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"End of the Road..."

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. :)

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.

I'm of course looking forward to halo 2, but it bothers me when people sneer and try to say it won't be all that, when clearly others think it will be. There are loads of games i'm personaly looking forward to, too many to list, some of them may be available on other platforms but that doesn't mean they not any good. I'm sure you could tell me, an xbox gamer or about 10 GC games which sound really promicing but I know nothing about, and vice versa. But would we care what each other has to say?

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.

And since when has online gameing been the future? Not saying it isn't, but why are Microsoft emphasising it over all else?

But both Deus Ex 2 and Doom 3 are also on PC. Not *neccessarily* maximising the XBox.

And Halo II, like Er-no said, is all (it seems) that you guys really REALLY are looking forwards to. Probably some personal ones you like the look of, but as a whole, Halo II looks like (to me anyway) your future.

And PDO doesen't look all that great. Nice, but not 'blow the bloody doors off' fantastic. Er...yes.

:)

Plenty of games are taking advantage of Xbox hardware, have you seen Panzer Dragoon Orta? And deus Ex 2 looks up there with Halo 2 and Doom 3.

I would and could go on, but you've probably made up your minds on many of the titles i would suggest that look promiceing, at least to me.

And I don't care what you say about Online, Xbox Live is pionering and no other console as anything half as ambitious.

Lets wait to see what E3 has in store.

*applauds er-no*

My sentiments exactly. Except Halo is good, not 'superb'.

Black Glove. Shuttup.

If you actually read what I wrote I talk encouragingly about the XBox. Then I flame it.

why dont you go and marry your precious Gamecube?

:)

Moan, moan, moan.
Sell it if you aren't pleased.

"Splinter Cell is better on the PC".
"Buffy 2 is the only reason I keep it".

Good god! Sell it NOW! You obviously don't deserve it!

My point is still correct YH.

:P