HowarthsNJ

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Almost anyone with a PS3 is likely to get in on it if they really want to.

You get to satisfy your curiosity and make suggestions on how to improve it. That's much better than getting the final version full of things you aren't happy with.

In any case HOME will evolve even after it's gone gold. So if you don't like it even then, it will improve as time goes by.

6521d ago 2 agree0 disagreeView comment

http://www.polyphony.co.jp/...

What is new though is that Prologue is being made available to a wider audience than ever before.

6547d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Not sure why. Maybe it's the blurriness and low frame rates.

I disagree with their inclusion of MotorStorm as well. That still rocks too.

6549d ago 4 agree2 disagreeView comment

I did see a difference between the two with motion blur and flying glass particles. PS3 wins there.

360 wins with the shadows and street level shadow tones viewed from the aircraft.

Ps3 has bright colors with less AA making it sharper, 360 has too much AA maybe making it look muted and muddy.

6552d ago 5 agree5 disagreeView comment

Sony never owned Spyro or Crash. They brought on Insomniac and Naughty Dog, but those IP's stayed with Universal.

6553d ago 0 agree1 disagreeView comment

@hamsterfist

I typed fast and replied too quickly.

Gears uses the cover button to crouch/run as well - you stick to cover when you don't want to sometimes.

I wanted to say "uncharted uses an exclusive cover button near objects", but that didn't sound right either.

6555d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Uncharted's cover is activated by a button press near objects.

6556d ago 3 agree2 disagreeView comment

This author doesn't like any of them.

Uncharted doesn't force you into cover unlike other games. You can run & gun (and die) if it pleases you :-)

6556d ago 14 agree1 disagreeView comment

Can't see it.

6561d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

They know what they want their game to be like and set other people (and their talents) to making it happen.

The game will only be as good as the director's vision for it and how well he communicates that vision to the people creating it.

Example:

Jaffe defines GoW then Barlog and the crew build it adding in their own ideas while remaining true to the original vision.

Barlog knows the world of GoW and takes over as director for the second ga...

6562d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Not sad at all.

6563d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Any tool that helps express those ideas is welcome. Once that's done the programmer takes over and brings the ideas tom life.

I'd like to have simple game creation tools for the PS3 sixaxis. My kids love bouncing those ducks out of tub from PSN.

Think "Super Monkey Ball" on an obstacle course using motion controls to drive and bounce the ball through the environment.

Toddler games are untapped market IMO.

6564d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

This blog just lost credibility IMO. Whatever.

6565d ago 11 agree5 disagreeView comment

You would never know unless they spoke and even then you might mistake them for a teen boy.

The ones to watch out for are the guys who pretend to be female :-)

6566d ago 2 agree0 disagreeView comment

We need all the pivots, switches and what-nots we can get :-)

6571d ago 3 agree0 disagreeView comment

So they bash the control method instead of admitting they aren't good at it.

I used the motion steering controls on Burnout and got pretty good at it after a while. It's a skill one has to learn with practice.

When I feel mentally lazy I use the thumb sticks because it's become second nature after so many years of using them.

6575d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

but if you can't blow a hole through a floor or roof it kinda ruins it.

6575d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

http://www.groklaw.net/arti...

6581d ago 2 agree0 disagreeView comment

So maybe slight changes to that version?

6582d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Convert HD-DVD to an Xbox only gaming format.

That is, drop the HD-DVD name & interactive features and optimize it for high disc capacity gaming.

We know the Xbox brand needs a larger capacity disk and this could do it for them. Maybe too late for the 360, but not for xbox next.

Blu-ray benefits gaming more than movies. I'm a big fan, but so far I only own a few BD format movies in my collection compared to the number of PS3 games.

6583d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment