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I spent this afternoon playing on an X-Box so I thought i'd tell you all what it's really like!
It's not actually that bad!
I played the snowboarding game Amped and the first person shooter Halo!
The snowboarding game I would have to say is one of the best snowboarding games that I've ever played. The reason for this is that it's a realistic snowboarding game. Unlike SSX where you do impossible stuff and then tracks are ones you would just never have in real life, the tricks and the tracks in Amped are ones you could do and would see in real life. About the only other snowboarding game which I feel has been truly realistic is 1080 Snowboarding on the N64. So until 1080 2 comes out on the Gamecube, I'd have to say that this is the game to get, if you want the best snowboarding game available. The control method for the game is quite good too. You use the A button to crouch, and then when you let go of the button you jump into the air. You can then flick the control stick to perform spins, and flips, or you can press the A, B, X, and Y buttons to perform various grabs etc. And the L and R buttons are used to do tweaks. It's a control method that works quite well, and you can pick the game up and get into it relatively quickly. As the controller is quite BIG (wider than the Gamecube) it is quite comfortable to hold. It fits snugly into your hands providing a nice comfy playing experience. Another thing to mention about this game is the music. It has something like 150 different music tracks. And these are pretty good tracks. Kinda like the normal stuff you get in extreme sports games like Cool Boarder or Tony Hawks. And if that isn't enough music for you, you can rip your own CD’s to the X-Box's hard disk and the game will play those songs instead.
Now for Halo. I only played this game in co-operative mode and in deathmatch mode. The co-operative mode was pretty good fun. The game suffered from absolutely NO slow down, and I doubt any graphical detail, as the game still looked pretty dam impressive. The game itself seemed to me, to be just like every other sci-fi first person shooter. I can’t really see why people raved on about it sooo much. The reason I think they did was because it’s one of the first, first person shooter to appear on the new super consoles, and it looks pretty awesome. That’s the only thing I could think of as to why it’s acclaimed to being soo good. It was pretty much just like all other sci-fi FPS’s. Run down some corridors, meet some aliens, shoot them, run down some more corridors, find some more aliens, shoot them, and move on. There weren’t really any objectives we had to do other than get to a certain point. Admittedly this was only the start of the game that I played. Perhaps it gets a bit different eventually!
As for the deathmatch mode. This was really good fun. It still has it so that you can only carry around 2 weapons at once, but that doesn’t seem to bother you much. It adds a little more fun to the deathmatch experience I felt. Cos you had to find a weapon, and you’d use that, and eventually you would run out of ammo and you’d have to go find another. So there wasn’t any “stock up on every possible gun and all ammo” as there is in most FPS deathmatchs. A good thing about the deathmatch mode is that there is also no drop in the draw distance. This is probably what you’d expect from a FPS on the new consoles, but it was nice to see it for the first time. There was this one map, where it was in like a huge warehouse or something. Anyway, it was massive and you could climb to the top of these buildings and look out across the arena looking for your friend. And there you would see him running round in the distance. It was pretty good. There weren’t really that many weapons available though. This could be a draw back. I’ve only played it once, so it appeared pretty amazing to me. But I think that if you were to play it for extended periods quite often, then you might start wishing there was more weapons to use.
One aspect of the game that I haven’t mentioned yet is the control method. The controls are very similar to that used on the Playstation for FPS’s. You use the left hand stick to move around, and the right hand one to look around. If you push the left hand stick in, then you crouch. This is quite annoying when you are trying to crouch and move at the same time, because you have to keep the stick pressed down, while trying to move it around. The A button on the controller is used to jump, Y to reload, B to hit people, X to change weapon. Also there is a little white button above the X and Y buttons. When you press that a light comes on. You shoot by pressing the L button on the bottom of the pad and the R button to throw grenades. The control layout isn’t too bad. If your use to the Playstation controls of FPS’s then you’ll feel right at home. I personally find it quite annoying using 2 analogue sticks at once. I like the N64’s Goldeneye set up or the Turok set up. As in the Turok set up, you look with just one stick on the left, and you move around using 4 buttons on the right, for strafe left/right and move forward/back. I feel this is easier to use than 2 analogue sticks. The 2 stick method is ok generally for slow paced FPS’s like Medal Of Honour on Playstation, but when you need to move around a shoot quickly, I personally think it is better to just use 1 stick. On a whole though, the pad wasn’t that bad.
Well there you go. That’s my experience of two new X-Box games. I don’t think I’m gonna be having a go at the X-Box too much anymore. Yes it’s made by Microsoft, but really it’s not that bad a console. I doubt I’m going to get one mind, going that I’m going to be getting a Gamecube. But my view of the console has changed quite significantly after playing on one. I’m much more impressed with the X-Box than I have been of the Playstation 2. I still think that the PS2 has too much of a strangle hold on the market for the X-Box to sell significantly well in comparison. But the X-Box may do quite well if it keeps up with the quality games that have come out for it so far. I may be going to get a Gamecube but I feel that the X-Box probably has the better launch line up. The only main game I want out of the Gamecube launch line up is Wave Race: Blue Storm, and probably Rogue Leader, but there’s not really anything else just yet that I’m like a MUST have that game. But for the X-Box’s launch it is going to have games like Halo, Amped, Dead or Alive 3, and Jet Set Radio Future. If the X-Box can keep up the quality games, it might do quite well in the UK. I just wish Nintendo had a Mario title ready for the launch of the Gamecube!
I hope this has been informative to anyone curious about the X-Box. It should have been. I’m a die-hard Nintendo fan, and I find myself here saying good things about the X-Box. Hmmm…. Why? Dunno!
:)
It's not actually that bad!
I played the snowboarding game Amped and the first person shooter Halo!
The snowboarding game I would have to say is one of the best snowboarding games that I've ever played. The reason for this is that it's a realistic snowboarding game. Unlike SSX where you do impossible stuff and then tracks are ones you would just never have in real life, the tricks and the tracks in Amped are ones you could do and would see in real life. About the only other snowboarding game which I feel has been truly realistic is 1080 Snowboarding on the N64. So until 1080 2 comes out on the Gamecube, I'd have to say that this is the game to get, if you want the best snowboarding game available. The control method for the game is quite good too. You use the A button to crouch, and then when you let go of the button you jump into the air. You can then flick the control stick to perform spins, and flips, or you can press the A, B, X, and Y buttons to perform various grabs etc. And the L and R buttons are used to do tweaks. It's a control method that works quite well, and you can pick the game up and get into it relatively quickly. As the controller is quite BIG (wider than the Gamecube) it is quite comfortable to hold. It fits snugly into your hands providing a nice comfy playing experience. Another thing to mention about this game is the music. It has something like 150 different music tracks. And these are pretty good tracks. Kinda like the normal stuff you get in extreme sports games like Cool Boarder or Tony Hawks. And if that isn't enough music for you, you can rip your own CD’s to the X-Box's hard disk and the game will play those songs instead.
Now for Halo. I only played this game in co-operative mode and in deathmatch mode. The co-operative mode was pretty good fun. The game suffered from absolutely NO slow down, and I doubt any graphical detail, as the game still looked pretty dam impressive. The game itself seemed to me, to be just like every other sci-fi first person shooter. I can’t really see why people raved on about it sooo much. The reason I think they did was because it’s one of the first, first person shooter to appear on the new super consoles, and it looks pretty awesome. That’s the only thing I could think of as to why it’s acclaimed to being soo good. It was pretty much just like all other sci-fi FPS’s. Run down some corridors, meet some aliens, shoot them, run down some more corridors, find some more aliens, shoot them, and move on. There weren’t really any objectives we had to do other than get to a certain point. Admittedly this was only the start of the game that I played. Perhaps it gets a bit different eventually!
As for the deathmatch mode. This was really good fun. It still has it so that you can only carry around 2 weapons at once, but that doesn’t seem to bother you much. It adds a little more fun to the deathmatch experience I felt. Cos you had to find a weapon, and you’d use that, and eventually you would run out of ammo and you’d have to go find another. So there wasn’t any “stock up on every possible gun and all ammo” as there is in most FPS deathmatchs. A good thing about the deathmatch mode is that there is also no drop in the draw distance. This is probably what you’d expect from a FPS on the new consoles, but it was nice to see it for the first time. There was this one map, where it was in like a huge warehouse or something. Anyway, it was massive and you could climb to the top of these buildings and look out across the arena looking for your friend. And there you would see him running round in the distance. It was pretty good. There weren’t really that many weapons available though. This could be a draw back. I’ve only played it once, so it appeared pretty amazing to me. But I think that if you were to play it for extended periods quite often, then you might start wishing there was more weapons to use.
One aspect of the game that I haven’t mentioned yet is the control method. The controls are very similar to that used on the Playstation for FPS’s. You use the left hand stick to move around, and the right hand one to look around. If you push the left hand stick in, then you crouch. This is quite annoying when you are trying to crouch and move at the same time, because you have to keep the stick pressed down, while trying to move it around. The A button on the controller is used to jump, Y to reload, B to hit people, X to change weapon. Also there is a little white button above the X and Y buttons. When you press that a light comes on. You shoot by pressing the L button on the bottom of the pad and the R button to throw grenades. The control layout isn’t too bad. If your use to the Playstation controls of FPS’s then you’ll feel right at home. I personally find it quite annoying using 2 analogue sticks at once. I like the N64’s Goldeneye set up or the Turok set up. As in the Turok set up, you look with just one stick on the left, and you move around using 4 buttons on the right, for strafe left/right and move forward/back. I feel this is easier to use than 2 analogue sticks. The 2 stick method is ok generally for slow paced FPS’s like Medal Of Honour on Playstation, but when you need to move around a shoot quickly, I personally think it is better to just use 1 stick. On a whole though, the pad wasn’t that bad.
Well there you go. That’s my experience of two new X-Box games. I don’t think I’m gonna be having a go at the X-Box too much anymore. Yes it’s made by Microsoft, but really it’s not that bad a console. I doubt I’m going to get one mind, going that I’m going to be getting a Gamecube. But my view of the console has changed quite significantly after playing on one. I’m much more impressed with the X-Box than I have been of the Playstation 2. I still think that the PS2 has too much of a strangle hold on the market for the X-Box to sell significantly well in comparison. But the X-Box may do quite well if it keeps up with the quality games that have come out for it so far. I may be going to get a Gamecube but I feel that the X-Box probably has the better launch line up. The only main game I want out of the Gamecube launch line up is Wave Race: Blue Storm, and probably Rogue Leader, but there’s not really anything else just yet that I’m like a MUST have that game. But for the X-Box’s launch it is going to have games like Halo, Amped, Dead or Alive 3, and Jet Set Radio Future. If the X-Box can keep up the quality games, it might do quite well in the UK. I just wish Nintendo had a Mario title ready for the launch of the Gamecube!
I hope this has been informative to anyone curious about the X-Box. It should have been. I’m a die-hard Nintendo fan, and I find myself here saying good things about the X-Box. Hmmm…. Why? Dunno!
:)
experience :-P
Nice post, I agree Halo does look like a brilliant game, I saw it running on a tv program not so long ago, Thumb Bandits I think it was.
Anyone nice little review there Cooky.
Nice post, I agree Halo does look like a brilliant game, I saw it running on a tv program not so long ago, Thumb Bandits I think it was.
Anyone nice little review there Cooky.
Yeah, not a bad post Cook. I'm quite surprised that you found the X-Box controller comfortable after all the ranting you've directed towards it in the past!
If there's one X-Box game I trully want to play, it's Halo. FPS is my thing, ya see! Oh, and then there's driving games. And ofcourse platformers and adventures. Then there's...oh hell, forget it! Good post!
If there's one X-Box game I trully want to play, it's Halo. FPS is my thing, ya see! Oh, and then there's driving games. And ofcourse platformers and adventures. Then there's...oh hell, forget it! Good post!
Sorry lol did i say little?
Nice post Cooky!
You've been here for 700 days without a GAD, you might just get lucky, nice post.
I haven't played an Xbox yet but I might at some point. :D
You've been here for 700 days without a GAD, you might just get lucky, nice post.
I haven't played an Xbox yet but I might at some point. :D
The X-box is a storming console, i myself have backed up the little wonder and i am reknown for Nintendo bias...
Despite its brilliance i wont be choosing it over the Gamecube, Zelda, Mario, Perfect Dark, Resident Evil, Pikmin etc... outweigh Halo, Jet Set Radio Future and Dead or Alive 3 (my most excited X-box titles) but only just...
If i had my way i would have both... i think i shall wait until christmas!
Great post Cooky!
Despite its brilliance i wont be choosing it over the Gamecube, Zelda, Mario, Perfect Dark, Resident Evil, Pikmin etc... outweigh Halo, Jet Set Radio Future and Dead or Alive 3 (my most excited X-box titles) but only just...
If i had my way i would have both... i think i shall wait until christmas!
Great post Cooky!
I spent this afternoon playing on an X-Box so I thought i'd tell you all what it's really like!
It's not actually that bad!
I played the snowboarding game Amped and the first person shooter Halo!
The snowboarding game I would have to say is one of the best snowboarding games that I've ever played. The reason for this is that it's a realistic snowboarding game. Unlike SSX where you do impossible stuff and then tracks are ones you would just never have in real life, the tricks and the tracks in Amped are ones you could do and would see in real life. About the only other snowboarding game which I feel has been truly realistic is 1080 Snowboarding on the N64. So until 1080 2 comes out on the Gamecube, I'd have to say that this is the game to get, if you want the best snowboarding game available. The control method for the game is quite good too. You use the A button to crouch, and then when you let go of the button you jump into the air. You can then flick the control stick to perform spins, and flips, or you can press the A, B, X, and Y buttons to perform various grabs etc. And the L and R buttons are used to do tweaks. It's a control method that works quite well, and you can pick the game up and get into it relatively quickly. As the controller is quite BIG (wider than the Gamecube) it is quite comfortable to hold. It fits snugly into your hands providing a nice comfy playing experience. Another thing to mention about this game is the music. It has something like 150 different music tracks. And these are pretty good tracks. Kinda like the normal stuff you get in extreme sports games like Cool Boarder or Tony Hawks. And if that isn't enough music for you, you can rip your own CD’s to the X-Box's hard disk and the game will play those songs instead.
Now for Halo. I only played this game in co-operative mode and in deathmatch mode. The co-operative mode was pretty good fun. The game suffered from absolutely NO slow down, and I doubt any graphical detail, as the game still looked pretty dam impressive. The game itself seemed to me, to be just like every other sci-fi first person shooter. I can’t really see why people raved on about it sooo much. The reason I think they did was because it’s one of the first, first person shooter to appear on the new super consoles, and it looks pretty awesome. That’s the only thing I could think of as to why it’s acclaimed to being soo good. It was pretty much just like all other sci-fi FPS’s. Run down some corridors, meet some aliens, shoot them, run down some more corridors, find some more aliens, shoot them, and move on. There weren’t really any objectives we had to do other than get to a certain point. Admittedly this was only the start of the game that I played. Perhaps it gets a bit different eventually!
As for the deathmatch mode. This was really good fun. It still has it so that you can only carry around 2 weapons at once, but that doesn’t seem to bother you much. It adds a little more fun to the deathmatch experience I felt. Cos you had to find a weapon, and you’d use that, and eventually you would run out of ammo and you’d have to go find another. So there wasn’t any “stock up on every possible gun and all ammo” as there is in most FPS deathmatchs. A good thing about the deathmatch mode is that there is also no drop in the draw distance. This is probably what you’d expect from a FPS on the new consoles, but it was nice to see it for the first time. There was this one map, where it was in like a huge warehouse or something. Anyway, it was massive and you could climb to the top of these buildings and look out across the arena looking for your friend. And there you would see him running round in the distance. It was pretty good. There weren’t really that many weapons available though. This could be a draw back. I’ve only played it once, so it appeared pretty amazing to me. But I think that if you were to play it for extended periods quite often, then you might start wishing there was more weapons to use.
One aspect of the game that I haven’t mentioned yet is the control method. The controls are very similar to that used on the Playstation for FPS’s. You use the left hand stick to move around, and the right hand one to look around. If you push the left hand stick in, then you crouch. This is quite annoying when you are trying to crouch and move at the same time, because you have to keep the stick pressed down, while trying to move it around. The A button on the controller is used to jump, Y to reload, B to hit people, X to change weapon. Also there is a little white button above the X and Y buttons. When you press that a light comes on. You shoot by pressing the L button on the bottom of the pad and the R button to throw grenades. The control layout isn’t too bad. If your use to the Playstation controls of FPS’s then you’ll feel right at home. I personally find it quite annoying using 2 analogue sticks at once. I like the N64’s Goldeneye set up or the Turok set up. As in the Turok set up, you look with just one stick on the left, and you move around using 4 buttons on the right, for strafe left/right and move forward/back. I feel this is easier to use than 2 analogue sticks. The 2 stick method is ok generally for slow paced FPS’s like Medal Of Honour on Playstation, but when you need to move around a shoot quickly, I personally think it is better to just use 1 stick. On a whole though, the pad wasn’t that bad.
Well there you go. That’s my experience of two new X-Box games. I don’t think I’m gonna be having a go at the X-Box too much anymore. Yes it’s made by Microsoft, but really it’s not that bad a console. I doubt I’m going to get one mind, going that I’m going to be getting a Gamecube. But my view of the console has changed quite significantly after playing on one. I’m much more impressed with the X-Box than I have been of the Playstation 2. I still think that the PS2 has too much of a strangle hold on the market for the X-Box to sell significantly well in comparison. But the X-Box may do quite well if it keeps up with the quality games that have come out for it so far. I may be going to get a Gamecube but I feel that the X-Box probably has the better launch line up. The only main game I want out of the Gamecube launch line up is Wave Race: Blue Storm, and probably Rogue Leader, but there’s not really anything else just yet that I’m like a MUST have that game. But for the X-Box’s launch it is going to have games like Halo, Amped, Dead or Alive 3, and Jet Set Radio Future. If the X-Box can keep up the quality games, it might do quite well in the UK. I just wish Nintendo had a Mario title ready for the launch of the Gamecube!
I hope this has been informative to anyone curious about the X-Box. It should have been. I’m a die-hard Nintendo fan, and I find myself here saying good things about the X-Box. Hmmm…. Why? Dunno!
:)
It's not actually that bad!
I played the snowboarding game Amped and the first person shooter Halo!
The snowboarding game I would have to say is one of the best snowboarding games that I've ever played. The reason for this is that it's a realistic snowboarding game. Unlike SSX where you do impossible stuff and then tracks are ones you would just never have in real life, the tricks and the tracks in Amped are ones you could do and would see in real life. About the only other snowboarding game which I feel has been truly realistic is 1080 Snowboarding on the N64. So until 1080 2 comes out on the Gamecube, I'd have to say that this is the game to get, if you want the best snowboarding game available. The control method for the game is quite good too. You use the A button to crouch, and then when you let go of the button you jump into the air. You can then flick the control stick to perform spins, and flips, or you can press the A, B, X, and Y buttons to perform various grabs etc. And the L and R buttons are used to do tweaks. It's a control method that works quite well, and you can pick the game up and get into it relatively quickly. As the controller is quite BIG (wider than the Gamecube) it is quite comfortable to hold. It fits snugly into your hands providing a nice comfy playing experience. Another thing to mention about this game is the music. It has something like 150 different music tracks. And these are pretty good tracks. Kinda like the normal stuff you get in extreme sports games like Cool Boarder or Tony Hawks. And if that isn't enough music for you, you can rip your own CD’s to the X-Box's hard disk and the game will play those songs instead.
Now for Halo. I only played this game in co-operative mode and in deathmatch mode. The co-operative mode was pretty good fun. The game suffered from absolutely NO slow down, and I doubt any graphical detail, as the game still looked pretty dam impressive. The game itself seemed to me, to be just like every other sci-fi first person shooter. I can’t really see why people raved on about it sooo much. The reason I think they did was because it’s one of the first, first person shooter to appear on the new super consoles, and it looks pretty awesome. That’s the only thing I could think of as to why it’s acclaimed to being soo good. It was pretty much just like all other sci-fi FPS’s. Run down some corridors, meet some aliens, shoot them, run down some more corridors, find some more aliens, shoot them, and move on. There weren’t really any objectives we had to do other than get to a certain point. Admittedly this was only the start of the game that I played. Perhaps it gets a bit different eventually!
As for the deathmatch mode. This was really good fun. It still has it so that you can only carry around 2 weapons at once, but that doesn’t seem to bother you much. It adds a little more fun to the deathmatch experience I felt. Cos you had to find a weapon, and you’d use that, and eventually you would run out of ammo and you’d have to go find another. So there wasn’t any “stock up on every possible gun and all ammo” as there is in most FPS deathmatchs. A good thing about the deathmatch mode is that there is also no drop in the draw distance. This is probably what you’d expect from a FPS on the new consoles, but it was nice to see it for the first time. There was this one map, where it was in like a huge warehouse or something. Anyway, it was massive and you could climb to the top of these buildings and look out across the arena looking for your friend. And there you would see him running round in the distance. It was pretty good. There weren’t really that many weapons available though. This could be a draw back. I’ve only played it once, so it appeared pretty amazing to me. But I think that if you were to play it for extended periods quite often, then you might start wishing there was more weapons to use.
One aspect of the game that I haven’t mentioned yet is the control method. The controls are very similar to that used on the Playstation for FPS’s. You use the left hand stick to move around, and the right hand one to look around. If you push the left hand stick in, then you crouch. This is quite annoying when you are trying to crouch and move at the same time, because you have to keep the stick pressed down, while trying to move it around. The A button on the controller is used to jump, Y to reload, B to hit people, X to change weapon. Also there is a little white button above the X and Y buttons. When you press that a light comes on. You shoot by pressing the L button on the bottom of the pad and the R button to throw grenades. The control layout isn’t too bad. If your use to the Playstation controls of FPS’s then you’ll feel right at home. I personally find it quite annoying using 2 analogue sticks at once. I like the N64’s Goldeneye set up or the Turok set up. As in the Turok set up, you look with just one stick on the left, and you move around using 4 buttons on the right, for strafe left/right and move forward/back. I feel this is easier to use than 2 analogue sticks. The 2 stick method is ok generally for slow paced FPS’s like Medal Of Honour on Playstation, but when you need to move around a shoot quickly, I personally think it is better to just use 1 stick. On a whole though, the pad wasn’t that bad.
Well there you go. That’s my experience of two new X-Box games. I don’t think I’m gonna be having a go at the X-Box too much anymore. Yes it’s made by Microsoft, but really it’s not that bad a console. I doubt I’m going to get one mind, going that I’m going to be getting a Gamecube. But my view of the console has changed quite significantly after playing on one. I’m much more impressed with the X-Box than I have been of the Playstation 2. I still think that the PS2 has too much of a strangle hold on the market for the X-Box to sell significantly well in comparison. But the X-Box may do quite well if it keeps up with the quality games that have come out for it so far. I may be going to get a Gamecube but I feel that the X-Box probably has the better launch line up. The only main game I want out of the Gamecube launch line up is Wave Race: Blue Storm, and probably Rogue Leader, but there’s not really anything else just yet that I’m like a MUST have that game. But for the X-Box’s launch it is going to have games like Halo, Amped, Dead or Alive 3, and Jet Set Radio Future. If the X-Box can keep up the quality games, it might do quite well in the UK. I just wish Nintendo had a Mario title ready for the launch of the Gamecube!
I hope this has been informative to anyone curious about the X-Box. It should have been. I’m a die-hard Nintendo fan, and I find myself here saying good things about the X-Box. Hmmm…. Why? Dunno!
:)