I’m having trouble predicting which system to buy. I need to know what factors are important in determining what will be the best investment.
Currently, I am leaning toward the XBOX because I enjoy games that require strategy and thought such as the Knights of the Old Republic titles. I understand that Halo is good as is Oblivion. I also saw a game in development called Mass Effect that’s supposed to be a massive space adventure.
The PS3 titles that I saw look like they will appear very nice, but I’m concerned about shallow game play, or am I wrong? Also, I dislike the unrealistic look of Japanese cartoons and lots of PS titles have that. Again, am I wrong.
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For those that have an xbox360 how does it perform? I have read that they get hot and can end up freezing. Is this normal or just a focused on horror story?
You should get a PS3, your getting better titles, better graphics, and more lasting value.
Xbox360 games are all made to be eye candy.
Even Oblivion got fucked over because it was made more for the graphics and for a mass pop-culture market that they left out stuff that appeals to more tasteful gamers.
If you get a PS3 your gonna be looking at titles like the new Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid (which is going to be AMAZING), new GTA, the list goes on.
Xbox 360 is for people who just can’t wait for the PS3 or people who don’t know what they are doing.
With an Xbox 360 you will be getting shallow game play, thats the main problem I have with it. PS3 gameplay from my experience with PS2 is not going to be shallow.
Well you won’t be getting as much of that from the Xbox, its an American company that built it.
Not all of the games for PS are going to have that look to them, most likely it will be any RPG thats not Final Fantasy that will have that look to it.
Japanese people are just better at making deeper games.
Support Sony!
Trust me, that game is gonna be terrific. It is the single game I am most eagerly anticipating at the moment, though I’m also looking forward to TimeShift.
I already have an Xbox 360. I don’t think the games I expect to see on PS3 would warrant me buying that console. I am pretty fed up with Metal Gear Solid now. Only WipEout and games in the line of Shadow of the Colossus might tempt me. But I think I’d much sooner buy a Wii.
No, that’s no horror story: it’s definitely a delicate machine. You should always make sure the ventilation outlet at the back is free; I usually create a clear space of about two feet at the back. I also always, after I have shut down the console, unplug the power cable. This saves energy, increases the lifespan of the adapter, and makes sure that the machine can’t be put on accidentally, when I have shoved it back towards the wall (which means there is little space at the back).
Also, you should not move the machine when there is a spinning disc inside, as that may cause scratches and the game might not work anymore.
The online facilities are very good. I do not have a subscription, which means I can’t play online at the moment, but I can download demos and videos. Especially the demos are helpful.
Being a Morrowind fan, I bought the machine for, and with, Oblivion. If you like Morrowind, you won’t be disappointed. The next game I’m going to buy will probably be Just Cause.
PS3 reportedly will run some $600. Compared with the rather reasonable $400 for a 360 (or $300 for a 360 core system), that’s half the battle right there.
From everything I’ve read to date, developers have had nothing exclusively positive to say about the PS3. That is, the 360 has everything the PS3 does in terms of game-developer ‘friendliness’.
Exclusivity seems to be something a thing of the past. I don’t remember the exact words (and sorry, I’m not going to look it up) but I recall something about there being only a handful of games (if that many) that will not appear on both systems.
I’ve yet to have a problem with my 360 overheating, and I’ve played it plenty. I will add, however, I’ve had some problems with ‘disc is unreadable’ errors. Overall, in the few weeks I’ve had the system, I’d say I’m pleased (in comparison to the PS2), but it’s nothing special. Bottom line for me, psychologically, is that I paid $299 for my Sega Genesis - what? almost 20 years ago? - and so dropping $400 on this system has been plenty worth it, relatively speaking.
You should be ashamed, being a big Morrowind fan and not being pissed off about Oblivion?
I mean sure it was pretty cool…but whats the deal with the compass? I wanted immersion, not easy-peezy-lemon-squeezy! And fast travel, cmon what happened to my silt strider?
And by the way I could’ve beat that game in one day!
Not enough armor, not enough weapons…the list goes on.
The above link is where you can find out about the Star Wars Kights game and Mass Effect game that I mentioned. I’m also interested in Jade Empire.
Currently, I own a PS2 and found myself getting bored with it, and have not purchased a game in quite awhile. That’s because when I rent them I end up finishing the game within the rental period, and much like some sexual encounters, I don’t care to come back for more. The recent first person shooter Black was very good, but it lasted me two days!
A friend then told me about Stars Wars Knights…and not having an xbox I bought it for my PC, and it’s a lot of fun. In fact, I can’t play it for hours on end because the interactive nature makes me think, and so I need to take more frequent breaks, and that means more value and play time. I have to make sure that I remember what’s going on and that’s great too.
Currently, I don’t see many games like that for PS products.
Someone mentioned that xbox360 is for those that can’t wait, but I suppose that with November coming up soon we’ll have some certain feedback.
Thanks for all the different points!
factors:
I’d like to hear more about xbox gameplay.
I’d like to hear more about Blueray and if it will be another Betamax situation (ask me about that if you don’t know).
I don’t know what you mean by your remark about the compass.
I was not particularly attached to silt striders. You sound a bit conservative.
I have been warned against focusing on the main quest too much, as I might finish the game sooner than I’d like. So I close an Oblivion gate once in a while, and in the meantime look for sidequests and dungeons. I also know that there is at least one Oblivion speed run on YouTube.com. But I’ve never understood people speed running through adventure games.
As for fast travel, I boycotted it at first but then I relented, and now I wouldn’t think of traversing the country each time.
If I didn’t have the gall to ask I would have to spend time meditating on the meaning, so I’m asking, what did you mean there?
For now, I’ll focus on what I can answer.
How old are you: I am well into adulthood.
I find that complex games are a better form of entertainment than TV and most films. Also, having to learn and interact keeps my mind young and active.
Both Star Wars and Jade Empire are outstanding games, and both are backward compatible with the 360 and available for midprice. The second Star Wars game, which is by another developer (Bioware was too busy with Jade!) isn’t so good, though.
On Hard mode?
Yes, you should take your time - just like a good book, don’t rush it.
There will also be a lot of new games coming out on the 360 this fall.
I know what happened with Betamax, but I don’t know what Blueray is.
You know how dungeons and ruins and forts just pop up before you even get there?
I think its kind of cheap because I would get excited when I found a cave or deadric ruins by chance.
Or finding towns that you’ve never seen or heard of before.
In Oblivion I just know where everything is already and it just doesn’t seem as interesting.
I thought it was kind of cheap to just be able to instantly travel to all the cities whenever you wanted to, it just annoyed me.
Everything was all wham bam thank you mam, it made me so much more impatient.
The game goes by so much faster like that.
I think they should have just used the same system Morrowind did.
You didn’t have to traverse the country side if you didn’t want to.
Really? How so?
I was just pointing out that Morrowind had a much longer and more complex main story line.
KotOR might possibly be the best game I’ve ever played. If the KotOR “series”, if you can call 2 games a series, was to appear on the 360 I would undoubtedly buy one. Right now I haven’t made the leap; there’s just nothing out for the 360 that I want so badly as to warrant an immediate purchase. The games seeming to be coming at a pretty rapid pace now, so I expect eventually I’ll cave and buy one.
The P3, though, is something I fully intend to buy as soon as is possible. I have not pre-ordered one, relying on the word from Sony that they’ll have enough machines at launch. Besides, the stores have had a bad habit lately of selling more rezzies than they have machines. The Blu-Ray drive fascinates me, and if there’s a Resident Evil our for P3 that alone would make it worth buying the console. As for it being harder for developers- well, I don’t give a crap. No one said their job had to be easy.
I did not read any of the other posts, so I apologize if I am repeating what others have already said. The PS3 is expensive and really only offers one advantage over the 360 - the BluRay drive. If you are not interested in this device, then I would recommend buying a 360. The graphics capabilities are similar (360 can produce more objects, whereas PS3 offers a few textual capabilities which are unique to it - or so I have been told). If you have a 1080p TV, then PS3 is better. If not, then you are paying extra for something you can’t use anyway. Most PS3 games, at least early on in its lifespan, will be 720p. So why not buy a 360 now, and then a PS3 later, when there are more 1080 games, and when the machine itself is a little cheaper? The 360 will see a price drop very soon, in any case.
A few more points. The PS3 is much harder to program for, and the cost and time needed to port PC games is extremely high in both cases, meaning 360 will likely see many more PC ports. Both machines should offer good online play. Also think about the kind of games you want to play. PS3 has no decent exclusives as far as I am concerned, except for Final Fantasy, and possibly Metal Gear Solid (Resistance looks promising, I’ll admit). GTA will appear on both systems. And then there is Halo, and Microsoft’s own (semi)exclusives, such as the KOTOR series, which you mentioned in your post. If I were you, I’d buy a 360. You could then spend the left over money on extra games, or even on a Nintendo Wii.
we have Morrowwind the elderscrolls, that is a massive game. It has to be the largest most intricate games that I have seen yet. It is the one game I can sit down and play, I am not even 1/4 of the way through. All together I probably have spent 25 hours on it
Xbox is what we have. Now we do have hardware a problem with it. The eject sticks It gets cranky and won’t open or close without assistance at times. Its cover is off permanantly so I geuss that tells you how often there are problems. I don’t know what the guys do to open or close it. I refuse to mess with it now.
You’re all missing out. Get the Acme XL500. I have TicTacWorldDestruction, which has awesome graphics - X’s are in red and O’s are in blue; XtraSuperWorldDestructionBrothers, which has 4,672 levels; PongWorldDestruction, which just plain kicks ass; and PlagueFloodAndPestilenceWorldDestruction, which has biblical subtitles.
I’m currently saving up for FindtheWeaponsofMassDestructionWorldDestruction5, which allows for unlimited play - no matter how many levels you get to, you never find the weapons, but you get to wipe out everyone, anyway.
The Blu-Ray drive fascinates me, and if there’s a 