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I don't normally post in this forum, not being a massive games fan. However, in the recent months I have been swept along by the PS2/Gamecube/X-box hype machine, and I thought I would share my experiences of the X-box..
Basically I was on a school trip in America only a few weeks ago during half term and a part of the advertising campaign some of the games shops had got their very own preview consoles in for people to play on. The demo disc was fairly functional, with only one interactive game, Abe's world something or other. I must say I was really not impressed with it. Far from being the lean machine I had been led to believe it was, the graphics weren't actually that good in any of the games. The one game I was interested in was Halo, which seemed to be the main release game, and that really did not look very good, graphically. From what I was able to see from the rolling demo the gameplay appeared to be in the Turok vein. That was bit of a disappointment, especially as I was expecting something that would trounce Perfect Dark. If push came to shove I would probably choose an N64 with Perfect Dark than an X-box with Halo.
The one interactive game, Abe's World, was equally ropey. The camera was hard to control, as was Abe. While I may not be the most coordinated of gamers, even I can tell when a camera angle causes you to fall to your doom much to the amusement of the guy behind you with the huge afro. Abe's World looked like a fairly mediocre PC game. I was not impressed. As far as sports games go all the demos were for American sports. Again the graphics were a little ropey and I was hardly left breathless. Finally, the controller is really quite cumbersome as well; all in all a disappointment.
My friend was a bit of an X-box fan and he blamed the poor showing on the quality of the in-store TV and the unfinished state of the games on the review disc. Maybe this was true, in which case I don't think it was a wise move on Microsoft's part, as the preview console left me feeling much less desperate to get one.
Personally I will go for a Gamecube, which seems from the reports I've read, to be a bit of sleek gaming machine. One report said that it had movie graphics of breath-taking resolution. Sounds good to me! If I can say anything to people thinking of buying either console then it would be to test one before you part with your cash. Had i not have played on the X-box I would have put my name down on the waiting list as soon as I got home.
Hardly words from a wise one, but I hope they help..
Basically I was on a school trip in America only a few weeks ago during half term and a part of the advertising campaign some of the games shops had got their very own preview consoles in for people to play on. The demo disc was fairly functional, with only one interactive game, Abe's world something or other. I must say I was really not impressed with it. Far from being the lean machine I had been led to believe it was, the graphics weren't actually that good in any of the games. The one game I was interested in was Halo, which seemed to be the main release game, and that really did not look very good, graphically. From what I was able to see from the rolling demo the gameplay appeared to be in the Turok vein. That was bit of a disappointment, especially as I was expecting something that would trounce Perfect Dark. If push came to shove I would probably choose an N64 with Perfect Dark than an X-box with Halo.
The one interactive game, Abe's World, was equally ropey. The camera was hard to control, as was Abe. While I may not be the most coordinated of gamers, even I can tell when a camera angle causes you to fall to your doom much to the amusement of the guy behind you with the huge afro. Abe's World looked like a fairly mediocre PC game. I was not impressed. As far as sports games go all the demos were for American sports. Again the graphics were a little ropey and I was hardly left breathless. Finally, the controller is really quite cumbersome as well; all in all a disappointment.
My friend was a bit of an X-box fan and he blamed the poor showing on the quality of the in-store TV and the unfinished state of the games on the review disc. Maybe this was true, in which case I don't think it was a wise move on Microsoft's part, as the preview console left me feeling much less desperate to get one.
Personally I will go for a Gamecube, which seems from the reports I've read, to be a bit of sleek gaming machine. One report said that it had movie graphics of breath-taking resolution. Sounds good to me! If I can say anything to people thinking of buying either console then it would be to test one before you part with your cash. Had i not have played on the X-box I would have put my name down on the waiting list as soon as I got home.
Hardly words from a wise one, but I hope they help..
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Heh! That actually suprises me.
Ah well, looks like they really are going to have a lot of problems then.
Ah well, looks like they really are going to have a lot of problems then.
I actually crashed it myself! having been there for about 30 minutes trying to make sense of Abe's World I decided to go back to the rolling demos screen and the thing crashed. Much to the annoyance of Mr.Afro behind me, who had been patiently waiting to play on the thing. I waited patiently for the X-box to restart and it didn't, which was around the time the store attendant came along. He managed to reset it after opening the case (of the display unit, not the X-box!) and then I quietly went away and had a go on another one that was in a different games shop across the mall... oh it was sad but I wanted to see the X-box in action.
I'm guilty as hell of doing that question thing though... as you might have noticed. :0)
Seems to be a bit of stuff on X-Box's crashing all the time... did it work ok when you were there?
Seems to be a bit of stuff on X-Box's crashing all the time... did it work ok when you were there?
Relieve aches and Pains? (ho ho! rhetorical question - thats a Grix no no) I'm sure my N64 controller has given me repetitive strain injury in my thumb. Actually no, it would probably be Perfect Dark. Yes, the sheer wonderfulness of the game resulted in the destruction of all tendons in my thumb, and it was worth every second of it!
Let the healing controller of Ninty make all your aches and pains from that Xbox controller go away, and take you to a magical world where the gameplay really is as good as the graphics!
(was I overdoing it?)
:-)
(was I overdoing it?)
:-)
Grix Thraves wrote:
"Why? Because it didn't babble on, ask itself questions"
Ho ho ho...
"Why? Because it didn't babble on, ask itself questions"
Ho ho ho...
Damn it Janet, I read all of that. Thanks, nice read.
Why? Because it didn't babble on, ask itself questions, just stated stuff, and made sense.
More topics like this I want.
Why? Because it didn't babble on, ask itself questions, just stated stuff, and made sense.
More topics like this I want.
I don't normally post in this forum, not being a massive games fan. However, in the recent months I have been swept along by the PS2/Gamecube/X-box hype machine, and I thought I would share my experiences of the X-box..
Basically I was on a school trip in America only a few weeks ago during half term and a part of the advertising campaign some of the games shops had got their very own preview consoles in for people to play on. The demo disc was fairly functional, with only one interactive game, Abe's world something or other. I must say I was really not impressed with it. Far from being the lean machine I had been led to believe it was, the graphics weren't actually that good in any of the games. The one game I was interested in was Halo, which seemed to be the main release game, and that really did not look very good, graphically. From what I was able to see from the rolling demo the gameplay appeared to be in the Turok vein. That was bit of a disappointment, especially as I was expecting something that would trounce Perfect Dark. If push came to shove I would probably choose an N64 with Perfect Dark than an X-box with Halo.
The one interactive game, Abe's World, was equally ropey. The camera was hard to control, as was Abe. While I may not be the most coordinated of gamers, even I can tell when a camera angle causes you to fall to your doom much to the amusement of the guy behind you with the huge afro. Abe's World looked like a fairly mediocre PC game. I was not impressed. As far as sports games go all the demos were for American sports. Again the graphics were a little ropey and I was hardly left breathless. Finally, the controller is really quite cumbersome as well; all in all a disappointment.
My friend was a bit of an X-box fan and he blamed the poor showing on the quality of the in-store TV and the unfinished state of the games on the review disc. Maybe this was true, in which case I don't think it was a wise move on Microsoft's part, as the preview console left me feeling much less desperate to get one.
Personally I will go for a Gamecube, which seems from the reports I've read, to be a bit of sleek gaming machine. One report said that it had movie graphics of breath-taking resolution. Sounds good to me! If I can say anything to people thinking of buying either console then it would be to test one before you part with your cash. Had i not have played on the X-box I would have put my name down on the waiting list as soon as I got home.
Hardly words from a wise one, but I hope they help..
Basically I was on a school trip in America only a few weeks ago during half term and a part of the advertising campaign some of the games shops had got their very own preview consoles in for people to play on. The demo disc was fairly functional, with only one interactive game, Abe's world something or other. I must say I was really not impressed with it. Far from being the lean machine I had been led to believe it was, the graphics weren't actually that good in any of the games. The one game I was interested in was Halo, which seemed to be the main release game, and that really did not look very good, graphically. From what I was able to see from the rolling demo the gameplay appeared to be in the Turok vein. That was bit of a disappointment, especially as I was expecting something that would trounce Perfect Dark. If push came to shove I would probably choose an N64 with Perfect Dark than an X-box with Halo.
The one interactive game, Abe's World, was equally ropey. The camera was hard to control, as was Abe. While I may not be the most coordinated of gamers, even I can tell when a camera angle causes you to fall to your doom much to the amusement of the guy behind you with the huge afro. Abe's World looked like a fairly mediocre PC game. I was not impressed. As far as sports games go all the demos were for American sports. Again the graphics were a little ropey and I was hardly left breathless. Finally, the controller is really quite cumbersome as well; all in all a disappointment.
My friend was a bit of an X-box fan and he blamed the poor showing on the quality of the in-store TV and the unfinished state of the games on the review disc. Maybe this was true, in which case I don't think it was a wise move on Microsoft's part, as the preview console left me feeling much less desperate to get one.
Personally I will go for a Gamecube, which seems from the reports I've read, to be a bit of sleek gaming machine. One report said that it had movie graphics of breath-taking resolution. Sounds good to me! If I can say anything to people thinking of buying either console then it would be to test one before you part with your cash. Had i not have played on the X-box I would have put my name down on the waiting list as soon as I got home.
Hardly words from a wise one, but I hope they help..
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