ThaMaskedGamer
11-09-2003, 07:47 AM
Well, I've always like them. But this fall, MS I think is taking it to another level by overing LIVE games that have not only great LIVE play, but also great single play campaigns. And unlike GCN, which releases one good title a quarter if you are lucky, MS just keeps hitting month after month. Not all the titles are sure fire sales success stories, but that shows MS is contradicting the critics. MS is not afraid to release games in genres without mass appeal. And MS is willing to flesh out and cover all genres, even ones that will never be popular on XBOX.
With games like Crimson Skies, Top Spin, Links upcoming, PGR2, Voodoo Vince, Grabbed by Ghoulies, and more to come MS is not resting on their laurels(what is a laurel?).
I just want to comment on Shogun's nonsensical statement that "..XBox has dropped the ball on..the ability for gamers to customize their online experince." Obviously, like most LIVE critics. This is a person who has not been on LIVE, or has not scratched the surface. You may not have the ability to create your own mods like PC games. But you definitely have the ability to play the games in a variety of ways, and show your creativity. There are numerous online communities where gamers are playing LIVE games in ways I'm sure the developer nor MS had ever dreamed of. Take a look at http://www.motogpdesigns.com for an example. But that is just cosmetic creativity, it doesn't even show the wild ways people are playing this game. One lap dirty lapper racers, which are so popular hundreds of people try and qualify, to the serious racing leagues like our own TeamRacingLeague at xblgames.com.
Then you have TopSpin, a game with only 16 pros, but a create a player mode so good, you can actually make your own Venus or Serena, or make a player that resembles yourself. This is something, that someone pointed out to me, and I was damn so true. Then you have Crimson Skies, where there are actually teams using precise dogfighting tactics in team unison. These guys are really serious with theirs. And the new Rainbow6 where u can play deathmatch, coop terrorist hunt, coop caimpaign, anyway you want. LIVE is exactly about playing games the way you want, and with whom you want. Its only gonna get better or worse(for LIVE haters) when SegaGT, PGR2, and CounterStrike, Links come about. So while Sony dabbles with online content, gamers serious about real competition, across the GLOBE are on LIVE. You kiddies can go back to playing Mario Kart now.
With games like Crimson Skies, Top Spin, Links upcoming, PGR2, Voodoo Vince, Grabbed by Ghoulies, and more to come MS is not resting on their laurels(what is a laurel?).
I just want to comment on Shogun's nonsensical statement that "..XBox has dropped the ball on..the ability for gamers to customize their online experince." Obviously, like most LIVE critics. This is a person who has not been on LIVE, or has not scratched the surface. You may not have the ability to create your own mods like PC games. But you definitely have the ability to play the games in a variety of ways, and show your creativity. There are numerous online communities where gamers are playing LIVE games in ways I'm sure the developer nor MS had ever dreamed of. Take a look at http://www.motogpdesigns.com for an example. But that is just cosmetic creativity, it doesn't even show the wild ways people are playing this game. One lap dirty lapper racers, which are so popular hundreds of people try and qualify, to the serious racing leagues like our own TeamRacingLeague at xblgames.com.
Then you have TopSpin, a game with only 16 pros, but a create a player mode so good, you can actually make your own Venus or Serena, or make a player that resembles yourself. This is something, that someone pointed out to me, and I was damn so true. Then you have Crimson Skies, where there are actually teams using precise dogfighting tactics in team unison. These guys are really serious with theirs. And the new Rainbow6 where u can play deathmatch, coop terrorist hunt, coop caimpaign, anyway you want. LIVE is exactly about playing games the way you want, and with whom you want. Its only gonna get better or worse(for LIVE haters) when SegaGT, PGR2, and CounterStrike, Links come about. So while Sony dabbles with online content, gamers serious about real competition, across the GLOBE are on LIVE. You kiddies can go back to playing Mario Kart now.