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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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I don't wish to argue with you Whitestripes, cause well, your probably the most enjoyable person to converse with on the forums.
The "Halo Grass" is a texture. To load, Textures use quite a lot of memory (RAM). Think about the size of the level of Halo. That grass carpets pretty much the whole level. The game has to then include all other textures (buildings, mountains ect) and then load the enemys and how your character reacts to the level.
This is why the Xbox has a hard drive, it loads all these events and what not onto the harddrive, aswell as the memory. So the level does'nt have to stop to load.
The "Halo Grass" is a texture. To load, Textures use quite a lot of memory (RAM). Think about the size of the level of Halo. That grass carpets pretty much the whole level. The game has to then include all other textures (buildings, mountains ect) and then load the enemys and how your character reacts to the level.
This is why the Xbox has a hard drive, it loads all these events and what not onto the harddrive, aswell as the memory. So the level does'nt have to stop to load.
Man, it's FLAT. Do you get it?
That doesn't take any power at all, it's just a mixture of colours on a flat surface, hardly system pushing stuff is it.
That doesn't take any power at all, it's just a mixture of colours on a flat surface, hardly system pushing stuff is it.
+ The size of the level "Halo" is huge.
It might be just one square of grass repeated.
But put it this way.
Its one square spread throughout the whole level.
You reckon the PS2 could render the whole carpet of realistic grass, without slowdown?
But put it this way.
Its one square spread throughout the whole level.
You reckon the PS2 could render the whole carpet of realistic grass, without slowdown?
gamezfreak wrote:
> Hook up your Xbox to your PC monitor (using one of those VGA things)
> and play Halo....
Wouldnt make any difference. As the system still plays 800x600. My friend has a VGA box for the PS2 and to be honest it looks worst than a TV with a good RGB cable. He has his a 22 inch monitor on 1600x1200 so its not like its a crappy 15inch 800x600 set up.
Now if you hooked up Halo onto a High Def TV then you would see the improvement.
> Hook up your Xbox to your PC monitor (using one of those VGA things)
> and play Halo....
Wouldnt make any difference. As the system still plays 800x600. My friend has a VGA box for the PS2 and to be honest it looks worst than a TV with a good RGB cable. He has his a 22 inch monitor on 1600x1200 so its not like its a crappy 15inch 800x600 set up.
Now if you hooked up Halo onto a High Def TV then you would see the improvement.
Yeah, but like he said, it's just a flat carpet with grass drawn on it.
In fact, it's just one tile, like someone had drawn grass on a piece of A1 paper, then copied and pasted it across the entire level.
And of course, the PS2 can easily do that, it all depends if the developer bothers to draw it or not.
In fact, it's just one tile, like someone had drawn grass on a piece of A1 paper, then copied and pasted it across the entire level.
And of course, the PS2 can easily do that, it all depends if the developer bothers to draw it or not.
Cheers.
Grass..
Wooo.
Hehe. Using it as an argument against the PS2. Hehe.
Grass..
Wooo.
Hehe. Using it as an argument against the PS2. Hehe.
*Instructs Cyclone to be quiet*
I'm sending that CD by the way, should get to you about Friday/Saturday?
Anyway.
People like the Halo grass because its so realistic style textured, unlike other consoles lame attempts at grass. *cough* PS2
I'm sending that CD by the way, should get to you about Friday/Saturday?
Anyway.
People like the Halo grass because its so realistic style textured, unlike other consoles lame attempts at grass. *cough* PS2
gamezfreak wrote:
> Halo grass!
>
> Wooo!
Look. Why does everybody get so wound up about it?
Its just like a mat thats been layered all over the levels. Woo. With the addition of some sticking up sometimes.
Unless I've missed something.....
> Halo grass!
>
> Wooo!
Look. Why does everybody get so wound up about it?
Its just like a mat thats been layered all over the levels. Woo. With the addition of some sticking up sometimes.
Unless I've missed something.....
Whitestripes DX wrote:
> But I put Vice City up and Halo on the TV, and Vice City was
> definately more detailed..
The PC version of Vice City is a lot more advanced then PS2....
Halo came out in 2001...
TV's only run at about 800 x 600 resolution, so games will appear granier then a PC monitor.
Hook up your Xbox to your PC monitor (using one of those VGA things) and play Halo....
> But I put Vice City up and Halo on the TV, and Vice City was
> definately more detailed..
The PC version of Vice City is a lot more advanced then PS2....
Halo came out in 2001...
TV's only run at about 800 x 600 resolution, so games will appear granier then a PC monitor.
Hook up your Xbox to your PC monitor (using one of those VGA things) and play Halo....
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