I hear your point about the rushed ending, but I got to say that my son just loves it. In fact, he accidently turned off the 360 during a save, and lost his game. He had completed it and was trying to for the last bits. This didn't disappoint him at all, he just started from scratch. The prices are a bit high. I've been lucky. I think I bought one game and my other 6-7 were all wish list purchases. As for arcade, I don't think MS realized how successful it was going to be. I'd bet there will be a lot more games this year. I've been playing Uno recently. Love it. :)
On 5/28/06, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 5:41 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: 360 degrees of excitement. X marks the Spot! > > > > I've been very happy with mine. Certainly some games are better than > > others, but Call of Duty 2 was stunning, on par with what my PC can > > do. Fight Night is -beyond- what I've seen a PC do, and don't know > > those 5 dollar games. :) I consider this part of the whole experience. > > I also like the media powers of it as well. > > We've been having a blast with "Arcade" but I really wish they'd get off > their asses and add some real content. About half the games are essentially > "Robotron" (move with the left stick, fire with the right). > > But even my wife is now in the mix since she's discovered "Astro Pop". My > son and I are playing "Geometry Wars", "Mutant Storm" (perhaps the best of > the two stick shooters) and "Bejeweled 2". > > As far as the actual on-a-disc games go there's not much for us yet. Now > that they've dropped the price we'll (finally) be picking up "Burnout: > Revenge" and I'll being getting into "Oblivion" sometime soon. > > We just finished "Kameo". Good - sometimes REALLY good, but often mediocre. > > Overall the game seemed a little rushed... it ended abruptly left a lot of > loose ends (Why didn't we confront the Mystic? What exactly happened to > Solon? Who was the mysterious general rallying the troops?) > > I think the most disappointing aspect of the game was the really dumb AI. > The game features scenes with hundreds of combatants (elves and trolls) but > all they do is find the closest enemy and stand there poking each other. It > just seems so puppet-like. > > We'll probably do a bit more (we're missing one skin and some "elixirs") but > maybe not. > > I think overall my biggest problem with the system is the new price point. > Most all of the game we're interested in ("King Kong", "Tomb Raider", etc) > are available for other platforms for less than $40 and very short. > > Paying 50% more to play essentially the same six hour game just doesn't > appeal to me. But I'll definitely be raiding the (eventual) bargain bins. > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:207694 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
