OT: XBox 360

Finally pulled the trigger and got one of these. Amazon has a special where you get the Elite console, HD DVD Drive, the movie 300 in HD DVD, King Kong in HD DVD and 5 other HD DVD titles for $600. I ordered Gears Of War and Forza Motorsport 2 as well. I'll get BioShock and Halo 3 when released. Any other recommendations? -Larry

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> Finally pulled the trigger and got one of these. Amazon has a special > where you get the Elite console, HD DVD Drive, the movie 300 in HD DVD, > King Kong in HD DVD and 5 other HD DVD titles for $600. > > I ordered Gears Of War and Forza Motorsport 2 as well. > > I'll get BioShock and Halo 3 when released. > > Any other recommendations? > > -Larry >

Yea, prepare to be disappointed by Forza2. It doesn't even have a cockpit. Feels like every other POS arcade racer you get on consoles. Using a gamepad is no fun with a lot of the 360 games too. If I buy Bioshock it will be for the PC as I played the demo on the 360 and it is just too slow and awkward during the action parts of the game. Try the 360 demo of Bioshock be fore you buy it. You might also want to get a wheel and pedals for the 360 if you are going to buy racing games for the 360 because using a gamepad sucks for driving with. I don't bother with driving games on the 360 though as every demo I have tried has been a shallow arcade game marketed to teens. The PC completely owns when it comes to any kind of more serious racing game. All games on the 360 are marketed to teens and you will probably find that annoying too. Just about every game has loud annoying music that they think teens will like. The HD player is a nice bit of kit though. ;)

Colin McRae "DIRT" is awesome, and PGR3 ain't bad either, but I think PGR4 will be out by Christmas time. If you are into hack & slash RPG type games, get Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion! "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:5Tgxi.10846$[email hidden]...

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> Finally pulled the trigger and got one of these. Amazon has a special > where you get the Elite console, HD DVD Drive, the movie 300 in HD DVD, > King Kong in HD DVD and 5 other HD DVD titles for $600. > > I ordered Gears Of War and Forza Motorsport 2 as well. > > I'll get BioShock and Halo 3 when released. > > Any other recommendations? > > -Larry >

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> > Yea, prepare to be disappointed by Forza2. It doesn't even have a cockpit. > Feels like every other POS arcade racer you get on consoles. Using a > gamepad is no fun with a lot of the 360 games too. If I buy Bioshock it > will be for the PC as I played the demo on the 360 and it is just too slow > and awkward during the action parts of the game. Try the 360 demo of > Bioshock be fore you buy it. You might also want to get a wheel and pedals > for the 360 if you are going to buy racing games for the 360 because using > a gamepad sucks for driving with. I don't bother with driving games on the > 360 though as every demo I have tried has been a shallow arcade game > marketed to teens. The PC completely owns when it comes to any kind of > more serious racing game. All games on the 360 are marketed to teens and > you will probably find that annoying too. Just about every game has loud > annoying music that they think teens will like. The HD player is a nice > bit of kit though. ;)

Or you're just old. =P I'm 30 and there's a lot of 360 games i own and love. I happen to like a lot of the music in Forza2. Not that it matters, cause it mutes the music in races anyway. And yes, the gamepad does suck for driving and while the MS FF Wheel isn't perfect (far from it, actually), it gets the job done. It would be nice if the wheel was built a bit better, i'm spoiled by my old TSW, but what can you do? The FF effects in Forza2 are really good with the wheel. Personally, i really like the physics. If you turn all the assists off, it actually turns into a pretty nice sim. Yeah, it sucks ass that it's missing a cockpit view. Honestly, i wish it did some real race series, but that's not what the game is about. Forza2 wasn't meant to be a hardcore sim. It was meant to be a fairly realistic racing game with enough crutches built in (again, you can turn them off) for the non-racers and it's a game that lets you race showroom stock cars. All the way down to lowly Civics and various other econo-cars, all the way up to Ferraris and other supercars and even purpose built race cars. That much it does pretty well. - Will

"Jay J" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:46c62465$0$6482$[email hidden]... > Colin McRae "DIRT" is awesome, and PGR3 ain't bad either, but I think PGR4 > will be out by Christmas time. > If you are into hack & slash RPG type games, get Elder Scrolls IV > Oblivion! > I was really dissappointed in Dirt. The off road trucks were fun, but the rest of the rally stuff sucked hard. Especially the events on tarmac. Oblivion is pretty spectacular. I've put over 80 hours into that game and i'm still playing it. Tons of stuff to see and do in that one. The skill system in it really keeps it fun. - Will

"Will D" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Or you're just old. =P Yea, that too. :) But even Microsoft 360 recorded phone tech support talks like they are talking to teens, "Hey, My name is Max". Without a cockpit I can't get into Forza2 and I can't judge the physics using a gamepad. No, I don't want to buy another wheel and pedals.

"Jay J" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:46c62465$0$6482$[email hidden]... > Colin McRae "DIRT" is awesome, and PGR3 ain't bad either, but I think PGR4 > will be out by Christmas time. > If you are into hack & slash RPG type games, get Elder Scrolls IV > Oblivion! I would get Dirt for the PC but it has Starforce so it is a no buy. What kind of dumbass company still uses Starforce? I have Oblivion for PC and 360 and much prefer to play it on the PC because it is much easier to control during the action parts and because of all the mods you can get for the PC version. If you have a good PC then get the PC version of Oblivion. Oblivion is not really a Hack& Slash though as there is much exploration and quests to do. When I think Hack & Slash I think dungeon crawls with endless enemies. Like Diablo is. Oblivion is far more than that.

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>Finally pulled the trigger and got one of these. Amazon has a special where >you get the Elite console, HD DVD Drive, the movie 300 in HD DVD, King Kong >in HD DVD and 5 other HD DVD titles for $600. > >I ordered Gears Of War and Forza Motorsport 2 as well. > >I'll get BioShock and Halo 3 when released. > >Any other recommendations?

I only have the original XBOX. If you don't have one of those, and are interested in older titles, I heartily recommend Knights of the Old Republic. PGR3. I have PGR2 and loved it. Sure it is arcadey. But it is a lot of fun too. PGR3 is prettier, but it generally doesn't review as well as 2 (original XBOX). I'm not sure PGR2 is compatible with your 360. Movies: how about Grand Prix in HD-DVD? It looks great on DVD. And if you are a Battlestar Galactica (the new one, not the cheesy original) fan, season 1 comes out on HD-DVD in Dec.

> I'm not sure PGR2 is compatible with your 360. the july update included emulation for pgr2 on the 360, so it finally works after 2 1/2 years of waiting ! http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm Tango

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>> I'm not sure PGR2 is compatible with your 360. > > the july update included emulation for pgr2 on the 360, so it finally > works > after 2 1/2 years of waiting ! > > http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm > > Tango

Fight Night 3 is an exellent boxing game,2 player vs mode with a few buddies and a few beers is good old fashion console fun. cheers Staf

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> > "tango" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... >>> I'm not sure PGR2 is compatible with your 360. >> >> the july update included emulation for pgr2 on the 360, so it finally >> works >> after 2 1/2 years of waiting ! >> >> http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm >> >> Tango > > Fight Night 3 is an exellent boxing game,2 player vs mode with a few > buddies and a few beers is good old fashion console fun. > > cheers > Staf >

opps and forgot to mention its in the cheapo bin these days!! cheers again Staf

I have Bioshock and haven't had any speed issues at all. The PC version is tied up in a copy protection fiasco right now, which is one of the reasons I'm bailing out of PC gaming except for racing sims. You're right. Forza 2 SUCKS. Dirt isn't half-bad. Gears of war is a bit over my head right now, but I'm working on it :) -Larry "Crazy Noddy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:aykxi.248816$[email hidden]...

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> "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:5Tgxi.10846$[email hidden]... >> Finally pulled the trigger and got one of these. Amazon has a special >> where you get the Elite console, HD DVD Drive, the movie 300 in HD DVD, >> King Kong in HD DVD and 5 other HD DVD titles for $600. >> >> I ordered Gears Of War and Forza Motorsport 2 as well. >> >> I'll get BioShock and Halo 3 when released. >> >> Any other recommendations? >> >> -Larry >> > > Yea, prepare to be disappointed by Forza2. It doesn't even have a cockpit. > Feels like every other POS arcade racer you get on consoles. Using a > gamepad is no fun with a lot of the 360 games too. If I buy Bioshock it > will be for the PC as I played the demo on the 360 and it is just too slow > and awkward during the action parts of the game. Try the 360 demo of > Bioshock be fore you buy it. You might also want to get a wheel and pedals > for the 360 if you are going to buy racing games for the 360 because using > a gamepad sucks for driving with. I don't bother with driving games on the > 360 though as every demo I have tried has been a shallow arcade game > marketed to teens. The PC completely owns when it comes to any kind of > more serious racing game. All games on the 360 are marketed to teens and > you will probably find that annoying too. Just about every game has loud > annoying music that they think teens will like. The HD player is a nice > bit of kit though. ;)

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:42:22 -0400, Larry wrote: > I have Bioshock and haven't had any speed issues at all. I meant compared to using a mouse on a PC and not a frame rate issue. The only games I can get into on the 360 are sports games. I'm going to build a nice sports library for the 360, so far have Tennis, Boxing, Hockey, and Football. Next up is hopefully Fifa08 if it is good. Maybe basketball too.