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Originally posted by Lasereth
While your PS2 and XBox issues are probably due to playing bad games, I'll admit that the Gamecube is also a very respectable system.
There's an easy way to have fun no matter which console you're playing: play the good games. It's that simple. Go to IGN, don't play it if it got below 8.0. Read Electronic Gaming Monthly, if it gets below an 8.5, don't play it. This works on all systems, and guarantees you'll enjoy every game system you play.
Now, if you really want to buy a Gamecube, the two games that you MUST play and FINISH are Metroid Prime and Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. Those games are worth buying the system for, even if you never play it again (ha ha, that's my case).
-Lasereth
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I agree with everything said here (I'd like to add "Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker" to your list of games, too) except the "PS2 and XBox issues" thing...
For the Xbox, it's a fair system with an incredible on-line service, built-in hard-drive to save your games on, and neat functions like the CD-ripping feature. However, the only two stand-out games on it
IN MY OPINION are Halo and Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (and that one isn't even exclusive, I believe...maybe the Substance version is, but I know MGS2 was originally PS2).
The PS2, although I've never really played any bad games on it, has never really had any great games for it either...Grand Theft Auto is fun for a rental, but not all that solid. Gran Turismo was never my kind of game. The first SSX was pretty fun, though the second one totally lost my interest. Devil May Cry is fun to watch, though I don't enjoy playing it. I'm not a fighting game fan, though I find some entertainment in Tekken Tag, although not enough to warrent a purchase. I've repeatedly heard that Ico is and under-rated sleeper-hit, but I found it to be nothing short of bland. The Final Fantasy series is the only big series left that I can think of, and I'll say this: I loved FF7 (which was PS1, mind you, but I'll count it was PS2 since that's what I now have to play it on), but I haven't really gotten the chance to play any others enough to judge them. I played about an hour's worth of the FF that had the Blitzball-star, but I don't remember its name. Its on-line service is limited, only two controller-slots are availible, and the fact that my bro's PS2 is barely working lately are another three reasons why I feel it's the bottom of the barrel.
The GameCube, although lacking in online playing and DVD capabilities, has the most solid games in my opinion. "Metroid Prime" and "Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker" are works of art. Animal Crossing will keep you interested for a long long time (I've recently lost interest in it, but I've played it for about a year now, so you can understand that), and is very original. Super Mario Sunshine is like an improved-yet-less-revolutionary-and-more-difficult Mario 64. NFL 2K3 is an outstanding football game for any fan of the sport to play. Super Smash Brothers: Melee is absolutely perfect for multi-player. Eternal Darkness is incredible, and damn well better get a sequal. WrestleMainia 18 is frickin' fun, and alot better than I expected since it doesn't use WWF No Mercy's engine for the Nintendo 64. Sonic: Mega Collection brings back so many memories, and lets me relive them and make more memories.
I just feel that the GameCube's game quality out-wieghs the other sytems very easily.