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Meant to post this yesterday but was too busy, and yes, my enthusiasm on the news story was genuine...
It's not often I get to do anything at SR that even involves leaving the office, but I managed to worm my way onto the trip on Tuesday to go and play the Xbox 360.
It is awesome.
We had a presentation in which they mostly just showed trailers - big deal, who can't make a nice-looking trailer? - but we had a couple of hours in which we were able to play most of the launch titles. This just wasn't long enough, so I only got to play a handful of games before it was all over.
I've always been a sports game fan, so had a go on FIFA 06: RttWC and Tiger Woods 06, but the overall impression of these was that they looked ansolutely amazing but brought nothing new, gameplay-wise. Tiger Woods has hardly changed from the first time I played it on Xbox, which was TW04, and the FIFA wasn't even as good as the Xbox FIFA 06. Both of them did look gorgeous though.
DoA 4 is amazing. Seeing everything moving showed the power of the machine compared to the current Xbox: the hair; the clothes - flowing kimonos, etc.; the jubblies (of course). It's all so smooth and purdy. Gameplay, again, similar to before, but additions like seeing your opponent sliding down stairs were pretty cool.
But Perfect Dark Zero - holy sheesh. This was so, so good. In my opinion it betters anything looks-wise there is out there - I'm talking PC games here too - it just seems to look realer somehow. It was because of PDZ really that I didn't get to play too many other games, I had to keep on playing this. The guy actually did a short demo playing this to show it off and we were stunned. The details are incredible, from the graining on the planks of wood to the scarring on individual bricks to the pebbles on the ground and the rainbow sheen on oil-splattered tarmac. It just looks fantastic. It was also great when, during the demo, the guy paused the game and linked wirelessly to his iPod to change the music in the game. PDZ has a totally different feel when you have (Louis Armstrong's) What A Wonderful World going in the background!
I loved the N64 Perfect Dark, though was disappointed it didn't come close to being as good as GoldenEye, but this is just so far advanced. The guns are great, the bad guys are smart and the action seamless. The bad guys wear body armour, so if you don't get a head shot you hit the armour first and it shatters and flies off, then you can take the guy out. All the bodies you leave behind stay there, as do any stray bullet holes. How this does compare to PC games, I'm not entirely sure, as I don't do a great deal of PC gaming, but it all blew me away.
I flubbing loved the 360. Unfortunately I don't have a spare £300-odd quid lying around, a situation not likely to improve before xmas so don't know when I'll get one, but get one I will. Yes, I'm repeating myself if you read the news piece, but I don't care, it's my forum ;).
And I'm not doing this to try and sell anything - that's why I'm posting this here. I will be parting with my own cold, hard-earned cash for one and if you've not already pre-ordered it from anywhere you won't get one for launch anyway.
It's not often I get to do anything at SR that even involves leaving the office, but I managed to worm my way onto the trip on Tuesday to go and play the Xbox 360.
It is awesome.
We had a presentation in which they mostly just showed trailers - big deal, who can't make a nice-looking trailer? - but we had a couple of hours in which we were able to play most of the launch titles. This just wasn't long enough, so I only got to play a handful of games before it was all over.
I've always been a sports game fan, so had a go on FIFA 06: RttWC and Tiger Woods 06, but the overall impression of these was that they looked ansolutely amazing but brought nothing new, gameplay-wise. Tiger Woods has hardly changed from the first time I played it on Xbox, which was TW04, and the FIFA wasn't even as good as the Xbox FIFA 06. Both of them did look gorgeous though.
DoA 4 is amazing. Seeing everything moving showed the power of the machine compared to the current Xbox: the hair; the clothes - flowing kimonos, etc.; the jubblies (of course). It's all so smooth and purdy. Gameplay, again, similar to before, but additions like seeing your opponent sliding down stairs were pretty cool.
But Perfect Dark Zero - holy sheesh. This was so, so good. In my opinion it betters anything looks-wise there is out there - I'm talking PC games here too - it just seems to look realer somehow. It was because of PDZ really that I didn't get to play too many other games, I had to keep on playing this. The guy actually did a short demo playing this to show it off and we were stunned. The details are incredible, from the graining on the planks of wood to the scarring on individual bricks to the pebbles on the ground and the rainbow sheen on oil-splattered tarmac. It just looks fantastic. It was also great when, during the demo, the guy paused the game and linked wirelessly to his iPod to change the music in the game. PDZ has a totally different feel when you have (Louis Armstrong's) What A Wonderful World going in the background!
I loved the N64 Perfect Dark, though was disappointed it didn't come close to being as good as GoldenEye, but this is just so far advanced. The guns are great, the bad guys are smart and the action seamless. The bad guys wear body armour, so if you don't get a head shot you hit the armour first and it shatters and flies off, then you can take the guy out. All the bodies you leave behind stay there, as do any stray bullet holes. How this does compare to PC games, I'm not entirely sure, as I don't do a great deal of PC gaming, but it all blew me away.
I flubbing loved the 360. Unfortunately I don't have a spare £300-odd quid lying around, a situation not likely to improve before xmas so don't know when I'll get one, but get one I will. Yes, I'm repeating myself if you read the news piece, but I don't care, it's my forum ;).
And I'm not doing this to try and sell anything - that's why I'm posting this here. I will be parting with my own cold, hard-earned cash for one and if you've not already pre-ordered it from anywhere you won't get one for launch anyway.
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sPiKeCaSt wrote:
> LOL...My TV is actually going back due to the fact it has a lovely
> red dead pixel in the middle of the screen.
You have all the luck, don't you? :P
> LOL...My TV is actually going back due to the fact it has a lovely
> red dead pixel in the middle of the screen.
You have all the luck, don't you? :P
Did you HAVE to tell me that?
Yup..but for true HD pictures you need a 17" for 720p but you will still notice it's better than a normal TV.
It's 15", that's still okay right?
26"..I'm a messy student..well that's my excuse anyway :D
I dunno, how big is that?
Also you need a clean.
Also you need a clean.
Here is my TV [URL] http://img451.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tv1mx.jpg [/URL]
I don't have a ruler.
Oriental Rib wrote:
> Will my computer have to be good to play the 360 or am I running the
> picture off my 360 hardware? Also will I get the same or at least
> better quality?
It will run off 360 hardware you just stick the cable from the monitor to the 360..yeah it should be much better..how big is your TFT? 17" + would be ideal.
> Will my computer have to be good to play the 360 or am I running the
> picture off my 360 hardware? Also will I get the same or at least
> better quality?
It will run off 360 hardware you just stick the cable from the monitor to the 360..yeah it should be much better..how big is your TFT? 17" + would be ideal.
Will my computer have to be good to play the 360 or am I running the picture off my 360 hardware? Also will I get the same or at least better quality?
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