2 for 3. Armor adds weight, weight hinders mobility, and mobility protects you better than armor. Mobility doesn't do shit against sniper shots if the first one is on target. There is plenty of footage of soldiers taking a sniper hit and getting up and getting to cover and being able to return fire. You have to realize that you ARE going to get hit. Being able to take that hit is a big part of surviving an encounter.
Survivability is a combination of things that need to be balanced. That is why our troops aren't going out there without body armor, and that is the reason we have all these crazy armor development programs going on that increases the effectiveness of stopping the threat while reducing the weight.
My experience is mostly with aircraft, but in terms of survivability, the same is true for dismounted infantry (and even ground vehicles).
There is also a earlier generation Samsung (BD-P1000) listed for $319.99. Where is the limit that people stop thinking the PS3 is the cheapest player on the market? Spending the extra money if you are interested in games is understandable. Spending the extra money when you have no interest in games but hope that the 'killer app' comes out isn't.
They usually have courtesy cards that the clerks use anyway. Somehow my roommate got one that is not connected to him in any way. Usually they ask for a driver's license with a current address, etc.
Oh, I have credit cards and a credit history, I just choose not to use the cards. My mortgage payments and (before the car was paid off) car payments were direct withdraws from the bank.
I don't think anybody needs to know what games I'm playing or how much time I spend playing them. Of course, I pay cash for groceries, don't use the discount cards they give and never use credit cards... I'm silly about my privacy that way.
I'd be a lot more interested in Folding @Home if their EULA wasn't so damn draconian. When I thought about installing it, I just glanced over the EULA to see if there was anything outrageous in it. There was a section that basically said they could monitor what I'm playing on my PS3 at any time - whether I was running it at that time or not.
5. Don't listen to this guy. Leave the D-Pad right where it is. It's 1000x better that way. If you're going to move them, put them in the same place on both sides of the controller. If you're going to move them up, you'll have to make the controller wider, otherwise your thumbs won't be properly aligned with the analog sticks. Anybody want to take a guess what who in this conversation has never worked with, or for, a human factors group?
It isn't just the shortness of the game. Every single fight seems the same. There is the occasional 'aim and shoot' with either a crossbow, or cannon or whatever, but the majority is 'swarm of guys come at you, kill them'. At least the GoW series had different styles of enemies. In HS, they were all the same (at least until I got to the point where I said screw it and went back to finish GOW2).
So what you are saying is when your console has no games worth a shit and Christmas is coming up, implement a SL clone to try to get people to buy your console. I just got Heavenly Sword last night, so that may be a game worth a shit, we'll find out over the next few days.
The Wii graphics in "The Legend of Zelda - Twilight Princess" and "Resident Evil 4" look like crap on a 56 inch HD-TV. I would guess you have a crap TV. They look great on my 60" HDTV. Same TV that I use for one of the XBox 360 and PS3.
I have Warhawk, it is kind of boring. I'd rather play BF2142 on the PC. As for Oblivion, I have it on the PC also, and my roomie has it for the 360. I thought it sucked - that leveling mechanic was just stupid. You can get around that with mods for the PC at least.
I didn't play Resistance. The demo and my friend's opinions (the one that convinced me to get a PS3 in the first place) both made it seem like a waste of money. Gears was cool, some of the mechanics I liked (such as the running, using cover, and grenades). But it was just a simple Shooter for the most part. Metroid has some awesome puzzles and exploration. That makes it more fun, at least as far as I (and my roomie, his girlfriend like GoW better - go figure) are concerned.
As far as the games I listed, there is nothing to match Trauma Center or Mario Strikers on the PS3. I guess you could make an argument for Metroid-type games in Resistance, but it really isn't the same.
I understand your point. The wii is behind even the PS3 in terms of overall game selection (that's an opinion), but the wii is cheap and looks great on a cheap TV. Not just cheap TVs, but it also looks pretty decent on 60" HDTVs also. Metroid Prime 3 is just gorgeous.
As for games, there are some great ones for the Wii that are out already. The three that I play most are Trauma Center, Mario Strikers and Metroid Prime 3. Thats more than I play on the PS3. Right now I play MotoStorm and... God of War 2.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone told me I'm wrong, then repeat the exact same thing I just said. I'd be a very wealthy man. =) Might be a hint that you need to work on your communication skills.
Sheesh, if they would have declared Halo 3 gold master, that would at least have been some sort of news, but "It is almost done" is not the least informative; right now, it is to be expected if they want to honor their release date. We were told on 25 JUL that Lair development was complete and it was in manufacturing, set to be released on 14 AUG. Then on 01 AUG we were told it wasn't finished and release was pushed back to 04 SEP.
Seems to me that being almost done with a game is a lot bigger news (and more relevant) than going gold any more.
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Killzone 2 graphics have to be better than Halo 3's, or it will most likely die. After reviewers have been giving KZ2 such stellar reports as 'non-innovative gameplay' or the gem where fighting a mini-boss was 'uninspired', graphics sound like the only thing going for it.
These articles on NASA are definitive proof that when it comes to aerospace/NASA if ignorance was truly bliss, the average Slashdotter would be orgasmic.
And why wouldn't NASA want to perform steps that only increase the chance of a successful landing? You're a freakin idiot if you think a repair such as this only increases the chances of a successful landing. Maybe if it was a successful repair. On the other hand, a repair attempt could completely fuck up a bunch more tiles than are gouged. A repair attempt could dick up the flow of air around the repair to cause it to heat up more than it would by being left alone. There are a billion reasons an attempted repair could make things worse than they already are.
As for JSC disagreeing, they were the only ones. The overwhelming majority of engineers said the repair attempt was a bad idea.
I find myself using the help system a lot to figure out how to find stuff that I knew how to get to in the old menu setup. Information overload was there at the beginning, but now its just a matter of sorting out where the hell everything is.
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Survivability is a combination of things that need to be balanced. That is why our troops aren't going out there without body armor, and that is the reason we have all these crazy armor development programs going on that increases the effectiveness of stopping the threat while reducing the weight.
My experience is mostly with aircraft, but in terms of survivability, the same is true for dismounted infantry (and even ground vehicles).
HalfLife 2: $29.95
Episode 1: $19.95
Episode 2: $29.95
Portal: $19.95
Team Fortress 2: $29.95
Individual price $129.75
Package price $49.95
pre-purchase discount - $5.00
Cost to you $44.95
There is also a earlier generation Samsung (BD-P1000) listed for $319.99. Where is the limit that people stop thinking the PS3 is the cheapest player on the market? Spending the extra money if you are interested in games is understandable. Spending the extra money when you have no interest in games but hope that the 'killer app' comes out isn't.
The Samsung Blu-Ray (BD-P1200) player has been $449.99 since before the PS3 price cut. Even now the Sony BDP-S300 is $439.57 (on Amazon).
Cue the AC that lists all the crap about Resistance: Fall of Man at every chance!
- blah blah blah
- crap about dedicated servers
- crap about how many people per server
- NOW WITH KILLER RUMBLE FEEDBACK FEATURE!
They usually have courtesy cards that the clerks use anyway. Somehow my roommate got one that is not connected to him in any way. Usually they ask for a driver's license with a current address, etc.
Oh, I have credit cards and a credit history, I just choose not to use the cards. My mortgage payments and (before the car was paid off) car payments were direct withdraws from the bank.
I don't think anybody needs to know what games I'm playing or how much time I spend playing them. Of course, I pay cash for groceries, don't use the discount cards they give and never use credit cards... I'm silly about my privacy that way.
I'd be a lot more interested in Folding @Home if their EULA wasn't so damn draconian. When I thought about installing it, I just glanced over the EULA to see if there was anything outrageous in it. There was a section that basically said they could monitor what I'm playing on my PS3 at any time - whether I was running it at that time or not.
It isn't just the shortness of the game. Every single fight seems the same. There is the occasional 'aim and shoot' with either a crossbow, or cannon or whatever, but the majority is 'swarm of guys come at you, kill them'. At least the GoW series had different styles of enemies. In HS, they were all the same (at least until I got to the point where I said screw it and went back to finish GOW2).
So what you are saying is when your console has no games worth a shit and Christmas is coming up, implement a SL clone to try to get people to buy your console. I just got Heavenly Sword last night, so that may be a game worth a shit, we'll find out over the next few days.
I have Warhawk, it is kind of boring. I'd rather play BF2142 on the PC. As for Oblivion, I have it on the PC also, and my roomie has it for the 360. I thought it sucked - that leveling mechanic was just stupid. You can get around that with mods for the PC at least.
I didn't play Resistance. The demo and my friend's opinions (the one that convinced me to get a PS3 in the first place) both made it seem like a waste of money. Gears was cool, some of the mechanics I liked (such as the running, using cover, and grenades). But it was just a simple Shooter for the most part. Metroid has some awesome puzzles and exploration. That makes it more fun, at least as far as I (and my roomie, his girlfriend like GoW better - go figure) are concerned.
As far as the games I listed, there is nothing to match Trauma Center or Mario Strikers on the PS3. I guess you could make an argument for Metroid-type games in Resistance, but it really isn't the same.
As for games, there are some great ones for the Wii that are out already. The three that I play most are Trauma Center, Mario Strikers and Metroid Prime 3. Thats more than I play on the PS3. Right now I play MotoStorm and... God of War 2.
You haven't actually played Lair, have you?
According to NPD (which this article is about - the NPD numbers) in July:
# Xbox 360 -- 170k
# PlayStation 3 --159k
So how does that work out that the PS3 sold twice as many consoles as the 360?
No shit, that made my eyes bleed.
Seems to me that being almost done with a game is a lot bigger news (and more relevant) than going gold any more.
Killzone 2 graphics have to be better than Halo 3's, or it will most likely die. After reviewers have been giving KZ2 such stellar reports as 'non-innovative gameplay' or the gem where fighting a mini-boss was 'uninspired', graphics sound like the only thing going for it.
These articles on NASA are definitive proof that when it comes to aerospace/NASA if ignorance was truly bliss, the average Slashdotter would be orgasmic.
As for JSC disagreeing, they were the only ones. The overwhelming majority of engineers said the repair attempt was a bad idea.
I find myself using the help system a lot to figure out how to find stuff that I knew how to get to in the old menu setup. Information overload was there at the beginning, but now its just a matter of sorting out where the hell everything is.