After seeing MLB 2K7 on 360, I have to get one. I am a huge baseball fan and that game looks incredibly detailed. I like the 2K series as well.
[quote]pookie wrote:
Someone’s not happy about being banned from Xbox Live…
Master Chief sucks at Halo :
[quote]Dre Cappa wrote:
After seeing MLB 2K7 on 360, I have to get one. I am a huge baseball fan and that game looks incredibly detailed. I like the 2K series as well.[/quote]
The game’s gotten decent reviews. Last year’s version was terrible, so good to see they’ve made some necessary changes to improve the game. Yeah, the graphics are amazing for a baseball sim.
I’m probably going to get this when the price drops a bit…also looking to get The Bigs.
[quote]Dre Cappa wrote:
Thanks for all the feedback guys. If I get a 360, I am going to look into an additional warranty from Best Buy or Circuit City. I have the original Xbox so I really didn’t want to switch over. One of the reasons is a 360 allows me to play my old Xbox games. I have a separate DVD player, so I will avoid using it for that unless I get an occassional HD DVD.
In defense of the crashes, it does sound like it happens to people who put alot of heavy use on the system, leaving it on all day, hours upon hours of play, etc. [/quote]
I bought my 360 from GameStop and got the extended GameStop warranty, well worth the $40 considering I am on my 3rd 360 in about 18 months (all have crashed and burned and been returned)
Master Chief sucks at Halo :
I love the LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLLLLOLOLOLLLOLL
Is the loading time really that bad on the next-gen consoles?
[quote]gsxtacy wrote:
…a bunch of technical stuff.
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…but it has no games, and isn’t going to outdo the 360 in terms of exclusives unless you like jrpgs. Difficult-to-use processing power means nothing when the games it’s running are 2nd tier.
Motorstorm actually looks amazing in my opinion. The Halo 3 beta looks much better than Halo 2 in high res; there’s so many minute details and lighting effects that couldn’t have been done in Halo 2. Also, it’s a MP beta! Play Rainbow Six:Las Vegas…it’s SP and MP are like night and day in terms of visuals.
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Ive been playing the Warhawk beta and Sigma and those both play and look great. You seem like yuo havent actually played any ps3 games, you jsu tlike to criticize from afar. Your right the games havent taken full advantage of the ps3s capabilties yet. How long did it take for gears to come out? a year? That was the first game that really looked next gen on the 360.
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PDZ, Kameo, Condemned…all launch games that couldn’t have been achieved on the previous gen consoles. They had their faults, but they still looked next gen.
[quote]pookie wrote:
Master Chief sucks at Halo :
I love the LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLLLLOLOLOLLLOLL
Is the loading time really that bad on the next-gen consoles?
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It has more to do with the developer than the consoles I think. Crackdown uses Havok’s physics engine, and so does Motorstorm for the PS3 … which has pretty bad loading times as well. The only other game I have is Resistance, and it’s loading times are fine.
[quote]Ronsauce wrote:
…but it has no games, and isn’t going to outdo the 360 in terms of exclusives unless you like jrpgs. Difficult-to-use processing power means nothing when the games it’s running are 2nd tier.[/quote]
It really needs games. The best games you can now play on it are PS2 games. Fanboys everywhere keep mentioning Resistance and Motorstorm, but 2 games only get you so far. And Gears Of War on X360 looks better than Resistance, IMO. (Seen in store at 2 different locations.)
It’s been reported in a couple of places that Sony are giving their in-house libraries of “tricks” to 3rd parties a lot earlier than they did with their previous consoles. Hopefully, that helps.
Motorstorm looks good, but nothing like the previews Sony gave at the previous E3… The worse part is that the PS3 is probably able to do it, someone has to figure it out first.
As for Halo 3, I’d wait for the release version before commenting on it’s lack of graphical polish. I really doubt Bungie is showing everything they’ve got during the Beta…
[quote]Applesauce wrote:
The only other game I have is Resistance, and it’s loading times are fine.[/quote]
I remember reading somewhere that Resistance copies a huge part of itself to the HDD, cutting out the slow BluRay drive from the equation… that probably helps.
On my old modded Xbox, I put in a 250GB drive and copied about 60 games to it. The load times are so much better, it’s almost painful to go back to the DVDs (for the few games that don’t work from the HDD).
My x box 360 sucks balls
First the cord went after a few weeks of use.
As of this point it overheats almost everytime I play it. I be 30 min into playing a game and it will shut off and a red light will flash on the little green cicle thing (top left one turns red). I have to unplug it from the wall to get it to turn off. Then my savwed progress is gone:(
I rented lost planet and it is having trouble recognizing it or something. Sometimes its will say, “please insert this game in an xbox 360 console…”.
It sucks balls.
[quote]keaster wrote:
My x box 360 sucks balls
First the cord went after a few weeks of use.
As of this point it overheats almost everytime I play it. I be 30 min into playing a game and it will shut off and a red light will flash on the little green cicle thing (top left one turns red). I have to unplug it from the wall to get it to turn off. Then my savwed progress is gone:(
I rented lost planet and it is having trouble recognizing it or something. Sometimes its will say, “please insert this game in an xbox 360 console…”.
It sucks balls.[/quote]
Do you house your 360 in a cabinet or something? My roomate’s 360 as well as my own haven’t given us any problems, and we bought ours on launch day. The only time a game hasn’t worked is if it was rented and the disc was scratched to hell.
This is honestly the best console I’ve ever owned and have yet to experience any problems with it. Also, contrary to what someone ignorantly mentioned, the backwards compatibility library is quite extensive, and any Xbox game worth playing can be played on the 360.
I should mention something about the overheating issue: a lot of it depends on where you have your 360.
If you store it in an entertainment center or in a confined space, it’s going to get very hot very fast b/c there’s not enough room for the air to get to the system.
You need to make sure the 360 is in an open area (at least a foot of space between the 360 and the walls of the shelving) and things should be fine. I had heating problems when my 360 was in the EC, but about a week ago I moved it out of there into an open area and haven’t had an issue since.
[quote]Ronsauce wrote:
keaster wrote:
Do you house your 360 in a cabinet or something? My roomate’s 360 as well as my own haven’t given us any problems, and we bought ours on launch day. The only time a game hasn’t worked is if it was rented and the disc was scratched to hell.
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I put it way in front of my tv on the wood floor. I have tried it both standing and on its side. I will most likely end up buying one of those little fan things.
[quote]pookie wrote:
I remember reading somewhere that Resistance copies a huge part of itself to the HDD, cutting out the slow BluRay drive from the equation… that probably helps.
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Yeah, it does. I’ve taken the discs out in the middle of a game several times and it keeps playing for a good while before locking up. Most PS3 games will do that though.
[quote]keaster wrote:
Ronsauce wrote:
keaster wrote:
Do you house your 360 in a cabinet or something? My roomate’s 360 as well as my own haven’t given us any problems, and we bought ours on launch day. The only time a game hasn’t worked is if it was rented and the disc was scratched to hell.
I put it way in front of my tv on the wood floor. I have tried it both standing and on its side. I will most likely end up buying one of those little fan things. [/quote]
I’d advise against buying a cooling fan, but if you really want to get one, go with a Pelican. If you buy and use and Nyko cooler, it voids your warranty on the 360, as the coolers draw their power from the 360’s power source, and this has caused system malfunctions.
The Pelican uses a USB connector so it doesn’t draw off the 360 power source, which in turn keeps the warranty valid.
My 360 crashed 5 times this weekend during online play.
Still, all I did was turn it off then on again and I was ready to go.
I still absolutely love the console. I think the controller is great, the games library is great, xbox live is unbelievably good and has so many players you can always find people to play.
I am totally addicted to online Rainbow Six Vegas at the minute. I just wish there were a few more maps.
I think Sony have dropped the ball bigtime with a delayed release date, over-priced console and limited games library.
The 360 has it’s problems and it may (or may not, I don’t know enough to comment) be less powerful than the PS3, but at the end of the day who gives a toss about that - in terms of gamer experience, enjoyment, ease of use - the things that matter to me and most consumers… I couldn’t be happier with mine.
Update: I bought a 360 this weekend. I got an unexpected large sum of money from my job and I was bored so I figured what the hell. I bought an extended warranty from Gamestop too. If mine ever crashes, I take off the hard drive, take it down the road and I walk out with a new console. That extra $40 will be worth it.
[quote]Dre Cappa wrote:
Update: I bought a 360 this weekend. I got an unexpected large sum of money from my job and I was bored so I figured what the hell. I bought an extended warranty from Gamestop too. If mine ever crashes, I take off the hard drive, take it down the road and I walk out with a new console. That extra $40 will be worth it.[/quote]
Congrats on the purchase and good on you for spending a little extra for the extended warranty. Hopefully you won’t need it, but having that in your back pocket will bring you peace of mind should something go wrong. Enjoy!
[quote]pookie wrote:
Ronsauce wrote:
…but it has no games, and isn’t going to outdo the 360 in terms of exclusives unless you like jrpgs. Difficult-to-use processing power means nothing when the games it’s running are 2nd tier.
It really needs games. The best games you can now play on it are PS2 games. Fanboys everywhere keep mentioning Resistance and Motorstorm, but 2 games only get you so far. And Gears Of War on X360 looks better than Resistance, IMO. (Seen in store at 2 different locations.)
It’s been reported in a couple of places that Sony are giving their in-house libraries of “tricks” to 3rd parties a lot earlier than they did with their previous consoles. Hopefully, that helps.
Motorstorm actually looks amazing in my opinion. The Halo 3 beta looks much better than Halo 2 in high res;
Motorstorm looks good, but nothing like the previews Sony gave at the previous E3… The worse part is that the PS3 is probably able to do it, someone has to figure it out first.
As for Halo 3, I’d wait for the release version before commenting on it’s lack of graphical polish. I really doubt Bungie is showing everything they’ve got during the Beta…
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I 100% agree with the lack of games. Im not a fanboy by an means , i have a few friends with 360 and have enjoyed many games on the system (gears, crackdown and i look forward to bioshock and mass effect…i may even pick one up for those games.
Your also right in gears looking better than resistance, gears is incredible, but it was released after a good year in the 360s lifestyle, resistance was a launch game. Just give it some time. Gears was also quite linear and the 40 person online multiplayer on resistance is quite impressive. Check out drakes fortune though, truely a testament to what this gen will be like.
As for halo, i really think bungie dropped the ball graphically on that one. It doesnt matter though, halo has such a following that itll still sell
[quote]gsxtacy wrote:
I 100% agree with the lack of games. Im not a fanboy by an means , i have a few friends with 360 and have enjoyed many games on the system (gears, crackdown and i look forward to bioshock and mass effect…i may even pick one up for those games.[/quote]
Games keep coming out much more often for the X360 than they do for the PS3. The PS3 has been out for close to 8 months now and games are few and far between. The PS3 is also losing many of its exclusive titles. That situation needs to reverse itself if the PS3 wants to remain competitive.
If Microsoft fix their reliability problems and drops the price, choosing a console is going to become a no-brainer.
200$ for a reliable, quiet console, with a large game library, tons of upcoming games and more than double the number of exclusive titles is going to be very hard to match with an overpriced BluRay player who has a few good games available.
Sony needs to capitalize on gamers like myself, who are eager to get a next-gen console, but are still waiting to see which one “wins” this generation. They need to convince me that I should forget about the X360 and get the PS3.
I don’t care about HDDVD or BluRay, so they need to show me games that I simply can’t pass up. They are lucky that Microsoft still has an overpriced, crappy product (in my opinion) to compete with them. As CPU and GPU die sizes shrink, costs will come down and reliability will increase.
If Microsoft fixes those issues before Christmas and combines that with Halo 3 and a price drop (or some kind of promotional bundle) it’s going to be very hard to justify spending twice as much or more simply because the PS3 has potential.
Still, the development kits went out at about the same time for both consoles, so developers had similar time to work on titles for each.
Sony can only push that excuse so far… If, come Christmas, they don’t have a really incredibly standout game, what will they say? The X360 has 2nd year games and we only are on our 1st year?
At some point, Sony needs to knock our socks off with a game that cannot be match graphically by anything, console or PC. They kept calling the Cell a “supercomputer” and even at one point suggesting that the PS3 wouldn’t even need a GPU because the Cell was so awesome… it’s more than time to deliver on that promise.
Sony took an entire year more before releasing, and yet they have nothing to show for it. The PS3 was unfinished (as their frequent firmware upgrades can attest too) and none of the games really stood out as “special.” The online service repeated all the mistakes the X360 made, even thought these had been well publicized (background downloading being the worst one.)
Even now, very few of the announced games for the PS3 really make me want to buy one.
Most FPS are rather linear during single player. Halo, Black, Doom 3, Rogue Trooper (not a FPS, but similar to GoW in mechanics)… I don’t really mind a linear story if it’s good. And my best experiences on Xbox live have been with relatively small groups. I’m not sure that “more is better” where online play is concerned. Of course, having the choice of it is nice.
Well Halo 3 is not out yet. Most games have less polish during the multiplayer portions, where other concerns, such as network response and reducing lag take precedence over eye candy.
If Bungie had shown their best effort graphics for the beta, and came up short, it could have killed some of the hype for the release of the full game. A better strategy, in my opinion, is to beta with just adequate graphics and then release with the full-fledged eye candy. You can then get reviews that say “forget the beta, Halo 3 is fantastically gorgeous” and such, instead of “if you’ve seen the beta, you’ve seen it all…”
I don’t really know either way, but seeing as Halo 1 was still one of the best looking Xbox games 6 years after it’s November 2001 release, I’d bet that Bungie can do much better with the X360 than what I’ve seen of the beta.
Microsoft is entirely aware of the impact of that game and they simply cannot afford to foul it up. The only valid criticism must be that the graphics are familiar… which is expected, since this is the 3rd title of the series. The Warthog should still look like a Warthog, the Banshees like Banshees and the Forerunner structures should still be massive steel, concrete and ceramic building.