[quote]debraD wrote:
I’m going to have to hurry up and get a new pc. My current one won’t be able to play it.
I’m very excited! Supposedly there won’t be a pc demo though.[/quote]
So, you lift, play games and are into photography?
Single? Have a sister? A clone?
Hold me while I seizure. Real tight 
Tekken 6 coming at launch for XBox?! I just won.
Oh dammit, GoW III is still coming for PS3.
The problem is that Microsoft has so much money to throw at the 360 platform. The way Apple laid the groundwork for its iPhone, with an App store and, for instance, the Starbucks online ordering system, Microsoft did the same with Xbox Live. It’s an incredibly mature system, as is the Xbox Dashboard.
Yes, I also am annoyed at their manufacturing…tolerance, shall we say, but you can’t deny how good of a package it is overall. Plus, I believe developing for the 360 is akin to developing for the PC, hence why it has been easier to tap the potential of the 360 compared to the PS3, and why so many developers seem to prefer working on 360 titles.
I hear the PS3 SDK is just cumbersome to use. I’d still love to have both systems and plan on buying both next year.
And a PSP, thanks to your raving about it.
Goddamn, the Audi S5 might have to be put off if I keep coming back to this thread. You m’fers…
[quote]PonceDeLeon wrote:
The problem is that Microsoft has so much money to throw at the 360 platform. The way Apple laid the groundwork for its iPhone, with an App store and, for instance, the Starbucks online ordering system, Microsoft did the same with Xbox Live. It’s an incredibly mature system, as is the Xbox Dashboard.
Yes, I also am annoyed at their manufacturing…tolerance, shall we say, but you can’t deny how good of a package it is overall.
Plus, I believe developing for the 360 is akin to developing for the PC, hence why it has been easier to tap the potential of the 360 compared to the PS3, and why so many developers seem to prefer working on 360 titles.
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See I think X is right when he said its about product loyalty. I mean Im sure Sony has put just as much money it the PS3 as MS as into the 360 if not more. I also dont much care for the 360’s Dashboard, I think its very cluttered and some what confusing compared to the PS3. Then again I haven’t used it alot either.
I think we are also starting to see less and less exclusives for both systems more b/c of money and revenue rather than ease of development.
There will always be a hand full of them but thats all it is now a hand full. Now it could just be my poor memory but it seamed like there were dozens of more tittles that came out for the SNES to Geniuses or the PS1 to N64 that were exclusives and there weren’t nearly as many Cross-platform games.
Case-in-point Tekken 6…my heart weeps!!
I am curious to see how long it will take for efficiencies in thermal design to bring us a portable PS3 / 360 system. That, would be amazing.
What I don’t understand - and I wish we had some engineers to chime in on this - is why battery technology always seems to lag. There was some clamor about fuel cells a couple years ago and none of that has really materialized for the consumer market.
Now, it seems the race is about power/thermal efficiency and using less and less, so the same, outdated battery technology can seem even more heroic. Fuck that. I want to know what the future holds for portable power.
Dude, I am starting to check this thread like a diabetic does his blood sugar 
[quote]Vegg wrote:
Anyone else looking forward to Far Cry 2?[/quote]
Looking forward to it, but I’m skeptical. If it’s as graphically demanding as Crysis, I won’t bother (still haven’t shelled out for crysis). I’m sick of developers pushing the graphics envelope so far beyond current-gen software that a year later people still can’t play it with everything maxed out.
Console developers are always happy to squeeze a little extra performance out of their platform of choice, so I’m fed up with PC developers making $300-500 graphics upgrades a necessity every couple years.
Speaking of complete bullshit, did anyone else see the announcement that Blizzard is splitting Starcraft2 into three separate games? Not one game and two expansion packs, but THREE SEPARATE GAMES (with three separate $50-60 price tags). Milking the hype is one thing, but this is a whole new level of greedy.
[quote]Travacolypse wrote:
Speaking of complete bullshit, did anyone else see the announcement that Blizzard is splitting Starcraft2 into three separate games? Not one game and two expansion packs, but THREE SEPARATE GAMES (with three separate $50-60 price tags).
Milking the hype is one thing, but this is a whole new level of greedy.[/quote]
What?! I had to go look it up after I read your post.
Gamespot had this to say about it:
[i]After bemoaning the fact that Starcraft II was shaping up to be an undertaking far larger than the previous game, Pardo said the first game in the series–subtitled Wings of Liberty–will focus on the Terrans.
Specifically, it will seek to resolve the conflict between Jim Raynor and Kerrigan, which was the crux of the original Starcraft. The second game, Heart of the Swarm, will focus on the Zerg, while the final game, Legacy of the Void, will be devoted to the Protoss.
Pardo noted that each release will be a fully fledged campaign, featuring 26 to 30 missions apiece. The celebrity World of Warcraft designer also noted that while the ending of each game will be set, the middle of the game will play heavily to player choice, allowing for branching storylines.
Pardo also said that the second two releases could be considered expansion packs, but that “we really want them to feel like stand-alone products.”[/i]
While I’m not wild about it being three full games. If they are done well and spread far enough apart, I’ll still probably end up getting them all.
They just wanted to inject the RPG element into what will no doubt be an RTS classic. Plus, they have a pedigree to uphold and want to keep doing something different.
I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt. Would be cool if the audio was 7.1 and you could zoom in on units fighting each other to see action first-person, even to alter the course of a small conflict by ‘taking control’ of action like that instead of just top-down unit delegation.
I guess that’s asking too much.
[quote]Travacolypse wrote:
Vegg wrote:
Anyone else looking forward to Far Cry 2?
Looking forward to it, but I’m skeptical. If it’s as graphically demanding as Crysis, I won’t bother (still haven’t shelled out for crysis). I’m sick of developers pushing the graphics envelope so far beyond current-gen software that a year later people still can’t play it with everything maxed out.
Console developers are always happy to squeeze a little extra performance out of their platform of choice, so I’m fed up with PC developers making $300-500 graphics upgrades a necessity every couple years.
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That’s what graphics settings are for… The requirements for Far Cry 2 are actually pretty low.
[quote]PonceDeLeon wrote:
debraD wrote:
I’m going to have to hurry up and get a new pc. My current one won’t be able to play it.
I’m very excited! Supposedly there won’t be a pc demo though.
So, you lift, play games and are into photography?
Single? Have a sister? A clone?
Hold me while I seizure. Real tight ;)[/quote]
I finished Assassin’s Creed on the weekend - and I’ve almost nothing but good things to say bout it.
Minor Spoiler
The end was slightly disappointing, but most likely a setup for number 2.
[quote]RSGZ wrote:
I finished Assassin’s Creed on the weekend - and I’ve almost nothing but good things to say bout it.
Minor Spoiler
The end was slightly disappointing, but most likely a setup for number 2.[/quote]
I enjoyed the game as well, but I desperately tried to forget the ending… which could have been predicted from five minutes into the videogame. I just don’t understand why game developers keep using the same “twist” over and over.
[quote]SSC wrote:
RSGZ wrote:
I finished Assassin’s Creed on the weekend - and I’ve almost nothing but good things to say bout it.
Minor Spoiler
The end was slightly disappointing, but most likely a setup for number 2.
I enjoyed the game as well, but I desperately tried to forget the ending… which could have been predicted from five minutes into the videogame. I just don’t understand why game developers keep using the same “twist” over and over.[/quote]
If you predicted that then you sir are on PCP b/c 5 mins in I would not have thought about…well not that!
Christ no one dose CG like Blizzard!
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath/intro.xml
[quote]RSGZ wrote:
I finished Assassin’s Creed on the weekend - and I’ve almost nothing but good things to say bout it.
Minor Spoiler
The end was slightly disappointing, but most likely a setup for number 2.[/quote]
I haven’t beaten the game yet, but seriously, more people should be talking about this one considering the depth they gave the environment and the graphics. I am avoiding reading your spoiler, but even if the ending turned out to be the arrival of the Care Bears who immediately ended the Crusades, I can’t fault them for it considering how the rest of the game plays out.
Anybody else read the Mass Effect books? I just finished the 2nd one today which would be after the game. Good stuff.
[quote]Himora22 wrote:
Christ no one dose CG like Blizzard!
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath/intro.xml[/quote]
I still refuse to play World of Warcraft. Heard it’s like virtual crack. The only thing I play from Blizzard is DotA (it’s a custom game for the Warcraft 3 engine) but I haven’t touched it since school started up again.
Has anyone else played The Witcher? Some game based on some novel by a Polish (or some other European country) author. It’s got nice graphics, nudity, and monsters. You basically just go around the world banging random girls and killing monsters while performing quests…
(Not sure if the game was mentioned, didn’t want to read through 60 something pages)
[quote]Professor X wrote:
RSGZ wrote:
I finished Assassin’s Creed on the weekend - and I’ve almost nothing but good things to say bout it.
Minor Spoiler
The end was slightly disappointing, but most likely a setup for number 2.
I haven’t beaten the game yet, but seriously, more people should be talking about this one considering the depth they gave the environment and the graphics. I am avoiding reading your spoiler, but even if the ending turned out to be the arrival of the Care Bears who immediately ended the Crusades, I can’t fault them for it considering how the rest of the game plays out.[/quote]
Thank god you are at least one other person who acknowledges how out of the box Ubisoft was with the development of Assassin’s Creed. It was honestly the first game I needed the goddamn manual outlining the control system in front of me EVERY time I played. I got used to it, but they fit so much into the control system it blew my mind.
They have to be one of the top three most innovative game developers in the world. Probably my favorite, even, at least for console games.
The Witcher is great. Good story, and really fun. Have you tried the enchanced edition?
[quote]PonceDeLeon wrote:
Professor X wrote:
RSGZ wrote:
I finished Assassin’s Creed on the weekend - and I’ve almost nothing but good things to say bout it.
Minor Spoiler
I haven’t beaten the game yet, but seriously, more people should be talking about this one considering the depth they gave the environment and the graphics. I am avoiding reading your spoiler, but even if the ending turned out to be the arrival of the Care Bears who immediately ended the Crusades, I can’t fault them for it considering how the rest of the game plays out.
Thank god you are at least one other person who acknowledges how out of the box Ubisoft was with the development of Assassin’s Creed. It was honestly the first game I needed the goddamn manual outlining the control system in front of me EVERY time I played. I got used to it, but they fit so much into the control system it blew my mind.
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LOL, yeah I had that too - even by the end of the game I would still forget certain moves. The fight scenes were my favourite - just ridiculously well designed and great fun - especially when you take on more than 20 guys and just start swinging away at them like you’re holding a golf club.
Running on the roof tops and sprint-assassinating guards was awesome too.
I look forward to a sequel.