Dreamcast vs Original Xbox

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d21lewis said:

Farsala said:

The DC couldn't really hold its own against the PS2 graphically, and it launched 1 year and 4 months earlier.

You saved me a response. Now I'm gonna respond, anyway!

I loved the Dreamcast and it had some beautiful games. Ecco, DoA2, and Soul Calibur come to mind. But, like how many N64 games had an "N64 look", a lot of Dreamcast games had a "Dreamcast look". I got my system in early 2001 and got a PS2 in mid 2001. Instantly, I could tell that The Bouncer and Zone of the Enders (not to mention the MGS2 demo) were light years beyond anything the Dreamcast would ever do. Even then, some Dreamcast games felt like they were gonna fall apart at the seams.

Up until November 2001, no PS2 owner had more fun than I did with that Dreamcast but from November on, the PS2 went Super Saiyan and never looked back. I saw a quote saying that the "Dreamcast was designed to compete with the N64 and PS1. It wasn't designed to compete with the future"..or something like that.

I don't really agree with you on the "Dreamcast look" thing, but I really do agree with you that ZOE and MGS were something of a departure point in the PS2 pulling away from the Dreamcast. I remember some of the staff of EGM saying much the same thing regarding ZOE, and after playing it shortly thereafter, I very much agreed. It's times like these I wish I still had those old mags.