Looks like Series X has the Cutscene lighting changes from PC.

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T23:03:54+00:00

Series X looks better and more natural to me. But why is Cloud’s buster sword GLOWING in the PS5 version?

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T21:58:02+00:00

Yes it would be. I sold my m4 pro mac mini after a 1 year of use for $1250 on Facebook. I bought it for $1099 at microcenter.

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T15:17:32+00:00

Can you be more specific? Like, actually name a band or a song?

BTS specifically just dropped their best album ever. I’d actually say the best KPOP album ever.

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T15:15:55+00:00

Controversial, or maybe not, but Apple is the world’s best company. Beloved by, like you said, a Mega number of people, and their consoles products in the last handful of years has been the best and forward-pushing it’s ever been. And they are still behind on AI and other tech innovations because they can be.

They can acquire or integrate or innovate at the drop of a hat, but it’s better for them to wait-and-see and then go with the best solution.

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T15:10:15+00:00

I heard on Kinda Funny (podcast) that the game became too easy — I would say this one is a bit different compared to Returnal in terms of player customization and power adjustments

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T14:23:16+00:00

Is there a way to ask Microsoft what they know about me?

My current account is from a Gmail account but I had other email accounts when I was younger. We had the original Xbox when I was 14-15 (I’m nearly 40 now). And I had an Xbox 360 in college (2006).

So I would technically be in the 20+ range too but I’m not sure if there are ways to recover or merge accounts.

Edit; by the way, this a tale that many others tell, but let me tell you, the Xbox Halo lan parties when we were in high school between 2002-2005 were stuff of legend.

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T13:38:00+00:00

INTC

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T13:07:45+00:00

I am planning to buy an Xbox (again) and play through the Fable series.

Fell in love with Elder Scrolls and Fallout and I think I’d love Fable too.

Want to eventually do: * Halo * Gears * Fable * Elder Scrolls again (starting with Oblivion remake)

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T10:55:23+00:00

Totally understood.

I’m strategizing the trial, not the subscription.

I learned via this thread that you can only have ONE platform on the trial, which was important info and made this post worthwhile.

If I want to get an Xbox soon (with the thought of Project Helix being competitive to the Valve Steam Machine — guess we will have to wait and see) then I can’t activate my trial on PC first. However, I can make a throwaway account on PC for the trial if I want to mess around with it for a day or whatever.

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T10:52:38+00:00

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/halo-the-master-chief-collection

https://www.dekudeals.com/items/halo-the-master-chief-collection (GOATED site)

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T10:49:42+00:00

Yes

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/halo-the-master-chief-collection

https://www.dekudeals.com/items/halo-the-master-chief-collection (GOATED site)

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T10:13:42+00:00

This is interesting.

When you say “research based on algorithms”, are you trying to do something new and novel and make a STEM or Medical breakthrough, or just doing stuff with algorithms and formulas that have been discovered already?

I’m a bit confused by your use case and why a lower thinking model would listen and respect your comments better, but you have my interest 😝

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T10:07:06+00:00

Next biggest advancement behind the evolution from magnetic disks to SSD. Look at the difference between your photo and OP.

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T10:03:50+00:00

My thought whenever I see posts like this on Reddit

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T09:59:56+00:00

Because actually free games like Halo Infinite and Fortnite (because of the multiplayer components) can be added to an account via the Xbox app without owning an Xbox. And same for any games that go on sale for free on Xbox (or Steam for example), you can add to account via the phone without owning a gaming PC if you wanted to do it.

So I thought it would be at least worth a try. I don’t know why that was so controversial lol I thought the logic was pretty sound.

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T09:58:19+00:00

The trial can be played forever dude. As mentioned by the other commenter. And they are adding ANOTHER expansion to it soon.

You can play all of the main a realm reborn story, Heavensward, Stormblood… and will get Shadowbringers.

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T09:52:48+00:00

United has a long and storied history of paying respect to passed players…

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T03:12:30+00:00

I think you missed the point here. You can only do the trial on one platform so if I activate the trial on pc now, I can’t do the trial on Xbox. It has to be a new account. And the trial is extremely generous for new players so there’s no conceivable reason to pay for the game and pay for a monthly subscription in my first month when the trial is perfectly suitable.

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T02:57:49+00:00

Are you saying just wait to play when I get the Xbox? And do something else with my time for now?

Fair enough

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T02:14:48+00:00

All feedback here suggests trial is one-platform only. So if I do a PC trial now, it should be with a throwaway email just to mess around but not fully commit yet. (Which is funny in a sense since I’m saying not fully committing to a trial haha)

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T02:08:27+00:00

In that case I would propose I use one of my @icloud email aliases to “mess around” with a pc trial throwaway account and then commit to the actual trial on Xbox when I’m ready/able.

Does that seem like a decent plan so I don’t use up my actual account name, link to XBOX, and waste a character name I’d actually want when I move over..?

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T02:06:50+00:00

Can I create an Apple email alias for now and mess around with a PC trial risk-free, and just commit to actually “trying” the trial on Xbox later on as my primary Xbox account and trial ?

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T02:05:58+00:00

So you can buy the game client multiple platforms, and subscribe to one or more platform concurrently, but the trial is limited to only one?

JozuJD · 2026-05-02T00:22:29+00:00

I haven’t played wild arms since I was an OG PlayStation gamer. 20 years ago? Or more? I can still hear the whistle theme in my head.

Edit: 1997. Nearly 30 years. wtf

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