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"Not Again, damn you Microsoft !"

So, for the third time this year I'm wondering whether to buy an Xbox. First I was going to get one at launch - I sold my PS2 and all the games....but then changed my mind 5 days from launch and bought a new PS2. Then, in May, I nearly had one then, but bought a Gamecube instead which I really like. Now, it's October, I've just traded in the sixth new release in a row that I bought for PS2 (Hitman 2, previously Tekken 4, Deus Ex, Final Fantasy X, and a pile of others. I'm bored of being told how great Vice City is, The Getaway will be rubbish, and Tomb Raider has been put back til next year.

What's the game that's tempted me ? Splinter Cell, looks brilliant and totally excellent. Plus, though I haven't got Broadband yet, I'm seriously impressed by MS's Xbox Live - unlike Sony's plan its clear, has major games support, and there's a definite price for it which seems quite reasonable. On top of that I still want Halo, DOA3, PGR, Buffy, Jetset Radio, Ralisport, Sega GT2002, and a fair few others.

I've belittled Microsoft's console before, but I think this Christmas their are quite a few games there to impress people.

Er...and thats it really. Pretty pointless topic eh ? Just sitting around geting ready to snipe someone on Ebay he he :)

~~Belldandy~~

Is it good handling and graphics???

Blank wrote:
> Trading in Resident Evil for Buffy is sacriledge. Talking about it is
> blasphemy.

Rubbish, I've already played the Buffy game more than I ever did Resident Evil. I know the point of Resident Evil is you have to avoide danger, not fight it. If I wanted that experience I'd go stand around the top of town at closing time lol. I want to give the undead a kicking, and you can do that in Buffy, and Eternal Darkness on the GC.

I always liked the show, and Buffy ws one game back in February that got my interest in the Xbox to begin with, so now I've got one it seemed the obvious game to get ! You can do all the stuff just like in the show, which is great for anyone who is a fan, proper voice actors, character models, settings e.t.c. It's great.

Played GT 2002 a bit, it's good also, but I'm still getting used to the handling !

~~Belldandy~~

Buffy is actually very good. Maybe not as good as resident evil but maybe he had a "seen it all before" jibe

Trading in Resident Evil for Buffy is sacriledge. Talking about it is blasphemy.

Belldandy wrote:
> £52 at Gamestation - couldn't be bothered to Ebay any more stuff
> ! Went to the Castle Marina Comet in Nottingham - Stapleford had ran
> out damn them, had to go through all Nottingham's traffic !
>
> ~~Belldandy~~

Thanks to tram works Nottingham is all ways busy >:-(

£52, not bad..

gamezfreak wrote:
> How much you get for all your stuff from gamestation?
>
> I guess you went to the comet in stapleford then.
>
> Halo rocks, JSRF rocks aswell, you'll love your xbox :-)

£52 at Gamestation - couldn't be bothered to Ebay any more stuff ! Went to the Castle Marina Comet in Nottingham - Stapleford had ran out damn them, had to go through all Nottingham's traffic !

~~Belldandy~~

How much you get for all your stuff from gamestation?

I guess you went to the comet in stapleford then.

Halo rocks, JSRF rocks aswell, you'll love your xbox :-)

It's a rubbish game whatever genre it is....

Anyway, got my Xbox today from Comet - 199.99 for the console with s-controller, JSRF and GT2002, Halo, DVD Playback kit, and Bill & Ted DVD (no I don't know why they chose this titles either), got my staf discount off it - 10% - to make it just under 180. Went into Nottingham to Gamestation and traded Ace Combat 4 (PS2), Fear Effect (Psone) Delta Force (Psone) and Resident Evil (GC) for Buffy and an official scart lead.

Halo rocks.

I shall return to it now :)

~~Belldandy~~

Maverick42 wrote:
> it's easily the best FPS ever created!

It is'nt an FPS, its a game of Mixed genre.

Nah I have to save my dosh up for unreal championship.