I have preorderd Madden 07 for the 360 but i was wondering if any 1 knows if it will be for $40 at frys. NCAA 07 was $40.
Madden better not have similar gameplay and AI to that of NCAA 07 (Which I'm assuming it will). It's buggy and the Secondaries AI is horrible. Not to mention the absurd pass interference and Roughing the passer calls. Saints Row demo seems pretty good. A better graphic version of GTA and I almost felt bad shooting people because their bodies fell so life like. (I hope the "No Blood" was just because it was a demo)
nba 2k7 madden 07 gears of war these are the 3 games im definately going to purchase. I just dont' have time to play all these games!!! oblivion has taken a permanent residence in the 360....
Think I might have to get Flat Out 2; the first one looked pretty good but had some flaws from what I read, but the sequel has apparently fixed most of that.
So THOMSON is going to manufacture the HD-DVD drive add-on for the 360. Hmmm...if memory serves me correct, my thomson dvd drive was a POS (had to replace it with the samsung model). Hope that doesn't ring true for the HD DVD addon... http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/11438...-Manufacturing-and-Distribution-Capabilities/
I actually went into a game store this weekend to buy a used game for the old PS2. I walked over to the 360 section to check out what they had and was completely underwhelmed. Lack of selection [variety I should say - they had all the 360 games out], overpriced, a lot of ports of games you can still play on the current gen machines. The demo games on the machines weren't impressive at all -- I played Gotham Racing and it wasn't any better than what I ended up buying (Gran Turismo 4 -- $17). The graphics were better (leaves on trees, the crowds, etc), but they didn't blow me away at all -- not a huge leap from GT4. The physics didn't feel right at all for Gotham and probably aren't as good as GT4, which is lame for a $50+ next gen game.
Saint's Row and Dead Rising this month. Man this sucks. Hey RC you know anyone that'll repair a 360 for cheap?
Outlaws was simply the best, because of the difficulty that could be set and adjusted, the sountrack is the best of any game with an original sountrack I've played, and it was long enough with enough variety to keep it interesting from start to finish, to all the different additional missions. Gun, was short, but the voice acting in it was top notch and really added to the game play. I liked the way you could similate quick draw in the game, and the scenery was nice as well. I think Red Dead Revolver was close in overall game play, and maybe I just gave the edge to Gun because it was newer. Did you find Red Dead Revolver to be better?
i wouldn't judge a whole console on a crappy game; project gotham franchise(if you can call it that), has sucked and will continue to suck. I can agree about the lack of titles though...there should be a pretty good selection by the time dec rolls around.
In no particular order: 1. Gears of War 2. 99 Nights 3. The new Super Smash Bros. 4. Halo 3 5. NBA 2k7 6. The new Metal Gear game on PS3 7. Fable 2 8. Zelda: Twilight Princess 9. DOAX 2 10. Saint's Row
I thought project gotham was supposed to be the top of the line x-box racing game? For a system being out for a year there sure doesn't seem to be a lot of good games out. The X-box 360 is starting to seem very Dreamcast like IMO... Halo 3 better be very good.
Sorry, the only people I know that fix it would be Microsoft themselves. PGR is one of the AAA games AFAIK...Forza is probably a bigger racing game for them, although I think it is a little different style of gameplay. As for the 360, Dreamcast probably wouldn't be a good comparison. IIRC, the DC had a lot of good/great games that came out at launch or within the first year. Something like the PS2 didn't really have any good games until maybe a year after it launched (and boy did those games hit hard). The 360 seems more like the PS2 in that regard, which wouldn't be a bad thing. There are ways to compare the DC and 360, but I'm not sure if that's the way I'd do it. Dead Rising has gotten a bunch of reviews here recently. Here's the Gamespot review: http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/deadrising/review.html?page=1&sid=6155398 8.4 from Gamespot, ~84% from Gamerankings.
As RC pointed out, the DC was more of a rarity in terms of quality games after one year...and it failed. Just looking at recent hardware: The PS2, XBOX, GC, PSP, DS; none of these had too much to offer throughout the first year. If you are looking for games to get a feel for what a system will offer, you should really check out what's coming in the Fall and into 2007 for the 360.
i downloaded a bunch of demos on live last night. didn't enjoy ninety-nine nights but then i didn't realize it was pretty much dynasty warriors which is boring to me. saints row was really fun, as others have mentioned, a better looking GTA. i like that you can create your own character. definitely will keep an eye out for the release date and will probably be my next game purchase if the reviews are decent. dead rising was probably even more fun but i'm not sure if the gameplay can keep me interested enough to buy it. it's atleast a rental, though i'll check the reviews, maybe there's more to it then what i assume.
I remember PGR1 and PGR2 both sucked. I played PGR3 and there is no shift in the suckage. I'm not trying to justify or be a fanboy, but people have to realize is that next gen doesn't mean virual reality hologram stuff....When I first got the 360, I thought to myself, "is this it"?....I guess after I picked up a few games, table tennis, ncaa..and the oblivion, I began to start seeing where this whole "next gen" thing was going. It's been out less than a year and I'd say the sky's the limit for the 360. Pretty good stuff, pretty good stuff... although i won't be an early adopter (i say that now , of the ps3 I'll end up getting one next year. It's going to be interesting how 3rd party developers approach this system. It'll sell out, but in the spring when stocks begin to stablize, will that 599 system sell then? I think ultimately sony will end up losing 15-20% market share to nintendo and MS (with nintendo grabbing most of that 15-20%), imo. Those specs and design are amazing as were the psp's, but I don't think today's value conscious consumers are ready, nor care about a "do it all" system. bring on the Wii's!
The games are rated around 85 or higher at Metacritic. The games sold pretty well too. Its your opinion that they suck of course, but a lot of people enjoy the games and it still is a major franchise for MS. Yep. It would be especially interesting see how Eastern/Japanese developers react compared to Western developers. Yeah, what happens after say March 2007 will be very interesting. I'm guessing Sony will try to squeeze as much out of the launch prices as they can, but there obviously won't be as much demand for a $500/$600 console as they might like (at least in the US...they might be fine in Europe and Japan). If demand starts to drop dramatically, a price drop will probably be needed. The transition to 65nm for the Cell and RSX processors should help make that move easier (not easy, but easier), as well as maybe any cost reductions they can get with Blu-ray (6+M BR drives produced at that point). It seems like they have a strong lineup of games (especially some of the 1st/2nd party games), so that might help them a little bit while they try to transistion from hardcore gamers to the more casual gamer. Would the Wii be mostly taking away market share that was previously Sony's, or would the Wii be bringing in new gamers that would increase their marketshare but keep Sony's userbase more or less the same? Personally, I think it is almost a given that the PS3 won't sell nearly as well as the PS1 and PS2, and that's not even taking into account the price tag or any of that stuff. MS and Nintendo are putting forth consoles that are much better than their previous attempt (or so it seems so far). I do wonder at times how "future proof" the 360 and Wii are at times though and if that will impact things at all.
I think Wii will bring in new gamers into the market which increases their initial userbase. Case in point my girlfriend. She hates xbox, she hates the ps2. Loves the DSlite and The concept of the Wii. A few months ago, that girl wouldn't be caught dead playing a video game Nintendo will also steal market share from the playstation base imo. I don't think it will affect MS as much as it will affect Sony primarily due to price and sony trying to stuff unnecessary/propriatary technology down value concious consumers. Does sony really think the majority of people care about Blu-ray so early? I don't care about watching the punisher and knights tale or whatever crappy movies that THEIR studio probably made. I don't care if the ps3 has blu-ray. Most people aren't buying the ps3 because it can play movies, their buying it for the GAMES. Call me crazy, but ultimatly sony would have been better off if they released 2 versions of the ps3. One that has a dvd drive and is primarily a gaming machine, and one that has a blu-ray player. Probably wouldn't be feasible, because it would be against their whole invading your living room/we own everything scheme. Obviously, 2 years down the line, when prices come down I can see myself actually caring about blu-ray or hd-dvd. Right now, people don't care how much clearer it is. Lots of poeple have HD TV's with progressive scan/upscale dvd players that display cystal clear images, but more people have sd tube tv's. And of all the people who actually have HD TV's, I'm willing to bet that 90% of them dont' have 1080p res. The Wii is really the wildcard here. Especially if it sells for $250 or less as rumored, it'll outsell the ps3/360 combined. (if they ship enough) I know 8-10 people who are buying one (previous ps2/one owners), and out of those 10, zero will be buying the PS3 THIS November. We know the ps3 is going to sell as if it were the last piece of crack on earth, but can it sustain initial sales figures? NO. Better yet, can it sustain initial sales figures, price-drop, and then turn a profit? Probably....in 3 years
