Online Console Gaming 2003

BLANCOJOSE2904

LOOK guys and gals they gave xbox live an A so stop arguein u pratts just be happy that it got a decent review by jason.. dammit gots to grow up yall have... duno if anyone agrees wit me

No touch on performance or network issues? c'mon guys get with it...

i wonder if everyone is going to start complaining come this time next year when you're paying $10/mo to play a game online.

Nice write up Jason, however you should have touched on what I feal is its biggest problem... the fact that we, the xbox comunity actualy host all the games!!!

Although this is a closed network and MS has footed the bill for the majority of the peices of the network, the games are listen servers. I know that lots of Live subscribers dont understand this. They complain about slow servers and such.... the problem is that listen servers suck for larg MP games. They did back in the early days of quake and they do now. The Live network is good for maybe 4 palyer games...but no more then that. Anything with more then that starts to become to much for most broadband/xbox set ups.

So basicaly your paying $50 for a headset and a online community/browser. Im not knocking it...I have it...but I dont use it neary as much as I thought I would...

Persoanly I would love to see some xbl dedicated servers. Have MS realese some linux and wondows servers so we can have dedicated ghost recon and UT servers that run off T1's and such... now that would be cool.... but the chances of that are slim and none, and slim is not in today!

quotes from Jason Bergman

" If you've never seen it, MotoGP is a motorcycle racing game. And that's pretty much all that needs to be said. You get on a 'cycle and race around in circles. If you're into motorcycle racing games, that's probably all you need to know. This demo is more realistic than some games in the genre, but it's no Gran Turismo "

If you would have played MotoGP enough you would have learned that you can make is a simulation. It has all kinds of tweaks from 1-100 Off road, handling, and collision. That statement thats all that needs to be said makes me think you didnt really play the game. I played alot of racers on PC and Console and this is flat out the best. Grand prix legend great....Gran Turisimo...yawn

" This not being the most teamplay-oriented game in the world, chatter on the Communicator tends to be mostly distracting. There's a lot of smack-talk, a lot of friends throwing around idle chatter, and nothing terribly useful. "

Teamplay??? Look all talk in LIVE doesn't have to be useful. Its fun just laughing when you see people wipeout or whatever. example: If im going around somebody i let them know. You dont like smack talk huh?? Its pretty funny to me.

" MotoGP is a decent enough freebie for inclusion with the starter kit. It's not the most complete racing experience, as there's no real single player mode, but it is a solid demo, with an online experience that is enjoyable for a brief period of time. If you like this enough to want more, there's the full game you can purchase, so this demo gives all it really needs to."


Once again i disagree it is the complete racing experience. You need to check others views on this game. Because it just sounds like your not a racing fan. Moto GP is the best all around game on Xbox Live and you looked right past it. Best interface, Best use of voice, you can see who is talking when driving. Best options for hosting games, Allows you to kick players and options for simulation. In those few words i told more about the game than you. Terrible :-(

dude are you sick?
moto gp kicks ass, the online racing is amazing. with the exception of the morons who race backwards and try to screw everyone.
the friends/ players features are nice, you can kick people, and mute them out (that stupid child voice mask that people use is very anoying, the person that implimented that should be shot :)
the ability to invite your friends into your games etc...
xbox live is amazing, the racing is very competitive and exciting.
i think moto gp deserves a better review than what you gave it.
other games will come too.
enjoy your panzer dragoon orta, i'll enjoy motogp.
btw the demo of panzer dragoon orta sucked large.
i don't see how flying some beast in a straight line (maybe dodging the odd thing) can be exciting. kinda repetitive, slow, limited to where you can go etc.....
in moto gp you can do anything on the bikes that can be done on a "real" bike, yet you call it arcade style? maybe in stunt mode, yes.
so what would you call flying some drag00n (whatever that is)?

am i the only person that reads this "Like the PS2 demo of FreQuency, this demo serves as both an online demo for new users, and a way to enable multiplayer content for owners of the original game. Unlike FreQuency however, there's no swapping necessary - it's all on this disc. If you have a MotoGP save file on your Xbox hard drive, the demo will detect it, and open up all the levels from the original game for use on Xbox Live. Not owning the original game, that wasn't a possibility for me, so I'm stuck with the ones in the demo"

as hire a copy of moto gp b4 playing the live version, save your game, return your hired copy, play it on the live and TADA, full version?

or am i just crazy at 8am

Somewhat OT:

So I wonder why noone has made a System Link over IP type system for GBA like Gamespy and/or XboxConnect? I am thinking of getting a GBA:SP when it comes out, it would be kinda neat to be able to play the link games online.

i have but one simple question, how much will the service cost in 1 year when everyone's free subscription is up?

To those of you were wondering, Live is really badass. NFL Fever 2k3 is extremely fun when online (to even my surprise).

If you get an Xbox, you HAVE to get Live, Splinter Cell, and NFL Fever 2k3.

WZZZ'D

All I want is Mario Kart online.

Some comments on the PS2 online stuff:

1 - I bought the adapter asap and SOCOM. I use neither anymore.

2 - Twisted Metal Black Online still has not arrived. I am starting to feel scammed. Can anyone check to see if they guarantee 4 to 6 weeks delivery? I want to write a nastygram to Sony.

Capcom VS SNK 2 is the only killer app for the Xbox Live that I can see. I'm very much looking forward to any sort of review of it from an intelligent person like Jason.

there is no location based damage in mech assault jason

XBOX Live games I have played

MotoGP: Pretty fun although interface feels a bit kludgy
MechASSault: Boring, but cool if you like explosions
Whacked: is utter crap

so what's the net performance like? lag, packetloss?
you just hook it up to your existing inet connection? doesn't work with a modem i guess, but could (dual) isdn be used?
does it use dedicated game servers or just match making servers? would xbox quake3 be able to join a (free) public (pc)quake3 server?

Worst part of Xbox Live: the high number of 13yr olds trash talking and being general asses. Mech Assault seems to have the worst problem with it, with Ghost Recon being about the best.

Like everything else related to my XBox, Live is sitting on the shelf. Mechassault was fun the first few times I played it. Mainly for the novelty value. But vanilla deathmatch was boring in 98. I really don't see a point when there is a game like BF1942 sitting on my PC. Panzer Dragoon Orta looks amazing and I'll get it for sure, but at this point Capcom VS SNK 2 is more or less the only reason I'm still hanging on to my XBox.

cancelled according to IGN:
http://xbox.ign.com/mail.html

Battlefield
I haven't heard any news on whether Battlefield 1942 is going to come out on the Xbox still or not. What I have seen is that EA took the Xbox icon off the bottom of the page of the official site. Now I don't know why it would be taking so long for them to release it unless they are trying to put the expansion pack into an all in one package with the original. If you could please find out I know that the Xbox community would be greatful for any news available. Maybe a new update for the site too, that would be great.

Thanks again,
-Nathan


Kaiser H Wangoon Orta says: The sad truth is that Battlefield 1942 is NOT coming to Xbox. EA is not a big supporter of Xbox Live, and Digital Illusions CE was kinda iffy about actually being able to port the game to Xbox. This led to the game getting cancelled. Yes, you can cry now.

XLIVE is my friend.

Pretty fair review, It will be interesting to see what titles come out to take advantage of this. I saw on the DICE site that there is supposed to be a BF1942 port. Anyone heard anything of this?

Is anyone else getting corrupted characters in the review?

like:
but it's no Gran Turismo Ð it's still very

and:
this demo doesÉthe full

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Jason, very well done. I loved the MA review. Can't wait to see the free content we should be getting soon for the game.