We already put the PS4's controller through its paces. Next up: The Xbox One's controller. Is it better than the Xbox 360? More importantly, how does it fare against the DualShock 4? We cover all your burning questions.
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Its like the final episode of the Sapranos. You gonna go to make a comment and when you click add th-
I think the only game here for me is Nine Sols. Was always interested in that game.
Good month for me, I wanted that particular footy game and thought it might be due. Anyway who cares, shame about the site I'll miss the comment sections. All the best everyone.
Naughty Dog was reportedly divided on the controversial fate of Joel in The Last of Us Part 2 during the game's development.
Funny considering Bruce left half way through development and now we get told there was an internal conflict with the story direction.
Makes you think…
I think it was good decision, if he was still alive, he would have been a mascot just like Kratos, drake and many others. These old dudes gotta die for new characters to take center stage with their own storyline. They keep dragging the emotional baggage into many sequels and eventually the story just turns into absolute shit show.
It was ironic because people complained heavily about the story in the Uncharted games not having sufficient stakes because all the key characters always survived, despite the dangerous situations they were always in. Then ND killed a character in a more serious series and everyone lost their minds. Just shows that people don't always really want the thing they say they want.
I thought the more common complaint about Uncharted franchise was how the main cast are the good guys acting so nonchalantly while killing hundreds in cold blood (aka the dissonance between gameplay and story cutscenes). They just did it again in Part II.
I don't think he would necessarily need to become a mascot (and besides, technically, I'd say Ellie is... So regardless, someone was going to be).
From a narrative perspective, I do think it has a similar effect to Ricky dying in Boyz N Da Hood: very likeable character, and you're really motivated to see the get back—in this case, it's more intense because it's an interactive experience. Most people hated Abby, but I get what they were after with portraying the cycle of violence and revenge—unfortunately, the game appears to want to take the side of the bad people.
But I will say that if Joel survived, it does become harder to tell an interesting story. What COULD have happened is an exploration into the rift between Joel and Ellie after the trolley dilemma events of the first game. It could have been interesting to see Abby out for revenge at the same time Ellie hated Joel.
Sorry just had to say this lol! RICKYYYY!
Man Cuba Gooding Jr was miscast in that movie, but that part was cringey it was sad and funny at the same time man.
I understand but the way they went about killing Joel, was poorly executed. Even the show of the Last of Us games tried to improved it, but it was just as bad. Well at least Joel got to know the reason why he had to die, before the death happened in the show. That part gave us the full context, but the game just let it happen with no pay off.
Joel death should have been a midway thing through the story, so we at least get to play him a little more with Ellie. Abby didn’t need to be this Hulk looking woman, but more like the show Abby which is a beater idea in my opinion.
Honestly as much as I loved the game, they could have just not killed him off.
I get it creator vision and all but killing a character that made you millions is just wrong imo. At least have him go down fighting.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
The 360 controller is my favourite controller of all time (gamecube 2nd). They seemed to have changed it with the X1 which im a little sceptical about. Meanwhile the DS4 is pretty much the playstation controller i always wished for....longer/bigger handles, wider sticks, stiffer sticks, better triggers.
Im sure i will love both controllers, i just hope the X1 controller is still as comfortable as the 360's was/is.
Xbox One Controller vs Dual Shock 4.
Winner: gamers
As a PS4 owner I can happily say that, IMO, the DS4 is incredible and, while I won't have my XBO until Friday, I have felt the XBO pad and it, too, is, IMO, incredible.
Two amazing input devices right here, folks.
Everything else aside, the one feature I absolutely love about the DS4 is that I can plug in headphones straight to it. Made my jaw drop when I figured out I could do that.
The dualshock has no matched the level of fidelity for FPS as the civic controller, except it's still better at fighters, I give the edge to the Dualshock. Not to mention it's rechargeable and has the touch pad as an added bonus
I cringe every single time they focus the usability of the controller on FPS. Like if FPS is the only genre in the world. They should judge the controller based on several genres, not only FPS.
IMO, DualShock 4 is much better for many different genres, while the Xbox controller is much more focused on FPS. It is not surprising though, since the PlayStation was created in an era where platformers were the most successful genre (thanks mostly to Super Mario 64); while the Xbox got its fame from Halo which is a FPS and it became the favorite genre for Xbox users.
However, Sony has the advantage I think, because different players play different games, and the controller feels more apt for people's different tastes, and it works well enough for most (if not all) of them. The Xbox controller on the other hand, feels restrictive when trying to play other genre that it's not FPS.
Last generation (360/PS3), FPS were the most famous genre thanks to Call of Duty. This generation might not actually be the dominant genre. So far, it seems like the genre to dominate this generation will be open world games. With the success of GTA V, Assassin's Creed, the imminent success of Watch_Dogs, games like inFamous, the other Ubisoft game (forgot name), even The Crew is more open world.
Expect a lot of open world games this generation, so how do the controllers perform with this genre, and other genres as well? That would be a better controller review than saying, "offset sticks are better for FPS", ok but is that the only genre you plan to play?