The official I Love Games XBOX 360 and XBOX LIVE thread!

czn - I'd be up for some swos next time you see me on. I've yet to succeed in scoring a goal though - so I don't know what kind of challenge you'll get. I'm still having trouble with the aftertouch. Need to get one of those 3rd party controllers maybe. I wonder how the game would work with my fighting stick? Anybody tried it?

my xbox just came back from the hospital and it seems to work again, which i'm excited about. i just got N+ and it's really really fun.

no way

alan wake confirmed for E3?

http://e3.net/games/?game_id=8

czn - that's not a legit site. I know some of the stuff on there has already been debunked as fake info. Whoever set it up seems to be posting guesses - though Alan Wake is a good guess, right? the real e3 site is http://www.e3expo.com/ - I think

YOU HAVE BREAK MY HAERT

anyone fancy a game of crackdown?

i think im gonna finally take the plunge and get an xbox 360.. but so confused by arcade/pro/elite. wtf should i get. i dont really care about xbox backwards compatibility.

arcade = no hard drive. you need this to play most games these days + download off xbla. it DOES have HDMI - £160
pro = hard drive but HDMI. - £200
elite = bigger hard drive, HDMI and is black. -£270

arcade and elite have new chipsets I think and don't get the red rings

basically pro is entry level, and the one most ppl get; you can still play HD but only through component or VGA

^this is my understanding, tho it might be out of date so pls correct if wrong

pro = HD but NO HDMI, sorry

^again subject to corrections

also, one of us one of us...

ohh... you NEED a hard drive to play games? whats HDMI?

most games need an HD to run, and the ones that don't need one to save <-- I think is the position

HDMI <-- type of HD interface/port... like SCART obv but makes stuff pretty

so basically i have to get the elite.... or can i get the arcade and buy an HD addon??

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oh WAIT, I do apologise; I am talking out my ass

google is our friend: the PRO now ships with HDMI

so it basically boils down to difft HD sizes: 0gb, 20gb, or 120gb

20's plenty

crib sheet
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ooh headset!

i might chicken out and just get a cheap used ps2 and play all these games i missed out on.. suikoden 3. fire emblem. etc

fire emblem not on PS2

dragon quest 8 is though

plus all the katamari fluff

ooh headset!
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Visually there is pretty much no difference between HDMI output games and games output through component cables. Also the component cables are included and you have to buy the HDMI cables separately, right (and they aren't exactly cheap)? Also your TV has to have an HDMI input, obviously (and if you have an HDTV it probably does, unless it's a quite old one).

There have only been one or two games to require the hard drive - and only for online play, I think. You want the hard drive version though, just to easily be able to download the nice games they offer on the service - several which are better than anything you can get on disc for the system. I have a twenty gig version and nearly two years in, still have eleven gig free. Most of the download stuff is pretty small. You would only need a bigger hard drive if you plan to use your box to download multiple movies or TV series at the same time, or if you want to store a bunch of music on there, I guess.

Also, backwards compatibility is the same on all versions.

huh - I didn't know the arcade didn't support old xbox games. I guess because without a hard drive there is now place to store the update to run 'em?

no place

also they do sell the hard drives separately, but they're over-priced. Better to spend a little extra from the get-go

so many systems, so little time :(

maybe i'll just start with the gamecube so i can play the new zelda twilight thing, fire emblem (thanks tom), and resident evil 4... then by the time im bored of those, maybe the xbox will have gotten a price chop!

Hey - I popped in Triggerheart tonight and there was an update to include proper leaderboards - fixing my major complaint about that game (well, except that it still feels average).

JimD - do you have any Ikargua advice to pass on? You're at the top of my friend's leaderboard, I think. I've yet to play the game very much though (maybe ten times). I guess the key may be just to play more? Did you play the previous version too?

Um.

A friend who has played LOTS before came over, had one go on my machine, then I realised he was logged in as me! So no, can't offer any tips, I'm rubbish. The score is a lie!

anyone up for some tee it up golf?

seems a lot like how I imagine hot shots golf is... I never played that but it always looked fun

this is fun : ) like a cartoony PGA golf

I am loving Assault Heroes 2. It's like Jackal on the NES, a top-down shooter, with insane numbers of enemies from all directions. I played co-op over xbla last night and it was fabulous.

I'm downloading Tee It Up now czn, I'll see if I can find you in there.

cool

was playing cod4 for a bit but will jump back on the golf ; D

:(

Every time I try to accept an invite it tells me "game session no longer available".

seem to be having some difficult joining jim? : )

oh xpost

weird

try setting up a game and I'll try joining yours

yup; I'm getting the same error : (

weird, cos when I set up the game other folk are joining. teething problems I guess

Grr.

Ah well, I'll get a bit of single player practice in for now I guess, and we can see whether they've fixed it in a couple of days.

xbox live cod4 in-game chat:
dude 1: "dudes, would you ever like lick a girl's asshole"
dude 2: "uh... yeah, but only in the shower tho""

!!!

Hahahah oh man. I was aobut to say "it's been to long since I was on XBLive" but really I won't get class statements like that, instead I'll get, like, people saying faggot a bunch. Which is why I don't really go there anymore. THat and all I play is N+ and Ikaruga on my xbox.

yeah the faggot/nigger stuff really puts me off.

uh-oh quoted of context.

This is kind of an advantage of playing GTA4 on my tv: the volume is really low compared to what I normally use my tv at that I can't hear much of what's being said; and I don't use the mic unless it's a coop game where coop matters (not like in team deathmatch). Yeah, I could turn up the volume, but I can hear explosions and the songs on the radio, but not the crap other players say, so overall it's good.

what's worse was I was only online to play some cod4 with my little bro, who was also in the same game and is also only 12

what's the story with xbox's breaking? I've read bad things but am considering buying one anyway, seems to be so many great games. I'm tempted to shell out for the elite as I've heard it's more reliable.

I think, don't quote me, they're sorted it out now; it was something to do with the heatsinks buckling when warm - some hardware issue that they've ironed out anyways...

either way they all come with a 3yr warranty that covers the red ring of death

Just make sure to wait a few more days Ronan, as a price drop is apparently imminent

ah good tip! thanks a lot.