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I've just been looking through the new XBM mag, issue 22, and the line-up of new X-Box games for this year and the beginning of next looks fantastic.
Project Gotham 2
Half-life 2
Freedom Fighters
Colin McRae 4
Conker: Live and Uncut
Driver 3
True Crime
Armed and Dangerous
Star Wars: KOTOR
Soul Calibur 2
Broken Sword
Mafia
Worms 3D
Dead or Alive 4 and DOA online
MOH: Rising Sun
Doom 3
Halo 2
Fable
Shenmue 3
Full Spectrum Warrior
Splinter Cell 2
Tony Hawks Underground
Everyone of those games look to be winners and extremely enjoyable games, and if the rumours are true we could also see a port of Vice City on the way to X-Box, and in this particular mag, they say that GTA3 will be included with Vice City. So to me the future of the X-Box looks very bright indeed and I'm really glad I got it now.
Project Gotham 2
Half-life 2
Freedom Fighters
Colin McRae 4
Conker: Live and Uncut
Driver 3
True Crime
Armed and Dangerous
Star Wars: KOTOR
Soul Calibur 2
Broken Sword
Mafia
Worms 3D
Dead or Alive 4 and DOA online
MOH: Rising Sun
Doom 3
Halo 2
Fable
Shenmue 3
Full Spectrum Warrior
Splinter Cell 2
Tony Hawks Underground
Everyone of those games look to be winners and extremely enjoyable games, and if the rumours are true we could also see a port of Vice City on the way to X-Box, and in this particular mag, they say that GTA3 will be included with Vice City. So to me the future of the X-Box looks very bright indeed and I'm really glad I got it now.
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Practical Magic wrote:
> Shenmue 3 - because a game with more cinematics and speech than MGS2
> is not the way forward - Shenmue 2 hardly set the sales charts on fire
> did it ?
Did it ever occur to you, that :-
1) Shenmue is a huge RPG lasting hours, and comparing the (often playable) cutscenes of Shenmue to those of a stealth-based shoot 'em up is a poor comparison at best.
2) Sales of a game do not reflect the quality of the title.
3) Being a hypocrite, your name sucks.
> Shenmue 3 - because a game with more cinematics and speech than MGS2
> is not the way forward - Shenmue 2 hardly set the sales charts on fire
> did it ?
Did it ever occur to you, that :-
1) Shenmue is a huge RPG lasting hours, and comparing the (often playable) cutscenes of Shenmue to those of a stealth-based shoot 'em up is a poor comparison at best.
2) Sales of a game do not reflect the quality of the title.
3) Being a hypocrite, your name sucks.
Dwarf_Pr0n wrote:
> Project Gotham 2
> Conker: Live and Uncut
> Driver 3
> True Crime
> Doom 3
> Shenmue 3
> Tony Hawks Underground
The above, will, in my opinion, be little more than average.
Why ?
Project Gotham 2 - only so much you can do with the licence and apart from flashier graphics and Xbox Live - which by the way I'm sick of reading OXM's opinion that Live ability makesa crap game good - there is little room for improvement.
Conker - it's the N64 version rehashed. Rare seems - from what they have released - to have lost their flare.
Driver 3 - too late and too long in development
True Crime - tries to emulate GTA but you can't beat the original franchise.
Doom 3 - too long in development and Half Life 2 / Halo 2 will overshadow it anyway.
Shenmue 3 - because a game with more cinematics and speech than MGS2 is not the way forward - Shenmue 2 hardly set the sales charts on fire did it ?
Tony Hawk's - unless there is serious innovation then....average.
> Project Gotham 2
> Conker: Live and Uncut
> Driver 3
> True Crime
> Doom 3
> Shenmue 3
> Tony Hawks Underground
The above, will, in my opinion, be little more than average.
Why ?
Project Gotham 2 - only so much you can do with the licence and apart from flashier graphics and Xbox Live - which by the way I'm sick of reading OXM's opinion that Live ability makesa crap game good - there is little room for improvement.
Conker - it's the N64 version rehashed. Rare seems - from what they have released - to have lost their flare.
Driver 3 - too late and too long in development
True Crime - tries to emulate GTA but you can't beat the original franchise.
Doom 3 - too long in development and Half Life 2 / Halo 2 will overshadow it anyway.
Shenmue 3 - because a game with more cinematics and speech than MGS2 is not the way forward - Shenmue 2 hardly set the sales charts on fire did it ?
Tony Hawk's - unless there is serious innovation then....average.
Soul Calibur 2 is EXELLENT.
Playing it through at work and will be buying it when it's out.
Playing it through at work and will be buying it when it's out.
How the hell could you miss out Deus EX 2 or Operation Flashpoint XB? Personally I am looking forward to those 2 as much as I am any Xbox title. I am also keeping a close eye on Amped 2 as I enjoyed the first one a lot.
Games which I think will get around 9/10
Project Gotham 2
Half-life 2
Colin McRae 4
Conker: Live and Uncut
Driver 3
True Crime
Star Wars: KOTOR
Soul Calibur 2
Dead or Alive 4 and DOA online
Doom 3
Halo 2
Fable
Shenmue 3
Splinter Cell 2
Tony Hawks Underground
The others will get 7 and up.
I doubt any will be classed as "Average"
Project Gotham 2
Half-life 2
Colin McRae 4
Conker: Live and Uncut
Driver 3
True Crime
Star Wars: KOTOR
Soul Calibur 2
Dead or Alive 4 and DOA online
Doom 3
Halo 2
Fable
Shenmue 3
Splinter Cell 2
Tony Hawks Underground
The others will get 7 and up.
I doubt any will be classed as "Average"
*mouth foams*
It's a good line up, but the proof is in the gameplay, not the graphics, I reckon about half of those will rate higher than average.
I've just been looking through the new XBM mag, issue 22, and the line-up of new X-Box games for this year and the beginning of next looks fantastic.
Project Gotham 2
Half-life 2
Freedom Fighters
Colin McRae 4
Conker: Live and Uncut
Driver 3
True Crime
Armed and Dangerous
Star Wars: KOTOR
Soul Calibur 2
Broken Sword
Mafia
Worms 3D
Dead or Alive 4 and DOA online
MOH: Rising Sun
Doom 3
Halo 2
Fable
Shenmue 3
Full Spectrum Warrior
Splinter Cell 2
Tony Hawks Underground
Everyone of those games look to be winners and extremely enjoyable games, and if the rumours are true we could also see a port of Vice City on the way to X-Box, and in this particular mag, they say that GTA3 will be included with Vice City. So to me the future of the X-Box looks very bright indeed and I'm really glad I got it now.
Project Gotham 2
Half-life 2
Freedom Fighters
Colin McRae 4
Conker: Live and Uncut
Driver 3
True Crime
Armed and Dangerous
Star Wars: KOTOR
Soul Calibur 2
Broken Sword
Mafia
Worms 3D
Dead or Alive 4 and DOA online
MOH: Rising Sun
Doom 3
Halo 2
Fable
Shenmue 3
Full Spectrum Warrior
Splinter Cell 2
Tony Hawks Underground
Everyone of those games look to be winners and extremely enjoyable games, and if the rumours are true we could also see a port of Vice City on the way to X-Box, and in this particular mag, they say that GTA3 will be included with Vice City. So to me the future of the X-Box looks very bright indeed and I'm really glad I got it now.
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