Xbox

Paulg · 13-09-2002 2:33pm #1

I just bought a Xbox!

Did i make a big mistake? What games would anyone recommend?

astrofool · 13-09-2002 3:16pm

halo, project gotham racing, DOA 3, SSSX: tricky.

Turok is just out, and hunter the reckoning is a good bit of old arcade fun

Shinji · 13-09-2002 3:24pm

Hmm... Halo, Project Gotham... er.

DoA3 if you haven't already played DoA2.

SSX Tricky if you don't own it on every other platform ever.

Turok is terrible, avoid it at all costs. Hunter: The Reckoning is fun.

The next thing worth buying is Splinter Cell in the middle of this winter.

If you just bought an Xbox in preference to a PS2 or Cube, then yes, you've made a mistake. If however you already own one or both of the others, it's a sensible addition to the collection.

amp · 13-09-2002 3:51pm

If you've bought all three, then YOU'RE A FOOL! CRAZY MAN! WITH MORE MONEY THAN SENSE!* THERE ARE PEOPLE STILL PLAYING ON COMMODORE 64'S IN AFRICA!

tHE vAGGABOND · 13-09-2002 6:36pm

Just cos shinji or amp dont like it does not mean you will not like it. Make your own mind up! Lots of people like the cube for example, but I would not take one if you gave it to me free. I just dont like what I have seen and played of the games out and on the way out. *shrug* - as I said personal prefrence.

I like XBox, and have played most of the big games. Some of them do indeed suck, but there are games on every platform that suck! These days most games come out on loads of different formats, so if you have played a game on one then indeed there is no point in buying the port of the game to a different platform (unless were talking about CM XBox!).

In on order, Project Gotham, Amped, NBA Inside Drive, Halo, Jet Sat Radio Future and Halo all XBox games that rank on my personal "best games of the last year" list.

Im not a Tony Hawks fan, but that gets a good bit of play on the office XBox.

Dont rely on other people to make your mind up for you!

Spiffing · 13-09-2002 7:03pm

X-Box games don't add anything new to anything whatsoever.

l3rian · 13-09-2002 7:17pm

dont get project gothom, it is boring, how many times can you turn left and right?

segadreamcast · 13-09-2002 7:43pm

"dont get project gothom, it is boring, how many times can you turn left and right?"

Pft, if we gave the cars tits and called them 'Lara' I bet nobody would complain.

What the heck do you expect from a racing game?

Greenbean · 13-09-2002 8:46pm

Could have done alot worse, given it's price has come down. One thing that is becoming very clear to me is that unless you have more money than matters, theres very little reason to ever buy a console within the first year of its release. In this stage they tend to be very costly and come with a poor selection of games, and usually no killer titles.

Mercury_Tilt · 13-09-2002 8:53pm

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tman · 13-09-2002 9:51pm

afaik serious sam is coming out on the xbox, it's combing the first & second encounter into one game... should be sweet

Ryo Hazuki · 13-09-2002 10:15pm

The xbox is apparently getting the future Shenmue Releases.
Im going to buy 1 just to play them.

With and a sequal to halo on the cards and probably some conversions of next gen PC fps and other games mentioned above, I like the look of things to come.

Its currently cheaper than PS2 and has a hard drive and specs that destroy the PS2 so its better value in that respect.

But in the end its the games that matter so at the moment the PS2 is the better purchase. (stating the obvious?)

I would not overlook the xbox yet as some people do.

Not that I like the black-dreamcast......

bugs · 13-09-2002 10:34pm

Originally posted by Shinji
Hunter: The Reckoning is fun.

Nooooooooo, do not buy this game. Its an almost carbon copy of zombie revenge on the DC. It "seems" good for about 5 minutes, much alike zombie revenge did in the arcade for all the time 50p would last you. Then you actually sit down and realise its horribly boring. I'm not sure which one is worse, its a close run bad thing.

Dcully · 13-09-2002 10:40pm

With and a sequal to halo on the cards and probably some conversions of next gen PC fps and other games mentioned above, I like the look of things to come

First person shooters should be left in there rightfull home the PC.
Halo is the most over-rated game ever,ive seen everything and more it has to offer long ago on the PC.As for console shooters timesplitters 2 for PS2 will wipe the floor with Halo.
Most guys i know who have an Xbox state some disapointment with the games for it,yeah,yeah people say it has good games coming out,Well that was said of the Dreamcast too.
No doubt Xbox has potential,nice specs etc.
PC is the way to go i dont even buy a game now unless it has Modding capabilities ,such is the value of Mods.
I bought Halflife 3 years ago,since then ive played about 10 mods for it,Counter-strike,DayofDefeat etc.When you buy a Pc game you get the game plus all these mods,maps for free online not to mention online gaming on the PC,and ofcourse the amaing Lan Parties.
Having said that i thoroughly enjoy a game of Pro evolution soccer on my brothers PS2 with some friends.
Both consoles and PC have strenghts but i dont see a weakness in a powerfull PC.

Shinji · 13-09-2002 11:23pm

yeah,yeah people say it has good games coming out,Well that was said of the Dreamcast too.

Er, the Dreamcast had fantastic games. What planet are you on?

Nooooooooo, do not buy this game. Its an almost carbon copy of zombie revenge on the DC.

Bit harsh - it's got a lot more character than Zombie Revenge did. That said my perception of Hunter is probably changed by the fact that I played it with two people, which always makes a game more fun. Same for Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance, which was very good fun in co-op but astonishingly tedious and boring singleplayer.

Dcully · 14-09-2002 9:46am

Er, the Dreamcast had fantastic games. What planet are you on?

I never said Dreamcast had bad games,some of the best games were on DC ,all i said was its not enough to have some good/great games a console needs lots of them as in hundreds like the PS2 to survive hence sadly the rather fine Dreamcast is no longer with us.

I ask you, what planet are you on?

Dont be at yourself · 14-09-2002 11:08am

In fairness, the DC had more top quality games than the PS2. Its problem was that it didn't have enough mass-market games.

Clover · 14-09-2002 11:32am

Paulg:

I just bought a Xbox!

Did i make a big mistake? What games would anyone recommend?

no i don't think you made a mistake , i bought mine on launch day and bought halo, doa3 and max payne and got months of gameplay out of them .

things went quite for a while but the game releases are picking up now turok, buffy, the thing , commandos 2 all out this month
and with games like splinter cell , mgs substance , ghost recon comming out and mohf ( with multiplayer ) things are looking better.

games i'd recommend :

halo, doa3 , turok , jsrf ,

if your unsure about a game rent it first ( chartbusters ) and you
can pick up secound hand games for between 40 -45 euro's, from
game + gamesworld etc..

Shinji · 14-09-2002 11:46am

Argh, Clover lies - don't touch Turok with a barge pole! It's terrible! As in, absolutely fúcking awful with no redeeming features whatsoever!

It's literally the only FPS game I've ever played that was worse than Daikatana.

Dcully · 14-09-2002 12:10pm

Jesus must be bad,Daikatana was absolutely brutal.

Clover · 14-09-2002 1:37pm

Shinji ; Argh, Clover lies - don't touch Turok with a barge pole!

ok put turok in the rent first buy later / don't buy later pile.

segadreamcast · 14-09-2002 1:40pm

Yeah, I have to admit things are beginning to look up for XBox releases now... it had all went eerily quiet for a bit. Ah well, PS2 had those times too.

Clover · 14-09-2002 2:13pm

Paulg what games did you buy with it ?

po0k · 14-09-2002 2:23pm

The only reason I'd buy an X-Box would be to throw linux on it and use it as a cheap webserver/gameserver/terminal device.

l3rian · 14-09-2002 7:55pm

i seen a xbox game on cybernet the other night, it was amazing, but i cant remember the name, it was a giant-robot-em-up, and your robot could turn into a jet fighter anytime, looked amazing, great battles and the level where massive, anyone know it?

about driving game, they are all mostly crap, only 4 inputs: left right accelerate and brake, most dont have proper damge or crashes, all bore me to tears, well not all, i loved gta3 and that is sort of a driving game, but i must say that the worst type of game that was ever invented is the grand prix sim, utter boredom

Clover · 14-09-2002 9:45pm

l3rian :

i seen a xbox game on cybernet the other night, it was amazing, but i cant remember the name, it was a giant-robot-em-up, and your robot could turn into a jet fighter .

that game is gun metal, i thought it looked great and played the demo, then i bummed it from my brother for a few days after he bought it , a great looking game and plays well but i thought it got a bit repeative. ( just what i thought ).

spooky donkey · 14-09-2002 10:13pm

i was just sating to a mate of mine the other day that i dont know a single pwesin who owns an xbox, and he said the same.
I know peeps with the other 2 consoles.

I think the xbox might be a great machine, but i think its gona go down likw a led zeplin ( not the great band ).
I wouldent but a console if i thought it had a short shelf life!

So anyone selling their game cube?

Shinji · 14-09-2002 11:50pm

Hmm, the giant robot jet transforming thing was either Gunmetal - which sadly isn't very good - or Battle Engine Aquila, which is bloody fantastic...

bugs · 15-09-2002 12:24pm

Gunmetal is the one hes talking about. Its neither impressive looking or interesting. Shades of green for the background and the odd bit of water with a robot that looks pretty dumb. I'd stick with armored core if i was you, it can be fun at times

po0k · 15-09-2002 9:01pm

Aquila is the one that had the special E300 desk controller made for it right?

Looks fantastic

MW3 rocked.

ShogoMAD was good too, but got very repetitive.
Would be nice to see a sequel to it.

Ryo Hazuki · 15-09-2002 10:24pm

For €249 im close to buying One.
PS2 is like €269

Shinji · 15-09-2002 10:27pm

Aquila is the one that had the special E300 desk controller made for it right?

No, that's Tekki (can't remember the other name for it off the top of my head).

Battle Engine Aquila hasn't had much pre-hype yet, but it's looking great - British developer (based here in allegedly sunny Guildford), mad mech shooting game where you're in a transforming robot (goes from land-based to flying) which is the key unit on a giant battlefield. Gameplay is hard to describe - there's a solid shoot'em'up in there definitely, but you're only part of a huge army and your actions influence what happens to them and to the course of the battle as a whole.

There's a short demo on this months OXM if anyone fancies a look...

Dont be at yourself · 15-09-2002 10:29pm

Aquila is the one that had the special E300 desk controller made for it right?

Nope, that's Tekki (Steel Batallion in the wesht). It looks to be a hardcore mech fan's wet-dream, though I can't really see it appeal to the casual gamer. I'll probably pick it up, if only because in a few years from now, I can sell the controller on ebay for 17 bazillion euro.

[edit]Grrr, beat me to it.[/edit]

l3rian · 16-09-2002 7:11pm

amoured core looks good, better than gun-metal alright, i have never played any game in this range so either will be fun to play, but i'd rather to get the best one. i havent bought a console since my n64, and i am considering the xbox, but the prices keep dropping the longer i have waited, i hear lately that microsoft bought rare, which means that perfect dark2 will be xbox exclusive, this game could possibly be the first must-have console game that makes me buy a console after ... when was n64 released?

Doodee · 18-09-2002 9:21am

But in the end its the games that matter so at the moment the PS2 is the better purchase. (stating the obvious?)

OMG, we arent going to start this tripe again are we,
Is it that some ppl neglect the fact that the PS" has had so much time for its games to develope, and so has so many.
What I mean is that the PS2 is the oldest of the 3 consoles, so why the **** do u think it has so many games!
I remember when it was either a DC or a PS2, and back then the DC had the better games. Tekken tag was utter shiote, but it was a release title for the console, and no1 bitched back then.
Of course times are looking up for the X-Box, by the time splinter cell is out the X-Box will be a year old, If games for the console had been mass produced by release date they'd go unsold, fact is not every1 can afford to buy like 7 titles with the console.....
OMG! enough with this stupid PS2 has more Games cause the only thing it does really have over the other two consoles is TIME, a bit like Bulmers.

Grrrr! this is not what i need on a wednesday morning at 10:23 am!

bugs · 18-09-2002 5:21pm

I'd be more swayed by the fact its got a huge installed base everywhere. The xbox is selling like dirt in comparison. Sony still has alot of pull with the larger developers and the ones it hasn't have mostly signed with nintendo.

Nothing really stands out on the xbox and shouts "buy me buy me buy me" and as a result no one is. Even the games that it will have seem to be aimed at a a minority of ppl. Theres not alot there that will appeal to everyone.

Dont be at yourself · 18-09-2002 5:31pm

Frankly, anybody who buys a console on the presumption that good games will be released for it is a fool. You buy a console because of what is currently available, and in that regard, the PS2 is streets ahead of the other two.

Doodee: People neglect the fact that the PS2 has had so much time to amass a catalog of good games because, honestly, it doens't matter. The only thing that does matter is that the good games are here now.

What you're saying is that that the PS2 has so many good games because its been out so much longer than the other two. The important thing here is that it has good games - it doesn't matter that it took 18 months for these games to appear, they're here now.

Doodee · 21-09-2002 1:35pm

Exatcly my point nekkid, My problem is ppl saying that the X-Box is **** cause it doesnt have enough games that warrent buying the machine or that Halo is an age'n Box seller, Fact is that the older the console gets the more great games will appear for it.

Borzoi · 23-09-2002 11:53am

Originally posted by Dcully

Both consoles and PC have strenghts but i dont see a weakness in a powerfull PC.

I'd suggest the price €249 vs €1249+ but that would be churlish, because to compare a console to a PC is like comparing apples to cars, thay are not the same product at all.

Shinji · 23-09-2002 6:23pm

My problem is ppl saying that the X-Box is **** cause it doesnt have enough games that warrent buying the machine or that Halo is an age'n Box seller, Fact is that the older the console gets the more great games will appear for it.

This is true but only to a certain extent. There are other factors to great games showing up on a console too - and installed base is a big one. Top developers won't invest time in creating a game for an unsuccessful platform. There are far more developers working on PS2 and even on GameCube than there are working on Xbox simply because those consoles are more commercially successful right now.

Besides, why on earth would anyone buy an Xbox right now, when the prices are falling so rapidly and the great games are yet to come? Anyone who buys a console because it'll have games they want at an unspecified point in the future is an idiot - you buy a console WHEN it has a game you really want to play, not before, because if you wait for the game to come out you'll probably get the console for quite a few quid less...

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