w00t! getting a 360!

[tominated]

YAY! I have finally saved up enough for a 360 and my parents are actually ok with my decision! I have decided to get gears of way as my first game, as my friend has it and he wants to play against me. any other good suggestions (apart from halo 3, definitely getting it)? i like shooting games

[irishgrizzly]

CoD4 – The beta is amazing!

Bioshock – fantastic game.

[Dagless]

Castlevania (Live) and Blue Dragon are my faves.

[MacRumorUser]

Castlevania (Live) and Blue Dragon are my faves.

Yay! Your getting into Blue Dragon ;)

i'm looking forward to Eternal Sonata SOOOO much right now. :)

[twistedlegato]

VIVA PINATA:p...no

Rainbow Six is pretty fun. Maybe Forza 2, Bioshock, Lost Planet....and Halo 3 of course.

[stagecustom]

hit man blood money is dirt cheap now and you would enjoy it. GTA 4 (when it comes out) and of course rainbow six and halo 3.

:)

[pcypert]

There's a lot of great shooters coming down in price. Not revolutionary shooters, but good ones all the same. Like you can get Gun for a song now. Also fear, condemned, etc. Great games although not all that revolutionary.

Paul

[Mord]

Be sure to download Space Giraffe and geometry wars from XBLA.

[Dagless]

Yay! Your getting into Blue Dragon ;)

i'm looking forward to Eternal Sonata SOOOO much right now. :)

Is that t'other RPG Mistwalker are working on? Because if it's the one I've seen concept art for then I'm a bit excited. BD is a great little RPG, it's not like the soap operas of modern FF games. It's fun and doesn't take itself too seriously. Anything this studio makes will get my attention.

[pcypert]

Guys there are loads of great games and things to talk about, but the guy asked about shooters and what not. A new thread about Blue Dragon would be great as I'd like to read about it...maybe start one?

Paul

[mkubal]

VIVA PINATA:p...no

Rainbow Six is pretty fun. Maybe Forza 2, Bioshock, Lost Planet....and Halo 3 of course.

Oh no you didn't just dis V. Pinata! :D Seriously though, good game.

OT:
Besides Gears the only shooting games I have are GRAW and COD2. GRAW has gotten a bit stale in my opinion, but it's still good. COD2 is fun, but I'd wait on COD4.

[adrake86]

get cod4 and halo 3 they should be awesome. well i know cod 4 is awesome already. :D

[zero2dash]

My favorites/future buys (all shooters):
[in no particular order]

Bioshock
Gears of War
Call of Duty 2 and 3 (and soon 4)
Medal of Honor Airborne (first MoH I've liked since the first one)
Perfect Dark Zero (very cheap now...some places under $10...well worth it)
Orange Box (when it's released soon)
Halo 3 (of course)
Rainbow Six Vegas
GRAW 1 and 2
Time Shift (the demo is awesome, I love it)

"Meh" (I'll buy when cheap):
The Darkness
F.E.A.R.

A few not worth your time:
Hour of Victory (horrendous)
Call of Juarez (didn't like it, very plain and generic and visually last-gen)
[I know I'll get hell for this next one since this is MacRumors]
Marathon: Durandal :D (I couldn't stand the demo)

[twistedlegato]

My favorites/future buys (all shooters):
[in no particular order]

Bioshock
Gears of War
Call of Duty 2 and 3 (and soon 4)
Medal of Honor Airborne (first MoH I've liked since the first one)
Perfect Dark Zero (very cheap now...some places under $10...well worth it)
Orange Box (when it's released soon)
Halo 3 (of course)
Rainbow Six Vegas
GRAW 1 and 2
Time Shift (the demo is awesome, I love it)

"Meh" (I'll buy when cheap):
The Darkness
F.E.A.R.

A few not worth your time:
Hour of Victory (horrendous)
Call of Juarez (didn't like it, very plain and generic and visually last-gen)
[I know I'll get hell for this next one since this is MacRumors]
Marathon: Durandal :D (I couldn't stand the demo)

Funny how all of these games are either FPS's are a gun-type game.

[stagecustom]

Funny how all of these games are either FPS's are a gun-type game.

funny how the OP asked for our opinions on shooting/FPS games:rolleyes:

[Antares]

Funny how all of these games are either FPS's are a gun-type game.

I know, right? You can clearly tell what he likes. :)

[MacRumorUser]

Is that t'other RPG Mistwalker are working on? Because if it's the one I've seen concept art for then I'm a bit excited. BD is a great little RPG, it's not like the soap operas of modern FF games. It's fun and doesn't take itself too seriously. Anything this studio makes will get my attention.

No that's LOST ODYSSEY ;)

Eternal Sonata - is a beautiful looking RPG based around the music of Chopin.
It's been getting very good reviews alround. Definetly worth checking out.

[tominated]

wow. thanks for the responses. I'll probably get cod4 (i got cod2 for my mac) and maybe bioshock. timeshift looks good, so i might also get that. To be honest, I despise of RPG and RTS. it's probably because it involves too much thinking.

[tominated]

I bought it today! i got it with PGR3 (it was a really dirt cheap deal) and I bought GoW as well! it's awesome!

[MacRumorUser]

Enjoy......

Now get downloading game demo's from the marketplace. Timeshift etc.. is all there to be sampled. :)

[tominated]

GAH!!!! MY GOW DISC IS SCRATCHED MAJORLY!!!! :'( I only found out this morning that you shouldn't keep a disc in there while moving it... the hard way. i am sooooo p*ssed off now. gow was starting to get really cool.

[MacRumorUser]

GAH!!!! MY GOW DISC IS SCRATCHED MAJORLY!!!! :'( I only found out this morning that you shouldn't keep a disc in there while moving it... the hard way. i am sooooo p*ssed off now. gow was starting to get really cool.

eeek. You did the move the 360 whilst powered on and disc is spinning routine, resuling in horrid scratched ring on your disc :(

There are ways to resolve this. Some games stores have a disc repair service for a few $ where they take off a thin top layer of the disc, and repair the surface after.

Other than that M$ will probably replace the disc for a few $. My COD2 disc did the same, though I don't blame the 360 it was my silly fault - but I rang the supprt number in the manual and they replaced my disc for €10 at that time.

[tominated]

yeah, i saw the disc replacement program on microsofts website. how long did it take to get the disk back from them?

[pcypert]

This is why backups should be allowed. Just wait till you have kids. Those discs are scratched daily. If I didn't mod and have backups I would be out so much money from stupid friends and kids of stupid friends :)

Paul

[CHROMEDOME]

Viva Pinata and Skate.

[tominated]

yay! jb hifi (where i bought it) gave me a replacement for free! what are some of your gamertags so i can add you as friends

[jessica.]

FPS = Guitar Hero.
You know I'm right.

[MacRumorUser]

yeah, i saw the disc replacement program on microsofts website. how long did it take to get the disk back from them?

Took a week when I did it with Activision.

yay! jb hifi (where i bought it) gave me a replacement for free! what are some of your gamertags so i can add you as friends


Yay! :)

[koobcamuk]

I bought it today! i got it with PGR3 (it was a really dirt cheap deal) and I bought GoW as well! it's awesome!

I got PGR3 for £8 ($16US) and love it. I traded in a bunch of DS games and C&C which came with my 360. I got NHL2K7, PGR3, DiRT and Rainbow Six. I only had to pay £10 for all of them. Really pleased!!

Enjoy......

Now get downloading game demo's from the marketplace. Timeshift etc.. is all there to be sampled. :)

Bioshock and The Darkness are seriously good games. Amazing actually. Online demo downloading is so sweet.

[MacRumorUser]

my GT is scrapland

[tominated]

I downloaded timeshift last night and i can't for the love of god, figure out how to get past the bit near the start where there is that thing shooting rockets at you almost constantly. I might download bioshock tonight

[MacMan33]

CoD4 – The beta is amazing!

Bioshock – fantastic game.
How do you get the beta download?? Is it really all i have been hearing, great gameplay and graphics. What is offered in the beta? thanks

[MacRumorUser]

I downloaded timeshift last night and i can't for the love of god, figure out how to get past the bit near the start where there is that thing shooting rockets at you almost constantly. I might download bioshock tonight

When the rocket shooter appears go and duck behind the wall to your left.
The house to the right will then be targeted and explode when the rocket hits it. It blows a gap in the front of the house. Now activate time control and you can run into the house and up the stairs. ;)

There is another section shortly after that will require you to use TimeShift control yet again. ;)

Enjoy.

[zap2]

very nice!


I'm selling some things, some the last minute push before Halo 3 comes out!

[irishgrizzly]

How do you get the beta download?? Is it really all i have been hearing, great gameplay and graphics. What is offered in the beta? thanks

We got it in Europe and few weeks after the US, but it was pretty easy to find keys – go to the CoD4 site and look from there for beta keys. I know a few games blog sites are still giving them out*.

In the beta you get 3 maps, loads of game types and about half the abilities and weapons on offer.

The gameplay is intense and well balanced making for a really fun game.

*link (http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/19/joyswag-10-more-invites-to-the-call-of-duty-4-beta/)