Gaming Official XBOX 360 Discussion Thread

[phoood]

If it hasn't been mentioned yet, add FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage to the essentials list. It's $10 cheaper than most 360 games and looks amazing. They increased the number of cars on track to 12 (from 8) and the number of objects on screen is something like 8,000, it's insane. Can't wait to pick up my copy later this week (when i get paid

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Here's a video of the Darts mini-game, i can't wait to see the others

After playing the PGR:4 demo, I can now say that my game racing experience is now ruined to the point where fun looking race games like this don't look fun anymore. Damn you realistic physics. But this does look fucking awesome.

So I read a while ago that microsoft had starting banning flashed systems, but a friend of mine never got caught. Is there some flashing that's still safe?

Latest iXtreme firmware is supposedly Live-safe.

It is impossible for iXtreme firmware to get banned from Live unless you accidentally put in a game unstealthed. Every game you download now generally comes prepatched though so that most likely will never happen.

Why is it impossible?

 

[Devante]

You need a PCI-based SATA card with a VIA chipset.

I've read that this is the best SATA-to-PCI card to get: link

However, I don't have any free PCI slots.
What about SATA to USB adapters?
If so, will this one work?: link

Or the the X360USB? http://www.sws.vxcomputers.com/x360usb/


P.S. How great would it be to be able to use this: SATA USB Docking Bay

 

[MaHe]

I don't think USB -> SATA adapters work at all with DosFlash. Are you sure you can't throw out just one card temporarily for this process?

 

[ackers]

If it hasn't been mentioned yet, add FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage to the essentials list. It's $10 cheaper than most 360 games and looks amazing. They increased the number of cars on track to 12 (from 8) and the number of objects on screen is something like 8,000, it's insane. Can't wait to pick up my copy later this week (when i get paid

)

Here's a video of the Darts mini-game, i can't wait to see the others

The demo is awesome I want this game a lot but I want Burnout Paradise a lot more.

PGR4 also looks awesome from the demo... so many quality 360 racers

 

[Gaisuto]

So I read a while ago that microsoft had starting banning flashed systems, but a friend of mine never got caught. Is there some flashing that's still safe?

Latest iXtreme firmware is supposedly Live-safe.


It is impossible for iXtreme firmware to get banned from Live unless you accidentally put in a game unstealthed. Every game you download now generally comes prepatched though so that most likely will never happen.

Why is it impossible?

I don't know the technical mumbo jumbo about it but pretty much what iXtreme does is hide the info on a disc that tells if it's on an actual disc or a +R. As long as the disc is properly stealth patched, the info has no way of reaching the 360, so no way for Microsoft to see it. Therefore no ban.

 

[Devante]

Check out this SATA-to-PCI card.

Not only is is SATA x2, but it's also USB x4 and IDE x1.
And it's VIA chipset.


http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.7598

 

[2cb2ct7]

I've heard that it is possible to flash to iXtreme's latest firmware without voiding your warranty at all. Anyone know if this is true? Please PM me if you have any info!

 

[phoood]

All I've heard is people just carefully pace the stick back on, whatever that means. I'd also like to know the answer to 2cb2ct7's question.

 

[gordillo]

sorry for the noob question but can i have downloadable content on a disk? ex. crackdown - "key to the city"

 

[hankchill]

Hey add me to the list of peoples in the first post:
My gamertag is: Hank Chill

Easy enough

 

[xflash]

my tags Paukatt (pronounced paucat okay!)

 

[unr]

While at it, could you remove dot from my gamertag?
It's unris and not unris.

Thanks

I'll see if I can send everybody friend requests tomorrow. After recent LIVE bannings I feel like I have to make the most of my subscription while I can. I do not play online that much (crappy ISP and crappy router don't mix), but at least it should be fun to compare highscores and achievements in various games.

 

[QuantumFluxx]

 

[lagman]

While at it, could you remove dot from my gamertag?
It's unris and not unris.

Done, I also added all the people that posted his gamertag today.
See you on LIVE guys, literally see you 'cause I have almost no games

 

[hankchill]

While at it, could you remove dot from my gamertag?
It's unris and not unris.


Done, I also added all the people that posted his gamertag today.
See you on LIVE guys, literally see you 'cause I have almost no games

heh, you *almost* have no games, yet I have *no* games

I've been playing Xbox Live Arcade games until I get my Rock Band tomorrow

If anyone has/is getting Rock Band, we need to rock together

--Henry

 

[Opium]

I just finished Mass Effect yesterday. Total tally, 19 hours. Such a brilliant game. I love it to bits. I suggest anyone who hasn't tried it yet go out and give it a try

 

[AshuraZro]

My tag is well hidden in my signature. You'd better hire a crack team of decoders from all around the world to figure it out!

 

[BoneMonkey]

I just finished Mass Effect yesterday. Total tally, 19 hours. Such a brilliant game. I love it to bits. I suggest anyone who hasn't tried it yet go out and give it a try

what class did you play ??

im using a soldier now cuase i love the weapons !

........ im thinking of using a vanguard next time i get my friends xbox360 lol

 

[Opium]

I just finished Mass Effect yesterday. Total tally, 19 hours. Such a brilliant game. I love it to bits. I suggest anyone who hasn't tried it yet go out and give it a try

what class did you play ??

im using a soldier now cuase i love the weapons !

........ im thinking of using a vanguard next time i get my friends xbox360 lol

I used Vanguard. It's a great class. Shotgun + Biotic powers = unstoppable

It was a little hard to start out with, using just a pistol with no real points put into the skill but as you go on it gets easier and by the end you're a killing machine.

 

[BoneMonkey]

i knew it ! cuase the soldier class is more for if you want to focus on multiple weapons like sniper rifle and shotgun etc

but its a waste im going to start over i wanna be more evil too

ive been to nice