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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 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.
Thing is er-no, you say that a lot of the games are available on other consoles, and they are. My point is that not that many people own all three consoles. And a fair number of people, like me, only own 1.
For a number of games that are available on all three consoles, the Xbox version is the best. A good current example is TOCA Race Driver, which has an extra 6 cars per race than the PS2 version. Nearly all other ports have better sound and graphics. A notable exception being most EA games, the lazy gits...
The fact is, you own all three consoles, so you look at which machines have the exclusives that you look for. Most of us can't do that, we have to say "Which machine has the most games I want to play on it?". Which for me is the Xbox.
I'd love to have a PS2 again, but only for GTA3, and I can't afford it. I'd love to have a GameCube, ready for when Mario Kart comes out. But again, I can't afford it.
I'll never buy a console for one game again. I did it for GT3 on the PS2, and got seriously burned.
You're in a lucky position of owning all three, so stop moaning, alright? :-)
For a number of games that are available on all three consoles, the Xbox version is the best. A good current example is TOCA Race Driver, which has an extra 6 cars per race than the PS2 version. Nearly all other ports have better sound and graphics. A notable exception being most EA games, the lazy gits...
The fact is, you own all three consoles, so you look at which machines have the exclusives that you look for. Most of us can't do that, we have to say "Which machine has the most games I want to play on it?". Which for me is the Xbox.
I'd love to have a PS2 again, but only for GTA3, and I can't afford it. I'd love to have a GameCube, ready for when Mario Kart comes out. But again, I can't afford it.
I'll never buy a console for one game again. I did it for GT3 on the PS2, and got seriously burned.
You're in a lucky position of owning all three, so stop moaning, alright? :-)
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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