People who say Halo is a same-old game series have missed the point. But, just for them, Halo Reach looks to innovate beyond anything we have seen in a Halo game to date. The Armor Abilities are game changers, especially since I heard that Lock has a knockback blast. Tactically, it changes everything.
@AlBundy: The modes are highly customizable, but you still have limitations. Mainly, Forge can be considered a means to fill the functionality missing in the rules editor, but...
FINALLY we can stop listening to self-gratifying Sony stories about university research projects using PS3s.
Honestly, this won't be much of a speed bump to game-playing PS3s.
Wow... the comments and the agree/disagree ratio on my original reply prove just how over-the-top the bias is on n4g. It's downright incredible that people would reject a developer because they have been "tainted" by Microsoft.
Ungrateful sods, the lot of you. You would be damned lucky to have Bungie making a game for PS3 or to have ME on PS3. But you sound like the FF13 fanboys booing the 360, like children.
I am a 360 fan, and I have been working to ensure that "fanboy" can't be applied to me. I am merely a rational fan. That being said...
Most fanboys on either side are mouth-breathing stunted scum who are more interested in what passes for loyalty in this situation, than in actually playing the games. Devs only have the appearance of "loyalty" based on what skillsets they have invested in. That's about money, not loyalty.
I say, bring on a PS3 ...
Dude... what are you smoking? Should I dredge up MGS4 on 360 again? How many times do they have to shoot this rumor down?
I'll certainly eat my words if it does happen, and IF it does, it's great news for PS3 owners... I bear no hostility in that situation.
But where do you get off saying "play it on PC for free"?
I remember a few years ago when I pushed for Shadowrun on the 360 as the game of the year.
I was no less deluded that someone who thinks Demon's Souls was worthy of goty.
@cez of rage: As one 360 fan to a 360 fanboy, -bubbles.
I think Natal will ultimately be the more "popular" for the same reasons Wii was popular. And I will own one.
But my money is on Move for creating more compelling core content.
Honestly, I would love to hear a third-party exclusive like the Mass Effect go multi-platform. It's a great series with an incredibly flexible story. I believe Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo have every right to field their own studios to make their own exclusives, but third-parties should be developing for all the consoles they can.
One might think this means I'm turning into a PS3 fanboy, seeing as how Sony has the most first-party exclusives... but my preference in consoles ha...
I know this is the open zone, but that's awful.
Go take that somewhere else. Xbox Live maybe...
We can just put the KH franchise to bed now. I've watched my wife play through the insufferable piece of sh*t games several times now. I've still got the Atlantis music stuck in my head.
I've tried to follow the story, and it's an impossible jumble of story tied together with fan-servicey Disney tripe. I found a slinky left in the drier is easier to untangle.
@Toaster:
You're comparing a video game controller... a $300 video game controller to the Impala that gets me to work and home and helps me bring in enough money to feed my family. Sure, apples-to-apples.
Forgive me for not driving a racecar to work.
I wouldn't call it "hit after hit". I would call it "a few hits scattered between merely doing their job". But, yes. This is an uncharictaristic flop, on the order of the ORIGINAL Xbox Live Arcade, back on the first Xbox.
Anyone actually remember that?
I think a lot of those ITV games were two players, no CPU. Were you trying Football? I messed with it for what seemed like hours trying to decode the game.
At least we get a free 10 minute session with each game. That's more than I was expecting. Still, I'm not going to pony up that kind of cash for a "virtual arcade". Maybe $3-5 for an entire Game Pack, but not per game.
And another thing... why is there an Xbox Live arcade in Xbox Live Arcade. Doesn't it seem a little redundant?
Don't forget the Arena mode.
Honestly, my reasoning for preferring Console gaming over PC gaming is the audience they have to appeal to. PC games... excluding Facebook games, of course... panders to a cave-living hardcore sector of the market that is driving the industry into the ground. Consoles have to appeal to the whole family on some level to find their way into the living room. That helps keep the ultra-hardcore in the separate niche of the market, while consoles are free to pursue wider audiences with better, m...
Yeah, I GameFlew it early last year.
You take a third-party dev rambling about his ideal future for the genre, and call it "proof"?
Look, I don't have high expectations for Natal either. I agree with Sony that it makes SO much more sense to have an actual controller. But I'm not going to jump to conclusions about Natal until I see what games they really have in mind.
In the case of the Move, the games practically write themselves.
See, this guy is a sim-racing nut... that sado-masochistic breed that thinks taking a turn at 5 mph is fun.
The future in racing games is in the design... not gimmicky, expensive wheels or equally gimmicky 3D rigs.
Dude... go play Blur. It's fun, totally non-realistic, and the best driving game of any type I've played in a very long time.
"Shaka uses his brain"
Yeah, yeah... and Kanye West is the voice of a generation...