Kurst (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} kurst) wrote,@ 2007-12-06 20:22:00 |
|
Starting to get back my grove
yeah starting to actually be on the net is kind like an innovation.
being at a "hell" job for 1 1/2+ years caused me to go away from the network. Which is good and bad. I mean my world of warcraft playing is now down to zero but knowing what to do at home is literally weird.
The good news is I am playing my 360 a lot more. A LOT more. Starting to even go back to my older games.
But I got to say one quick thing.
My view this xmas.
Wii - I can't believe it's in the current state of "can't find anywhere" still. It's amazing it's gone this long. Also amazing that Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid 3 did turn out so good for gamers. The reason why my Mom bought the Wii is still there - It's a fun system. But now it's getting into a better grove with some decent games making it have no question why I have it. I still scratch my head about the online strategy, the lack of storage for anything but a few small games and a lot of saves. but overall it's not killers it's a great unit if you can find it.
XBOX 360 - The games companies are hitting their strides the games coming out fast, furious and very good. I can't believe I bought as many Xbox live arcade titles like everything from Space Giraffe to Hardwood Hearts but I did. My 360 colleciton is my largest. And everything about it feels solid. Except XBox Live - I still think the gold thing sucks - making multiplayer sucks just gives microsoft more money. But in their defense they have the smoothest multiplayer experience. Something no one else can claim. them improving the backwards compatibility and starting include xbox games for download is a shrewd move. Now lets just hope my 360 never dies.
PS3 - Everytime they do something I think in the right direction they take two steps back. Lets take the PS3 80 gig - Better price, perfect packin. but backwards compatibility takes a nose dive. In fact I had a lot of friends who had to return the 80 gig to get the 60 gig because of compatibility. Now the 40 gigs are coming out with the backwards strip. I mean this is only to really sell PS3 games. This is just idiotoc I am explaining to coworkers "No the system can't run PS2 games even if the sales person says so" or "The PS3 40 gig will not be getting PS2 backwards compatibility soon evecn though the sales person". I had another person trying to tell a person who was returning a 80 gig unit that the PS2 compatibility will improve. Mind you the majority of the PS3 are probally going to slowly shift to 40 gigs...... I'm still seeing 3rd parties having framerate issues on games and getting content on the PSN. It comes to a point if a game is on 2 console I'm now just picking the 360 version by default. The other problem is I am still waiting for the unique games on PS3. Super Stardust HD so far is awesome. but honestly i have only like 4 games on PS3 - and VF5 i feel ripped out since the 360 version has multiplayer over net. a lot of their exclusives have been meh or not bad. Rachet and Clank is definatly a highlight - i mean at worse for people who don't own ps3 there is new art for it on the boards at best it's a solid game. And of course Uncharted: Drake's fortune original ray of light showing what the PS3 could do amoung the array of ports.
The big last thing is Rock Band - If I had to choose one game to play for a month it's that game. Solid gameplay, solid music, solid fun. yes I went through one controller but it's already replaced. But there is something about singing "Creep" or playing guitar to Juke Box Hero that inspires. And more important as you play the game the more you feel like a star - something guitar hero 3 never made me feel. Great game. Great waste of time!
Thanks and have a great one
yeah starting to actually be on the net is kind like an innovation.
being at a "hell" job for 1 1/2+ years caused me to go away from the network. Which is good and bad. I mean my world of warcraft playing is now down to zero but knowing what to do at home is literally weird.
The good news is I am playing my 360 a lot more. A LOT more. Starting to even go back to my older games.
But I got to say one quick thing.
My view this xmas.
Wii - I can't believe it's in the current state of "can't find anywhere" still. It's amazing it's gone this long. Also amazing that Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid 3 did turn out so good for gamers. The reason why my Mom bought the Wii is still there - It's a fun system. But now it's getting into a better grove with some decent games making it have no question why I have it. I still scratch my head about the online strategy, the lack of storage for anything but a few small games and a lot of saves. but overall it's not killers it's a great unit if you can find it.
XBOX 360 - The games companies are hitting their strides the games coming out fast, furious and very good. I can't believe I bought as many Xbox live arcade titles like everything from Space Giraffe to Hardwood Hearts but I did. My 360 colleciton is my largest. And everything about it feels solid. Except XBox Live - I still think the gold thing sucks - making multiplayer sucks just gives microsoft more money. But in their defense they have the smoothest multiplayer experience. Something no one else can claim. them improving the backwards compatibility and starting include xbox games for download is a shrewd move. Now lets just hope my 360 never dies.
PS3 - Everytime they do something I think in the right direction they take two steps back. Lets take the PS3 80 gig - Better price, perfect packin. but backwards compatibility takes a nose dive. In fact I had a lot of friends who had to return the 80 gig to get the 60 gig because of compatibility. Now the 40 gigs are coming out with the backwards strip. I mean this is only to really sell PS3 games. This is just idiotoc I am explaining to coworkers "No the system can't run PS2 games even if the sales person says so" or "The PS3 40 gig will not be getting PS2 backwards compatibility soon evecn though the sales person". I had another person trying to tell a person who was returning a 80 gig unit that the PS2 compatibility will improve. Mind you the majority of the PS3 are probally going to slowly shift to 40 gigs...... I'm still seeing 3rd parties having framerate issues on games and getting content on the PSN. It comes to a point if a game is on 2 console I'm now just picking the 360 version by default. The other problem is I am still waiting for the unique games on PS3. Super Stardust HD so far is awesome. but honestly i have only like 4 games on PS3 - and VF5 i feel ripped out since the 360 version has multiplayer over net. a lot of their exclusives have been meh or not bad. Rachet and Clank is definatly a highlight - i mean at worse for people who don't own ps3 there is new art for it on the boards at best it's a solid game. And of course Uncharted: Drake's fortune original ray of light showing what the PS3 could do amoung the array of ports.
The big last thing is Rock Band - If I had to choose one game to play for a month it's that game. Solid gameplay, solid music, solid fun. yes I went through one controller but it's already replaced. But there is something about singing "Creep" or playing guitar to Juke Box Hero that inspires. And more important as you play the game the more you feel like a star - something guitar hero 3 never made me feel. Great game. Great waste of time!
Thanks and have a great one
