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Topic: Ok, this is it.... PS2 vs XBOX!
Drysart
Pancake
posted 04-11-2002 08:39:29 PM
THE OFFICIAL PS2 VS. XBOX THREAD

PS2
Pros: GTA3, Final Fantasy (I guess)
Cons: No DOA3

XBox
Pros: DOA3
Cons: No GTA3.

Which should I buy?

People who suggest Gamecube will be dragged out into the street and shot. Also, for fun, instead of directly flaming someone for making an opinion you disagree with, post a picture of a dinosaur instead. Be sure to also include counterpoints.

[ 04-11-2002: Message edited by: Drysart ]

Motiak
Pancake
posted 04-11-2002 08:40:06 PM
what kind of games do you like?
go to Cicinimo's webpage www.artpad.org
"Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on." -Job 21:3
nem-x
posted 04-11-2002 08:40:46 PM
Drysart
Pancake
posted 04-11-2002 08:41:45 PM
At this point in my life, I'm looking for more low-investment button-mashing type of games. I don't have enough free time to devote to big long epic RPGs or anything like that.
Comrade Snoota
Communist
Da, Tovarisch!
posted 04-11-2002 08:42:06 PM
Morrowind and Project Ego > GTA3 and MGS

You smell that? Do you smell that? ...Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed for twelve hours. When it was all over I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory.
Pesco
Is a copyright of Peachis. Don't underestimate his pants, either.
posted 04-11-2002 08:42:07 PM
GameCube
Super Smash Bros. Melee

I'm dead serious... I own this game and it is a total blast.

Motiak
Pancake
posted 04-11-2002 08:45:04 PM
I would say, wait a month until E3 to decide but if you wanted something right now I honestly couldn't pick one or the other. Both have good games.
go to Cicinimo's webpage www.artpad.org
"Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on." -Job 21:3
Zergling
Pancake
posted 04-11-2002 08:45:44 PM
quote:
Pesco got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
GameCube
Super Smash Bros. Melee

I'm dead serious... I own this game and it is a total blast.


Azakias
Never wore the pants, thus still wields the power of unused (_|_)
posted 04-11-2002 08:47:21 PM
quote:
Pesco got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
GameCube
Super Smash Bros. Melee

I'm dead serious... I own this game and it is a total blast.


I am stealing your gamecube.

"Age by age have men stood up and said to the world, 'From what has come before me, I was forged, but I am new and greater than my forebears.' And so each man walks the world in ruin, abandoned and untried. Less than the whole of his being"
vertue
Pancake
posted 04-11-2002 08:47:49 PM
I heard that x-box has the most uncomfortable controllers ever. It also weighs what, 15 pounds?

The loss of DOA3 is pretty big though, it probably has something like the "jiggle" effect from DAO2:hardcore. Which is very good.

Archers Roxxors!

Vise the Stompy
Title now 100% ass free!
posted 04-11-2002 08:48:12 PM
X-Box has DoA3 and Halo, I am also looking forward to the Toejam and Earl game comeing some time in the future.
Vise the Stompy
Title now 100% ass free!
posted 04-11-2002 08:49:46 PM
quote:
vertue had this to say about John Romero:
I heard that x-box has the most uncomfortable controllers ever. It also weighs what, 15 pounds?

The loss of DOA3 is pretty big though, it probably has something like the "jiggle" effect from DAO2:hardcore. Which is very good.



People over exagerate this, I find the X-Box controler to be just as comftorable as the PS2's controler
Waisztarroz
I love democracy
posted 04-11-2002 08:50:31 PM
quote:
vertue obviously shouldn't have said:
I heard that x-box has the most uncomfortable controllers ever. It also weighs what, 15 pounds?

Fortunately, this rumor is unfounded.

Now only idiots pass it around.

Yes, that's right, hot live sex!
There's a raptor behind you.
Resident grammar whore.
Warning, flames imminent!
Comrade Snoota
Communist
Da, Tovarisch!
posted 04-11-2002 08:50:48 PM
X-Box controller isn't as bad as people make it out to be. It's the biggest of the 'next gen' controllers, but I have pretty small hands (connected to huge arms, a huge body with huge feet, they look almost comical sometimes ), and can hold it and reach all the buttons with no problem.
You smell that? Do you smell that? ...Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed for twelve hours. When it was all over I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory.
Mooj
Scorned Fanboy
posted 04-11-2002 08:53:27 PM
In my humble opinion, the PS 2 is still the best system out there for entertainment purposes. The X-Box is prettier, but it just doesn't have the lineup of games that the PS2 has and probably won't for a long while.

DOA 3's a damn pretty game, but it's not all that different from DOA 2, except for a couple additional characters.

For finer points, I could waste my time trying to come up with a good explanation of why I think that the PS2 is a better choice than the X-Box, or I could go with the easy route and tell you to go check out the Gord's say on this.

But if you need a coffee table as well as a game system, go for the X-Box.

For now, though, I really don't think there's all that significant a difference in the entertainment a system is able to provide now. The only (real) differences now lie in the pretty-ness capabilities.

Of course, if you want to argue system specs, I won't deny that the X-Box is almost undoubtedly the better of the two... I still say PS2 for entertainment.

Jeez, I'm rambling...

Aaron (the good one)
posted 04-11-2002 08:53:48 PM
GTA3 will eventually be coming out for Xbox just FYI
Galbadia Hotel - Video Game Music
I am Canadian and I hate The Tragically Hip
Ruvie's Alt
Haven't you always wanted a monkey?
posted 04-11-2002 08:54:57 PM
I've said it once, and I'll say it again.

Get them all. This way, you can't lose!

Azrael Heavenblade
Damn Dirty Godmoder
posted 04-11-2002 08:55:45 PM
quote:
Pesco's fortune cookie read:
GameCube
Super Smash Bros. Melee

I'm dead serious... I own this game and it is a total blast.


YES.

"The basic tool for manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them." - Philip K. Dick
vertue
Pancake
posted 04-11-2002 08:56:21 PM
[QUOTE]No one was quite sure why Waizs said
Fortunately, this rumor is unfounded.

Now only idiots pass it around.

Gee, thanks for the encouragement.

Archers Roxxors!

Waisztarroz
I love democracy
posted 04-11-2002 08:57:36 PM
I'm utterly and completely and utterly and completely and utterly tired of hearing that Xbox controller shit.
Yes, that's right, hot live sex!
There's a raptor behind you.
Resident grammar whore.
Warning, flames imminent!
vertue
Pancake
posted 04-11-2002 08:59:07 PM
And super smash Bros, is very nice, especially when you have unlocked all of the levels and characters.

Mewtew is most certainly interesting. Too slow tho in my opinion.

Archers Roxxors!

Pesco
Is a copyright of Peachis. Don't underestimate his pants, either.
posted 04-11-2002 09:00:37 PM
quote:
How.... vertue.... uughhhhhh:
And super smash Bros, is very nice, especially when you have unlocked all of the levels and characters.

Mewtew is most certainly interesting. Too slow tho in my opinion.


I own up on Mewtew with Link

Nwist, Who?
Nwist
posted 04-11-2002 09:02:37 PM
PS2. It's godly.
vertue
Pancake
posted 04-11-2002 09:04:52 PM
quote:
Pesco had this to say about space monkeys

I own up on Mewtew with Link


And I own up on Link with Young Link,
and fox,
and Roy,
and that other japanese game character whose name I can't remember right now.

Archers Roxxors!

Blindy
Roll for initiative, Monkey Boy!
posted 04-11-2002 09:05:51 PM
quote:
Drysart probably says this to all the girls:

People who suggest Gamecube will be dragged out into the street and shot.


...

...

Gamecube is the cheapest and is the best fun for 4 players.

On a plane ride, the more it shakes,
The more I have to let go.
Azrael Heavenblade
Damn Dirty Godmoder
posted 04-11-2002 09:06:50 PM
Marth. He and Roy are from Fire Emblem, a Japanese-only release, which actually is having an anime series made from it.
"The basic tool for manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them." - Philip K. Dick
Rodent King
Stabbed in the Eye
posted 04-11-2002 09:06:55 PM
You should know that 'cause X-Box is owned by Microsoft, it functions more like a comp than a game system.

Sony and Nintendo are already planning on their next systems 'cause Microsoft's gonna start upgrading X-Box. This'll force the other companies to release new game systems within the next 3 to 4 years.

So, buy X-Box now and pay for upgrades soon; or buy PS2 and then buy PS3 later.

Oh, and in case anyone's wondering;I've had a PS2 since the day it came out. (Reserving it nine months in advance helped!) No X-Box though.

My inner child is bigger than my outer adult.
nem-x
posted 04-11-2002 09:07:26 PM
quote:
Blind Swordsman had this to say about (_|_):



And what the heck is that?

Kermitov
Pancake
posted 04-11-2002 09:07:51 PM
There always has to be a dissenting group that usually gets dragged out and shot or gassed or something. Gamecube lovers of the world unite!
Blindy
Roll for initiative, Monkey Boy!
posted 04-11-2002 09:08:01 PM
quote:
vertue had this to say about Matthew Broderick:
And I own up on Link with Young Link,
and fox,
and Roy,
and that other japanese game character whose name I can't remember right now.



young link uber alles. The other japanees guy is marth.

You know game and watch is the most fun character to watch play, bar none?

On a plane ride, the more it shakes,
The more I have to let go.
Blindy
Roll for initiative, Monkey Boy!
posted 04-11-2002 09:09:06 PM
quote:
The logic train ran off the tracks when nem-x said:
And what the heck is that?

a dinosaur. he said post pictures instead of flaming. That one is about the same as a "YOUR MOM" joke.

On a plane ride, the more it shakes,
The more I have to let go.
nem-x
posted 04-11-2002 09:09:53 PM
quote:
And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Blind Swordsman was all like:
a dinosaur. he said post pictures instead of flaming. That one is about the same as a "YOUR MOM" joke.

Well I figured that much, that it was a dinosaur... but that has to be the most retarded looking one ever.

Blindy
Roll for initiative, Monkey Boy!
posted 04-11-2002 09:10:56 PM
quote:
nem-x had this to say about dark elf butts:
Well I figured that much, that it was a dinosaur... but that has to be the most retarded looking one ever.

...

your mom.

On a plane ride, the more it shakes,
The more I have to let go.
vertue
Pancake
posted 04-11-2002 09:11:19 PM
quote:
No one really understands why Nem-X typed

And what the heck is that?


That would be some sort of Hadrasaur. However, since it has been about 7 years since I have done any serious studies on the different dinosours, I cannot tell you the exact name. Only this guess. Anasaur.

Archers Roxxors!

Motiak
Pancake
posted 04-11-2002 09:11:32 PM
quote:
Rodent King stopped staring at Deedlit long enough to write:
You should know that 'cause X-Box is owned by Microsoft, it functions more like a comp than a game system.

Sony and Nintendo are already planning on their next systems 'cause Microsoft's gonna start upgrading X-Box. This'll force the other companies to release new game systems within the next 3 to 4 years.

So, buy X-Box now and pay for upgrades soon; or buy PS2 and then buy PS3 later.

Oh, and in case anyone's wondering;I've had a PS2 since the day it came out. (Reserving it nine months in advance helped!) No X-Box though.


and how do you propose they "upgrade" it? Slowly release better models? Do you really think microsoft is stupid enough to do that?

go to Cicinimo's webpage www.artpad.org
"Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on." -Job 21:3
vertue
Pancake
posted 04-11-2002 09:13:25 PM
quote:
young link uber alles. The other japanees guy is marth.
You know game and watch is the most fun character to watch play, bar none?


Come get your sausages! Actually, my buddy who plays with him calls them snausages, for some odd reason, lol.

I love watching Game and Watch run, lol.

Archers Roxxors!

Rodent King
Stabbed in the Eye
posted 04-11-2002 09:17:40 PM
quote:
Motiak had this to say about Punky Brewster:
and how do you propose they "upgrade" it? Slowly release better models? Do you really think microsoft is stupid enough to do that?

Think of what Nintendo did with thier expansion pack.

My inner child is bigger than my outer adult.
Motiak
Pancake
posted 04-11-2002 09:18:56 PM
quote:
Rodent King wrote this stupid crap:
Think of what Nintendo did with thier expansion pack.

I know of no expansion port on the xbox though.

go to Cicinimo's webpage www.artpad.org
"Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on." -Job 21:3
Rodent King
Stabbed in the Eye
posted 04-11-2002 09:21:00 PM
I didn't say I knew HOW they're going to upgrade, I just read that they are.
My inner child is bigger than my outer adult.
Maradon!
posted 04-11-2002 09:22:19 PM
quote:
Blind Swordsman had this to say about Cuba:
Gamecube is the cheapest and is the best fun for 4 preteen players.

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