A Xbox 360 game to get excited over, maybe?

(tags Xbox 360, flight simulator, PlayStation 2, bargain bin)

A Japanese friend with an Xbox 360 who has a friend with a Xbox 360 related to me the following: Over G is too realistic. He said he can't land on the aircraft carrier. Hm.

Over the weekend I went to Sofmap Osaka and they had a demo unit with Over G on it. I played it for a couple of minutes. No, actually I played it for an hour or so. While the part of the game I played itself wasn't enthralling or too difficult, it was the first time I felt good gaming vibe. I played demos of Ridge Racer, Kameo and Ninety-Nine Nights but these demos just didn't hit it for me. Anyway, Over G is hard and it doesn't hold your hand. The first map I was puzzled for the first 30 minutes. Where is the target? Then I figured out it was the planes that look like commerical airliners, with no tatical indicators telling me that these are the bogies. In any case I got through a couple of missions. The 360 with a high-def TV really looks like PC gaming, and the fighter plane looks beautiful.

So I was in the flight-sim mood so I purchased a really cheap flight sim, only 500 yen in the bargain bin: Energy Airforce Aim Strike by Taito for the PS2. When I got home to play it, it felt exactly like Over G. The controller was the same, the screens looked the same (well less texture detail but you get the picture), the announcer was in English mode, the replay mode felt the same. I haven't actually researched it but I have a feeling that Over G is also made by Taito and the same team as Energy Airforce.

So much for wanting to buy a Xbox 360. I'll just keep playing my PS2.