DISContinuum DISCussion

So, I've been thinking about picking up a new gaming system (it's time to replace the Dreamcast). I pretty much have my mind made up, however, I'd like to hear what some of you have to say about these.

I guess it all depends on gaming preference & how much $ is buring a hole in your pocket.

Obviously the PS3 is more $, but the Playstation systems have always had a great amount of games.

XBox 360 is less, but since it came out I really haven't been "wowed" by any of the games.

Personally I'm just going to wait it out, play the '07 disc golf season, and see who's still standing next fall.

if i was buying anything i'd go with PS3 without a doubt.  playstation has always been better.

unless you really have a hole burning in your pocket why not wait ~12 months for when prices begin to drop?

you forgot the wii in your poll, have heard interesting things about it....

Quote from: mirth on December 28, 2006, 09:33:12 AM
unless you really have a hole burning in your pocket why not wait ~12 months for when prices begin to drop?

you forgot the wii in your poll, have heard interesting things about it....

From what I hear and read, the PS3 won't be dropping in price anytime soon.

I left the WII out intentionally.

I've posted this in other forums and it seems the majority is recommending the 360...

I say the PS3 is worth is based solely on the Blu-Ray component alone.  Do you plan on playing the systems on a HD tv?  If so, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that you have to buy an additional component to the XBox 360 to get it to play the higher resolution HD (1080i or 1080p or whatever it is).

Backwards compatibility is one of the key factors as to why I will eventually pick up a PS3.  I know that Xbox keeps adding on some more games that are backwards compatible, although I haven't heard how well those games perform in the 360 (I've heard of numerous bugs).  Since I've owned the PS1 and PS2, I'd love to be able to continue to play those in a PS3.

They always say the price won't drop for a while, and then they usually do anyway.  Maybe not as much next Christmas time, but the year after that it wouldn't surprise me at all if it drops by $100.  Don't expect to be able to go out and buy a PS3 for $130 even in maybe 5 years like you can with a PS2 right now though (unless the PS3 bombs which I do not expect to see happening).

It all comes down to "The Killer App".  What game is going to be key (or the keys) to the system that make you just want to buy it.  XBox was Halo, and only Halo.  PS2 had the benefits of multiples (multiple Final Fantasy games, Gran Turismo, etc).  Perhaps you will want to wait a year and see what games come out for the PS3?  It will take a little bit of time for game makers to learn more about the system and figure out how to get the most out of the game, but that's the case for any system.

This is why I want a PS3 right here:
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/752/752330p1.html (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/752/752330p1.html)

I'll just have to wait a little while before it comes out :) (oh and maybe get something better than a 19" tv to enjoy my gaming experience on lol)

Quote from: stpitner on December 28, 2006, 11:04:00 AM
It all comes down to "The Killer App".  What game is going to be key (or the keys) to the system that make you just want to buy it.  XBox was Halo, and only Halo.  PS2 had the benefits of multiples (multiple Final Fantasy games, Gran Turismo, etc).

Exactly Scott! I house sat for a friend and played his Xbox when I did it, and beat Halo 1 & 2 in 1 week. There just weren't enough good games for the Xbox for me to consider it.

The backwards compatability is also key. My best friend & I jammed out some Twisted Metal 2 the other day, I still LOVE that game!

Niether.  Buying a Wii for half the price.  If I had to pick between the two I would take a PS3 though.

the other critical component for a PS3 is the PS2 to PS3 cable converter so that you can continue to rock out to Guitar Hero ;D  I just received Guitar Hero 2 (with a guitar to have two now) for Christmas, awesome game :) :)

Quote from: stpitner on December 28, 2006, 12:19:56 PM
the other critical component for a PS3 is the PS2 to PS3 cable converter so that you can continue to rock out to Guitar Hero ;D  I just received Guitar Hero 2 (with a guitar to have two now) for Christmas, awesome game :) :)

Its coming out for the 360 also.  I'm stuck in guitar hero 2 - i have something like 27/40 songs beat on expert and cant get any further.

Quote from: stpitner on December 28, 2006, 12:19:56 PM
(with a guitar to have two now)

Now you can have a friend over & do the 80's syncrhronized head banging & guitar swinging!

Guitar Hero is fricken awesome. I'm in this dilema since my GF bought me a used ps2 and guitar hero for xmas because she knows I love that game. I've been waiting to decide on the 360 or PS3 for a year now, but since I don't have any PS2 games or an HD TV, I think the 360 is going to be a better decision for me. They just need to hurry up and get GH out for 360! (or is it out?)

Quote from: Mike S on December 28, 2006, 12:32:17 PM

Quote from: stpitner on December 28, 2006, 12:19:56 PM
the other critical component for a PS3 is the PS2 to PS3 cable converter so that you can continue to rock out to Guitar Hero ;D  I just received Guitar Hero 2 (with a guitar to have two now) for Christmas, awesome game :) :)

i played that guitar hero game quite a bit over xmas break.  i thought it was pretty hilarious and kind of addicting.  we had the team thing rolling on it with 2 guitars.  my cousin plays that thing on expert and will only miss like 3 or 4 notes on any of the songs, its ridiculous.

Its coming out for the 360 also.  I'm stuck in guitar hero 2 - i have something like 27/40 songs beat on expert and cant get any further.

all xbox 360 games are in HD and if you dont have a hd tv it looks like crap and its hard to read words on the screen. i just got me a ps3 today but had no money left to get any new games but it plays my ps2 games flawlessly

Quote from: plasticfiya on December 28, 2006, 11:54:49 PM
all xbox 360 games are in HD and if you dont have a hd tv it looks like crap and its hard to read words on the screen.

This is not entirely true. I have only played one game (Gun) where the words were hard to read and that game didn't really have that much text on screen to read anyway.

Sony is having over-heating & backwards compatible issues? Along with 720p not upconverting to 1080i or 1080p. What I felt should be a standard practice is a huge flaw with the current revision of the PS3 software. Here is the best example I can give: If you have the PS3 set to display at 1080p and it works fine for Blu-Ray movies and the PS3 dashboard but once you put in Resistance: Fall of Man (a 720p native game), the PS3 automatically down converts to 480p instead of 720p or up converting to 1080i or 1080p. The current fix for this is to set your PS3 to 720p but I feel this is unacceptable since the Xbox 360 doesnt have this issue with upconverting.  Not even providing component video cables? No rumble in the controllers, a sub par online system, and all this after they laughed at M$ for not doing BC right, not doing HD right, for having heating issues?

Also, if you intend on doing any online gaming, updates, demo downloads, etc. xbox live is the best there is.  If you haven't seen a 360 and the online marketplace you really don't know what you are missing.


IMO XBOX 360 > PS3 and here are some articles:

http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1560635,00.html (http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1560635,00.html)

http://news.independent.co.uk/business/analysis_and_features/article2016023.ece (http://news.independent.co.uk/business/analysis_and_features/article2016023.ece)

http://www.2old2play.com/News/The_Day_I_Walked_Out_On_the_PS3 (http://www.2old2play.com/News/The_Day_I_Walked_Out_On_the_PS3)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B0009VXAM0/ref=cm_rev_sort/104-8179956-8457544?customer-reviews.sort_by=%2BOverallRating&s=videogames&x=13&y=12 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B0009VXAM0/ref=cm_rev_sort/104-8179956-8457544?customer-reviews.sort_by=%2BOverallRating&s=videogames&x=13&y=12)

And after all this just look at the library.  You can get way more games and a lot of the launch titles are now a lot cheaper and are still great games.

OK, have to weigh in on this one.  I work with a bunch of guys who have both systems and from their feedback, the 360 wins in many areas.  Many more games available, bc is working fine, online play is superior, graphics are better, game play is smoother, costs less.  It seems the only people who are fighting for the PS3 in this race have never had an Xbox and are just your brand loyal playstation guys (there are playstation guys out there the would fight to the death to defend the PS3, but when you talk to them, they've never even played an Xbox let alone owned one).  The blu ray player in the PS3 is not all that great (even the $1300 Pioneer BR player isn't all that great, how can the $200 PS3 version be very good) and it's nice that Xbox lets you buy the HD DVD if you want but don't force you to buy it.  I've seen the 360 on analog TVs and it looks fine if the output resolution settings are set correctly (btw, if you're gonna spend 4-600 dollars on a game system whose major selling point is HD games, pony up the dough to get an HD set IMHO - you can get a 30" HD tube set for around $600 these days).  I don't own either system, but have played both quite a bit and will be buying a 360 soon (I too have been hoping for a price drop, but it ain't gonna happen any time soon according to interviews with MS and Sony execs).  Both systems were awesome when I've played them and neither is a waste of money, but after a lot of testing, I'm going Xbox.

Wow, younk and disc have brought up some good points. I guess I was a "fanboy" and had my heart (and money) set on a PS3, but, after a few days of (not working and) research, I've decided to get the 360 (and not because of the last two posts).

Or you could try to win one at the Ice Bowl in Aurora. I heard a Playstation was going to be given away as one of the prizes. I'll doublecheck that, but I'm pretty sure it's true. If you're lucky you could walk away with that and a $300 basket.

{Correction: It's a PS1, not 3.}

A friend of mine got a PS3 this past weekend & we've been playing it a bunch. Mainly Resistance of Man. The online is sweet, and not paying a monthly fee vs. Xbox live is great. Graphics look great and I'm going to check out another friend's Xbox this coming weekend, so I'll give it the comparison test.

If anyone should be looking to pick up a PS3 now, they are currently available online at Best Buy.com
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat104100050000&type=category (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat104100050000&type=category)

$600 for the 60GB system.  They also have bundles and other stuff available there.

Fry's in Downers Grove has had the PS3 in stock for over a week now

I was going to vote but didn't see a place where I could vote for Atari.  Hey, Pong anyone?

Quote from: Mukey on January 04, 2007, 02:14:01 PM
Fry's in Downers Grove has had the PS3 in stock for over a week now

cool, glad it is becoming more available.  I just heard about Best Buy yesterday.

Quote from: Chainmeister on January 04, 2007, 02:19:04 PM
Hey, Pong anyone?

I still have the original!

I bought my 360 yesterday and Ps3's were available everywhere (according to the guy at EB games, PS3 sales are sluggish at best while 360 sales have picked up since the PS3 lauch).  BTW the xbox live is free for basic services (I was playing NFS Carbon with someone in Japan last night).  It is awesome and I got the premium system, xtra controller, and 3 games for what I would have paid for the PS3 system alone.  Again, both systems are very cool, but I definitely dig the 360 more.  Gears of War looks spectacular and is really fun.  Tiger 07 is what you'd expect from Tiger 07 (but possibly has the worst sound effect for hitting the ball ever).  Carbon turns out to be the best of the 3 games I got and I played that for about 7 hours last night.  Now I won't mind so much anymore when it is too sh*tty outside to go throw discs.   ;D

Yea, I wound up going with the 360, and so far, I'm happy with my decision. No buyers remorse. (yet?).  I'm digging TW 07, but I'm sick of all the training. Call of Duty II is also a pretty sweet game. Microsoft needs to hurry up now and release Guitar Hero II.

Oh, and I believe it was on TV that I heard the 360 outsold all the other systems combined this Christmas???

Quote from: WkeBrd3 on January 05, 2007, 09:41:43 AM
Yea, I wound up going with the 360, and so far, I'm happy with my decision. No buyers remorse. (yet?).  I'm digging TW 07, but I'm sick of all the training. Call of Duty II is also a pretty sweet game. Microsoft needs to hurry up now and release Guitar Hero II.

Oh, and I believe it was on TV that I heard the 360 outsold all the other systems combined this Christmas???

Last I heard about that report was that the numbers were not confirmed.  Here's a link to the article (http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=25281280) that I'm talking about.  I don't know how soon the "official" numbers will come out (or if the numbers that are out are accurate... 2million Xbox 360, 1.8 million Wii, 750,000 PS3)  It helped Xbox 360 a LOT this year at being available for purchase when the other 2 were not.  Lots of parents probably saying "forget this, xbox 360 that is sitting right here.  i'll just buy this instead of waiting in line all day long and not get anything".

Quote from: Chainmeister on January 04, 2007, 02:19:04 PM
I was going to vote but didn't see a place where I could vote for Atari.  Hey, Pong anyone?

I was playing Combat a couple days before Christmas. Gotta love those secret teleportation spots in the corners.  :)
I'm happy having received a PS2 for Christmas from my in-laws. We love Katamari is great, but it will still be fun to pull out Circus Atari from time to time.

http://nexgenwars.com/ (http://nexgenwars.com/)
OVERALL SOLD

360: 9,706,355
Wii:  3,591,776
PS3: 1,050,246

Just for the Record:

I have been a Die Hard Playstation fan and just made the switch to XBOX.

Traded in the PS2 all the games, 2 controllers, 3 memory cards got $175 and applied that to a Premium XBOX 360 and bought Tiger 06 & Madden 07.

I am glad I did - I played PS3 at Gamestop where I bought the XBOX and have to say the grafix were cool but didnt make me sport wood to spend $600.

My brother & I went in on a Nintendo Wii yesterday.

Completely different game machine than the PS3 or Xbox360, but a TON of fun. We must've played the boxing game for about 3 hours yesterday, and my arms feel it. The Wii controller is VERY sensitive to movement, for instance, on the tennis game is makes you switch stance depending on forehand or backhand and you can lob, line drive, etc. Hitting a golf ball also makes you pratice swing before you actually hit the ball to get the feel of how hard to hit. Good stuff. I haven't played Red Steel long enough to give a review, but it was weird using the Wiimote to look around. Could get motion sickness while watching someone else play.

All in all I'd give this a thumbs up. The inventiveness of the control system sets it, not completely above, but definetly apart from the other 2 systems.

If you're going for just regular gaming, then the Xbox seems to be best.
If you want to surf the web & view HD movies in addition to gaming, the PS3 seems to be system for you.
I'm just going by features, not price.
If you take price into consideration, the Wii is the best gaming for your hard earned $; and this is coming from a die hard Playstation (1&2) owner.

I think for price consideration I'm going to stick with my PS2 and GameCube and not move up in systems until there are games that I want on the new systems. Killer graphics or cool new controllers mean nothing to me if they don't have the games that I want to play...or the games are still good enough on the existing game systems.

I hear ya Jon. This was more my brother's purchase, since he still lives at home and paid for the majority of it. He also bought Zelda, Rayman, Red Steel, and the Super Nintendo-looking controller before he even got the system.

I'm still waiting out the summer console wars and see what games are out by next Christmas. No need for stay-inside activities once the weather breaks!

Interesteing tidbit from Wikipedia:

"Game designers have communicated with the PDGA about two types of disc golf video games for the Nintendo Wii system. The game(s) are currently in early development and are expected to be released in mid-to-late 2008. It is likely that the games will be downloadable from the new Wii Ware service and will cost around $10 or $15. "

It's gotta be better than the PC game, right?

well yeah, anything is better than those PC games.  I never played the one that Innova used to distribute to compare on that one though.

The interesting thing is the Wii-mote usage for the game.  With the motion sensors, you'd be able to simulate actually throwing the disc (presumably).  BUT, even with the strings to hold the controller around your wrist, I'd like to see you get some snap on that controller, have it *recognize* the snap, and on top of that not break off your wrist and go break something important in your house!

Sounds intriguing though!

Bought a PS3 the other day. Anyone else here have one? I'm gonna be playing online a bunch, but am only getting Resistance with it. I'm buying Call of Duty 3 on Friday and plan on killing fools late into the night

:s-minigun:

the wife's talking about getting a wii for the kids for xmas. its either that or a ps2

Good job Mukey both games are fun to play and I have PS3, WII  and XBOX with Halo 3

I have had an Xbox 360 for about three years now.  In that time, I've had to send it in for repair twice.  Once because the 360 was having a problem reading discs, and the second due to a flashing circle around the power button.  Both times took about 4 weeks to repair the situation.  The first repair was actually a replacement.  It just took them 4 weeks to ship it.  The 2nd they seemed to refurb the unit.  It's working so far, but if I had to opportunity to go back in time and tell myself not to buy a 360, I would.  Keep in mind that I have a friend who's had his for exactly the same amount of time as I've had mine (we went to the store on the same day to pick them up), he's never had a problem. ???

that's the beauty of technology.... you can have two identical units roll off the same line one after the other. One will work flawlessly for years, the other will repeatedly break.

a friend of mine last night was talking about how he is expecting to get a new Xbox 360 anyday soon to replace the one that stopped working.  The funny thing is that he told me when he called customer support about the error he was receiving they said that no only do they not know what the error meant, they don't know why he was getting an error either.  He said that he has had overheating problems too, but I don't know if it is on the same xbox 360 or if he had already received a replacement before.

Quote from: godzilla46 on October 03, 2007, 01:17:18 PM
Good job Mukey both games are fun to play and I have PS3, WII  and XBOX with Halo 3

Ron-zilla, slating to beat me online in addition to on the course!   :-\

I have CoD3 for the PS3 but have not played it online. I've tried the RFoM demo...I started calling the game "Resistance...Time to Die!" I had trouble living more than a minute or two so I never bought the full version. I've been playing a lot of Skate for the last few days...lots of fun...HUGE world to skate in. Also playing 2K8 All Pro Football, the new Ratchet and Clank Demo (it's the full 1st level). Minna No Golf 5 (the Asian import version), NCAA Football 08, Motorstorm (just bought the new expansion pack), plus some other puzzle games that I bought from the PSN.

[edit]My PSN name is brakel. feel free to add me on your friends list (just let me know who you are when you invite me).[/edit]

After my 1st full weekend of playing, I have to say I love my PS3. Had a lot of fun playing online with my buddy & killing fools when I wasn't golfing this weekend.

I'll be playing Call of Duty online during the evenings this week, if anyone wants to join up. My PSN name is also "Mukey", so message me or add me as a friend and we'll get a game of our own going.

See ya online    :s-instagib:

Playing games last night, and I see someone on the other team named "jesquivel", can't escape the Esquivel clan!   ;D

Kinbda funny, all my PS3 online friends are also disc golfing friends.

so now we know why mukey wasn't at the Homie.  He stayed up all night in his jammies playing with his new toy inside.

Mukey Get Halo 3 and meet Bonecrusher ( gzilla46wr ) and suffer pain

Quote from: Dan Michler on October 18, 2007, 12:24:28 PM
so now we know why mukey wasn't at the Homie.  He stayed up all night in his jammies playing with his new toy inside.

Nah, I would never screw myself over like that if I really wanted to go. Like I said on the Homie thread, not feeling like playing tournaments right now. I'm just taking a break from competition play and planned on taking that break >before< I got a PS3. Plus, I think they make you turn in your PDGA card if you don't at least get outside & play when you get nicer than average days in Chicagoland during October.   >:D

Quote from: godzilla46 on October 18, 2007, 02:09:37 PM
Mukey Get Halo 3 and meet Bonecrusher ( gzilla46wr ) and suffer pain

I'll skip the Xbox red-circle-of-death wagon, thank you very much

Mukey,

I really want to get on and get my ass kicked by you in CoD3. After IOS #6 is wrapped up I should have more time.

Cool, cool

I see you playing Skate all the time, I'm gonna hafta rent that one to check it out

Quote from: Mukey on October 20, 2007, 08:13:53 AM
Cool, cool

I see you playing Skate all the time, I'm gonna hafta rent that one to check it out

A lot of times you're seeing Maddisen and I going head to head in S.K.A.T.E or Spot Battle. I really liked the Tony Hawk games but I thought they were getting kind of unoriginal and this year's demo really underwhelmed me. The Skate demo really impressed me and the full game is even better. The full game has a HUGE environment to just skate and have fun in.

Have you downloaded the Skate demo?

Not yet, but I need to

Just bought Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare last night. really great looking game, the online ranking system actually gives you in game rewards such as sights, silencers, and other bonuses instead of just a rank. Very fun, only played about 5 minutes of the single player campaign though. Stayed up 'til 1:30 am playing online.

I'd suggest this game to all PS3 owners who like 1st person shooters. 

See ya online!
:fplasma:

So, are you playing CoD4 exclusively now? I probably won't be getting that until Christmas or my birthday. I'd still like to hook up to play CoD3 but I've actually been busier since being out of work. I've been doing consulting, looking for jobs and doing stuff around home.

I'd play some COD3 if you wanted to, but not being able to talk to eachother would kinda suck after playing with headsets. Helps to find snipers, call out troop movements, airstrikes, etc. Although the servers for COD3 never had any problems like the COD4 ones had this weekend. I was kinda pissed just cause if they want to complete with Xbox Live they can't have service interruptions like they did, especially on the 1st full weekend that the game is realeased.

Xbox Live users, do you ever experience any outages?

I tried CoD3 online for the first time today. It was a blast. Then tonight while Becky and I were watching TV my lamp blew on my TV! Tomorrow I have to find someplace that has a replacement within driving distance.  :diablo_ani_fire: Jon get very angry when TV not work!!!  ;D

That sucks! Hopefully it's in stock somewhere & you don't have to special order it.

If you liked COD3 online you're gonna love COD4 online.

Quote from: Mukey on November 13, 2007, 06:17:24 AM
That sucks! Hopefully it's in stock somewhere & you don't have to special order it.

If you liked COD3 online you're gonna love COD4 online.

Back in Business. Skokie TV in Wheeling had one so the drive was short. I got 20 months out of that lamp which the guy said is above average but I think I only got 4 or 5 thousand hours which is way under the 10000 hour rating that the lamp has.

I downloaded Pain on Thursday from the PlayStation Store. Really fun PS3 game! It took me a while to hit just the right letters and fingers to make this screen shot. I am such a child!

This one was even more difficult. Those letters at the Man Hole were really hard to hit without hitting other letters.

Anyone thinking about buying COD4 for PS3, this weekend would be a good time. They're giving 2x Experience points in the online game this weekend & you'll be able to rank up really quickly. I'll be playing most of the weekend when not guzzling beer & burgers at Poorboy's in Oswego Saturday.

Back on topic with this thread, is anyone who touted the Xbox360 or PS3 now regretting or re-considering their choice? The 1 Xbox in 3 Red Ring of Death issue seems to be taken care of with the new Sku, but HD-DVD is now dead, not that we bought a gaming machine to watch movies. My biggest complaint is just that the good PS3 games seem to be continually pushed back as far as release date. Once Mercenaries 2 & the new GTA drop I won't really care though.

Mukey,   you got to believe in the the xbox360 live or nothing.

Nah, especially after I heard about the holiday outage. What are they giving, a crappy downloadable game as compensation? Getting online with the PS3 is easy as heck & I don't worry about paying Sony $ when the system happens to be down.

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/128905.asp

I haven't really said anything on this topic before but in my opinion I believe that Xbox Live is by far a superior service as opposed to online for PS3...this has always been the case dating back to the PS2 online days...I am a proud Xbox Live surscriber since it's innagural year and still have the same Gamertag since day 1

Why does everybody always only talk about the games?
The PS3 is way prettier, by far, and shiny!  :D

LOL! Microsoft lowered the HD-DVD add on price for the Xbox 360 'cause HD-DVD is dying  ;D

Anyone played Army of Two yet? Have heard good things but definetly want to rent it 1st

Quote from: Mukey on March 12, 2008, 03:12:57 PM
Anyone played Army of Two yet? Have heard good things but definetly want to rent it 1st

I know a couple of people that have it. Both are planning on selling it as soon as they are done with the single player mission. The single player game has its problems but the online part is almost unplayable. Mics don't work except when you pause the game (2 player online co-op). In full online multi-player when one player drops out the whole game stops. They haven't finished many games as you can imagine. The single player game has really bad AI problems. Computer controlled enemies don't even turn around when you are shooting at them. Some of them are just standing in the corner, facing the corner like they're in time out. There are other issues, but I would definitely say to rent it before buying.

Quote from: Silicon Avatar on March 13, 2008, 10:04:33 AM

Quote from: Mukey on March 12, 2008, 03:12:57 PM
Anyone played Army of Two yet? Have heard good things but definetly want to rent it 1st

I know a couple of people that have it. Both are planning on selling it as soon as they are done with the single player mission. The single player game has its problems but the online part is almost unplayable. Mics don't work except when you pause the game (2 player online co-op). In full online multi-player when one player drops out the whole game stops. They haven't finished many games as you can imagine. The single player game has really bad AI problems. Computer controlled enemies don't even turn around when you are shooting at them. Some of them are just standing in the corner, facing the corner like they're in time out. There are other issues, but I would definitely say to rent it before buying.

Holy crap, glad I asked

The two player online co-op concept is so cool too. They really dropped the ball on this. If they patch it, it might be worth getting but I'd wait until they patch it rather than just rely on a promise to patch it.

Not being able to talk to eachother while playing online co-op is a joke. That's the whole lure of this game, isn't it? If the co-op is that bad, & that's what they've been touting for this, then I definetly won't buy. The COD4 patch for the PS3 still isn't out yet, but Xbox & PC have it. :unsure:

Are you getting RSV2? A lot of the guys who I play CoD4 with are planning on getting it.

what I don't get is why something like this could work so poorly when shipped.  I'm a software tester, and you would think that they would have a test for "make sure talking to each other while the game is not paused works ok in multiplayer mode".  That's what I don't like about game systems with hard drives now - they are just being shipped with a mentality of "patch it later"  PC software and games are like that - I know you want to get it out the door so that the revenue can start coming in, but c'mon get it right!

I don't know what the problem was with developing that title. They pushed the release date from some time in 2007 to now so you'd think they would have had time to get it right. And it's not as if it is the best looking FPS out there. CoD4 has that locked up for now in my opinion. They had to have run into some monumental systematic problem with the game that took that much time. Probably developing some of the cool co-op stuff. You can play two people on your console vs two people on another console, split screen mode. As far as I know that has never been done on a console. I don't own the game but I know that there are other cutting edge console features for the game. Maybe they just tried to do too much.

Quote from: Silicon Avatar on March 13, 2008, 03:39:20 PM
Are you getting RSV2? A lot of the guys who I play CoD4 with are planning on getting it.

That's definetly on my radar.

I agree with Scott on the release it & patch it later mentality that developers seem to have of late. Too bad Bionic Commando:Rearmed isn't coming out until alter in the year. I'd like to see more of them updating some of the best side scrollers, but keeping them side scrollers vs. going to a 3D world.

Getting rid of Oblivion (I don't play it) for $20 & COD4 for $35 if anyone's interested

Quote from: Mukey on March 26, 2008, 10:38:26 AM
Getting rid of Oblivion (I don't play it) for $20 & COD4 for $35 if anyone's interested

Don't buy RSV2. The MP is completely broken on the PS3. Ubi is "working on it". Not holding my breath.

I hear ya on that. I check out 1up.com every day for gaming news, so I knew not to spend my $. I'm waiting for GTA IV, nothing else looks good right now.

GTA IV is out!! My friend stayed up and got it last night at 12:01, but i'll probably pick it up today.

Online is broken, of course, but the SP game is out of this world!!! Becky picked it up for me today while I was at work!

Quote from: Silicon Avatar on April 29, 2008, 08:22:56 PM
Online is broken, of course, but the SP game is out of this world!!! Becky picked it up for me today while I was at work!

Crappy about the online, but at least it's free......

That's pretty sweet that your wife supports your gaming addiction! I played a bit at a friend's last night, really like it. Definetly buying it this Friday!

Quote from: Mukey on April 30, 2008, 09:17:49 AM

Quote from: Silicon Avatar on April 29, 2008, 08:22:56 PM
Online is broken, of course, but the SP game is out of this world!!! Becky picked it up for me today while I was at work!

Crappy about the online, but at least it's free......

That's pretty sweet that your wife supports your gaming addiction! I played a bit at a friend's last night, really like it. Definetly buying it this Friday!

The demand for online console gaming is rising exponentially while the ability for game companies to meet demand is rising on a straight line. The console gaming industry just doesn't seem to get it.

But anyway I bought this one for SP and if MP every works then bonus. I heard that Rockstar has their servers back up today and it is working again. As always, it was not a PSN problem but a problem on the game developer/distributor side.

Quote from: Silicon Avatar on March 26, 2008, 12:34:17 PM

Quote from: Mukey on March 26, 2008, 10:38:26 AM
Getting rid of Oblivion (I don't play it) for $20 & COD4 for $35 if anyone's interested

Don't buy RSV2. The MP is completely broken on the PS3. Ubi is "working on it". Not holding my breath.

RSV2 is really good on the 360 >:D

Done with GTA 4, took a bit longer than San Andreas, but San Andreas came out in December & there was no disc golf to interfere with video game playing

Does anybody have an extra Playstation controller that works for Playstation 2 that they can give away?

Just checked ebay, and you can get them new for under $10 (shipped) if no one here is willing to donate to ya.

i have a 360 and dont want to go back to a sony. partly based on the fact that my ps2 broke down about 5 times.  the 360 is incredible especially if you have a hdtv. Halo is a great game but is primarily an online game. either way gaming systems are now becoming so life like you probly cant go wrong with either one. MAKE SURE YOU SPEND THE EXTRA DOE FOR THE WARRANTY

Quote from: ihatecheeseheads on July 29, 2008, 08:49:02 PM
i have a 360 and dont want to go back to a sony. partly based on the fact that my ps2 broke down about 5 times.  the 360 is incredible especially if you have a hdtv. Halo is a great game but is primarily an online game. either way gaming systems are now becoming so life like you probly cant go wrong with either one. MAKE SURE YOU SPEND THE EXTRA DOE FOR THE WARRANTY

Yeah, I'd have a prob with them if my PS2 broke down, but the original Sku# one I had is still running strong, as far as I know. Mirth's kids have been rocking it out

I used to play my ps2 about 30 hours a week and sometimes more.  sony used to have the edge just based on their game titles.  that has all changed now with microsoft.  GTA and other big titles are available for the 360.  if your going to spend that much money you have to get xbox live.    At almost anytime when i log on to play halo 3 there is usually a minimum of 300,000 gamers just playing halo.

i have both systems, i would rather play the games on the 360 cause they seem to have better graphics and they look more indepth, but the upscaler on the ps3 is definetly worth it for watching regular dvds if you have a HD tv. did you know if you have movies on your computer you can burn 4 or 5 on one data dvd and both the ps3 and xbox 360 will play them. i agree xbox live is worth it you can even get final fantasy 11 for xbox 360 to play live.

The only time I play my 360 anymore is for guitar hero or RSV2. Since I've picked up a Wii a couple months ago, that gets a lot more play time. Although it is summer time, which means my gaming is probably limited to about 3 hours a week.

mario kart for the wii is tight even my wife likes to play it

Quote from: duain on July 30, 2008, 08:01:14 AM
i have both systems, i would rather play the games on the 360 cause they seem to have better graphics and they look more indepth, but the upscaler on the ps3 is definetly worth it for watching regular dvds if you have a HD tv. did you know if you have movies on your computer you can burn 4 or 5 on one data dvd and both the ps3 and xbox 360 will play them. i agree xbox live is worth it you can even get final fantasy 11 for xbox 360 to play live.

If you have movies on your computer and a PS3, don't bother with burning a disc, just stream it to the PS3!

Yep, Mukey's PS2 lives on.

you could stream them, but if you were to make backup of the movies you can put them on data dvd (to add more movies per space on disc) and still be able to play them on your systems. if you have the VUZE program on your computer you can download anything (movies, games, programs, etc) and link them to the ps3 via wireless network.

Quote from: ihatecheeseheads on July 30, 2008, 07:52:14 AM
I used to play my ps2 about 30 hours a week and sometimes more.  sony used to have the edge just based on their game titles.  that has all changed now with microsoft.  GTA and other big titles are available for the 360.  if your going to spend that much money you have to get xbox live.    At almost anytime when i log on to play halo 3 there is usually a minimum of 300,000 gamers just playing halo.

Yeah, mine definetly has high hours on it, but still strong according to Mirth. I jammed San Andreas out on that thing in 17 days, just as an example

Quote from: WkeBrd3 on July 30, 2008, 08:20:14 AM
Although it is summer time, which means my gaming is probably limited to about 3 hours a week.

I agree completely! Once I beat GTA 4 I really haven't played that much at all. Nothing really exciting (at least to me) is coming out until Mercenaries 2 and Bionic Commando:Rearmed

Bionic Commando: Rearmed came out yesterday for PSN & XLA (I'm pretty sure)

The game is great, it brings back the old 8-bit platform goodness with updated graphics, weapons, & 2-player co-op

Well worth $10

I plunked down a $5 pre-order to get in on the open beta for SOCOM: Confrontation. Looking forward to this and hoping that they don't screw it up.

Don't buy Dead Space, not matter how hyped you may be or fan of the genre. I rented it & beat it in 3 days. Looks nice, but is easy

Mega-Man 9 on the PSN is well worth $10

Quote from: Mukey on October 20, 2008, 09:01:58 AM
Don't buy Dead Space, no matter how hyped you may be or fan of the genre. I rented it & beat it in 3 days. Looks nice, but is easy

Mega-Man 9 on the PSN is well worth $10

Call of Duty: World at War is out and unbelievably out does CoD4 in every way. Visually it is stunning. Although it is based on the CoD4 engine they tweaked it quite a bit and it runs much smoother, more detailed, less banding and other artifacts. There are more maps than CoD4, they are bigger and they are much more detailed. Many of us had some trepidation about playing another WWII shooter but after just a few minutes of play you'll realize that this is not the same old WWII shooter you've played nine times before. They did a really good job of not making you miss the old weapons by giving you some stellar weapon selections and adding tanks into the game. In multi-player hard core it takes two bazooka shots or two sticky 'nades to blow up a tank. Now you have a really good reason to carry those bazookas around!

If anyone is interested in playing with adults in a laid back atmosphere (no required practices or ability), then check out www.twwclan.com. We're The Weekend Warriors and our motto is "We're sort of a clan...". If you'd like to join our ranks shoot me a PM and I'll get you an invite to get on the member area of the TWW forum.

Sweet, I'm gonna hafta check that out!

Just upgraded the TV and I bought Resistance 2 Tuesday. I've only played about 20 minutes of it so far though, Bioshock still has a hold of me right now.

Might have to pick this up this weekend....

After just playing throught the first level & also playing some of the online multiplayer this week, I've got to say that Resistance 2 is a better polished version of R1, with some added twists that actually do add to the gameplay. The cooperative multiplayer makes you choose between a soldier, special ops (resupply), or medic; and it's geared so that if anyone strays out of their role the whole team fails the mission. With experience to unlock levels, its almost as addictive to me as COD4 was last year.   ;D

The single player seems to be more of what you'd expect from a FPS game, although the bosses fill the screen and give a great sense of YOU being the bug about to be squashed. Though like I said, I've only played the 1st level so far.

I played the R2 open beta and although it is a good game it was too unreal tournament-like for me. I really prefer the CoD and SOCOM style of shooters.

One of the cool things that Slant Six added to CoD was the ability to heal people when they are in their last stand. The only thing that I don't like about it is that you don't get any points for healing someone. But it is a nice counter balance to snipers and some snipers are starting to use it to their advantage by not finishing off people in their last stand so that they can take a shot at someone coming in to heal the downed man.

Upon further play and also after playing a rented copy of Call of Duty World at War, I'm also leaning toward that one as far as deathmatch multiplayer. I lke the cooperative of R2, but the multiplayer vs. matches left a bit to be desired. I'm gonna be selling R2 and getting COD.

does anyone play final fantasy 11 its for the ps2, ps3, computer, and xbox 360? its kind of like world of warcraft being as its all online play with open world roaming. its nothing like the other final fantasy games. the graphics are unreal. at any given time there is at least 10000 people playing. no one can kill each other, but you can create parties to conquest with or play solo. no matter what system you play the game on you can interact with everyone. if you like role playing games, this is the best.