LynxFX
09-28-2002, 05:26 PM
Decided to hook up the Live starter kit today and my first impressions.
Setup:
Suprisingly, very easy. I have a cable modem that is going to a router and 3 PC's plus the Xbox. Not a single problem there. The Live starter disc detected my network without a single hitch. I was anticipating problems so this is really good news to me at least.
The startup disc (with revolt and the live movie) is pure crap though. Problems all over that disc, constantly spinning up, the movie wouldn't even play right then just quit halfway etc. Thumbs down on that to you MS. Fix your software.
Creating Account:
Also, quite easy. But it does come with one big complaint. You have to enter sooooo freakin much one.....letter.....at......a.....time. MS really should give us a keyboard or incorporate voice recognition. You should have heard me yell with glee when I entered the ID code correctly the first time because I did not want to go through that again.
Once created though it was quite easy, but I had to power down and restart the Xbox to get back to a game. (back button didn't work...more starter disc problems)
First Game: ReVolt:
Game is simple enough. I immediately retrieved the newest updates automatically. Very cool and quick I might add. I went and bought all of the extra cars. (I really hope this feature is gone by launch) Did a quick match....no game servers. Kept refreshing.....no game servers. So decided to create my own. Easily enough, 6 people joined right away and off we were. In comes the first communicator chat. This I have a feeling will get annoying with the wrong people. Most of the people I played with were pretty good though. The game did lag though. It hicuped a few times and flat out froze then started again. Not a good sign, so hope it is just early bugs.
After that poor race (placed 5th :() I went back to try and connect to someones game. Finally showed a few servers. Ping was at 170 :eek: :( :eek: My ping on the PC is usually around 60 so this was a shocker. I kept trying to connect to a game but I kept getting a message saying the server quit or is full. I went back to the front screen but it was still there. I tried about 8 servers and kept getting the same message. Very frustrating. Finally number 9 worked. The game was pretty good. 5 of us. Alot less lag than the first game. Still showed up from time to time but nothing unplayable or game ending.
Overall I think the setup is quite good but it isn't without its problems. I do hope that they polish alot of it because once there are hundreds of thousands of players the small problems will become huge. I can't wait to get MotoGP and Whacked because I know I won't touch Fever.
My gamer ID is Lynx FX (with the space). :)
Setup:
Suprisingly, very easy. I have a cable modem that is going to a router and 3 PC's plus the Xbox. Not a single problem there. The Live starter disc detected my network without a single hitch. I was anticipating problems so this is really good news to me at least.
The startup disc (with revolt and the live movie) is pure crap though. Problems all over that disc, constantly spinning up, the movie wouldn't even play right then just quit halfway etc. Thumbs down on that to you MS. Fix your software.
Creating Account:
Also, quite easy. But it does come with one big complaint. You have to enter sooooo freakin much one.....letter.....at......a.....time. MS really should give us a keyboard or incorporate voice recognition. You should have heard me yell with glee when I entered the ID code correctly the first time because I did not want to go through that again.
Once created though it was quite easy, but I had to power down and restart the Xbox to get back to a game. (back button didn't work...more starter disc problems)
First Game: ReVolt:
Game is simple enough. I immediately retrieved the newest updates automatically. Very cool and quick I might add. I went and bought all of the extra cars. (I really hope this feature is gone by launch) Did a quick match....no game servers. Kept refreshing.....no game servers. So decided to create my own. Easily enough, 6 people joined right away and off we were. In comes the first communicator chat. This I have a feeling will get annoying with the wrong people. Most of the people I played with were pretty good though. The game did lag though. It hicuped a few times and flat out froze then started again. Not a good sign, so hope it is just early bugs.
After that poor race (placed 5th :() I went back to try and connect to someones game. Finally showed a few servers. Ping was at 170 :eek: :( :eek: My ping on the PC is usually around 60 so this was a shocker. I kept trying to connect to a game but I kept getting a message saying the server quit or is full. I went back to the front screen but it was still there. I tried about 8 servers and kept getting the same message. Very frustrating. Finally number 9 worked. The game was pretty good. 5 of us. Alot less lag than the first game. Still showed up from time to time but nothing unplayable or game ending.
Overall I think the setup is quite good but it isn't without its problems. I do hope that they polish alot of it because once there are hundreds of thousands of players the small problems will become huge. I can't wait to get MotoGP and Whacked because I know I won't touch Fever.
My gamer ID is Lynx FX (with the space). :)