09-23-2006, 11:41 AM
PC technology has seemingly come to a stand still when you consider the rate of improvement afew years back, so your pc will probably be good to go for another year or 2 at least without having too much trouble running the newer games.
The PS3 (i think) will probably fall flat on it's face - but i'll probably get one a year or so after release when they ask a reasonable price for it, if only for FFXIII i'll have to get a ps3.
Currently i'd say x360 is the strongest, but it depends what genres you enjoy. x360 games tend to be very arcade based, ones you can pick up for 10mins and have a blast, or play for many hours straight on XBL. There's alot of competitiveness with the xbox - the games generally put you head to head with people and, I think at least, it pulls it off well with beat em ups and racing games (I'm thinking DoA4 and Burnout Revenge mainly here, there's also PGR3 if you prefer a more realistic race rather than arcade racing).
Enchanted Arms, being the first proper RPG for x360, has set a pretty decent standard if you're an RPG fan. It's nothing amazing or groundbreaking, infact it's probably one of the more simple RPGs i've played for years -- But it works, being linear and keeping the story going at a decent pace. There are a very few extra things to do, but that doesn't matter all that much - back tracking is pretty simple when you get nearer the end. As always with half-decent RPGs there's an "Omega Dungeon" (hardest boss in game after a long grueling dungeon task, basically for e-penis points to say you've done it, but you also get him as a Golem:P)
Erk.. i've blabbed on about enchanted arms :/
Anyhow, i'm pretty biased as 360 is the only thing i play, with the occasional spout on rico. As PnG says, the Xbox Live service is pretty well run, 99.9% uptime and reasonably lagless (unless your name is PnG, then there's ALOT of lag:P). Xbox is probably your best choice currently, for the next year or so at least. You could wait 12 months and review the situation then..
:)
The PS3 (i think) will probably fall flat on it's face - but i'll probably get one a year or so after release when they ask a reasonable price for it, if only for FFXIII i'll have to get a ps3.
Currently i'd say x360 is the strongest, but it depends what genres you enjoy. x360 games tend to be very arcade based, ones you can pick up for 10mins and have a blast, or play for many hours straight on XBL. There's alot of competitiveness with the xbox - the games generally put you head to head with people and, I think at least, it pulls it off well with beat em ups and racing games (I'm thinking DoA4 and Burnout Revenge mainly here, there's also PGR3 if you prefer a more realistic race rather than arcade racing).
Enchanted Arms, being the first proper RPG for x360, has set a pretty decent standard if you're an RPG fan. It's nothing amazing or groundbreaking, infact it's probably one of the more simple RPGs i've played for years -- But it works, being linear and keeping the story going at a decent pace. There are a very few extra things to do, but that doesn't matter all that much - back tracking is pretty simple when you get nearer the end. As always with half-decent RPGs there's an "Omega Dungeon" (hardest boss in game after a long grueling dungeon task, basically for e-penis points to say you've done it, but you also get him as a Golem:P)
Erk.. i've blabbed on about enchanted arms :/
Anyhow, i'm pretty biased as 360 is the only thing i play, with the occasional spout on rico. As PnG says, the Xbox Live service is pretty well run, 99.9% uptime and reasonably lagless (unless your name is PnG, then there's ALOT of lag:P). Xbox is probably your best choice currently, for the next year or so at least. You could wait 12 months and review the situation then..
:)