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"It;'s the most the hulking great thing has ever been used!"

Some of you will recall I was getting Dino Crisis 3 for Christmas, because I really enjoyed the first two games on PlayStation.

But you were right, it was utter crud. Graphically very pretty, but lacking in gameplay with awkward conrtrols.


So anyway, I took it back on Boxing Day and swapped it for...

(Drum roll please...)

Need For Speed Underground (Xbox version, obviously).

And it's absolutely brilliant.

While I was there, I also picked up the smaller S controller, which I have to say is FAR more comfortable than the original wrist-breaker.

Altogether it adds up to the best experience I've had since owning the Xbox, and the machine has only been off when I've needed to sleep!

Who said EA don't make decent games? LIARS!

NFS:U sums up EA.

Lots of stupid options, liscensed music, simple gameplay and flashy front ends.

Although it is better than their average fare, it's just nothing to games like Burnout 2. That has real flair and a spark in it.

"While I was there, I also picked up the smaller S controller, which I have to say is FAR more comfortable than the original wrist-breaker."

Yeah, I got myself one when I ordered my X-Box from SR. Great little blighters aren't they? I've never even had to use the large controller (other than to take control of my mate's character on Halo 2 on co-op mode to get them out of somewhere when they're stuck - idiots)

The cone challenges are great, as long you go through them like a granny. Having to get through gates at top speed almost matches the same high-octane feel that Burnout 2 delivered!

A bit difficult since I've long since sold it on eBay! :-)

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> I want to race, not dodge cones. Once I'd beaten all the races on
> the original PGR, it became so damn boring. If I want to see cones,
> I can go to any of Britain's motorways!

Just do a lap and before you cross the line just do afew 360's, you dont have to get through the cones.

Ive played it on PS2 and thought it was poor.

Might give it a rent, as i like my racers and 2fast 2blah blah.

Well, each to their own.

I refuse to buy PGR2 because of one thing - the cones.

I want to race, not dodge cones. Once I'd beaten all the races on the original PGR, it became so damn boring. If I want to see cones, I can go to any of Britain's motorways!

I agree about the jaggie graphics on NFS though - screenshots must be from the PC version I guess. Though the frame rate seems fine to me.

Still, as they say in McDonalds... I'm lovin' it! The soundtrack is great, too.

I thought NFSU was actually really poor. Never considered buying it, and after playing it, realised how right i was not to even consider it.

Sorry to say this, but I thought that NFS:U was an apauling game. Firstly the graphics on the box/screen shots looked excellent, I tested the game out before hand as it was an xmas present for my bro and the graphics are average, yeah the lighting effects are good, but the cars are jaggy (I'm using a true scart cable too!), the car models looked just average and the framerate is iffy to say the least, at times it felt like playing a straight port of the PS2 game, no online play as well (for Xbox) really hurts the game, I'm a big fan of street racing but this game let me down, even my g/f took her copy back because she thought it was lacking, a missed chance for EA in my view!

NFS:U is a great game, but Project Gotham Racing 2 remains my favourite racer of all, toppling Gran Turismo 2, which is some mean feat! I don't think a racing game will ever come anywhere near bettering it because, quite simply, it's sublime. Get that, then you'll realise NFS is just stupid.