Thursday, February 09, 2006
Full Circle
I've been in possesion of an Xbox 360 for roughly a month now in a country where it's spectacularly underachieving and I have to say I'm pretty enamored with it hardware-wise. I don't currently have a HDTV and having never really owned one I really don't know what difference it makes. It's completely capable of earning kudos from staunch MS haters and naysayers on a conventional television. What I'm really impressed with, though, is the UI. It's slick as hell and beyond anything anybody's ever done.I picked up Call of Duty 2 and Ridge Racer 6 from the jump 'cause they were pretty much no-brainers. I feel like Rare jumped the shark sometime between Star Fox Adventures and Grabbed by the Ghoulies so I'm steering clear of their '360 stuff regardless of the glowing reviews Perfect Dark 0 is raking in. Call me crazy...
DOA4 is my current addiction. It caught me by suprise, honestly, 'cause I've always considered it (as a series) to be a tact-less Virtua Fighter rip-off. DOA4 is a whole 'nother story altogether. It's hardcore. It's the first 3D fighter since Soul Calibur that I can honestly say came really balanced without any patches or nerfs. There's virtually no danger of some novice button-mashing out a victory against a seasoned player. I hear there's alot of hiccups with the game on Live but I'm not really looking forward to fighting hordes of Hayabusa addicts anyway, so for now I'll have to settle for beating up on the roomates.
posted by Matthew @ 12:41 AM
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Oh, but Perfect Dark was a great game, and you have to agree... back in the day it was a lot of fun. I haven't had a chance to try out 0 yet- but that would actually be my main reason for buying the 360 to beguin with; despite the beatiful features and interface. "Shiny" can only get you so far.
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