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Last night I played my XBox from the moment I got in from work to the moment I went to bed. It helped me realise why the Micorsoft machine comes out as my favourite gaming experience, this is how my night went...
Got in from work, switched on my XBox and stuck in Moto GP 2, eager to raise the stats of my custom bike for online races. After like an hour of playing the game, an invite from one of my online buddies flashes up in the corner of the screen.
I bring up my friends list to see whose invited me and what game they're playing. I've been invited to play Moto GP 2 so I decide to take my custom bike online and have a laugh. I'm taken to the lobby of the game I've been invited to and there are around 10 players chatting. I have a laugh with them and shortly after I'm playing in a big multiplayer race.
After around 3 hours of racing online, one my online friends whose turned up is quick to ask me if I have the latest Mech Assault downloads.
Straight after the race that followed, I switched to Mech Assault and got myself straight to the download area and downloaded the capture the flag mode, a couple of new maps and a couple of new mechs - sweet !
I play a couple of Mech Assault games and then decide to get offline cause its getting late and I have work the next day.
I take out the game and goto the music area of the dashboard. I then play the music on my harddrive while I change for bed and read a couple of sections of my latest official XBox mag.
And there you have it and to me, this is the kind of gaming life Microsoft gives that the competition doesn't match at least for now.
With Moto GP 2 having the friends list available at all times - even when not playing online, its easy to see that Microsoft's finished article of its gaming experience is gradually coming together.
At the moment they're apparently getting developers to all make their games "Live Aware". Basically even if they have no online multiplayer options or downloadable content, Microsoft still want them to include the friends list in the options so players can contact eachother at anytime while they are playing on their XBox consoles.
Its great owning the XBox as your given so many options when playing games. What I told you above was on a Tuesday night. Its so great being able to switch from playing a game on my own to playing a large scale multiplayer within a couple of button presses.
For all the worries of people not using the headset, these seem pretty unfounded as whenever I go online, I always have a great laugh with everyone. :-)
Now before I get people on the attack with comments like "yeah well not everyone can get online" and "yeah but my console has got better games, blah, BS, blah" - this is based on my experience and how it provides the gaming experience to my tastes in games.
All the 3 of the consoles have great games that I enjoy, but the XBox provides the biggest quantity of what I like to play and provides me with the best options when it comes to how I like to play them.
Cheers Microsoft ! Now I'm off to play Moto GP 2 for a little while before I goto bed.
Got in from work, switched on my XBox and stuck in Moto GP 2, eager to raise the stats of my custom bike for online races. After like an hour of playing the game, an invite from one of my online buddies flashes up in the corner of the screen.
I bring up my friends list to see whose invited me and what game they're playing. I've been invited to play Moto GP 2 so I decide to take my custom bike online and have a laugh. I'm taken to the lobby of the game I've been invited to and there are around 10 players chatting. I have a laugh with them and shortly after I'm playing in a big multiplayer race.
After around 3 hours of racing online, one my online friends whose turned up is quick to ask me if I have the latest Mech Assault downloads.
Straight after the race that followed, I switched to Mech Assault and got myself straight to the download area and downloaded the capture the flag mode, a couple of new maps and a couple of new mechs - sweet !
I play a couple of Mech Assault games and then decide to get offline cause its getting late and I have work the next day.
I take out the game and goto the music area of the dashboard. I then play the music on my harddrive while I change for bed and read a couple of sections of my latest official XBox mag.
And there you have it and to me, this is the kind of gaming life Microsoft gives that the competition doesn't match at least for now.
With Moto GP 2 having the friends list available at all times - even when not playing online, its easy to see that Microsoft's finished article of its gaming experience is gradually coming together.
At the moment they're apparently getting developers to all make their games "Live Aware". Basically even if they have no online multiplayer options or downloadable content, Microsoft still want them to include the friends list in the options so players can contact eachother at anytime while they are playing on their XBox consoles.
Its great owning the XBox as your given so many options when playing games. What I told you above was on a Tuesday night. Its so great being able to switch from playing a game on my own to playing a large scale multiplayer within a couple of button presses.
For all the worries of people not using the headset, these seem pretty unfounded as whenever I go online, I always have a great laugh with everyone. :-)
Now before I get people on the attack with comments like "yeah well not everyone can get online" and "yeah but my console has got better games, blah, BS, blah" - this is based on my experience and how it provides the gaming experience to my tastes in games.
All the 3 of the consoles have great games that I enjoy, but the XBox provides the biggest quantity of what I like to play and provides me with the best options when it comes to how I like to play them.
Cheers Microsoft ! Now I'm off to play Moto GP 2 for a little while before I goto bed.
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So I take it you haven't heard of Burnout 2 then?
deffinately getting broadband in the next few days. so might get live. the stupid woman on the phone read back what my mum had asked "you want your second line disconnected, and you want broadband put onto ***** ******, yes?" my mum confirmed that. the stupid woman put broadband on our second line! so have to wait a few days for the change. we would of had it on friday but that stupid woman...
anyway, speaking of online and Moto GP2. i just had this thought. imagine The Fast And The Furious (you know, the film). but put it into a game style (not like the film, just a game style). it would be a really cool online game if it went something like this: you have your single player car racer. you win nice cash every time you win to upgrade, and clearly the more you win the more you can upgrade, and the better you car becomes, etc. so then you can go race online, and win cash and upgrade if you win. etc etc.
just a thought that entered my mind
anyway, speaking of online and Moto GP2. i just had this thought. imagine The Fast And The Furious (you know, the film). but put it into a game style (not like the film, just a game style). it would be a really cool online game if it went something like this: you have your single player car racer. you win nice cash every time you win to upgrade, and clearly the more you win the more you can upgrade, and the better you car becomes, etc. so then you can go race online, and win cash and upgrade if you win. etc etc.
just a thought that entered my mind
Hehe
Come July you will all be bowing down to my Wolfenstine skillz.....if you have Xbox Live that is.
Come July you will all be bowing down to my Wolfenstine skillz.....if you have Xbox Live that is.
Mantis wrote:
> I would clean your azz.
Everyone does mate. Everyone knows their role in my damn presence. ;-)
> I would clean your azz.
Everyone does mate. Everyone knows their role in my damn presence. ;-)
If I had live, I would clean your azz.
Er, yeah.
Er, yeah.
Maybe.
Probably Wolfenstein.
Probably Wolfenstein.
Pumpkinist wrote:
> Then Brute Force/MotoGP2 (maybe) and then Galaxies.
+ Unreal Championship
> Then Brute Force/MotoGP2 (maybe) and then Galaxies.
+ Unreal Championship
I *should* be able to get Live.
Then Brute Force/MotoGP2 (maybe) and then Galaxies.
Then Brute Force/MotoGP2 (maybe) and then Galaxies.
Broadband + LIVE + Unreal Championship.
:D!
:D!
I really want Broadband. And Live. And Star Wars: Galaxies.
Sweet.
Sweet.
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