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"F Zero first impressions..."

Pretty decent game so far although a few things haven't really lived up to what I hoped. For starters the game isn't as fast as I originally magined and although it runs like a dream I still feel well in control of the vehicles which is something I never fealt when playing the Wipeout games. The tracks I have done so far in the Free run mode are damn fine to look at but they are a tad on the short side with very little variation in terms of track layout aside from the obvious visual aspect.

The handling is sweet and the vehicles are quality to control and with one of the easiest control layouts I have ever seen. Great to control, great to look at and some pretty decent audio tracks. Nothing absolutely amazing so far but none the less a solid title that I am hoping will get better the more I go into it. Will crack on with the Story mode later but for now I just want to get used to different vehicles.

So far so good.

And I thought i was a fanboy...

For me, PC gaming's always been a bit of a drag - but to be fair, I've only ever played RTS on a 56k. Xbox Live looks a lot more fun, but I'm yet to have a go on that.

By far the best thing though is offline multiplayer - for the experience and the fact that it's a lot more social. I think it's better to play together with friends and have a laugh, rather than against people on the net that you can't see.

Also the friends list to invite those you know/talk to online into the game and everyone has a Mic to talk through. PC online gaming is ridden wih socially inept vampires who feel they need to cheat and ignore everyone who talks to them.

Oooh I know I can play Rainbow Six 3 on the PC with mouse and keyborad and pasty faced cheaters on a bloody boring game.

Or...

I can sign onto Xbox LIVE, very little patches of lag, no cheaters, infinitley more fun to play due to reomoving all the boring bits from the PC version and the far superior controller which at first I didn't think would work online but it works superbly.

well XBOX live is a good idea except the additional fees to your broadband, and the fact that a relative few can stand using even the small controller,the keyboard is superior...but i digress....again :P

I would put Fzero & MKDD on a level par, spent hours on FZero Time Trial over last 3 months, just not had time to spend on MKDD since Friday, shameless plus, loads of very very fast non-snkaing videos on www.david99.co.uk

ÂLŠ†ÂÎR wrote:
> PC online gaming is full of beardy nerds and pasty faced hackers. Xbox
> LIVE puts it to shame.

STFU n00b.

Etc...

dont diss the PC community :P

later on the tracks get veeeeery disturbing, im the opposite though, i find wipeout much easier to control but i love both, hehe

Bah, Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is easily better than F-Zero. Yeah it may have crappy graphics, but who cares? Multiplayer is fantastic and beats F-Zero hands-down; two in one kart is superb and works like a dream, Grandprix against your mate or on co-op really does rock so much.

Once you play Bob-omb Blast on any of the secret battle stages you'll realise how much fun it is. Plus you can't really say there isn't much to do on 1-player. After doing one cup you can assume there isn't much, but once you really get into it you realise there's a fairly hefty game locked away.

PC online gaming is full of beardy nerds and pasty faced hackers. Xbox LIVE puts it to shame.