Video Games

[Imhoff]



Polygon gave it a 7.5.

 

[aravenel]

Too bad it's PS3 only

 

[worakl]

Polygon gave it a 7.5.

Sweden's biggest newspaper gave it 2/5.

 

[Kai]



And that's like only half of the 10/10s...

Stop tempting me. I don't want to order a whole gaming console just to play this one game. Must resist. Must resist. Must resist.

 

[whiteslashasian]

Metacritic has it at 95/100 and the Escapist rated it highly; I generally like his reviews.

 

[Nil]

Goddamnit. Why does it have to be a PS3 exclusive?

 

[Lionheart Biker]

why do people not already own a ps3? So this means you haven´t play any uncharted game or MGS4... WTF??

 

[worakl]

PS3 is worth it for Journey alone.

 

[Lionheart Biker]

You´re a wise man... One of the best videogame experiences ever.

 

[worakl]

Okay, let's go back to discussing what a clusterfuck the XBone is. See this NeoGaf-post for a total rundown of the **** so far:


● The worst most, mis-communicated reveal in game industry history other than maybe Saturn.
● Once every 24 hour internet check just to be able to continue to play your games
● A horrendous proprietary used game system that gives pubs and Microsoft a 10% of the profits, thus ensuring the deals one can get on Used games are reduced and having less options for every gamer
● Complete inability to rent, lend or borrow games without paying a "fee", since every game must be installed. And the fee is the price of a brand new game, which Phil Harrison tells us to "think of it like a new game", because he is an abominable marsupial.
● Complete ******* tall tales and fabrications regarding the "Infinite Power of Cloud" which they did because...
● ...their system is a woefully underpowered trojan horse arbitrarily increased in price because of...
● ...a ************* dead-end gaming technology called "Kinect 2.0" which on top of being complete garbage for most genres, also is packed in with every system and...
● ...is also a horrendous invasion of privacy since it cannot be shut off without unplugging the system.
● A console which is also, after all this time, having massive eSRAM yield issues because Microsoft is caught rushing the One to the market.
● Also, contrary to the forward thinking Sony and - holy **** - Nintendo, they won't allow indies to self-publish. For no reason at all other than to be awkward, I suppose.
● Continuing this theme, they are also much, much further behind in supporting indies this go around than PS4 is, thus failing to capitalize on the good will engendered from Indies on 360.
● And they wasted their reveal talking about TV, TV, TV, TV, TV to do a function that nobody in their right mind would do if they had a DVR, to talk about sports and Kinect and have only two real games at their reveal.
● And is now liberally peppering all their attacks with a unhealthy dose of aggressive arrogance.
● On top of that gigantic **** sandwich, they have now also canceled their post-E3 media roundtable, presumably because they're tired of being eviscerated and embarrassed non-stop since January 2013. Once again, because of **** they did and no one else.
● Plus their presentation of their OS at the media reveal was confirmed to be completely fake, which wouldn't have been terrible except the entire time of the reveal they were trying to convince people it was real. "See how fast this thing moves!?"
● One final tip: Their dev tools are also comically behind its primary competitor.

Funny stuff that is just random and hilarious and not really life ending:

● And just for a cherry on top, because this final one is more hilarious than game changing or anything, Xbox Netherlands was caught borrowing images of PS4 exclusives to make their system look more appealing (thanks to JollyCorner for this tip)

 

[munchausen]

Microsoft is as arrogant as Sony was back in 2006. Hopefully Sony learned their lesson. Right now I'm leaning towards getting a gaming PC and some figuring out how to rig it to my tv instead of bothering with either of these new systems. I'm really just waiting for Elder Scrolls VI and Fallout IV anyway.

 

[aravenel]

PC gaming = win.

 

[Jr Mouse]

This gif says all you need to know about Xbone.

http://i.minus.com/iGpVCeVzdBTUf.gif

Sorry, couldn't get it to embed.

 

[Nil]



why do people not already own a ps3? So this means you haven´t play any uncharted game or MGS4... WTF??

It seems silly to pick up a PS3 this late in the game when the PS4 is coming out in time for Christmas this year.

 

[whiteslashasian]



It seems silly to pick up a PS3 this late in the game when the PS4 is coming out in time for Christmas this year.

Borrow one from a friend. I can tell you that a lot of my friends barely touch their PS3's. Hell, I haven't played a game on mine in over 6 months.

You could probably score a cheap one off of Craigslist too.