How's xbox live? Good enough to warrant paying a monthly fee to play online against other people?

Despite what perth said, i bought xbox for a really good price, halo rules. I 'm not going to get xbox live because for my purposes, there is not point, but for onliners, i heard it was great.

Hunh? Didn't I end up agreeing that Xbox was the way to go?
Yeah. Yeah I did. :p

Sorry perth, I forgot about that post.

So did you pick up anything besides Halo?

no, what other games should i pick. I was thinking about either ninja gaiden or Riddick. But Halo will probably be lasting a long time

Chronicles of Riddick is supposed to be excellent, though I haven't played it and cannot really recommend it.

If you have any place in your heart at all for Star Wars and RPGs, you can't go wrong with Sar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. That was the game that got me into Xbox in the first place.

Soul Calibur II is an excellent fighting game. I liked it a bit better on the GC, but the Xbox version was amazing as well.

SSX3. Can't plug this game enough. I love it. And the Xbox version is far superior to both the GC and PS2 versions.

Isn't the Grand Theft Auto series available on Xbox now? Loved it on the PS2. Well worth playing. I found Vice City to be a bit annoying, but I pretty much hate everything about the 80's so that's probably why.

Well, until i get further in halo, i'm going to stick with halo and not other games, but thank you anyway. I'm not a big fan of star wars honestly, or GTA, but I loved SSX3 on ps2 so i should check up on it on xbox. and I CANNOT WAIT now for DOOM 3 to be released.

Whew I've been gone awhile (month and a half, not that anyone actually noticed/cared).
As for XBox Live, It is most def. worth it if you like playing squad based shooters. I can't even begin to explain how much fun Rainbow 6 III, Counter Strike (I'm gonna get raped for saying that one), and Ghost Recon online is. The voice chat is a little hard to understand at first but you get used ot it real quick. And the best part is.. almost no lag! Since you're required ot have a broadband connection, and you have a connection rating next to each server name on the server list, its quite easy to find a good server to play on.
But hey thats just me.

Within the next 30 days, the PS2 gets:
* ESPN NHL 2K5 -- state-of-the-art hockey for $20.
* Phantom Brave -- RPG that promises to suck away my life force.
* Star Ocean: Till The End Of time -- see previous comment.
* Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires -- an interesting mix of hack-slash combat and ROTK-series strategy.
* Street Fighter Anniversary Collection -- multiple editions of SF2 and SF3.
* Silent Hill 4: The Room -- survival-horror fodder for my wife.
* Katamari Damacy -- about as surreal as games get and a must-buy.
* Gradius V -- Treasure doing a Gradius shooter == must-buy.
* Sly Cooper 2: Band of Thieves -- promising platformer, despite its furry overtones
* a new DDR game, for those who are into that
* Shin Megumi Tensei: Nocturne -- another solid RPG

And Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas three weeks after _that_.

Xbox who?

Well, I got ninja gaiden and its a fantastic game, just fuckin hard. I cannot get passed the second boss. Does anyone know a strategy for me?

I personally would take the Xbox, for most of the aforementioned reasons (graphics, etc.). But mostly because it has about...six games that I'd like and can't get for GameCube (seven if you're the type to count the GTA double-pack as seperate games). PS2...the only title that would get me to consider getting a system is GTA: San Andreas, and I wouldn't be surprised to see Rockstar release that on Xbox as well.

Another factor for me is controller types. Ever since the PSX, I've had an aversion to Playstation controllers. I'm just not a fan of controllers with buttons that can double as an ad hoc geometry lesson, I suppose. That and I think I'm the only human on the planet with hands that could hold the original Xbox controller comfortably. It was a pleasing spectacle...it was like it was made just for me.


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EDIT: Only person without NBA prospects.

Well, ever since I've gotten xbox, i've loved it a lot. Again, a major reason for getting xbox was to get doom 3, which by the way was pushed back to October 26, and i love all the games i have now. So, it was a great choice to buy xbox.