Ordered 360 but have a question or 5

CSA · 19 Jun 2007 at 17:56

Hi all , my wife ordered me a 360 today we got a premium and 4 games for 299 which wasnt bad

coz it was/is a suprise for my birthday she never enquired about extended warranties can i buy this separately ? do i have to contact the e-tailer directly ?

with the console weve got GOW,fight night 3 some arcade classics games and gotham racing

what FPS games would you recommend for me to play online ? and which ones should i be looking out for in the future ?

and what games would you recommend for the wife ? , shes into stuff like tomb raider, zelda and resident evil so basicly puzzle games with a hint of action

Thanks for reading

CSA · 19 Jun 2007 at 18:34

Thanks for the info guys much appreciated

The missus has just told me when it arrives shes gunna hide it till my birthday 3 weeks away, i hope shes aving a larf :confused:

CSA · 19 Jun 2007 at 18:45

fish99 said:
Most retailers will do an extended warranty on your 360 too, although maybe not now you've already bought it. Got to be worth phoning them to check though. From a certain catalogue shop I paid £35 for an extra 2 yrs which is half the price of the Microsoft warranty.

Games for the wife - Kameo. Puzzle/adventure.

nice one i'll look into that, just out of interest whats the best 'fighting game' about for the 360 , im thinking along the lines of tekken style games

CSA · 21 Jun 2007 at 18:07

The console arrived this morning , i went out and bought tomb raider legend for the missus and DOA 4 for myself, loving it so far

Now for my stoopid question , do u HAVE to use a modem/router or pc ICS to connect to xbox live ? i thought i would be able to plug the ethernet cable straight into my adsl line box similar to the old dreamcast console ?, the cable MS supplied aint long enough to reach my pc in the other room

CSA · 21 Jun 2007 at 18:20

aye i didnt know if the 360 had a internal modem , spose i better rtfm eh

the dreamcast modem was 33k iirc , man i loved my dreamcast

CSA · 22 Jun 2007 at 07:29

Yeah im gunna have to buy a 10m ethernet cable today

i noticed that the '20gb' HDD supplied only has 13/14gb free space on it ? i deleted some of the preinstalled adverts but im still miffed that ive lost 6gb of space some where, anyone know what takes up all that space ? :confused:

CSA · 22 Jun 2007 at 14:42

ah ok , thanks for the info

CSA · 23 Jun 2007 at 09:59

Played abit of GOW last night and downloaded the vegas demo , if truth be told im stuggling alittle with the control pad handling,mainly when in aim mode and having to use the opposite stick to move the crosshair around , but im sure i'll get used to it eventually

CSA · 23 Jun 2007 at 15:00

CSA said:
Played abit of GOW last night and downloaded the vegas demo , if truth be told im stuggling alittle with the control pad handling,mainly when in aim mode and having to use the opposite stick to move the crosshair around , but im sure i'll get used to it eventually

Ive swapped the controllers to 'southpaw' now and its much much better even tho im right handed lol ? :confused:

, u fellas were right vegas is very good

CSA · 25 Jun 2007 at 18:48

Ive been looking at a few more games and wondered what u guys think i should get

Im after a racing game but not a racing sim , something myself and the wife/daughter can play along the lines of a mario kart type of game if that even exists on the 360 ?

also im looking at a tennis game , virtua or top spin ? again i prefer an arcade feeling game to a realism/sim kind of game, pes6 or fifa ? is fifa the one with the real player name s? if so i'd prolly prefer that

last but not least ive been looking for a 'worms' game for the 360 , i know i can buy one off XBL marketplace but thought i'd be able to get one on disc but cant seem to find one, im i better off getting the marketplace one ?