Microsoft's free 4K 360 enhancements put a lot of paid remasters to shame

Remo Williams · Mar 1, 2018

Porsche said:
While BC is good it's not a replacement for remasters in all cases. Emulation will never improve game design or make needed fixes. See the upcoming dark souls remaster

Yes, but BC is not meant to be a replacement, it's a great - and free - addition. Remember that emulation will likewise not make dubious and uncalled for changes to classic games. See the Bioshock collection, Return to Arkham or *shudders* Silent Hill HD Collection.

Grimminski · Mar 1, 2018

Did they do anything else to The Witcher 2? I seem to remember the original 360 release having a different, somewhat warmer, color palette than the PC release. Now it looks pretty close, aside from the pulled back camera.

Fortinbras · Mar 1, 2018

I need Split/Second in 4k. Do it Microsoft.

Juxtapozed · Mar 1, 2018

Just ordered an Xbox One X to mainly play Gears 3, Ninja Gaiden Black and Radiant Silvergun. Having NGB, Bayonetta and DMC3 HD (soon!) on one system was one of the bigger selling points for me. Hoping for Ninja Gaiden 2 to be X enhanced too.

And then wait for the eventual forza horizon 4 announcement...

Kratos2013 · Mar 1, 2018

Downloading a 1gb update for Mass Effect 3.

Shpeshal Nick · Mar 1, 2018

nycgamer4ever said:
Are there enhancements for those games on the xbox one s? If not and you need to buy an X its really not free.

I know right?

Especially if you factor in the petrol you need to drive out to the store. The coffee you might buy on the way, the electricity required to run the One X, the Gold subscription to make even having it worthwhile and then the university degree you have to have to even know how to use the UI. Backwards compatibility is probably the biggest rip off in gaming.

Remo Williams · Mar 1, 2018

Juxtapozed said:
Just ordered an Xbox One X to mainly play Gears 3, Ninja Gaiden Black and Radiant Silvergun. Having NGB, Bayonetta and DMC3 HD (soon!) on one system was one of the bigger selling points for me. Hoping for Ninja Gaiden 2 to be X enhanced too.

And then wait for the eventual forza horizon 4 announcement...

NGB looks amazing on the X. It already looked beautiful on the base Xbox One, but the higher resolution and better texture filtering really elevate it to a whole new level.You're going to love it.

M1chl · Mar 1, 2018

Kratos2013 said:
Downloading a 1gb update for Mass Effect 3.

Wait, WHAT?

freeradical · Mar 1, 2018

FML!!! Skate 3 !!! Goodbye spare time!

Juxtapozed · Mar 1, 2018

Remo Williams said:
NGB looks amazing on the X. It already looked beautiful on the base Xbox One, but the higher resolution and better texture filtering really elevate it to a whole new level.You're going to love it.

Thanks for hyping it up even more It can't come quick enough!

leng jai · Mar 1, 2018

Shpeshal Ed said:
I know right?

Especially if you factor in the petrol you need to drive out to the store. The coffee you might buy on the way, the electricity required to run the One X, the Gold subscription to make even having it worthwhile and then the university degree you have to have to even know how to use the UI. Backwards compatibility is probably the biggest rip off in gaming.

Can't believe Microsoft and Sony are charging us the price of a console to access these "free" 4K patches. Utter scum.

Verruckt93 · Mar 1, 2018

i have ME3 and bad company 2 on my update section, these got update ?

Dinobot · Mar 1, 2018

Shpeshal Ed said:
Bro I've got a 1080p Plasma and playing everything at a ridiculously crisp jaggie free 1080 is so fucking great. Even more so when you get the 1080/60 option in a game like Gears or Tomb Raider.

I wish every X game had a 60fps mode. It would make my PC nearly redundant.

Lukas Taves · Mar 1, 2018

10k said:
I wish every X game had a 60fps mode. It would make my PC nearly redundant.

Phil said in another interview that this was one of his goals for the next xbox or something like that.

Probably because it will have a fairly decent cpu and a huge resolution spectrum to work with, so it should be doable regularly on both the cpu and gpu size.

Shpeshal Nick · Mar 1, 2018

leng jai said:
Can't believe Microsoft and Sony are charging us the price of a console to access these "free" 4K patches. Utter scum.

Fucking assholes.

Shpeshal Nick · Mar 1, 2018

10k said:
I wish every X game had a 60fps mode. It would make my PC nearly redundant.

At the moment, a decent chunk of my library is 60 or has a 60 mode.

Halo 5, Gears 4, RotTR, Rocket League, Fortnite, Super Lucky's Tale, Killer Instinct, etc.

I just wish the Rocket League X patch would hurry the fuck up.

Shin · Mar 1, 2018

Secretofmateria said:
I know one thing its that sony really needs to implement backwards compatability as a core feature of the ps5

They can't tell their heads from their ass, at every damn turn MS is schooling them it's seriously embarrassing.
I'll be damned to give me them a pass when the other camp just keeps coming up with idea's that are well thought through.
With that off my chest, this is a most welcome feature especially when not all games are remastered/remade (I'll take both and not just 1 method).

ARC-2R · Mar 1, 2018

Shpeshal Ed said:
At the moment, a decent chunk of my library is 60 or has a 60 mode.

Halo 5, Gears 4, RotTR, Rocket League, Fortnite, Super Lucky's Tale, Killer Instinct, etc.

I just wish the Rocket League X patch would hurry the fuck up.

I really need 60FPS mode for Prey.

black070 · Mar 1, 2018

The selection of 360 titles with X support is impeccable, they definitly have their priorities straight.

Deleted member 18347 · Mar 1, 2018

Wow didn't know about this. It's kind of a big deal considering how great the 360's library is.

If MS continues like this with its next system with a couple of must haves I'll be back on board with the X.

Captain of Outer Space · Mar 1, 2018

I kind of would prefer remasters for games I've beaten on Xbox 360/PS3. I jumped into Crackdown to find an empty world where the only thing to do was search every nook and cranny for the last orbs I missed or do the bad racing stuff I had no interest in doing, so it's a pretty empty game for me. The same thing happened for Burnout Paradise, where I jumped back in excited to get back to the world before realizing I had gotten all of the collectibles and beaten every race to leave me with nothing to do. Now the Burnout Paradise remaster is my most anticipated game this month so I can do that grind all over again and I'll probably have both Xbox One and PS4 versions at some point like PS3/Xbox 360 versions of the original.

It's cool for games I haven't beaten or maxed out, but I love remasters for those that I want to play fresh once more.

Ravenhawk · Mar 1, 2018

Captain of Outer Space said:
I kind of would prefer remasters for games I've beaten on Xbox 360/PS3. I jumped into Crackdown to find an empty world where the only thing to do was search every nook and cranny for the last orbs I missed or do the bad racing stuff I had no interest in doing, so it's a pretty empty game for me. The same thing happened for Burnout Paradise, where I jumped back in excited to get back to the world before realizing I had gotten all of the collectibles and beaten every race to leave me with nothing to do. Now the Burnout Paradise remaster is my most anticipated game this month so I can do that grind all over again and I'll probably have both Xbox One and PS4 versions at some point like PS3/Xbox 360 versions of the original.

It's cool for games I haven't beaten or maxed out, but I love remasters for those that I want to play fresh once more.

Sorry, but that just seems odd...why not just start a new game? Since it is enhanced, is it not like starting a different version again?

woodcutter said:
wish there was a sensitivity option for crackdown. takin a lil while to get used to the controls.
they need to get the people who did recore to get the controls down for crackdown 3.

This is my only complaint with replaying Crackdown...the camera is too slow for my liking.

woodcutter · Mar 1, 2018

wish there was a sensitivity option for crackdown. takin a lil while to get used to the controls.
they need to get the people who did recore to get the controls down for crackdown 3.

Klobrille · Mar 1, 2018

Captain of Outer Space said:
I kind of would prefer remasters for games I've beaten on Xbox 360/PS3. I jumped into Crackdown to find an empty world where the only thing to do was search every nook and cranny for the last orbs I missed or do the bad racing stuff I had no interest in doing, so it's a pretty empty game for me. The same thing happened for Burnout Paradise, where I jumped back in excited to get back to the world before realizing I had gotten all of the collectibles and beaten every race to leave me with nothing to do. Now the Burnout Paradise remaster is my most anticipated game this month so I can do that grind all over again and I'll probably have both Xbox One and PS4 versions at some point like PS3/Xbox 360 versions of the original.

It's cool for games I haven't beaten or maxed out, but I love remasters for those that I want to play fresh once more.

I don't quite get your argument. The Burnout Remaster actually looks worse than X Enhanced games as far as I can tell.

Start a new save game if you want to start from the beginning?

Kwyjibo · Mar 1, 2018

Crackdown 1 looks great.

Especially in high contrast mode .

Remo Williams · Mar 1, 2018

Captain of Outer Space said:
I kind of would prefer remasters for games I've beaten on Xbox 360/PS3. I jumped into Crackdown to find an empty world where the only thing to do was search every nook and cranny for the last orbs I missed or do the bad racing stuff I had no interest in doing, so it's a pretty empty game for me.

The same thing happened to me, then I realized that upon starting a game you can choose to resurrect the gangs (press right at the top of the main menu), basically resetting the campaign, but keeping your character progress and all the unlocks. Neat, eh? Give it a shot.

Izayoi · Mar 1, 2018

Is there a definitive list somewhere? I'm looking at Wikipedia and it says Halo 3 is X Enhanced, but I haven't seen any comparisons.

Remo Williams · Mar 1, 2018

Izayoi said:
Is there a definitive list somewhere? I'm looking at Wikipedia and it says Halo 3 is X Enhanced, but I haven't seen any comparisons.

It's these four, all the OG Xbox games, and you can find the rest here: https://www.resetera.com/posts/5019963/

a Master Ninja · Mar 1, 2018

Kratos2013 said:
Downloading a 1gb update for Mass Effect 3.

When you boot up the game, do you have this option in the guide?

TimeLike · Mar 1, 2018

Remo Williams said:
The same thing happened to me, then I realized that upon starting a game you can choose to resurrect the gangs (press right at the top of the main menu), basically resetting the campaign, but keeping your character progress and all the unlocks. Neat, eh? Give it a shot.

I guess my save file is lost. It started me out fresh like I'd never played it before. Oh well.

gaogaogao · Mar 1, 2018

Seriously Xbox tell Konami to let you upgrade their games like silent Hill 2

Remo Williams · Mar 1, 2018

TimeLike said:
I guess my save file is lost. It started me out fresh like I'd never played it before. Oh well.

Do you still have your 360? If you have a save file stored locally, try uploading it to the cloud.

litebrite · Mar 1, 2018

gaogaogao said:
Seriously Xbox tell Konami to let you upgrade their games like silent Hill 2

All we need is OG Xbox BC for Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 4, and Fatal Frame 2: Crimson's Butterfly Director's Cut.

HockeyGuy412 · Mar 1, 2018

gaogaogao said:
Seriously Xbox tell Konami to let you upgrade their games like silent Hill 2

And give us metal gear solid HD collection on backwards compatibility

RedSwirl · Mar 1, 2018

HockeyGuy412 said:
And give us metal gear solid HD collection on backwards compatibility

I've said multiple time that even after having bought it on PS3, I would re-buy the collection on Xbox if it made it to backwards compatibility.

dreamfall · Mar 1, 2018

Okay waiting for tht GTA/RDR update - what's going on with ME3?

Izayoi · Mar 1, 2018

Remo Williams said:
It's these four, all the OG Xbox games, and you can find the rest here: https://www.resetera.com/posts/5019963/

Thank you!

Kratos2013 · Mar 1, 2018

dreamfall said:
Okay waiting for tht GTA/RDR update - what's going on with ME3?

ME3 looks clear and vibrant. I played it on graphics mode for little over an hour. I am yet to play it on performance mode.

Dancrane212 · Mar 1, 2018

Kratos2013 said:
ME3 looks clear and vibrant. I played it on graphics mode for little over an hour. I am yet to play it on performance mode.

OK, I need to check this out for myself.

Izayoi · Mar 1, 2018

YO

Just watched the comparison for Halo 3, absolutely insane! If I wasn't waiting for the MCC update I would go out right now and buy an X. This is just fantastic!

Captain of Outer Space · Mar 1, 2018

Klobrille said:
I don't quite get your argument. The Burnout Remaster actually looks worse than X Enhanced games as far as I can tell.

Start a new save game if you want to start from the beginning?

I don't really care about the visuals that much, but the trailer looked great to me. It's a new opportunity to play a great game again.

Remo Williams said:
The same thing happened to me, then I realized that upon starting a game you can choose to resurrect the gangs (press right at the top of the main menu), basically resetting the campaign, but keeping your character progress and all the unlocks. Neat, eh? Give it a shot.

Ravenhawk said:
Sorry, but that just seems odd...why not just start a new game? Since it is enhanced, is it not like starting a different version again?

I know I can reset the campaign, but there are no new achievements to earn unless I just devote myself to doing really tedious tasks. That's not very appealing to me. A remaster would offer a clean slate along with the opportunity to redesign the list to not be so focused on vehicles or co-op.

It might just be that Crackdown 2 would've been a better option for me since I never beat it and the delay of Crackdown 3 doesn't help the situation. I'll probably just move on and go play some more Just Cause 2 or the Saints Row IV remaster instead.

Dancrane212 · Mar 1, 2018

Kratos2013 said:
ME3 looks clear and vibrant. I played it on graphics mode for little over an hour. I am yet to play it on performance mode.

Do you have the menu option to switch between the two settings? Just took the update but the game is still 720p.

Shpeshal Nick · Mar 1, 2018

Fortinbras said:
I need Split/Second in 4k. Do it Microsoft.

Oh god if Split Second got X Enhanced I would shit a chicken.

Starlatine · Mar 1, 2018

Is split second really that good
It was the only gwg game I've missed in like 2+ years for some reason

Knowing my luck it's the best game ever and it's getting the best enhanced patch

shinobi602 · Mar 1, 2018

Kratos2013 said:
ME3 looks clear and vibrant. I played it on graphics mode for little over an hour. I am yet to play it on performance mode.

HOLD UP, ME3 got enhanced? Don't play with me people.

Hawk269 · Mar 1, 2018

shinobi602 said:
HOLD UP, ME3 got enhanced? Don't play with me people.

I agree. If it is, I hope the other 2 are not too far behind.

litebrite · Mar 1, 2018

shinobi602 said:
HOLD UP, ME3 got enhanced? Don't play with me people.

I think you're being played.

Dancrane212 · Mar 1, 2018

shinobi602 said:
HOLD UP, ME3 got enhanced? Don't play with me people.

Hawk269 said:
I agree. If it is, I hope the other 2 are not too far behind.

Perhaps Microsoft changed the patch since then but as of the current update all three of the games mentioned still run at their original resolution with no option to change it.

shinobi602 · Mar 1, 2018

Then what's the dealio Kratos2013? Don't play with an admin!

;)

Hawk269 · Mar 1, 2018

shinobi602 said:
Then what's the dealio Kratos2013? Don't play with an admin!

;)

Get em

Microsoft's free 4K 360 enhancements put a lot of paid remasters to shame

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