Game writes: "A long time ago, I reviewed the Ear Force X1's. To this day I still use them, or did use them until the Ear Force X4 Wireless Gaming Headset with Dolby Surround Sound landed on my desk. Don't get me wrong, the X1 headset has good sound quality, you can sit a fair distance from your screen and you have dual controls for the game and speech volume. What more could you ask for? If it wasn't for the cable and the hefty weight, they would've been near perfect.
However as times move forward so does the technology, and I am now a proud owner of the Ear Force X4 Wireless Gaming Headset with Dolby Surround Sound 5.1. The X4s have surpassed the X1s in every way. The sound is louder and clearer and the headset is lighter and more comfortable. Bliss..."
IGN : How does the new The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, released in 2025 for Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, Steam, and PS5, compare to the original 2006 Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion released on Xbox 360, played via Xbox Series X/S Backwards Compatibility?
Original Destiny artist Darren Bacon recalls how Bungie reacted to the art style change of Halo 4 by 343 Industries.
Bungie at that time became the most wonderful bunch of hypocrites in the gaming industry. Knowing this now, gosh the entitlement they felt was out of this world.
Nothing like buying yourself from Microsoft because you don't want to be the Halo Studio anymore, and the FIRST THING you do is sign your next IP over to Activision, for a DECADE, while they are in the middle of ousting the heads of Infinity Ward so they can exert even more control over COD while screwing out the devs at IW...
Should've come as no surprise then that Activision gutted the content of Destiny 1 before launch and was a horrible partner through Destiny 2, until history repeated itself and Bungie had to split from Activision only to wind up in the arms of another major conglomerate that also doesn't know how to handle these unmanageable devs.
Tti their credit they praised the technical abilities of 343 and I remember at the time thinking halo 4 was a huge graphical leap above reach everything else was rubbish when I actually got to play it but there was no doubt it looked good for the 360 and is probably the best looking game on the system.
But ultimately I think bungie has always had a leadership problem and going independent ultimately proved this it's only getting worse with studio heads being outed by Sony for abuse allegations seems like all bungies past success has been in spite of management not because of it.
But really I think the bungie we have today is not the same one we had in that Xbox era of Bungie
I liked the artstyle change. For the most part. Something looked worse but most of everything else looked better. Weapons and vehicles for sure. The wraith come to my mind instantly.
And how can they get mad when the bungie changed it with Halo Reach?
I know a lot of people dislike Halo 4’s arts style, but there’s thing about it I like and dislike. Personally, the Halo 4 design of Master Chief’s armour is my favourite depiction of the character’s armour.
Double Fine Productions’ masterful Psychonauts turns 20 and it’s still as insightful today as it was back when it was new.
This guy doesn't even talk price. These are 200$, and aparently that doesn't need mentioning. For 200$ you could buy astro a40's which will make you're turtle beach feel like a mono radio.
However! there are skullcandy GI series now as an xbox live headset. Which are amazing. Skullcandy actually makes two types of xbox headsets not and the smaller "on ear" version is garbage but the bigger "on ear" style is way better. Guess what, they are only 80$'s too, they are more comparable to the turtle beach x1's which are 100$. The skullcandies don't offer dolby digital, but is that really worth 120$ more? If you're like most people and money is an object and would like something that is like a give and take. The skullcandies won't let you down, and for 80$'s they are cheap for this market.
PS the skullcandies come with a lifetime manufacture warranty. So if they break for some random reason they will replace it, and if you do something stupid like drop in the toilet they will reimburse 50%.
You can't beat em.