If you're at all interested in online gaming, you need an Xbox 360.
For starters, it's home to the most popular multiplayer games, "Halo" and "Gears of War." And its redesigned interface, the New Xbox Experience, makes it easier than ever to meet your friends (or make new ones) online. Even if you prefer playing solo, the Xbox 360 is the only console that lets you download bonus material for "Fallout 3," "Fable II" and (later this month) "Grand Theft Auto IV."
The results of Microsoft's Community Games project continue to surprise, with such clever amateur productions as "Rumble Massage," which turns the Xbox controller into a neck massager. And Xbox Live Arcade remains the premier source of downloadable original games, most costing $10.
While some video games overwhelm you with sheer scale, titles like Asura's Wrath and Doom Eternal make you the boss player right upfront.
Wolfenstein: The New Order turns ten years old today, so we decided to play it again and discovered just how much of an extinct kind of game it is.
It's an outstanding game and so was The Old Blood. Also a lost era of gaming. Interesting, I received a physical copy of The Old Blood 9 years ago today from Poland. It was digital only in North America initially upon release so I had to import.
Wolfenstein: The New Order launched 10 years ago today, but can it stand up to the modern FPS titles it inspired?
I disagree. Its still a fantastic game, with very good gunplay and a surprisingly loveable cast of characters and a good story trough many different and interesting setpieces
All The New Order needs for my tastes is a this gen enhancement patch.
I played New Order a couple of years after launch and I give it an 8/10. The shooter holds up because it is focused on being a good shooter. There is no crafting, no RPG elements, no open world find the question mark Weapons are fun. Enemies are fun. Levels offer a nice mix of stealth and shooting. You get to be the predator; this isn’t a game about fending off waves of enemies while a robot companion unlocks a door. Most importantly, New Order is the last of a dying breed of single player shooters.
Singleplayer shooters are still getting released every year, just look up "boomer shooters" and you'll find an an abundance of them. AAA fps campaigns, not so much.
Last year had Trepang2, RoboCop: Rogue City, Turbo Overkill, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, Dread Templar, Sprawl and more
The games you mentioned are not from AAA developers. Wolfenstein likely had a budget that was probably as big as all those games you mentioned combined. I'm not knocking the new wave of retro shooters. I absolutely love them (I think some get much higher review scores than they deserve though). I just really wouldn't describe Wolfenstein as purely a boomer shooter based on the relatively cohesive story, with cut scenes and is fully voice acted. Full set piece moments.
AA development seems to be focused keeping the single player solo experience alive. But the big developers are only concerned about the MTX and milking players who enjoy multiplayer.
The age of AA shooters. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. I like less expense, shorter games.
Weird all the Wolfenstein articles.
Can you guess what will be announced at Xbox showcase?
What Machine Games did with Wolfenstein franchise is awesome. The game play definitely to me , is still very fun to play !!!
There is no doubt that the 360 has more uniformity and options. But other than cross-game chat and a few other things, there is not much difference in my opinion. Tack on the $50 price tag, and they about even out. BOTH systems allow you to play online, which for ONLINE gaming...is that not the point?
With the state of the World's economy, this generation will last longer than any other. How can MS convince enough people to buy yet another Xbox in 2 years?
Sony and MS will BOTH continue to refine and evolve their online networks. One will remain free, while the other...who knows? One thing I see is that the PSN has drastically improved since launch and until the recent NXE Live changed very little. Live was very good right at launch so MS saw no need.
Yet again the Mainstream Media thinks that the 360 has a 20M console lead instead of a paltry 7M or so.
Let's see where Sony's and MS's networks are by the end of 2009.
Essential huh?
I think a lot of PC and PS3 gamers would disagree with that claim.
To me, telling consumers "If you're at all interested in online gaming, you need an Xbox 360." sounds very much like part of a marketing campaign.
To?...people that don't know where to shop around?
Or "Pee-Cees".
FAIL
Side note: The MAW is kinda fun though