So...I just played the Xbox360 Demo at Wal-Mart

[Queasy]

Went to Wallyworld to pick up a money order during lunch and figured I'd stop and see if they had the 360 demo unit and they did.......

$*%@(%&% my f'n neck hurts now!!! I forgot how much I hate the Wal-Mart video game demo units. I'm fairly tall so the freaking controller is low to me and I have to bend over a little to reach the controller and then bend my neck at an uncomfortable angle to see the screen. It didn't help that a ceiling light was in my line of sight just to the right of the monitor causing a glare and making it hard to see the action on the screen if it was a dark scene.

/rant

They appeared to have the demo unit setup correctly because I didn't blow up anything in Wal-Mart and jaggies weren't as prevalent as some have said.

My impressions:
Hexic HD - Addictive
Kameo - Looked very nice. The cartoony graphics fit in with the theme of the game and it was fun. It's up on my list of titles to get.
King Kong - Was too dark for me to see because of the light glare. I quit because I couldn't tell what I was doing.
Call of Duty - Looked nice but seems like I've played it before.

 

[purbeast0]

yea i heard there were ALOT of jaggies in some of the games from other people. did you notice any?

i'm definitely going to get COD2. it looks so awesome. i love war games too.

i am not going to play a kiosk though, i dont wanna spoil it. i'm going to play it FIRST on my 50" DLP @720p w/5.1 surround sound. i dont wanna play it on some crappy small LCD in 2.1 the first time. 😛

 

[aswedc]

COD2 PC is scoring in the 8's at Gamespot and IGN. A bit disappointing, I think the WWII genre really is getting tired out. But I'll pick it up anyway.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
yea i heard there were ALOT of jaggies in some of the games from other people. did you notice any?

I mostly noticed them on COD2. They weren't glaringly bad like I've seen some say but they were there.

i'm definitely going to get COD2. it looks so awesome. i love war games too.

It was fun but, like I said, it seems like I've played it before already.

i am not going to play a kiosk though, i dont wanna spoil it. i'm going to play it FIRST on my 50" DLP @720p w/5.1 surround sound. i dont wanna play it on some crappy small LCD in 2.1 the first time. 😛

Wal-Mart is definitely not a good first experience. I hate how they have the screens at the top of the display cases forcing the players to look up uncomfortably.

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: purbeast0

i'm definitely going to get COD2. it looks so awesome. i love war games too.

It was fun but, like I said, it seems like I've played it before already.

well i havent' played a war game since MOHAA, as much as I like them 😛

i just dont play PC games anymore, and i haven't really enjoyed too many others on xbox (aside from a few MOH series games). but COD2 just looks outstanding, and i'm definitely goign to pick it up. i agree that the ww2 era needs to come to an end soon for gaming.

 

[mzkhadir]

I loved the first COD, I have seen the Xbox 360 at walmart but my brother played it. COD2 does look awesome. I did see some jaggies plus the graphics looked awesome because the 360 is hooked up to a hdtv monitor.