Underrated title. Fun from start to finish, especially when you learn how to exploit each warrior's abilities. Rare did good, though replay value is a little limited. And you can't have a 360 w/o having Gears of War. Seriously. It's like a law, or something.
Agreed, on all 10
That's a good start. More, more! :) LOL.
Pretty good article. It highlighted the positives of all 3 systems, and the negatives, as well; oftentimes the fanboys fail to see either argument for/against a system. (That's why they're fanboys).
MS has the best online service and offers the best game lineup (currently, with many good games in the pipe), but needs a price cut to accelerate sales and definitely needs to release a bigger HD soon, and at a reasonable price. Kill the Core system. They also need to address failin...
Wow...then why does a stand-alone Blu-Ray player cost $800-$1000? I always wondered how MS could produce a HD drive for only $200 (actual cost: about $150, according to a handful of semi-reliable sources, so take that with a grain of salt). Does anyone--DJ included--know why a Blu-Ray player costs nearly a grand, when it seems that the central components are (relatively) cheap? (Same with HD players, which I have always read cost only a little more than regular DVD to make).
No...
C'mon, where's Bomberman? It's now under $30 at my store! ;) Seriously, Chromehounds just dropped to $29, and although it's not quite in the realm of the five listed titles, it's not bad. Worth a look.
...as Thwip noted, it gives us a little more financial flexibility for the next few months. My only request from Valve: If you're going to delay it, make sure it ROCKS. As long as the game kicks serious booty when released, I'm willing to wait a little longer. Another delay, tho, might end up alienating gamers further.
Price drops can't hurt either system. 360 sales at my store are solid, and PS3 is doing a (little) better, but everyone wants Wiis. MS would probably benefit the most, because a $349 (or $299...?) Pro system would get them closer to that *magical* $199 mark, where the system is more likely to become an impulse buy, rather than an investment. (Remember, PS2 really took off after dropping to $199). For the PS3--even a drop to $399/$499 still puts them out of reach of average Jane and Joe, and t...
POETIC JUSTICE AND KARMA. Serves him right.
...I get 10-20 requests PER DAY for the DS (and an equal number for the Wii). Nintendo has definitely struck gold with their recent approaches to gaming. MS could learn a few things from them (slowly, but they are learning), and Sony should take Marketing, Game Development, and Public Perception 101 from Nintendo. ASAP.
To Beta test this game. Then play the finished product.
As long as they don't feel the need to go overboard with an undercooked Half-Life knockoff. Red Faction was a decent game, though the voice-synching was horrendous, and it had its fair share of graphical glitches. Two had a lot of the same, but controls were better (I thought so) and it was a decent multiplayer game. Done right, this could be a solid shooter/adventure game.
...king of De Nile! Seriously, they failed to deliver on so many of their promises and hype; in other words, Sony brought this on themselves. You reap what you sow...in this case, sour grapes. ("high expectations")
I rarely used my original Xbox system for DVD playback; it was there when my oldest son wanted to watch something separate from us. It probably received about 15-20 hours of DVD play total. My 360 has been used once: I couldn't get Superman Returns to play on my DVD player, my computer, or the DVD recorder, so I tried the 360. Whaddya know? It played on the 360, and played well. That will likely be the last time I'll use it for that, as well. The point is: The majority of people who have syst...
Not just those, but games loaded on cassette tapes, as well. I remember playing Solar Fox on a friend's PC back in the early 80s, and the ridiculous load times were a fact of life. (Well, while we waited for it to load, we played the Asteroids console his brother bought from a local eatery). The floppy was the medium of choice when I went to college, and then came the Zip drives, and then HDs became big enough to hold the friggin' Library of Congress. Amazing how things change in just twenty-...
...that this demo's popularity may be due to people "testing" the game before deciding to plunk down $60 for it and the Halo 3 Beta invite. Of course, I'm such a Halo whore that I'm buying Crackdown anyway, along with a few dozen of my friends. Oh well. If the game sucks, the local gamestore will give me about $35 in trade for it, and I get to pwn people in a Beta test. Win/win.
...world domination! Everyone will have Zunes and 360s and Windows, and Bill will case himself in gem-studded solid gold as he stands astride the globe like Zeus come down from Olympus, and we shall worship his geeky countenance forever!
Just kidding...a little. I do like my 360, tho.
Good ones, both of you.
...they're not on crack. They've just had a strong dose of REALITY.
This unrepentant Halo whore will buy it anyway.