mindvapors Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Cuz Sony sucks. But really, i think in a few years, the PS3 will fucking pwn, if it lasts that long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screaming hand logo Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 i bought madden 08 for my wii today along with resident 4 i dont seem to be very good at resident evil 4 and the controls for madden are kinda rough. like right when i snap the ball i throw the ball right away cause the control movement is to sensitive. disappointed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 why does xbox 360 graphics look better than ps3 graphics if the ps3 is a much more powerful system? play "gears of war" then play "resistance fall of man" and you'll see what i mean. or xbox 360's madden '08 will run at 60 frames per second, but ps3's madden '08 will run at 30 frames. It's because the 360 games are in their second generation, meaning the developers have grown more familiar with the tech and code and can now build on first generation code. Gears of War was pretty much the start of the second generation. PS3 is still in first generation software, and has reported in EGM to be quite difficult, even harder than the 360, to program for, let alone utilize the system's full capability. Expect games to look better and better with in the next, I'd say, 2-3 years (at most), until the code tops out, or new tech comes along. Which is possible, given Moore's Law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Huxtable. Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 i'd never get madden for the wii. everything i've heard about the controls seem to be disappointing. just give me conventional controls on a regular controller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Bump for having my first 360! Congrats, man, welcome to the "next generation". Just hope it will also be your last 360. And go buy "Dead Rising" and enjoy it or you are not a true man.....and then get at least 48 achievements and be a truly nerdy man, such as myself. Or you get all 50 achievements, including the two achievements that require 10 and 14 hours straight without saving, and you can call yourself a loser who still has a light sabre and Aurther's boxer shorts from Ghosts 'N Goblins. Those are the only 2 I haven't gotten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Huxtable. Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 It's because the 360 games are in their second generation, meaning the developers have grown more familiar with the tech and code and can now build on first generation code. Gears of War was pretty much the start of the second generation. PS3 is still in first generation software, and has reported in EGM to be quite difficult, even harder than the 360, to program for, let alone utilize the system's full capability. Expect games to look better and better with in the next, I'd say, 2-3 years (at most), until the code tops out, or new tech comes along. Which is possible, given Moore's Law. i figured that may have been the reason. i remember the last n64 games being much superior to the launch games. and this held true for the snes. still, i figured that ps3's power would still be at least on par with 2nd-gen xbox 360 games. and i'd expect something such as framerate, made by the exact same developers at the same time, wouldn't be slower on a more powerful system. even rainbow six vegas for ps3, which came out much later than the same game on 360, is reported to have "slightly worse" graphics than the 360. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 PS3 is more powerful than the 360, not MUCH more powerful, but it does have more technology. That means there is more to hardware to utilize in coding that will eventually, most likely, lead to games that will eventually look better than all 360 games. The problem developers have, and this has been with all consoles, is that all consoles have different protocols, OS's, and hardware-specific coding languages that take time no matter what. I remember reading magazines that say at the titles launch, the first games utilize only 30% or 70% of the console's capability--a big difference in numbers I know, but still... That's why some games released on both the PS3 and 360 have had framerates and even graphics favoring the 360 version, because coders are more familiar with the 360 than the PS3 at this point and already know better methods for tweaking than they do on the PS3, given the amount of time they've had to code them. This is especially true for third-party publishers who haven't had time with the system for as long as first party developers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindvapors Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Congrats, man, welcome to the "next generation". Just hope it will also be your last 360. And go buy "Dead Rising" and enjoy it or you are not a true man.....and then get at least 48 achievements and be a truly nerdy man, such as myself. Or you get all 50 achievements, including the two achievements that require 10 and 14 hours straight without saving, and you can call yourself a loser who still has a light sabre and Aurther's boxer shorts from Ghosts 'N Goblins. Those are the only 2 I haven't gotten. Haha. I hope its my one and only as well. I got that baby on top of my minifridge and in front of the AC. Fuck you 3RLOD. As for Dead Rising, that's next on my download list (got Most Wanted coming in atm for my brother). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 The full game is completely different from the demo, just a warning. The full game has a very rigid, but awesome, plot line involving case files that you are limited by time to complete. Completing all of them gets you an ending from A-F depending on whether or not you completed all the case files. Getting an A ending gets you the best reward: even more gameplay. And it has 50 achievements that provide all sorts of great easter egg items. The only thing that bothered me was no Co-Op, but I heard something about a PS3 version that will have co-op included and there will also be a patch for the X-Box to download that would do the same. I'm not sure how correct that is, but I'm pretty sure that's what I read in EGM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindvapors Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 ha, i meant downloading the full games. My 360 is modded. But that game does seem like it would make a fun co-op game. Speaking of co-op games, have you seen Monster Madness? Its like Zombies Ate My Neighbors thrown into today's gen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 I've read some bad reviews about it, I thought it looks fun but I guess there are some "one-hit-kill" design faults that hurt the game. I dunno, I'd rent it first. I would probably pirate some games if I had a modded system, but at the same time I want to support games like Dead Rising because it is such a good game that I want to encourage development of better games, or a sequel. I also think it's important to support the 360 market in general because it is still such an early stage of the console that it needs all the support it can get right now. But I'm definitely not above pirating games and software. With software, sometimes I wind up buying it anyway if I use it a lot, out of respect for the developer and a bit of guilt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindvapors Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 I hear ya. I've bought every Harmonix game as i've been to their place and tested out a bunch of games and just see how it all works out. BUT, if it wasn't for piracy, i wouldn't otherwise be able to play/buy 99% of the game i have. So if i wasn't going to actually buy it in the first place, nothing was really lost. I am saving up for the Limited Edition Assassin's Creed though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Yeah, when you can't afford it, piracy is the way to go. How else to maintain the addiction? A good addiction, I mean. That's cool you got to go to Harmonix. I sold a synthesizer to one of the guys that works there, who designed the logo and I guess did some coding, too. He said if they have an open position for tester he would let me know, I hope he does. He was a cool, laid-back guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindvapors Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 They were all wicked cool guys. Practically all in bands. One of the members of Freezepop seemed to be a regular there hanging out. The first game i tested was Amplitude. Then AntiGrav, Karaoke Revolution, and last one was the first Guitar Hero. Funny thing about GH, they completely thought it was gonna bomb. They did not think there was a target audience for what they were making. THEN of course it was released and was a huge hit--they go on to make GH2 and completely forget about me. No more emails inviting me for pizza and a testplay. I even emailed them and got no response. It really sucks because it seems like they've gotten all big and forgot about the little guys who loved them since their first console game (which most people have never heard of). :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Huxtable. Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 i've been wary of modded xboxes, ever since i had my original xbox modded. paid about 200 for him to put like 20 games on it. the shit would routinely crash and freeze, plus you couldn't use xbox live with it since live detects modded systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Huxtable. Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 They were all wicked cool guys. Practically all in bands. One of the members of Freezepop seemed to be a regular there hanging out. The first game i tested was Amplitude. Then AntiGrav, Karaoke Revolution, and last one was the first Guitar Hero. Funny thing about GH, they completely thought it was gonna bomb. They did not think there was a target audience for what they were making. THEN of course it was released and was a huge hit--they go on to make GH2 and completely forget about me. No more emails inviting me for pizza and a testplay. I even emailed them and got no response. It really sucks because it seems like they've gotten all big and forgot about the little guys who loved them since their first console game (which most people have never heard of). :( damn, reminds me of 50 cent blowing up and forgetting about his boy "bang 'em smurf" that always had his back http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4SKs1ZL4cw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindvapors Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Damn. I have about a 1% interest and knowledge of the "rap" scene yet that was interesting and seemed actually "real". About modded 360s, there is currently the issue of playing on Xbox Live, but if you have the latest iXtreme firmware, and stealth patch your games, you can stay undetectable to M$ for the time being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torquemada Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 anyone here with a modded wii update the firmware to the latest one? did anything happen to it if joo did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindvapors Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 http://www.slyck.com/grabit.php Grabit is what I use. Use an NZB indexing site like the one I linked to to make it easy on yourself, you click on one link, and then it automatically will queue up the files in Grabit (or any other newsreader really), you can even set Grabit to auto repair and extract for you, leaving burning as the only step after clicking the NZB link http://www.binsearch.net/ is another good one. Usenetserver.com also has their own binsearch that's really good AHhhh!! I'm trying to get Bioshock damnit! So i installed grabit, but i need a News Server? And i need one thast able to download from that alt.binaries place to get bioshock. can you help me?!?!! http://www.binsearch.info/?q=bioshock&max=25&adv_age=7&server= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauler5150 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 I can' tplay that Bioshock as I don't have a next gen console yet. With all the drama everyone is having with 360s, and the price of PS3s I am going to wait and see what happens in the future before I commit to either of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 I would've had PS3 by now, but my plan of going to India and Taiwan in the winter kind of put that hold. Plus the GTA IV delay didn't hurt. But I still would love to be playing Assassin's Creed and Lair and Madden and NHL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindvapors Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 I'm pre-ordering the Assassin's Creed Limited Edition in a few days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 I can' tplay that Bioshock as I don't have a next gen console yet. With all the drama everyone is having with 360s, and the price of PS3s I am going to wait and see what happens in the future before I commit to either of them. It's for the PC, too, but you'll likely need a smoking hot system to play it at a decent framerate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Mamerro Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 I just played the Stranglehold demo for like 3 hours straight. Really fucking fun. I bet it's gonna be too short though, and I wonder how it's gonna avoid getting repetitive. Multiplayer looks completely nuts, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindvapors Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 You're right, multiplayer does look wicked fun. Reminds me a lot of GunZ (check it out here: http://gunz.ijji.com/) Also, i just have to gloat on how i've been playing Bioshock for the last few hours. Not the demo either.:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Huxtable. Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 i wanna upgrade from a 12 gig hard drive on the 360, to a 120 gig (space is getting tight). anyone know if there's a way to transfer all your achievement points, saved games, and other shit to the 120? or do you basically have to start all over again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHDS Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 I think places like Best Buy and stuff have a service for transferring your old stuff yonder. It could only be if you buy the elite, but it wouldn't hurt asking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindvapors Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Microsoft has a HD Transfer Kit: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemuse/xbox360/console/datamigration.htm Here's a hands-on Engadget review: http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/xbox-360-hard-drive-transfer-kit-hands-on/ Now would you know why my 20GB HD says its capacity is 13.something on my 360? Perhaps not since you said yours was a 12gb.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Huxtable. Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 why is your 20 gig listed at 13? i have no idea. never had a 20 gig. but mine is just the standard 12gig that premiums came with. i guess they didn't anticipate people downloading all of these demos and trailers and movies. and shit. but thanks for the info about the transfer kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindvapors Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 There isn't a "standard" 12gb. You have a 20gb HD. All premiums came/come with 20gb, but i just found out that about 7 gigs are taken up by the xbox 1 emulator and other XBL files. "The total capacity of the Xbox 360 Hard Drive is 20 GB. Of this amount, approximately 7 GB is reserved for system use. Approximately 4 GB of that portion is reserved for game title caching and other hard drive-specific elements in games that support the hard drive, and an additional 2 GB is reserved for use by the Xbox 360 backwards-compatibility software. This leaves you with almost 14 GB of free space, rounded down to 13 GB in the Dashboard, to save game files, downloadable content and music, and other media. Depending on the market, the hard drive comes preloaded with content, such as videos and Live Arcade games. Therefore, actual free space on a new hard drive may be 11 to 12 GB." http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911593 And no prob on the transfer kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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