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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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I'll shoot you and kill you!
That's a game you'll appreciate...
That's a game you'll appreciate...
Black Glove wrote:
Some of us
> know how good things are.
Actually. I do. Don't try and be smart and tell me when I should appreciate gaming.
Some of us
> know how good things are.
Actually. I do. Don't try and be smart and tell me when I should appreciate gaming.
er-no wrote:
> Black Glove. Shuttup.
>
> If you actually read what I wrote I talk encouragingly about the XBox.
> Then I flame it.
You've got all 3 consoles and you're moaning. Just realize how lucky you are.
As for the Xbox games being "nearly all crap": this week I've played through the sublime Panzer Dragoon Orta, spent a night blasting through The House of the Dead 3 with a mate in 2-player, and at the moment I'm sneaking around immersive battlefields on Ghost Recon. That's just this week.
Ain't nothin' wrong with the games available on Xbox. And the same can be said for the other systems. Gaming's never been better. Some of us know how good things are.
> Black Glove. Shuttup.
>
> If you actually read what I wrote I talk encouragingly about the XBox.
> Then I flame it.
You've got all 3 consoles and you're moaning. Just realize how lucky you are.
As for the Xbox games being "nearly all crap": this week I've played through the sublime Panzer Dragoon Orta, spent a night blasting through The House of the Dead 3 with a mate in 2-player, and at the moment I'm sneaking around immersive battlefields on Ghost Recon. That's just this week.
Ain't nothin' wrong with the games available on Xbox. And the same can be said for the other systems. Gaming's never been better. Some of us know how good things are.
er-no wrote:
>I was merely saying
> that the XBox is a powerful beast and Microsoft haven't used it to its
> full capabilities. I just think its a shame.
But Microsoft aren't developing all the games. If EA want to be lazy buggers and just port the same thing over to all consoles, it's not MS's fault, is it?
>I was merely saying
> that the XBox is a powerful beast and Microsoft haven't used it to its
> full capabilities. I just think its a shame.
But Microsoft aren't developing all the games. If EA want to be lazy buggers and just port the same thing over to all consoles, it's not MS's fault, is it?
My brother's drawn up a list of a game every 2 weeks for the rest of the year.
All very good games, but I beat him up as soon as he threatened to stick to the list religiously :0)
All very good games, but I beat him up as soon as he threatened to stick to the list religiously :0)
Your Honour wrote:
> It's a s##t argument, and a complete waste of time. So stop it. Ok?
Heh. I wasn't really arguing that though either. I was merely saying that the XBox is a powerful beast and Microsoft haven't used it to its full capabilities. I just think its a shame.
> It's a s##t argument, and a complete waste of time. So stop it. Ok?
Heh. I wasn't really arguing that though either. I was merely saying that the XBox is a powerful beast and Microsoft haven't used it to its full capabilities. I just think its a shame.
I don't get hwy people say:
"Most of the games on Xbox are available on other consoles or on PC."
I DON'T BLOODY CARE!!!
I don't OWN another console, and my PC is something I do my uni work on. I don't want to sit at a desk playing games, I'd rather chill on my sofa and play games.
Who cares if Tony Hawks of FIFA or whatever are on other consoles, I don't own another console, but I can still play all the multiformat titles.
It's a s##t argument, and a complete waste of time. So stop it. Ok?
"Most of the games on Xbox are available on other consoles or on PC."
I DON'T BLOODY CARE!!!
I don't OWN another console, and my PC is something I do my uni work on. I don't want to sit at a desk playing games, I'd rather chill on my sofa and play games.
Who cares if Tony Hawks of FIFA or whatever are on other consoles, I don't own another console, but I can still play all the multiformat titles.
It's a s##t argument, and a complete waste of time. So stop it. Ok?
jose edwaldo wrote:
> i bought an xbox last week....with halo, splinter cell, jet set radio
> future and sega gt2002....all amazing games....the best console i've
> owned so far.
My next door neighbour was gonna get a PS2...
But after I had a go at him we trundled down to SR and bought that pack and an extra official controller for £231 odd!
Not bad!
SEGA GT was quite poor multiplayer but Halo is always a classic!
And it's next door to me now!
Yay!
> i bought an xbox last week....with halo, splinter cell, jet set radio
> future and sega gt2002....all amazing games....the best console i've
> owned so far.
My next door neighbour was gonna get a PS2...
But after I had a go at him we trundled down to SR and bought that pack and an extra official controller for £231 odd!
Not bad!
SEGA GT was quite poor multiplayer but Halo is always a classic!
And it's next door to me now!
Yay!
Mantis wrote:
> Of course online is the future, playing anyone, anywhere whenever you
> want. Competing, playing with people of similar skill and having
> loads of fun too. Games no longer have to be lonely single player
> adventures- some people love that- but others wanting something else
> from gaming will look to PROPER online.
Online gaming is not the future of gaming. If it is then gamings goodness will disappear with it.
> Of course online is the future, playing anyone, anywhere whenever you
> want. Competing, playing with people of similar skill and having
> loads of fun too. Games no longer have to be lonely single player
> adventures- some people love that- but others wanting something else
> from gaming will look to PROPER online.
Online gaming is not the future of gaming. If it is then gamings goodness will disappear with it.
gamezfreak wrote:
> Who really gives a monkeys about er-no and his feelings towards the
> Xbox?
>
> I have an Xbox and Gamecube, I'm happy with them both.
Handbags at dawn?
I think so!
:D
> Who really gives a monkeys about er-no and his feelings towards the
> Xbox?
>
> I have an Xbox and Gamecube, I'm happy with them both.
Handbags at dawn?
I think so!
:D
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