X-box 360

[zidart]

woow now that's a good pre-order.

[cC@Zz]

The hell?!? You get a lunchbox! Thats a nice little extra gift.

[TheRapingDragon]

Ya, there is an amazon.com even more special limited edition that includes a clock, but I don't care about a clock, just the lunchbox for work.

Also, on Tuesday I plan on buying The Darkness and Lost Odyssey. Both pre-owned (buy one get one half price) and with some saved up points I'll be getting Lost Odyssey for £14 (~$28) and The Darkness for free.

These games good though, or does anyone have any views on why I should look for different (similar) games?

[Gano]

Darkness is pretty fun, get to do some cool ****, I think it's comic book based. Never finished it though. For free its a good deal. Have you played Crackdown? That was an awesome game in my opinion, kind of a GTA with a few super abilities game.

[TheRapingDragon]

I haven't had an Xbox 360 very long to be honest. I own:

GTA IV
Halo 3
Eternal Sonata
Blue Dragon
Assassin's Creed
Tony Hawk's Project 8
Top Spin 3

So any other game you can be sure I haven't played. At most I'll have watched a review at gametrailers or something. I guess my main question would be that if I looked for Crackdown would it be worth getting over The Darkness?

[Gano]

Depends on game preferences more, I'd check out a couple vids/reviews.. Darkness is FPS, more impressive graphics, demons that eat hearts, minions, cool hellish/demonic stuff like that, slightly linear. Crackdown is a third person shooter, gradually increasing abilities (jumping [30ft+], run speed, driving, accuracy, explosion size), much more free roaming, like 800 collectible things (think packages in GTA but everywhere). I'd pick Crackdown over The Darkness but I'd recommend looking into it yourself first, not everyone likes it.

Other games to look into, maybe... Beautiful Katamari (just another Katamari) and Dead Rising (essentially Dawn of the Dead) but both can be repetitive. Mass Effect is good stuff too. Skate is fun if you like skateboarding, interesting controls that reinvent the skateboarding game and can make it bull**** hard if you can't get the hang of 'em.

Then may as well mention the other big hitters Call of Duty 4 (good single player, stellar multiplayer) and Gears of War (not a fan *shrug*).

[TheRapingDragon]

Crackdown > The Darkness

I'll have to re-watch a review of Crackdown to remember it. I know all about The Darkness, ever since I learned that Mike Patton does the voice of the demons / aliens thing that gives you all your powers.

Also, my preferences are RPGs but I tend to take notions to try other things like FPS or whatever when I want them.

Beautiful Katamari (just another Katamari)

Probably not.

Dead Rising (essentially Dawn of the Dead)

Is timed in almost everything, which doesn't really appeal to me.

Mass Effect is good stuff too.

I have looked at this and it's another one I could get for pretty cheap but I'm not sure. I don't know why but how it sounds in the long run doesn't seem that interesting to me. I'll probably end up getting it at some point though, just not on Tuesday.

Skate is fun if you like skateboarding

THP8 is fine. I'm more into just the bit of fun in playing rather than the complexity of pulling off a single ollie that Skate offers.

Call of Duty 4 (good single player, stellar multiplayer) and Gears of War (not a fan *shrug*).

I want CoD4, just is too expensive at the moment. But cheers for the suggestions man. I actually have a list of what I want at the moment:

CoD4 - £30 (amazon)
Fallout 3 - October 2008 (pre-ordered)
Resident Evil 5 - 2009
Infinite Undiscovery - September 5th 2008 - £30 (amazon)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (I can't find this anywhere).
Lost Odyssey - £15 (GAME)
Mass Effect - £18 (GAME)
Viva Pinata - £15 (GAME)
Rock Band - £130 (GAME)
Gears of War - £15 (GAME)
Ninja Gaiden 2 - £20 (GAME)

[sjoecool1991]

Condemned 2: Bloodshot.
Great horror game.

[Gano]

First Condemned is MUCH better.

[wwe_extremist]

does anyone know ow good jericho is?

[Gano]

Looks really good, but is pretty awful

[MrRubix]

I recently bought a 360 and I still can't believe that I did. I got Halo 3 and Soul Calibur IV

[TheRapingDragon]

In response to is Jericho good:

Yeah I have to agree with Gano, I'm a big fan of Clive Barker's books but I have to say the game got pretty bad reviews all round.

Shame really.

[Zephyr57]

I agree. Clive Barker's books are excellent, but Jericho was a disappointment.

[mr_candy]

just brought a xbox 360 second racently pretty good with electronics

curious if rrod is somthing you can fix at home with the correct knowledge?

[Nubzpwnzer]

I don't know whats more horrendous mrcandy you or you're ****ing typing.

[CokeCola39]

I just got my live membership cancelled on my xbox, so im just waiting for some new games to come out like guitar hero:world tour.

[fido123]

Originally Posted by mr_candy

just brought a xbox 360 second racently pretty good with electronics

curious if rrod is somthing you can fix at home with the correct knowledge?

It's hardware failure...unless you can replicate circuits and took Comp Sci III in University I doubt you can at all...not to mention it voids your warranty if you open up your Xbox for any reason.

[mr_candy]

life goes on.

also nice flame?

a, i dont use correct punctuation/spelling when writing online unless its to a bussiness or a client.

b, grow the f*ck up?

c, thanks for the infomation (the guy who just posted below me)

[Gano]

There is some supposed temp. fix for RROD, something about letting your 360 run hot then wrapping a towel around it. No idea.

But no there isn't a fix, gotta deal with Microsoft's smiling faces. They'll fix your 360 free within 3 years of purchase if you get RROD, just gotta register it online or something.