This game is bizarre beyond words, but GOD if it isn't fun. My friends and I played it for about 1 hour last night and even though we're going to play it more, it has already paid for itself in laughs.
PC gaming doesn't need to be saved. It's just changing (again) like it has in the past. I doubt the author does much PC gaming when they say things like "The PC has largely been reduced to a port platform save the occasional mainstay title such as Sims, StarCraft 2, and WoW".
The author does make a good point that while console gamers are going ga-ga over $10 map packs and $20 mission packs, PC gamers have been modding their favorite games for over a decade....for free....
I don't use Home, but why would Sony axe an open beta? It isn't even finished yet. The only people who want Home to fail are haters. It's an awesome application with a ton of potential.
It kinda worries me when the developer is basically saying "Hey guys. RE5 is same old. It will be the NEXT game which pushes things forward". It doesn't help that I found the demo to be rather boring.
My question is this: where's the proof? "Teh cell" has been proving itself since the days of Resistance, Heavenly Sword, Uncharted, and so forth. Alan Wake is little more than a tech demo right now, and it's optimized to run on PC, anyway. What a silly headline and even sillier article.
Slam "disagree" all you kids want, but instead of spending the time hitting disagree, why don't you spend the time linking some footage of the game running on the 360, or foot...
This is the first S-E 360 JRPG to have a Meta score at 80 or higher (Tales of Vesperia is the only other one with a score of 81). Congrats, Tri-Ace. Then again, there are only six reviews so we'll see what happens when more reviews start pouring in. The report of 510p resolution and the 7/10 from Game Informer does have me a bit worried...
So people are going to be Killzowned, Kratowned, and Nathan Drakowned all in the same year? LOL.
Nai, your (failing) argument boils down to this:
You're comparing a yearly service (LIVE) to a one-time purchase (a Blu Ray disk). You SAY that you'll only watch the disk once, but that's according to YOU. Someone might watch that movie every weekend. Yes, someone might only watch it once, but the point is that they only PAID the price ONE TIME. Can you grasp those words? LIVE is not a one-time purchase.
If you by a Blu Ray, it's yours. You own it. You have the o...
Interesting article.
When you set aside your personal console choice, when you set aside the FUD and fanboy hate, and when you set aside the unrealistic notion of "Well....PS3 isn't selling as well as the PS2, so therefore it is fail", you can see that the PS3 is an absolute juggernaut that is just starting to come into stride.
The fact alone that it has gone toe-to-toe with the competition's sales while being "harder to program for" (a fallic...
@ NaiNai
"so i have a question, buying 2 blu-rays is fine but buying 1 year of XBL is a sin @_@"
LOL. Never thought of it that way, but you have to remember...
Buying two full-priced Blu Rays costs you $50 and buying one YEAR of LIVE costs the same. However, at the end of 5 years, those Blu Rays still only cost you $50 but suddenly you've spent $250 on LIVE. There's a bit of a difference. ;)
EDIT:
Uh, what a...
Oh, you can buy Burnout Paradise on LIVE Arcade? Huh. I didn't know that. You can buy Siren on LIVE Arcade? Huh. I didn't know that. You can buy [insert yet another full game title on PSN here] on LIVE Arcade? Huh.
You're jumping up and down for DLC and song packs. The article is talking about full games and purchasing full movies.
But what does that have to do with the digital download service that Microsoft first talked about? Add-on content isn't the "digital download" future that Microsoft spoke of. Movie streaming isn't the "digital download" future that Microsoft spoke of.
They spoke of downloading full games and purchasing full movies. And no, Xbox Originals don't count. Tit for tat, PS3 has downloadable PS1 games.
@ La Chance
It's funny how you call me a fanboy yet you never want to "go into details". Sorry, but between you and me, who's the one with two bubbles?
Thanks and have a nice day.
@ PirateThom
I get disagrees because some fanboys on this site don't want to face facts. LOL.
If it works out, cool. Indie gaming is a big reason why I love PC gaming. Hopefully Microsoft can tap into that market while also keeping a strong force of 360 games to round out the console.
But let's not celebrate yet. 90% (if not more) of these games will be crap. That's just how these sort of things go. If you don't believe me, go to one of those game sites that host web-based Flash games and tell me how many of them are good.
It's true. Microsoft bragged about having the "leading" next-gen format when HD-DVD and Blu Ray were still competing. Then, once HD-DVD died, Microsoft changes its tune and starts trumpeting digital downloads. Yet, Sony is the one pushing it forward. Siren, Wipeout HD, Flower, Burnout, Socom, Warhawk, and more, whereas LIVE has nothing as far as full games go.
That's what happens when your harddrive isn't standard, and even your standard hard drive (up until recently)...
Left 4 Dead was extremely overpriced to begin with, so your faith in them grows because they reduce the price to what it SHOULD have been at launch?
Still, video games have been getting more expensive to develop yet their price stays pretty much the same. Over the years, the "standard" has been anywhere from $40-$70 for a single game, even back in the late '80s. Taking inflation into account, paying only $60 for a high-def game isn't so bad of a deal.
Funny how late 2006 and for all of 2007, 360 owners bragged and bragged about exclusives. If it wasn't exclusive, it didn't matter. Sure, most of the best games of 2007 were also on PS3, but PS3 didn't have TEH EXCLUSIVZ!!! 2008 rolls around and the tune changed. Now it was all about TEH HIGHEST RATED EXCLUSIVZ!!! Yet, as 2008 went on, that tune changed, too.
Now, is it all about TEH MULTIPLATFORM GAMEZ?
LOL. This is hilarious.
Loved the first one. Looking forward to this one. It's certainly one of the best RTSs on the market right now.
That's a pretty nice deal if you buy lots of DLC and Arcade games. It's a smart way for MS to reach out to Silver members who don't necessarily play games online.