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Meh oh well. They just better make this game happen it would be another runner up for game of the year if it is as any epic as Batman :AC was . I'll be keeping an eye out for this . On game rant people were talking about online co - op or just in off line co op would be sweet as well. I could see a TMNT lasting for hours depending on how big the story is etc.
If you're willing to spend $100, you can essentially get everything you want out of a controller.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/29/m...er-review-ps3/
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The sticks & d-pads are modular so you can move them around to any of the three spots that you prefer. As well, they have both the 360 & PS3 style d-pads & sticks. I wouldn't pay the price but if you could swap the buttons in & out as well as use it for both consoles, I'd consider it just to have a universal feel. As well, it appears to use the 360 size base so for those that hate the Dual-Shock size, you can have your cake & eat it too.
No Force Feedback? No chance for me. I was already against it since I do prefer the Dual Shock size to the 360 controller, but spending $100+ to lose features, no thanks.
What do you think was the greatest advancement in video games this generation? HD graphics, Achievements and Trophies, game patches or something else?
Damn, that's a good question. HD graphics are huge these days for me when it comes to video games, both console and PC. Achievements and Trophies have been responsible in the past for me going out of my way to do certain things in a game or replay games multiple times to do this or get that in achievements. Game patches are absolutely huge these days. In the past, a fucked up game was forever going to be a fucked up game and you were stuck Now-a-days, games that are fucked up on release can be patched and either corrected to how they should have been, or at least be corrected to the point of being playable if anything. Just those three options alone are all equally great and huge to me, I don't think I could ever choose just one to the greatest.Quote:
Originally Posted by NatureBoy
Nothing. Old video games are better.
Patches are the worst thing that could have ever happened to gaming. Before 360/PS3 came out, I thought it would be brilliant to be able to fix certain things after the game came out, but all it has led to is a bunch of developers half assing the development on the game knowing they can go back after the game is released and try to fix it. EA, Infinity Ward, and some of Sony's first party studios are infamous for doing it.
Knowing they only had one shot at making the game good, developers on the older systems put forth a better effort to make sure the game functioned as it should. NCAA and Madden are two really good examples of this, and so is Medal of Honor, Rainbow Six, and the SOCOM series. All of those series lack a good bit compared to the games on the past generation of consoles.
On the old systems, games were re-released with fixes at some point after the initial release all the time. You just didn't know about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
That meant that if you bought a game on release day there was a good chance that it would have a bug that would be fixed later but you'd be stuck with it while it'd be fixed for those who bought the games as few months later.
Believe it, or not.
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Not on the games I played. All the games I'm talking about involved online play, and in order for online play to work, you can't have two different versions. None of the games I ever listed had any major bugs or problems. NCAA '04 was one of the best games of all time, as was '07. Madden '04 and '07 were also amazing. SOCOM 2 was one of the best online shooters ever released and didn't have any major problems until over a year after it's release(when people started cheating on it). I do realize that some games re-released with some issues corrected, but none of the games I'm talking about.Quote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
You both are in essence right. Though personally I tend to be on the side of IOU on this one, there does seem to be more of a do it now and we will fix it later attitude but honestly that's everything these days.
Also when I was younger I.E Nintendo days pretty much until regular Xbox I had a "life" so I never encountered anything that was so devastating that I couldn't just get over it, I think with the day in age we are in with less kids outside and more internet bitchers there seems to be alot more problems that it use to be when its probably a "wash". They were just as fucked up then as they are now.
Old consoles are better while you are at it. I love all the HD graphics but like others have already mentioned, console patches are the devil. Honestly how can you beta test (and then release) Skyrim on the PS3 and not find the lag that the majority of users are having. We have become frigging beta testers.Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
A single player game should not have slowdown on a console.
A single player game should not have slowdown on a console.
A single player game should not have slowdown on a console.
It is not like you are dealing with multiple specifications. If I want to play PC games and deal with patches, modding, upgrades, etc, ---------- I would buy a Gaming PC.
Exactly. Thus my reasoning for telling the PS3 and the 360 to go to hell and went with a beast PC gaming rig instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by bdoughty
That's only true of modern online play. There's nothing to say that there wasn't a day when that was possible. Plenty of technology exists that allows for two people to play with different clients -- it all depends on what the server/client gives a damn about.Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
Also, for the record, several versions of NCAA had major bugs in the era you're citing. 2004 was great, I agree, but one of those years - 2002, I believe, had a bug that prevented Ohio State dynasties from proceeding beyond year one. I imagine Ohio State wasn't the only team effected, it's just the one I heard about.
And yet you still have to deal with all the bugs and patches. I don't see the point here.Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
Patches are bad, I'll agree with the above posters. But think, for a second, about the alternative. Some games, your Skyrim's, GTA's, etc, have a chance to move dates. Most of our favorite games don't. Hell, the majority of games don't move now. That's probably the biggest change with this generation of consoles (at least since the early days of the Playstation) -- no more dates moving a week or two or ten at the last minute. Because now game releases are timed to a T, and teams can't afford to miss it.
The thing this generation is going to be most known for, at the end of it all, is the embrace of the casual gamer (mostly via the Wii and then, to a lesser extent, the Kinect) and motion gaming (same). That is going to be the legacy of this generation. HD graphics were a given. Achievements and Trophies make sense, and contributed to the overall gamification of the world, but aren't anything to hang our metaphorical hat on.
Yes, but, for the most part, any issues that they have with bugs and things are graphics card related and easily fixed with an update or some settings changes and they're rarely gamebreaking.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
Sadly, you are definitely correct. The embracing of the casual gamer has killed video games though (thus my stand that older games are better). Everything points toward handholding the player through most of the game with little deviation (at least in US games).Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
Agree to disagree. I've seen plenty of gamebreaking bugs that had to be resolved via patch. Yes, the majority of them are due to non-conforming hardware, but you still see plenty of gamebreaking problems, especially on MMOs.Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
Again, agree to disagree. That's not what I meant at all. I meant that the video game market has been opened to casual gamers in a way it never was before. Wii Bowling is unlikely to have ever existed on a previous console, control mechanisms nonwithstanding. DDR was practically the only thing "mass market" in the previous generation, in my opinion. The Wii and Kinect broke through the popularity wall in a way I never would have expected. Decry handholding all you want, there's still plenty of gaming options for the hardcore among us.Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
Does any one play NHL 12. I was thinking of getting until 13 came out but wasn't sure when 13 comes out.Would like some feed back on 12. Sadly it is still 45 bucks used :(
There is a NHL 12 thread here. I'm sure you can get some good feedback there.Quote:
Originally Posted by GatorfanStovy
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Originally Posted by GatorfanStovy
Here.Quote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
I'm pretty sure Beatn owns this and lays prone in the living room all the time.
http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/...034-TS?$S300W$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16879338034
Heh, that's crazy. Not sure if I'd be ok with using it, but it's pretty damn cool either way. And for $10 no less.