Platform reveiw - whats hot,whats not

[Dan Hibiki]

The X-Box is nothing but a piece of mechanical crap created by a monopolizing organization that has nothing on its mind except the domination of a new technology field with its massive monetary backings. Guess what, though? It is failing. X-Box's controller and system are huge and useless. I don't like any of the games; I could play Dead or Alive 2 for the Dremcast if I really wanted to play that series. None of the games (with exception to Halo, I still don't like the framerate on that game) are deserving to even be glanced at by my gaming expert eyes. The system actually slows down for no reason sometimes... and I talked with the poor souls who puchased it, and many of them had hard drive crashes the first day that it was purchased! Talk about a piece of shit.

I have no problems with the Playstation 2, I just don't like it because it is competing with the GameCube. It's controller is okay and it does have the largest game library around. My major flaw with this system: there are too many games, making the PS2 market flooded by cheap material.

As for the GameCube, I have my &#36200 right here. Give it to me now, #### it! It is small, but its graphics can blow you away. The controller is perfect, and feels like it was molded from the contours of your hands. And I also agree with Zing79 on this one: call the GameCube a 'kiddie' system again, and I will hunt you down. Third parties are not being intimidated by Nintendo's complicated registration procedures for those games. First party games are going to remain great (with exception to Luigi's Mansion); Wave Race: Blue Storm, Pikmin, and Super Smash Bros. Melee make me want to spend all my money for such high-quality entertainment. I got a Dreamcast for christmas, though... at least the games are very cheap now...

But there you have it. For those of you too lazy to read the whole thing above, I hate (really, really hate) the X-Box, I am okay with the PS2, and I must have the GameCube.