Microsoft has . The September update adds more . If you’re not familiar with the site, it’s a resource where you can find out how much time you might need to complete a particular game. What makes HowLongToBeat so useful is that it has separate estimates for players with different playing styles.
Use As an example, HowLongToBeat estimates that most people will need about 50 hours to complete the main story and about another 30 hours to play through the game’s side content. If you want to see everything RDR2 must provide, that will take about 174 hours.
Microsoft suggests that the integration will make it easier to decide which game you want to play next because you’ll have a better idea of the time commitment it wants from you. The company also notes that you can click “View Details” to submit your own playtime and help other players decide how to spend their time.
Even if you don’t use the HowLongToBeat integration much, the September update will save you some time. According to Microsoft, the Xbox app is now 15% faster at launch. Additionally, there will be significantly fewer crashes and significantly fewer games that fail to download or install successfully. In the end, the search function will produce results about 20 percent faster.
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