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Why having your original console is better than an emulated “newer” system that can play your old games?
Many reasons come to mind, yet tonight I will compare to you what Halo 2 looks like on Xbox and Xbox 360 that some of you may/may not be aware of.
The minor harp I have about playing Xbox games on a 360 when I had the chance, is the ugly letter box and the emulation issues found in some certain Xbox titles. Yet Halo 2 is the only game I'm aware of that had special treatment to format on the screen perfectly, no matter which system you play it on.
Back to Halo 2. Now loading times have increased longer when I place Halo 2 on the Xbox 360 for some odd reason. Yet on the Xbox, it's much faster. The sound on the Xbox 360 is much louder and sharper compared to the Xbox, but in some cases when you are trying to escape the first part of the game of Halo 2, the awesome "I'm in outerspace echos" sound effects are gone and replaced with normal sound effects as if you were on a normal battle scene. Could be sound emulation issues, especially when Cortana is suppose to be speaking to Sgt. Johnson on a headset, instead of speaking out loud.
Color wise, everything looks brighter and prettier on Xbox 360, since emulation can't match the original. Xbox has it dark and griddy. For the record, both Halo 2's are running at 480p with component cables each.
Most bizzare graphical error I spotted was strange black triangle spots that were above me in the clouds in the second area of the game when you reach the first major city in Halo 2, which only happened on the Xbox 360. Yet after resetting the game, those odd black shapes disappeared. Microsoft has warnings on their official site about the glitches of course when you read the fine print of their backwards compatibility list of course.
Now, to recap real quick, to think out side of the "Xbox" to put it bluntly, is the main point of why, I feel you should hold onto that system. Classics are classics, but if you screw up one of your favorite games on the next-gen system you purchase, you'd say something wouldn't you? You pay good money, you just traded in your beloved PS2/Cube/Xbox for example and you find out that one or none of your particular games cannot be played.
Next time I'm going to bring up the big question, WHY are these companies doing that and offering ways to download, like Xbox 360 does or re-release their classics, like Wii does? Just remember this, NEVER EVER TRADE IN A CONSOLE! Games can be replaced at times, but some consoles cannot.
Many reasons come to mind, yet tonight I will compare to you what Halo 2 looks like on Xbox and Xbox 360 that some of you may/may not be aware of.
The minor harp I have about playing Xbox games on a 360 when I had the chance, is the ugly letter box and the emulation issues found in some certain Xbox titles. Yet Halo 2 is the only game I'm aware of that had special treatment to format on the screen perfectly, no matter which system you play it on.
Back to Halo 2. Now loading times have increased longer when I place Halo 2 on the Xbox 360 for some odd reason. Yet on the Xbox, it's much faster. The sound on the Xbox 360 is much louder and sharper compared to the Xbox, but in some cases when you are trying to escape the first part of the game of Halo 2, the awesome "I'm in outerspace echos" sound effects are gone and replaced with normal sound effects as if you were on a normal battle scene. Could be sound emulation issues, especially when Cortana is suppose to be speaking to Sgt. Johnson on a headset, instead of speaking out loud.
Color wise, everything looks brighter and prettier on Xbox 360, since emulation can't match the original. Xbox has it dark and griddy. For the record, both Halo 2's are running at 480p with component cables each.
Most bizzare graphical error I spotted was strange black triangle spots that were above me in the clouds in the second area of the game when you reach the first major city in Halo 2, which only happened on the Xbox 360. Yet after resetting the game, those odd black shapes disappeared. Microsoft has warnings on their official site about the glitches of course when you read the fine print of their backwards compatibility list of course.
Now, to recap real quick, to think out side of the "Xbox" to put it bluntly, is the main point of why, I feel you should hold onto that system. Classics are classics, but if you screw up one of your favorite games on the next-gen system you purchase, you'd say something wouldn't you? You pay good money, you just traded in your beloved PS2/Cube/Xbox for example and you find out that one or none of your particular games cannot be played.
Next time I'm going to bring up the big question, WHY are these companies doing that and offering ways to download, like Xbox 360 does or re-release their classics, like Wii does? Just remember this, NEVER EVER TRADE IN A CONSOLE! Games can be replaced at times, but some consoles cannot.
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