i got a xbox - damn the consequences

After many weeks of suspence, i decided to buy a xbox this morning, + another controller and of course HALO and Morrowind.

God the xbox is awesome. The graphics are awesome. Halo and Morrowind are pretty damn fun too, even if i pissed off a giant lizard in Morrwind, the damn thing chased me across the town, the guards were ignoring my desperate plea for help. I even went into someone's house, waited a few minutes, AND GOOD GOD, THE THING WAS SITTING OUTSIDE WAITING FOR ME. THE NIGHTMARE CONTINUES

I tried running away, but i got stock in a corner, i tried poking the thing in the eyes but no good, i got eaten raw, while the peasans were doing their thing.

It reminded me of that scene in Ghostbuster when Rick Moranis gets chased by the big dog from hell.

oh well. THE XBOX IS AWESOME! Still, it will not replace my sexy dreamcast as my main console, but hey :D

Congratulations. Odd about the lizard, though -- are you sure it wasn't an Argonian?

Nice purchase :) Seems just about everyone that gives the Xbox a chance comes off with the same thoughts :)

Congrats man :) Enjoy your box now. Dont forget to pick up JSRF :)

It was a funny Morrowind story :lol:

Congratulations on the best decision you EVER made! I'm pissed at you Morrowinders though... 2 Circuit Cities, Best Buy, CompUSA.... no one here had it today! Yesterday I tried EB too.... :( I'm dying for this game! I bet god's mad because I always claim to be him....

Hehehe Ethugg :) None of my stores got it for rent yet. Hopefully next week :)

As soon as I scrounge up enough cash(and the games I'm waitin for come out) I'll join the clan.

Morrowind seems to be gettin a lot of praise around here...I'll consider getting it.

Congrats dude. :)


Funny about Morrowind. I think i was the first to pick one up at my EB and oddly unlike when MOHF(there was a line for this, a big one) came out, there was no line and they had tons i mean tons just sitting there.

Congrats, I would get an Xbox too if I actually get PAID... still waiting for my first check. But anyway, I got my Cube. Heh.

Be sure to give GunValkyrie a try at least. I played the demo and it was amazing. Oh and give Shrek a try too.

Just joking about that last part.

Congrats man! I too picked up a XBOX on Thursday with Morrowind and Gunvalkryie. It is definately an ugly system when compared to the sexy dreamcast sitting next to it, but it rules! I was skeptical at first, but I'm glad with my choice. Also, the Xbox is the shit at rendering water...still awes me.

*must...get....Halo.....*

i was so moved by the box when i got mine, i posted a thread as well:D

i guess it has that effect, now go find a cheap copy of Wreckless, damn the naysayers.

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Nice purchase :) Seems just about everyone that gives the Xbox a chance comes off with the same thoughts :)

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I absolutely agree with that. It's the staying power that is the problem, not the first two months wow factor.

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Originally posted by Yoshi
It's the staying power that is the problem, not the first two months wow factor.

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As opposed to the "zzzzz" factor I experienced with my GC for the first 7 months? Between the releases and demos, I've been playing my Xbox nonstop since launch. My Game Cube, on the other hand, collected dust until RE came out.

At least now I'll be playing it a shitload (SMS, Metroid, Zelda, Star fox) but it sure took its sweet damn time.

The "damn the consequences" part was about spending a shitload of money on the same day - and my budget is kinda tight these days :D hehe

The design of the xbox isnt exactly the best, compared to my dreamcast. I dont like the green circle with the xbox logo on the top, it looks kinda lame actually, and another thing - I'm not sure about the fluo green color of the dvd cases, but oh well :D

I've been playing sine i was 5, and damn, last night was the first time that I felt that i was cheating on a console, while playing my xbox, hahaha :eek:

The relationship between me and my dreamcasts will never be the same :lol: , I think I'll consult a console therapist

Tomorrow, I'll be playing "New System Smell", "Take Up Room on My Floor", "Pretend that I'm playing something", and maybe a demo.

In other words, I'll be getting an Xbox tomorrow. Sadly, I won't be able to get a game for a few weeks.

Lots of people here are getting Xboxes lately.

I wonder if the new low price is a reason :)

Smart move! Looks like everyone pretty much stole my thunder. But, what the hell, I'll offer this:

1. XBox pretty much kicks complete ass, with a whole lot more ass kicking coming up in the next six months. This takes nothing away from the other consoles -- in fact it has nothing to do with others at all. Rather it means only this: once you buy the Box, it's pretty hard not to have a great time with it.

2. I'll back up Mr. Kasual 100% on Wreckless. Some of the complaints you may have read are legitimate (although many really are not). Regardless, this game looks SO much better than virtually ANYTHING else out there, and despite what you may have heard, the physics engine is fantastic IMO (this is ARCADE style, not sim!). I beat it thoroughly, and then dusted it off about 3 months later. Guess what? IT'S STILL FUN (in fact, maybe even more fun than when I first bought it, since I knew what I was doing). Do yourself a favor and at least give it a rent.

If I had the extra money, I would pick one up with Halo and DOA3. Plus I would probably have to start lifting weights to get that big ass thing home:lol:.

It's a good time to be a gamer...

I too give wreckless my seal of approval. A great game to play through with exciting arcade action and a good 6 hours of play time.

What didn't I like about it? The character models and their animation. The rest of the game looks SOOOOOO good, the cut scenes with the characters are absolute pain. You'll see what I mean...

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What didn't I like about it? The character models and their animation. The rest of the game looks SOOOOOO good, the cut scenes with the characters are absolute pain. You'll see what I mean...

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oh, well i prefer my cut scenes cheesy, the cheesier the better, thats what the Japanese excel at

:D


the cut scenes remind me of TimeCrisis 2...

Wreckless is fucking fantastic! People just don't seem to relise it or something. The game is a blast to play. Its on the short side, but is a game you will play over and over. The graphics alone are a reason to buy it. The PS2 is getting a version with 20 more missions, but the graphics had to be toned down royaly. I have seen a few pictures, not NEARLY as pretty. So I mention getting both, I know I will.

You know, if MS just mailed out free Xboxs to everybody on their 16th birthday the way Gillette mails out free razors to everybody, they would be doing just fine. :) Noone can play this system and not love it.

Well, I'm glad you all are having so much fun with it. But *I* bought an Xbox, and wasn't instantly converted. The new price was what got me try it, but I guess I wasn't in an Xbox mood or something, since it just didn't do it for me. Halo was amazing, I agree...but nothing else on the system really excited me, and the upcoming releases on GC seemed much more tantalizing than the Xbox lineup. Plus, there was still cool games for PS2 I knew I wanted coming out, plus GBA, plus Warcraft III ($75 right there, damn)...

I guess I had too much rationalizing going on to just drop $350 or so on Xbox stuff...and damn, why are the controllers so expensive...for my money, they're the worst of the designs too...not unusable, but certainly not worth $40. And probably the thing that gave me buyer's remorse like no other was the clunkiest, ugliest console design ever. I tried to give it some support when I first saw screenshots, but damn, seeing that thing in real life is quite a different experience.

So anyway, I took mine back. Maybe I'll pick one up again later, when more compelling software is out. But buying games for so many systems really starts to add up...I'm not sure how you all do it :)

What, nobody told you how to get in on the multi-console multi-multi game gig? Sorry bro, it's really quite simple. Sell Crack. There you go, go forth and enjoy your newfound money making power.

Wreckless is on sale at Media Play this week for $30... just a heads up there.

Yep, I bought the 'Box 2 weeks ago (hence my abscence from the boards) and I'm havin' a ball. I have JSRF, Gun Valkyrie, Genma Onimusha, DOA3, and I just picked up Morrowind. The only game that I've really played thoroughly so far is JSRF, which I've put almost 30 hours into.

I'd recommend picking up the current issue of OXBM, it has a good number of demos on it, and some nice previews... Buffy actually looks pretty cool, there's a part in the preview movie where she pushes a vampire onto some train tracks, and a train plows into him... AWESOME.

You beat me to it, I should be getting one at the end of this month though, retired a console to make some space for it already ;)

Congrats on the purchase :)