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Osiris
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Hello, I have some birthday money left over, 76$ or so, and I wanted some opinions o what to buy, I like almost everything except sports games....because id rather play those in real life, I would like it to be either for the Wii or the 360, but I cant seem to find any good ones. Anyone play any good games lately?

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Shadow heart
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Posted: 19th May 2007 07:01
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wii! um... i don't know.... the new paper mario.

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Osiris
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Posted: 19th May 2007 07:50
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Really? I heard it wasn't that good.

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Veron
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Posted: 19th May 2007 11:19 Edited at: 19th May 2007 11:20
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Get F.E.A.R for PC. It's awesome! Or, get Gears of War for the 360, no question about it. It's bloody awesome!


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Dared1111
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c+c Generals Deluxe is a cool game

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Crackdown! Its very good. You can also get a Halo3 Beta invite with specific boxes of crackdown only if you have xbox live gold.
Also gears of war is great too. If you have xbox live, gears of war can provide endless fun.

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Osiris
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Oh crap forgot to edit the first post sorry, Ive got F.E.A.R, and Gears, also crackdown too. I have Zelda for the Wii only though.

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Shadow heart
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cool

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Osiris
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ok, well I decided to get C&C 3 for my 360, because I love C&C, also because it was made for the 360. It's amazing by the way, really good controls, recommend it over the PC, unless you have some 3000$ PC that can run it well.

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Agent Dink
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My PC that is roughly 2 years out of "state of the art" can run C&C 3 at almost full graphics perfectly

Did I mention it costed less to build than your Xbox 360 did to buy

Just teasing you with that second comment But it is true.

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Van B
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You built a PC 2 years ago for the price of a 360 that can run C&C3 at full graphics?

I'm not believing you one bit! - liar!

I tried the demo on the 360, and it seems like a really cool game, but for me I can only play C&C against a mate, which is why I prefer older C&C's, like Tiberian Sun, which can go on my lowly laptop and round a mates house for a lan game. Much more fun to have an agreed build time then an all out war, with coffee breaks and stuff . When playing on Live, I got owned, severely!.

On the PC though, there's Starcraft2 coming, and that looks so cool that I'm more inclined to get that than yet another C&C game.


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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 22nd May 2007 11:52
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There's nothing to say that "Full graphics" doesn't involve a flat screen that only goes up to 640x480 in 8 colours, is there?


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Water is wet?


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One thing at a time, I've already discovered today that you can play sports in real life, now I hear water is wet?! What has the world come to!

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Posted: 22nd May 2007 14:35 Edited at: 22nd May 2007 14:36
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Stuff I've liked playing recently on the 360

Def Jam Icon - If you think you could be a bas ass rapper

Dead Rising - if your not scared of zombies

Gun - oldie but goodie, live in cowboy era

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I got Crackdown for the 360 the other day. Very cool! However, Pirates of the Caribbean: Lands End for the 360 comes out today!

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http://www.2kgames.com/thedarkness/

Looks promising, I think. And not long until release.
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Crackdown is too easy. I had pretty much all the achivements in a week. Mostly achieved by jumping on roofs and collecting stuff. It soon gets dull.

My tip for game buyers is buy it off ebay 2nd hand/grey import then when you get bored of it sell it back on there. It saved me a fortune.

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Person99
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For the WII I would highly recommend Red Steel.
It's sword fighting system is a little weird, but it is really fun.

I don't know what to tell you about the 360, because I don't have one, and hate all Microsoft products. I just do, so don't ask why.


As for the PC, if you can run it, TES 4 - Oblivion.

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WHAT? This changes everything...
That...
This means...
This means that I can drown in a bathtub!
NOOO!
I am never taking a bath again.

Wait, I get £50 every time I take a bath...

I need a scuba suit.

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Jeku
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Quote: "For the WII I would highly recommend Red Steel."


That's the first time I've seen "highly recommend" and "Red Steel" in the same sentence.

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What about with NOT or another inverting word in the middle?


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Osiris
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Ugh...red steel...I wonder if they were just to lazy to fix the problems or if the developers were just that dumb, I mean come one resetting the gun in the middle when you go off screen....WTF?

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Person99
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I liked the style of the game, but that was just me.

I have not been experiencing many problems with it, but hey, I don't play WII much anyway.

Plus Osiris, if you have an Xbox 360 AND a PC, I wouldn't blow your money off on any WII game if I were you.

Is Perfect Dark out for the 360 yet?

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Jeku
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I dunno--- I didn't like the idea of having to move my arm *towards* the TV to zoom with my rifle.

Quote: "Is Perfect Dark out for the 360 yet?"


It was a launch title, so yes.

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Jeku, what about

Quote: "That's the first time I've seen "highly recommend" and "Red Steel" in the same sentence."


I highly recommend you do not get Red Steel.

Heard of that?
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Osiris
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Quote: "AND a PC"


Well I gave up poring money into new PC parts every month or so to keep up a semi powerful PC, PC gaming is only for people who can spend tons of money every couple months to revamp a machine not meant to play games.

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Quote: "I highly recommend you do not get Red Steel."


And that's the second time.

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Well I gave up poring money into new PC parts every month or so to keep up a semi powerful PC, PC gaming is only for people who can spend tons of money every couple months to revamp a machine not meant to play games."


While newer games have the latest greatest graphics, the lot of them seem to be missing the freedom and fun of older games.

With your money, you can probably get 2 or 3 older games for the PC.

If you like Star Wars, Jedi Knight Jedi Academy is a really good PC game.

Quote: "I dunno--- I didn't like the idea of having to move my arm *towards* the TV to zoom with my rifle."


I never used rifles, mainly pistols and swords.

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all new games are boring. get an old game!

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Quote: "all new games are boring. get an old game!"


That is basically what I said, but I said it in a... slower way.

But yeah, most new games are boring.

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Osiris
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Command and Conquer 3 is not, go out and get it! Its Great! Well if you like that sort of game that is

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Quote: "all new games are boring. get an old game!"


After playing a demo, a couple of weeks ago I bought Fire Captain (aka Fire Department 2) from a bargain bin and it's a hoot (it's an RTS where you play the fire dept saving people rather blowing another faction up).

So, yes, I concur that playing old games make, at least, financial sense.

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@VanB

LOL, um, come to think of it, it costed a little more than a 360 does and it wasn't a full system, I already had a case, mobo, drives. I guess I should have researched what I paid for it compared to the 360 price. It was close to about $100 more at the time, my bad. Dunno what I was thinking. Still though, it runs C&C3 great in 1024x768 with full effects and graphics.

Now, if you bought this system now, it would be cheaper than a 360. Also, I don't think that C&C3 truly challenges the 360 when it comes to running the game. There's nothing amazingly fancy going on really.

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Osiris
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Except the sheer size of my armies! Ah thats what I love, no retarded population caps...on any C&C game.

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Osiris, You should get TES VI: Oblivion or G.O.W. or Super mario galaxy.(I dunno about Super mario galaxy seeming that i don't own a Wii)

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Super Mario Galaxy isn't released yet, but I can say Super Paper Mario did the trick when I was looking for a new Wii game to play.

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Quote: "Super Mario Galaxy isn't released yet, but I can say Super Paper Mario did the trick when I was looking for a new Wii game to play."

You are totally right i never keep up with Wii games only Xbox 360 ones.

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