Comments on: The New Xbox Experience goes live

By: patlike

patlike — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:36:36 +0000

Pardon?

By: Johnny Cullen

Johnny Cullen — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:33:42 +0000

Angel of Deaf, Pat?

See what I did there?

By: patlike

patlike — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:41:47 +0000

I sound like an angel, I’ll have you know.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:37:10 +0000

I pity your family.

By: patlike

patlike — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:31:33 +0000

I just got a copy of Lips.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:20:38 +0000

I didn’t buy anything yet. Apart from a Wii. But that’s not mine.

By: morriss

morriss — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:18:53 +0000

I thought you got a 360, Blerk?

*confused*

By: Quiiick

Quiiick — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:47:31 +0000

@ Blerk
Looks cute!
First thought you meant “old-kid show” instead of “old kid-show”. That would have been very correct …

By: Blerk

Blerk — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:32:59 +0000

An old kids show.

By: Quiiick

Quiiick — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:22:52 +0000

@ Blerk
I’m no brit!
What’s “Camberwick Green”?

By: morriss

morriss — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:15:24 +0000

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/runnersdialzero/avatar-body.png

By: Blerk

Blerk — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:10:42 +0000

Wow, Quiiick’s straight out of Camberwick Green!

By: Quiiick

Quiiick — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:04:54 +0000

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/quiiick/avatar-body.png

By: Johnny Cullen

Johnny Cullen — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:03:13 +0000

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/JohnnySaidDance/avatar-body.png

Who wants to show their avatars?

By: Lutz

Lutz — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:26:12 +0000

Have they upped friends list from 100 yet FFS?

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:26:34 +0000

The new friends list is definitely useless. Needs sorting options.

By: JPickford

JPickford — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:25:48 +0000

I don’t think it’s quicker or easier to find stuff. The animations are smoother but there’s generally less information on screen and lists show like 4 times (your friends list is useless now).

I do think the blades were getting in a bit of a state but I think that was down to poor organization rather than the concept being flawed.

By: Michael O'Connor

Michael O'Connor — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:38:34 +0000

“Can you actually launch a game you have on your HDD in less than 7 button presses now?”

Yes. You just go to your profile and click the game.

If its not in recently played, you just scroll over one menu and select it from there.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:34:47 +0000

Button presses or actions? Because you still obviously have to move the controller left / right etc.

By: DrDamn

DrDamn — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:32:30 +0000

Can you actually launch a game you have on your HDD in less than 7 button presses now?

By: Michael O'Connor

Michael O'Connor — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:31:37 +0000

“I can’t say I’m impressed. It’s really cumbersome. And the avatars are really lacking in flexibility.”

What were you expecting? The greatest evolution in media entertainment since the advent of the television..? *chuckles*

Certainly won’t call it cumbersome though. It’s a bit of a re-adjustment after being hot-wired to the blade layout for so long, but it’s a *hell* of a lot easier to find stuff, especially on the marketplace.

Gamertag is ” Words of Ivory ” for anyone who cares.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:30:31 +0000

My main issue initially was not knowing where anything was.

By: mart

mart — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:23:03 +0000

Do you honestly think its more cumbersome than the old system? I find that very surprising if you do.

By: JPickford

JPickford — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:05:29 +0000

I can’t say I’m impressed. It’s really cumbersome. And the avatars are really lacking in flexibility.

I think most people will be using the mini-blades thing once the novelty wears off.