Flatout 2's a bit shit-hot and Scarface is due this autumn. Apart from that though, there's precious little on the horizon.
Still got a STACK of games to wade through though. It also means some stores are selling classic stock at stupidly low prices (have a look in your local Gamestation to get an idea of what I mean - decent titles start at £2.99).
I'm currently tackling GTA Vice City which is pretty decent, so it's far from dead for me. It'll be a long time before someone can convince me to grab a 360/Wii/PS3
There's a lot more kid-friendly games on the XBox than there is on the 360 so i've kept mine so my 5 year old daughter can play on it when she comes to stay.
Managed to pick up a copy of Blinx the Timesweeper and Destroy All Humans (that ones for me) at the weekend for £20. They had shedloads of classic titles in Gamestation so I might stock up - at the end of the day a good game is a good game irrespective of which platform it's on - so perhaps the Xbox can fill the gap whilst we wait for the next batch of 360 goodness.
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Got my second hand one last week and am loving it - there's a ton of stuff in Gamestation second hand for daft money - Rallisport Challenge 2 and such for 3.99. The thing is they have so many second hand games they can't usually fit them all on the racks, so asking if they have game x at pricepoint y is usually well worth it.
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Nah, I don't really believe this at all. Whenever I pop into my local games retailer I see fuck all for the 360, and a few new Xbox games. Every single time.
One off the top of my head that I remember was Aeon Flux, cos it caught my eye. It's probably shit. But you never know.
Of course it's highly likely the Xbox stuff will start to dry up sooner or later, but right now, there still seems to be stuff coming out for it.
Anyone have word on Xyanide? Twin-stick arcade shooter due out later this month for $20 on the Xbox. I haven't heard a thing about it, but I do like the twin-stick shooters quite a bit. I'll snag it out of morbid curiosity at the very least.
There are at least a few good games around the corner, but the fact of the matter is the old black box is very much alive in student apartments and the houses of gamers across the world.
It's age just makes it more affordable, most people aren't totally convinced by the graphical leap, certainly not at such steep prices. Gamers are still happy to blast through Ninja Gaiden, Chronicles of Riddick, Theif 3, and even stuff like Timesplitters 2 and Rallisport Challenge 2 (as evidenced by Martin, an RL friend of mine, and our very own Goatboy respectively).
you reckon? a bit shit, i thought. compares very badly to burnout imo...slow, and your car handles like a boat! the stunts are fun for a little while but I far prefer any of the burnout games to flatout 2.
not played flatout 2 yet, my girlfriend has been hogging the box playing tomb raider legends and bloodrayne 2. i have mostly been playing outrun 2006 and panzer dragoon orta
you reckon? a bit shit, i thought. compares very badly to burnout imo...slow, and your car handles like a boat! the stunts are fun for a little while but I far prefer any of the burnout games to flatout 2.
Well, Flatout and Burnout are very different by definition.
Burnout is the classic arcade racer with a touch of fatalism.
Flatout is Psygnosis' Destruction Derby games remade with a selection of minigames.
If you go to one looking for the other, you'll be disapointed. They're so different apart from the inclusion of cars and damage that they're only just in the same genre.
you reckon? a bit shit, i thought. compares very badly to burnout imo...slow, and your car handles like a boat! the stunts are fun for a little while but I far prefer any of the burnout games to flatout 2.
Yeah I agree, it's a total dud. It so desperately wants to be Burnout but there's nothing particularly enjoyable or exciting about it. The physics gimmick is weak, the soundtrack and characters are hateful, the AI is a cheating bastard and like you said, the handling is dire. Dreadful game.
They stopped producing Xbox last year, so I reckon supplies will run out soon. After Christmas, Xbox will be pretty much out of the picture, with only PS2 still going strong (of the platforms that have existed for some years).
It would be nice to have GameCube or Xbox re-releases (Wii/360 BC) for very affordable prices next year, but I doub so.
