OK, so I finally got Xbox Live hooked-up yesterday, and so far I am not sure I like it. I played some Moto GP at first. It is a fun motorcycle racing game. It is tough to master, but I definately felt myself getting better. Well, the people playing were generally pretty cool. The game has good intigration of the Xbox Live system. In the game lobby it displays a icon next to the people with headphones and the icon lights up when they are talking. In the actual race you only hear the three people nearest to you, so the chatter isn't overwhelming. On the other side of the scale is Mech Assault. It is a fun Arcade Mech game, but I am definately not used to the Mech idea. The biggest problem is the fact that after you play a live game you don't go back to a lobby, but get kicked back to the first live screen. This means you have to find another game everytime. You can hear eveybody on your team during the game so it is a bit chatty, but not to bad. In the lobby you can't tell who is talking, so people tend to act pretty stupid. I played about 2 minutes of the Whacked demo (a CRAZY game show thingy) which seems to inspire people to yell into their mikes and boast about "Being the best" and such. Really lame.
Things Iike:
-Moto GP demo
-Mech Assault (on the whole)
-Short work week
-Turkey
Things I don't like so much:
-Some people on Xbox Live
-Shooting your own team mates in Mech Assault because you forget which color you are (Dohhhhhh!)
-Having to decide between Mech Assault and Metal Gear: Solid 2 Substance.