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 Jul 24 2003, 5:16 am
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Well, It's going to be hard to steal Sony's spot light. Maybe it will. Who knows?
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Bleh. Sony shouldn't be in the spotlight. It's for all of the medicore gamers who occasionally play a game of Madden or two. Hardcore gamers, such as me, play XBox and Gamecube. >=D
And PC... don't forget that. Half-Life = Woo. -Chris | |
Just what we need, another badcore console, yay! =P
It seems to be a baby computer, at least thats the impression the features list gives me. "Download more games then any other console", "a number of preloaded games", "upgrades" *Shakes head* | |
Umm, no. PS2 is the number one platformer game system, number 1 rpg system. Any they have the number 1 racing sim(GT3-Aspec). The ps2 is for players who want to spend many hours solving puzzles or working hard to get some money to get a faster car. An X-Box is for people who want to pick up a game, play a round of halo or whatever, and set it back down again. Although im not saying the X-box does not have its own long winded games. Like marrowind. But most of the X-box games are very close to arcade style gameplay were you can pick it up and set it down at anytime. But i repeat, the X-box does have some good long games. The GC is... well, it is a nentendo system, what do you expect. I am sure they have many long games, that have a little replay value. I still say they should stick with the pc. Only thing i dont like about the pc is that if you are playing anything but a FPS, then it just stinks in controlls compaired to consoles, even if you have a seperate controll, it just doesnt work as well, and rarely multi player on the same computer, it is always network.
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Dracon wrote:
Bleh. Sony shouldn't be in the spotlight. It's for all of the medicore gamers who occasionally play a game of Madden or two. Hardcore gamers, such as me, play XBox and Gamecube. >=D Hmmmm I've never seen an opinion quite like that, maybe because it's wrong. :P Just because you don't like the PS2 doesn't mean it's not a good system or just for casual gamers. I'll admit I think the best system itself is Xbox, but PS2 has the best selection of games. So the hardcore gamer, such as myself, has a number of choices in any genre of what game to play. :P p.s. Sony, if your reading, put four controller ports on the next system from the start. >:( | |
Jnco904 wrote:
but PS2 has the best selection of games. So the hardcore gamer, such as myself, has a number of choices in any genre of what game to play. :P From what Ive seen it has piles of games, but they arent very good quality games. I know, some are good, but the majority are just clones or dancemat games*. Anyway, I dont usually agree with Dracon but his right, most PS2 gamers are casual gamers. Most people got PS2's as a status symbols. Its a sad fact, but its true. *By dancemat games I dont mean that stupid game with the mat that I hate. Its just what I call games which seem like a great idea that you'll love forever in the store, but after 20 minutes you never touch it again. | |
Umm, no. Most PS2 games are very deep and can be picked up on the snap, but can keep going till the wee hours of the morning. Most of PS2 games are good, a few are just crap. But that can be said about all game-systems. I watch the game channel all the time(Station name is G4TV). I know what system has what games and how many are worth having. The X-Box has some nice ones, but few are in depth to the point that most PS2 are(the non crappy ones that is). I have played many games of most genres, and the PS2 has it all in good quality for the most part. Now i will admit that the PS2 is almost 2 years older than the X-Box and the GC, so they both have hardware stats on the PS2. But the GC has those mini disc's which limit the file size to a large extent. Those can only hold about 1/2 of what a normal dvd can. A dvd is normally about 12gigs depending on the dvd and such. So that would make the mini disc's only about 6 gigs. Doesn't seem like much, but when you add in the better graphics, which takes more space, that allows for ether shorter game-play, or other cuts were there probably shouldn't be. Now the X-Box is a pure stunning system, only problem is that the game selection is aimed to much to one market and doesn't offer enough all around. And many of the games get much lower scores on reviews when it comes to game-play, (this is fact picked up from watching shows and reading info on reviews of games). Both the GC and the X-Box have their good games, but the ps2 has good games all around, but yes, it has some crappy ones too, i am not denying that.
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Scoobert wrote:
Umm, no. PS2 is the number one platformer game system, number 1 rpg system. Well I wish all the RPGs would stay on the Playstation systems but unfortunantly it seems Nintendo is allowing Square to make games on thier systems again :P. Personally I think there have been enough dialog scrolling/cinema viewing games, but then again they aren't the most complex games to make and they seem to sell. So from a developer stand-point they aren't that bad. Any they have the number 1 racing sim(GT3-Aspec).The best racing games are for PC since you can download new cars/maps and other stuff which isn't really that possible on consoles. That and multiplayer is better since you can just connect up a bunch of computers and not have to share screens/control space. The ps2 is for players who want to spend many hours solving puzzles or working hard to get some money to get a faster car. I think the PC has plenty of these types of games and they're usually better on PC. An X-Box is for people who want to pick up a game, play a round of halo or whatever, and set it back down again. Although im not saying the X-box does not have its own long winded games. Like marrowind. But most of the X-box games are very close to arcade style gameplay were you can pick it up and set it down at anytime. But i repeat, the X-box does have some good long games. The X-Box is good for those who don't have a decent computer. All the good games are also for PC or are being ported to PC. The games look better on a good PC and multiplayer is always better over a LAN. The GC is... well, it is a nentendo system, what do you expect. I am sure they have many long games, that have a little replay value. Of the consoles GC is my favorite but some of the recent games that were supposed to be great have dissapointed me and seem to be catching the plot disease which has been going around latly. I still say they should stick with the pc. Yeah a good PC wins without a contest. The only problem is recently there have been very few decent games released. I've went to gaming shops recently a few time looking for a good game that'll push the limit of my video card. But I always end up buying the bargain games since none of the good looking games look any fun to play. That and there are some really good bargain games that I missed since they were released at bad times(same time as a hyped over-advertised game). Only thing i dont like about the pc is that if you are playing anything but a FPS, then it just stinks in controlls compaired to consoles, even if you have a seperate controll, Well it's you're problem if you can't find a good controller. I have a few controllers and I find playing games on a PC is easier than a console since I have a better selection of controllers to use so I can use the best one for that game. it just doesnt work as well, and rarely multi player on the same computer, it is always network. I used to be dissapointed from lack of same-screen multiplayer but as soon as I had a few computers to play with and a parrallel cable I never wanted to go back. Same-screen multiplayer is plain awful compared to a game you can play over a LAN. This is why I don't like multiplayer console games since you have to share a screen which pales in comparision to using two different screens. | |
Just because you don't like the PS2 doesn't mean it's not a good system or just for casual gamers. I'll admit I think the best system itself is Xbox, The XBox at the time the specs were released was awsome, but by the time it was released it was just a low budget gaming computer. All the good games have been or will be ported to the PC and any modern PC will play the games better than the XBox. but PS2 has the best selection of games. So the hardcore gamer, such as myself, has a number of choices in any genre of what game to play. :P Well recently I've been into real-time stratagy games and turn-based stratagy game both which for interface and speed reasons suck on consoles. So it doesn't have all the genres covered, specifically mine. | |
Jnco904 wrote:
Hmmmm I've never seen an opinion quite like that, maybe because it's wrong. :P Opinions can't be wrong. My opinion isn't wrong and your opinion isn't wrong. Just because you don't like the PS2 doesn't mean it's not a good system or just for casual gamers. I'll admit I think the best system itself is Xbox, but PS2 has the best selection of games. So the hardcore gamer, such as myself, has a number of choices in any genre of what game to play. :P Eh, all games have their fair share of good games. Some of the games are for different people, though. p.s. Sony, if your reading, put four controller ports on the next system from the start. >:( Most definately. | |
I think I might be a beta tester....
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Yeash, it is just a mini-computer made for gaming only.
They need to stop having all these crappy little upgrades and start doing stuff much newer, I mean, where have all the inventions gone?!! | |
I'll admit I dont like Playstation or Sony at all, but Ive played a lot of PS1 and PS2 games (my friends are tools...) and none seem to be anything special (Naturally with some exceptions).
The few great games are on par with the rest, but it seems good PS2 translates to average awe, and average PS2 translates to poor awe. Anyway, this topic isnt going anywhere (Especially anywhere near topic...), so Im happy to just drop it at that. AWE = Anywhere else. | |
On the note of the controller, yes, i have not found one i am satisfied with, also, i would like 2 controls to work at once, every time i try this, it doesn't work. And what about old Roms, most of them don't support controls like that, but i would prefer to use them. And i don't like using roms, but i have tons of old games in real life that cant play anymore for whatever reason, so i play them on my computer. I get really annoyed at analog controllers, they always make what should be the D-Pad an A-Pad, which makes it useless in most games, i don't mind pressure sensitive like the console controllers, but they are Analog in the fact that you can reach each area like a joy stick, to me, you should have a joy stick for that. I wish i could bind the buttons on a control with the buttons on a key board, because i would be playing MLAAS with my control, as if it were on a console, anyone know a program for that? And can anyone recommend me a control? I have a decent joystick(still has the problem of not sitting center, but i have always had that problem).
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Really, they need to merge game systems with computers a bit more, More or less have a duel boot system. You load something like the "X-Box OS" on startup, this will allow you to put in a X-Box game and play it. Ok, so this idea is not flawless, but it is a generaly good idea. This would get rid of all the stuff windows puts into your computer that you would not need to run a game, thus making the game run much much faster. You buy controls that connect though USB and you could use your standard mouse and keyboard for like FPS.Now, i know there are many flaws in this idea, but you get the basic point. This would combline the best of both. Also, if it was just an OS, i would guess it would cause most games to be made for it, but with rights to no one but the makers and such. Rather than having to pay for the rights to make a game on a system, or the console makers paying the game makers to make it for their system. Maybe i am just a crazy nut, but this is my idea and i am sticking to it!
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Scoobert wrote:
I have a decent joystick(still has the problem of not sitting center, but i have always had that problem). Ive got decent joysticks and gamepads up the wazoo, but they always have the not sitting center problem. For me it has to do with my joystick port being on the soundcard. If I run anything through the soundcard it interferes with the joystick/gamepad. | |
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