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i went ape *** last night. not only did i want to dump my papers but i wanted a job like an unemployed person needing a job. i went to a garage this very morning at 9pm to beat this ginger imbecile i used 2 know and hopefully get a car washing job. if i do i will be purchasing an xbox so thankyou for all ure encouraging mails and if i get this job i will be posting even more of these pointless yet annoying messages up. feel free to abuse me
yours truly
Dave Baker
yours truly
Dave Baker
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i can't really forsee myself using up all the hard drive....cos i doubt i'm gonna rip THAT much music on...
game saves are really small on the whole too...
i remember quite a while back when the ps2 had its hard drive announced as being 40 gb....is THAT REALLY NECESSARY??
game saves are really small on the whole too...
i remember quite a while back when the ps2 had its hard drive announced as being 40 gb....is THAT REALLY NECESSARY??
A bloke at work who has an X-Box was telling me how he and his son haved ripped something like 35 CD tracks onto the hard drive along with a good number of game saves and its still reading 50,000+ on the space available. :-)
I've ripped something like 15 CD tracks so far. Hoping to get a few more CD's I want soon so I can use the tracks on my X-Box. Looks like I'll have to get them from the U.S.
I've used some Japanese tracks and they're ok on the games. Tracks that have really added atmosphere in PGR and Amped for me are Superstar (by Saliva), Click, Click, Boom (by Saliva) which are both available on the Fast and the Furious soundtrack CD. Also, I uploaded Danger Zone and Mighty Wings from the Top Gun soundtrack CD too ready for a decent flight sim style game to come to X-Box, but I actually found them excellent to listen to when using them with PGR and Amped. :-)
There are 2 tracks I'm really after to add to my hard drive and both are in the Fast and the Furious (although not on the soundtrack CD). I want Deep Enough (by Live) and Debonaire (by Dope). Anyone who wants to listen to these tracks and has Fast and the Furious on DVD can listen to samples of them and even a couple of music vids if they goto the extras. The samples come up by playing certain scenes of the film, so you'll have to listen past the characters talking. ;-)
I've ripped something like 15 CD tracks so far. Hoping to get a few more CD's I want soon so I can use the tracks on my X-Box. Looks like I'll have to get them from the U.S.
I've used some Japanese tracks and they're ok on the games. Tracks that have really added atmosphere in PGR and Amped for me are Superstar (by Saliva), Click, Click, Boom (by Saliva) which are both available on the Fast and the Furious soundtrack CD. Also, I uploaded Danger Zone and Mighty Wings from the Top Gun soundtrack CD too ready for a decent flight sim style game to come to X-Box, but I actually found them excellent to listen to when using them with PGR and Amped. :-)
There are 2 tracks I'm really after to add to my hard drive and both are in the Fast and the Furious (although not on the soundtrack CD). I want Deep Enough (by Live) and Debonaire (by Dope). Anyone who wants to listen to these tracks and has Fast and the Furious on DVD can listen to samples of them and even a couple of music vids if they goto the extras. The samples come up by playing certain scenes of the film, so you'll have to listen past the characters talking. ;-)
Gnome_Killer44 wrote:
> So, they do make the games a lot more realistic, but that still is only a very
> small part of the game. Sure, they make it a pleasure to play and it is very
> clever, but was it really worth forking out for?
i personally think so...i liked the reduced load times compared to the ps2 that is (don't really know too much about gc...). halo's levels are absolutely huge and the main load doesn't take long...and loading during the level takes only a second. minor point -but i like being able to use my own music in games (isn't NECESSARY but is good). develepors can also start making with hard drive in mind seeing as every person who has the console has it such as Project Ego. i like the fact that add ons to games given free by the develepors can be used -doa3 in america is getting a free addon pack (basically the stuff that we get in the euro version). also memory cards are quite expensive...also i don't really ever need to transport data to other people's houses so i'm not too bothered about that aspect. we don't have to worry about running out of memory really (unless you rip LOADSA music onto the xbox).
> So, they do make the games a lot more realistic, but that still is only a very
> small part of the game. Sure, they make it a pleasure to play and it is very
> clever, but was it really worth forking out for?
i personally think so...i liked the reduced load times compared to the ps2 that is (don't really know too much about gc...). halo's levels are absolutely huge and the main load doesn't take long...and loading during the level takes only a second. minor point -but i like being able to use my own music in games (isn't NECESSARY but is good). develepors can also start making with hard drive in mind seeing as every person who has the console has it such as Project Ego. i like the fact that add ons to games given free by the develepors can be used -doa3 in america is getting a free addon pack (basically the stuff that we get in the euro version). also memory cards are quite expensive...also i don't really ever need to transport data to other people's houses so i'm not too bothered about that aspect. we don't have to worry about running out of memory really (unless you rip LOADSA music onto the xbox).
So, they do make the games a lot more realistic, but that still is only a very small part of the game. Sure, they make it a pleasure to play and it is very clever, but was it really worth forking out for?
And, anyway you will still need a memory card to transport data to a friend's house, and they cost quite a bit.
And, anyway you will still need a memory card to transport data to a friend's house, and they cost quite a bit.
Gnome_Killer44 wrote:
> Sure, but how much better do they make the game?
Well Halo wouldnt be able to be in big open areas where you could move from one to another without a loading screen. Moving from area to area would mean that all the bodies, weapons e.t.c. on the ground would disappear.
With Project Ego the hard drive stores alot more information about you the player. You start as a kid in a town, maybe make a few friends. 15 years later you go back, the people will still know you, remember who you are, what you did. The game is ONLY possible on Xbox, PC's may have a hard disk but they dont use it the same as an Xbox. You install the game, but do you actually use about 3.5 Gb of free space for cacheing a game, no. If PC's used the hard disk like the Xbox did, then Project Ego could be made on the PC.
> Sure, but how much better do they make the game?
Well Halo wouldnt be able to be in big open areas where you could move from one to another without a loading screen. Moving from area to area would mean that all the bodies, weapons e.t.c. on the ground would disappear.
With Project Ego the hard drive stores alot more information about you the player. You start as a kid in a town, maybe make a few friends. 15 years later you go back, the people will still know you, remember who you are, what you did. The game is ONLY possible on Xbox, PC's may have a hard disk but they dont use it the same as an Xbox. You install the game, but do you actually use about 3.5 Gb of free space for cacheing a game, no. If PC's used the hard disk like the Xbox did, then Project Ego could be made on the PC.
The ability to destroy whole cities. Character development that includes features such as your character having pale or tanned skin depending on the time of day you've been going out and other characters as well as yourself growing up with scars due to previous battles, etc.
This is just a couple of things the hard drive can do for games besides leaving bodies on the ground and bullet holes in the walls. And if you think your going to save money by getting memory cards instead, then you either won't own many games for your console, or you don't intend to save your progress on many of them.
Won't take long before your memory cards start making up the difference in price between the consoles.
This is just a couple of things the hard drive can do for games besides leaving bodies on the ground and bullet holes in the walls. And if you think your going to save money by getting memory cards instead, then you either won't own many games for your console, or you don't intend to save your progress on many of them.
Won't take long before your memory cards start making up the difference in price between the consoles.
Sure, but how much better do they make the game?
Gnome_Killer44 wrote:
Plus, you don't need a hard-drive, that just makes it more
> expensive, when you'll probably save money by having memory cards instead. I
> know that's not all it does, but you don't need it that much.
> shelf or not. I just wanted to say what I thought.
Yes you do. Halo would not be possible without the hard drive feature. Project Ego is ONLY possible because of the Xbox hard drive. More and more games will use the hard drive to its full potentional.
Plus, you don't need a hard-drive, that just makes it more
> expensive, when you'll probably save money by having memory cards instead. I
> know that's not all it does, but you don't need it that much.
> shelf or not. I just wanted to say what I thought.
Yes you do. Halo would not be possible without the hard drive feature. Project Ego is ONLY possible because of the Xbox hard drive. More and more games will use the hard drive to its full potentional.
I have n't got any DVD's any way so it does n't bother me that Gamecube does n't come with with the built in DVD player. As one of the others said they have a DVD player any way !!!
Beanz, if your not bothered that you have to pay £30 to get an add-on to the X-box to play DVD's, because you've got a DVD player. Why do you think that people are going to be bothered that the GameCube doesn't play DVD's? It is a video games console. Next you'll be wanting your washing up machine to cook your food as well. Plus, you don't need a hard-drive, that just makes it more expensive, when you'll probably save money by having memory cards instead. I know that's not all it does, but you don't need it that much. The GameCube has 4 controller ports, so why did you even mention it? That is kind of a given in this day in age anyway. Except for money grabbing Sony who want you to fork out for a Multi-Tap.
AFX, you say the GameCube's controller looks tacky. Have you played a GameCube using one. After playing on the X-Box with it's really, really bad controller you start to thank Nintendo for being the best controller desingers since the NES came out in Japan in 1983. And are you really that concerned about the colour scheme in your room? Anyway, I'm suprised you can actually fit an X-Box in your room they're so big. You could fit about four GameCube's into one of them. The majority of games are not aimed at kids! Games like Luigi's Mansion are for anyone who likes to play video games. To be quite honest, does it really matter what the game looks like? As long as it's a good one with a decent challenge behind it I would definately say not. You could have the most realistic graphics in the world, but that doesn't matter if the game is no good. Like Final Fanatsy spirits within, great graphics, rubbish film. Also the GameCube is going to have the Resident Evil franchise and Eternal Darkness. It doesn't matter whether you don't like these games, but they will reassure developers that Nintendo consoles AREN'T JUST FOR KIDS.
Finally, Tequilla Sunset, I said these things to express my opinion like you do yours, which is what these forums are for. I don't really care if you leave the X-Box on the shelf or not. I just wanted to say what I thought.
AFX, you say the GameCube's controller looks tacky. Have you played a GameCube using one. After playing on the X-Box with it's really, really bad controller you start to thank Nintendo for being the best controller desingers since the NES came out in Japan in 1983. And are you really that concerned about the colour scheme in your room? Anyway, I'm suprised you can actually fit an X-Box in your room they're so big. You could fit about four GameCube's into one of them. The majority of games are not aimed at kids! Games like Luigi's Mansion are for anyone who likes to play video games. To be quite honest, does it really matter what the game looks like? As long as it's a good one with a decent challenge behind it I would definately say not. You could have the most realistic graphics in the world, but that doesn't matter if the game is no good. Like Final Fanatsy spirits within, great graphics, rubbish film. Also the GameCube is going to have the Resident Evil franchise and Eternal Darkness. It doesn't matter whether you don't like these games, but they will reassure developers that Nintendo consoles AREN'T JUST FOR KIDS.
Finally, Tequilla Sunset, I said these things to express my opinion like you do yours, which is what these forums are for. I don't really care if you leave the X-Box on the shelf or not. I just wanted to say what I thought.
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