With Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation 3 now on the shelves of North American retailers (at least in theory), Tom Bramwell - deputy editor of Eurogamer.net - decided to take a long hard look at how the next-gen consoles compare.
Part one of his feature, published below, focuses on the PS3 and what consumers prepared to shell out for the most expensive of the new machines are getting for their money.
Visit GamesIndustry.biz tomorrow to read Tom's take on the Wii and Xbox 360, and find out why he believes that early successes and failures will mean very little in the long run.
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.
It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!
I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.
Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.
Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.
Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:
- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2
I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.
While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.
Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.
It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny
Armored Core VI?
Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.
Is something big coming soon to branch the story?
No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).
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Let the flaming commence!
(I do agree with this guy, though)
I can't tell if this guy loves his 360 or is comparing them like this because they are direct competition. Needless to say I don't think he will be purchasing a PS3.
sorry for the anti ps3 stuff, i dont wont want to see sony go up in smoke like one of their battries , i used to like 'em alot but...
Does PS3 feel unfinished or does the 360 feel as complete as a console can get. J/K or am I.
Is this is the deputy editor of Eurogamer that gave this review. Eurogamer is the site that gave Gears it's lowest review rating. Sony boys cannot say this is bias , really.
As a matter of fact I am in the US and I just put Eurogamer in my favorites. Any site that gives Gears it lowest review score than a month later rips the PS3 is unbiased in my book. Or they hate everything :)