GarthVaderUK
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Very snappy, nice.
Having just got a Lumia phone, I'm loving the Metro style too.
Having just got a Lumia phone, I'm loving the Metro style too.
UI designed for tablets being shoved into a console. If you want to sell me a PC for my living room just make the damn thing a PC.
My search found nothing but Dungeons and Dragons references.
I wonder if this is actually going to be like the Windows 8 start screen, and you'd be able to rearrange/resize titles, put them into custom named groups, and the like.
(still not getting the system for a while though.)
Metro is taking over the world.
Well it comes with the Kinect and as much disdain one might have for it, it looks like the best way to navigate the UI.I can never really decide whether a one dimensional line UI or 2D UI with blocks is better for controller usage.
you fit more stuff on screen with the 2D UI but its a bit more complex to visually scan and you need to mix more up vertical and horizontal movements to get where you want to go.
with a 1D UI you can just hold down in one direction to get to where you want to go. less fiddly. But long lists of games or content are unwieldy.
I think the look of this UI is good. its clean and it doesnt look too crowded or messy with a bunch of different sized tiles overloading your eyes. theyre all pretty much the same.
But, I think I still like the gamescom PS4 UI demo a bit more as it just seemed faster to access more games from that single row than in here, where it would need you to either go into a submenu or manually pin things to that main screen
Looks clean and responsive. Enjoyed the seamless multi-tasking.
Hard to know without seeing it properly, but can I assume the abundance of tiles to the left of the Ryse section is the pins?
I hope so because then I can blame that user for just throwing a bunch of random same sized tiles in one place.
Maybe I'm wrong, but haven't we seen this same tile in a previous dash pic somewhere? I could've sworn we had discussion about "Savage Frontier" before.But in this case it looks space themed. Maybe some smaller indie game? Or Platinums exclusive?
Its taken over Microsoft. it hasnt yet taken over the world...
Its taken over Microsoft. it hasnt yet taken over the world...
The dash looks very snappy. I still hope there is an option to pause the game when the guide button is hit though. Not digging the metro look, but I will say that it seems to work much better with a controller than a mouse.
I suppose Ryse playing while he continues to switch through the dash is multitasking.We didn't actually *see* any multitasking though.
But everything is flat now...
I suppose ryse playong while he coninues to switch through the dash is multitasking
You can switch, but we don't know yet to what degree . Considering the amount of RAM dedicated to the OS that came out I would assume all non-game apps can be run while a game is suspended. There does not appear to be a snap type true multitasking mode so it will probably be app dependent and depend on whatever API's Sony has created. Music apps for example. We don't know yet to what degree Microsoft is letting people hook into these systems either though I would assume it's pretty big considering how important snapping and multitasking features are to them...unless Microsoft is still making all the apps themselves which would be kind of depressing.
Smart glass
Maybe this is the emmc flash memory in effect?
Missing the top level menu navigation in this beta build and that really bothers me.
IIRC, I saw a demo of the XB1 where the guy said that the "big tile" always represents your currently running game. I'd guess that the game was loaded in the RAM of the game partition.
What about the extra 150 MHz they supposedly just added? His 180 must be an older one right?
Reposting this because I think the idea that it doesn't pause the games when pressing the guide isn't necessarily bad:
Depending on what other things you can do with the console, I think it could be quite useful. I'm mainly thinking of long loading times, or multiplayer lobbies where you're waiting for the next round.
Maybe even a Fighting Game lobby where it isn't your turn for awhile.
(I could also post at what rumored performance cost this feature is implemented, but one thread derail is enough. )
What about the extra 150 MHz they supposedly just added? His 180 must be an older one right?
That definitely appears correct. There's a tile for "Insert Disc" so we know Ryse is on the hard drive. But the game isn't accessed through the "Games" tile. All that's left that makes sense is "current suspended process" for the big tile.IIRC, I saw a demo of the XB1 where the guy said that the "big tile" always represents your currently running game. I'd guess that the game was loaded in the RAM of the game partition.
Well you can always pause your game first before hitting the home button.
Yeah. That's a good point. It's going to be great navigating this from the iPad.
Not at all a fan of the Metro-ish grid look.
Reposting this because I think the idea that it doesn't pause the games when pressing the guide isn't necessarily bad:
Depending on what other things you can do with the console, I think it could be quite useful. I'm mainly thinking of long loading times, or multiplayer lobbies where you're waiting for the next round.
Maybe even a Fighting Game lobby where it isn't your turn for awhile.
(I could also post at what rumored performance cost this feature is implemented, but one thread derail is enough. )
Have you used a Vita? It works pretty well but sometimes I wish it would give you a countdown. It can be hard to resume a racing game...