With the difference that i'm not japanese so i'm not blinded by patriotism.
With the difference that i'm not japanese so i'm not blinded by patriotism.
Skyrim is the most overrated game I have played in a long time.
So how do you explain games like Darksiders, Arkham Asylum/City, Castlevania: LoS, or Dead Space 1&2 which compare favorably to even top tier 360 exclusives and run equally well on both platforms? Witchcraft?people blaming 'lazy developers' for bad PS3 ports
you know who you should be blaming? Sony.
StarCraft? StarCraft 2 you mean?
That game is probably more cutscene heavy than virtually any non-Metal Gear game.
Mine:
Big budget, 'cinematic' games are terrible. I never enjoyed playing one. Games should first and foremost be about having fun. So far the fun part takes a back seat when game developers start to focus on voiceacting, realistic animations, story. Even when all of those are usually poorly executed. I prefer a Mario, Starcraft or Tetris over those.
(maybe they will get it right in the future, but so far, no)
I think they were trying to be consistent with the super deformed art style of the 2D games, but with the low polygon budget they gave themselves, it just ended up looking odd. With FFIX they were much more familiar with the PS1 hardware and finally got the concept right. Same reason why FFVI sprites look so "primitive" next to Chrono Trigger sprites, they could have made those sprites a lot more detailed if they wanted too. As for the higher quality battle models, I guess it's a carry over from FFVI bosses looking squat and tiny in the field and then super detailed in battle, only this time they did it with the player characters.Since there's currently a Final Fantasy thread...
Final Fantasy VII is the most overrated game of all time.
The switch to 3D made this one of the worst looking games of all time (Limbo of the Lost is more graphically impressive.) There is absolutely no reason why the in-combat characters are made of high quality models where the out of combat characters look like Lego MiniFigs. The writing is terrible and it essentially all boils down to Sephiroth being the world's biggest emo who misses his dead mother. The only positive thing I can say about FF7 is that the Materia system was an interesting way of handling magic.
And don't get me started on FF8, I think Spoony has that well covered: The Spoony One's extended review.
Final Fantasy XII was a terrible game. Never had I have to force myself through a game. It was a single player wannabe MMORPG with a battle system where the player doesn't do anything because the gambit system has covered it all was beyond passive.
As if running through open and empty fields where the gambit system fought all my battles wasn't bad enough, the story was filled with ridiculously lengthy fetch quests that doesn't amount to any solid characters or relationships with the exception of Vaan and Penelo.
So how do you explain games like Darksiders, Arkham Asylum/City, Castlevania: LoS, or Dead Space 1&2 which compare favorably to even top tier 360 exclusives and run equally well on both platforms? Witchcraft?
StarCraft? StarCraft 2 you mean?
That game is probably more cutscene heavy than virtually any non-Metal Gear game.
Xenosaga says hi. I had a Logitech wireless controller at the time and the controller always turns off on me whenever one of those 15 minute cut scenes come on. Not that I mind, I love cut scenes when it's done well.
Hard to say.More interested in hearing how he would explain Final Fantasy XIII being better on PS3 than 360. Lazy developers, or are Microsoft to blame?
Hard to say.
It's interesting to note that the resolution is identical for both versions of FFXIII-2, a notable departure from its predecessor. However, the 360 version definitely chugs more (generally from 2-6 FPS) during the big FPS drops the game sometimes has, and its video is noticeably more compressed. Considering how many FPS drops there are and how well FF XIII performed on both, I would say there's slop involved with the sequel, at least.
Dead space is terrible. The action is average at the very best, it's not very pretty, all scares are predictable and stupid as it throws them at you all the fucking time. Music is pretty good but everything else is really not that good. Really the reason for my strong hate is probably that there is a lot of potential, it's just so badly done.
If we were to take resolution out of the equation: in terms of performance, it runs worse on both. There are quite a few noticeable frame drops in each version, though it is more severe on the 360 version.Doesn't FF XIII-2 run better on the 360 than the original did, but worse on the PS3 than the original did?
So how do you explain games like Darksiders, Arkham Asylum/City, Castlevania: LoS, or Dead Space 1&2 which compare favorably to even top tier 360 exclusives and run equally well on both platforms? Witchcraft?
gears of war and metal gear solid 4 were only considered good because they were the first "big" exclusives on their platform.
Metal Gear Solid has always had an god awful story, that thinks its being clever but really isn't.
The top 10 "hd" games of this generation were all multiplatform.
Eh, yes and no. I do think it falls into lots of sci-fi story contrivances and tends to be shallow and Hollywoodish in how it portrays characters and their arcs (not that would I expect different given the game's publisher and audience). That said, I would strongly disagree with the frequency of scares. They're occasionally jumbled too close together, but most are given ample theatrical space.Dead space is terrible. The action is average at the very best, it's not very pretty, all scares are predictable and stupid as it throws them at you all the fucking time. Music is pretty good but everything else is really not that good. Really the reason for my strong hate is probably that there is a lot of potential, it's just so badly done.
I don't care about "Day 1 DLC" and the perceived value of the "base game" in relation to it. You either think the base game is worth the money or you don't and you make a decision about it. Nobody is holding a gun to your head.
Can't speak for one, but I got soo tired from fighting monsters in every frickin small room in 2 that I just stopped playing altogether. There seems to be no pacing in that game whatsoever.Eh, yes and no. I do think it falls into lots of sci-fi story contrivances and tends to be shallow and Hollywoodish in how it portrays characters and their arcs (not that would I expect different given the game's publisher and audience). That said, I would strongly disagree with the frequency of scares. They're occasionally jumbled too close together, but most are given ample theatrical space.
I would say this feature alone makes or breaks the game. You can easily destroy tension with repetitive jump scares. I don't feel Dead Space fell into that rut.
Silent Hill 2 and 3 are horrible and everything it does Eternal Darkness did better
-better controls
-better story
-better atmosphere
-better voice acting
-better camera
-better scary
Skyrim is the most overrated game I have played in a long time.
I see this and raise you: Amalur > Skyrim.
I played Amalur for all of 12 seconds before exiting out and uninstalling it.
Twisted Metal 4 was my first Twisted Metal game and I loved it. I later went back to Twisted Metal 2 and I didn't like it half as much.I actually enjoy Twisted Metal 3 and 4
let's start with something easy
Skyward Sword is the best Zelda game ever, it's absolutely perfect
PH and ST are excellent games and better than Minish Cap in every aspect
the original LOZ bores me to tears
I think I actually agree with this one, although it has more to do with it being terribly obtuse, getting an insta-death ten minutes into a battle with a sudden attack you didn't encounter before.After trying to finish it today, I'm pretty sure that Final Fantasy XIII is the hardest game I've played this generation. I have played Demon's Souls and Super Meat Boy - those game have nothing on this.
I dislike Mass Effect and Gears of War simply because the combat in those games doesn't work well. It's slow, clunky and incredibly awkward at close range. I always feel so limited in my movement and aiming that it ruins the games for me.
Also, holding A to sprint is terrible.
let's start with something easy
Skyward Sword is the best Zelda game ever, it's absolutely perfect
PH and ST are excellent games and better than Minish Cap in every aspect
the original LOZ bores me to tears
If we were to take resolution out of the equation: in terms of performance, it runs worse on both. There are quite a few noticeable frame drops in each version, though it is more severe on the 360 version.
I was really surprised by how many drops there were - about every other cutsene it's hitting low and mid twenties, over and over again (!!!) Honestly I'd take a lower resolution if it meant better FPS, I'm just not sure it would.