Hey, you do what you can with no money.
Like pirate games, apparently.
I like the 360 just fine, but I'm sick and tired of throwing my time at it, and then having more 3 ring crap.
If microsoft actually knew how to make hardware, maybe they wouldn't have millions of problems.
I've had a lot of fun on 2k online, but I also like 2k on the Wii.
I'm not going to defend their ability to create hardware, although last generation, it was the PS2 that broke all the time and the original Xbox was rock solid and reliable. Bad things tend to happen when you rush hardware to the market. I would be REALLY surprised if any of the major console makers put out a console with the problems that the launch models of Xbox 360 had. And by the way, they've fixed these issue since, and were remarkably responsive to the defect issues. extending warranties for up to 3 years from purchase.
That said, broken consoles have nothing to do with games, so moving on...
And what to you is a quality game??
A lot of games have been thrown around already, but I'll specifically point to Red Dead Redemption, Mass Effect 2, BioShock, Heavy Rain and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Those titles are prime examples of what a video game can achieve. They put most Hollywood films to shame, both in terms of scale and story.
I've still never seen a better RPG in my life than Crono Trigger for SNES.
So you haven't played an RPG since 1995? Mass Effect 1 & 2, Fallout 3, Elder Scrolls IV, Fable II, Dragon Age Origins, Borderlands... and those are just the Western RPGs. I'm not one for modern Japanese RPGs but there are plenty quality ones available, especially on the PS3.
And no basketball game to this day has even touched NBA Live '99 IMO.
NBA Live has been a joke since 2K made it's debut on the Dreamcast. Hell, Kobe Bryant's NBA Courtside was better than NBA Live '99.
Do you really believe these games nowdays are really worth 60 bucks?? No matter how pretty they are.
Well I buy plenty of them, so obviously I think they're worth it. But I don't base my purchases based on graphics. You seem to think that my opinions are all based on graphics, and that's simply not the case. If I were to create a top ten list of my favorite games of all time, there probably wouldn't be more than 1 or 2 of them that have come out in the past 5 years.
Not to mention the 360 keeps releasing the same boring first person shooter, based on Doom 95.
Doom 95? Seriously? You think Halo (or any modern first-person shooter these days) is just a rehash of Doom? Have you even played a video games since 1999 or are you just talking out of your ***? Saying **** like that makes you look incredibly out of touch with the modern games industry.
I get that you prefer the Wii, whatever, that's your preference. More power to you. But you might want to hold off on the anti-Sony and anti-Microsoft nonsense, since it's clear you haven't got a clue what you're talking about.
I've also gone through two PS3s due to one always wigging out. And by the way, I don't tie my manhood to what video game console I enjoy playing. First person shooters just aren't my thing. Simple games that are fun and easy that anyone can play? Bring on the wii. All day.
I own all 3 of the major consoles and I certainly don't hate the Wii by any stretch. It just doesn't get used very often
Basketball games suck now anyway. I think the most fun NBA games I've played were NBA Live 95 and 2002. Since about 2lk6 it's been the same game over and over with extremely minor "improvements". The controls are always bad, the motion is always unpredictable, the features they put in year to year are always awful (2k8's play-running system was the worst thing I've ever seen in my life), etc. A lot of people like them, but I think they're more of a novelty item than a quality game.
You should really give NBA 2K11 a shot. They spent the majority of their time working on running plays and changing the way player spacing works. The play running system slows the game down and really makes it feel more like real basketball than any other game I've played. It also limits the ways the superstars like Kobe and Lebron can dominate, because they still need open looks to hit shots consistently.
