Which Console should I buy?

[JRRNeiklot]

I'm thinking of taking the plunge and buying a console gaming system. Which game system should I buy? I've heard the Gamecube is marketed for the 15 and under crowd. Is this true? The X-box has better specs, but I have not been impressed with the games I have seen for it.

Here's a few of the games I like on the pc, if it will help.

Baldur's Gate series
Icewind Dale series
Heroes of Might and Magic 3 (4 sucked)
The Ultima Series
The Might & Magic series (except nine, it sucked)


I did not like NWN, nor TOEE, nor am I a fan of fps, nor rts. To me fancy smancy graphics mean less than gameplay. I do not care to be able to climb, jump, swim, etc, if I have to push 14 buttons in some weird combo to do it. I'm 35 and my reflexes aren't what they used to be. :-(

Anyways, any help will be much appreciated.

 

[LightPhoenix]

I'm thinking of taking the plunge and buying a console gaming system. Which game system should I buy? I've heard the Gamecube is marketed for the 15 and under crowd. Is this true? The X-box has better specs, but I have not been impressed with the games I have seen for it.

On the GC, not really. There are a good deal more games geared towards children on it, but that's more because of the lower price, and Sony and Microsoft specifically aiming at an older crowd. I mean, you can't tell me Metroid Prime is geared towards children.

I agree on the X-Box though.

Here's a few of the games I like on the pc, if it will help.

Baldur's Gate series
Icewind Dale series
Heroes of Might and Magic 3 (4 sucked)
The Ultima Series
The Might & Magic series (except nine, it sucked)

Well, to be perfectly honest you're not going to find many of these types of games on any of the consoles. Least of all on the GameCube, most of all on the PS2, I think.

I did not like NWN, nor TOEE, nor am I a fan of fps, nor rts. To me fancy smancy graphics mean less than gameplay. I do not care to be able to climb, jump, swim, etc, if I have to push 14 buttons in some weird combo to do it. I'm 35 and my reflexes aren't what they used to be. :-(

Heh, I'm still lamenting the fact that I can't do full-day gaming marathons anymore, and I'm only 23.

I'm going to recommend the PS2, actually. For one thing, reverse compatibility means you have the libraries of two consoles to draw upon for games, and most of the PS1 games can be picked up pretty cheap used nowadays. That's something you won't get on either of the other consoles. For another, I think of all the consoles you're most likely to find the types of games you like on the PS2 - again due to an increased number of games.

If the only choices are between GC and X-Box... well, all I can say is I personally would choose the GameCube. It's really hard to make a suggestion based on those games, because you really don't see many of those types of RPGs on consoles. And because I know someone's going to mention it, just to spite me , Bioware's game Knights of the Old Republic is similar to the BG series, and is out for X-Box. It's also out for PC, and I wouldn't buy an X-Box just for that one game.

If it's really a difficult decision, the other thing I could recommend is trying to find a place out there that will rent consoles. Rent the console and a couple of games that sound interesting to you, and see how you like it, before you drop serious money on one.

 

[RyanL]

I'm thinking of taking the plunge and buying a console gaming system. Which game system should I buy? I've heard the Gamecube is marketed for the 15 and under crowd. Is this true? The X-box has better specs, but I have not been impressed with the games I have seen for it.

Here's a few of the games I like on the pc, if it will help.

Baldur's Gate series
Icewind Dale series
Heroes of Might and Magic 3 (4 sucked)
The Ultima Series
The Might & Magic series (except nine, it sucked)


I did not like NWN, nor TOEE, nor am I a fan of fps, nor rts. To me fancy smancy graphics mean less than gameplay. I do not care to be able to climb, jump, swim, etc, if I have to push 14 buttons in some weird combo to do it. I'm 35 and my reflexes aren't what they used to be. :-(

Anyways, any help will be much appreciated.

Pet Peeve: Gamecube appeals to children, yes, but also to mature adults. It doesn't have that many blood/explosions/boobies games, if that's your idea of mature (I'm not implying you think that way, but, sadly, many people do).

Judging by your list of pc games, you're not going to find many similar games on any console. Even the plethora of RPGs available for PS2 are mostly console-style RPGs, which are much different from your favorites. Have you ever owned a console in the past? If so, what type of games did you like to play on it?

Of course, I would be remiss without pointing out that I love my Gamecube. This is fueled, in large part, by nostalgia. I don't own an XBox, and I've never played one, so I can't really comment on it.

-Ryan

 

[Shard O'Glase]

I own the main 3 consoles, and my fav of the 3 is the xbox. Your style of rpgs isn't found anywhere on consoles so don't know what to say.

Personally I'd get both the xbox and the gamecube. There both cheap, and there are exclusive games on both that work for me. But exclusive game wise I'm more in the gamecube camp.

but my thing is if a game is multiplatform which most games are I buy it on my xbox.

 

[JRRNeiklot]

Judging by your list of pc games, you're not going to find many similar games on any console.

I figured as much.

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Even the plethora of RPGs available for PS2 are mostly console-style RPGs, which are much different from your favorites. Have you ever owned a console in the past? If so, what type of games did you like to play on it?
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Lol. The last console game I owned was a colecovision, which most people don't even remember, heheh.




-Ryan[/QUOTE]

 

[JRRNeiklot]

I own the main 3 consoles, and my fav of the 3 is the xbox. Your style of rpgs isn't found anywhere on consoles so don't know what to say.

Personally I'd get both the xbox and the gamecube. There both cheap, and there are exclusive games on both that work for me. But exclusive game wise I'm more in the gamecube camp.

but my thing is if a game is multiplatform which most games are I buy it on my xbox.

Sadly, I can only afford one, what with Xmas coming up and all.

Thanks for the feedback, guys.

Anyone else have an opinion?

 

[Golem2176]

I'm going to reccomend the X-Box. For one thing, it has two games in the Baldurs Gate series; Dark Alliance and Dark Alliance 2. Plus with some mods it can emulate older systems. Overall it kicks butt and has a lot more exciting games. I own the PS2, and am not too thrilled with it, in fact I'm considering selling or trading it for another X-Box. I would like to have an X-Box that that I can freely mod, and one that is completely under warranty.

 

[Dragonblade]

I'm an Xbox owner and proud of it. My friends all started with PS2s but they all bought Xbox's for the really cool exclusive Xbox only games like Morrowind (Best RPG ever) and Knights of the Old Republic (which is based on the SW d20 rules).

Heck, I bought my Xbox specifically to play Knights of the Old Republic and it was worth it. In the future, Knights 2 will be out and a new RPG called Jade Empire which looks very promising. Not to mention Fable, another really cool PC and Xbox only RPG. These games won't come out for the PS2.

I know you don't like FPS games, but Halo and Halo 2, Doom 3 etc. will be Xbox only titles.

Even titles that were formerly PS2 only, such as GTA: Vice City and Tenchu are not only coming out for Xbox (or are out already), but they are coming out with improved graphics and extra goodies like Xbox-version only bonus levels.

The bottom line is if you just want a vast library of games, get a PS2. And you get DVD playability out of the box, if that is important to you.

But if you want a system that doesn't have as many games, doesn't have DVD playability out of the box, but does have better games overall, improved versions of every good PS2 game, plus unique awesome games that you can't get anywhere else, then get an Xbox.

I only buy the best games and I like a lot of the unique Xbox only games so I got an Xbox. It was better for me than having a vast library of mediocre games. Every PS2 game I want is out or coming out for the Xbox in an improved version, and I get phenomenal Xbox only games like Knights of the Old Republic and Morrowind, that PS2 owners can only dream about.

 

[Dragonblade]

And if you like D&D style action RPGs: D&D Heroes and the Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance series are out for the Xbox too.

Neither console has the PC style RPGs that you like, but if they do come out in the future for a console, they are more likely to come out for the Xbox than the PS2, simply because of the Xbox's more PC port friendly design environment.

 

[LightPhoenix]

I'm an Xbox owner and proud of it. My friends all started with PS2s but they all bought Xbox's for the really cool exclusive Xbox only games like Morrowind (Best RPG ever) and Knights of the Old Republic (which is based on the SW d20 rules).

...improved versions of every good PS2 game, plus unique awesome games that you can't get anywhere else, then get an Xbox.

Sorry, but I have to take task with these two statements, otherwise I agree with your arguments.

First, neither Morrowind nor KotOR are X-Box exclusive - they're available for PC as well. Halo is available on PC, and Doom III will be as well. So stop calling them exclusive (and that goes for everyone). They're not. Of course, the latter two don't matter since he said he doesn't like FPS games. I can't recommend getting a $200 system for one exclusive RPG, even if it is by Bioware.

Also, there are "unique awesome games" on every system, not just the X-Box. Metroid Prime is a "unique awesome game" on the GC. As is Zelda: Wind Waker. As for PS2, my favorite "unique awesome game" is actually a PS1 title - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Finally, there are hardly improved versions of every "good" (subjective term) PS2 game. So neither statement holds any water, because it's based on personal opinion.

[EDIT] Apologies if that came off a bit snippy Dragonblade. The "exclusive" claim is something that really bothers me about the X-Box advertising, since a majority of the games are either ports from another console or available on the PC.

But that last statement really was ludicrous.