Questions About XBOX LIVE

[kpb8288]

j POST NE QUESTIONS ABOUT XBOX LIVE HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WILL ANSWER

THIS MAY BE A DUMB QUESTION BUT CAN U PLAY XBOX ONLINE GAMES WITHOUT HAVING THE ONLINE KIT,

LIKE PLAYING THE NEXT HALO BUT JUST THE MISSIONS

[xboxmaster2002]

if its not an online only game then you can play it offline..

[sinizuh]

but most of the good next generation games are going to be online... since it's part of xbox...

btw, a message in all caps makes you look retarded.

[DrUnKtAnK]

Check out this unofficial XBL site, it may answer some of your questions: ?'s and answers UNofficial Xbox Live (http://www.xbox.ign.com/articles/361/361526p1.html/)

[symposiumx]

My question on Xbox LIve is this:

In a game where you interact with other PLAYERS (PC's)...what happens if part of your "mission" is something similar to "go find PLAYER A and capture them" (such as in a game where you might be a bounty hunter (read: Star Wars)).

now...my QUESTION:

"If PLAYER A is not online when I go to get him (at his location), what happens?"
Does the game fill in with a non-player Character (NPC's)? Does some in-game message tell me that he is not there, and that I will have to try later or something? Or some other possibility?

How are Developers for XBOX Live games going to handle this? How are online games handling it currently? (if even they are)

Thanks,
SymposiumX

[xboxmaster2002]

if you mean you have to get a human player and hes not online he wont be there and he will be replaced with someone else that joins. i think thats what you wanna know let me know if im wrong.

[symposiumx]

well...I guess that basically answers my question.

I was thiking that the possibility of having to take on a SPECIFIC player's character would be interesting (i.e. in Star Wars playing a bounty hunter to track down "PLAYER 12345" for skipping out on loan re-payments) It appears that in that scenerio , as a bounty hunter, I would have to track down "PLAYER 12345' or any number of other players to fulfil my 'mission' "


so much for my dream of having a powerful archmage (played by a PERSON) in a massive online game, and having other player character band together to take him and his fortress down. *sigh*