNING. The lore is good. The story narrative is very good (surprisingly for a FromSoft game). The characters are good. The Japanese voice acting is very very good (I would recommend playing with Japanese VA to fit the setting, plus the English VA is pretty bad). There are some very, very cool cutscenes which get you hyped up every time.
There's basically two games in there. The boss fights and the rest of the world. The world exploration is almost like a sandbox. You're a ninja (or Shinobi) in feudal Japan in the fictional Ashina mountains. Getting to run along rooftops, sneaking around, hugging walls, getting instant stealth deathblows, using a grappling hook and throwing shurikens and utilising other Shinobi tools to gain an advantage. Its almost like a ninja sandbox. I think most people would not have much trouble traversing the world and fighting the normal enemies through combat or stealth and would probably find it quite fun. I should make it clear its not massively open like Skyrim or whatever but you are free to go where you please once an area has been unlocked.
Then there are the bosses and mini-bosses. You'll die. A lot. I found some bosses much harder than others and some streamers I watched had their own bosses that they had a harder time with. All the bosses are unique and the way you play will lead to some being harder than the rest. Against the harder ones you can expect to spend hours on frustrating attempts for a single boss. My thigh got some bruising from slamming my controller into my lap because of some of my deaths. I died not only to bosses, but to the funky camera and arena layouts due to not actually being able to see something in a particular moment. Some of the enemy tracking is total bullsh*t too.
For many players, the bosses will be too hard. Bosses hit HARD and some have very short openings for you to deal damage in return if you aren't staying close to them, and you will end up dying having used all your healing and looking at the nearly full enemy HP bar and feel like "what's the point?". Its hard. Don't underestimate how hard it can be. If you aren't prepared for a serious challenge you will not like this game. I was sat at 1 hr 40 mins and on the verge of returning it (steam refund policy is under 2 hr played), because of how soul crushingly difficulty I was finding it. But I'm really glad I didn't because its a great game if you can overcome it.
My personal issues with it are how shinobi tools and combat arts are implemented. They nearly all cost varying amounts of Spirit Emblems to use and you get a total per life that you can hold. You also need to buy or find more in the world if you run out. It really put me off using them and actually most of them weren't worth trying to use in most boss fights. There's one particular shinobi tool which is great for a ~2 second stun on nearly all enemies but all the rest left me open to more damage and didn't do enough in return. Just felt like they were really poorly implemented for use in fights where you want all the help you can get. I would have preferred it if the player had a slowly regenerating bar like how magic in Dark Souls 3 worked as the resource for these moves, rather than 1 consumable you couldn't replenish until at a rest site.
Come to the first snake meeting myself,I think the dark souls games are much more fun, for instance the fighting mechanism and all the different weapons u can have there. Also the grappling hook made it feel a bit like a Spiderman game.
I don't think you need a dongle anymore do you? Xbox controllers should connect without Bluetooth automatically on Windows 10 and there's free software to dl to connect it on W7. If it's wired then it's just plug and play.
PS4 controllers connect easily too and Steam has full controller support.
Eventually I got it working plugged in. Turns out my desktop, or copied Windows 8.2, just doesn’t have Bluetooth capability. Plugged the controller in with an old Samsung micro USB which vibrated but then did nothing - kept showing as an unknown device in Device Manager. Had a scout around online and downloaded a driver for it, didn’t work, worked, didn’t work & then worked. Managed to easily do the NieR:automata prologue first try (after doing it all I know I definitely would never have managed on the keyboard past where I got to).
Hopefully tonight when I turn it on it’ll work from the start again as I’ve just downloaded CS:GO!
What you do you have ??? if it's a 1070 or above ..as in including the 2 series obvs.. crysis 3, to see it running in it's full glory, breathtaking, especially in 4k, exodus too...filthy!!! I generally now play at 1440p as my old 1080ti cant do 4k ultra at 60 fps anymore but luckily my ol Sony TV manages 1440p @60fps just fine and from couch viewing, pretty hard to see the difference anyway....I digress, any battlefield games are generally stunning to look at too, I mentioned Exodus, but if you haven't played metro 2033 or last light..grab them first, still great games and won't be mad taxing at 4k, will really help with the lore of Exodus too. Ope it elps.
Eventually I got it working plugged in. Turns out my desktop, or copied Windows 8.2, just doesn’t have Bluetooth capability. Plugged the controller in with an old Samsung micro USB which vibrated but then did nothing - kept showing as an unknown device in Device Manager. Had a scout around online and downloaded a driver for it, didn’t work, worked, didn’t work & then worked. Managed to easily do the NieR:automata prologue first try (after doing it all I know I definitely would never have managed on the keyboard past where I got to).
Hopefully tonight when I turn it on it’ll work from the start again as I’ve just downloaded CS:GO!
Brave....brave man, CS GO on a controller ?? Arse.... handed and plate spring to mind lol
Thanks for this info on xbox controllers though, didn't realise it would work without the dongle. Shocked it did tbh. I have the dongle as I presumed it needed one....grrr.
Brave....brave man, CS GO on a controller ?? Arse.... handed and plate spring to mind lol
Thanks for this info on xbox controllers though, didn't realise it would work without the dongle. Shocked it did tbh. I have the dongle as I presumed it needed one....grrr.
Eventually I got it working plugged in. Turns out my desktop, or copied Windows 8.2, just doesn’t have Bluetooth capability. Plugged the controller in with an old Samsung micro USB which vibrated but then did nothing - kept showing as an unknown device in Device Manager. Had a scout around online and downloaded a driver for it, didn’t work, worked, didn’t work & then worked. Managed to easily do the NieR:automata prologue first try (after doing it all I know I definitely would never have managed on the keyboard past where I got to).
Hopefully tonight when I turn it on it’ll work from the start again as I’ve just downloaded CS:GO!
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