Well, Charon (now aka OrpheusSail) has succumbed to peer pressure and bought an XBox. He has gotten XBL and PGR2 as well (as required), so we'll have more racers in our little group. We may have to form a clan soon.
I picked up RalliSport Challenge 2 last night and ran the first race on the "Amateur" level. I was not very used to how the car handles on dirt (I've only ever raced in PGR & PGR2), so I made quite a few flubs. I still placed 1st out of 20, though.
I will be giving more thoughts on RSC2 as I progress through the career.
On a non-XBox note, I had a free PC game coupon in my hot little hand, so I went to Best Buy and picked up Korsun Pocket. There were several other choices, obviously, but I had several thoughts on the matter.
First of all, I want a game that I will play. I spend little gaming time on my PC now, so I'm not going to get any game that I can play on my XBox.
Also, I would like to get something that I can play in an "interrupted" fashion. Nothing with a long, deep storyline or that requires long periods of undivided attention.
And I don't want to have to upgrade my PC.
I may have gotten City of Heroes, but they were sold out. I don't know how much time I could devote to a MMORPG anyway.
Korsun Pocket seemed to fit the bill perfectly. I haven't played any sort of strategy board game in years and years, but it was my introduction (along with AD&D) to gaming in the first place. It's the whole reason I got into computers in the first place; I discovered that you could play games on computers.
I can play for single turns or for hours at a stretch. I can play by email.
And I don't have to change a thing on my PC. I could have waited and bought Doom 3 on release, but then I would need a whole new system. I would much rather wait for Doom 3 for the XBox.
I have the perspective now to see why consoles like the XBox are so awesome. But I also know that something like Korsun Pocket will never be on any console, nor should it be attempted.
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