Offical console war Thread

[The Red Guy]

I'm too poor.

[bja888]

Gears of War.

Awesome game, way too short.  Me and my housemate beat it in three days playing only about an hour and a half each day. 

Someone in my into to stage lighting beat it the day it came out...


I swear the first trailer I saw looked like every other crappy first FPS. I watched gameplay demo yesterday and my opinion changed completely. Hows co-op?

[Dascoo]

Gears of War.

Awesome game, way too short.  Me and my housemate beat it in three days playing only about an hour and a half each day. 

Someone in my into to stage lighting beat it the day it came out...


I swear the first trailer I saw looked like every other crappy first FPS. I watched gameplay demo yesterday and my opinion changed completely. Hows co-op?

Yeah...how is co-op? I wanna play with my brother, except on the hardest difficulty.

[Wraithlike]

I plan to eventually get all three, but I'm going for a Wii first, then 360, then ps3 after they've dropped the price.

[Dascoo]

Well I would get the PS3 for Resistance: Fall of Man, but it didn't get a good score on Gamespot. Only an 8.6 :-/

Maybe Killzone will do better?

[Plonkoon]

While the console war is fascinating, I think I'll just wait unti Windows Vista comes out.   

[Nfsjunkie91]

THE OFFICIAL CONSOLE WAR THREAD

The console war is almost upon us, its time to deciede.


The Wii

While not as Graphically powerful as the Xbox 360 or the Playstation 3, It is having an impressive line-up of games like Twight Light princess and Metroid,plus its unique gameplay, Its no wonder it's going to be a tough contender in the console war.

Xbox 360

Even though it's already been launched, The Xbox 360 is still awsome. Xbox Live, Downloads, It has it all. Gears of War just lauched, making the Xbox 360 a must-have. Believe the HYPE!


PlayStation 3


Releasing  before the Wii, you might want to pick this Sweet machine up. With a Cell Processor, It can create beautiful graphics that will blow your mind. It also includes Bluetooth technolgy. It's lineup of games are all looking excellent.



who side will you take?

By any chance do you mean blueray technology? That's like the whole selling point, aside from the processor (on the PS3)

I'm getting the Wii too, it's a good deal, I'm a Nintendo fan, and after seeing videos, ads, and screenshots of the games that are going to be released for it, I'm impressed. (Twilight Princess, COD3 [Just for the awesome controller setup ] and my favorite game, (so far at least) Red Steel)

I must say though, the PS3 utilizing Blu-Ray format discs is pretty cool, especially since one of the launch games (to the best of my knowledge) uses 22 gigs for all of it's data. It's expensive though, and I don't think I'd play with it as much as the Wii.

Agreeing with Kitsune, Xbox Live is a horrible place to be.

P.S. WINDOWS VISTA WILL OWN YOUR SOUL AND YOUR BOX. FIGHT THE FRITZ CHIP. GO LINUX. GO UBUNTU

[Valorman]

It also includes Bluetooth technolgy.

?

I think you might have meant "Blu-ray."


I can't afford any of them, but the Xbox 360 looks promising; the PS3 doesn't have too many exclusive titles and it's price tag is ridiculous. Plus, I don't care about graphics too much

No I mean Bluetooth. Its in the controller. http://www.us.playstation.com/PS3/About/WirelessController

And don't tell me crap about PC games. Soldat is cool in and all those PC games but I grew up  with consoles. SNES, N64, PSone etc.. To me, consoles are better than PCs. I just think the gameplay is more smoother and less buggy.

[Nfsjunkie91]

It has Bluetooth AND Blu-Ray then.

Only more things to drive the price up, yay.

[AlphaVergo]

Gears of War.

Yeah excellent game. The only reason I really dont like nintendo is a lack of just plain hardcore FPS and other games. Plus their poster boy character is a fat Itallian plumber, what a lame idea, I really want my gaming avatars to have more exciting jobs than those possible for me in real life.

[homey188]

He's a magical plumber who's girlfriend is a princess, his best friend is an anthropomorphic toadstool, he rides an omnivorous lizard, and beats up turtles, triangle guys, other turtles, ghosts, armed bullets, caterpillars, and cultists in his spare time.

[AlphaVergo]

He's a magical plumber who's girlfriend is a princess, his best friend is an anthropomorphic toadstool, he rides an omnivorous lizard, and beats up turtles, triangle guys, other turtles, ghosts, armed bullets, caterpillars, and cultists in his spare time.

unique and creative but very weird especially with you excellent wording.

[VijchtiDoodah]

Gears of War.

Awesome game, way too short.  Me and my housemate beat it in three days playing only about an hour and a half each day. 

Someone in my into to stage lighting beat it the day it came out...


I swear the first trailer I saw looked like every other crappy first FPS. I watched gameplay demo yesterday and my opinion changed completely. Hows co-op?

Yeah...how is co-op? I wanna play with my brother, except on the hardest difficulty.

From what I hear, your partner in single player is a complete dolt who won't help you in any way and often gets stuck when trying to walk through doors (which is odd when you consider that the enemy AI doesn't have any such problem).  Any way you look at it, co-op is better.  Though it would still kick ass even if your partner's AI didn't suck.

It's just so much better to be able to have someone there to help you out when you need it -- and you will.  There are times when your buddy will need to distract enemy gunners so you can flank their position and catch them off guard or run in while he's laying down cover fire.  It's also just fun to turn to your friend and yell "JESUS, did you see that!?"

[AlphaVergo]

It's also just fun to turn to your friend and yell "JESUS, did you see that!?"

Yeah that adds to the fun of a game 10 fold me and my friend do that all the time when playing video games.

[Dascoo]

Gears of War.

Awesome game, way too short.  Me and my housemate beat it in three days playing only about an hour and a half each day. 

Someone in my into to stage lighting beat it the day it came out...


I swear the first trailer I saw looked like every other crappy first FPS. I watched gameplay demo yesterday and my opinion changed completely. Hows co-op?

Yeah...how is co-op? I wanna play with my brother, except on the hardest difficulty.

From what I hear, your partner in single player is a complete dolt who won't help you in any way and often gets stuck when trying to walk through doors (which is odd when you consider that the enemy AI doesn't have any such problem).  Any way you look at it, co-op is better.  Though it would still kick ass even if your partner's AI didn't suck.

It's just so much better to be able to have someone there to help you out when you need it -- and you will.  There are times when your buddy will need to distract enemy gunners so you can flank their position and catch them off guard or run in while he's laying down cover fire.  It's also just fun to turn to your friend and yell "JESUS, did you see that!?"

You made me want Gears of War even more. Plus, the commercial has a song from Donnie Darko

[bja888]

It has Bluetooth AND Blu-Ray then.

Only more things to drive the price up, yay.

4 out of 5 scientist think PS3 causes cancer in rats. The technology is so new it hasn't been tested yet

[Nfsjunkie91]

Wii are winning the votes!

+PS3 games cost more.

[iPod]

It also includes Bluetooth technolgy.

?

I think you might have meant "Blu-ray."

No, he's talking about the bluetooth controllers. Which, in itself, is not really that major.
http://playstation.about.com/od/ps3/a/PS3SpecsDetails_3.htm

Proably get Wii myself. That thing is tiny, and there are a few games that seem promising I have interest in.

[SDFilm]

And don't tell me crap about PC games. Soldat is cool in and all those PC games but I grew up with consoles. SNES, N64, PSone etc.. To me, consoles are better than PCs. I just think the gameplay is more smoother and less buggy.

I grew up with consoles too, but I've switched to the PC. Although sometimes more buggy (but theres normally patches for those), I find PC games are generally better then their console versions; especially when a dedicated mod team can make a game much better than the original retail version, plus you can customise the game yourself (like the MP3 station in the GTA games). I'ts also convenient having the internet, my college stuff and games all in one customised PC. I would only get a console if I was too poor to get a decent computer.

Of what I saw of the XBox version of Rainbow Six: Raven Sheild, it looked like they made it much more arcadey than it needs to be, and they over-hollywoodised the game so it felt like you're playing some cheesy movie instead of being in a SWAT team. Plus aiming with the annylogue sticks felt really unnatual (although that might just be because I'm used to the mouse).

And theres some great realistic simulater games that are PC exclusive:

Silent Hunter 3
http://www.silent-hunteriii.com/uk/gallery_screens.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FufJTuktZTY&mode=related&search=

IL2 Sturmovik
http://www.il2sturmovik.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1P_QOotheo

[SadistAtHeart]

No, he's talking about the bluetooth controllers. Which, in itself, is not really that major.
http://playstation.about.com/od/ps3/a/PS3SpecsDetails_3.htm

Oh.

So you can tilt the controller and stuff? That's a bit of a rip off of the Wii's controller, isn't it?