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We bought an xBox last year and love it.
We only play two games though - Halo & Ghost Recon. We have a couple others but these are the mainstays and we haven't really looked too closely at other games in a while. We're pretty much waiting for Halo 2 (unfortunately that'll be April 2004) and we'll be good for another year...

I like the big controller, but I have big hands. We bought a smaller controller for the wife to use and she's real comfortable with it (we go on loooooong playing binges - played for close to 18 hours straight when we first bought it, but that's easy to do with Halo).

Can't comment on xBox live or on linking. We were gonna try to do linked games with a friend but he then sold his. He now wishes he hadn't.

I've talked to others who have sold theirs to get a different system and are now going back to xBox.

well in addition to halo things like madden and NBA games maybe some other FPS like UNREAL and Tiger Woods Golf (Ive heard great things)

i have one.  i think its a great system, and xbox live is a pretty cool thing.  i like the old controls for FPS (becuase of the button layout), but for everything else i prefer the S-control.  as a owner of the toher consoles, i can say that games out on all three major systems are indeed better on the box.  they have a lot of great cames coming out, and they have (imo) a better library than thwe cube, and its getting close to the two.  i love the other systems as well, i just think that the xbox is the best gaming experience...the graphics are great on my TV using component out, the sound is fantastic using the optical out, and the gameplay is great.

if youre getting the box with JSRF and Sega GT, youre lucky, becuase JSRF is one of the best games i have played in years.

2) 5.1 Dolby Digital sound during game play (PS2 only does it during cut scenes)

Actually a few abstract titles for the PS2 support DTS for full fledge 5.1 in gameplay such GTA:VC and SSX Tricky. A few newer titles like NBA Street use Prologic II (a far cry from discrete multichannel audio). 

Still, the Xbox by far and away has the best surround sound support seeing most games rock Dolby Digital. If I have a choice on which platform, I tend to go with the Xbox outside of a few arcade sports games like SSX series, NBA Street series where the controls are best suited for the PS2 (thanks to the 4 shoulder pads).

Ive been thinking about getting an xbox, mainly because I love halo. does the deal at EB consist of  the system and a game, or just the system?

best deal i saw was 200 bucks and came with Halo.. but im being very picky in my search

just the xbox for 139.99 but you can pick up halo for 49.99 then xbox live for another 49.99

wow it adds up fast! lol but thats not too bad a deal

just so you know, halo 1 is not xbox live.  halo 2 will be, but I wanted to make sure you didn't buy it only to be dissapointed.

that being said, the 139 and 50 for halo will EASILY pay for itself.  especially if you have friends that are into gaming.  system link with halo is the most fun ever.  for my bachelor party in 3 weeks, we're going to cedar point (amusment park) and staying over in a hotel where we will be playing halo, 3 on 3 over 2 boxes until the sun comes up.

In terms of graphics and hardware, the xbox is the highest quality system out there.  in terms of game titles, yes, PS2 and even gamecube tend to have a larger selection (GC and XBOX are neck and neck with total games I think)  but seriously, with halo and one or 2 others like the new brute force, mechassault, NBA street jams, or tao feng, there are many many hours of enjoyment in that little black box.

lateralis

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http://www.cheapassgamer.com

for good game deals.

If you have Broadband, get Xbox Live.  If not, still get the Xbox.  I love mine.  It runs Wolfenstein better than my 15 inch FP iMac, in Dolby Digital and progressive scan.  With voice chat over live.

Brute Force is awesome- attempt to actually it play like a squad game and you will LOVE it.

Mech Assault over LIVE is a sight to behold.  Especially when somone dies in the middle of a crowded field.  Mini-nuke time.

Of course, Splinter Cell rocks the house.  And Halo.  And serious sam ($20 bucks, ridiculous and simple but fun).  Midtown Madness 3,  and Vice City (without the "GTA" on the front)  will be coming out.

Also, imagine Unreal II running smoothly on your TV, with cooperative AND competitive multiplayer (with class based teams like in TRIBES!), on your sweet Xbox.

And Hunter: the reckoning.  Gauntlet meets Resident Evil.  I love it.

The downside?  Man, my Xbox is big.  I'm no fan of tyhe eighties styling, either.  ;-)

we just had night of 2 xboxes and 8 players in halo last nite and i was yet again reminded why i've played that game so much.

definitely the best console fps i've ever seen.

if youre getting the box with JSRF and Sega GT, youre lucky, becuase JSRF is one of the best games i have played in years.

Has anyone else played the original dreamcast version of this game: Jet Grind Radio? This is one of my all-time favorite games. I bought my dreamcast for like $40 when they were clearancing them at Target, and this game made the whole system worth it. That, and Blue Stinger. If anyone here has played blue stinger (especially as a drinking game... 'I like it Janine!') you HAVE to tell me, wow... that is an amazing game.

I'm apologizing for this post before i even hit submit... but if someone out there share's my dreamcast awesomeness, i'd love to hear about it.

Oh...my.....God......


Blue stinger was the worst $9.95 I have ever spent. Drinking game indeed. If you drink enough, it starts to be interesting.

the best and worst?

i thought this was an XBox thread..
why is best, or anything but worst in the header? 

Actually X-box beats the crap out of both systems    

I hate to say it, but for halo only, I'd get it. Also has some othe very handy game that are x box only. And If you want to spend 200$$ more, you can get that game with the giant game controller.

That said I'll stay with Nintendo and Sony becasue of Square and nintendo only's. Wind waker, FF anything, and Xenosaga ae all PS2/GC only, and they are all amazing. I mean wow .

But what ever floats you boat...

Anything you are asking would require a modded Xbox. You can play different types of media files on an xbox, but you have to mod it to do it. Xbox will play only DVD's. Similarly, if you want to copy files onto your Xbox HD, you would need to be running linux on it, which requires a modded Xbox.