GameSpy reviews the PS3 version of Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights and compared it to the Xbox 360 version.
Pros: Controls tighter than on 360; spooking the competition is fun; online version of the solo game is a kick.
Cons: Graphics are less impressive than on 360; driver DNA concept doesn't quite work.
Multiplayer: Good
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Major Nelson's Blog writes:
"Content: TC’s H.A.W.X
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions except India and Japan
Content: Juiced 2: HIN
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions except India and Japan
Content: Disney Sing It HSM3
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions except Austria, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea"
That's one features of Live that I really enjoy. Sure, in some cases, the prices are ridiculous (see: Oblivion, in which a digital version of the original game is priced higher than the disc GOTY edition), but there is something to be said for the convenience of just having something ready to play on your hard-drive. Especially now that both Sony and MS are shipping their consoles with 200+ gigs of storage.
That's plenty of room for games.
The PlayStation Portable’s (PSP) Essentials Range of software, originally revealed by Electronic Theatre last month, has received a number of new additions courtesy of THQ. Revealed early this morning, the likes of Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights, MX Vs ATV Untamed, Avatar: The Legend of Aang and Marvel Super Hero Squad are joining LocoRoco, Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters and Patapon 2 in the budget line-up of PSP software known as the Essentials Range.
The Games for Windows – LIVE client is available to download now, and uses the same user-orientated properties as the Xbox 360. Players will have a unique GamerTag which operates on both Xbox 360 and Games for Windows systems, linked to a Windows LIVE ID account that also grants features such as a free Hotmail based e-mail account and soon personalised search engine results through the recently launched Bing, and can maintain a consolidated GamerScore of the Achievements earned through playing games on either format. The Games for Windows – LIVE service already offered Downloadable Content (DLC) for existing retail games, as well as trailers, demos and other associated content, and now offers full games for direct download.
It's an improvement over what it was, but here in Canada at least, most, not all, but most of the games are priced higher then they are at retail (well, futureshop at least), by around 5-20 bucks depending on the game (Fallout 3, for instance, is only 35 bucks at futureshop, but it is $60 online. That's the biggest one, the rest have less of a descrepency in pricing, but still around 10 dollars more. Why???). It leaves me very little insentive to buy anything off of the service at this point.
Hopefully, we start seeing more games arriving on the service, and at fair prices (Microsoft is notorious for their odd pricing schemes, they can be all over the map). Get some indie titles on here, some ports (or upgraded ports) of XBLA titles, some remakes of older PC games, and some more original content, and I think the service will have a chance. And the UI needs a lot of work, still no universal in-game/out of game client yet.
They really should have just merged services with Xbox Live, at least for xbla and indie games, if they want to set themselves apart from the competition. They should start letting us use these games connected to our gamertag on WHATEVER platform that has LIVE. Otherwise it is going to be confusing mess between zune, 360, PC.
£7.49 is a good price for any "full" game (as in, worthy of disc-based retail release), and if the range continues to expand in this way I could see some people investing in the service. Right now though, it's a nice addition to an average service, not a frontrunner in the field.
"if you looked at both games side-by-side, you'd agree that the 360 game was far prettier."
Yet another game that outperforms on the Xbox 360 compared to the inferior PS3 port. Only Xbox 360 gives developers and consumers a gaming platform that provides the highest quality third party titles, unlike the PS3 with its horrible architecture which inhibits developers abilities to create good games.
another game that no ones gonna buy yet they'll still spam comments about how much better it is on ____ console...
Always pick on the ps3.Give it a rest already pls!
But we all have something in comment,this game truly suck big time!
And for you Zhuk i begin to think that you are jealous of os sonyboy's who have the money to buy it.
thats not true, PS3 FTW, sony is god, the 360 is RROD king, the Ps3 is twice as powerful as the 360 just wait, plus this is just devs being lazy , PS3 forever
P L A Y B E Y O N D!!
now that we've got that out the way, the xbox crowd knows the truth but its the sony camp that refuses to accept the truth. what they fail to understand is that MS CUSTOM BUILT this system with the fed back of developers an sony had the cell custom built for the PS3 but it didnt work as well as they hoped so they turned to Nvidia for an off the shelf graphics card that cant out perform the one in the 360, an games will always look better.
PS3 is more advanced than the Xbugs360, and in time you will see what ps3 can do. At the end of 2008 we will see wich console is Superior.
We will see.