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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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Actually I hadn't considered the graphics may have been improved for the PC version.
But I put Vice City up and Halo on the TV, and Vice City was definately more detailed.
But I put Vice City up and Halo on the TV, and Vice City was definately more detailed.
GTA 3 and Vice city look awfuly dated already. Really quite crude at times. For the first time ever I think you are talking noncence. Don't make a habit of it. :)
Sorry Whitestripes - that Vice City comment just threw your arguement straight out the window. Better graphics than Halo - silly sod. ;-))
Bah. I aren't getting into an argument over Vice City, it doesn't get any lower than that ;)
No it doesn't.
It really doesn't.
And I seem to remeber spending more time indoors than out.
It really doesn't.
And I seem to remeber spending more time indoors than out.
There are as many outdoor areas in Halo as there are indoor. When it comes down to it Halo wins hands down when compared to GTA Vice City.
No
The city is much more detailed than Halo's 'one texture suits all' interior designs.
The city is much more detailed than Halo's 'one texture suits all' interior designs.
> Whitestripes DX wrote:
> In fact, having been playing both quit a bit recently, I must say
> that
> Vice City's graphics are more impressive than Halo's.
?
I'm a pretty big GTA fan but the graphics aren't even close to being as good as Halo.
You were joking?
> In fact, having been playing both quit a bit recently, I must say
> that
> Vice City's graphics are more impressive than Halo's.
?
I'm a pretty big GTA fan but the graphics aren't even close to being as good as Halo.
You were joking?
gamezfreak wrote:
> Halo 2 will be un-original.
>
> But will have some innovative ideas and gameplay to push the genre
> forward a little over then its predecessor.
>
> But it will be fantastic.
>
> Maverick, you may say your not that excited about it at the current
> moment in time. You will be eventually, Multiplayer, Online Co-op,
> Graphics to die for, Halo on earth.
Yea to be honest I wasn't really excited about Halo 2 either but I saw some screenshots and it looks mint. Also, I haven't played Halo right through but my cousin just sold his X-Box so I'm getting Halo off him for a tenner, just to catch up with the story so I'm quite looking forward to it now.
> Halo 2 will be un-original.
>
> But will have some innovative ideas and gameplay to push the genre
> forward a little over then its predecessor.
>
> But it will be fantastic.
>
> Maverick, you may say your not that excited about it at the current
> moment in time. You will be eventually, Multiplayer, Online Co-op,
> Graphics to die for, Halo on earth.
Yea to be honest I wasn't really excited about Halo 2 either but I saw some screenshots and it looks mint. Also, I haven't played Halo right through but my cousin just sold his X-Box so I'm getting Halo off him for a tenner, just to catch up with the story so I'm quite looking forward to it now.
Whitestripes DX wrote:
> In fact, having been playing both quit a bit recently, I must say that
> Vice City's graphics are more impressive than Halo's.
Say you're joking. How on earth can you think that?
> In fact, having been playing both quit a bit recently, I must say that
> Vice City's graphics are more impressive than Halo's.
Say you're joking. How on earth can you think that?
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