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A year ago I wouldn't have given the XBox a chance, I was screaming at its name and posting about how large it was, including the comment.
'My XBox fell through to my basement'.
Hmm.. anyways...
Yeah, so as you all should know. I gave it a beautiful chance, a chance I wouldn't have thought possible. I brought it early last summer with Halo. I was bloody impressed. It was a superb game. Bridging that much needed gap between PC FPS' and Console ones.
Then, the reason I brought the console was released. Morrowind. Excellent I thought and excellent it was. I seriously enjoyed it, but many months have past since that last purchase, and all the other game I have brought for the console but never kept.
I scan around my room and see the three consoles. One of which I turned off a few minutes ago from blitzing more Metroid Prime. Another of which my ickle sister was playing a couple of hours ago in Vice City. And another well.. another which does actually sit there, collecting dust.
Did I buy my XBox to collect dust?
The potential of the XBox is huge. Just like I said about the Gamecube, yet the Gamecube has maximised its potential at least once so far with Metroid, whereas the XBox seems to want its gamers to wait for oh wait... Halo II?
Splinter Cell? Meh, better on PC and will probably be better on the Gamecube. Its all messed up.
Is the XBox dead? Has the XBox been dead for months its just nobody has bothered to say anything. Everything that seems to be said about it revolved now around the shoddy XBox Live.
-I call it shoddy because:
a) A console with the internal spec of the XBox shouldn't be abused for games to be made to feature XBoxLive functions that have so far been novelty and crap.
b) Consoles and the UK aren't ready to go online yet.
c) I have serious issues with the hidden facts behind people signing up for XBox Live then they come running to GAME asking us 'Why won't it work without a router'. When I TOLD THEM SO.
d) I buy consoles for gaming in the house, I buy consoles for gaming with mates around. Not for talking to people online while playing a loser game like MW4.
Back to the point.
What are Microsoft playing at? Its bloody annoying actually. They promised. PROMISED seriously good games, and I at one point strongly believed what they said. Then I realised 90%+ of the games are available on the PC or PS2. Another few run better on the Gamecube. The hardware is being abused by NOT being used.
Bingo, nail on head and whatnot.
The XBox is crying for use. I can hear it 'USEE MEEE'.
Its got a problem you see.
Nobody wants to code for it. With that simple answer you have the problem with the XBox. Multi-format games are coded on the Cube dev kit and then ported, or PS2 are just ported. Nothing is ever coded on the XBox hardware. Apart from... yeah thats right... Halo.
I want seriously apecool games on my XBox. Where the hell are they.
Don't recommend me any that are available now either, as they nearly are all crap.
Oh. Buffy was fun too. The sequel is the only reason at the moment I am keeping my room consuming console.
Your opinion guys? If you understand at all where I am coming from. :)
'My XBox fell through to my basement'.
Hmm.. anyways...
Yeah, so as you all should know. I gave it a beautiful chance, a chance I wouldn't have thought possible. I brought it early last summer with Halo. I was bloody impressed. It was a superb game. Bridging that much needed gap between PC FPS' and Console ones.
Then, the reason I brought the console was released. Morrowind. Excellent I thought and excellent it was. I seriously enjoyed it, but many months have past since that last purchase, and all the other game I have brought for the console but never kept.
I scan around my room and see the three consoles. One of which I turned off a few minutes ago from blitzing more Metroid Prime. Another of which my ickle sister was playing a couple of hours ago in Vice City. And another well.. another which does actually sit there, collecting dust.
Did I buy my XBox to collect dust?
The potential of the XBox is huge. Just like I said about the Gamecube, yet the Gamecube has maximised its potential at least once so far with Metroid, whereas the XBox seems to want its gamers to wait for oh wait... Halo II?
Splinter Cell? Meh, better on PC and will probably be better on the Gamecube. Its all messed up.
Is the XBox dead? Has the XBox been dead for months its just nobody has bothered to say anything. Everything that seems to be said about it revolved now around the shoddy XBox Live.
-I call it shoddy because:
a) A console with the internal spec of the XBox shouldn't be abused for games to be made to feature XBoxLive functions that have so far been novelty and crap.
b) Consoles and the UK aren't ready to go online yet.
c) I have serious issues with the hidden facts behind people signing up for XBox Live then they come running to GAME asking us 'Why won't it work without a router'. When I TOLD THEM SO.
d) I buy consoles for gaming in the house, I buy consoles for gaming with mates around. Not for talking to people online while playing a loser game like MW4.
Back to the point.
What are Microsoft playing at? Its bloody annoying actually. They promised. PROMISED seriously good games, and I at one point strongly believed what they said. Then I realised 90%+ of the games are available on the PC or PS2. Another few run better on the Gamecube. The hardware is being abused by NOT being used.
Bingo, nail on head and whatnot.
The XBox is crying for use. I can hear it 'USEE MEEE'.
Its got a problem you see.
Nobody wants to code for it. With that simple answer you have the problem with the XBox. Multi-format games are coded on the Cube dev kit and then ported, or PS2 are just ported. Nothing is ever coded on the XBox hardware. Apart from... yeah thats right... Halo.
I want seriously apecool games on my XBox. Where the hell are they.
Don't recommend me any that are available now either, as they nearly are all crap.
Oh. Buffy was fun too. The sequel is the only reason at the moment I am keeping my room consuming console.
Your opinion guys? If you understand at all where I am coming from. :)
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Blaming MS as well.
They made the promise.
Lets see what they do with Rare.
That'll be interesting!
They made the promise.
Lets see what they do with Rare.
That'll be interesting!
Hes not blaming MS, hes blaming the other developers.
They are all lazy.
They are all lazy.
But as I said before, it's not Microsofts fault that third party software isn't shining, it's down to lazy developers.
What should MS do? Not allow 3rd party games to be released that don't look or play better than on other platforms? That would win them a lot of friends, wouldn't it...
What should MS do? Not allow 3rd party games to be released that don't look or play better than on other platforms? That would win them a lot of friends, wouldn't it...
Thank you edgy :)
Glad someone saw through the mess.
Glad someone saw through the mess.
Edgy wrote:
> As er-no said, the Xbox is hardly being pushed to its limits, as most
> games are designed for GameCube and PS2 hardware, and so, Microsoft
> needs to set some standards if they want the Xbox to really shine.
Thats the most intelligent comment i've seen in my life and I totally agree.
Alot of the games on the Xbox are fantastic, and optomised for the console brilliantly using its power (Halo, Splinter Cell, Panzer Dragoon Orta ect) Yet alot of the other games are just lazy ports that are not really optomised for the extreme power of the xbox.
The Xbox is "shining" right now, But not enough, Its limelight is being stolen by the ever so popular PS2, Which is quite unfair as most medicore games can be found on the PS2.
Still, there is some excellent looking titles being released for the xbox and I personally cannot wait to try them. Just wait people, Xbox is just getting started in the world of gaming and moving up the ladder.
Oh and Edgy, Your point about Multi Format titles, Quite alot of these are actually BETTER on the Xbox because of its many features. But really can only be seen when you have a full gaming setup (Dolby Surround Sound ect)
Still, I'm happy with my Xbox and Gamecube....
> As er-no said, the Xbox is hardly being pushed to its limits, as most
> games are designed for GameCube and PS2 hardware, and so, Microsoft
> needs to set some standards if they want the Xbox to really shine.
Thats the most intelligent comment i've seen in my life and I totally agree.
Alot of the games on the Xbox are fantastic, and optomised for the console brilliantly using its power (Halo, Splinter Cell, Panzer Dragoon Orta ect) Yet alot of the other games are just lazy ports that are not really optomised for the extreme power of the xbox.
The Xbox is "shining" right now, But not enough, Its limelight is being stolen by the ever so popular PS2, Which is quite unfair as most medicore games can be found on the PS2.
Still, there is some excellent looking titles being released for the xbox and I personally cannot wait to try them. Just wait people, Xbox is just getting started in the world of gaming and moving up the ladder.
Oh and Edgy, Your point about Multi Format titles, Quite alot of these are actually BETTER on the Xbox because of its many features. But really can only be seen when you have a full gaming setup (Dolby Surround Sound ect)
Still, I'm happy with my Xbox and Gamecube....
Edgy wrote:
> Sure, they're the biggest (size-wise anyway) but are the games on the
> Xbox really any better than the GameCube or Playstation 2?
Why do you expect the Xbox to have "better" games than the PS2 & GC?
Just because it's teeny-weeny bit more powerful (on paper) doesn't mean we should expect "better" games.
Yeah, it's got a Hard-drive, so we can expect alternatives to the PS2 & GC - like Champ Manager, Morrowind, etc. But "better", that's not being realistic.
Many of the multi-format games "look" better on Xbox - Tiger Woods golf is a prime example. But too expect Xbox to offer something "way beyond" the other two consoles is an opinion I don't understand.
> Sure, they're the biggest (size-wise anyway) but are the games on the
> Xbox really any better than the GameCube or Playstation 2?
Why do you expect the Xbox to have "better" games than the PS2 & GC?
Just because it's teeny-weeny bit more powerful (on paper) doesn't mean we should expect "better" games.
Yeah, it's got a Hard-drive, so we can expect alternatives to the PS2 & GC - like Champ Manager, Morrowind, etc. But "better", that's not being realistic.
Many of the multi-format games "look" better on Xbox - Tiger Woods golf is a prime example. But too expect Xbox to offer something "way beyond" the other two consoles is an opinion I don't understand.
I personally agree with er-no on this one.
Microsoft promised what NOM always failed to deliver: To be the biggest and the best.
Sure, they're the biggest (size-wise anyway) but are the games on the Xbox really any better than the GameCube or Playstation 2?
Personally, I think not. The multi-format games have very little difference in them, the exclusive games are few and far between, and the Xbox Live features are of no interest to me whatsoever!
One or two of my Xbox games have been great fun to play, Halo, Jet Set Radio Future, Buffy and Crazy Taxi 3 to name a few, but they're all that seem to get me using the Xbox at the moment, the next big game I want being Halo 2. The majority of my Xbox usage is in playing DVDs at the moment, which isn't why I bought the console.
We need more top quality games with less emphasis on Xbox Live (we're British, Broadband is something magical that only the minority seem to posess) abd more emphasis on fun!
As er-no said, the Xbox is hardly being pushed to its limits, as most games are designed for GameCube and PS2 hardware, and so, Microsoft needs to set some standards if they want the Xbox to really shine.
Microsoft promised what NOM always failed to deliver: To be the biggest and the best.
Sure, they're the biggest (size-wise anyway) but are the games on the Xbox really any better than the GameCube or Playstation 2?
Personally, I think not. The multi-format games have very little difference in them, the exclusive games are few and far between, and the Xbox Live features are of no interest to me whatsoever!
One or two of my Xbox games have been great fun to play, Halo, Jet Set Radio Future, Buffy and Crazy Taxi 3 to name a few, but they're all that seem to get me using the Xbox at the moment, the next big game I want being Halo 2. The majority of my Xbox usage is in playing DVDs at the moment, which isn't why I bought the console.
We need more top quality games with less emphasis on Xbox Live (we're British, Broadband is something magical that only the minority seem to posess) abd more emphasis on fun!
As er-no said, the Xbox is hardly being pushed to its limits, as most games are designed for GameCube and PS2 hardware, and so, Microsoft needs to set some standards if they want the Xbox to really shine.
Black Glove wrote:
> I've never read a review which gives "Timesplitters 2"
> anything less than a '9' or '90%', yet I dislike the game, and
> personally wouldn't score it higher than '6'. So for me personally,
> almost every Timesplitter 2 review 'out-there' is untrustworthy.
The single player story yes but the multiplay is excellent.
> I've never read a review which gives "Timesplitters 2"
> anything less than a '9' or '90%', yet I dislike the game, and
> personally wouldn't score it higher than '6'. So for me personally,
> almost every Timesplitter 2 review 'out-there' is untrustworthy.
The single player story yes but the multiplay is excellent.
Cyclone wrote:
> Black Glove wrote:
> And don't trust reviews.
>
> Ooo! Universal Studios on GC - 23% or summat.
>
> I think I'll buy that then.
>
> Don't take that to an extreme.
You've taken it to an extreme by using Universal Studios as an example.
All I'm trying to say is that some of *my* favourite games over the years have been games which were given mediocre reviews by the mags and big online review sites.
I've never read a review which gives "Timesplitters 2" anything less than a '9' or '90%', yet I dislike the game, and personally wouldn't score it higher than '6'. So for me personally, almost every Timesplitter 2 review 'out-there' is untrustworthy.
> Black Glove wrote:
> And don't trust reviews.
>
> Ooo! Universal Studios on GC - 23% or summat.
>
> I think I'll buy that then.
>
> Don't take that to an extreme.
You've taken it to an extreme by using Universal Studios as an example.
All I'm trying to say is that some of *my* favourite games over the years have been games which were given mediocre reviews by the mags and big online review sites.
I've never read a review which gives "Timesplitters 2" anything less than a '9' or '90%', yet I dislike the game, and personally wouldn't score it higher than '6'. So for me personally, almost every Timesplitter 2 review 'out-there' is untrustworthy.
beanz wrote:
> surely you don't miss out on the so called lesser games on each
> console...at least you still have the option to try them if you
> want...which in my opinion is far better.
But because most people have limited funds, they tend just to buy the 'top games' for each console and never get round to trying out less known games.
> surely you don't miss out on the so called lesser games on each
> console...at least you still have the option to try them if you
> want...which in my opinion is far better.
But because most people have limited funds, they tend just to buy the 'top games' for each console and never get round to trying out less known games.
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