The Official Xbox 360 Thread

[Worthy4England]

Getting to grips with LA Noire and FIFA 12 at the minute, then I have Uncharted 3 and Skyrim to look forward to..

Bye bye wife / life

restarted LA Noire the other night on different XBox...Now not sure of its repeatability.

Skyrim, been on today. It's immense.

[General Mannerheim]

i hated LA Noire, but a mateomine keeps bleating on about the merits of Skyrim, and more so Dark Souls... not sure i fancy either, they just look a bit gay... ie, world of warcraft-ish?

[Worthy4England]

i hated LA Noire, but a mateomine keeps bleating on about the merits of Skyrim, and more so Dark Souls... not sure i fancy either, they just look a bit gay... ie, world of warcraft-ish?

From the games I think you've said you like - FPS's etc. you might not like Skyrim. It's very WoW-ish sort of, D&D certainly. But a huge game. Dark Souls stayed in my console about 30 mins...

[BWFC_Insane]

Played Battlefield 3 online for the first time at the weekend.

blew up a tank.......one of ours

Bet that made you popular

Don't think they minded that as much as a few moments later when I crashed our troop carrying helicopter kiling three of our guys and myself...

[Verbal]

found Red Dead Redemption for 12 quid in Game the other day. One of those I've been meaning to get around to. Beltin.

[boltonboris]

The missus has been playing that little big planet game.. It actually looks like fun. Might have a pop on it

[CrazyHorse]

found Red Dead Redemption for 12 quid in Game the other day. One of those I've been meaning to get around to. Beltin.

I think RDR is one of the most enjoyable games I've ever played. I pulled a right face when I first heard about it too; it sounds so lame on paper; riding around the old west on a horse, gun fighting and horse breaking and stuff, yet somehow is a pure joy to play. Good bargain for 12 quid too.

[Armchair Wanderer]

found Red Dead Redemption for 12 quid in Game the other day. One of those I've been meaning to get around to. Beltin.

I think RDR is one of the most enjoyable games I've ever played. I pulled a right face when I first heard about it too; it sounds so lame on paper; riding around the old west on a horse, gun fighting and horse breaking and stuff, yet somehow is a pure joy to play. Good bargain for 12 quid too.

What's it like? If it's like Assassin's Creed in the wild west without blinding white screens it sounds good.

[CrazyHorse]

found Red Dead Redemption for 12 quid in Game the other day. One of those I've been meaning to get around to. Beltin.

I think RDR is one of the most enjoyable games I've ever played. I pulled a right face when I first heard about it too; it sounds so lame on paper; riding around the old west on a horse, gun fighting and horse breaking and stuff, yet somehow is a pure joy to play. Good bargain for 12 quid too.

What's it like? If it's like Assassin's Creed in the wild west without blinding white screens it sounds good.

That's exactly what it's like, yeah.
But with a greater emphasis on train robbery, Mexicans and whore houses. And no stealth. Or actual assassins.

[General Mannerheim]

found Red Dead Redemption for 12 quid in Game the other day. One of those I've been meaning to get around to. Beltin.

yeah, now your talkin! thats more up my street! not played the zombie version yet tho. you've just reminded me!

[General Mannerheim]

more like GTA in the wild west than Ass Creed id say - tying wenches to train tracks and dragging bandits about by rope from your horse! even just galloping around the outback is fun in that game. Adn when you do a little massacre ala GTA, you get bounty hunters on your case as well as the law! its quality!

[boltonboris]

Actually sounds good, that! I like mindless violence. Think i'll have a look around for that one

[Armchair Wanderer]

more like GTA in the wild west than Ass Creed id say - tying wenches to train tracks and dragging bandits about by rope from your horse! even just galloping around the outback is fun in that game. Adn when you do a little massacre ala GTA, you get bounty hunters on your case as well as the law! its quality!

I was never into GTA. Tiny man going round a city and diving into tiny cars. I think it might have got better with bigger people in later games!?

Might be worth a go, just seen it's 12.99 for PS3 on amazon.

[General Mannerheim]

correct, more GTA IV than Ass Creed.

[boltonboris]

The 'newer' GTA games are absolutely immense

[Worthy4England]

Played Battlefield 3 online for the first time at the weekend.

blew up a tank.......one of ours

Bet that made you popular

Don't think they minded that as much as a few moments later when I crashed our troop carrying helicopter kiling three of our guys and myself...

Even better! Sounds about my standard.

[BWFC_Insane]

Played Battlefield 3 online for the first time at the weekend.

blew up a tank.......one of ours

Bet that made you popular

Don't think they minded that as much as a few moments later when I crashed our troop carrying helicopter kiling three of our guys and myself...

Even better! Sounds about my standard.

It does seem an immense online game.

But I was having a browse through some of the player stats in the top 5000 on the leaderboard, and some of them have played what must be an average of 4 hours a day since the release date....

Which is made, I do well to play 4 hours every fortnight....

Seems to be a game that takes a lot of time and effort as well, to get past what seems like a very steep online learning curve.

Most games online when I die, I at least see who is shooting at me and get some shots away myself (unless getting shot in the back.) On this I rarely have a clue who is shooting at me, where they are or in general where to hide....

Does seem very war like....apart from the exodus of COD players from MW3 (which is terrible IMO) into the game, trying to play it exactly as if it was COD, run, jump, gun, doesn't work well against a tank!!!!

[keveh]

The wife was complaining about the sound of the xbox and that if it wasn't for all the shooting and dyeing noises I could play more.

So I got these for Christmas:

http://www.turtlebeach.com/products/xbo ... e-x12.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

They are amazing, even when the wife is out I use them. I know it's usually spiel from manufacturers, but it really does immerse you in to the game. I play MW3 online ten times better with these babies!

[General Mannerheim]

The wife was complaining about the sound of the xbox and that if it wasn't for all the shooting and dyeing noises I could play more.

So I got these for Christmas:

http://www.turtlebeach.com/products/xbo ... e-x12.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

They are amazing, even when the wife is out I use them. I know it's usually spiel from manufacturers, but it really does immerse you in to the game. I play MW3 online ten times better with these babies!

yeah i have some Sennheiser RS170 Wireless jobbies, bought originally so i could play xbox (or watch tv as loud as i like) after she had gone to bed. now i dont play without them. no mic but dont often need one, if i do i just wear the original headset round my neck. quality.

[spikeykev]

Completely bored by games at the moment I've decided to go back into the old school world of survival horror. Bought Silent Hill 4, Fear 1-3 and Fatal Frame, Project Zero 2. Sold Skyrim already just found it boring, although the world is fantastic, been thinking about picking up Dark Souls but not sure...