Living the 360 life.
After having my XBox 360 for about 3-4 months, I finally bought a game for it. Now don’t get me wrong, I had been playing it, but I had been playing arcade games like Worms, Cataan and Carcassonne. So I finally went out and got Viva Pinata. This is definitely the sleeper hit for sandbox games.
So I get home and put it in my 360, and it won’t recognize it. Hmm… So I try a CD, no luck. Damn. I’ve had my 360 for months and didn’t realize it was broken. So I called Microsoft and told them the issue. They sent me a box to ship it to them in, and 2 weeks later they sent me back a new 360 free of charge. I have to say, other than the 30 minute conversation with the Indian support tech on the front end, it was a painless process.
So now I can witness the full power of this fully functioning Death Star.. I mean XBox. Viva Pinata is brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. I can’t believe it’s not more popular. Cute little pinata animals that you can breed or kill, as you decide.
Then I went and picked up Tenchu Z and Overlord. Overlord seems fun so far, I’ve only played 30 minutes or so. Tenchu is amazing, it’s a lot of fun, good graphics and sweet stealth kills. It’s also got a great co-op mode via XBox Live where you can run any mission except the secret ones with 1-3 friends. One of my friends rented it and we’ve been playing some co-op the last few nights. Nothing is cooler than moving steadily through a village killing everyone without being spotted once. I’m choking someone, and just as someone comes around the corner my friend is dropping from the roof behind him and stabbing him. Brilliant.
So final verdict. The Wii is great from a concept POV, but has yet to live up to it’s potential other than party games and virtual console. The 360 is all around great. Good arcade games, live functionality, and solid console games thus far. It’ll be a long time before I buy a PS3, at least until the next FF game comes out. And I may very well be in Japan by then.