I'm a big fan of my Playstation 2 and have been holding off on a "next gen" purchase until more concrete details of the PS3 start coming to light. I was hoping this would be the show that does it, given the large area of floorspace Sony gobbled up. I must say it's rather disappointing to hear nothing -- again.
At this point I'm tempted to get a 360 instead, simply because it's out and I can see what games are like for it. I'd hoped the PS3 would be a bit more, you know, THERE by now, but if we have to wait until E3 or later before seeing hands-on gameplay for the first time it's probably not going to bode well for the quality of the console and its launch titles.
I mean being secretive and all is one thing, but this is ridiculous.
Depends on how you're going to use the files. If you plan on only using them with iTunes and your iPod, stick with AAC. If you plan on using them with other devices and players, go MP3.
Personally, I prefer AAC because I fall into the first category. That, and it sounds a heck of a lot better than MP3. I should add, it sounds better *to me*. Everyone's different, but for me when I compare the two "side by side", the AAC version just sounds clearer, and reproduces the audio more faithfully than MP3.
Back in the day, I used to run a BBS on my machine in a minimized DOS session. The BBS control script was done in REXX, and afforded me an insane amount of control when dealing with nightly maintenance of the board, its games, and assorted mail networks.
Of course it couldn't have anything to do with people not wanting to buy the same movie twice at nearly the same price, once for home theater use and once for portable use?
The latest news about them bundling UMDs with DVDs is a step in the right direction, at least.
It's also reasonable to assume that someone working there has a digital camera that allows you to defeat the flash, and control the exposure for shots in darkened environments.:)
If you trust the reviews, sure. 1UP went to far to rate PGR a 10/10 the day the 360 hit stores. Perfect? Not so sure about that. I wonder what that reviewer would rate it now after a few months.
Which only goes to show that review scores themselves are a load of crap really, with the best opinion of a game being your own.
This from the guy who said game developers aren't required to support the hard drive on the 360. Suddenly we've got a soccer game that needs it for career mode, and an MMO that requires it to run at all. Now what, he's saying we have to download games we want to play? Great and all, welcome to what, 2005 (?) and Steam.
Oh wait, still need to store that data somewhere... the vast depths of the 360's limitless system ram? Or the non-existent hard drives of the Core systems?
As EVE has become more and more popular, I've found the forums have started to become filled with, shall we say, undesirables? Moreso than say a year ago. It's an unfortunate side effect, but I'm noticing more and more "vets" staying away from the forums in general, or staying in the Corp and Alliances forum.
That being said, you're right in that it still has the best community of any MMO around.
Right away you raise a good point.:) Can that happen? Should it? Why not, after all it would be cool. But all it would take is someone with two characters, one good and one bad, and suddenly the iris is pointless. Good char dials up earth and stands around while bad char invades with his entire army:)
I'd spend all my time offworld, I don't think I'd be able to maintain my sanity when every few minutes the warning klaxon would be going off and that tech guy belting "Unscheduled offworld activation!" out over the PA.
Hopefully, there will be updates and expansion packs to address this, as there have been in similar games. On the whole, it looks like this could have a lot of potential....now it has the burden of living up to that potential.
And the developer should just admit defeat now, then. I'm willing to bet actual money on this failing as miserably as Star Wars Galaxies, in that it will never ever be able to live up to fan expectations. Add to that pile: Star Trek Online and The Lord of the Rings MMO.
Everyone bitches about the graphics, but they always fail to mention that they give you complete and utter control over the engine so you can tailor it precisely to your preferences. Want a smooth framerate? Turn down the eyecandy. Want more detail? Turn up some eyecandy.
I have a 1.7GHz P4 with a Geforce4 Ti4200, and I was able to get the game looking pretty damn nice with a great framerate, even when in a large group with tons of effects. There's a FANTASTIC guide in the EQ2 forums written by a player that explains each and every one of the hundreds of graphics options and what you should set each to according to whether you've got a low end or high end setup.
I think at this point we can all agree that the shortages are not intentional, at least not anymore. They're reaching the point where retailers and consumers are starting to not care about the product, and that's a bad thing for them.
Worse than the supply of the hardware, I'm starting to see more complaints popping up about the lack of new titles, and how a lot of people are now focusing their attention on the Live Arcade games than store-bought.
Looking ahead, there doesn't seem to be a deluge of games coming out for the platform anytime soon. Well, at least games in the STORE.
I've talked to a few folks I know who managed to get a 360, all of them are kind of embarassed to own a machine as expensive as that and then use it to play the Arcade titles more than the next-gen stuff. They don't say the other games are BAD by any means, just that they've played them through and are waiting for new ones like Oblivion and such.
Sounds, at least to me, that the entire platform's launch has been a stalled mess, and that it will continue to be so for many months to come. I'm still planning on getting one, but I think I'll hold off until there's a larger library of things to play.
It's kind of sad that the only way these publishers and developers are attracting people to their booths is with hotties.
Now I'm not gay or anything. I love hotties. But E3's about the games. Press shouldn't be there going "Whoa, look at the rack on Antonia Bayle! And oh, something about EQ2."
Is the industry circling the drain that much that the games no longer can attract people to booths? Why is it the biggest news right now about E3 is the fact that booth babes have becmoe an issue with organizers?
As the two were racing together that would make this fellow an involved party, wouldn't you say? If I make someone murder someone else, even though I've not actually done the killing I'm one hell of a related party to the crime.
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I'm a big fan of my Playstation 2 and have been holding off on a "next gen" purchase until more concrete details of the PS3 start coming to light. I was hoping this would be the show that does it, given the large area of floorspace Sony gobbled up. I must say it's rather disappointing to hear nothing -- again.
At this point I'm tempted to get a 360 instead, simply because it's out and I can see what games are like for it. I'd hoped the PS3 would be a bit more, you know, THERE by now, but if we have to wait until E3 or later before seeing hands-on gameplay for the first time it's probably not going to bode well for the quality of the console and its launch titles.
I mean being secretive and all is one thing, but this is ridiculous.
Depends on how you're going to use the files. If you plan on only using them with iTunes and your iPod, stick with AAC. If you plan on using them with other devices and players, go MP3.
Personally, I prefer AAC because I fall into the first category. That, and it sounds a heck of a lot better than MP3. I should add, it sounds better *to me*. Everyone's different, but for me when I compare the two "side by side", the AAC version just sounds clearer, and reproduces the audio more faithfully than MP3.
Back in the day, I used to run a BBS on my machine in a minimized DOS session. The BBS control script was done in REXX, and afforded me an insane amount of control when dealing with nightly maintenance of the board, its games, and assorted mail networks.
I can't believe you took the time to write that much about this. Look at me, I'm stopping at two sentences. :p
Of course it couldn't have anything to do with people not wanting to buy the same movie twice at nearly the same price, once for home theater use and once for portable use?
The latest news about them bundling UMDs with DVDs is a step in the right direction, at least.
Feel free to express yourself, as long as you don't challenge the authorities or what the government tells you is appropriate! I mean come on.
It's also reasonable to assume that someone working there has a digital camera that allows you to defeat the flash, and control the exposure for shots in darkened environments. :)
Ok, so there's pictures of it sitting next to a penny, and in the hands of some dude. How about a picture of it projecting something?
If you trust the reviews, sure. 1UP went to far to rate PGR a 10/10 the day the 360 hit stores. Perfect? Not so sure about that. I wonder what that reviewer would rate it now after a few months.
Which only goes to show that review scores themselves are a load of crap really, with the best opinion of a game being your own.
This from the guy who said game developers aren't required to support the hard drive on the 360. Suddenly we've got a soccer game that needs it for career mode, and an MMO that requires it to run at all. Now what, he's saying we have to download games we want to play? Great and all, welcome to what, 2005 (?) and Steam.
Oh wait, still need to store that data somewhere... the vast depths of the 360's limitless system ram? Or the non-existent hard drives of the Core systems?
As EVE has become more and more popular, I've found the forums have started to become filled with, shall we say, undesirables? Moreso than say a year ago. It's an unfortunate side effect, but I'm noticing more and more "vets" staying away from the forums in general, or staying in the Corp and Alliances forum.
That being said, you're right in that it still has the best community of any MMO around.
Thanks. :)
And actually you might have noticed I've not been frequenting them as much as I used to, and when I'm there I'm trying to be constructive.
Like forums are the best place to find information about a game. They're typically the domain of the vocal bitchy minority.
Perfect, then it's just a matter of turning off my subwoofer so I won't hear the *thump* sound of player molecules not materializing on our side.
So, if Firefox decides to include this feature in a future release, then where will IE7 be?
Right away you raise a good point. :) Can that happen? Should it? Why not, after all it would be cool. But all it would take is someone with two characters, one good and one bad, and suddenly the iris is pointless. Good char dials up earth and stands around while bad char invades with his entire army :)
I'd spend all my time offworld, I don't think I'd be able to maintain my sanity when every few minutes the warning klaxon would be going off and that tech guy belting "Unscheduled offworld activation!" out over the PA.
Hopefully, there will be updates and expansion packs to address this, as there have been in similar games. On the whole, it looks like this could have a lot of potential....now it has the burden of living up to that potential.
And the developer should just admit defeat now, then. I'm willing to bet actual money on this failing as miserably as Star Wars Galaxies, in that it will never ever be able to live up to fan expectations. Add to that pile: Star Trek Online and The Lord of the Rings MMO.
Everyone bitches about the graphics, but they always fail to mention that they give you complete and utter control over the engine so you can tailor it precisely to your preferences. Want a smooth framerate? Turn down the eyecandy. Want more detail? Turn up some eyecandy.
I have a 1.7GHz P4 with a Geforce4 Ti4200, and I was able to get the game looking pretty damn nice with a great framerate, even when in a large group with tons of effects. There's a FANTASTIC guide in the EQ2 forums written by a player that explains each and every one of the hundreds of graphics options and what you should set each to according to whether you've got a low end or high end setup.
That begs the question: say I'm a guy who can't join an all-female guild, can I lodge a harassment complaint against them? If not, why not?
World of Warcraft is not supposed to be a game in which sex and sexuality is a defining aspect of a character.
/dance ?
You mean there's a reason to be a female nightelf other than
I think at this point we can all agree that the shortages are not intentional, at least not anymore. They're reaching the point where retailers and consumers are starting to not care about the product, and that's a bad thing for them.
Worse than the supply of the hardware, I'm starting to see more complaints popping up about the lack of new titles, and how a lot of people are now focusing their attention on the Live Arcade games than store-bought.
Looking ahead, there doesn't seem to be a deluge of games coming out for the platform anytime soon. Well, at least games in the STORE.
I've talked to a few folks I know who managed to get a 360, all of them are kind of embarassed to own a machine as expensive as that and then use it to play the Arcade titles more than the next-gen stuff. They don't say the other games are BAD by any means, just that they've played them through and are waiting for new ones like Oblivion and such.
Sounds, at least to me, that the entire platform's launch has been a stalled mess, and that it will continue to be so for many months to come. I'm still planning on getting one, but I think I'll hold off until there's a larger library of things to play.
It's kind of sad that the only way these publishers and developers are attracting people to their booths is with hotties.
Now I'm not gay or anything. I love hotties. But E3's about the games. Press shouldn't be there going "Whoa, look at the rack on Antonia Bayle! And oh, something about EQ2."
Is the industry circling the drain that much that the games no longer can attract people to booths? Why is it the biggest news right now about E3 is the fact that booth babes have becmoe an issue with organizers?
As the two were racing together that would make this fellow an involved party, wouldn't you say? If I make someone murder someone else, even though I've not actually done the killing I'm one hell of a related party to the crime.