The 360 can play some Xbox games (list (http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm)) via emulation and the list grows fairly regularly.
I picked up GoW on Friday afternoon and finished it yesterday lunchtime. It's very good looking and a lot of fun (especially co-op or dm over Live) but it doesn't offer anything particularly new (other than active reloading which is ace :D ). It's more or less a very pretty version of Unreal Tournament 2004 with a GRAW style cover model thrown in.
It does offer more than just FPS games, but as with the PS3 the FPS does seem to be the lynchpin of what these consoles can offer. As an aside, I imagine you'd like Xbox Live Arcade (downloadable modern and retro games).
To be honest, I personally think that the general expectation of what the PS3 and 360 can offer is never really going to be met. The two are geared towards extremely impressive graphics and effects, but most of the expectations seem to be of revolutionary gameplay styles, massively impressive AI and so on. So far, the 360 has really been a very, very pretty version of previous gen' consoles.
Having said that though, if you've got the cash there are definitely worse things you could buy. I would recommend having a HDTV to attach it to though.
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Date: 2006-11-20 09:06 am (UTC)I picked up GoW on Friday afternoon and finished it yesterday lunchtime. It's very good looking and a lot of fun (especially co-op or dm over Live) but it doesn't offer anything particularly new (other than active reloading which is ace :D ). It's more or less a very pretty version of Unreal Tournament 2004 with a GRAW style cover model thrown in.
It does offer more than just FPS games, but as with the PS3 the FPS does seem to be the lynchpin of what these consoles can offer. As an aside, I imagine you'd like Xbox Live Arcade (downloadable modern and retro games).
To be honest, I personally think that the general expectation of what the PS3 and 360 can offer is never really going to be met. The two are geared towards extremely impressive graphics and effects, but most of the expectations seem to be of revolutionary gameplay styles, massively impressive AI and so on. So far, the 360 has really been a very, very pretty version of previous gen' consoles.
Having said that though, if you've got the cash there are definitely worse things you could buy. I would recommend having a HDTV to attach it to though.