How well can you game without having Xbox Live

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#1 Trinitarian
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Well im in a situation that i will not have xbox live for a long time, living situation that won't allow it. Sucks cause i have an elite. Anyhow, i have had live for over 5 years and gaming is not the same period, lack of DL and not being able to compete online. So i have been trying to beat Halo 3 on legenary, very hard hard. but anyone else have this problem and if so what do you do?

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#2 craigalan23
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Just play SP games.. Get a few RPGs or games with local multiplayer/co-op.

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#3 Gen007
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you can game quite well but you are missing out but thats true for all the systems except the wii maybe.

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#4 gp19
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I have live, but I personally prefer SP gaming.... I guess that's just me tough.
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#5 Floppy_Jim
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I don't think I've played anything online in months. I'm just playing SP games at the moment.
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#6 jherbach1222
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without live i would shoot myself in the foot.

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I recomend Tales of Vesperia.

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#8 crazywayne287
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Well im in a situation that i will not have xbox live for a long time, living situation that won't allow it. Sucks cause i have an elite. Anyhow, i have had live for over 5 years and gaming is not the same period, lack of DL and not being able to compete online. So i have been trying to beat Halo 3 on legenary, very hard hard. but anyone else have this problem and if so what do you do?

Trinitarian

Even with online, I typically beat single player before going online to prepare myself for whats to come

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#9 laliberte11
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I prefer not having live, but when I did have live I think I didnt win mayb 2 Jams in skate 2, I rock at that game!

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#10 Gladestone1
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Play single player myself mostly..Use online stuff for movies..Maybe dlc an also perhaps patches...Hate gaming online cept for gears..Borderlands comes out ill be doing that live though...

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#11 sukraj
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i dont need xbox live to have a good time on my 360.

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#12 Hakud0ushi
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Lol i don't play online. Just use to update some stuff and try out demos once in a while.
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#13 archvile_78
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I mostly play alone despite staying online on XBL. I'm on there mostly for chatting with my friends. That may change when Borderlands come out.

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#14 YoungSinatra25
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Get a wireless adapter and hope it'll pick up a unencryptied signal. Thats what a buddy of mine does since hes wont pay his internet bill. Works fine try it...
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#15 YoungSinatra25
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Oh and to answer you when I wasn't able to afford Live my Box became a paper weight and I moved onto my PS. (Killzone2 is awesome) I'm a competitive FPS'r without internet I have no reason to play the system, hope your not the same or your gonna be bored...
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#16 misterbossman
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without live i would shoot myself in the foot.

jherbach1222

.... but then u still wouldnt have live, and ud have a bullet in ur foot.

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#17 Alizerothree
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Fire up Mass Effect, Oblivion, Red Faction, Fallout 3, and Arkham Asylum. Should keep you busy for a good long time!
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#18 guitardude1243
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RPG's are winners when you lack online play, but I still play a bunch of FPS's offline single player and co-op whenever I don't have the money to pay for Live.

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#19 XXGamerfanXX
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I could survive without Online gaming since half the time, Im playing a Single player game so yeah. I do need it for Party Chats and DLC and stuff. Sadly, my Xbox 360 Elite got the RROD yesterday.
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#20 Englandfc1966
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Single player = boring when you're not connected to Live. I like to talk in a party with my work mates whilst playing single player games. Also, multiplayer > single player any day.

So not very well for me.

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#21 bobdood99
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I have more fun offline.

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#22 OfficialBed
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Like some other people said, just play single player campaign. There are a lot of great games that have awesome single player campaigns.

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#23 93soccer
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Do what I used to do. Play single player games, do story mode on old games, get sports games and a few RPG's and your set!
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#24 firefox59
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[QUOTE="misterbossman"]

[QUOTE="jherbach1222"]

without live i would shoot myself in the foot.

.... but then u still wouldnt have live, and ud have a bullet in ur foot.

And the pain would distract him from the fact that he didn't have Live ;)
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#25 Trinitarian
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yeah i have been playing the heck out of offline games but its just not the same as being able to play against real people, I did do about half online and half offline when i did have LIVE but its still a big time drag. I live in a moble home park that wont allow us to have internet for some reason. But i have to admit, I am a leaswt enjoying a richer SP experiance since im going back to games like Halo and beating it on the hardest diffuculty. I am up to level 6 in Halo. The 1 and 2 Halo i never got passed the first level on legendary, i wonder if they made this legendary difficulty a little easier than the first two cause i'm surprised i made it this far lol. Next i'll do gears. Thanks for the advice there are some RPGs that i never played that you guys recommended that ill check out
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#26 Mythomniac
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I have live, used to love it and always played it, then for 2 weeks I was without internet so I could not play on it, when I got it back, I find XBL quite boring, single player games are so fun now, even though I still have an active live subscription.
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#27 orb_03_2006
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I'd be pretty bored lol. but lately, I've been playing single player games. Fallout 3 and Bully.
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#28 podliver
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I would be perfectly fine without live...everyone who plays on xbox live is usually extremely pissed off about nothing anyway
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#29 XRED_0
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LIVE is pretty much a necessity for me. I look at it this way: without LIVE or an internet connection, you're not using the 360 to its fullest capabilities. I stream HD movies all the time and check out Netflix instant streaming as well. I only usually play the single player of a game until I get the hang of it, and then I jump on to multiplayer. Sure, I still finish, but multiplayer is where I like to sink my teeth in. :)
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#30 misterbossman
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try renting games instead of buying... i think u can rent games online from gamespot? not 100% sure but i kno theres a few websites u can.

that way u can play a bunch of different campaigns instead of replaying and getting achievements or wateva if u had LIVE

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[QUOTE="Trinitarian"]

Well im in a situation that i will not have xbox live for a long time, living situation that won't allow it. Sucks cause i have an elite. Anyhow, i have had live for over 5 years and gaming is not the same period, lack of DL and not being able to compete online. So i have been trying to beat Halo 3 on legenary, very hard hard. but anyone else have this problem and if so what do you do?

crazywayne287

Even with online, I typically beat single player before going online to prepare myself for whats to come

Same here, and other than Street Fighter 4 I haven't been playing online... I'm waitin for L4D2 to come out and make my eyes bleed in front of the TV :P

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#32 Sevenus
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I think life without CoD4 and UFC undisputed online would be a much sadder gaming experience... Live is essential nowadays

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#33 metalmaggot46
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HAHA. i've been living without LIVE since the day i got my 360. I have only one cable connection in my house and it's in an area with no tv at all and no space for one either.

(I have gotten LIVE before though when i borrowed a wireless adapter.)

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#34 NielsNL
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I recomend Tales of Vesperia.

boxofwit

And eternal sonata

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#35 VicousPopTart
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My friend I know from another game as XBL, so we talk all the time. I was down for 3 months with no Xbox due to RRoD. I finally got to the point where I ordered a new fan for it, and opened up the Xbox to check it.

But anyways, I don't think I can go another DAY without XBL. D:

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#36 killB_O_T
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Naw, i perfer to play with my friends online, nothing better that hammering your mates online.

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#37 valttu
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Well im in a situation that i will not have xbox live for a long time, living situation that won't allow it. Sucks cause i have an elite. Anyhow, i have had live for over 5 years and gaming is not the same period, lack of DL and not being able to compete online. So i have been trying to beat Halo 3 on legenary, very hard hard. but anyone else have this problem and if so what do you do?

Trinitarian
Dude there are so many games out there that even without Live you can have a lot of fun! My cousin doesn't have Live but he games all the time, and still he feels like he doesn't have time for all the games..!
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#38 nhlkiller
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Its hard without live and I mostly enjoy playing SP games but I enjoy them more while in a party chat with friends its brings a greater experience for the game
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#39 seankane
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I think a large percentage of us probably remember(albeit vaguely) what it was like before the advent of the popularity of online gaming. I've loved games since a kid, and the only thing XboxLive did was make me love games even more. So you're gonna be missing out a bit, but there's no reason you cant enjoy yourself. Sports games and RPG's provide similar amounts of replay value that an online FPS game would. Racing games are always a good bet, too.