Grand Turismo 5 on PS3 used the PSeye for head tracking, I think that's how they got the idea E3 this year was overall pretty boring, really. OMG HALO 4!!! (who cares). Mostly Kinect for the 360 show. Nintendo's only exciting thing was Wii U (siren?) which isn't looking very hopeful (at least for me). Sony's was okay, but they only talked about the PSV and nothing about the PS3 except some demos (and news on Sly 4 ). But this year's E3 kinda sucked.
Yeah, I think the biggest thing I was excited about was the pricing for the PS Vita. Besides everything we already knew about, that is (UC3, Gears 3, BF3, ME3... Whoah, pattern).
I think people need to realize that the old days of E3 being loaded with all sorts of suprises are likely over. I haven't been shocked by an E3 since FFXIII got announced for the 360 several years back. Otherwise, with all of the gaming media sites, blogs, podcasts, twitter and everything else, we find out about things way ahead of time. In addition, now we have multiple PAX events and even GDC has a media presence. The good old days of being shocked by the news at E3 are likely over. Maybe MS/Sony can do something big when they announce their next home consoles, but I highly doubt that could make it all the way to E3 without leaking.
One of the BEST console exclusive games. The thing is, that Bungie isn't even making it. The only thing that i think is any good about Halo is the campaign, personally, I think the multiplayer sucks. Then there's the "best" part, which is wrong, the only thing Halo is, is the only exclusive (other than Fable and Gears which are basically dead after Gears 3 comes out) Xbox has left. I also wasn't mad anyway.
And as usual the UK gets screwed on hardware. We have to pay almost £100 ($163) more than you guys. That's like 50-freakin-percent more.
343i is making the game, which includes a large portion of the old Bungie staff in the first place. If anything, they'll bring something fresh to an aging franchise. Hopefully. Do you know why that happens? Is it some sort of tariff issue or something? Because that seems sort of astronomical in any case, tariff-based or not. On a side note, the Mass Effect 3 footage from E3 was all running on 360 hardware and I noticed few, if any, graphical lags. Looks amazing. Can only wonder what the PS3 version will look like.
Sony has the best exclusives, and yet I adopted the 360 over the Ps3 years ago. I don't even own a Ps3 anymore. I did at one time. Exclusives are overrated. I don't like most of what Sony has to offer, most of all God of War and Metal Gear Solid. I don't get it, because those franchises to me aren't fun. As far as Halo goes, yeah, I'm skeptical. we'll see. Imagine Grand Theft Auto 5 not being developed by Rockstar. I'm still willing to give Halo 4 a chance. I just wish they would stop saying "this is going to be the last." until it stops selling, there will never be a last. Halo 3 was supposed to be the final Halo. At least the final Master Chief Halo. Gears of War 3 is supposed to be the last too. I guarantee that it won't be. Gears of War 4 will come out and Marcus will be in it. Even if it takes 3-5 years. It will happen. Don't tell Gears is a trilogy and that this is the final chapter. That is a marketing ploy and I'm not stupid enough to fall for it. My experience in God of War is always feeling like your inconstant peril of dying, only to escape by the skin of your teeth. Doesn't mean you always die. You just feel like you're always about to die. I don't see how that ceaseless level of pressure is fun. I could still do it, but why would I want to?
I love how the PS3 fanboys love to rub their exclusives in people's faces, but the second someone mentions Xbox exclusives they get all uptight about it and go on about how much they suck. PS3 has awesome exclusives, Xbox has awesome exclusives. Can't we all just get along? Sigh. I just hope the MS doesn't keep backing away from the hardcore, because that's definitely what it feels like right now. I will never buy a Kinect as long as MS keeps force-feeding us all the crap games coming out for it. And Kinect integration (gimmicks) in Mass Effect and Ghost Recon? Gimme a break, who is gonna use that? Maybe people will try it one or two times before it loses its novelty. I wanna see new IPs and new exclusives. I wanna see more dev support (Sony's doing that right at least). And for God's sake MS, don't become the Nintendo of the next generation. Nintendo is just now starting to get their sh*t together after being the laughing stock of the industry ever since the Wii came out. Don't let that happen to Xbox.
(assuming the "Ps3 fanboy" is me) I didn't rub the exclusives in your face(s), nor did I say Halo sucked and got all uptight about it. I only said that Xbox owners have almost nothing to look forward to anymore. Gears is/should be done now, and Fable is going downhill fast. I didn't say I hated Halo anyway, I said I was doubtful that it will be any good and that I didn't like the multiplayer. I'm just thankful Sony isn't going the route of MS and forcing Move on us, they had almost nothing this show on it, more on PSV and demos for PS3 games. Which makes me glad that not everyone is going the Nintendo route and force-feeding the motion-control and gimmicky stuff to us. And on another note, I can't even add to the conversation here without getting flamed, yes, maybe my opinion is a bit biased at times, but you can't have the same input all the time, you need different opinions on subjects.
...and if the fanboy is supposed to be me, I own a 360 and a ton of games, but there hasn't been a decent exclusive since Forza 3, and even that was a letdown
Hi, for those of you who spent 200 MS Points or more last month, check your emails for a free Halo: Reach Banshee Avatar Prop. If you didn't get one, stay tuned because I might decide to drop my banshee code here.
If anyone knows what a license transfer is and you have the classic WAW zombie maps for black ops, I'm willing to give you my black ops DLC and or MW2 DLC.
For those in the US, Dirt 3 is $39.99 at kmart this week. But dealing with them is painful. Instead I've let amazon know about the better price and am keeping my fingers crossed. Plus then I wouldn't have to pay tax. If they don't come through, though, I'll probably grin and bear it and head to kmart, or maybe order online from them.
Child of Eden is getting good reviews and apparently is genuinely better with Kinect. Also, vibrating controllers in your pockets - what's not to like? Definitely want to pick it up, but Amazon slow shipping would delivery it to me while I was away on vacation late next week. I wish I had Amazon Prime, but that's a lot of money to put out just for faster shipping. Maybe I'll swallow my pride and go buy it at kmart where they're offering a $15 gaming coupon (but it sucks, because it's only good for 45 days, starting next week).
So it's improved since what was quite possibly the most negative preview I've ever read? I think I'll be sticking with Move
The reviews seem to be consistently positive on Metacritic, where it currently has an 85, including about Kinect and how that enhances the experience. The only real complaint seems to be that it's short. I've read 3 hours and even 90 minutes. However it's a shooter. I can finish a Cave shooter in 30 minutes (or less), but that's not really the end of it. It's about high scores (and one crediting them). Well, I hope this game is like that. EDIT: also a lot of comments about how the game was clearly designed as a Kinect game. Here's joystiq's glowing review: http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/14/child-of-eden-review/
Interesting. I wonder if the flaws have actually been fixed or it remains the same but Destructoid just happened to hate it. To be honest most of the Kinect games I've played involved mindlessly waving my arms around with no real control, so if you're into that stuff anyway then I suppose you might as well be playing a game by Mizuguchi. I know we're in the 360 thread, but do any of the reviews focus on Move controls?
