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Factor 5 To Be PS3 Exclusive
1up.com is reporting that Rogue Leader and Rogue Squadron developer Factor 5 has signed an exclusivity deal with Sony and the PlayStation 3 console. From the article: "Factor 5 has already played with Microsoft's Xbox 360, but said the PlayStation 3's 3.2GHz Cell chip offered more processing power over the other hardware options. The added power, allowing for a more realistic gaming experience, fueled the company's decision. Factor 5 made no comment on Nintendo's Revolution in the story."
I can understand what they say to a degree. 8 Cell CPUs probably is much more powerful than 3 PPC CPUs. It is pretty obvious there is some pro-Sony bias in that statement (they are overstating it to be dramatic for the announcement).
That said, I can't WAIT to see what they do. When I saw some of the sequences in Rogue Squadron 2 and 3 on the 'Cube where you had seemingly hundreds of Ties in the sky as you were fighting. Not only did it look amazing (and was it fun), but I couldn't believe they could push the 'Cube to do that. If they can do that with the 'Cube, I can't wait to see what they can make the PS3 do. Should make one hell of a game. How 'bout an update to X-Wing and Tie Fighter? A massivly multiplayer space combat sim using the Star Wars license that also had missions and such, that would be so cool.
That said, I hope they don't mess it up either. I tried to play through RS 3, but just gave up. The 3rd person levels were just so clunky and the animation and movement was so stiff. It also felt like gravity was 3Gs. It just didn't play right. The space combat is amazing, the 3rd person levels were terrible.
Still, no matter what all these companies proclaim that their system can do, and no matter what publishers say, there should be some cool looking stuff and some very interesting possiblities appearing on the new consoles. I can't wait to see what Nintendo can do. I'd love to see them make a comeback to number 1 (I kinda doubt it, I love 'em anyway, and they won't go anywhere, but it would be great). Then again, with all this "We'll do everything from play games to watch movies to make toast" stuff, Nintendo has a real chance to use their "We're just about games, great games" stance to take a great lead.
PS: I've been playing Wario Ware: Twisted!, and the play mechanic is great. They should use gyros in the Revolution's controller. Imagine being able to make quick movements of the controller (physically) and having that translate into movements of a boxer's hands. Shove right side quick, get a right jab. Shove both, it's an uppercut. Pull back for a block, etc. Could be very cool.
Comment forecast: Bits of genius surrounded by a sea of mediocrity.
am looking forward to the innovative new gameplay they will bring to the PS3. Innovative gameplay such as taking part in the defense of Hoth for the 18,647th time, or assaulting the Death Star for the 7,344th time.