Comments on: A Few Days With an Xbox 360 http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2006/a-few-days-with-an-xbox-360/ Freelance Web Design, Premium WordPress Themes, and Video Game Reviews Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:47:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: jason http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2006/a-few-days-with-an-xbox-360/#comment-988 jason Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:00:05 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/archives/2006/01/a-few-days-with-an-xbox-360/#comment-988 I have to say I enjoy my 360 alot. There are the occasional hicups in live play, but, it should be ironed out soon. I love the Live Arcade, great feature and will only get better with street fighter II coming shortly. I like the idea of downloadable demos too, strong feature. All in all I'm happy with it. I have to say I enjoy my 360 alot. There are the occasional hicups in live play, but, it should be ironed out soon. I love the Live Arcade, great feature and will only get better with street fighter II coming shortly. I like the idea of downloadable demos too, strong feature. All in all I'm happy with it.

]]> By: Anthony http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2006/a-few-days-with-an-xbox-360/#comment-973 Anthony Mon, 09 Jan 2006 04:26:37 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/archives/2006/01/a-few-days-with-an-xbox-360/#comment-973 I also have to say the demos things gets better every week. I spent most of the weekend just playing the Fight Night 3 demo - never has punching people in the face looked so pretty! I've not had a problem dl'ing any of them either. I also have to say the demos things gets better every week.

I spent most of the weekend just playing the Fight Night 3 demo – never has punching people in the face looked so pretty!

I've not had a problem dl'ing any of them either.

]]> By: Bryan Veloso http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2006/a-few-days-with-an-xbox-360/#comment-961 Bryan Veloso Sat, 07 Jan 2006 03:38:03 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/archives/2006/01/a-few-days-with-an-xbox-360/#comment-961 Throw me your gamertag at your earliest convience! :D Throw me your gamertag at your earliest convience! :D

]]> By: James http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2006/a-few-days-with-an-xbox-360/#comment-960 James Fri, 06 Jan 2006 23:34:23 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/archives/2006/01/a-few-days-with-an-xbox-360/#comment-960 Dashboard covers up multiplayer; like Halo 2 Friends List: endlessly aggravating. While downloading a Quake demo, I found that it kept stopping, so I'd have to restart the download; while it doesn't drop back to 0%, it's annoying as hell to have to check on it every few minutes. I found controllability on PGR3 was horrifyingly bad; it kept turning. For PDZ I agree with everything you said: they rushed for the launch, so they didn't include fancy unique and original ideas like "jumping" (though they included horrifyingly redundant rolling, like 'what the shit??'), I guess it's to be expected that instead of coming out with a fantastic game which kicks more ass than its predecessor, that they'd make something less appealing than having goat urine splashed in your face--I'm, of course, being very pessimistic; it's actually a decent game, however it's just so disappointing. For shame, Rare... for shame. As for Geometry Wars, there's a reason why several sites have listed it as Xbox 360's best launch title. :) I drew the same conclusion when playing the Xbox 360. Though I'm definitely buying one for Gears of War and the other awesome games coming out. You should get your friend to rent Condemned and head over there to play it a bit. While it gets a bit slow a few hours in, it picks up again and rocks. I'm waiting <i>at least</i> until they include Hard Drives standard which they're bound to do, even if they're only very small. @Andre: I'm about the same, computer-wise ;) And yeah, that's sad that even Mario Kart has jumping but not PDZ. Dashboard covers up multiplayer; like Halo 2 Friends List: endlessly aggravating.

While downloading a Quake demo, I found that it kept stopping, so I'd have to restart the download; while it doesn't drop back to 0%, it's annoying as hell to have to check on it every few minutes.

I found controllability on PGR3 was horrifyingly bad; it kept turning. For PDZ I agree with everything you said: they rushed for the launch, so they didn't include fancy unique and original ideas like "jumping" (though they included horrifyingly redundant rolling, like 'what the shit??'), I guess it's to be expected that instead of coming out with a fantastic game which kicks more ass than its predecessor, that they'd make something less appealing than having goat urine splashed in your face–I'm, of course, being very pessimistic; it's actually a decent game, however it's just so disappointing. For shame, Rare… for shame.

As for Geometry Wars, there's a reason why several sites have listed it as Xbox 360's best launch title. :)

I drew the same conclusion when playing the Xbox 360. Though I'm definitely buying one for Gears of War and the other awesome games coming out. You should get your friend to rent Condemned and head over there to play it a bit. While it gets a bit slow a few hours in, it picks up again and rocks. I'm waiting at least until they include Hard Drives standard which they're bound to do, even if they're only very small.

@Andre: I'm about the same, computer-wise ;)

And yeah, that's sad that even Mario Kart has jumping but not PDZ.

]]> By: Andre http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2006/a-few-days-with-an-xbox-360/#comment-952 Andre Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:57:48 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/archives/2006/01/a-few-days-with-an-xbox-360/#comment-952 Good enough reason, I guess :P I often forget that your PC can play games - mine dosn't have a video card and plays only Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 and GTA2 :D And as far as Nintendo goes, I never knew Starfox didn't have a jump - I've never played Starfox. If it means anything Mario Kart: Double Dash!! has a bunny hop - and that's racing :P Good enough reason, I guess :P I often forget that your PC can play games – mine dosn't have a video card and plays only Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 and GTA2 :D

And as far as Nintendo goes, I never knew Starfox didn't have a jump – I've never played Starfox. If it means anything Mario Kart: Double Dash!! has a bunny hop – and that's racing :P

]]> By: Kevin http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2006/a-few-days-with-an-xbox-360/#comment-949 Kevin Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:05:30 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/archives/2006/01/a-few-days-with-an-xbox-360/#comment-949 I found your beautiful site via Paul Stamatiou... Sweet LCD screen dude. I've been helping everyone get sweet LCD screens while I have none. I'm waiting for Apple's product announcements next week to see where my money's going. :) I found your beautiful site via Paul Stamatiou… Sweet LCD screen dude. I've been helping everyone get sweet LCD screens while I have none. I'm waiting for Apple's product announcements next week to see where my money's going. :)

]]> By: Matt http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2006/a-few-days-with-an-xbox-360/#comment-948 Matt Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:07:23 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/archives/2006/01/a-few-days-with-an-xbox-360/#comment-948 @Anthony: Good to hear MS is working to improve the functionality issues I had beefs with. @Patrick: Sounds like a plan! I'm surprised there hasn't been a bigger price drop on the Xbox. They were selling the holiday pack for $220 CDN! Wha? @Andre: I didn't pick up COD2 as I've been rocking it for weeks on PC. In regards to the jab at Nintendo - they're notorious for doing stupid shit like that. There's plenty of games for the GameCube that don't allow you to jump manually. Starfox Adventures for one. I have to help my daughter with games from time to time and I'm not surprised she has trouble with them when they remove standard movements like that. @BPAndrew: No, you didn't brag <em>that</em> much. :-P Thanks for the screenshot. I signed up for the free Live subscription and received a month of the gold subscription for free - maybe I didn't activate it though? I assumed they were just giving me a sneek peak but it could have required some action on my behalf. Glad you're able to browse your friends list in game - it only makes sense. @Anthony: Good to hear MS is working to improve the functionality issues I had beefs with.

@Patrick: Sounds like a plan! I'm surprised there hasn't been a bigger price drop on the Xbox. They were selling the holiday pack for $220 CDN! Wha?

@Andre: I didn't pick up COD2 as I've been rocking it for weeks on PC.

In regards to the jab at Nintendo – they're notorious for doing stupid shit like that. There's plenty of games for the GameCube that don't allow you to jump manually. Starfox Adventures for one. I have to help my daughter with games from time to time and I'm not surprised she has trouble with them when they remove standard movements like that.

@BPAndrew: No, you didn't brag that much. :-P

Thanks for the screenshot. I signed up for the free Live subscription and received a month of the gold subscription for free – maybe I didn't activate it though? I assumed they were just giving me a sneek peak but it could have required some action on my behalf. Glad you're able to browse your friends list in game – it only makes sense.

]]> By: BPAndrew http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2006/a-few-days-with-an-xbox-360/#comment-944 BPAndrew Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:44:41 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/archives/2006/01/a-few-days-with-an-xbox-360/#comment-944 Hey I didn't brag THAT much:) One correction, you *can* access your friends list in-game. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bitporters/82667838/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/bitporters/82667838/</a> Did you have a xbox live gold accont? Or was the free 1 month expired on the account that came with your rental? Anyway I totally agree with your review, I was let down with Perfect dark zero as well, and its the highest rated game on gamespot! PGR3 is what I play the most, and COD2 which I bought as well is incredible but I bet its great on a good PC as well. The marketplace is incredible when you have a harddrive (downloading quake 4 demo right now). Its great for me because I'd rather mess around with the demo before I rent it. Cheers! Hey I didn't brag THAT much:)

One correction, you *can* access your friends list in-game. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bitporters/82667838/

Did you have a xbox live gold accont? Or was the free 1 month expired on the account that came with your rental?

Anyway I totally agree with your review, I was let down with Perfect dark zero as well, and its the highest rated game on gamespot! PGR3 is what I play the most, and COD2 which I bought as well is incredible but I bet its great on a good PC as well.

The marketplace is incredible when you have a harddrive (downloading quake 4 demo right now). Its great for me because I'd rather mess around with the demo before I rent it.

Cheers!

]]> By: Andre http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2006/a-few-days-with-an-xbox-360/#comment-943 Andre Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:57:46 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/archives/2006/01/a-few-days-with-an-xbox-360/#comment-943 Great article, it might just influence if I get a 360 any time soon. I've already played the COD2 demo, and I love that game so much. You should've picked that instead of Perfect Dark :P One comment in your article struck me as odd - "Seriously - no jump in a fist person shooter! Did Nintendo develop this game?". I know Nintendo dosn't have games like PlayStation or Xbox, but come on. Even Nintendo makes games that you can jump when you want. Nintendo's not that low. Give them that. Great article, it might just influence if I get a 360 any time soon. I've already played the COD2 demo, and I love that game so much. You should've picked that instead of Perfect Dark :P

One comment in your article struck me as odd – "Seriously – no jump in a fist person shooter! Did Nintendo develop this game?". I know Nintendo dosn't have games like PlayStation or Xbox, but come on. Even Nintendo makes games that you can jump when you want. Nintendo's not that low. Give them that.

]]> By: Patrick Haney http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2006/a-few-days-with-an-xbox-360/#comment-940 Patrick Haney Thu, 05 Jan 2006 10:01:45 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/archives/2006/01/a-few-days-with-an-xbox-360/#comment-940 Thanks for the in depth review of the 360. I'm glad you mentioned load times because that's one thing that always bothered me about the PS2 and the Xbox when they were first released. In fact, playing Burnout 3 on the Xbox straight from the disc was so horrible I had to copy it to a friend's Xbox internal drive just to make the load times reasonable. And even then they were longer than I hoped for. I think I'll end up getting an regular old Xbox on the cheap and hack it away with XBMC for now. The 360 looks great and all, but the expense and lack of a solid game library makes me second guess an immediate adoption of the new platform. Thanks for the in depth review of the 360. I'm glad you mentioned load times because that's one thing that always bothered me about the PS2 and the Xbox when they were first released. In fact, playing Burnout 3 on the Xbox straight from the disc was so horrible I had to copy it to a friend's Xbox internal drive just to make the load times reasonable. And even then they were longer than I hoped for.

I think I'll end up getting an regular old Xbox on the cheap and hack it away with XBMC for now. The 360 looks great and all, but the expense and lack of a solid game library makes me second guess an immediate adoption of the new platform.

]]>