Apropos Xbox: Live

Posted on March 11, 2003 @ 09:27 in Games

March 14 is the launch date of the Xbox Live service in the Netherlands. I would be really excited about that, if it were not for the games the service launches with. I really don't like sports games (because I'm really not into sports), so that rules out NFL Fever 2003, NBA 2K3, NFL 2K3, NHL 2K3. Besides... are that many Europeans interested in basketball, American football and ice hockey? Those strike me as particularly American sports... only missing baseball here, really.

Edge says Moto GP is really good, it's packed with the online starter pack, so we'll see. I know I'm probably starting to sound a bit picky, and I do like a bit of racing around every once in a while, but I'm not so big on it. Whacked and Capcom vs. SNK 2 are beat em ups, which can be fun, but Edge thought very poorly of Whacked and at the prices these games are going, I'm really thinking twice about buying them or not.

Then you have MechAssault and Unreal Championship, which didn't rate above average for Edge. They might be good fun for when you just want to run around and shoot some, but I prefer a bit more depth to my games. Ghost Recon would appear to provide that depth and at the moment appeals most to me, and as a bonus Edge thinks it's worth its salt. Then there is Star Wars: The Clone Wars... haven't heard much about that game and with the Star Wars games reputation, this could either be a decent game or a total disaster, so I'd better check it out first.

Maybe the Live package appeals to some people, but at the moment I think I'm going to hold out for more interesting games to come out for it, because with only one game really appealing to me, it seems a bit of gamble to put quite a bit of money down for. (Not just for the starter kit... I'm going to have to do some serious rewiring of the local network here: change from coax to utp cabling, get a router for the ADSL modem in the living room, a switch for in another room, etc...)

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