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barry makepeace

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Oct 31, 2007, 3:45:33 PM10/31/07
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I have a 10 yrs old grandson who is getting a premier x box for xmas. Can
anyone suggest some good games for it.


boodybandit

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Oct 31, 2007, 4:00:35 PM10/31/07
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"barry makepeace" <barry.m...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 10 yrs old grandson who is getting a premier x box for xmas. Can
>anyone suggest some good games for it.

Kameo

NiGHTS

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Oct 31, 2007, 4:05:03 PM10/31/07
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barry makepeace wrote:
> I have a 10 yrs old grandson who is getting a premier x box for xmas. Can
> anyone suggest some good games for it.
>
>

Kengo: Legend of the 9
Pimp My Ride
Vampire Rain
Hour of Victory
Bomberman: Act Zero
Eragon

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The alMIGHTY N

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Oct 31, 2007, 4:21:09 PM10/31/07
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On Oct 31, 4:05 pm, NiGHTS <nightsintodreamsYOHOL...@blueyonder.co.uk>
wrote:

> barry makepeace wrote:
> > I have a 10 yrs old grandson who is getting a premier x box for xmas. Can
> > anyone suggest some good games for it.
>
> Kengo: Legend of the 9
> Pimp My Ride
> Vampire Rain
> Hour of Victory
> Bomberman: Act Zero
> Eragon

Pimp My Ride for a 10-year-old? LOL

I'd say Kameo, Viva Pinata (not Party Animals, the original), TMNT,
The Simpsons Game (if he likes The Simpsons), Lego Star Wars...can't
think of any others right now off the top of my head...

RMZ

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Oct 31, 2007, 4:25:14 PM10/31/07
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On Oct 31, 2:45 pm, "barry makepeace" <barry.makepe...@ntlworld.com>
wrote:

> I have a 10 yrs old grandson who is getting a premier x box for xmas. Can
> anyone suggest some good games for it.

Viva Pinata (my 9 year old loved it)
PGR (Project Gotham Racing) 3
Transformers: The Game
Burnout: Revenge
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
Guitar Hero (II or III, III just came out and will probably make him
very happy)
-or-
Rock Band (this will be coming out later, go to a gamestop and you can
preorder it)

I would also suggest XBox Live Arcade point cards. These are
essentially gift cards he can use to purchase games on-line that will
auto-download into his new XBox, this is a service he will probably
want to check out right away....

Moriquendi

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Oct 31, 2007, 4:35:56 PM10/31/07
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"boodybandit" <allabo...@comcast.net> wrote in
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Possibly TMNT, Spider-man Friend or Foe, and Lego Star Wars.

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Vitamin R

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Nov 1, 2007, 7:37:41 AM11/1/07
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"barry makepeace" <barry.m...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 10 yrs old grandson who is getting a premier x box for xmas. Can
>anyone suggest some good games for it.

Cars
Lego Star Wars


HappyRon

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Nov 1, 2007, 1:43:42 PM11/1/07
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"The alMIGHTY N" <natl...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Err I think you've missed his joke.

I recognise at least 3 of these as the worst 360 games out. Stay away from
anything on that list.

HappyRon


Jamal Bernhard

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Nov 1, 2007, 1:51:19 PM11/1/07
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barry makepeace wrote:
> I have a 10 yrs old grandson who is getting a premier x box for xmas. Can
> anyone suggest some good games for it.

Maybe if you told us a little bit about what your grandson likes we could narrow
it down a bit more?

barry makepeace

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Nov 1, 2007, 2:09:13 PM11/1/07
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He has a playstation 2 at the moment and I don't know why he wants this x
box as i thought they are very similar.
He does buy the games for older people 15 or 18 etc.
He has told his mother he wants spiderman 3 but he already has the
playstation spiderman 3. He likes all action games.
Is their much difference between the x box and playstation.
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NiGHTS

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Nov 1, 2007, 3:54:46 PM11/1/07
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Like ten year olds have any taste anyway.

Private Private

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Nov 1, 2007, 9:26:05 PM11/1/07
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I might let a 10yr old play RSV ,depends on his mental aptitude and also
Halo3 ,chances are he's already playing those games at a friends house.
I know he probably would love to have Gears Of War.
Ghost Recon2 might not be too bad either.
Blue Dragon and Eternal Sonata would be 2 excelent choices for a 10 yr
old.

Jordan

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Nov 1, 2007, 10:10:21 PM11/1/07
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On Oct 31, 12:45 pm, "barry makepeace" <barry.makepe...@ntlworld.com>
wrote:

> I have a 10 yrs old grandson who is getting a premier x box for xmas. Can
> anyone suggest some good games for it.

Hmmm... that's a tough call. The best Xbox 360 games are outside his
age range.

If he can handle a long game with lots of reading I'd suggest Blue
Dragon. It's a role playing game with a good story and age appropriate
characters.

If the console is online you could download Geometry Wars. If it's not
online you can get a game called Xbox Live Unplugged which includes
the full version of that game.

Others have mentioned Kameo, that's a good choice and should be had at
a decent price since it's almost 2 years old.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance is a super-hero punch-em-up. Lego Star Wars
is good, but they're doing a "Complete" special edition in a few weeks
that might be worth waiting for.

I'd advise against any licensed game, the Surf's Up, Open Season,
Ratatouille, (insert popular animated movie here). At 10, he's
probably OK with them, but the quality on those games is generally
really, really low.

- Jordan


Jordan

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Nov 1, 2007, 10:21:33 PM11/1/07
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On Nov 1, 11:09 am, "barry makepeace" <barry.makepe...@ntlworld.com>
wrote:

> He has a playstation 2 at the moment and I don't know why he wants this x
> box as i thought they are very similar.
> He does buy the games for older people 15 or 18 etc.
> He has told his mother he wants spiderman 3 but he already has the
> playstation spiderman 3. He likes all action games.
> Is their much difference between the x box and playstation.

I find there's a night and day difference, graphically, between the
Playstation 2 and the Xbox 360.

Here's an example:

Standard PS2 game:
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2006/012/reviews/920901_20060114_screen001.jpg

Standard Xbox 360 Game:
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2006/332/928234_112906_screen026.jpg

But here's the thing... Unless you have a wide-screen high definition
TV set you probably won't see any difference. The games are only going
to look as good as the screen you have them hooked up to allow.

- Jordan

Tom

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Nov 1, 2007, 10:31:20 PM11/1/07
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"Jordan" <lu...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Well, the fact that the PS2 image shows a game with cheap geometry and
jaggies out of the ass, I'd say you can tell a big difference, if even on
the same kind of non-HD TV.

barry makepeace

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Nov 2, 2007, 1:13:13 PM11/2/07
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Thanks for all the info

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Private Private

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Nov 4, 2007, 12:44:12 AM11/4/07
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Actually (Surf's Up) is pretty fun , I played the demo and it was a very
fun playing ,game, with allot of easy trick moves while surfing. Surf's
Up I would highly recommend. The graphics were crisp and the gameplay
was smooth and well polished. I could easily see a 10 yr old loving
that game.

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