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re: Was there a better era for gaming than the xbox 360?
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:25 pm to Broski
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:25 pm to Broski
quote:I agree this has become a bit of a pitfall in gaming now, but the early stages of online console gaming were the golden era, imo.
online play wasn't dominating the industry
The times when people were excited to get onto a headset and talk to someone rather than the libraries we have nowadays. Looking back, the friendships I formed through interaction on the 360 is really what ends up propping up the era the most to me. Not in contact with hardly any of them anymore, but the friend group that formed through the lifespan of the 360 was probably the best part.
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Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:51 pm to VinegarStrokes
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Anyone else used to mail their memory cards to some dude who would load the NCAA Football Rosters and then mail it back?
i remember them selling on ebay for like $20 or so. i was barely a teenager then and thought that was way too expensive.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 6:36 pm to Grievous Angel
I bought a 360 just so my friends and I could play Street Fighter 4. That then spilled over into MVC3. Good times. Crazy it's been 15 years.
This post was edited on 8/14/23 at 6:43 pm
Posted on 8/14/23 at 6:45 pm to Grievous Angel
The 360 was definitely my favorite era of gaming. So many games I enjoyed on that system. Achievements were great and I'm still a trophy hunter on PS4. Xbox Live gave me a bunch of free games. Its the only time I ever got into online gaming. I had a lot of fun playing Gears of War 2 and RDR online. Also played some Borderlands, LFD2, and a few other games. No interest in any of the modern online games though.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 8:12 pm to gobuxgo5
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I remember many of these titles on the superior ps3 blu ray hdmi
Yeah, I had both, but played PS3 a lot more because it was a better system.
Posted on 8/15/23 at 11:44 am to Grievous Angel
NES to SNES transition. Was just mind blowing the improvements.
I feel like these threads always kinda line up generationally though.
I feel like these threads always kinda line up generationally though.
This post was edited on 8/15/23 at 11:46 am
Posted on 8/15/23 at 4:53 pm to St Augustine
It's absolutely generational. I agree with you 100% though, the transition between NES to SNES was mind blowing at the time. I still vividly remember Christmas morning, walking out of my bedroom and into the living room to see that my dad had hooked up the SNES and had Super Mario World on the screen. I couldn't contain my excitement, and the SNES is still my favorite system. Primarily for nostalgia reasons, but it still to this day has very solid rpg games as well as a few action/adventure games that hold up well even by today's standards.
Another big wow moment for me was the PS1. Having true 3D games was crazy at the time. I think my first experience with a truly 3D game was at an electronics store (the name escapes me atm) that had a 3DO on display with a playable demo of some flying shooter game. Can't remember all the details just remember it being a 3DO and young me being blown away by it.
I also agree that the 360 was a game changer in terms of setting the tone and expectations of what to expect out of a modern gaming console. Loads of great games during that era.
Another big wow moment for me was the PS1. Having true 3D games was crazy at the time. I think my first experience with a truly 3D game was at an electronics store (the name escapes me atm) that had a 3DO on display with a playable demo of some flying shooter game. Can't remember all the details just remember it being a 3DO and young me being blown away by it.
I also agree that the 360 was a game changer in terms of setting the tone and expectations of what to expect out of a modern gaming console. Loads of great games during that era.
Posted on 8/15/23 at 6:44 pm to Grievous Angel
Some of ya'll never played Leisure Suit Larry, and it shows.
Posted on 8/17/23 at 7:06 pm to Grievous Angel
Yes great times. Now I see way too many indie games that are crap. Nothing against indie games but they are to saturated
Posted on 8/18/23 at 8:45 am to Jiggy Moondust
I think there's a strong argument to be made for this era in gaming.
I might say that the PS2/Xbox era was better, but I think there are two things holding it back. For one, while there were a lot more games being released, a lot of them were crap. The 360/PS3 era still saw a decent number of games released even if there weren't as many as in the previous era. Quality, on the whole, was also better. The PS2/Xbox era had some absolute classics, but a lot of those games have not aged well at all. Game design sort of peaked during the 360/PS3 era, so most games from that generation have aged a lot better.
I might say that the PS2/Xbox era was better, but I think there are two things holding it back. For one, while there were a lot more games being released, a lot of them were crap. The 360/PS3 era still saw a decent number of games released even if there weren't as many as in the previous era. Quality, on the whole, was also better. The PS2/Xbox era had some absolute classics, but a lot of those games have not aged well at all. Game design sort of peaked during the 360/PS3 era, so most games from that generation have aged a lot better.
Posted on 8/18/23 at 11:17 am to Grievous Angel
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Then they pissed it away with Kinect, TV, DRM, etc. Unbelievable failure.
Lessons not learned from the Sega Fiasco. The Genesis put them on the map, but almost every business decision made after that was a fricking disaster. Sega's pockets were nowhere near as deep as Microsoft's and it ended their hardware division permanently.
Posted on 8/18/23 at 11:30 am to Grievous Angel
Definitely the best for football - NCAA up to 14 (choke on a bushel of dicks Ed Obannon) and Madden was still pretty fun.
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