XBox Opinions

well today i tried to link up a some xboxes together to play halo on seperate tv's.
i went to Compusa to try and buy the link cable but they did'nt have any, the guy told me i could just use any plain ethernet cable. so
i grabbed my cable modem cable and tried that. too bad it didnt work. had two 61 inch tv's ready for some halo coop.

Does the XBox come with a web browser and can you hookup the ethernet to a hub? I know the DC supported web browsing.

What do you have to buy for dvd playback? just a remote or a seperate unit that attaches?

i'd just like to know your background, zoesch... are you a computer engineer?

so say you wanted to play your xbox on your VGA monitor and in theory you had a way to do this. Then how would you hook up sound?

awesome! my dad just said "don't get an xbox, i dont want you taking over the livingroom area and out here all the time if i want to do something out here"

great!

so are stores selling the xbox for more than $300? how much are they charging?

Anyone w/ a Xbox hook it up to a network yet?

My opinion of x-box:
First I have only played 4 games and they are Halo,NFL fever,DOA3, and Gotham Racing.
I thought Halo was a pretty game and I looks like it would be a blast to play if I wasn't using a damned gamepad. There is a reason I don't play FPS games on my Gravis!!!
I didn't think NFL Fever was all it was hyped up to be. It seems like they catch the ball on every pass play no matter how many guys you have on them. I really did not like it.
DOA3 is cool, but I already have it for the Dreamcast as DOA2 and the only big difference is the graphics. I got sick of it in about 30 minutes.
Project Gotham Racing is the best game that I got to play on the X-Box. I could see myself really getting into this game. On the other hand I don't see myself dropping $500 for an X-box anytime soon for this.

So to wrap it up I would say I will not be buying an X-box. I can wait till Halo is out for PC, DOA3 can't hold me for more then 30 minutes, Fever sux next to Madden 2k2, and Project Gotham RULES!!!

One more grip about the X-Box is WHY THE FUCK COULD THE NOT HAVE USED REGULAR USB CONTROLLERS!!!! I mean that controller is nice. I could really see myself hooking it up to my PC. I think I know the reasons why they would do would not make it a usb controller, but that doesn't mean I like the reasons.

What would you guys say are the chances of the Tekken series ever coming to the X-Box? I'd think absolutely zero, but maybe I'm wrong. The Tekkens (and MGS2) are pretty much the only reason I want a PS2.

I picked up an X box early Thursday morning, and haven't stopped playing it since. I got Halo, Madden 2002, DOA3, and Cel Damage. The experiences I've had in Halo are unmatched. I would compare it to half life, but it deserves more than that. Halo is what future games will have to compete against, it's the new Half Life. If you are even remotely interested in Halo, you need to buy an Xbox. It's worth the 299 alone JUST to play Halo. I had 4 friends over last night and we took turns playing co-op, there were screams and "OH MY GOD"'s all night long.

DOA 3 is godly. The graphics on the levels are amazing. I have to remind myself that it's not a cut-scene or CGI movie. It's gorgeous. The counter moves are extremely fun to play with too.

Madden 2002 is great. I had'nt played the PS2 version of it, so I was blown away when I saw it on Xbox. I heard they didn't change much, but I had a great time playing it none the less. I created my own player and the announcer PRONOUNCED MY NAME PERFECTLY. It was freaky to hear my name in the game.

Cel Damage is a good party game. The single player is AWFUL. The computer "AI" beats the shit out of you 9/10 times, and the rewards for winning are just more small levels and more weapons. The weapons, however, are SWEET. Punching gloves, axes, cannons, you name it. It's really fast paced, though. Which is hard to get used to. GET HALO, DOA3 and MADDEN before you even consider getting Cel Damage.

Xbox was worth every dollar. Go get one, now..


now damnit!

How well is XBox DVD playback?
I kept hearing that PS2's blew, so how did Microsoft do?

Was just playing DOA3 in story mode, with Helena as my char. I managed to fight my way to the bos & eventually beat him.

The little "reward" movie you get after beating the boss opponent was just...

...BONERIFIC!!! >:D

Any hints on getting Halo operating with widescreen? I don't have the HDTV out stuff, it's not available here yet. The standard video thing doesn't seem to work with widescreen with Halo, though DOA3 works fine.

my first xbox encounter happened this weekend. my thoughts:
first off my friend went through 5 (yes 5) xbox's that didnt work. he made 5 trips back and forth to the mall each time getting a faulty one. finally on the last time the store owner opened and tested it before he left with it, the first 2 they tested didnt work, finally the last one they had worked and he left with it. the error message it gave to all the xbox's was that it needed serviced.
the games:
halo absolutely amazing, co-op was so much fun, im addicted
doa3 graphics are superb, not a big doa fan but i can appreciate its obvious greatness
tony hawk 2x: love the 60fps especially in multiplayer mode, the new stages i played on were decent too
i strongly believe xbox will come out on top over ps2 and gamecube in the longrun. ps2 wins this xmas season though.

what can i say, i'm drunk.

yea 100!

DOA 3... This is incredibly funny. When it came out for the DC, a majority of people were dismissing the rather simple gameply under a veil of pure beauty. Now, all I hear is that DOA3 is "TEH BEST GAME EVAR" with a few assorted naysayers. I wish there was a lifetime comments search. I'd go back to the Dreamcast launch and see what gems I could find there.

Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy DOA2 on my DC. It looks great on the monitor and has some cool modes. I really want to try out DOA3, but I can hardly believe that the gameplay has changed THAT much. The series has never been about complex gameplay (as fighters go), it's been about graphics. I'm going to wager once the newness wears off, people will start admiting this. Go ahead and justify your purchases however you need though.

What games are you looking forward to on Xbox in the next 2 months? For me its probably:

NHL 2K2
SSX Tricky
Blood Wake

Then Jet Set Radio Future (or grind, whatever they are calling it)

What about that surfing game? Is it out yet? and is it any good?

OK so I haven't RTFM but How do you add computer players to Halo multiplayer?
Last night my friend and I were trying to play some CTF but its kind of boring when it's only two guys on such a big map.

Ya think Halo on the PC will support mods? DROOL

The xbox would be good if it wasn't for this:

"Xbox will be available in Europe on the 14th March 2002 for an anticipated retail price of £299 with the majority of Xbox titles expected to launch at an anticipated £44.99."

(http://www.xbox.com/uk/default.htm)

That's a long time and at that price not a lot of people will be buying it.

Question to ps2 owners out there. My friend had a ps2, it had a horrible problem with overheating with dvd playback. Is this a problem that all have? or is it the fact that his great dane would walk by when we played games and knock it on the floor with his big dumb ass?

I played umm Racing Gothic, and Dead or Alive 3 in my friends room. The racing game I sucked at. The only diffrence between that game and GT3 would be that in Racing Gothic your side view mirrors got bend when you hit a wall, and other car damage.
DOA3 though was really cool the characters looked good (especially the girl who has the balls on strings trailing behind her) the levels were sweet especially the ones where you could fall down into another level.
He had the football game too but I dont like football so I didnt care and apparently neither did he cause there was not playing of it.
"The controller is heavy" were prolly the first words out of my mouth. After awhile I stop realizing and grew some muscle mass to carry it.

I'm pretty damned happy with my xbox. PGR & DOA3 are maga-fun to play.

The wife & I have been duking it out at DOA3, yelling at each other & doing our dead level best to pulverize each other. Fun! :)

It's gonna be hard packing this up & putting it away for the kids christmas. lol.

I think we're gonna get the madcatz steering wheel & the dvd remote as soon as I can locate a store that sells them.

I want to see some Munch impressions!

Something more than "I played it for a minute and it seemed alright, but I'm too busy playing Halo to try it."

The Oddworld games for the playstation were great, and shows that these guys should be able to put together a fun game. All the prerelease footage of the game seemed really cool.

Troll City
this is a littlre review of reviews posted so far :)

I got Xbox at 8AM on the 15th. got Halo and DoA3.
so I get back home and start reading some web news.
about 90% of all reviews are super negative. I am like what
the fuck.
I start playing...
a day later I come back start reading shack.
most Xbox reviews are so positive that it is almost uncool
to write anything bad about it :). I guess after the initial
troll alert everything is back to normal.

now as for the games.
Halo is da beast. very very nice.
it is nice enough to actually force people buy an xbox.
forget MGS2 Halo is it. Microsoft hit a home run with this one.

DoA3: fun if you play against others. overall an OK game.
just another fight game with super hot chics kicking the shit out
of each other :) fun.

Hardware: Xbox is a single biggest reason to go buy widescreen HDTV. finally something will be able to take advantage of high resolution. and trust me with Xbox its worth every penny. things look absolutely amazing on HDTV. get it if you can.

i believe the verdict is in

0WNED!!!!!!!!!11

HALO is super great... until you get to this one part of the game (which I can't really describe, because its part of a "twist" on the story and no one seems to really be revealing it)... and then.. it looks like they just copy/pasted a couple level parts about 15 or 20 times over. I mean, you LITERALLY fight through EXACTLY the same looking interior about 15 or 20 times in a row.

I guess it is really only a dissapointment because the rest of the game leading up to this part is just so damn good (especially with co-op, its freaking awesome). You go through all this varied scenery... outdoor and indoor.. then you keep seeing the same damn thing over and over and over and over fighting a horde of the same 3-4 enemy types the whole way through. It is a must-have game for the xbox, and the graphics (the bumpmapping is very well used) are very nice.. but I have to warn you to expect to be annoyed with a fairly long portion of the game.

yakz

Well, i'd been deliberating b/w a PS2 and an XBox. After playing Halo at Target the other day I decided to get the XBox. I called around last night (Best Buy, Toys-R-Us, Walmart and EB). EB was the only one to have exactly one left. I sped over there since they said they couldn't reserve it. Got there and picked it up along with Halo (of course), DOA3 and Amped.

XBox - yes, the console ifself is rather big and ugly. it also pisses me off that you have to buy an additional component to playback DVDs. but in the XBox's case what's inside is what matters. despite all the flack i'd heard about the controller i've found it to be comfortable.

Halo - what else can i say about this amazing game. beautiful graphics, good AI. the enemies are take cover, try to flank (the little ones are funny as hell). playing an FPS with a controller took me a little while to get used to (found it easier using inverted mode). the warthog (jeep) is a pain to learn to drive. cooperative mode is neat but definitely looking forward to MP for the PC.

DOA3 - i'm not really all that into fighting games and haven't played that many so can't compare/contrast with other titles. however what i can say is DOA3 is beautiful, beautiful and beautiful.

Amped - i picked this one cause they were out of Project Gotham and NFL Fever 2002. It looks nice, not at the same level graphically as Halo or DOA3. Lots and tricks and stuff. However, its not my type of game. i'm taking this one back today to trade for something else. I'm not really sure what though, probably Oddworld.

I love my X-box. When the online features are realized it will rule all! I have AMPed, DOA, Halo and Madden 2002 and not a complaint here...

It looks like the real Panzer Dragoon is coming to ps2...

Rez, by Sega game designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi, is a combination of the Saturn classic Panzer Dragoon and Chinese opera. The gameplay is pure Panzer Dragoon, and Mizuguchi has many Panzer veterans working on his team. But Mizuguchi has added innovation to this proven formula by attaching percussion sounds to targets. The combination of sights and sounds is entirely addicting.

"I must say that my first impression of the xbox was disappointment. I saw DOA3, and since I'd already played the PS2 version, the graphics looked a little better but the gameplay seemed the same."

how exactly did you play the ps2 version of doa3?

I must say that my first impression of the xbox was disappointment. I saw DOA3, and since I'd already played the PS2 version, the graphics looked a little better but the gameplay seemed the same. But I haven't played both games in serious depth, so I'm not the best judge on the matter. All I know is that I've played many, many fighting games since Mortal Kombat, and Soul Caliber is a toughie to beat. I'm also kind of sick of fighting games...

This was at my friend's apartment, who'd gotten an xbox as an early christmas present from his mommy (heh). She only let him pick one game though, and it was DOA3. Over Halo, I don't know how he could have done that... Well, he was gone all day yesterday for his D&D thing, so me and his roommate went to Blockbuster and rented Halo.

Oh. My. God.

This has to be the best game I've ever played.

First off, I've looked forward to this game for the PC for a very, very long time. But after seeing what it does on the xbox... well, to put it this way, I never had any intention of getting one of the new consoles. But now, I'm definitely getting an xbox. After seeing what Halo can do with the xbox's hardware, I can't wait to see what games will be out on it a year from now.

It's been three years since I've been impressed this much by a game. And that was Half-Life, which, was three years ago to this month. Many people are saying Halo is much better than Half-Life - well, that may be, but Half-Life is also three years old. When it came out, it is and was the best shooter for singleplayer play. After I'm maybe 3/4ths the way through or after I've beaten Halo (when I buy one next month) I'll be able to say whether or not it beat Half-Life in terms of story.

In terms of gameplay? Well... the AI certainly impressed me. The enemies are as smart as people (but not as smart as smart people...). And continued to frustrate me when I was the last man down, one sliver of health left, fully relying on my shield, waiting for the dropship in the bushes, sneaking around and scouting their base (this is on the second level) while their reinforcements continued to pour in.
The jeep is a fun drive. Once I finally got a hang of it's controls, I had a blast weaving it through trees and rocks, setting my passengers up in a good firing position while I spun and wove through Covenant troops. And honestly, the controls were a pain to get used to (no mouse and keyboard after all) but I found that I liked the setup. I also noticed that the game auto-tracks your target when you're shooting, but not too heavily - just enough to keep your aim steady. I've never been a fan of auto-aim, but when you're playing with a controller it is a bit nice.

Graphics are top-notch, obviously. The sound is amazing... I'll need to get a new sound system for this, perhaps an older FPS2000. Something with dolby.
What blew me away was the third (or fourth?) night mission. Seeing how realistic the lamps were on my 'mates guns... wow. As they ran through rocks and trees and seeing gun-fire in the darkness, I honestly felt like I was in a movie. They would cover me when I would sit and pick targets with my sniper rifle, or sometimes they'd run ahead, or fall back, depending on the situation, though I'm not sure whether that was relative to what I was doing or not. I look forward to buying this game. Thank God I work for Target... that discount will help a sod like me.

Honestly I wanted a Gamecube. But after what I've seen, I've given up on Nintendo. I'll rent one for Metroid, and that's it.


Bottom line is that Halo so impressed me I'm getting an X-Box. I'm looking forward to some other games, of course, like that Starfighter game from Lucasarts. And many others... but the X-Box is a powerful platform that I hope many developers take advantage of.