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"X-Box Second Impressions"

Got stuck in Haverfordwest today waiting for mother to try a hat on. Mooch around, find an X-Box in Currys.

The controller wasn't attached to a pod or anything this time, so I could actually hold the damn thing properly... and my God, does it make a difference. It's definitely not the best controller ever made, but it feels a hell of a lot better out of that damn graspy thing.

But the buttons are still, really, really poncy. You remember that episode where Homer designs a car? That's what it reminds me of.

But not *that* bad. Better than I thought at first anyway.

Onto game, Dead or Alive 3. It's just as bad as the second one.

Played it for five minutes, and I completed it with the kung fu character bloke. Couldn't even be bothered to watch the ending.

Before I get all the replies of "oh you should complete it with ALL characters"... why? They do all the same thing, kick, punch, I move towards someone, press a button, and they fly up in the air and snap someone's neck. The gameplay hasn't improved even slightly since the first one, which was crap too.

And I LOVE fighting games. I can't wait for Soul Calibur 2 to come out... because the first one kicked and punched bum. Dead or Alive 3 feels like you're watching a really, really bad movie. That lasts ten minutes.

I really need to play Halo though... all I've been subject too are crap games so far.

[PS. This topic is not an excuse for you to all whine out about how biased and pathetic you are. I'm stating my opinion from my experience today, and we've know exactly what you're going to say before you do anyway. If you have questions, ask them, if you agree, or disagree, for Christ's sake don't just say "yeah i thought it was crap too" or "the controller sucks"... make a point, please.]

Smell my cheese.

Grix. You should have kicked her while she was down and shouted,

'I am Alan Partridge!'

*puts on the chainmail Mystique handling gauntlets*

Forgot to ask you, are you actually getting a Gamecube at launch?

Tee hee

HEY! Don't you push me over or I will have to bite you.

Mystique wrote:
"You dirty DIRTY boys."

Oh you are awful.

But I like you. *pushes Mystique over, walks away*

Monkey with, Grix,Rasta...
You dirty DIRTY boys.

MJswerve wrote:
> er-no wrote:
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> Then I shall ask you to leave the shop :P
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> Why not get WZ on me ;) On second thoughts don't please :P

You know about WZ and WBC and all that 'ish?

Dude.

er-no wrote:

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> Then I shall ask you to leave the shop :P

Why not get WZ on me ;) On second thoughts don't please :P

I have a point:

Don't have too high hopes for Halo. It's honestly not much better than Quake 3 Arena/Revolution. OK, The graphics are much better than Arena and a bit better than Revolution, but you take that as given. However, with FPSs since Doom it's never been about the graphics.

I don't know... it just feels so... sticky. There's little leeway from the controls for a start. The Xbox stick, or the built in mechanism, is nowhere near sensitive enough. Sensitivity is essential for a good console FPS. The fact is the threshold's far too high. Secondly, the aiming has no movement or acceleration. It jerks about and goes to top speed nearly instantly, or far too quickly. It just feels wrong, and coupled with the lack of sensitivity anyway, it means you fall short all the time. It's very annoying.

Apart from that, what is there to say? It's an FPS. You kill stuff. You only have 2 weapons which kinda takes the fun out of having loads of weapons. Sure, the missions are good but they're the same calibur as the ones in HL. I'm sure it's shorter too.

Crucially: It's no better than what you can get on the PS2. That's the crunch.

MJswerve wrote:
> Jobys his name mate :p Hmm, midnight... maybe not aiye. I will come
> and terrorise you some other day :)

Then I shall ask you to leave the shop :P