'Splain Yourself Part II

vsp · 12-05-2001, 03:49 PM

> Soul Calibur looked incredible on the Dreamcast, but I can't help but be amazed at how much better Dead or Alive 3 looks. The fights are absolutely amazing.

I should hope it looks much better. It's on a system that's two years newer than the Dreamcast.

>Secondly, the online play was a pretty big seller for me. I got the Xbox hooked up and that night I was playing deathmatch in Halo against a friend - but he was at his house an hour away and I was in mine. We both have pretty speedy DSL, but still, we experienced no lag.

Now, this is via the unofficially-supported LAN hacks, right? (Just clarifying. AFAIK, the XBox's online functionality hasn't been formally "turned on" yet.)

>Also, I don't believe that the PS2 has really been exploited yet. To me, it doesn't look that much better than the Dreamcast, and it surely gets knocked out of the water by the Xbox.

Each to their own. I've seen things on both systems at their high points that looked great, and wouldn't say that one's a huge step graphically over the other. But that's my take.

>Anyway. I find the Xbox to be an exceptionally good console. On par with the Dreamcast as far as "most ass-kickingest console at time of launch". Maybe you have to own one to really appreciate it. But to me, it looks like this is something that Microsoft got right.

And I'm saying that the jury's still out, as far as I'm concerned. I didn't buy a PSX until well into the system's second year, and held off on the PS2 until two weeks ago. (Okay, I bought a Dreamcast on day-of-release, but that was a weak spot, and I knew that Fire Pro Wrestling D was coming for it.) In a year's time, with two tough competitors in the market, the future of the XBox will be a lot clearer. It may well do just fine -- the gaming world revolves around marketing, after all, and who has more money for that than Mickeysoft?

The PS2 could indeed use a price drop, however. I suppose that doing so right before Christmas wasn't in Sony's best interest, however.

jeff. who's still madly playing Cardfighter's Clash on his NGPC.

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12-05-2001, 03:49 PM	#26
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	> Soul Calibur looked incredible on the Dreamcast, but I can't help but be amazed at how much better Dead or Alive 3 looks. The fights are absolutely amazing. I should hope it looks much better. It's on a system that's two years newer than the Dreamcast. >Secondly, the online play was a pretty big seller for me. I got the Xbox hooked up and that night I was playing deathmatch in Halo against a friend - but he was at his house an hour away and I was in mine. We both have pretty speedy DSL, but still, we experienced no lag. Now, this is via the unofficially-supported LAN hacks, right? (Just clarifying. AFAIK, the XBox's online functionality hasn't been formally "turned on" yet.) >Also, I don't believe that the PS2 has really been exploited yet. To me, it doesn't look that much better than the Dreamcast, and it surely gets knocked out of the water by the Xbox. Each to their own. I've seen things on both systems at their high points that looked great, and wouldn't say that one's a huge step graphically over the other. But that's my take. >Anyway. I find the Xbox to be an exceptionally good console. On par with the Dreamcast as far as "most ass-kickingest console at time of launch". Maybe you have to own one to really appreciate it. But to me, it looks like this is something that Microsoft got right. And I'm saying that the jury's still out, as far as I'm concerned. I didn't buy a PSX until well into the system's second year, and held off on the PS2 until two weeks ago. (Okay, I bought a Dreamcast on day-of-release, but that was a weak spot, and I knew that Fire Pro Wrestling D was coming for it.) In a year's time, with two tough competitors in the market, the future of the XBox will be a lot clearer. It may well do just fine -- the gaming world revolves around marketing, after all, and who has more money for that than Mickeysoft? The PS2 could indeed use a price drop, however. I suppose that doing so right before Christmas wasn't in Sony's best interest, however. jeff. who's still madly playing Cardfighter's Clash on his NGPC.

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