Take some time to consider the following before purchasing a new system, especially an XBOX:
1) Have I played everything I wanted to on my current systems to the extent that I would need a new system?
2) Are there at least five games for the XBOX that I want to play right when I get it so that I don't buy it, play it and get bored with it fast.
3) Sure Halo 2 is good, but after playing it by yourself for hours on end you'll find that you weren't having half as much fun as you were with your friends the other day.
4) There's new systems coming out in less than a year. Should I be spending money on a system that has virtually no more big titles coming out on it except Half Life 2? On top of that, should I be buying a system that most likely in a year will not have another game being made for it due to the fact that Microsoft will be too busy trying to push their new system coming this XMAS?
5) Is there possibly any way that I could just borrow Fable and an XBOX from my friend and beat it in the 30 hours it can be finished in?
6) Do I really need to even play another fantasy game with the new Zelda: Twilight Princess on the way that will make all other fantasy adventure games bow to their knees?
If after asking yourself the previous questions you still wish to purchase an XBOX then go ahead and do it. In case you do get one I highly suggest that you play Jet Set Radio Future, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Otogi, Breakdown and Phantom Crash on it. These are the best titles that the system has to offer IMHO, but unfortunately due to XBOX's mainstream nature most of these have been banished to obscurity.
1) Have I played everything I wanted to on my current systems to the extent that I would need a new system?
2) Are there at least five games for the XBOX that I want to play right when I get it so that I don't buy it, play it and get bored with it fast.
3) Sure Halo 2 is good, but after playing it by yourself for hours on end you'll find that you weren't having half as much fun as you were with your friends the other day.
4) There's new systems coming out in less than a year. Should I be spending money on a system that has virtually no more big titles coming out on it except Half Life 2? On top of that, should I be buying a system that most likely in a year will not have another game being made for it due to the fact that Microsoft will be too busy trying to push their new system coming this XMAS?
5) Is there possibly any way that I could just borrow Fable and an XBOX from my friend and beat it in the 30 hours it can be finished in?
6) Do I really need to even play another fantasy game with the new Zelda: Twilight Princess on the way that will make all other fantasy adventure games bow to their knees?
If after asking yourself the previous questions you still wish to purchase an XBOX then go ahead and do it. In case you do get one I highly suggest that you play Jet Set Radio Future, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Otogi, Breakdown and Phantom Crash on it. These are the best titles that the system has to offer IMHO, but unfortunately due to XBOX's mainstream nature most of these have been banished to obscurity.