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"What's the best console out at present and what is going to be the best next generation console?"

Playstation is not as good as N64. No way. I hate the playstation and i'm not just saying that because I own an N64 because I also own a Dreamcast and N64 is a lot better than that as well (dreamcast is still better than playstation though). In my opinion N64 is the best console out at the moment and although a lot of the games are kiddy they are still great games (mario, banjo-kazzoie/tooie for example). There are loads of non kiddy games as well though like goldeneye, perfect dark and shadowman. Although I say that N64 is the best console out at present I have never played a PS2 although to be honest I don't think it looks that great and again, I'm not just saying that. I do think it will become a great console in the future with class games such as Metal Gear Solid 2 and Gran Turismo 3 coming out but there really aren't enough games out at the moment to make it the best console and for 300 quid it's also too expensive. Anyway by the time MGS2 and GT3 are out the Gamecube will probably be out as well and and no matter how much people say PS2 will be better, I say - NO CHANCE!!! Just wait for Perfect Dark Zero, Wave Race:Blue Storm, Metroid, and Rogue Squadron 2. You may say that they are just sequels to old games but so are MGS 2 and GT3. Anyway they are sequels to already great games. However, I have one doubt about PD Zero and that is that I have no idea how you improve on PERFECTion. Hold on a minute, I thought that about Goldeneye and then Perfect Dark came out. Oh well , I know I can trust rare to come up with something absolutely amazing. Just think of online play with PD Zero.
Anyway, having a dreamcast as well I can also say that it is nowhere near as good as N64. It isn't bad. There are SOME really great games but there just isn't enough of them. Soul Calibur, Shenmue and MSR are the best but i've played all of those to death (with the exception of soul calibur because that just never gets boring). None of the games last as long as the great N64 games (again with the exception of soul calibur).

On the topic of next generation consoles I think that X-Box will just be a PC hooked up to a TV so I'm not going to be getting that. However, having said that, the PC does have some really great games but again, having said that, I already have a PC so why would I want another. In my opinion though it will still sell by the millions because it is made by microsoft, the definition of quality. The PS2 will also sell brilliantly (and already has) but only because of the success of the original playstation. I don't think it's all it's cracked up to be. Then we come to gamecube, the JESUS of them all. I don't think it will sell the most though. In fact I probably think both PS2 and X-Box will outsell it because whenever anybody thinks of Nintendo they immediately think of kiddies games. This is a shame because I think Nintendo and Rare (who only develop for nintendo machines) provide the best and most enjoyable video games around. I know which console I'm getting. I can't wait.

At the moment however I am stuck with Dreamcast. I can't wait for Shenmue 2. Crazy Taxi 2 and Ecco the dolphin 2 will also be pretty good but these games (with the exception of Shenmue 2) will only be diversions to keep me happy while I await the greatness of Perfect Dark Zero and Rogue Squadron 2.

That took ages, but I think it got the point across....

turbonutter wrote:
What's your
> IQ? Hmmmm?

Wasn`t that 14? I`m sure he said so.

MJswerve wrote:
> I'm trying to get on with everyone here but no-one really seems to
> give a toss unless their regulars.

It's nothing to do with you being a Newbie - just the fact that all Newbies tend to start with the same, tired old topics, which immediately get people's backs up. Then to start hammering a well-respected Regular - whether you are right or wrong - will turn other 'friends' of his against you.

A confrontational attitude is the wrong way to start off.

ssxpro, where did you get that list?

turbonutter wrote:
> ssxpro, where did you get that list?

I spent that last half an hour finding it at IGN, my own webiste and DailyRadar.

ssxpro wrote:

> You asked for it: This is a list
> of PS2 games without numbers:

> Seven - The Cavalry of Molmorth

Um, isn't Seven a number. ;-p

Meka_Dragon: Fighting against seriousness on the forums : )

Have you noticed, a lot of newbies these days come in, write a long and boring post usually about "Console Wars", stick around for a few days, then bog off when they realise that they haven't won?

Strange......

The adventure of cookie and cream?!

ssxpro wrote:
> my own webiste and


URL?

Meka_Dragon wrote:
> Seven - The Cavalry of
> Molmorth
Um, isn't Seven a number. ;-p
Meka_Dragon: Fighting
> against seriousness on the forums : )

At least yoy read as far as S :-)

Anyway, Doh.