evan
2011-10-03, 01:24
Nice to be back in these parts :) And now for the advice-seeking!
Last February my xbox 360 elite lost its DVD drive. completely borked, tried a way of fixing it to no avail, but luckily got some guy on craigslist to buy it for $50 as a netflix-viewing machine. :) Since then, I have been console-less for the first time since the N64 came out. It wasn't actually as bad as I anticipated though. I was finishing up my last year of college so was pretty busy, then traveling in europe for a month, then I got a puppy and started working full time. What time I could spend on gaming has been spent on Starcraft II.
But that's getting a bit old and I'm looking for something new - trouble is I've been out of the loop for so long regarding gaming news I have no clue where to jump back in. I probably won't be able to get anything until Thanksgiving (dog's getting neutered, I'm paying a fortune to fly home for the holiday), but it never hurt to get a head start :)
The easy thing to do would be get another xbox 360. I already have a ton of games and rock band accessories that are being used and abused by my brother, I looooove the controller, and I'm familiar with it. But what else is out there? Basically here's some questions:
-What AWESOME games are coming out (or have come out recently)? (I generally like FPS and RPG, plus the NCAA games have always been fun)
-Is the next console generation coming soon? Might just stick with starcraft / what I can get on my mac / do more productive things and wait it out 6 months-1 year, if that's the time frame.
-I'm leaning Xbox, what do the other systems have going for them?
Last February my xbox 360 elite lost its DVD drive. completely borked, tried a way of fixing it to no avail, but luckily got some guy on craigslist to buy it for $50 as a netflix-viewing machine. :) Since then, I have been console-less for the first time since the N64 came out. It wasn't actually as bad as I anticipated though. I was finishing up my last year of college so was pretty busy, then traveling in europe for a month, then I got a puppy and started working full time. What time I could spend on gaming has been spent on Starcraft II.
But that's getting a bit old and I'm looking for something new - trouble is I've been out of the loop for so long regarding gaming news I have no clue where to jump back in. I probably won't be able to get anything until Thanksgiving (dog's getting neutered, I'm paying a fortune to fly home for the holiday), but it never hurt to get a head start :)
The easy thing to do would be get another xbox 360. I already have a ton of games and rock band accessories that are being used and abused by my brother, I looooove the controller, and I'm familiar with it. But what else is out there? Basically here's some questions:
-What AWESOME games are coming out (or have come out recently)? (I generally like FPS and RPG, plus the NCAA games have always been fun)
-Is the next console generation coming soon? Might just stick with starcraft / what I can get on my mac / do more productive things and wait it out 6 months-1 year, if that's the time frame.
-I'm leaning Xbox, what do the other systems have going for them?