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"My Xbox fandom has taken another knock"

Some of you will know that I've been voicing my dissatisfaction with the Xbox recently, mostly because I felt let down by Microsoft's 'deal' after the price drop, and the lack of games available now, and on the horizon.

There were two games I did want. One was RalliSport Challenge, the other was the Buffy game.

Last week I bought issue 3 of the official Xbox mag, and last night I actually found time to read the mag and look at the disc.

I was not impressed.

RalliSport has the dreaded "middle wheel" syndrome that plagued WRC on the PS2 - the car rotates around its centre as if there's a castor stuck under there.

And Buffy... well, it looked very average, and there seems to be tons of slowdown.

I watched the videos - all pretty uninspiring stuff for me personally.

I tried the playable demos, too. Cel Damage is crud; Gun Valkyrie is average third-person shooty stuff; DoA3 I already had and got rid of; Oddworld I already have.

Looking through the mag, I saw absolutely nothing of interest. Most screenshots give the impression that games look identical to PS2 games, and some - most notably Deadly Skies - judging by the screenshots given, look like poor PS1 games!

As I've said before, I look down SR's launch schedule... and there's practically nothing that I will be buying. Those that are of interest either have already been on PS2 and I've played them, or will be out on the PS2 first in more or less identical form. So they may look a little prettier, but judging by the screenshots in the mag, I'm no longer so sure.

So the machine is newer, more powerful etc., but what does it matter if the software's not there? I desperately, desperately want the Xbox to offer something so that I haven't wasted the £400+ I spent on it, but so far it's looking bleak.

In two days time, it'll be three weeks since I last used the machine (not including watching the disc from the mag). I dived in and bought one because I wanted to play Halo, but I've become bored of that already. With PGR I've done most of the proper races, and can't be bothered with the challenges with cones etc. Munch's is probably the only thing I'll go back to.

I want something else for it, and there's nothing. So I am now seriously considering selling it, or trading it for a Gamecube. Having played a few games on a friends 'cube, I know I'd enjoy it - but because of my experience so far with the Xbox, I'm holding off a bit this time around.

And if anyone is planning to jump down my throat and accuse me of bias or being a Sony fanboy, then please don't bother. I'm telling it like it is, from my point of view. I'm not saying the Xbox is a bad machine, I'm just saying that the games aren't there, and don't appear to be on the horizon either.

What I want are reasons not to sell or exchange my Xbox - not pointless console wars responses.

Goatboy wrote:

>
>
> I'm not saying PS2 is best or Gamecube sucks, just saying give it more
> than 6 weeks before you start to feel you wasted your money.
> That's why I'm not getting a Gamecube at all, because apart from the
> Star Wars game, I really don't fancy any of the titles at all.
> Wheras Xbox has ones out already I enjoy and plenty more coming.
>
> Be patient Wookiee.


Yea I will get a gc but only when I see really fun and long lasting games and that aren't too cuddly

No complaints from me either.

I remember with my PS2, I got one near launch day and was over the moon.
Then realised there weren't a whole bunch of games I was interested in, I just got one for the future games.
I started with Tekken Tag, SSX and..er...something else.
It was months before the titles I wanted started to appear, I played old PS1 games mainly.
I remember MGS2 being touted, and we waited what, the better part of 18months for it.

I know there doesn't appear that much on the immediate release schedule, but these are coming up and I am waiting patiently for them:

The Thing
Grand Prix 4
Project Ego
Chase
Spiderman

It feels like the Xbox has been out longer, but it's only been on the shelves for 6 weeks, hardly enough time for software titles to be out in any volume.
Keep that Xbox handy, play your PS2 until you start to see the titles you want to.
If you flog it, then you'll start seeing games you want to play.

I'm not saying PS2 is best or Gamecube sucks, just saying give it more than 6 weeks before you start to feel you wasted your money.
That's why I'm not getting a Gamecube at all, because apart from the Star Wars game, I really don't fancy any of the titles at all.
Wheras Xbox has ones out already I enjoy and plenty more coming.

Be patient Wookiee.

Nomad_Soul wrote:
> beanz wrote:
> and how COULD YOU possibly have missed UNREAL CHAMPIONSHIP, Medal of
> Honour: Allied Assault
>
> *
>
> I did include MOH.
> I could have doubled the length of the list no problem with even more
> games I want, but I thought I'd keep it conservative.



Maggie Thatcher

beanz wrote:
> and how COULD YOU possibly have missed UNREAL CHAMPIONSHIP, Medal of
> Honour: Allied Assault

*

I did include MOH.
I could have doubled the length of the list no problem with even more games I want, but I thought I'd keep it conservative.

beanz wrote:
> i'm sure there are more i want too on top of that list...
> some of those games on the list aren't out for ages though...
>
> and how COULD YOU possibly have missed UNREAL CHAMPIONSHIP, Medal of
> Honour: Allied Assault


Oh yea the shame :P

i'm sure there are more i want too on top of that list...
some of those games on the list aren't out for ages though...

and how COULD YOU possibly have missed UNREAL CHAMPIONSHIP, Medal of Honour: Allied Assault

Nomad_Soul wrote:
> I've looked through the XBOX previews and there's loads of games I
> want.
>
> Morrowind.
> Grand Prix 4.
> Panzer Dragoon.
> Medal of Honour.
> Midtown Madness 3.
> Shenmue 2.
> Toejam & Earl.
> The Thing.
> Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller.
> Project Ego.
>
> I've no complaints.


They are exactly the same games I am looking forward too :)

I'll agree with Nomad_Soul on this one.

I want the top two games he mentioned REALLY BADLY!

I've looked through the XBOX previews and there's loads of games I want.

Morrowind.
Grand Prix 4.
Panzer Dragoon.
Medal of Honour.
Midtown Madness 3.
Shenmue 2.
Toejam & Earl.
The Thing.
Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller.
Project Ego.

I've no complaints.

garbe123 wrote:
> the PS2 looks set to die pretty soon and it is going through a very
> rocky game patch.

Does your name come from "garbage"? Because that's what you're talking. You obviously don't have a handle on what's going on in the console world.