are 360 games still enjoyable without online?

okay i KNOW this is gonna sound a bit stupid but I need your opionions for this problem:

im getting either a 360 but the problem is, i dont want to get online (or rather... my parents don't want me to)

but i keep hearining "xbox live's where its at!" etc. etc.

so honestly, if i cant afford online, should i even consider buying a 360 at all?

(ive been playing my ps2 console for years and have had great fun w/o going online--same case with 360?--or is live a MUST?)

You can get xbox live for free. All you need to do is make a new free silver account every month and they will give you 30 days for free.

you can have fun w/o online play, but you or your parents cant give up less then 7 dollars a month?KoRn_Eddy_88

Its a rather touchy subject.

You can get xbox live for free. All you need to do is make a new free silver account every month and they will give you 30 days for free.

zero9167

your joking right?

Definitely. Games like Oblivion and Bioshock don't even have online gameplay. Many of the games I really liked (double agent, forza 2, test drive unlimited, gears of war) I don't really play online but I love to play them offline.

yes, they are still enjoyable without online

[QUOTE="zero9167"]

You can get xbox live for free. All you need to do is make a new free silver account every month and they will give you 30 days for free.

Deepcut9

your joking right?

Online is great, but for the time being at least you would have a crapload of games to play without it. Until you can talk your parents into it. Save up your cash and tell them you'll pay for it. If they still wont let you, you have enough cash for another game.

It really depends on what you like. I love playing single player, but I also love playing online. If you like playing single player, there are plenty of games out there with great storylines and you don't have to play online for it to be fun.

At the same time, x360 is saturated with games that are most fun on multiplayer. Maybe consider a different console? good luck

It is still great without online. Just make sure you have a silver account(free and cant play online) so you can download, patches, updates, maps and such.mrxb0x360

yeah, that pretty much sums it up.

The demos are great

IF you cut online from the system, that leaves you either singleplayer or offline multiplayer gaming.

Singleplayer wise... well you have Bioshock, Mass Effect, Oblivion and such. Hmm...

Offline multiplayer, I'm going to say, is terrible on the 360. It's not the games or the system itself... it's the whole audience. Look, say you buy Halo 3 and become pretty good. Then if you invite a friend over, he's going to get pwnt 9 times out of 10 = not fun for him.

360 is a hardcore gamer land. The games will naturally have high learning curves. Unless you have X360 friends, it's going to be hard to just throw a random friend versus you in a game.

If you want offline multiplayer, I suggest getting a Wii. The new control scheme is just fun in itself to use. Games like Mario Strikers seem to have easier learning curves.

Singleplayer... Well, it depends on taste. 360 seems to have the mature titles like Bioshock and Mass Effect. Nintendo has Metroid, Zelda... Super Mario Galaxy. Nintendo first party games mostly.

Offline multiplayer-wise, I'd get a Wii, just because it seems to be easier to get into than say a typical hardcore 360 game. Singleplayer wise, it's down to either Nintendo's first party games vs. Xboxes more mature games. I'd go with Xbox here, since although Zelda and Metroid are fun, they have this formula sort of thing. Somehow on this episode of "Metroid/Zelda" Samus/Link has lost their items again! When you beat so-and-so dungeons, you get the item back! Again!

Then there's Mario Sunshine... but then again, I don't see strong plots in these games.

Plot-driven gameplay, that's my type of games, so I'm headed over to the Xbox.

Singleplayer games: Xbox

- mature plots, original games

Offline multiplayer: Wii

- small learning curve, curiosity of controller

If you dont want online, get Bioshock definatly. one of the longer games for 360 thats fun without online about 20 hours without exploring.

It looks like you're a singleplayer based on the games you have.

In that case, well if you want more of the usual, mature plot-driven games, Xbox is the way to go. Wii... I can't think upon anything. Twilight Princess? Metroid? How many times do we have to play the same "Beat dungeons and find item that you found in the last of this game" formula?

360 has games like Bioshock, Mass Effect... new games, fresh faces.

If you really beat many PS2 singleplayer games, then perhaps 360 is the jump... but I don't think 360 is worth it offline. Xbox Live simply defines the system. Once you go online, you can't go back.

Offline, most games are still great in Single Player. Many SP-only games are just awesome, but there aren't many great ones out there. Online play really helps extend playing time, but you should be fine without it.

If you have a broadband internet connection that's accessable to your 360, get a free XboxLive Silver account (DL stuff, but no gaming), and you'll automatically get a month of Gold. Once those 30 days are up, just binge on Downloadable Demos and LiveArcade games.

Trust me, XBL is only 'Where it's at' for two types of people, those who can't enjoy a decent storyline, or don't have the patience to bother with single player.

Or those who are mad about points (IE Me :P)

Althoughi say this mainly because personally i have a big dislike for multiplayer, especially online multiplayer.

But i've been a 360 owner since Gears was released, and i've only ever had 2 months of XBL gold. And i LOVE my 360 to bits, so yeah it is most definately possible to enjoy it without going online.

There is onlya few games that require online to be enjoyed, Final Fantasy XI, Phantasy Star Universe and Team Fortress 2 (Part of Orange Box) but PSU has a single player mode, elthough it's not very good, and Orange Box has 4 other great games in it.

FFXI is the only game you wont be able to play.

XBL Marketplace etc is another issue, there are some great games on there, as well as acess to demos etc, but quite often those can be found with magazines. And 90% of the XBLA games are complete trash.

If you can get online, do it you won't regret it. But if you can't, imo it's no great loss.

I personally prefer campaign type crap over multiplayer modes...games that are AWESOME offline...

Bioshock, Perfect Dark Zero, Dead or Alive 4, Gears of War, Tony Hawk's Project 8, Ghost Recon 1 and 2, Madden 08'....there's lots more, those are just the ones I like. I must say also.... Tony Hawk, Perfect Dark Zero, and both Ghost Recons are much better offline games than online :3

I pretty much don't touch my 360 when I don't have online cause it's boring. Unless you play something that doesn't need online fun like Eternal Sonata. But there are very few games that are out right now for the 360 that are good offline.

with or without online 360 still has the best games and the same thing could be applied to the other systems as well other systems would be as fun either Gen007

Gen007 is right. At the current time, probably even until mid srping, 360 has the best games availble online AND offline. I have a good feeling that will change come summer 08' though.

By signing up for it...

Silver IS free, but you can't play online with it, all you can do is download demos/videos etc, buy XBLA games etc and record your achievement points online.

okay i KNOW this is gonna sound a bit stupid but I need your opionions for this problem:

im getting either a 360 but the problem is, i dont want to get online (or rather... my parents don't want me to)

but i keep hearining "xbox live's where its at!" etc. etc.

so honestly, if i cant afford online, should i even consider buying a 360 at all?

(ive been playing my ps2 console for years and have had great fun w/o going online--same case with 360?--or is live a MUST?)

Deepcut9

not really. some of the big games like halo and gears of war are not really fun offline. i hate paying $50 a month for my xbl so i know what you mean. you should also consider ps3 or wii. both have free online. plus ps3 has the same games as 360 mostly. just a few exclusives difference (360 with halo, GoW, bioshock, and mass effect, PS3 with resistance, uncharted, haze, and metal gear 4)Rafinator

I don't know where you buy your "XBL" from but I only pay $8.99 for my gold membership per month... NOT $50 lol