[darkclouds]

All of a sudden, I have an urge to try one of the gaming consoles but not sure which one to get. Any ideas? Which one would give me the most for the money? What's the "best" console out there now? All opinions will be appreciated.
By the way, not even sure what type of games I like as I don't do much gaming. I do play a little counter strike on pc every so often.

Thanks

 

[Satori]

I prefer XBox, but for more input you can take a look at this thread that was running a couple of days ago

http://head-fi.com/forums/showthread...threadid=12005

BTW at E3 Microsoft has promised that by the end of the ear they will have 200 titles. And several of these games will show of the processing power the XBox has.

 

[gloco]

Check out www.videogames.com if you dont know about it, Gamecube looks mighty promising lately

 

[Strogian]

If I had to get one, I'd get the gamecube.

 

[darkclouds]

Well, after reading that big thread on gaming consoles, I went out to wallmart a picked up.... the XBOX w/ an extra controller and DOA3.

Played it for an hour or so and am now having a bit a of buyer's remorse. Maybe, I should of gotten Halo or something else.

The gamecube as extremely affordable, at $150, but it just doesn't seem to "appear" to be the "ultimate" gaming console. I know appearance isn't everything, but I fell for the hardware look.
Anyways, I'll try and pick up another game and see if I change my mind about the XBOX.

By the way, the graphics for DOA3 was fantastic. I just wasn't into the combat fighting thing like I thought I would be.

 

[Snufkin]

After reading a bunch of e3 reports, I'm even happier I got the gamecube

Zelda
Metroid Prime
2 very good reasons to buy a gamecube.

Add to that titles like Resident evil, Super Smash Bros Melee, Soul Calubir 2, Godzilla:destroy all monsters, Starfox Adventures etc and there's even more good reasons.

 

[darkclouds]

well thanks Snufkin,
you made me feel all better

I'm gonna go buy Halo tomorrow so I can come back and rave about the XBOX. (keeping my fingers crossed)

 

[Snufkin]

Go buy a gamecube as well

Here's some reasons to have an Xbox;
You've got a dvd player!
Um.. It's by microsoft?

Seriously though - um.. project ego, panzer dragoon orta?

Not a big fan of Halo myself, this cartoon about sums up my feelings on it

Don't look if you're hesitant abotu buying halo

I don't want to feed your buyers remorse - but you should have waited until all the E3 coverage had been put up, there are some very nice tidbits out there regarding upcoming console games/options.

Can't wait to link my GBA up to my gamecube for some Zelda action

 

[gloco]

Well, Sega is making games for everyone, so you should see some great titles on the Xbox, but the GC is just a videogame console and nothing else, plus its the cheapest, has great graphics, great games and a big plus for me: Resident Evil!

I can't wait to buy one!

 

[Alexa]

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[rant] Gamecube Why because its not Sony or Microsoft What the above try to do is give you good graphics and SHEER bulk of games but really how many of them do you really want to play. Do a ratio. Now Nintendo is just focused on Gaming and not trying to give you all that garbage like a DVD player etc.. Nintendo has expierience in the console maket by being there for so many years I practically grew up with it. Also Nintendo releases QUALITY games NOT quantity. Try playing Resident Evil on the Cube or Rouge Squadron and you'll know what I mean. And the Cube is small which makes it easily transportable...the perfect Party console. Not to mention you can connect your Gameboy Advance to it. Best of all the Cube is easily Modifiable for playing games of all regions. No weird chipping like the Playstation and the XBOX crap schemes to stop you from playing games from other regions. All you have to do is solder a certain point I say Nintendo all the way baby [/rant]

^ what someone posted at my board. Dont ask me how much Nintendo paid him.

Id prefer Nintendo though- they make cute games. And most XBox games will probably come out or have come out on PC anyway.

 

[mbriant]

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Played it for an hour or so and am now having a bit a of buyer's remorse. Maybe, I should of gotten Halo or something else.

LOL So you too ignored all the excellent advice and went with the long shot. I was making myself crazy going from PS2 to GameCube to XBox and back again, trying to find an obvious winner.

I finally decided that they're all quite good and although XBox doesn't have nearly as many games as PS2 ( but more than GameCube .... at the moment anyway), the potential for some great stuff is lerking in it's powerfull processor. Next Christmas will tell us whether or not Microsoft is serious about the genre.

I realize that there will be a lot of crossover between XBox and PC games, but I stopped loading PC games long ago because they most often seem to cause operating problems. Also, it's more fun on a 36 inch screen than a computer monitor...for me at least.

 

[RMSzero]

Coming at this from an objective point of view, I'd say get xbox or playstation2 if you want to sit there and play games by yourself, but if you want to sit around with friends and have a good time, get gamecube.

I'd probably get gamecube if I got anything because of the fun factor -- there's so much more fun associated with it than with the others.

 

[dhwilkin]

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Alexa said... ^ what someone posted at my board. Dont ask me how much Nintendo paid him.

Sounds like one of my friends. Who I happen to agree w/, BTW.

 

[Satori]

Before buying Halo run by Blockbuster and rent it for $5. And if you want to try it our online go to either xbconnect or gamespy and they have some software and servers to play Halo, Tony Hawk 2/3, and Nascar online.

 

[grinch]

tony hawk online? sounds um.. fun

obviously, most of you have never played the greatest fps of all time..

action half-life!

http://ahl.telefragged.com/

after a game like that, i don't see the point in ever going back to console.. cept for maybe final fantasy games of course.