@Abizzel1
Say huh?! 8-8.5 avg isn't a critical success? Coming from someone who says "adults are talking", that's a pretty kindergarten view of things.
Some of the best rated series of this gen' (Battlefield, COD, BioShock, Fable, Uncharted, Resistance, L4D, Ratchet & Clank) have at least a game or two in the mid to high 80's. Is Demon's Souls not a critical success because one pissy score from the Official Playstation Magazine Austr...
Never cared for this Hilary's reviews, opinions etc. Still don't. His best-of 2010 nominees are pants. Acid wash even. This "news" changes nothing.
IGN < Metacritic where year in reviews matter.
One only needs to go through metacritic's industry wide 2010 exclusive and multiplat scores to see IGN's skewed version of reality. A completely different story, especially on the "quality" front IGN crucified the PS3 for.
In reality GOW3 outscored Halo Reach, Heavy Rain out did Alan Wake, Yakuza 3 topped Crackdown 2, ModNation topped Fable 3, GT5 lapped Metro 2033, 3D Dot Game Heroes teabagged ...
End Statement? Ok boobz4avatar, you win teh internetz1! Did Digital Foundry strike a nerve? Here's a virtual *%# in your ear. Your butt is already full of hurt.
Frames are frames. Now you're downplaying cutscenes in a STORY driven RPG...where half the game is people talking. Do you see the irony there? Why not mention everything? Lay it all on the table. Unless one's hiding something of course.
So apparently I hurt someone's feelings on LOT *sigh*!
A "mod" there took the easy way out and rather than address the point I made in their comments about constantly cherry picking in H2Hs (this time conveniently skipping the part where the PS3 version does a solid 30fps in cutscenes VS 24fps on the 360)...what did they do? They perma-banned me lmao, WITHOUT addressing the valid point I made.
Speaks volumes. So unprofessional compared to Digital Foun...
Ummm, Digital Foundry examined the framerate a week ago and said the PS3 had better frames and showed video of it going up to the high 40's and staying at 30 during cutscenes while ALL the 360's cutscenes DIPPED TO 24fps. Now Lens of Fanboys isolates one lil' section & says its only .30 higher. Bunch of @$$&#*'s. God I hate them.
He can't answer you, only has 1 bubble lol. If we could read his mind though I'm sure it would sound something like "herpa derpa durrrr...TIMMY!!!"
Honestly, the people bitching about the gunplay & comparing it to straight up FPS games like KZ2 are straight up idiots. It's as tight a third person action/adventure game as has ever been. Stop sucking.
@palaeomerus
You talk about 'real gamers' yet you can't say nice things about Prototype without downplaying and taking lil' shots at inFamous. Next time you take a shot at supposed 'PS3 fanboy idiots', splash some cold water on your face for randomly comparing inFamous 1 to Fable 2.
How bout comparing inFamous 1 to Fable 1 since they're both debuts? And OMG, what do we have here? Turns out inFamous had the same 85 meta' avg as Fable! Om...
RDR is nowhere near PS3 GOTY for me. By the time I got through Mexico I felt like quitting. Beat it once, no desire to again. Replayed some stuff but got bored quick.
Online was oversold. Too much wank DLC that by the time Undead Nightmare came out and my trophy stat finished its 30% DLC induced freefall, I just didn't care about the IP anymore.
@Vickers500
See...now THAT is the definition of overhyping! Saying Mass Effect is the best bla bla bla everything and always +1 better than any other game evah. Then what happens? Some people play it and see the ME2 demo for the boring cliche ridden hallway run it really is. Don't blame Heavy Rain. Blame the XBox overhype.
Every corridor looks the same
Cliche fetch quests (defend teh fans) after a cliche betrayer angle
Clunky cover system
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@starchild
So he gets more exclusives he likes and you get more pixels and less screen tearing once in a while. To each his own. One could get by a whole year (2011) for example without even touching a multiplat', so #%& the multiplat' defense. I've got TWO multiplats on my to-buy list for 2011...Batman and Dead Space 2...and like 10-12 PS3 exclusives...all AAA. I could list them...but then I'd be Captain Obvious.
Soldner-X 2 should have been nominated. Same critical avg as the winner Dead Nation. It's an under rated exclusive.
Not hard to find limiteds, especially at the same price. I can still find copies of Bad Company Gold Edition and ModNation Racers with 'limited edition Sackboy' to this day.
Everything came up roses with EA's Divine Edition of Dante's Inferno and Medal of Honor with HD remix so I'm not concerned with EA this time either. Especially since the game's a day one Collector's Edition buy for me anyway.
Tenuous grasp? Oh, you mean like Resident Evil, Metal Gear, Devil May Cry, Tomb Raider, Final Fantasy and every other major franchise out there that XBox came late to or is missing sequels/prequels from. Got it. Enjoy Dead Space 2 without Extraction and MGS Rising without MGS1, MGS3 and MGS4. Disagrees from hypocrites in 3...2...1...
SUPER screen tearing and TERRIBLE bad textures?! Wow. The framerates were higher for one, but thx for coming out. Stick to Facebook.
I'll bite.
KZ3
LBP2
DCU
Yakuza 4
Ico Collection
Heroes on the Move (more Sly Cooper plz and thx)
inFamous 2
Resistance 3
Uncharted 3
Last Guardian
Plus two multiplats, Dead Space 2 and Batman Arkham City.
IGN is WRONG about Resistance 3's Quick Tip too btw. They say the Tunguska event in 1908 is the arrival of the Chimera to earth. The Chimera have actually been b...
@kaveti
It's true. I bought a PS3 in 2007 just to play MGS4 and GOW3 someday. I got Uncharted Drakes Fortune to play something in the meantime and wound up loving it more than either of the games I bought the system for, lol!
Bought a GameCube just for the exclusive Resident Evils too. Bought a PSP for Peace Walker.
So dipping to 24 fps in the same scenes where the PS3 stays at 30 or EXCEEDS 30 makes the 360 version run better?! Omg, do you know how self serving that sounds? lol.
Uncharted Drakes Fortune and Assassin's Creed had some tearing btw and they still top ME2 visually, even being 3 years its junior. It ain't always about tearing.
[QUOTE]But what if it is just those developers' skills that make the game so good and it would look even better on the ot...
@midnighter20c
Funny how XBox ate table scraps for years (mmm Crash Bandicoot, om nom nom Bully Scholarship Edition) but it didn't matter until the PS took a bite from a 360 exclusive or two (yummy Dead Rising, tasty Mass Effect).
How many sloppy second franchises are on the Xbox? Devil May Cry, Metal Gear Solid, Tomb Raider, Resident Evil etc. I take it you're too young to remember when the GTA games came to the XBox years later as sloppy seconds. MGS2, To...
On par blow for blow? Numbers wise maybe, quality wise...notta. Not even.
Meta averages:
GOW3=92...Halo Reach=91
Yakuza3=80...Crackdown2=70
Gran Turismo 5=84...Fable3=80
3D Dot Game Heroes=77...Deadly Premonition=68
ModNation Racers=82...Metro 2033=77
MAG=76...NinetyNineNights2=45
Sly Collecton=87...Splinter Cell Conviction=85
Heavy Rain=87...Alan Wake=83
Unless you count Sony losing...