Originally posted by drewhiggins:Excellent post. Yeah, movie tie-ins have convinced me (as have you) that they do suck badly. Strangehold wasn't a bad game, it was too short. Six levels??? WTF???
FPS aren't my favourite kind of game. I love action games and RPGs. And I did play GTA4 for a while and I really liked it, and Mercenaries was so much fun - I didn't want to give it back! I might just get it, Mercenaries and GTA4, because JB have a sale on - tomorrow morning likely. Now I'm remembering...Kane and Lynch royally sucked. I might check out a couple of those you've suggested on XBLA...was it Portal I read about in some magazine - PC User, was it? I think.
Another question I have for you...how do you get points for XBL? There's games I want to buy and other stuff, but I don't have enough credits or points, whatever it is.
Edit: And the new Xbox interface is horrible as well. It looks like Vista.
Originally posted by vanquish:[..]
But have you connected to Xbox Live yet? If you do you have access to hundreds of demos and XBLA trials to help you make up your mind.
Originally posted by flowerchild:[..]
is it really for free? haven't checked it out yet, since my online connection is connected to my pc only.
Originally posted by vanquish:[..]
Yes to play games online you need a gold account, which is $10 a month or $100 a year.
But to download demos, trials and game videos and buy XBLA games is absolutely free.
And if you have bought any 360 you automatically get a 1 month free trial of gold Xbox Live (which means you can play online). You just have to register a Xbox Live Account.
To connect is also quite easy, you just disconnect the ethernet cable connecting your PC to your modem/gateway and plug it into the 360's ethernet port, if you have a laptop with wifi you can use it to connect to Live as well (by sharing the connection with the 360), though this is a bit harder to set up it's what I use.
Originally posted by vanquish:[..]
You can buy them from stores like EB, but I just buy them online either on PC or directly on my 360, using a credit card.
And if you like Resident Evil, you will definitely love Gears of War 2, I can guarantee it.
I actually have the Japan-only RE5 demo myself, it was quite good, but I'm not a big fan of the 'tank' control scheme. Heres a torrent, if you want to check it out, you just burn it to CD or DVD. http://digiex.net/games-downloads/768-resident-evil-5-demo-download-xbox-360-a.html
But have you connected to Xbox Live yet? If you do you have access to hundreds of demos and XBLA trials to help you make up your mind.
And Fallout 3 is an excellent RPG, otherwise you can pick up Bioshock for cheap these days another excellent FPS/RPG hybrid. Another open world game you may like is Far Cry 2, but I think you can't go past GTA4, it really is a must have for the system and is really funny to boot.
Originally posted by germcevoyWill Microsoft ever srop charging their customers for the priviledge of playing online? Sony manage just fine. Screw it, ill wait for the next xbox.
Originally posted by germcevoy:Will Microsoft ever srop charging their customers for the priviledge of playing online? Sony manage just fine. Screw it, ill wait for the next xbox.
Originally posted by drewhiggins:Ah, now I know why. Do they have Tekken on 360? Ooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh....between that and GTA4...
Yeah, the wireless dongles (the MS ones) are about that price. I couldn't believe it. Those $5 games...are they really that price like in the store or on Live?
Originally posted by vanquish:[..]
Yes it is, you can imagine how annoyed I was when they (the traitors ) announced Tekken 6 for 360 (my friend was very happy though). but its only coming out in late 2009.
Yup there are really $5 games like Playstation Platinum titles though for XBLA, called Arcarde Hits or something. Theres a list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_Live_Arcade_games
400 points was around $5 bucks the last time I checked, and 1200 points was $16.50
but remember you can dl free trials for all Arcade games, so try before you buy, or just try everything like I do.
Theres also some free games like Dash of Destruction (which is 'advertainment' for Doritos). Also you should have some full XBLA titles and game demos preloaded onto your 360's HDD have you checked?