Rys said:
Already got a 360 and Gears of War, Mass Effect, Halo 3 (although I'm not enjoying Halo 2 right now, playing it for the first time ever on my 360), Fable 2, Forza 2, MotoGP and some of the Live Arcade lineup are what stand out for me at E3. Very strong showing from Microsoft this year, IMO.
I agree with you. Contrary to others on here, the X360 (and the Xbox) had the lineup that was most appealing to me. Sports, FPS, and Racing games. Hey, that's what I play, I'm their target audience, and they've been good to me. Essentially a PC gamer who isn't a PC gaming snob is how I'd describe it.
While the PS2 had some franchises I was interested in, GT, Socom, GTA.. their other exclusives never interested me. With socom now just being 'another' squad-based shooter, with GTA no-longer being a time-based exclusive, and with PGR and Forza closing in on GT.. I've really got no interest in a PS2. (I assume MS feels others will feel the same way.. thus their Wii worship)
The Wii is disappointing. I'm on board with the Wiimote concept, the price of the thing and Nintendo still make a game like no other, but for longevity's sake over the next 5 years, the thing needs more gogo juice under the hood.
I'd agree. Then again, I saw all the "WOOT! Super Smash Bro's!" comments so I went and downloaded the trailer. The graphics look nice.. but nice in the way the artistic styling reminds me of childhood fun I had playing with my old N systems. And the entire trailer left me thinking that this was a game for 8-14 year olds.
I don't mean to offend, honestly. The game could be great fun for all ages, and I think that's the intent. But it's just not my cup of tea, and I honestly can't think of anybody I know actually playing that game. It looks more like a guilty pleasure that if any of my friends actually enjoyed they'd hide behind their TV, rather than bring out with a couple of beers and say 'Have you tried this?'.
Having said all that, there are numerous times I wish the Xbox had more variety. I do find myself longing for games of old, where you could pick up the game and run through a cartoon forest doing some jumping puzzles, finding hidden areas to lead to more points or powerups, that didn't require you to remember exactly where you were in the game, and that you could play and have some fun with for 15m to an hour, without having to worry about 'leveling up' your character and making a mistake or anything like that.
If I can get that through Xbox Live on a 360 and some old Sega games, then my diminutive desire to own a Gamecube or a Wii will probably vanish all together.
What game would make me run out and purchase the 360? Not sure. Dead Rising (love them zombies), Madden 2007 (the abortion that was 2006 wasn't enough), Gears of War, Alan Wake, Halo 3, Mass Effect.. any of those releases would probably make me spend an afternoon driving from store to store to find a 360. (Which still aren't sitting on the shelves where I live in Central Cali.)
