Thursday, November 5, 2015

Xbox One 1TB Console - Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition Bundle Review

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Here is a review of the Xbox One 1TB Console with the  Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition Bundle pack. I hope you enjoy the review.

Details

-By Microsoft
-Price: Check Price Here
-Includes: a 1TB hard drive custom Halo designed console, a uniquely designed Spartan themed Steel Book containing a full game digital download of Halo 5: Guardians, Warzone REQ Pack which includes 14 Premium Requisition packs to enhance Spartan combat, FOTUS-class armor, and a multiplayer emblem. 
-Includes a Guardian model by Metal Earth, Halo: The Fall of Reach - Animated Series, and Spartan Locke's Classified Orders. 
-Includes custom Halo sound effects for turning the console on, off, and disc eject. Includes a -1TB hard drive to store games and media, an Xbox One Chat Headset, 14-day trial of Xbox Live Gold, HDMI Cord, and an AC Power Cable. 
-Xbox Live Gold Members who play Halo 5: Guardians by November 7, 2015 will receive the Teishin Raikou Armor Set (code delivered by Xbox Live). 
-Starting November 12th, 2015: Play select Xbox 360 games on your Xbox One with backwards compatibility.

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1TB Halo 5 themed console and controller: 4 1/2 out of 5

This console looks and sounds exceptional. Very pleased with the look and design compared with the other consoles. The controller is just as good-looking with its engravings, colors and emblems. I will say I don't like the console as much as the Halo 4 Xbox 360 but its the best looking Xbox One available to date. Obviously, if you love the Halo series you'll love this and even if you don't love Halo, you'll have to at least acknowledge the design allure. With a refined UI (User Interface) and backwards compatibility (your able to play Xbox 360 games on your Xbox One) on the way it's a better time than ever to be a Xbox gamer. The only downside, while understandable due to knowing how hard drives work, is that they reserve about 220GB's of your 1000GB's (1TB) for their use. The logic for this complaint is this: The 500GB Xbox One reserved about 140GB. With that being known, the 1TB Xbox One should have only taken up 140GB too, but for some reason on thebigger hard drive they reserve more space. It must be proportional. However, you're still more than doubling your limits if you get the 1TB console.

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Physical Extras: 2 out of 5

As you may know, this console includes the Halo 5 limited edition materials along with a digital download code for the video game. This stuff right here failed to impress to say the least. The steel case book looks nice, however, it's not at all designed to hold a disc. In fact the inside of it is empty from any clips, dividers, or disc holders. All the paper content is freely sitting in this case.

Then there's the cards with background info on each Spartan and an official order dossier from the UNSC (United Nations Space Command) to Locke. This is enjoyable,however, like the Halo 4 paper extras it'll be seen maybe once and sit their to never be seen again. It's a replacement to the old instruction books. The old books came with art, jokes, key game information, and came FREE as part of the standard game back in the early days of gaming.

Last there is that complete Metal Earth statue. All I can say is good luck, Spartan. If you have no experience with these models this one doesn't cut you a break. It's very difficult to put together and a few say they have even broken it in the process. It is a rage-inducing model that will be a Legendary time to put together. It would have been better to at least provide better instructions or use a different material. The whole concept is just a blunder. It's not really that interesting for something that defines the limited edition version of the game that's utter crap to build. The $100 version of the Elder Scrolls Online and Batman Akham Knight BLAST this out of the water. If you have experience with these Metal Earth kits then you'll probably be fine with it.

Final: 3 stars out of 5

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