Why do many retro gamers hate on the Xbox?

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oldgamerz:
I have to say some of the early xbox original games had way better graphics than what the PlayStation 2 had in it's early stages.

and, even some of the later stages, lets look at "Halo: Combat Evolved" came out late 2001. Also and just look at Halo Combat Evolved's graphics compared to other tv console 2001 first person shooters released the year 2001 on the PlayStation 2 and GameCube

"Links 2004" was a 2003 release for the original xbox console by developer Bungie. and it is the best looking golf video game graphically, of the entire 6th generation of console in my opinion.

Even some later PS2 games didn't have as much detail as some of the earliest original xbox games. Lets just look at a later golf game on the PlayStation 2. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 in which came out in the year 2009 on the PlayStation 2.

this 2009 golf video game release on the ps2 at least, to me still does not compare graphically to the 2003 release of Links 2004. exclusive to the xbox original

for those who do not know Links 2004 is a great golf video game and it's one of the exclusives to the original xbox console

vivigamer:
I think when it comes down to it, the main factor is the lack of exclusives, I can only think of a handfull & when you then compare it the monster line up the PS2 has... it really can't compete.

I've been gathering more orginal Xbox games recently due to the value with backwards compatibility on the 360 and I've found a few hidden gems for sure, so I think it is an okay system but certainly not one of my favourites.

oldgamerz:

--- Quote from: vivigamer on October 03, 2019, 02:58:21 am ---I think when it comes down to it, the main factor is the lack of exclusives, I can only think of a handfull & when you then compare it the monster line up the PS2 has... it really can't compete.

I've been gathering more orginal Xbox games recently due to the value with backwards compatibility on the 360 and I've found a few hidden gems for sure, so I think it is an okay system but certainly not one of my favourites.

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"Links 2004" does work with my Xbox 360. But I have a harddrive in mine.

I'm not sure about the newer generation Xbox One. But the "Links 2004" golf game is worth checking out for Xbox original collectors, and unlike Halo Combat Evolved also developed by Bungie this Links 2004 game is strictly an xbox game it has no PC port or other kind of port of this particular Links series golf game

it's also the newest in the links golf series as of the date of this post and it looks kinda like it could have been a PlayStation 3 game

I know not everyone likes golf, but back before I got big into collecting I bought a golf game on PS2 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2002 one of the first games I ever picked up. I didn't think I'd even like it, but when I started to play this other game it propelled me to grab every single golf game I could get.

vivigamer:
While golf games aren't for me I understand what you mean by having unique titles or even titles play better through the Xbox Discs. For example, I am currently playing through the Shenmue series before the release of the 3rd game in November (SO EXCITED!!!) & While the game got a current gen port, I can't stand the Aspect Ratio, I can get by Shenmue 1 but Shenmue 2 has cutscenes in 4:3 & Letterboxed which is unforgivable! They even showed these scenes in Fullscreen on the trailers... So, I resort to playing my Xbox Disc of Shenmue 2 on my 360 & stretch the screen slightly with one of the screen resolutions on the 360 & it is my ideal way to play the game & how I shall be playing the game on my next playthrough!

I have also recently bought many games I have on PS2 that are backwards compatible on the 360 like Buronout 3: TakeDown, Bards Tales & Crash Twinsanity or even PS2 games which got 360 releases like Gun & Just Cause 1! I like having a superior way to play my games & I think when the generation is over, I can see myself moving over to an XBOX ONE X for the 4K capability - Unless the PS5 goes all out on backwards compatibility!

sworddude:

--- Quote from: oldgamerz on October 03, 2019, 12:06:41 am ---I have to say some of the early xbox original games had way better graphics than what the PlayStation 2 had in it's early stages.

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No shit. the ps2 was the weakest console of it's generation

gamecube had twice the power and xbox 3 to 4 times compared to ps2

It was no surpise why a ton of gamecube especially first party titles looked way better than any ps2 game.

You would imagine with titles such as gta that ps2 was at least 2nd best but it was the weakest console by quite a margin. the only thing holding gamecube back where the small discs in wich they could store less memory than on normal discs wich was to prevent piracy.

ironicly even in the xbox one era. xbox still is the most powerfull console but yet again with very few exclusives just like on the original xbox. i guess in the case of microsoft some things just never change.

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