game cube, down the tube (Nintendo GameCube)

Member Name: ronaldfarmer

Product:	Nintendo GameCube
Date:	18/11/05 (109 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: cheaper than competitors

Disadvantages: worse than competitors

I bought a game cube sometime after it came out. The first thing i noticed was how difficult the joy-pad was to use, it seemed very counter-intuitive, as if the makers tried too hard to be different from the competitors. I think they should have done the simple thing like Microsoft and Sony did, i.e. four buttons on the front and a couple behind. Its controller also felt kind of cheap.
I owned it for several months, and bought around 7 games for it. the ones i liked best were Tony Hawks II and Major League Baseball. THe problem was though, that none of the games really caught my interest. I played Medal of honour of this system, and compared with the version on the playstation, it seemed badly drawn and un involving. This seemed to be a common theme with games which i played.
The lack of a DVD option is in my opinion a massive down point, the makers wanted to make it a purely gaming experience. But why not include the DVD. This is another reason why i would prefer its two competitors, the Xbox and Playstation. expect to pay a lot less now for it than I did, with it being under 100 pounds, this is a good point, also a lot of the games have gone down in price. Still, i cant help but think nintendo have lost contact with what gamers want. They seem to be stuck in the glory days of the SNES and NES when gaming was for a much younger audience, players have grown up, and the games need to reflect this change. All in all, i would not recommed it, the only saving grace being the lower price now offered.

Summary: bad controller, lacking appeal to older audience