The guys over at Joystick have just completed most of their unpacking ritual of the Xbox 360. Definatly worth a look.
LINK
(P.S. Whats isnide the metal box????)
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Happy 3rd B-day Xbox Live
Today also marks the 3rd Birthday of Xbox Live. The service was born on this day in 2002. Heres another round on me.
Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birthday to XBOX LIVE...
Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birthday to XBOX LIVE...
Happy Birthday to you...
Happy 4th B-Day Xbox
A Big Happy B-day goes out to Xbox today...it turns 4 years old. It was born on this day in 2001.
Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birthday to XBOX
Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birthday to XBOX
Happy Birthday to you...
Train Releases New Single-"Cab"
Train released a new single from their upcoming album today on iTunes. It's Called "Cab" and I like it.
Today seems like Music Tuesday for some reason...with Bowling For Soup, Train, Green Day, Big and Rich and Harry Potter. Next week, it's DVD Tuseday, with Seinfeld (5 AND 6), Polar Express and others coming out. And a little console called Xbox 360 :)
Today seems like Music Tuesday for some reason...with Bowling For Soup, Train, Green Day, Big and Rich and Harry Potter. Next week, it's DVD Tuseday, with Seinfeld (5 AND 6), Polar Express and others coming out. And a little console called Xbox 360 :)
Monday, November 14, 2005
360 Luanch Titles Revieled
The moment you've all been waiting for: the full and complete lineup for the Xbox 360 on launch day (11/22). The following titles will be available on OR BEFORE the Big Day:
Kameo™: Elements of Power™ (Microsoft Game Studios)Go on a journey full of magnificent exploration and innovative morph-into-monster action.
Perfect Dark Zero™ (Microsoft Game Studios)Plunge into a world of corporate espionage and conspiracy as perfect agent Joanna Dark.
Project Gotham Racing 3 (Microsoft Game Studios)Life begins at 170 mph with the ultimate roster of the hottest supercars in existence.
Call of Duty 2 (Activision)Experience the cinematic intensity and chaos of epic WWII battles in this Xbox 360 exclusive.
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted (Electronic Arts)Out-race rivals and evade coordinated police pursuits to become the most wanted street racer.
Peter Jackson's King Kong™ (Ubisoft)Battle for survival on Skull Island as Jack Driscoll and even play as the mighty Kong himself.
Madden NFL 06 (Electronic Arts)Get ready for the most incredibly lifelike and best looking football experience ever created.
GUN™ (Activision)Journey through the Wild West in an immersive story of betrayal, greed, and revenge.
Condemned: Criminal Origins™ (SEGA)Pursue serial killers lurking on the periphery of humanity through squalid urban environments.
NBA 2K6 (2K Sports)Create your own player and guide him through all of the facets of an elite NBA career.
Ridge Racer™ 6 (Namco)With more than 130 cars and 30 courses play all-new online modes, plus downloadable content.
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (Activision)Enjoy unlimited skating and BMX biking in the vast wasteland of Los Angeles with no load times.
QUAKE™ 4 (Activision)Take the battle to the heart of the Strogg home planet as Earth's only hope for victory.
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 06 (Electronic Arts)Battle through five classic periods of golf with Tiger Woods and legends like Palmer and Nicklaus.
Amped 3 (2K Sports)Get ready for a fat helping of boarding culture and huge snowboxes loaded with killer gameplay.
FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup™ (Electronic Arts)With 72 teams and 1700 players, it's a soccer lover's dream as you advance to the World Cup.
NHL 2K6 (2K Sports)Hockey is back, so strap on your skates and take your favorite team to the Stanley Cup finals.
NBA Live 06 (Electronic Arts)Feel the emotion and intensity with freestyle superstars and more physical play
Kameo™: Elements of Power™ (Microsoft Game Studios)Go on a journey full of magnificent exploration and innovative morph-into-monster action.
Perfect Dark Zero™ (Microsoft Game Studios)Plunge into a world of corporate espionage and conspiracy as perfect agent Joanna Dark.
Project Gotham Racing 3 (Microsoft Game Studios)Life begins at 170 mph with the ultimate roster of the hottest supercars in existence.
Call of Duty 2 (Activision)Experience the cinematic intensity and chaos of epic WWII battles in this Xbox 360 exclusive.
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted (Electronic Arts)Out-race rivals and evade coordinated police pursuits to become the most wanted street racer.
Peter Jackson's King Kong™ (Ubisoft)Battle for survival on Skull Island as Jack Driscoll and even play as the mighty Kong himself.
Madden NFL 06 (Electronic Arts)Get ready for the most incredibly lifelike and best looking football experience ever created.
GUN™ (Activision)Journey through the Wild West in an immersive story of betrayal, greed, and revenge.
Condemned: Criminal Origins™ (SEGA)Pursue serial killers lurking on the periphery of humanity through squalid urban environments.
NBA 2K6 (2K Sports)Create your own player and guide him through all of the facets of an elite NBA career.
Ridge Racer™ 6 (Namco)With more than 130 cars and 30 courses play all-new online modes, plus downloadable content.
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (Activision)Enjoy unlimited skating and BMX biking in the vast wasteland of Los Angeles with no load times.
QUAKE™ 4 (Activision)Take the battle to the heart of the Strogg home planet as Earth's only hope for victory.
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 06 (Electronic Arts)Battle through five classic periods of golf with Tiger Woods and legends like Palmer and Nicklaus.
Amped 3 (2K Sports)Get ready for a fat helping of boarding culture and huge snowboxes loaded with killer gameplay.
FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup™ (Electronic Arts)With 72 teams and 1700 players, it's a soccer lover's dream as you advance to the World Cup.
NHL 2K6 (2K Sports)Hockey is back, so strap on your skates and take your favorite team to the Stanley Cup finals.
NBA Live 06 (Electronic Arts)Feel the emotion and intensity with freestyle superstars and more physical play
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Battlefront 2 Review
TeamXbox: 9.0/10
IGN 7.0/10
Opening Thoughts
First, we all know I'm a huge SW fan, and we all know how much I've been looking foward to this game. I have alot of Star Wars experiance, and thus know a lot about every character. I have also played Battlefront 1 and know the way it works. Keep that in mind during the review.
Single Player
Let's get the boring part out of the way. Let it be known that battlefront 2 isn't meant for single player. Sure it has it, but that isn't going to justify a $50 purchase. There are a couple of game types: Galtic Conquest, Rise of the Empire, and Instant Action (no Historical Campaign this time around). Conquest plays out like a board game, where you take turns moving fleets and buying soilders and bonuses. When you run into an enemy, you fight, whereve that may be. Rise of the Empire plays like a mini-game, in that it has specific objectives and things that need to be accomplished within the battle. Instant Action is just the multiplayer game types versus an AI bot.
Score: 4/5
Controls
For some reason, this time the reload is not X, but down on the D Pad. They are totally customizable though, and the game plays perfectly no matter which way they are set to.
Score: 5/5
Sound
Perfect. But it should be, as this is Star Wars. The new songs from ROTS add a nice touch to the others. Sound effects and 5.1 are all there to boot.
Score: 5/5
Graphics
BF 2 isn't the greatest looking game ever, but it works well with what it's got. Some of the planets (Like Felucia) are not too easy to look at, but most of the characters look pretty good. Visually, not much has changed from the first one.
Score: 3.5/5
Gameplay
To put it simply, Battlefront 2 is fun to play- die hard fan or not. The improvemets only add to the game that was alreadly pretty good. The ability to be a Jedi or to fly in space are really great additions. Space battles, by the way, work like a game of Destruction, where you fly into the enemies base and do as much damage as possible. Heroes selection includes Han, Leia, Luke, Chewbacca, The Emperior, Vader, Anakin, Obi-Wan, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Yoda, Mace Window, Boba and Jango Fett, Count Dooku, General Grevious and a few others.
The game works well with what it does. The new maops, which include Tantive IV, Felucia, Death Star, Jabba's Place (sort-of new), Dagobah, Mustafar, Utapa, and others provide great new battles. And the addition of new game modes like Hunt (kill the other species) and CTF (single and double) add even more variety to the game.
The only thing really wrong with BF 2 is that it is too easy, and thus becomes un-fun to play. That's where multiplayer comes in.
Score: 5/5
Multiplayer
BF 2 supports 4-player spiltscreen, 4-person-per-TV System Link and 32 player Live battles (4 players per TV as well). The actual experiance is quite fun, but is lagged with problems. In every type (even spiltscreen) the frame rater suffers as more action is added to the screen. The Live battles are still extra laggy, but are a tad bit better in Dediacted Servers. The new game types, like CTF, add some fun to the Multiplayer, but it's still basic Battlefront.
Don't get me wroung, I have had a great time with freinds on Battlefront 2, but there are sever techinical problems with it that should have been fixed.
Score: 3/5
Overall
Battlefront 2 is a great game, it just has some problems. Perhaps BF 3 will finally fix some of them.
Score: 4/5
IGN 7.0/10
Opening Thoughts
First, we all know I'm a huge SW fan, and we all know how much I've been looking foward to this game. I have alot of Star Wars experiance, and thus know a lot about every character. I have also played Battlefront 1 and know the way it works. Keep that in mind during the review.
Single Player
Let's get the boring part out of the way. Let it be known that battlefront 2 isn't meant for single player. Sure it has it, but that isn't going to justify a $50 purchase. There are a couple of game types: Galtic Conquest, Rise of the Empire, and Instant Action (no Historical Campaign this time around). Conquest plays out like a board game, where you take turns moving fleets and buying soilders and bonuses. When you run into an enemy, you fight, whereve that may be. Rise of the Empire plays like a mini-game, in that it has specific objectives and things that need to be accomplished within the battle. Instant Action is just the multiplayer game types versus an AI bot.
Score: 4/5
Controls
For some reason, this time the reload is not X, but down on the D Pad. They are totally customizable though, and the game plays perfectly no matter which way they are set to.
Score: 5/5
Sound
Perfect. But it should be, as this is Star Wars. The new songs from ROTS add a nice touch to the others. Sound effects and 5.1 are all there to boot.
Score: 5/5
Graphics
BF 2 isn't the greatest looking game ever, but it works well with what it's got. Some of the planets (Like Felucia) are not too easy to look at, but most of the characters look pretty good. Visually, not much has changed from the first one.
Score: 3.5/5
Gameplay
To put it simply, Battlefront 2 is fun to play- die hard fan or not. The improvemets only add to the game that was alreadly pretty good. The ability to be a Jedi or to fly in space are really great additions. Space battles, by the way, work like a game of Destruction, where you fly into the enemies base and do as much damage as possible. Heroes selection includes Han, Leia, Luke, Chewbacca, The Emperior, Vader, Anakin, Obi-Wan, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Yoda, Mace Window, Boba and Jango Fett, Count Dooku, General Grevious and a few others.
The game works well with what it does. The new maops, which include Tantive IV, Felucia, Death Star, Jabba's Place (sort-of new), Dagobah, Mustafar, Utapa, and others provide great new battles. And the addition of new game modes like Hunt (kill the other species) and CTF (single and double) add even more variety to the game.
The only thing really wrong with BF 2 is that it is too easy, and thus becomes un-fun to play. That's where multiplayer comes in.
Score: 5/5
Multiplayer
BF 2 supports 4-player spiltscreen, 4-person-per-TV System Link and 32 player Live battles (4 players per TV as well). The actual experiance is quite fun, but is lagged with problems. In every type (even spiltscreen) the frame rater suffers as more action is added to the screen. The Live battles are still extra laggy, but are a tad bit better in Dediacted Servers. The new game types, like CTF, add some fun to the Multiplayer, but it's still basic Battlefront.
Don't get me wroung, I have had a great time with freinds on Battlefront 2, but there are sever techinical problems with it that should have been fixed.
Score: 3/5
Overall
Battlefront 2 is a great game, it just has some problems. Perhaps BF 3 will finally fix some of them.
Score: 4/5
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