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I don't own a tv. I mean I have one that's been in storage for a few years but I don't use one. My ps2 has languished unused for years as well.
So my brother is giving me an Xbox for my birthday. He really wants to be able to play with me over live. So now I have to get a tv that I can fit on my wall because my old tv is too big for my room.
So if I'm spending all this damn money I don't have you fuckers better be giving me some suggestions for games.
Halo? Ok sure, hate it but I'll have to play it with my brother, same with gears.
So now how about some games for me? No room for rockband but I liked RPGs as well as spiderman, guilty gear is fun but my hands ache after a minute of playing. I liked dynasty warriors alot also.
Frankly I'm a dedicated pc man and this gift is more so I can play with him rather than I want one.
Oh I think I'll be getting fable 2 also.
Thanks
So my brother is giving me an Xbox for my birthday. He really wants to be able to play with me over live. So now I have to get a tv that I can fit on my wall because my old tv is too big for my room.
So if I'm spending all this damn money I don't have you fuckers better be giving me some suggestions for games.
Halo? Ok sure, hate it but I'll have to play it with my brother, same with gears.
So now how about some games for me? No room for rockband but I liked RPGs as well as spiderman, guilty gear is fun but my hands ache after a minute of playing. I liked dynasty warriors alot also.
Frankly I'm a dedicated pc man and this gift is more so I can play with him rather than I want one.
Oh I think I'll be getting fable 2 also.
Thanks
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Since your a PC man, you've got a better selection of FPS / RPGs already.
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Excellent suggestion but I kinda want to get my PS2 back in action too since I'm going to be using the stuff anyway. Been awhile since I tried Okagi and I really want to give it another shot.
Then there are the DVD players I have just sitting around taking up space on top of that plus I don't want to mess with switching cables out.
The TV will wall mount directly above my PC monitors so it'll be an ultimate gamer set up kinda. Plus tax return yadda yadda yadda...
I have Left for Dead on the PC, I much prefer the control scheme there.
Sounds like a lot of Dead Rising FTW here so that'll go on the list.
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And by RPGs, we talking western or eastern? Cause I'd say Oblivion ( I hated the levling system, but once you get over it, it's a damn blast).
There are some great downloadable games you should get like bionic commando: rearmed, pac-man: CE.
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Also... BURNOUT. Seriously though, jesus, it's cheap and you get so much fucking content, it's fast, it's fun, looks amazing. Overall just an amazing game. Even if you are not a racing game fan, this game is just so good.
You like guilty gear? We are now friends. The ol' SF IV is pretty damn good.
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I'd say as a new xbox player, and a previous PC player, avoid FPS except ones you are playing for your brother. You'll just get frustrated and keep saying "Ugh.... I woulda had that guy if I could use my mouse/keyboard".
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The only rpg's I have tried so far are -
Blue Dragon - if you can get passed the kiddy graphics it's a pretty good rpg, has a demo.
Too Human - diabloish hack and slash with leveling. Has a demo.
Non rpg recommendations that have not been mentioned -
Castle Crashers - xbox live beat em up with online co-op, leveling etc.
Earth defense force - 3rd person shooter, tons of weapons, lots of enemies at once. Look for youtube videos.
Seconding a recommendation of the darkness, just finished this over the weekend. Nice console fps.
If you can, get your brother to co-op the halo campaign with you. This will get you used to controls. And is a gateway drug to multiplayer. After being a pc guy for years playing halo 3 with some friends over live for about 8 hours one Saturday got me to buy a 360.
Also gears 1 is a bit rough on the medium difficulty setting esp if you are not used to the controller and cover type games.
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Quality? Price?
Considering the console myself, but my TV setup is terrible, and it'd be a lot simpler just to plug the thing into my old computer monitor.
On a related note, can you get RF cables for the thing?
Its an official Microsoft product.
Don't know about RF cables, also I wouldn't advise it. T'would be terrible!
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There also seems to be no way of finding out which oxbox games will and which won't work other than "buy it and test it", or ask someone else who has it. Same goes for letterboxing, they never say on the box.
I would say that Crackdown is worth the next to nothing it goes for these days and then some. Jumpy open world fun.
Really though, you should just jump on live and grab any demo/xbla demo that looks even slightly interesting, and have a lot of fun.
Original xobox games don't matter much to me, thankfully.
It has some RPG aspects mixed with shooting lots of robots and zombies.
Mines fairly new, but I can't see any reason why it wouldn't work on any monitor with a VGA input.
How old are we talking here?
But anyway, get Crackdown. It's like Grand Theft Auto, except you're a borderline superhero with constantly upgrading abilities. There's nothing quite like jumping across the rooftops of a town, from one end of the island to another.
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Well I would guess that you would be fine, but it would just be a guess.
Cex sell 3rd party ones for £3 online, but they only have one in stock, so be quick.
That's only a PAL problem. If you're in North America, all games work with VGA (well, all games that work in the first place).
Here's a list that tells you which games work: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_games_compatible_with_Xbox_360
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Then why the hell to they not let PAL people download the USA version of games from Xbox Originals? Or is it a console thing, not a software thing.
Regardless, I recommend both.
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It is worth noticing that X360's backwards compatibility sucks donkeys balls. Even lot of those games that are supposedly compatible have serious bugs, like unstable framerate, disappering sounds, crashing and other similar crap.
Crackdown is pretty shitty game. Yeah I said it. Sure, engine is goddamn good, and agent mechanics are pretty fun, but otherwise execution was bad. You just go from target to target and kill 'em without any kind of variety. After first island (los muertos, wasn't it?), we started wondering does this game change at all. But, of course it changed. One of the missions had elevator (ooh!), and you needed to blow switches in the another. That is some kind of variety for sure.
It's pretty much just a near-instant-gratification grind. Still fun though.
I modded my Xbox 1 to support 1080i output and it required changing the region to NTSC. As per usual in this country we got shafted!
Incidentally some Xbox games are pretty sexy and the little thing does a damn good job of upscaling content using XBMC.
On topic though, I'd recommend Earth Defence Force, Dead Rising, Assassin's Creed, Prince of Persia, Dead Space, Resident Evil 5.
Oh and Crackdown is a matter of opinion. Some may say it's shitty, others (including a group of friends and I) think it's the most fun we've had playing any cooperative game ever. We still break it out for a game quite often.
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If you want a hack and slash diablo clone RPG, then there is "Too Human" as already mentioned. It's not amazing, and the controls can take some getting used to but I found it fun.
Bioshock, Mass Effect, Fallout 3 would be some FPS/RPG must haves IMHO. Bioshock is more on the FPS side, Fallout 3 on the RPG side, and Mass Effect sits nicely in the middle.
Also, as the curve-ball... Saint Row 2 is hell loads of fun
Oh! continuing the Sega love, get Virtua Fighter 5; the deepest fighting game on any system. And the 360 port is based on a later arcade revision than the port that launched with the PS3.
I would recommend with reservation. It is silly fun, but production values are laughable and game gets quickly very repetitive. Still, if you can get it for 15 bucks, it is a good purchase.
I second the notion that pillaging Live Arcade is one of your best bets.
Live Arcade contains some of the best gaming I've ever played in my life. There is pretty much something for everybody. And for some arcade-minded people, like myself, there are mountains of must-have games.
And if you haven't already played it to death on PC, buy Peggle.
And yet, I booted it back up a few weeks ago and loved it.
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doesn't make it any less fun.
I agree, but only to a point. Crackdown is very repetitive. Playing the demo is really a clear indication of what to expect in the full game. The only differences really come in the locations of the city that change.
That said, there can still be a bunch of fun to have in the game. Especially co-op gaming. However, it's still a game that doesn't really change much over the course of playing it. But generally worth it at the prices it can now be found for.
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