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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 counted 7 games in that paragraph Ali.
It will be interesting for Xbox owners as by next year they could have the top 3 FPS games of all time in their collections. Perfect Dark 2, Halo 2, Half Life 2, Doom 3, Deus EX 2, Operation Flashpoint, Counter Strike + a few more. Not a bad position to be in :)
You wait WS.
You'll see....
:P
You'll see....
:P
I can't see it happening.
Half-Life 2 will own.
Half-Life 2 will own.
Half Life was alright.
Counter Strike will be good
Half Life 2'll be excellent.
Halo 2 will be beyond superb
Counter Strike will be good
Half Life 2'll be excellent.
Halo 2 will be beyond superb
If they release COunter Strike 2 for the Xbox then thats all I will play online. Halo 2 will be better than Half Life 2 and I can guarentee that it will be my favourite game of all time and possibly even the greatest game of all time.
Tilt - don't lay your guilt trips of cousin humping on me mate. ;-))
Half Life 2 will be great but I think that Halo 2 is going to be that little bit more special.
Thing is, once thats online, whose going to be playing anything else ?? ;-))
The Phantom Covenant vehicles really caught my eye - excellent stuff. Why does god, er I mean Bungie, have to be so cruel to make us wait ??
Half Life 2 will be great but I think that Halo 2 is going to be that little bit more special.
Thing is, once thats online, whose going to be playing anything else ?? ;-))
The Phantom Covenant vehicles really caught my eye - excellent stuff. Why does god, er I mean Bungie, have to be so cruel to make us wait ??
I've attempted to view the meaty Halo 2 footage.
Seeing as my Computer is so gay and crap, I could hardly make anything out of it, well the video was extremely jerky. I saw a little though and quite frankly it looks on par with spectacular. It WILL be the game of the year for sure.
I hope they put the video footage on an OXM disc or something so everyone can see it.
You know what sounds really cool? The fact that you can play as the covenant in multiplayer!
God damn it, I cannot wait for this game.
Seeing as my Computer is so gay and crap, I could hardly make anything out of it, well the video was extremely jerky. I saw a little though and quite frankly it looks on par with spectacular. It WILL be the game of the year for sure.
I hope they put the video footage on an OXM disc or something so everyone can see it.
You know what sounds really cool? The fact that you can play as the covenant in multiplayer!
God damn it, I cannot wait for this game.
Savatt78 wrote:
> I had my cousin over and we just watched the footage, drooling like 2
> dogs over a huge chunk of meat.
That's a twisted relationship you have with ya cousin :D
Have you seen the footage of Halflife 2?
That's the game at the show that surpassed Halo 2, looks absoloutly amazing. Good thing is Valve are working on an Xbox version as well so you won't need a mammoth PC to play it.
> I had my cousin over and we just watched the footage, drooling like 2
> dogs over a huge chunk of meat.
That's a twisted relationship you have with ya cousin :D
Have you seen the footage of Halflife 2?
That's the game at the show that surpassed Halo 2, looks absoloutly amazing. Good thing is Valve are working on an Xbox version as well so you won't need a mammoth PC to play it.
Been drooling over the new Halo 2 footage from E3. I want that game now !!! So hard having to wait for it, especially after that latest footage. Theres no way in hell any other game could pass it as best game of the show this year.
It looks like its going to be such an awesome experience to play and the looks of the game just blow you away - theres nothing coming out on any other format that comes close to comparing to it.
I had my cousin over and we just watched the footage, drooling like 2 dogs over a huge chunk of meat.
Sod 2003, bring on 2004 !
It looks like its going to be such an awesome experience to play and the looks of the game just blow you away - theres nothing coming out on any other format that comes close to comparing to it.
I had my cousin over and we just watched the footage, drooling like 2 dogs over a huge chunk of meat.
Sod 2003, bring on 2004 !
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