Halo 2

I don\'t mean to be a nitpicker here, but as someone who owns a PC capable of running the vast majority of big titles on Xbox and the vast majority of upcoming big titles as well such as the aforementioned Half Life 2 and Doom 3, I can honestly say it\'s been a waste of money.  Sure, I love Halo and can\'t wait for Halo 2, but all the other "killer apps" it supposedly has are all on PC and I own them all on PC already.  If it wasn\'t for Halo 2, Fable, and Ninja Gaiden, I\'d be seriously fed up with the console.

Originally posted by Ryu
I don\'t mean to be a nitpicker here, but as someone who owns a PC capable of running the vast majority of big titles on Xbox and the vast majority of upcoming big titles as well such as the aforementioned Half Life 2 and Doom 3, I can honestly say it\'s been a waste of money.  Sure, I love Halo and can\'t wait for Halo 2, but all the other "killer apps" it supposedly has are all on PC and I own them all on PC already.  If it wasn\'t for Halo 2, Fable, and Ninja Gaiden, I\'d be seriously fed up with the console.

I am not much into pc games, but I feel like the system just did not deliver on those big games. If I knew what I know now I would have never spent 300 bucks on it.

And the controller is awful. I mean xbox has the worst controller that has ever been created on a video game system. I would rather have that old atari pad with the stick and 1 button.

If microsoft was smart they would have partnered up with sega and backed the dreamcast/

Originally posted by QuDDus
I am not much into pc games, but I feel like the system just did not deliver on those big games. If I knew what I know now I would have never spent 300 bucks on it.

And the controller is awful. I mean xbox has the worst controller that has ever been created on a video game system. I would rather have that old atari pad with the stick and 1 button.

If microsoft was smart they would have partnered up with sega and backed the dreamcast/

AMEN!!!!!

Originally posted by Styx
Half life2 and Doom3 have been announced to be release for the xbox. There is an article in GMR about Half Life2 and Doom3 being the most exciting games of 2004 on PC and Xbox

Yeah but you didn\'t answer the question.

How is the X box with (under a gig processor and "ge Force 1" card) going to run these games when they say if you have anything under 2 gig & a direct X 9 card then expect a slide show.

I don\'t care if Half Life 2 looks worse than its PC counterpart, sacrificing graphics for smoothness is what a console\'s about. It\'ll still look 10 times better than a PS2 would trying to run the same thing.

I\'m not an xBox fanboy, I own numerous consoles, xBox is there for meatier titles with large environments like Morrowind and GTA whilst the PS2 is there for driving games (xBox pads don\'t allow manual shift, they\'re crap for driving) and loads of jump on-jump off arcadey games.

Halo 2 on the other hand will be a doddle for the xBox, the first one was rushed out for the console release, hence the boring mid-section with loads of same rooms one after the other, the next one should address that with larger set piece battles and more. It\'s gonna be utterly mental on-line too.



Oooh, nearly forgot something......




:gman:

The creators of Doom III have made a statement saying the Xbox version will look like its\' pc counterpart.  That was quite a while ago though so I\'m not sure if they wisened up or what...

No doubt the game will look mind blowing but those Doom III pics are drool worthy.

and for anyone not willing to spend hundreds of dollars getting a capable pc the xbox seems to be the best alternative.

Originally posted by Ginko
The creators of Doom III have made a statement saying the Xbox version will look like its\' pc counterpart.

Yeah, and Richard Simmons ain\'t gay. Right.

And who wants to bet that Halo 2 won\'t see the light of day this half of 2004?

No but...I bet you that FABLE will be out before Halo 2.


If i am wrong then let Samwise be :ghey:

Sods law states they\'ll be released when I don\'t have any money.

I\'m jacking in my job and moving home for a bit in June, it better be out beforehand or so help me.................




And we might be surprised at the xBox, if a PS2 can be made to do something like GT4 imagine what an xBox could do if pushed hard enough.

Originally posted by Samwise
Yeah, and Richard Simmons ain\'t gay. Right.

He\'s gay?!?!

And who wants to bet that Halo 2 won\'t see the light of day this half of 2004?

I\'m betting on a late summer release...with Fable to follow next spring.

Next spring for FABLE :eek:

i got to get miss moneypenny wanting that game or she will strat Hustling me for a baby.

/me shakes angry fist at Big Blue Box.

one thing they will add, is the com will be able to drive the vehicles, why u man the guns ( on the 4 x 4 type thing). im looking forward to it, hope they make more different types of enemies on this one too, and more weapons!


is morrowmind good then??? i was thinking about getting it

Originally posted by ooseven
Yeah but you didn\'t answer the question.

How is the X box with (under a gig processor and "ge Force 1" card) going to run these games when they say if you have anything under 2 gig & a direct X 9 card then expect a slide show.

What I was getting at with my answer was - the simple fact they are doing it. Reguardless if they say you need 2 gigs & DX9 those specs are for the PC, not the console. The two perform in different ways; always have, always will (unless you nab yourself one of the new DISCover systems but that is a horse of another color altogether!

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To the dum-dum who said the Xbox has the worst controller..

3DO
Jaguar
N64.

Thank you , sit down.

I\'m sorry but N64\'s controller flat out owned the Xbox one. The stick was loose after awhile and the C-Buttons sucked, but at least you could hold the bloody thing. (And I don\'t mean the S-Controller.  That\'s the only way to go, in my opinion.  It\'s still too big and some of the buttons are placed terribly, but it gets the job done.)

BTW, last I heard Fable was due THIS Spring. At least, that\'s the tentative date.  I expect to have it by Christmas \'04.

-Eik