> The first was that this was a machine built around a philosophy, not a set of tech specs." > It's this idea that makes me far more interested in the Xbox 360 than the PS3.
Well... Sony doesn't need a holistic philosophy. They have something MS can only dream of: Developers. Literally thousands of them. 3rd party, that is. That's why they only need to provide the best machine possible for the next couple of years (and market it like hell, of course). To give them developers a fine piece of hardware to create games on.
I don't see innovative games coming as an 360 exclusive. Hasn't happened yet, will not happen anytime soon.
The 360 has one thing, and one thing only (that kept it from becoming just another 3DO): Xbox Live. Which has a much louder fanbase than actual users, though.
Microsoft's "philosophy" is nothing but PR; on second thought is is only Xbox live XL plus HDTV. And as I said before, it's not the hardware manufacturer who needs to have a philosophy. It's the developers.
Ninja Gaiden ist definitely not a hard or even unplayable hard game (not on normal difficulty, that is).
It is not an easy game, so much is true. But I am sure that everyone can make it up to level 12 (this is where I am; I don't know if it gets harder but I am told that everyone who gets to level nine can beat the game). There are only two hard Bosses until where I am now (level 12 of 15, said that before): The first one (because you are not yet used to fighting) and the first encounter with Alma in the church. All other Bosses can easily be killed by EVERYONE if he equippes ten normal health drinks and a little Ninpo. Usually less.
The game only forces you to really look what your enemies do and use more than one single move. Some timing and two or three different moves will help you through every single fight.
People who wine about Ninja Gaiden being too hard (on normal) just didn't try it for longer than half an hour. after that, you get used to the outstanding and excellent pacing of the game.
Craig Mullins did some of the awesome artwork for many Bungie titles, incl. Marathon, Myth and Halo. You can view lots of images at his site. Most of them are really, really cool. http://www.goodbrush.com/
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> The first was that this was a machine built around a philosophy, not a set of tech specs."
> It's this idea that makes me far more interested in the Xbox 360 than the PS3.
Well... Sony doesn't need a holistic philosophy. They have something MS can only dream of: Developers. Literally thousands of them. 3rd party, that is. That's why they only need to provide the best machine possible for the next couple of years (and market it like hell, of course). To give them developers a fine piece of hardware to create games on.
I don't see innovative games coming as an 360 exclusive. Hasn't happened yet, will not happen anytime soon.
The 360 has one thing, and one thing only (that kept it from becoming just another 3DO): Xbox Live. Which has a much louder fanbase than actual users, though.
Microsoft's "philosophy" is nothing but PR; on second thought is is only Xbox live XL plus HDTV. And as I said before, it's not the hardware manufacturer who needs to have a philosophy. It's the developers.
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Steffen
Ninja Gaiden ist definitely not a hard or even unplayable hard game (not on normal difficulty, that is). It is not an easy game, so much is true. But I am sure that everyone can make it up to level 12 (this is where I am; I don't know if it gets harder but I am told that everyone who gets to level nine can beat the game). There are only two hard Bosses until where I am now (level 12 of 15, said that before): The first one (because you are not yet used to fighting) and the first encounter with Alma in the church. All other Bosses can easily be killed by EVERYONE if he equippes ten normal health drinks and a little Ninpo. Usually less. The game only forces you to really look what your enemies do and use more than one single move. Some timing and two or three different moves will help you through every single fight. People who wine about Ninja Gaiden being too hard (on normal) just didn't try it for longer than half an hour. after that, you get used to the outstanding and excellent pacing of the game.
Craig Mullins did some of the awesome artwork for many Bungie titles, incl. Marathon, Myth and Halo. You can view lots of images at his site. Most of them are really, really cool. http://www.goodbrush.com/