but i'd much rather be boffing the missus than playing the game.
the moment she gives me the come hither stare, i put the controller down. seemed like a no brainer to me. lol.
and i have to say i'm not disappointed in the visuals at all.
i'm playing it on a 40" Samsung 720p set.
from the complete and utter meltdown of the internet, i was expecting the game to look worse than Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and the Damned on the PS3 (which is a blurry mess, truth told), but the game is a lot better looking in general than the GTAIV trilogy.
i've only played about 3 hours into it, however, but the imag...
when it comes to Resistance 2.
i LOVED that game.
don't get me wrong, i LOVED Resistance: Fall of Man also, but i love them both for different reasons.
i loved Resistance for the creepy atmosphere and fun weapons.
i loved Resistance 2 for the addictive co-op, large scale atmosphere, and fun weapons. i also thought the story was rather interesting, and attempted to inject Nathan Hale with a bit more personality than in Res...
on ANY platform.
i bought and LOVED Half Life 2 (got the PC version, even upgraded my video card so, at the least, i could do the game justice).
but after seeing and hearing what Valve thinks of a particular portion of their fanbase (not all PC gamers bought 360's to play Valve games. many of them bought PS3's, if anything, for the Blu Ray, and many bought the Orange Box on the PS3 thinking it would be a quality Valve game on the platform. they got bu...
thanks guys!
i just think it's kind of ridiculous that "repetitive" has become a "valid" complaint with video games.
as stated before, all games are repetitive by nature.
what we are really complaining about when we say the game is "repetitive," is that the game play mechanic that is being repeated the most isn't fun, and it makes the game feel repetitive (ie, boring).
i've certainly ...
the game to be completed. what matters is the end result.
Uncharted 2 took 18 months to complete.
God of War 3 took 4 years.
Alan Wake took 5 years.
Red Dead Redemption took 5 years (with GTAIV in between).
Ratchet and Clank Future: TOD and ACIT took 2 years each.
the quality of these games is way better than Too Human.
was it a shit game? no, i don't think so. it was ter...
i think for him to not feel that the game is repetitive, the game designers should have made it where, while you are going to a mission, the earth opens up with a sudden volcanic explosion, and mole people emerge, riding dinosaurs and declaring they will finally have their day, forcing you to single handedly battle the mole people leader.
just when you are going to deliver the killing blow, a siren wales, and alien spacecraft careen back and forth through the air, peppering t...
it's kind of the point.
the main difference is that the PS3 looks a little less sharp compared to the 360 version, but other than that, the game plays exactly the same, and the PS3 version has a little bit o' extra swag just for kicks.
honestly, having to zoom into an image to point out graphical issues is, to me, the epitome of REACHING for reasons to slag off a game.
the differences are simply too minimal to raise a ruckus about. <...
Tifa has huge tits.
it really is the sad truth. as a character, she doesn't do or say much that is really worthy of the attention she gets.
Terra, Beatrix, even Garnet, are much more interesting and appealing characters to me in relation to the FF series.
although, don't get me wrong, i love huge jumblies, and i do like Tifa, so, go figure.
"I was wrong."
yeah, that about sums Patcher up in a nutshell. at least when it comes to ANYTHING related to gaming. maybe he actually IS a good analyst, but for a different market. ah, who the hell am i kidding? he's probably the worst analyst i think i've seen.
there are armchair analysts in forums that are more accurate than this guy, and more than likely they are either unemployed (fricking economy), or working some job that doesn't ...
and by the time i'm actually able to buy it (sometime in July), it'll probably have dropped less.
i don't put stock in any reviews, however. many games this gen that have scored in the 7's have been some of my favorites (ie, Heavenly Sword and Folklore).
i buy what i want. i play what i want. i want Alan Wake, so i will buy Alan Wake. will i enjoy Alan Wake? well, that's another matter entirely, but considering that i have an interest in t...
are SO MINOR that without a side by side comparison, nobody would give a rats ass about it.
this generation of gaming sucks so hard on the community level.
the current gaming community is simply pathetic with their priorities so ass backwards it's not even funny.
i can clearly see that RDR on the 360 is sharper than on the PS3. the LEVEL in which it's sharper isn't nearly as wide as the internet would have you believe, however. <...
play video games if she couldn't set the difficulty to easy.
she's not playing the game to prove how 1337 she is, she's playing the game to have FUN, and her idea of fun is different from elitist "hardcore" gamers like myself.
i tend to play games on Normal difficulty first time through, since that's the default level the developers designed the game around.
second play through, i'll often play on Easy, just so i...
when Final Fantasy XIII was noticeably (and without the need for a side by side comparison) inferior on the 360 compared to the PS3, but reviewers just felt OBLIGATED to give both games the same score because, "the core game play is the same."
Red Dead Redemption no doubt looks better on the 360. i've seen the videos, i've seen the comparison screens.
however, the CONTENT of both versions is identical with one difference: the PS3 has some ad...
on my platforms have been
Xbox 360:
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Fable 2
Crackdown
(i'm still planning on getting Alan Wake, Crackdown 2, and Fable 3 this year).
i'm not a fan of Gears of War, but i'd add that to a list if i was recommending quality games for people to pick up on their 360s. i may not dig the games, but they are certainly quality. i'm not a fan of Halo or Splinter Cell, although i ...
does a car with a track record of having faulty brakes make it a bad buy?
does a restaurant with a track record for having a low health rating make it a bad place to eat?
does a suit or outfit that has a track record for being shoddily crafted make it a bad buy?
i mean, seriously, this is a no fricking BRAINER.
the lengths that the gaming media has gone to downplay what is, undeniably, the WORST failure rate in the HISTORY o...
that Valve has no interest in the PS3. why they INSIST on CONSTANTLY talking about the PS3 is confusing to me.
i mean, i don't like peas. i don't go around raging against peas whenever the opportunity arises. i prefer to hear about what a developer ACTUALLY has experience with, instead of hearing them constantly downplay a platform they haven't, and never will have, an interest in developing for.
i also think it's pretty clear by now where Son...
it was a risky maneuver, but Blu Ray's fate was sealed the moment Sony included it with the PS3.
i don't think any other console manufacturer would have been able to pull off releasing a $600 gaming system.
Sony hedged quite a bet on the name brand of the PlayStation being strong enough to carry it through that first year. 10 million a year for 3 years shows that they were right.
besides, Blu Ray is a genuinely awesome HD format. HD D...
unfortunately, me and my wife just instituted a new game buying budget, where both of us are allowed to buy ONE game a month.
i've already used up my game purchases for May and June by getting 3D Dot Game Heroes and Red Dead Redemption.
i'll try and get Alan Wake in July. it'll be a birthday present to myself. lol.
my wife hasn't chosen her games yet however. there's not much she likes to play besides Fallout 3 and Dragon ...
let the Insomniac Games circle jerking from the gaming media begin.
what really annoys me about this generation of gaming is that when developers like Ninja Theory and Insomniac were exclusive to the PlayStation 3, they got shit on constantly. their titles were downplayed and ignored, and nitpicked for various reasons that got conveniently overlooked in titles that were exclusive to the 360 or multi-platform.
but NOW that both developers are creating games th...