Tired old discussion...Xbox vs PS2 vs GCN
Full disclosure....I decided that I wasnt going to really revisit the original Xbox because I cant cheat at the games like I can with PS2 and GCN but then I remembered it has a GameShark AND Action Replay with power saves, not the same but acceptable. I simply dont have time to grind on RPG's and build up levels and get wiped out over and over hence the need for the cheat device. That being said I currently have for Xbox both KOTOR games, Fable, both Halo games, Ninja Gaiden Black, Shenmue 2, Jedi Starfighter SE, both Jedi Academy games and Bards Tale. My questions are first of all what am I missing form that list that would be very very awesome and secondly exactly how much better or worse are Xbox games from PS2 and GCN?
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Crimson skies is another xbox game you should have...it fun
On games I would recommend: Oddworld Strangers Wrath, Jade Empire, Genma Onimusha, Galeon, Cronicles of Riddick, Arx Fatalis, Otogi, Sid Meier's Pirates
I don't have a lot of xbox games, so I'll be looking at these suggestions too.
Just the sheer amount of quality games and the fact there was something for everyone.
Xbox was also awesome and had some cool features and exclusives. Like being able to play music while playing certain games. Ill never forget playing project gotham racing with jimi hendrix playing when i was like 13.
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After that I'd say Gamecube. It had a couple stand out titles from Nintendo (F-Zero GX goat), but many of the titles felt inferior to their N64 counterparts. Sunshine and Windwaker are good, but they didn't rock the world like Mario 64 and OoT/Majora's Mask did.
Xbox was the Halo box. I know it had the Bioware and some neat Sega stuff, but the reason everyone played it was for Halo. It had some cool features and pushed online gaming into the mainstream, but its library is the weakest of the three.
Honorable mention to Dreamcast. It came out first and didn't last long but it made a big impact with some amazing titles from Sega and killer arcade ports. Twice as bright, half as long.
best hardware/online and best system for multiplats Xbox
best scrappy underdog story/sleeper hits Dreamcast
best dvd player for a suburban family in the early 2000 Ps2
They all have their advantages. You say you have Fable,. But is it lost chapters? That's got a bunch of extra content. Also +1 on crimson skies.
have both actually. just for collecting purposes
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og xbox sucks , hated that thing. ps2 I never bought or played any games on it so no opinion, dreamcast has some cool games, gamecube has a lot of really great games.
what about Sudeki for xbox? It looks like an RPG but I cant tell
at $5 just get it. ive heard good things. havnt played it myself, but to me that game is a good example of why xbox is so great. %90 of the library is dirt cheap and super easy to find as nobody seems to collect for it yet. im always finding great stuff for the xbox at record stores and hole in the wall "we buy electronics stores". i got my shenmue 2 from a dimple records for like 5-10.
also xbox has some of those pc games that were never ported to any of the other consoles of that generation. first one that comes to mind (and one of my personel reasons for owning the og xbox) is rollercoaster tycoon.
what about Sudeki for xbox? It looks like an RPG but I cant tell
It is. I really enjoyed it BTW. Each character has a different play style. Magic users control like a FPS and melee fighters are more Zelda hack and slash. Good amount of humor, and nice visuals - definitely one of the stronger titles in the Xbox library.
Also, Sudeki is great. Certainly one of my favorites on the Xbox.
2. XBox. This console had the best graphics of that generation, and most often was the host of the best version of multiplatform games. This console picked up the torch that the Dreamcast left behind and kept running with it, with games like Jet Set Radio Future and Shenmue 2.
3. Dreamcast. This console feels like the logical continuation of the Saturn and Neo Geo. Hard-hitting arcade perfect experiences. This wins over Gamecube for having such a unique and quirky library.
4. Gamecube. The first part Nintendo titles were the worst Nintendo has ever done, the multiplats were middle-of-the-road, and if you weren't impressed by the new Mario and Zelda games, and aren't into Resident Evil, this console had very little to offer that the other consoles didn't already have.
Xbox - Halo, new console on the block, great graphics
Gamecube - Definitely the loser of the three. Controller was weird. Number of games seems limited compared to the other two consoles. Did have some good quality titles, but very few and far between.
Gamecube had a handful of the generation's best games (Melee, Wind Waker, Metroid Prime, Eternal Darkness) but also suffers from a lack of B-grade titles.
In this sense, I think XBOX takes second place. A large library, with a lot of solid games, both exclusive and otherwise.
Dreamcast was conspired against by fate, and has to remain the interesting footnote with its solid niche support.
PS2 > XBOX > GC > DC.
I guess.
There's solid arguments to shuffle 2, 3, and 4 around, based on your metrics. I'd love to see a good argument for dethroning PS2, but one isn't coming to mind immediately.
For online gaming xbox was the best by a longbshot. Many of friends were really into online so they had xbox.
as for library, PS2 is just a monster. It has all the games (minus a handful of gc and xbox exclusives)
Even games that were SUPPOSED to be exclusives to other consoles (like Viewtiful Joe and Resident Evil 4) made their way to the PS2.
PS2 is good and I have good memories of playing it at my friend's house, although I didn't get one of my own until 2007.
I never liked the original XBox. I don't think I've touched mine since I bought my friend's 8 years ago.
If Dreamcast is being included, that's also another system I didn't get until way later and but I think I might actually rank that below GC and above PS2 just based off the fun I've had playing it with my friends the past year or two.
Fable Lost Chapters, Halo, Crimson Skies, Oddworld series, Star Wars games, and even Toe Jam and Earl III for Xbox. Xbox also has the slight edge on graphics compared to PS2 and GC.
Zelda, Mario, Eternal Darkness, Geist, Skies of Arcadia Legends, RE series, and Star Fox Adventures/Assault for GC. There's also the GB player to play your GB/GBC/GBA games on a big screen with a controller.
Which games are currently more collectible, Xbox or gcn? Seems like ps2 was & is everywhere but good gcn & Xbox is much harder to find. Has the market really been tapped yet for these?
Gamecube and it's not even close.
xBox, for the most part, is relatively cheap aside from a few games.
In my experience, xBox games are pretty easy to find, although the local supply seems to be drying up, probably because I bought most of them.