Yeah, it's not the Wii... but do you know that the motion control will be poor? The implementation actually sounded really cool with games like Lair. While I would have liked to have rumble in the PS3 controller, it was only the very rare game that ever made proper use of it. The description earlier about PG3 was dead on when it comes to good rumble - but that kind of implementation is pretty rare.
I doubt that sales of the PS3 as a Blu-Ray player will really account for much. Adoption of the high definition optical formats has been extremely slow and a $500-600 price tag isn't going to cut it. When players start getting closer to the $200-300 range I expect that the formats will start making more serious strides.
Tomb Raider Legend (the new one) is actually quite good and you'll find plenty of people who will back that game up. Actually, one of the best things about it (besides putting Lara back in the wild) was that it copied many of the mechanics from the PoP: The Sands of Time.
Anything with the Fallout name other than Fallout and Fallout 2 is not an actual Fallout game. It's just some crap made by Interplay with the Fallout name slapped on it to sell copies. They are not sequels and not actually part of the series in any way.
You seriously need to give the third game a chance instead of dismissing it out of hand. The "rage prince mode" as you're calling it is actually the villain of the story in many ways. The Two Thrones is a great game and I enjoyed it just as much as the first - and I had no interest at all in the second game (though the Dark Prince does a lot to reconcile the first two games with each other).
You can get it REAL cheap on PC now though. Probably for less money than people who already own the game would be willing to pay to get the completion patch.
I get the feeling that many price drops we see at retail are spurred by the retailers and not the publishers. With online distribution, I've noticed that it takes much, much, much longer for prices to drop (when they actually do).
With the way most people use controllers, they'll be replacing them from wear and tear long before the battery will no longer take a charge. Especially when you have pressure sensitive buttons, analog triggers and analog control sticks and you factor in the way Sony controllers made.
It's easy to lock on and fire, but it's not so easy to lock on to exactly whom you want to shoot. The over the shoulder camera combined with mouse-aiming does make the combat much more enjoyable on the PC... but the game is just better suited to a console. Something about the driving and the running around just makes the game more enjoyable with a game pad while sitting on the couch.
Plasticy? Probably refering to the smooth surface of the controller (just like the PS and PS2), which is inferior to the textured and easier to grip surface of the 360 controller.
The small circuit board for the wireless, the LEDs, the trigger mechanisms, the USB port and the rechargeable battery will probably still weigh less combined than the rumble motors.
Wow. Umm, I said that backwards. I've NEVER heard of a broadband service provider who demands an up-front charge. Every single one I've ever heard of wants monthly payments.
I should also add this: Yes, you DO see CS:Source being played at LANs. A lot. It's incredibly easy to set up. You can play any Steam game without an internet connection if you've already got the game on your computer. It's called offline mode.
Ok, you don't even know what you're talking about here. If you *WANT* the physical media, you can back up all of your game files to CD or DVD! Steam has this *BUILT IN*. And if you don't do that and your HD crashes or some fool removes your software? You reinstall Steam, sign on, and it is *ALL* downloaded for you again.
I know I'm being redundant, but I've never heard of such a thing. Every cable or DSL provider I've EVER heard of uses monthly payments and not an up front charge.
That doesn't really work. Sega put out ONE solid platform before the Dreamcast. The Genesis. Everything else failed. The Megadrive failed, the Sega CD failed, the 32X failed, and then the Saturn failed, which anyone paying attention could have seen coming....that said...
I bought a Sega Saturn. And enjoyed it, actually. There were some incredibly good games for that system, even if you had to import half of them. Guardian Heroes is still one of my all-time favorite games. May the FSM bless Treasure.
Wipeout: Fusion is a HORRIBLE game. A fucking travesty committed upon the franchise. Also, it was not made by Sony.
I miss Psygnosis.
Speaking of which, I just wiki'ed Psygnosis wondering whatever the heck happened to them. They became SCE Studio Liverpool now and they're making games again! While they had nothing to do with the travesty of Wipeout: Fusion (they DID make the first 3 games on the PSOne though), they recently made Wipeout:Pure for the PSP (of which I've heard good things)... and they have a Wipeout game planned for the PS3 now!
The last five years or so, it seems all they've put out are yearly iterations of Formula One, so it's nice to see them get the Wipeout property back (Bam! made Wipeout: Fusion).
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Yeah, it's not the Wii... but do you know that the motion control will be poor? The implementation actually sounded really cool with games like Lair. While I would have liked to have rumble in the PS3 controller, it was only the very rare game that ever made proper use of it. The description earlier about PG3 was dead on when it comes to good rumble - but that kind of implementation is pretty rare.
I doubt that sales of the PS3 as a Blu-Ray player will really account for much. Adoption of the high definition optical formats has been extremely slow and a $500-600 price tag isn't going to cut it. When players start getting closer to the $200-300 range I expect that the formats will start making more serious strides.
Does this conversation have to come up every single time the PS3 controller is mentioned in a Slashdot thread?
Tomb Raider Legend (the new one) is actually quite good and you'll find plenty of people who will back that game up. Actually, one of the best things about it (besides putting Lara back in the wild) was that it copied many of the mechanics from the PoP: The Sands of Time.
Anything with the Fallout name other than Fallout and Fallout 2 is not an actual Fallout game. It's just some crap made by Interplay with the Fallout name slapped on it to sell copies. They are not sequels and not actually part of the series in any way.
At least the new one is a decent game again. First one I've managed to actually play through since the first and I quite enjoyed it.
You seriously need to give the third game a chance instead of dismissing it out of hand. The "rage prince mode" as you're calling it is actually the villain of the story in many ways. The Two Thrones is a great game and I enjoyed it just as much as the first - and I had no interest at all in the second game (though the Dark Prince does a lot to reconcile the first two games with each other).
You can get it REAL cheap on PC now though. Probably for less money than people who already own the game would be willing to pay to get the completion patch.
I get the feeling that many price drops we see at retail are spurred by the retailers and not the publishers. With online distribution, I've noticed that it takes much, much, much longer for prices to drop (when they actually do).
Good sequels might not NEED a lot of advertising... but if they're sequels to big games they're going to get it anyways.
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Or... wait for it... YOU PLUG IT IN!!!
With the way most people use controllers, they'll be replacing them from wear and tear long before the battery will no longer take a charge. Especially when you have pressure sensitive buttons, analog triggers and analog control sticks and you factor in the way Sony controllers made.
It's easy to lock on and fire, but it's not so easy to lock on to exactly whom you want to shoot. The over the shoulder camera combined with mouse-aiming does make the combat much more enjoyable on the PC... but the game is just better suited to a console. Something about the driving and the running around just makes the game more enjoyable with a game pad while sitting on the couch.
Add me to the list of people who likes the placement of the d-pad and the analog sticks on PS controllers.
That said, the overall shape and feel of the 360 controller is definitely superior to any of the PS controllers.
Plasticy? Probably refering to the smooth surface of the controller (just like the PS and PS2), which is inferior to the textured and easier to grip surface of the 360 controller.
The small circuit board for the wireless, the LEDs, the trigger mechanisms, the USB port and the rechargeable battery will probably still weigh less combined than the rumble motors.
Insert obligatory "I'd give you mod points if I had any" comment here.
You raise a reasonable question and you get modded down for it.
You got Zonked!
Wow. Umm, I said that backwards. I've NEVER heard of a broadband service provider who demands an up-front charge. Every single one I've ever heard of wants monthly payments.
I should also add this: Yes, you DO see CS:Source being played at LANs. A lot. It's incredibly easy to set up. You can play any Steam game without an internet connection if you've already got the game on your computer. It's called offline mode.
Ok, you don't even know what you're talking about here. If you *WANT* the physical media, you can back up all of your game files to CD or DVD! Steam has this *BUILT IN*. And if you don't do that and your HD crashes or some fool removes your software? You reinstall Steam, sign on, and it is *ALL* downloaded for you again.
I know I'm being redundant, but I've never heard of such a thing. Every cable or DSL provider I've EVER heard of uses monthly payments and not an up front charge.
(Insert Obligatory "I would give you mod points if I had them" comment here.)
That doesn't really work. Sega put out ONE solid platform before the Dreamcast. The Genesis. Everything else failed. The Megadrive failed, the Sega CD failed, the 32X failed, and then the Saturn failed, which anyone paying attention could have seen coming. ...that said...
I bought a Sega Saturn. And enjoyed it, actually. There were some incredibly good games for that system, even if you had to import half of them. Guardian Heroes is still one of my all-time favorite games. May the FSM bless Treasure.
Wipeout: Fusion is a HORRIBLE game. A fucking travesty committed upon the franchise. Also, it was not made by Sony.
I miss Psygnosis.
Speaking of which, I just wiki'ed Psygnosis wondering whatever the heck happened to them. They became SCE Studio Liverpool now and they're making games again! While they had nothing to do with the travesty of Wipeout: Fusion (they DID make the first 3 games on the PSOne though), they recently made Wipeout:Pure for the PSP (of which I've heard good things)... and they have a Wipeout game planned for the PS3 now!
The last five years or so, it seems all they've put out are yearly iterations of Formula One, so it's nice to see them get the Wipeout property back (Bam! made Wipeout: Fusion).