Development between the Xbox 360 and the PS3 is very different according to developers. However, there will always be some pros and cons when it comes to multiplatform games on the Xbox 360 and PS3.
Baxy-Z has taken a look at some of them and have compared games which have content missing because of limitations of one console, and games which have had additional content added to a version of the game.
Gary Green said: You’ll be forgiven if you haven’t heard of the Ar Tonelico trilogy. The previous two games arrived so late in the PS2’s life-cycle that they simply went unnoticed. While most were tinkering with their shiny new PS3s, Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia and Ar Tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica were being ‘returned to sender’ by your local Game stores. Luckily, you won’t need to have played them to understand and appreciate this third and final chapter, Qoga (pronounced k-yoga) tells the story of a racial war between humans and Reyvateils, a breed of biologically produced female cyborgs capable of reproduction, while still having a digital mind.
Oh my god. I kinda wish this would get a remaster on PS5, it would be awesome. One of my favorite games on PS3.
That and 3D Dot Game Heroes. It's a shame that some stuff is stuck on PS3.
Ar Tonelico 3 is good I still prefer the first AT game. The music is solid in all the games and Akiko Shikata is a very talented singer bringing life to the game. Only annoying part is well I find is Saki I always choose Finnel or Tyria. KOEI so needs to HD remaster the franchise along with Ar Nosurge and Ciel Nosurge since it never came to North America. I would day one the Ar Toneliceo games and Ar Nosurge if they were remastered.
I still have the limited edition of Qoga unopened. Unfortunately it never went up in value like I had hoped all these years.
This could be fun as they make great tables. Go big or go extinct. Prime your senses for a neural handshake and step into the cockpit of a Jaeger. It is on you to cancel the apocalypse when Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX on May 16.
Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.
Cons, they get limited by the DVD9 and steaming pile of sh!t known as the flopbox
Pros, the PS3 gets the HD version
thank you for your flopbox gimping all multiplat games this gen!!! nice job!!! only possible because of the flopbox!!!
Pro: PS3 owners get to play the games
Con: A lot of devs will add extra content, however pushing the graphics and gameplay in the ports is usually ignored as to create a false perception of parity.
There are very few examples of this parity being ignored, most notably the more polished and higher resolution versions of Ninja Gaiden, Ninja Gaiden 2 and Tales of Vesperia.
@ the author, Good article, well written and sensible. Thanks. =)
* Full voice acting
* New playable character (Patty Fleur)
* Flynn as a fully customizable, playable character
* New mini-games (Racing mini-game for Repede)
* New cutscenes
* New subplots
* New main game quests
* New sidequests
* New towns
* New dungeons
* New bosses (including the Sword Dancer)
* New Artes
* New Skills
* New Equipment
* New Skits
If developers start doing this more often for PS3 owners, then they won't have anything to complain.
It's the fact that developers try to make everything equal eventhough PS3 blu-ray discs have lots of space that pisses people off.