Which Console should I buy?

[Welverin]

PS2 = the best bang for your gaming dollar.

I’m with John on this one, BG, the PS2 fits all of your criteria. It has the games you’re looking for and is the system that will last the longest (it should live on for a while after the PS3 is out).

I got the 'cube when I traded in my DC and games. With Mario Sunshine and a memory card, I paid $27 for it....and that was before the price-drop.

WORST DEAL EVER!

Unless of course you had no DC games.

Also, if anyone else is looking to dump their dreamcast (For shame!) tell me first... There are a few games I have yet to add to my collection that I want.

Let me know too.

The default x-box controller is a matter of taste, I suppose, but I've never (personally, that is) met someone who didn't like them. I think a few people early on took exception to them, and a lot of the hate towards them is me-too-ism and bandwagon hopping... I blame Penny Arcade in part for that. In any case, it's a moot point...

To be fair, pretty much the whole of gaming media disliked it as well. While the size doesn't bother me the button placement is bad, which is something the controller-s doesn't completely fix.

If you want to talk about "worst controller ever", lets talk Gamecube, shall we?

I vote Dreamcast, I love the system, but after playing a game for a while my hands started to hurt.

Likewise, while Halo is good, I don't consider it a "must own" by a long shot.

I'm sure Halo never would have gotten as much praise as it did if it was launch on PC first. By being released on a console first it was compared to other console FPS, which is a much weaker field.

 

[Tsyr]

Using Dreamcast-owners or Xbox-live-users as your sample is silly.
Why not use left-handed blonde men from Rhode Island named Balthazar?
A vast majority of a tiny minority is still a minority.

Well, while any more I guess I have to concede your point about Dreamcast owners being a small group, X-Box live... uh-uh. That's growing, and growing fast.

 

[James Heard]

I'd recommend the XBox, but only because I'm a big geek and if you're interested in things like that the XBox is really an awesome console to hack out. Add in a big harddrive and load all your games directly into the system with no more disk changing required, for maximum couch potato factor. Link it to your home network and browse the pictures you've got from your digicam on the PC or listen to your mp3s. I think there's even a mod that allows you to turn it into a Tivo-esque thing, but that might just be using a PC as device filter to shuffle recorded shows onto the Xbox. Oh yeah, and the games aren't bad either - I don't think I'd be able to go back to just playing on the PS2.

 

[Tsyr]

The only problem there is, a modded X-Box is an X-Box that can't use X-Box live, last I knew.

 

[LightPhoenix]

Oh yeah, and the games aren't bad either - I don't think I'd be able to go back to just playing on the PS2.

See, there's the thing. Most people I know with multiple consoles actually play all of them, not one or two exculsively.

 

[Shard O'Glase]

I play all mine(main 3+GBA, and Dreamcast). Sure if its a multiconsole game I usually get it on xbox, but vice city didn't come out till now on xbox so there's the ps2, FF X I got though I didn't like it, but that's only on the ps2, zelda, sould calibur2(liked link best) super monkey ball2 mario kart, super smash bros, cube, FF tactics advanced, king of fighters, castle wolfenstein GBA, shemue, skies of arcadia and much more on the dream cast, xbox multiconsole, halo, KOTOR etc.

I use every console thoguh the XBOX gets the most play, mainly for the controller, and the deal is sealed because of the slightly better graphics. But every other console sees some action every month if not week.

 

[LightPhoenix]

I play all mine(main 3+GBA, and Dreamcast). Sure if its a multiconsole game I usually get it on xbox, but vice city didn't come out till now on xbox so there's the ps2, FF X I got though I didn't like it, but that's only on the ps2, zelda, sould calibur2(liked link best) super monkey ball2 mario kart, super smash bros, cube, FF tactics advanced, king of fighters, castle wolfenstein GBA, shemue, skies of arcadia and much more on the dream cast, xbox multiconsole, halo, KOTOR etc.

I use every console thoguh the XBOX gets the most play, mainly for the controller, and the deal is sealed because of the slightly better graphics. But every other console sees some action every month if not week.

Exactly my point, thank you.

Whatever gets the most play from me is whatever game I'm interested in at the moment - recently it's been the GBA, because I'm playing Mario & Luigi, and finally beat FFTA (but still have 45 more missions to go). I figure after Christmas it'll be the GC, because there's a bunch of games out that I've wanted and haven't had the money for, so I've been mentioning them as possible presents (used if possible, of course). A few months ago it was my PS2. Really, it all depends on what games are out I want to play.

The only reason I don't own an X-Box is because there aren't really any games I want to play on the system, that aren't out for other platforms. For the most part they're just not my bag of tea, and as I alluded to earlier, I'm not a fan of online gaming with people I don't know, or at all even. I prefer playing with people in person. If I were more into that, I would pick up an X-Box without hesitation though.

 

[Welverin]

I'm playing Mario & Luigi

So what do you think of it?

 

[LightPhoenix]

So what do you think of it?

It's definitely a fun game, though the difficulty level isn't that high. The story is simplistic, but the characters are fun, especially Luigi and Fawful. The mini-games are for the most part easy (although I'm stuck on one towards the end of the game that's going to require serious work to beat), but they serve as a nice distraction to the constant Zelda/Alundra-style play. The puzzles are simple, and don't require much thought, but they work. The battles are where the game truly shines, IMO. Very interactive, much like SMRPG, with the additions of being able to dodge and counter attacks with button presses, and "Brothers Attacks", which are basically spells, but still require interactivity to get the most effect from them.

Overall the game presents itself as extremely easy, but that's the point of the game in a lot of ways. It's unlike Alundra where the puzzles required serious thought, or Zelda where you had a lot of hack-and-slash battles. It's a good mix of adventure, puzzle-solving, and mini-games, and it's challenging enough to provide entertainment, without being frustrating. I would definitely recommend picking it up if at all possible.

 

[Welverin]

Thanks for the reply, I've been considering it and think I'll have to pick it up at some point.