@ThanosReXXX You know, sometimes I think your favorite part of conversation is finding lengthy ways to stop conversation.
As for the price tag...yeah...it's on the extreme side of extreme...albeit greater extremes exist. Something tells me @Ryu_Niiyama s priorities preclude that original interest in purchase...that was 2 moves ago.
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@NEStalgia Yup, that's it, nail on the head. No, my friend. I just think you're a bit too extreme in your opinions sometimes, when it comes to things like these, and it doesn't come across as something good or as something that adds to the discussion in a constructive way, so at first I try to point that out a couple of times, and when that doesn't work, I turn up the volume a bit.
@ThanosReXXX was the original Xbox better than Xbox 360 and on the original Xbox I think Microsoft did some brand new games and some re-releases what were they can you tell me some of them
@Ninfan Well, I never owned an original Xbox, so I can't tell you too much about it. My first Xbox was an Xbox 360. I do own quite a few original Xbox titles that are compatible with the Xbox 360, and there's quite a few good games among them.
I'll browse through and/or list my entire collection later today, but for now, some Xbox 360 (and often times also Xbox One) backward compatible titles to check out are the following:
Black
Conker Live and Reloaded
Grabbed by the Ghoulies
Burnout 3 Takedown
Burnout Revenge
Stubbs the Zombie
Ninja Gaiden Black
Genma Onimusha
Project Gotham Racing 1 & 2
Shenmue 2
Doom 3
Panzer Dragoon Orta
To get a better idea of some of the best games, this video might help:
And if you want to dive in completely, here's also a buying guide video for the hardware, which also features some more games:
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@NEStalgia Have you tried playing on the easiest difficulty mode? Anyway, I understand what you mean, if you get nervous you are doomed. This must be why you'd prefer turn-based RPGs. I don't dislike action RPGs at all but Kingdom Hearts messed things up by adding multiple commands typical of turn-based RPGs to extremely fast action RPG gameplay. The worst case is Chain of Memories (3D version). In a sense, the gameplay is broken and spite of that, I enjoyed them. I haven't played III yet. Friends say that the story is disappointing and I tell them to not tell me but I suspect that the gameplay has been balanced.
@Morpheel That's indeed quite a nice price. I paid 18 euros last month, which equals around $20, so you got the better deal. But either way, it's definitely worth either price. You'll see...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@DarthNocturnal Agreed. It's worth getting an Xbox One just for that compilation (it's not a game) and it was 30 because of the 30 years, 30 games. That is €£$ 1 per game including rare game Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64). And now it's on Game Pass and X-enhanced too.
@Morpheel I agree with your verdict. Very solid game, but it is a bit slow going at first. I've got all the Dragon Age games on Xbox 360, and I've found all of them to be well worth the time and money, if you like this type of game.
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@BlueOcean Dragon Age: Inquisition very EA-ified if you're familiar with the masterpiece of Origins. But it improved some of the flaws of II at least. It's not a bad game, but don't go into it expecting old Bioware...it's Bioware + EA just as Mass Effect 3 is. It's...."streamlined".... But it's not inherently bad.
And any chance to get more dialog with Claudia Black as Kate Mulgrew's daughter is worth the price
@JoakimZ Well, I suppose one thing to keep in mind I forget: DA:O was NEVER meant for consoles. It was a PC game through and through. The console port controls awkwardly, and has a weird over the shoulder camera system it wasn't designed for. I played the original on PC, so I tend to forget that aspect (I have it on X1 BC, but I haven't gone back and revisited it more than a little.)
On PC the original was a top-down isometric game just like the Infinity Engine games (Baldur's Gate I & II, Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale.) The console port wasn't part of the original design, the game started development right after BGII launched, so 2000 or so, and artwork shows it was started at least months prior, so 1999 in all liklihood. Purely a mouse driven point and click CRPG. EA created the console port of the game and instead of adapting it as a top down clicker controlled with sticks like sane and rational people, they tried to make it an action game. Eww. EA....
So...yeah. The first game is definitely the better GAME. The pacing, the settings, the story, the diversity of environments and player path choosing, questing, story points etc were all better and designed similarly to the previous all-PC classics they way they should have been played.
EA butchered the port into an over the shoulder action game. Then made the two sequels mostly over the shoulder action games to consol-ify them. In that way, you're right, the sequels were better console games than the butchered console port of the first. But the first game is still the better overall game.
Meanwhile, many years later, all of the original Infinity Engine games are coming to Switch/X1/PS4....properly adapted with sticks as an isometric interface. The way EA should have done DA:O! If it weren't EA I'd say there's hope of a remaster...but...it's EA.
(Not to mention Pillars of Eternity and Tides of Numenara, also being properly fit to consoles as classic isometric games. Respectively by Obsidian and inExile, now part of MS Game Studios, previously the two halves of Interplay/Black Isle that worked on the originals)
TL;DR: EA Fubared the console port of DA:O but it was the better game otherwise
Thank you all for the input but @NEStalgia what do you mean with "any chance to get more dialog with Claudia Black as Kate Mulgrew's daughter is worth the price"?
@BlueOcean Claudia is always awesome in anything, and those two interacting together is generally hilarious, even when it's not supposed to be
In case you're unfamiliar they are both VAs in the series. Claudia has also done numerous other games, notably the uncharted series but also others i can't think of right now. She's more known for her roles in Farscape and Stargate SG1 (effectively reprising her Farscape role opposite Ben Browder. Mulgrew is best known as Cap. Janeway in star trek Voyager, and is almost a Katherine Hepburn pastiche.
I haven't played any Dragon Age game yet but I got Origins and II with Gold and they look interesting so I will definitely play them. Inquisition for a few pounds/euros/dollars can't be a bad deal but would people pay seven more for having Andromeda as well? :S
Oh yes, EA, we are still waiting for the Mass Effect remastered trilogy...
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