CoolFunkMan Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Well, I was lucky on Thursday.... I was at Wolverhampton with one of my mates from uni and we headed to GAME. I asked about the 360 stock (as I heard everywhere was out) and to my suprise I was told that they had two core packs left. I ceased the oppurtunity there and then. I also got PD Zero and a 64mb memory unit (they were out of hard drives, natch.) Needless to say I'm not regretting it - it's an amazing system and Perfect Dark Zero is great. So all is good here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolFunkMan Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Well, I was lucky on Thursday... I was hanging around Wolverhampton with a mate from uni and I decided to ask at GAME about when the 360 would be available. Suprisingly, they told me that there were two Core packs left. I ceased the opportunity there and then. I got me a 360, PD Zero and a 64mb memory unit (as there were no hard drives left, natch.) Needless to say I don't regret getting it - it's an amazing system and PD Zero is great! All is good here then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolFunkMan Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Well, I was lucky on Thursday... I was hanging around Wolverhampton with a mate from uni and I decided to ask at GAME about when the 360 would be available. Suprisingly, they told me that there were two Core packs left. I ceased the opportunity there and then. I got me a 360, PD Zero and a 64mb memory unit (as there were no hard drives left, natch.) Needless to say I don't regret getting it - it's an amazing system and PD Zero is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubahood Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Can anyone recommend a good car in the A class on gotham other than the F50 GT. I'm sick of people that can't control that car coming roaring up behind me and spinning me out. I can't control the car yet so i don't race with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum217uk Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Was in Leeds this weekend - went into one of the GAME shops there and while I was in the q as my mate was buying a game, the woman in front asked if they had any Xbox360, I rolled my eyes but to my amazement he said YES we do actually! I though odd since no where else has them. She asked about the price of the console to be told, "We only have one left and its the basic package but it comes bundled with 8 games" and some other bits and bobs I cant remember. He then went onto say it would cost £600+. She said she only wanted the console by itself and he said we only sell it in this bundle! Rather shocking I thought!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooInTheZoo Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Its coming to the UK too in a jan mag! WOO!!! and i did type a really long message before but the forum deleted it, so to sumerise, Virgin Megastores suck carrot!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The3rdChildren Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Time for some jumbled musings on the Xbox 360 that have accumulated today and yesterday when a Core package from Argos turned up whilst I was at work. This was probably one of the longest work days of my life, to put it nicely without saying the word fuck. Oh... oh fuck. Right. So the console itself looks incredibly bland. Perhaps because my Core lacks the chavtastic platinum "accessory" coloured disc drive cover, but everything seems so very white. Clean, yes, but I doubt it would have killed Microsoft to chuck in a few colour variations. I can see this newborn looking rather fetching cast in a light blue. I obtained a wired controller in the package and was able to browse the console's interface as you might expect. The wired controller feels fairly nice, and the PC detected it promptly which was also fairly nice. The whole controller thing is... as you may have guessed, fairly nice. Can't fault it, except the replacement black/white shoulder buttons are going to be anus for communication during Halo 2 gunfight adventures. I spent a good while ducking with the interface, swooshing through those menus like some kind of reinvented next-gen Sonic the Hedgehog. I also had a crack at the DVD playback... which remained largely the same as the Xbox, with some visual problems I'd hoped they'd do away with. Okay, so the DVD was hardly "official" (not porn) but I'd have liked there to be some filtering to disguise the fact it was a badly compressed knockoff. ... so, browse the interface I did. I then got bored and turned it off, too lazy to go to Tesco in search of next generation gaming for one day. Initial impressions, as some will know, were met with several "mehs" although I am pleased to say the meh has almost faded now I've actually experienced this bloody thing. I went into town today on a futile search for a hard drive to no avail. Instead I returned to the nest clutching a memory pack, wireless controller, copy of Perfect Dark and a half consumed bottle of Lucozade, all of which I am glad to say have been sufficiently enjoyed. One was thrown away, I'll let you guess which (Perfect Dark. Just kidding). Graphically the Dark speaks to me in a Half Life 2 kinda way. From what I've seen of this PC beauty, Dark sports similar details that I am currently enjoying more than the game itself. I like shooting out lights as I strafe along a dock. I enjoy blasting objects like bottles and crows to watch them explode in an array of satisfying gore. I also like Joanna, who looks a mighty fine lass in her little slutty clothing at the start of the game. It's also kind of cool to punch corpses around, and knock boxes and such into the water. The story seems as messy as they claim, and the levels do have a bit too great a lapse in combat situations to keep me interested. Multiplayer seemed quite good, if not a little Timesplittersy (this is not a good thing) and I suppose I'll make my decision whether or not Game can have it back a little closer to the 10 day rental period expiring. I couldn't tell you if it's worth getting a 360 yet, because I'm really not all that sussed on the device. I will however tell you that the machine's graphics are very nice on a standard crt with the provided connections and all this faff about them looking nothing without a HDTV has obviously never seen Joanna Dark's little arse wiggling as she leaps off a boat piloted by the female Perfect Dark equivalent of Johnny Quest's Hadji. Might grab Kameo if I have the funds dancing about, but in closing it the true Xbox experience still resides in Halo 2, so no dice for Joanna this time. Probably gonna hafta break the sad news to my brother he can't have the old Crystal Xbox tomorrow, seeing as my lack of hard drive, those annoying shoulder buttons will impede my next generation Halo adventures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khilafah Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 is xbox 360 full package wi-fi enabled straight out of the box? can you set it up a wireless connection or do you need to buy the wireless network adaptor? Microsoft are wankers if you have to pay another £50 on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khilafah Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 is xbox 360 full package wi-fi enabled straight out of the box? can you set it up a wireless connection or do you need to buy the wireless network adaptor? microsoft are tossers if you have to pay more $$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubahood Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 does it work yet we will know if this actually posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero of Time Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 I'm gonna get an Xbox 360 as soon as possible. My father will pay one part as a christmas gift, and I pay the rest. Still not sure about the game though. I wanna buy one 360 game and an older Xbox game on the day I get the console. The older game is gonna be Halo 1 + 2 set, Burnout or Fable (I prefer the last one, adventures rock). Which 360 game should I pick? Got 4 on my list: - Kameo, because I like adventures, but it seems to be short. - Perfect Dark Zero, PDZ looks very cool, but this one seems to be short too. - King Kong, it looks pretty interesting and sounds good, but I'm not sure about the type of game. - Project Gotham Racing 3, it looks very good, but I heard the steering is serious and hard to control. Someone got one of these games and could help me out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero of Time Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 I'm gonna get an Xbox 360 as soon as possible. My father will pay one part as a christmas gift, and I pay the rest. Still not sure about the game though. I wanna buy one 360 game and an older Xbox game on the day I get the console. The older game is gonna be Halo 1 + 2 set, Burnout or Fable (I prefer the last one, adventures rock). Which 360 game should I pick? Got 4 on my list: - Kameo, because I like adventures, but it seems to be short. - Perfect Dark Zero, PDZ looks very cool, but this one seems to be short too. - King Kong, it looks pretty interesting and sounds good, but I'm not sure about the type of game. - Project Gotham Racing 3, it looks very good, but I heard the steering is serious and hard to control. Someone got one of these games and could help me out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubahood Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 does this work yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooInTheZoo Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000830071789/ looks like europe has Final Fantasy Xi betas too! :p yuuummmyyy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jordan Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Yeah, the forum is a-okay now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooInTheZoo Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 I love PD0 online. get bashed up though, some serious hardcores allready! the only way i can manage to take anyone out if i have a shitty gun is by rolling up beind them and smacking the back of their heads in!! haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocka Posted December 12, 2005 Author Share Posted December 12, 2005 I'm sure some of you heard about this, Capcom have announced a new exclusive Xbox 360 game by the name of Lost Planet:) http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/674/674990p1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiemetriX Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Finaly the fourm is back It was so cold and dark without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocka Posted December 12, 2005 Author Share Posted December 12, 2005 Finaly the fourm is back It was so cold and dark without it. Indeed, the internet isn't as dull anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domstercool Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Yeah and now I'm in the gang of 360 owners! WOOO! ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro_Link Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 A few people are mentioning Capcoms new game; Lost Planet! I made a thread for this a few days ago, but the forums were playing up at the time, so I don't know if everyone noticed it; http://www.revo-europe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubahood Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 What is everyones level in gotham i'm a 21 contender!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiemetriX Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Yeah and now I'm in the gang of 360 owners! WOOO! ^_^ Whats yout GT Can't wait to pwn you online D: I just beat rokhed00 ( stat vise ) a couple of time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domstercool Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Domstercool is my tag P.S Happy Birthday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Project Gotham Racing 3 is rapdily becoming dull online. All any one seems to do is pick the F50 GT and try to ram people off the road, there seems to be no skill involved anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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