Just got myself a 360

[J T]

The 360 is not a particularly good media player. I have it set up for streaming from my vista PC and annoingly it will play some formats through the regular shell, but not through the actual 'media centre' programme on the 360, and vice versa.

Crackdown is an ace game, worth checking out. Also get on with some community based gaming for fun and lulz. A good crowd are the (former WoS forumers) bezzies at www.beexcellenttoeachother.com

[v85rawdeal]

I have Crackdown and that is a laugh. Also playing Mass Effect at the moment, and that is quite enjoyable (shame about all the graphical glitches, though)

I also have Magic: The Gathering on there (as well as a version on my PSP), but as I don't currently have internet and I am resolutely opposed to paying to play online, I only have intermittent access to xbox live.

[Harrison]

Mass Effect is a great game. Are there a lot of graphical glitches on the 360 version? I've got the PC version and it runs perfectly. There was an expansion and an upgrade patch for the PC version that fixed some graphical bugs so maybe the 360 version had a similar patch update? Although being without internet that could be a problem updating the game.

It seems console and PC game designers take for granted that everyone is automatically connected to the internet and can download large files to update and patch their software. But they are a lot of people without internet at all, and many still on dialup. I know of a few I work with still on 56k (and I can't convince them to upgrade to broadband for a similar price!).

[v85rawdeal]

Oh its just annoying things like screen-tearing and pop-up. Although on the main station, I have also had a little bit of lag kick in. I have managed to get the 360 round to a friend's, just so I could set up the live account (It's a lot lighter than the PS3), and so have got any patches needed.

Why oh why, and this goes for sony too, can't the console makers and the game developers get together and organise a website that allows people to download patches and install them on their consoles. It would make sense and show a bit of cooperation between the various sides. Who knows it might even help to curb some of the fanboyism that pervades the hobby... Mind you that is just a pipe dream...

We shall see...

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(Heh I even manage to get a little Amiga reference into this... Can you spot it???)

1000 points to the first PM I get telling me the correct answer!

[Demon Cleaner]

It seems console and PC game designers take for granted that everyone is automatically connected to the internet and can download large files to update and patch their software. But they are a lot of people without internet at all, and many still on dialup. I know of a few I work with still on 56k (and I can't convince them to upgrade to broadband for a similar price!).

A friend of mine doesn't have a connection, but when he lately bought Sacred 2, it contained the latest firmware update for the console, which is quite helpful.