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Hey i need a new game to start playing. What should i pick up. (XBox or Computer)

[Deepsycher]

Expensive, but for the newer Xbox 2 console, the three IBM processors over 3 GHz might be worth thinking about. I am not sure whether the shared memory between the ATI graphics card can impact on the performance in some situations but the 10 megabytes frame buffer in one of the specifications sounds like a good idea.

Personally I rather buy separate parts to a computer case to put together.

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 11 April 2006 - 02:29 PM

[Gobbler]

[Deepsycher]

Not sure why you are laughing but I have one guess, but anyway do you agree that it can be cheaper on the long run on buying the parts separately? Also at least people can have a clearer chance of knowing what they get.

I mean, what I found was that the software bundle deals costs money but at the expense of lower grade hardware?

I remember some time ago, all the good advantages they state, for example, "Pentium 4 2.8 GHz with 1 gigabyte of memory, 200 gigabyte hard disk, new 128 megabyte graphics card, all yours for half price!" but they did not state the type of hard disk, memory, motherboard, and the graphics card.

Upon asking, usually cheap low end boards with low grade chipsets, for the memory I usually hear "value ram," and low end graphics cards or mostly onboard integrated ones that uses shared memory.

When approaching any deals like this, always check and ask for the details that are not stated.

One advantage of a games console could be that there are one or few specifications, that are made to work and perform correctly with games made for it.

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 11 April 2006 - 03:28 PM

[floppydisk]

I highly reccommend Day Of Defeat: Source. It's fairly realistic, like Counter Strike, but don't let that put you off! (I'm talking to all you CS haters too). It's set in WWII France, and it's fairly fast paced (but again, not as much as CS), and you respawn in waves at your base. The point is to capture flags, and there's a six-class system.

I've been loving this game so far, as it's fairly easy and much more accessable than CS, as far as there are very few god-like players and most everybody is on my level.

The only problem I can see is if you like a more fast paced deathmatch type game, this isn't the game for you. It's more of a tactical/try to make is so there aren't 12 snipers on your team thing. I've been abusing voice support very much in this case to have people help me out, and most everybody is willing to listen to me when I throw around orders like "Move up!" or "Quit camping there with your MG42, we need you at the middle".

Overall I give this a 4/4 for community, and a 3.5/4 for gameplay.

[SimeSublime]

Not sure why you are laughing

I'm guessing because he asked for suggestions of games to play, and you gave him suggestions on specs to buy. For the record though, I never buy package computers. Always get the pieces seperate and assemble it yourself. It's the only way to make sure you have everything you want.

IOverall I give this a 4/4 for community, and a 3.5/4 for gameplay.

Why out of 4? Seems rather arbitrary.

As for games to reccomend, *looks at cases on desk*
Baldurs Gate 1/2
Planescape: Torment
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1/2
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Warcraft 2/3
The Elder Scrolls(any)
Command and Conquer: Red alert 2
Age of Kings(Age of Empires 2)

I'd also reccomend trading your X-Box in for a Game Cube, so you can play Super Smash Bros Melee, Eternal Darkness, Zelda: Wind Waker, Paper Mario and Resident Evil. So much better than anything on the X-Box(taking into account that Morrowind, Oblivion and KotOR are much better on PC, and hence don't count as X-Box games)

[Deepsycher]

I'm guessing because he asked for suggestions of games to play, and you gave him suggestions on specs to buy. For the record though, I never buy package computers. Always get the pieces seperate and assemble it yourself. It's the only way to make sure you have everything you want.
Why out of 4? Seems rather arbitrary.

Yes, well I do not play much newer games. I was responding to this: "What should i pick up. (XBox or Computer)"

[floppydisk]

Why out of 4? Seems rather arbitrary.

Well, why out of two or three?

I do it out of four because five seems like too many stars.

* - Shitty
** - Okay, but not anything new or extremely good. (A lot of racing games fit in this category)
*** - Good game, can keep you entertainted for hours, and either is one that's fun to replay (or has a scrimmage mode (RTSs) or multiplayer) or you really get your money out of one play through. (For example, Call of Duty 2, Halo, Diablo II)
**** - Instant classics. Fun to play for hundreds of hours or several replays. (SSBM, Battlefield 2, Deus Ex, etc...)

That fifth star category just seems so useless to me.

[SimeSublime]

Yes, well I do not play much newer games. I was responding to this: "What should i pick up. (XBox or Computer)"

He meant that he had a PC and an Xbox, and was wondering which games to buy for them.

Well, why out of two or three?

I do it out of four because five seems like too many stars.

* - Shitty
** - Okay, but not anything new or extremely good. (A lot of racing games fit in this category)
*** - Good game, can keep you entertainted for hours, and either is one that's fun to replay (or has a scrimmage mode (RTSs) or multiplayer) or you really get your money out of one play through. (For example, Call of Duty 2, Halo, Diablo II)
**** - Instant classics. Fun to play for hundreds of hours or several replays. (SSBM, Battlefield 2, Deus Ex, etc...)

That fifth star category just seems so useless to me.

I was hoping you'd ask 'why 5', then I could go on and explain that most of the worlds counting systems are base 10(like ours) or base 5(like in Myst), which is due to the fact that we have 5 fingers per hand/10 fingers overall. But no, you had to pick two and three, didn't you? Incidentally, two would have been acceptable, as binary is fine. After all, either the game is worth buying or it isn't.

[Deepsycher]

He meant that he had a PC and an Xbox, and was wondering which games to buy for them.

Okay, now I can see:

I would have understood precisely: "What games should i pick up. (XBox or Computer)"
Or "Hey i need a new game to start playing. What one should i pick up for (XBox or Computer)

Anyway Unreal Tournament 2007 has been released and at a good price to where I found. Not sure if you play this type game?

But I hope the game play has not been diluted, or slowed the movements down further.

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 13 April 2006 - 06:50 AM

[floppydisk]

He meant that he had a PC and an Xbox, and was wondering which games to buy for them.
I was hoping you'd ask 'why 5', then I could go on and explain that most of the worlds counting systems are base 10(like ours) or base 5(like in Myst), which is due to the fact that we have 5 fingers per hand/10 fingers overall. But no, you had to pick two and three, didn't you? Incidentally, two would have been acceptable, as binary is fine. After all, either the game is worth buying or it isn't.

Well, I suppose that you're right about it worth buying or not, but there's definitely different degrees of worth buying. 1 and 0 just don't cut it.

[Madam Corvax]

Firstly:
Reading the above thread I am more than ever convinced that Deepsycher is really a forum bot

Secondly (looking at my game shelf):
KOTOR 1/2
Elder Scrolls III/IV
Heroes of Might and Magic IV, possibly V
Sid Meier's Pirates (all PCs - the logic behind using a game console has yet to be known to me)

Thirdly: Laughlyn is back, and promised to be back permanently in a couple of days!!!

[Deepsycher]

Firstly:
Reading the above thread I am more than ever convinced that Deepsycher is really a forum bot

Just because I mis understood, does not mean I am a robot. A pattern I have to keep on repeating to people who think of me as a robot, people can behave normally but others can perceive them as they describe, but insistingly maybe upon not listening. I notice: You like some others respond to something like what you just said above. You could be just the same for not answering my questions before, it seems you were none existent in answering them. Which could show some negativity here.

In response you remind me of a car vacuum cleaner, the long slim ones.

Mainly what interests me are fast moving games where I can copy and predict movements of players.

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 13 April 2006 - 05:39 PM

[SithAvenger]

DOD: Source definately rocks. I don't own it, but I have played it. I want to buy it, but I also want Oblivion.

And I want HL2 Episode 1. I think I should try to make money-making schemes.

[Gobbler]

Thirdly: Laughlyn is back, and promised to be back permanently in a couple of days!!!

Yeeehaw! \o/