NoSoup

I wasn't so sure if this should go in the other thread or not - if you moderators think it should, feel free to merge it...


Well, I see that is had been out a couple of days now and noone has put up any reviews that I saw - so either noone managed to snag one, or you're probably still playing it.

I picked one up on the 21st at midnight, and here are my initial thoughts...

The actual console is pretty cool. You can turn the console on and off via the controller, which is spectacular. The menus on the 360 are easy to navigate, and when you play music, the visualizations look incredible (High definition, full screen, no clunkiness)

The boot time, however, is ridiculous. I didn't time it, but it takes longer to boot once you turn it on than any other system ever has - and it seems like it takes that honor with quite a wide margin.

I also picked up Perfect Dark: Zero and Condemned.

Ah, Perfect Dark. I had such high hopes for this game... It isn't bad, but it isn't great either. The graphics in some parts of it look spectacular, other times it could pass as a regular X-box game. As far as the gameplay goes, single player seems alright, but nothing great. Multiplayer is alright as well - the bots, just like in the first one, add a nice touch. The Load times for this game are absolutely horrendous though...

Condemned has a pretty neat concept - 1st person shooter, but a lot of it's melee. The graphics are pretty darn good - high rez textures all around. I would compare it to Half-Life 2 on a higher end computer. As far as the game itself, I imagine a lot of people could love it - I'm not a huge fan myself, but that's because it has very Doom3eske lighting. Fortunately, you can have a flashlight and a weapon out at the same time...

So, anyone else have any opinions on the 360? Or games? Which one would you recommend I pick up next?

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