Mass Effect - "the" Xbox360 title to get

[GoodKingJayIII]

Yeah, I've considered doing that. I still have the receipt, unfortunately I think it's a 30-day return policy. So who knows whether or not K-mart would be willing to exchange. It's probably worth a shot though.

Edit: there's also the issue of my hard drive, which has a lot of important stuff on it (my ME and Oblivion save files are the most important.)

 

[Vocenoctum]

Yeah, I've considered doing that. I still have the receipt, unfortunately I think it's a 30-day return policy. So who knows whether or not K-mart would be willing to exchange. It's probably worth a shot though.

Edit: there's also the issue of my hard drive, which has a lot of important stuff on it (my ME and Oblivion save files are the most important.)

Well, you can erase your profile so none of your info remains, and save files might represent lots of work, but they're repeatable.

Also, as I said, if you explain it was a christmas gift and return it soon, they'll probably return it.

That said, if you don't return it, I'd fully expect to have to return it to MS someday. Probably the next time there's a big game like Halo3 or Bioshock. (Halo3 killed my original.)

Not a big deal, it just depends on which you think is the least hassle.

 

[trancejeremy]

You might try to get a cheap memory card and transfer your saves. I think 64 meg one are $20 or so these days. Not super-cheap, but better than having to replay a lot.

 

[LightPhoenix]

Is there a warranty on the 360 from Microsoft? Even if KMart won't take it back, a warranty usually starts from teh date of purchase... so if you send a copy/fax of the receipt with it, it'll still be replaceable by Microsoft. Just tell them you're getting the disk errors, and they'll probably replace it no questions asked, since it's not an unknown error.

 

[Vocenoctum]

Is there a warranty on the 360 from Microsoft? Even if KMart won't take it back, a warranty usually starts from teh date of purchase... so if you send a copy/fax of the receipt with it, it'll still be replaceable by Microsoft. Just tell them you're getting the disk errors, and they'll probably replace it no questions asked, since it's not an unknown error.

Yeah, you can start the warranty at purchase, and even by an extended warranty within 20 days or something.

If he sends it in, they'll probably just replace the drive with another refurb one or something.

Either way, he's got an old motherboard and such, it doesn't really make sense to keep it if he can swap it for a new one that consumes less power, is more reliable, and comes with two free games.

 

[GoodKingJayIII]

Good news: looked at my receipt last night and was surprised to find that I can return it until 2/11/08. Thanks for everyone's input on the subject, looks like I should be ok.

That said, if you don't return it, I'd fully expect to have to return it to MS someday. Probably the next time there's a big game like Halo3 or Bioshock. (Halo3 killed my original.)

Halo 3 runs perfectly on my 'box, but that's ok because ME appears to have stripped the DVD player of its usefulness. I'm now getting intermitant unreadable errors on all my games. Such is life, but the problem will soon be remedied.

Oh, and just so we stay on topic: I created a reasonable Zach Quinto/Sylar look-alike last night. He's a biotic of course. But the real triumph is my gf's creation: Commander Jean-Luc Shepard. One guess as to what he looks like

 

[Vocenoctum]

Halo 3 runs perfectly on my 'box, but that's ok because ME appears to have stripped the DVD player of its usefulness. I'm now getting intermitant unreadable errors on all my games. Such is life, but the problem will soon be remedied.

The way I figure it, regular variances in manufacturing mean some systems are weaker than others. They'll work fine until a game that pushes the hardware pushes them in just the "wrong" spot for that system. So every now and then when a new hi-end game comes out, systems fail in waves.

(especially when dealing with long-playing-session games like ME)

Oh, and just so we stay on topic: I created a reasonable Zach Quinto/Sylar look-alike last night. He's a biotic of course. But the real triumph is my gf's creation: Commander Jean-Luc Shepard. One guess as to what he looks like

After my first & second didn't come out the way I wanted them when gameplay showed it, I just made more neutral faces myself.

Haven't played in a while, been playing Assassins Creed.

 

[Falkus]

I just finished this the other day as a paragon, female Vanguard.

This is Bioware's best RPG to date, hands down.

 

[Shayuri]

I enjoyed it too!

While I admit it could have used some polish, I enjoyed it pretty thoroughly.

Now it's all about ME2...and Dragon Age...

Mwah.

 

[trancejeremy]

I've been trying to play a 2nd game, but I Just can't get into it again. The gameplay is fun, but the dialogue is just really bad the 2nd time through (wasn't that great the first time). You can hit X to try to get them to shut up, but sometimes you hit it too much and you answer instead.

I dunno, maybe it's just me, out of all the NPCs in the game, including ones not in your party, I only like Captain Anderson and the chick in the enviromental suit.