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Lockjaw · 10-14-2004, 01:44 PM

Finally came into some expendable income finally after about 2 years and I'm kind of stuck on what to do. I want to get back into gaming but I'm not going to be hardcore gaming 5-6 hours a day...I might be gaming for like 3-4 hours a week if that.
The games I like to play...FPS,racing games, fighters. RPGs not so much and online as much as possible
I've got like 300 bucks to play with.
Here's what I WAS going to do...

buy a used PS2 get Gran Turismo 4 when it comes out and play online and spend the remainder on some other games....
but there will be no online play for GT4 so I really don't want to do that.

Thinking now about getting an X-box and picking up Halo 2 but considering I've never played the first Halo I'm not so sure if that's the best thing but then I heard about this Forza racing game that will basically be a little like GT4 and it will have the greatness of online play and I've heard there are some good X-box games so with the extra 150 I'd have left after getting a system I should be able to get started on a decent sized collection.

Last option upgrade my PC and get a single game.
My PC is aging and it needs an upgrade. I was thinking about picking up a better graphics card for like 160-180 bucks...get a bigger HD and pick up something like Battlefield Vietnam,Star Wars Battlefront,or maybe City of Heroes. The PC thing might make more sense overall since I'm always on my computer and the upgrades will extend the life of my current system until I get a chance to rebuild it from the ground up. But at the same time it will be the most limiting game wise because if I get something I don't like I won't have any other options to waste my time with like I would with the X-box or PS2.

So...what say you?

10-14-2004, 01:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lockjaw Junkie	Just stumbled into some cash...what should I do? Finally came into some expendable income finally after about 2 years and I'm kind of stuck on what to do. I want to get back into gaming but I'm not going to be hardcore gaming 5-6 hours a day...I might be gaming for like 3-4 hours a week if that. The games I like to play...FPS,racing games, fighters. RPGs not so much and online as much as possible I've got like 300 bucks to play with. Here's what I WAS going to do... buy a used PS2 get Gran Turismo 4 when it comes out and play online and spend the remainder on some other games.... but there will be no online play for GT4 so I really don't want to do that. Thinking now about getting an X-box and picking up Halo 2 but considering I've never played the first Halo I'm not so sure if that's the best thing but then I heard about this Forza racing game that will basically be a little like GT4 and it will have the greatness of online play and I've heard there are some good X-box games so with the extra 150 I'd have left after getting a system I should be able to get started on a decent sized collection. Last option upgrade my PC and get a single game. My PC is aging and it needs an upgrade. I was thinking about picking up a better graphics card for like 160-180 bucks...get a bigger HD and pick up something like Battlefield Vietnam,Star Wars Battlefront,or maybe City of Heroes. The PC thing might make more sense overall since I'm always on my computer and the upgrades will extend the life of my current system until I get a chance to rebuild it from the ground up. But at the same time it will be the most limiting game wise because if I get something I don't like I won't have any other options to waste my time with like I would with the X-box or PS2. So...what say you?