My 360 is flashed so is banned from Live. I did get on for 6 months or so before the mass banning and had mixed feelings.
Only really played PES6 online (did once have a try with Need For Speed but got left for dead as my rivals cars seemed to be 10 times faster than mine for some reason so fucked that right off), half the time PES6 was great, tight entertaining games where you don't mind losing as you've played well, but other times was a total nightmare, it was as if every opposition player was stronger, faster, more intelligent etc and like their slow defender would outpace my Ronaldo or their puny forward would outmuscle my John Terry etc.
Read forums about it and loads having same problems....really spoilt it and frustrating as fuck. Smashed one of my controllers too out of sheer frustration, cost me £30 to replace.....probably a good thing I can't go on now
So never tried a variety of games but I would imagine the shooters are great.
Have you tried Gears Of War yet? Best game I've ever played and I'm not a huge shooter fan.
What do you make of PES/FIFA? I've always much preferred PES but found PES6 on the 360 sluggish and too predictable, PES 2008 is improved, sharper and more variety in the shots etc, forwards stay onside better, but fucking hell, you get booked for almost every foul you make, often straight red too, how unrealistic is that?
Just got FIFA 08 and can't believe how beautiful the graphics are, looks so real, love the way the camera shakes a la GEARS when running down the wing (in PRO camera)....takes some getting used to though, fucking cross/shoot buttons opposite to PES, very hard to get clear on goal, can't seem to dribble past players either like on PES, I know these games try and make you pass but if you're playing as Arsenal and NONE of your players are capable of going past a man then it's not much of a footy game! Seems potentially better than PES (never thought I'd say that) - much smoother now than older versions.
I'm off to look at some forums for advice. Played 3 games v easy and only scored 1 goal (although it was a real beauty from Fabregas)....