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

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!
http://img.skitch.com/20080707-trtphy1y83imn5acsw14hsam8f.jpg

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.

MS announcements at E3 today included a brand new dashboard interface. Make that a brand new COMPULSORY dashboard interface. Hmm.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/microsoft-giving-the-xbox-360-a-totally-new-dashboard/

It's weird - I think the new dashboard looks good, but I don't like the avatars at all (they remind me of those horrible yahoo avatars). Everything about the re-design looks slicker, more adult, then they dump these goofy cartoony characters everywhere. It's almost like this was designed by a giant corporation rather than by an individual with design sense and vision :)

Heh.

I guess the avatar will be an upgrade on my tiny picture of Karen Allen from Indy 4, but like if I wanted a Wii I would've bought one.

I finally downloaded Pinball for XBLA. I think this might be the best pinball video game I've tried. The ball physics is surprisingly solid.

The Too Human demo is pretty lame. For some reason I thought maybe it would be good.

god it was terrible eh? i maybe played 10 minutes, 7 of which was cutscenes, and i was like "fuck this, ticket to ride time"

I bought the arcade last weekend, got pre-loved versions of GTAiv and Burnout paradise with it at a tenner a pop too (some special secret deal). Feels very very odd not to be playing on a sony console.

Seeing as I haven't got it on-line and won't for a while as we have games stuff in the spare room upstairs and all the b-band gubbins is in the lounge - do I really need the hard drive? How reliable are the wireless bridges?

ugh, that fucking wireless adapter. be advised that it doesn't support WPA2 despite all the claims it makes to the contrary on the packaging.

porkpie, do you have a laptop / wifi in your house?

I connect to live using my macbook as a wireless bridge via this setup and I'm sure something is similar using a PC: http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/17/how-to-share-your-macs-internet-connection-with-your-xbox/

sure there is something similar*

we do, and that looks like a good idea - one other potential solution is that weird plug based network doohickey.

yeah, there's also the plug-in wifi adapter for the 360 itself - I didn't buy this because i. it's a travesty that the 360 doesn't ship with wifi as standard, ii. it's quite spendy at £50/60 and iii. I am cheap

I use an Apple Airport Express which also lets you stream music wirelessly to your stereo, in addition to serving your xbox with a net connection,

You should look for used 20GB hard drives, since a bunch of people upgraded to 120GB HDs when they came out... they were insanely cheap for a while. may have petered off by now, but still.

The next month's worth of releases on Live look extremely good. Its been a long time!

July 30th, Geometry Wars 2
August 6th, Braid
August 13th, Bionic Commando: Rearmed
August 20th, Galaga Legions

I use an Apple Airport Express which also lets you stream music wirelessly to your stereo, in addition to serving your xbox with a net connection,

-- Euler, den 17 juli 2008 21:10 (1 week ago) Bookmark Link

wait a minute, explain how this works please?

Sure. The Airport Express can be used to extend your network, so that a device plugged into it gets an IP address just like it was plugged into your main router or modem or whatever. And it still works as a normal Airport Express so that you can play sounds to your stereo.

To set it up, the easiest way (if you have an Apple router hooked up to your modem) is just to run the setup wizard in Airport Utility, and say that you want to extend your network. It handles all the details of copying MAC addresses, etc. Or you can do it manually. I've gone both routes with success both times.

Does that help?

jeff don't forget the 27 of august, castle crashers!