...I hate to be welcome back to Earth like this! You're probably right...it did sound almost too good to be true I must admit.
Well spotted ...Bob.
Burnout in 3D on PS3 is old news? It's the first that I hear of it, let alone actual footage. Granted, it's not much information but that doesn't make it any less newsworthy. The post you mentioned refers to the PC version...
...that we'll know more about this pretty soon. I am wetting my pants at the idea of experiencing Burnout Paradise in 3D...If true, then, as mentioned in the post, Killzone 2 in 3D becomes a real possibly. Visual orgasms aplenty! :-)
This and the Killzone 2 demo are the 2 best and greatest news today! I can see myself replaying KZ2 when the PS3 kits are out. Do I dare assuming that this will work seamlessly with Blu-Ray movies, PlayTV and music? Now that's really promising. Can't wait for this: here's to hoping we'll get to actually see something by the end of the year!
(I am a tad surprised though that this news doesn't seem to be generating much buzz...)
"Equally annoying is the way the game herds you towards making your initial foray into The Cordon (the starting map in the original game, incidentally) by passing through a military encampment packed with psychic guards with ultra-accurate machine guns."
While it's true that this is a hard pass, you just need to leg it as fast as you can and use a couple of medkits if needed on the way. Alternatively, come back through the tunnel and look for another entrance to the Zone furt...
...I completely agree that this game wasn't worth much in the bugfull state in which it came when released. I absolutely loved the first one and love this one just as much. This review is based on the game installed with the first patch which wasn't much to start with. There's been a second one since then which pretty much fixes most of the biggest problems we all had with this game. I sometimes wish reviewers updated their reviews once these patches have been installed: Stalker: Clear Sky wo...
I actually reckon PC's will regain their crown in the end or at least be strong pretenders, and remain very viable gaming platforms. It might take a couple of years but both PS3 and XBOX360 will eventually feel dated as far as technology is concerned while even PC's built on a modest budget will provide enough bang to keep being attractive platforms to a larger audience. Even this holiday season isn't all that bad for PC gamers, I mean, Crysis: Warhead, Far Cry 2, Stalker: Clear Sky, Fallout ...
Well, Far Cry 2 will be the perfect example when it comes out I suppose: we'll see then what runs it better, the PC or the console(s). My bet's on the PC ;-)
I think PC's and consoles appeal to very different gamers and to have one or the other is really dependant on how badly you want the latest improvements in graphics (and on what you can afford too). I build my own PC's and they're usually pretty good for 3 years, after which I choose to spend a little (ok, a lot) to upgrade or completely rebuild it just so that I can play the latest games with decent graphics, and older ones again just because, well, they then look so much better that it's li...
I mostly agree with you re: MGS4, though they've done a fantastic job as far as character animations are concerned: it beats Crysis and most other games hands down and also shows that graphics are, in the end, just one of many traits that make a game great and it isn't necessarily console or PC related. As far as graphics alone are concerned though, I completely agree that Crysis offers more bangs for your buck. PC's only get better with better components: consoles pretty much remain the same...
...PC gaming is dead? I for once can't wait to run this beast of a game!
...I imported the original version from the US a year or so ago and was pretty disappointed. It would work well if it were more responsive, was wireless (these cables are quite annoying) and wasn't so "ergonomically" difficult to use (buttons are awkwardly placed to say the least). It's taking dust at the moment and I wouldn't get a new version unless I got some hand-on time with it...
When the first Stalker came out, it quickly became my personal best game of the year, despite its flaws and bugs. There is just no other game like it: the atmosphere portrayed and the gameplay were out of this world and it's to this date one of the rare games that I actually enjoyed replaying years after it came out -after many patch updates. Reading all these reviews, I find myself wondering if they're playing the same game as I am: I don't find it as difficult as they say it can be and the ...
tesco.com still shows the 29th as a release date. See
http://www.tesco.com/entert...
If they do release it early, I suspect it'll be in store only, and not necessarily all of them.
On a purely business/marketing basis though it would make sense for them to spread those rumors, be they real or not: the more go check it out, the more customers they attract. Given that they...
...this looks like CGI...I doubt the gameplay will match this video but it's interesting nonetheless.