From what I gather, a lot of the games already ran uncapped and had higher res textures available but downsampled to fit the 360. So they might not take too much work to get them using their available assets and coding.
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Xbox One Backwards Compatible lOT2l: Who would want to play these games?
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From what I gather, a lot of the games already ran uncapped and had higher res textures available but downsampled to fit the 360. So they might not take too much work to get them using their available assets and coding.
I don't think new assets where added. Just the same game but running in higher resolution. You will be surprise how much resolution alone enhance the visual. Look at dark souls 1 on pc for example. The amazing texture work suddenly pop once people figure out how to increase the rendering resolution. Halo 3 HDR addition might be due to what was already there, the game uses 2 hdr pipelines. OG xbox games were definitely not getting any assets upgrade, thing are exactly how they were but rendered in 16x resolution.
JohnSpartanLee
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Is there a chance for Buffy the Vampire Slayer or would there be licensing issues?
And Rallisport Challenge 2?
And Rallisport Challenge 2?
wvnative
Member
Anything based on an existing property, or with licensed music, is extremely unlikely...
I see a lot of requests for Buffy though, was it that good? If so, I need to seek it out at the flea market.
it was good VO. Game was "ok" but also that and Chaos Bleeds were really the only Buffy games we ever got, so they both hold a spot in my heart.
wvnative
Member
Ironic I'm binging it right now on Hulu!
Be cool to get this while I'm binging the show.
WouldYouKindly
Banned
seriously need crackdown 1 and 2 with an x patch if and when it ever gets released. them screens of before and after are beyond amazing
JohnSpartanLee
Member
Chaos Bleeds was okay, but the XBox-exclusive BtVS was "very good" in my opinion. Buffy's moveset was almost on Virtua Fighter-level and every fight was fun and challenging. Atmosphere was great as well. Just an all around good game.
arhra
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They're not making any changes to the game code or assets. It's all just emulator magic overriding resolution and stuff like texture mip selection.
Bill Stillwell (head of the BC program) popped up in some of the reddit threads to clarify some stuff (most notably this post, and this one).
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
That's great info and it hopefully means we can expect more announcements of X-enhanced BC games.
FarosVillein
Neo Member
More X-enhanced 360 games is what Microsoft must do to empty my wallet
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
It varies. Sometimes we get them every week, and sometimes there is a month-long dry spell. If there's something big happening (E3, One X Launch, a US holiday, etc.) you can usually expect fewer/no releases. The BC team isn't that big so if they are working on the enhancements for X1 launch, they probably aren't adding new games, etc.
bobbyphunk
Member
The Simpson's game would be a nice addition to bc
Honestly I'm jealous haha I've sunken so much time in that game, would love to go back to mop up on the speedrun/trial achievements.
Hopefully mirror's edge Catalyst gets an x patch from dice, I really enjoyed the gameplay aspect of that game. I can imagine loading time speeds for the x will dramatically make the experience more enjoyable/tolerable too.
Man, I really want to get an x but I bought my xbox one phat in 2015 for quite a lot and I bought a ps4 slim this year. I don't regret the latter purchase but I mainly game on xbox so having the better tech would make amazing.
...next gen can't be that far... right?
As for back-compat titles, I started deadly premonition for the first time, it takes a bit to get used to but I'm really enjoying it, I'm glad it got back-compat support as it feels very shenmue-esque and there's not many games like that for xbox one that I'm aware of so it's a very nice addition.
In addition, NiGHTS was a really fun GWG title, I played that for the very first time too and it sparked a bit of a sega nostalgic crave so I started chievo hunting crazy taxi and daytona USA haha, they're great too!
In addition, NiGHTS was a really fun GWG title, I played that for the very first time too and it sparked a bit of a sega nostalgic crave so I started chievo hunting crazy taxi and daytona USA haha, they're great too!
Inuteu
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Unity2012
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I picked up Dead to Rights and it seems to force me to use inverted right joystick camera controls which is making it difficult to play. I looked up a scan of the instruction manual for the original Xbox release to see if it had an option to invert the camera controls and I can confirm that the PAL version did (couldn't find a US manual scan though), which is bizarre.
Anyone know if there's a way to invert the X-Axis of the right joystick on the Xbone? I tried checking the accessibility options but it only allows Y-Axis inversion.
Anyone know if there's a way to invert the X-Axis of the right joystick on the Xbone? I tried checking the accessibility options but it only allows Y-Axis inversion.
frogger
Member
The control in the first AC game is brutal.
amdb00mer
Member
I would like to see a patch as well. I already 1000/1000g the game, but wouldn't mind playing some parts of it again with some X1X enhancements.
Yeah iirc you have to press option (B) on the controller (after the server message pops up) in order to play trial runs offline
wipeout364
Member
Dead to rights doesn't seem to be available in Canada I wonder why?
hm, does not work. the message only vanish by pushing A. and back in the trial menu, B is exit to main menu.
do i miss something?
Edit
Got. it. Cancel connection to server (brief Time window) and then you can play offline. Unfortunately no leaderboards nor ghosts, but achieving 3 stars run is challenging enough for me. Love it...
CRAIG667
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Persona 4 Arena, Cars: Mater-National, Jewel Quest and Tecmo Bowl Throwback are coming to Xbox One Backward Compatibility today http://mjr.mn/BackCompat
frogger
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frogger
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unlikely but doesn't hurt to daydream.
you've got to be kidding me that 10 year old games like a Cars side game are $20.
HoldSteady
Neo Member
You are correct. At this point thats honestly all I want.
the one I want that should be no problem is Costume Quest 1
theblackjasper
Member
this so much
Koala Driving a Ferrari
Member
Persona 4 Arena is a nice surprise. I'm concerned that the list is drying up though which is frustrating as hell as there're still so many games to be added. Where's Radiant Silvergun for one? And I don't care what MS has to do regarding the licensing for PGR 3 and 4 but they absolutely have to be brought over to the backwards compatibility list as they're such an important part of the Xbox game library.
have any racing games except Forza 1 been made BC? Which was promptly delisted.
it won't happen. And I don't see them as being as important I guess. I had a 360 since 2007 and I never owned them.
ipukespiders
Member
Nothing for me this week, but nice to see more releases.
Diabolical
Neo Member
Obviously RSG can still be played on an actual Xbox 360... but it's also already on the Xbox One's BC list.
Naked Lunch
Member
Radiant Silvergun was added to Xbox one BC months ago...
This is one hell of an xbox exclusive to this day.
BubblegumCrisis
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with the multiple Koei Tecmo BC releases over the last couple weeks (Ninja Gaiden Black, Tecmo Bowl), hopefully Ninja Gaiden II isn't too far off. I wouldn't expect an One X enhancement patch, but the benefit of a higher framerate could be a revelation in itself.