Xbox 360 owners - first impressions!

Xbox 360 owners - first impressions!

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UKBob

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16,277 posts

266 months

Thursday 1st December 2005
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It'll be another 12 hours before the first in the queue are back in front of their tellies, plugged in and ready to go. To other owners - what do you make of your new system? Cant wait to find out if it lives up to the hype, and delivers with the anticipated wow factor.

mr bee

290 posts

257 months

Thursday 1st December 2005
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Who is going to be the first to receive one ? Come on 'lets be avin you' (thats a delia piss take by the way im an ipswich fan)

UKBob

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16,277 posts

266 months

Thursday 1st December 2005
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mr bee said:
Who is going to be the first to receive one ? Come on 'lets be avin you' (thats a delia piss take by the way im an ipswich fan)
The manager of the shop im buying from said none of the staff were getting one, stocks were too low.

The chap I spoke to this morning (same shop) was getting very chatty, "blah bla blah blah blah when I was setting mine up at home..."

What, youve already got one at home, I said?

Erm... he says. Busted!! The yanks have had theirs a week now.

therossatron

1,028 posts

233 months

Thursday 1st December 2005
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Got one already! :P

Thing is nothing to play on it! Condemed was the only game available when I got the console 4 days ago but didn't fancy paying £50. All the activision games are available to buy in game - swithered over Tony Hawk but again £50!!

Downloaded the NFS: Most Wanted demo off of live - it looks really good but not 'next-gen really good'.

Should be getting PGR3 at midnight tho - what a geek.

edit: Also even the premium pack doesn't come with a proper SCART cable only hi def and composite! The composite signal does the graphics no favours!

>> Edited by therossatron on Thursday 1st December 16:35

UKBob

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16,277 posts

266 months

Thursday 1st December 2005
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therossatron said:
Should be getting PGR3 at midnight tho - what a geek.
Also guilty as charged

Just tried the 360 down at gamestation - call of duty didnt impress as much as I thought it would, there isnt a world of difference between the 360 and a good high end PC in my opinion. The PGR demo looked amazing in HD though!

I also managed to reserve the only VGA adapter, HD is a must!

Suddenly totally undecided whether two to go for, out of PDZ, Kameo, or PGR

mr bee

290 posts

257 months

Thursday 1st December 2005
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You have got to start off with Perfect Dark, its goingf to be the best first person shooter ever.

UKBob

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266 months

Thursday 1st December 2005
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mr bee said:
You have got to start off with Perfect Dark, its goingf to be the best first person shooter ever.


It was top of my list, but playing COD today put me off. Ive never played a FPS (other than doom) on a console, Im a PC gamer. Can one really get used to the twiddely thumb controls, which seem to pale in comparison compared to the precision a mouse affords the gamer.

Driving games, fine.
playing FPS games and making headshots from 900 metres, when the guys head is only a few pixels big

mr bee

290 posts

257 months

Thursday 1st December 2005
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Yes, no problem.,you must buy this game.

UKBob

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266 months

Thursday 1st December 2005
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mr bee said:
Yes, no problem.,you must buy this game.
I'll take your word for it then, and will probably be back with an update in the wee hours

UKBob

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16,277 posts

266 months

Friday 2nd December 2005
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First one out the door A cheer went up "ohh, ist the first one"

I saw more geeks and hoodies tonight than Ive seen in one place... ever! Time for some wine and Got PRG3, PDZ and Kameo

UKBob

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16,277 posts

266 months

Friday 2nd December 2005
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Come on then chaps, who got one last night? I went to bed around 5am which is where Im heading for another hour when Ive finished up here

Much better than I expected without a doubt, mainly due to live play!

basil brush

5,088 posts

264 months

Friday 2nd December 2005
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Has anyone seen the prices they are going for on ebay? A full system without any games has just sold for £1270. I don't see how I can justify keeping mine at those kind of prices.

Plotloss

67,280 posts

271 months

Friday 2nd December 2005
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basil brush said:
Has anyone seen the prices they are going for on ebay? A full system without any games has just sold for £1270. I don't see how I can justify keeping mine at those kind of prices.


Bugger.

I was going to go to Tescos last night and get a premium pack to flip but I fell asleep.

basil brush

5,088 posts

264 months

Friday 2nd December 2005
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Plotloss said:
basil brush said:
Has anyone seen the prices they are going for on ebay? A full system without any games has just sold for £1270. I don't see how I can justify keeping mine at those kind of prices.


Bugger.

I was going to go to Tescos last night and get a premium pack to flip but I fell asleep.


Most stores apparently had people queuing from yesterday lunch time. Unbelievable.

UKBob

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16,277 posts

266 months

Friday 2nd December 2005
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basil brush said:
Plotloss said:
basil brush said:
Has anyone seen the prices they are going for on ebay? A full system without any games has just sold for £1270. I don't see how I can justify keeping mine at those kind of prices.


Bugger.

I was going to go to Tescos last night and get a premium pack to flip but I fell asleep.


Most stores apparently had people queuing from yesterday lunch time. Unbelievable.
Our local Tesco (a very large superstore) only managed to get 4 units, which is better than many shops I suppose, who got none! They also had people queing from lunchtime. If I could have £1000 cash in hand I'd be tempted to sell, but I cant be arsed with farting about on ebay.

mr bee

290 posts

257 months

Friday 2nd December 2005
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Yippee got it, full system. Well done woolworths. Now for my first game of perfect dark.

UKBob

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16,277 posts

266 months

Friday 2nd December 2005
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mr bee said:
Yippee got it, full system. Well done woolworths. Now for my first game of perfect dark.
You must try live play Gonna give PDZ a go online tonight. If I can pull myself away from PGR for more than a minute!

nizza

205 posts

246 months

Friday 2nd December 2005
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I got soooo lucky this morning. Stuck in a traffic jam I decided to go a dfferent way and stopped off in a retail park for brekkie. Popped into Comet to pass some time and they had one core unit left. So after a stop in the Trafford centre I have the HD cable, remote, hard drive and a couple of games! First impressions, having set it up in HD on my PV500, are that it is a stunning machine. The colours and sharpness are amazing. Call of duty is a great game and I'm even enjoying getting pasted by my brother on Fifa. Couple more games arriving tomorrow will post details then.

How about some game reviews/reccomendations?

>> Edited by nizza on Friday 2nd December 19:54

sb-1

3,317 posts

264 months

Friday 2nd December 2005
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My son thinks it's absolutely awesome!

He and his friend from school could talk to each other over xbox live, when they were in different games!! Even when my son changed games discs he could still speak fluidly to his friends!!

ICREDIBLE! Watch out sony...

BrianTheYank

7,585 posts

251 months

Friday 2nd December 2005
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xbox is bad, infact console gaming is bad, infact newage gaming blows. hey guys, let see how good we can make the graphics. thats ok, id rather play a good game with shitty graphics and not pay out of my ass for it.

why porn is greater than xbox -
1. better graphics, and isnt that what xbox is all about
2. cheaper, free even
3. a hell of a lot more fun.

verdict, blow me xbox.