Thanks Fuzzy for being such a great partner in all that is XBOX.
Biscuit: Welcome to Oddworld land. I believe if you are a big fight fan you will be in total heaven with DOA3, and later with Kakuto X and Soul calibur 2.
As for Halo it is receiving great accolades everywhere. To begin with Halo at Gamespot got a coveted 9.7, and that's as tough a grading place as it gets. IGN gave it a 9.7 (This I know from IGN insider). TeamXBOX gave it a 4.8 out of 5, and as Fuzzy says XBOX magazine gave it a 9.5.
I have played for about 6 hours and it is a top notch game with true next gen everything. 26 variations of Multiplayer, and about 30% of the game will be actually in 3rd person mode due to all the transport action within the game. The Gamespot looks you got are very far off of the real thing. I'm a 3rd person lover, but for the first time I have put a 1st person shooter on the same level with some great up-coming 3rd person act/adv games. With Halo you get 60-70 hours of great top level action in (Legendary mode) ,that's if your an expert, very difficult and challenging. And that 70 hours or so is in CO-OP mode, basically even an expert cannot play through the level alone. You will see just what I mean when you play it. The game is also great in Multiplayer mode, everlasting with this. One mode Ogre is just the best Multi-play mode created to date, in my opinion.
I would pick Halo. However that's just me. I am getting DOA3 as well, but it's more for friends that play one of my machines.
As for Project EGO, well you got great taste, that game will be revolutionary.I have playtested it. It is open-ended and is high on my up-coming list. I have also gone into in-depth talk with dev's on ideas and concepts they have planned and they have ideas that are just very interesting. They will see just what works and what does'nt in there remaining year of development.
There are also 20 games or so coming that I can honestly say will be if out today the best games of all time. They are so very advanced already. With the power of XBOX all developers are no longer hand-cuffed to show all there unique ideas. Also A.I.is as Halo already proves a great jump up with XBOX. All gameplay improves with high levels of A.I. So more then even all the great eye candy with XBOX A.I. is the biggest bonus with XBOX.
Azurik will be 100 hours long for an expert, Shrek 80+ as well, Munch too will have a nice length, and Halo too is very high on longevity, games are even now in it's first time around very large, can you imagine the years to follow. WOW. The games last soooo much longer than on all other systems already. Hey no reason good things must end so soon I always say.
So let me know what your getting. We are close now huh?
[ November 11, 2001: Message edited by: Steel Shark ]
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