So I got my new 360 yesterday...

My wife came from the States yesterday and brought me my new 360 Arcade. I m freaking happy.

I really didn t have much time to play because it was very late and I had to spend quality time with my wife and daughter after we spent 1 month apart. Now I m at work and can t wait to get home.

But I got to connect it and put in Halo 3 first of course, but my concern comes because on the main menu of HALO 3, you have a background music and for like half a second or less, the music jumped a little bit, as if the disc was loading or something like that.

Is that normal and I m just being paranoic or is that a bad sign?

The games I got:

- HALO 3

- COD 4

- Bioshock

- Oblivion

One question:

Are the load times long on the games you have? I wanna know whether having an HDD-equipped Xbox 360 makes a big difference for a non-LIVE player like me.

i havnt noticed this my self but the games you got are greatNSR34GTR

Thanks.

I also have available Gears of War, Forza 2 and Lost Planet from my brothers, our strategy will be to share the games we buy.

Well, if I m just being paranoic, that s a relief.

Halo 3 is only an average shoooter. Bioshock stinks. I would suggest returning both and getting GOW and Rainbow Sixmohfrontline

FYI GOW means God of War (PS3 Exclusive) GeoW is Gears of War

But don't listen to him Halo 3 and Bioshock are both respectively great games.

[QUOTE="mohfrontline"]Halo 3 is only an average shoooter. Bioshock stinks. I would suggest returning both and getting GOW and Rainbow SixAPOLLOCJD

FYI GOW means God of War (PS3 Exclusive) GeoW is Gears of War

But don't listen to him Halo 3 and Bioshock are both respectively great games.

I m a big Halo fan, and Bioshock looks great to me. I m sure I won t be dissapointed.

So it s paranoid, not paranoic. Language barriers u know, lol.

But thanks then.

I got the Arcade cause I don t have internet at home. In a little over a year I plan on selling the Arcade and getting a Pro wich a hope will be a very upgraded version from Microsoft, like having Wireless built in, bigger harddrive, better price, etc. We ll see how all that goes. By that time I plan on inscribing to Live too.

I wanted to get the Arcade now because I really wanted to play all these games.

So it s paranoid, not paranoic. Language barriers u know, lol.

But thanks then.

I got the Arcade cause I don t have internet at home. In a little over a year I plan on selling the Arcade and getting a Pro wich a hope will be a very upgraded version from Microsoft, like having Wireless built in, bigger harddrive, better price, etc. We ll see how all that goes. By that time I plan on inscribing to Live too.

I wanted to get the Arcade now because I really wanted to play all these games.

claudiovalenti

Buy a new hard drive

Is the hard drive reallythatimportant (apart from the online crap)?Chris_Farmer

[QUOTE="Chris_Farmer"]Is the hard drive reallythatimportant (apart from the online crap)?Starbound571

Is it true that having a hard drive cuts down on load times?

Is it true that having a hard drive cuts down on load times?Chris_Farmer

[QUOTE="Chris_Farmer"]Is it true that having a hard drive cuts down on load times?Starbound571

Oops. Wrong person asked. That's why I was asking the thread creator about the duration of the loading times. I have an Xbox 360 Elite that I've recently bought and my cousin is interested in getting an Xbox 360 Thing is, he doesn't need to play online and he wants to save bucks by buying the Arcade pack yet he's worried that having no HDD would mean longer loading times during gameplay.

Oops. Wrong person asked. That's why I was asking the thread creator about the duration of the loading times. I have an Xbox 360 Elite that I've recently bought and my cousin is interested in getting an Xbox 360 Thing is, he doesn't need to play online and he wants to save bucks by buying the Arcade pack yet he's worried that having no HDD would mean longer loading times during gameplay.Chris_Farmer

[QUOTE="Starbound571"][QUOTE="Chris_Farmer"]Is the hard drive reallythatimportant (apart from the online crap)?Chris_Farmer

Is it true that having a hard drive cuts down on load times?

It depends on the game, Oblivion loads about 30% faster if you have a hard drive. Trust me, in that game it's a life saver.

does the arcade come 512mb memory card?

does the arcade come 512mb memory card?spue

Why would the 360 have faster gameplay with a Harddrive???

Doesn t seem logic to me.

Is an US 360. My wife bought it in a BestBuy in Phoenix Arizona and brought here to my country.

I m in Nicaragua.

Why would the 360 have faster gameplay with a Harddrive???

Doesn t seem logic to me.

claudiovalenti

Some games like Oblivion will use the hard drive as a temporary cache, hence faster loading times.

Dudes, like I told you, I m not interested in a Harddrive right now cause I don t have Internet.

In the future I might buy one, or change the Arcade, when I ll have internet and Live.

It depends on the game, Oblivion loads about 30% faster if you have a hard drive. Trust me, in that game it's a life saver.

jmartin1016

Really? Do you mean the expansion or the original game? Because I don't remember having the choice where to store the game, I have 20 gb HDD.

You my friend are going to have an amazing evening. Congrats.Josepiphus

Thanks man, Looking forward to it.