my thoughts on these 3 games machines

KarmaPolice

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I dont even play that many games anymore but I have had the chance to play all three and would like to chime in on what the current situation is like.

1. The wii. I went to a launch party in Japan yesterday where they let the public come and play the games...even ones that arnt out yet like metroid prime and mario. I played Mario, boxing, metroid, Tony Hawk, tennis, and some stupid insect game. Now for a while I have been saying "the wii looks interesting and I love their ideas, but i will not pass judgement or even think of buying before I try this thing out. This could be awesome..ok..or jsut sad". Let it be known that I am also a lover or nintendo games. I dont own a gamecube but I love smash brothers and dont mind the gamecube at all. To be frank i am not wowed at all by the wii and infrank i am dissapointed. I think if it was less hyped i wouldnt be but at the moment its a bit of a let down.

First off boxing...yeah it was kinda fun...kinda. Its fun for a little bit but its nothing indepth. I know the games arnt suppose to be but its not that respsonsive. Yeah you can be pretty accurate but me and others wernt always landing the things that we were doing with our hands. Tony Hawk wow wow wow what a let down. This is what I am really worried about. Its just nto right to play a game like tony hawk with the wii remote...the main drawing point of the system. I could land tricks but it was too easy..anyone mashing the buttons could do it. Turning isnt that great..yeah i got use to it but its not going to be a precises as a controller is..ever. I love tony hawk and can pull crazy tricks on 1 2 and 3 but this is just not gonna work that well. Mario was fun but I think thats just more people of the cool graphics and well...its mario. I dont know what it is about mario but if you put him in a game its already more fun to me. Racing...omg its mario racing its good..fighting ok..omg its mario fighting imma play..soccer..tennis..golf..whatever...its just fun lol.

Really to review what I feel about the wii is that its just not what its cracked up to be. I know graphics arnt there thing but they could have upted it up JUST a little bit more and it would have helped..they seriously have a lot lacking. I think the controller is pretty gimicky and people might get the feeling of that after the initial fun of it wears off. After the controller gets old now you are left with a under powered system. dont get me wrong..theyare gonna make a ton of money, the games for the system will be fun..there is online play..and its not gonna die..its just a bit dissapointing so far.

2. Xbox...What can you say its just going well for them. Seriously I hate my regular xbox..I never play and it sat in my room for years untouched except for DDR once and a while. the 360 has a lot going for it. Gears of War is awesome and they have a good lineup coming out that should help their sales as well. They have a nice expansion for HDDVD guys that ALSO works on the PC! They have a really nice feeling controller...awesome online support, great graphics..and a growing comunity. THey dropped their price to 300! Thats killer! 50 more bucks from a wii and you get a huge harddrive, and A LOT more powerful machine.

3. The Sony PS3. Ok..I have never owned a sony system in mylife. Not because i dont like just because i never got into it. I had a NES, a SNES, Sega Saturn(which kicked major ass i dont care what u guys say), and then an xbox. all my friends have sony consoles so i had my fair share of play on them. I was never cheering on sony to fail..infact i wanted the 360 to fail more then anything else. But wow..just wow..I think the managers of sony have a serious serious case of group think going on. How they make so many mistakes..just how. Almost all of the game suck at launch..and some dont even look like a ps3 game(gundam wow). They cant get enough out at launch because of the fricken cell and blu ray. They will never be able to get the footing they need by xmas. I think that sony has a chance in the long long run of things if they catch some breaks but they are so dead this xmas its not even funny. First the bad games, then the no down scaling for people with older HDTVS, then the not so great online system, no rumble controller, no wifi for the core system, and 600 dollar price tag.

If the games for this thing were awesome maybe it would turn out ok..and thats why it might be ok later..but right now..just wow.

I ramble..I am bored doing homework..this is just my thoughts...i know no one cars..

cliffs:

Wii bit of a dissapointment
Xbox is golden
ps3 is a black sexy pile of crap.
 

SilentButDeadly

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Welp I have to agree. I haven't played the PS3 yet, but I definitely agree with the other 2. The wii is a bit of a disappointment imho also. It will be fun for a while though. I think I enjoyed the gamecube more though. Xbox360 I am pretty happy with their games right now. Not a big Xbox fan but they have impressed me. I have heard that Resistance on the PS3 is a lot of fun to play though.
 

ghost recon88

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This man speaks the truth. Except that Twlight Princess is totally going to make the Wii. That game is so awesome, plus the Wii has a pretty nice price tag @ only $250, compared to $400 or $600.
 

TecHNooB

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Zelda will make the Wii
MGS4 will make the PS3
HYPE will make the 360 :D Gears of War sucks, just admit it. Bungie better not screw Halo up.
 

loup garou

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FINALLY! Now I can rest at night knowing what KarmaPolice thinks about the next-gen videogame systems. I mean, his opinion is so important that it deserves its own thread, unlike everyone else, so I must take his opinions to heart, right??
 

mrSHEiK124

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Originally posted by: TecHNooB
Zelda will make the Wii
MGS4 will make the PS3
HYPE will make the 360 :D Gears of War sucks, just admit it. Bungie better not screw Halo up.

Aye. Halo 3 is one of the only reasons I want to get an XBOX360, that, and cross-platform games. Sony exclusive titles never really excited me. "Oooh Crash Bandicoot", fvck you Sony.
 

Yzzim

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2. Xbox...What can you say its just going well for them. Seriously I hate my regular xbox..I never play and it sat in my room for years untouched except for DDR once and a while. the 360 has a lot going for it. Gears of War is awesome and they have a good lineup coming out that should help their sales as well. They have a nice expansion for HDDVD guys that ALSO works on the PC! They have a really nice feeling controller...awesome online support, great graphics..and a growing comunity. THey dropped their price to 300! Thats killer! 50 more bucks from a wii and you get a huge harddrive, and A LOT more powerful machine.

Since when did MSFT drop the price on their Xbox Premium to $300?
 

Gagabiji

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Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
i'm going to play twilight princess on my gc

Same here. I don't feel like forking out $250 when I can wait a month and get it for my GC.

 

KarmaPolice

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Originally posted by: loup garou
FINALLY! Now I can rest at night knowing what KarmaPolice thinks about the next-gen videogame systems. I mean, his opinion is so important that it deserves its own thread, unlike everyone else, so I must take his opinions to heart, right??

ok its not my fault your in a bad mood. I clearly say that i know my opinino doesnt matter...i also never tell you to listen to me or take my opinion as truth...I was bored.
 

ghost recon88

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Originally posted by: Gagabiji
Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
i'm going to play twilight princess on my gc

Same here. I don't feel like forking out $250 when I can wait a month and get it for my GC.

Yea, it is coming out for the GC. However, I heard that the Wii controller made the game, as in, playing it on the older GC controller just won't make it the same, or the way it was intended to be play. Still though, I guess it's nice that they did release a version with the graphics watered down for those of us with the GC.
 

mrSHEiK124

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Originally posted by: ghost recon88
Originally posted by: Gagabiji
Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
i'm going to play twilight princess on my gc

Same here. I don't feel like forking out $250 when I can wait a month and get it for my GC.

Yea, it is coming out for the GC. However, I heard that the Wii controller made the game, as in, playing it on the older GC controller just won't make it the same, or the way it was intended to be play. Still though, I guess it's nice that they did release a version with the graphics watered down for those of us with the GC.

Heh, the actual situation is the exact opposite of what you describe. The game was, from its inception, a GameCube game. The graphics were slightly toned up for the Wii (something minimal like increased filtering or something), and the use of the Wiimote seems like an afterthought compared to other Wii games.

A good example of the fact that it's a GC game gone Wii, and not vice versa:
http://wii.ign.com/articles/733/733762p1.html
Link has always been left handed, and still is in Twilight Princess for the GC. However, on the Wii, he's right handed. The game was damn near finished when they realized a lot of people, unlike Link, are right handed. So, the Wii version is essentially a mirror copy of the GC game, in order to allow righty to use the Wiimote in his/her right hand to swing Link's sword. Needless to say, I was pissed off when I heard about that, because I'm freakin left-handed and thought it would kick ass to get to use my left hand for the sword slashing.
 

KarmaPolice

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Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
Originally posted by: ghost recon88
Originally posted by: Gagabiji
Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
i'm going to play twilight princess on my gc

Same here. I don't feel like forking out $250 when I can wait a month and get it for my GC.

Yea, it is coming out for the GC. However, I heard that the Wii controller made the game, as in, playing it on the older GC controller just won't make it the same, or the way it was intended to be play. Still though, I guess it's nice that they did release a version with the graphics watered down for those of us with the GC.

Heh, the actual situation is the exact opposite of what you describe. The game was, from its inception, a GameCube game. The graphics were slightly toned up for the Wii (something minimal like increased filtering or something), and the use of the Wiimote seems like an afterthought compared to other Wii games.

A good example of the fact that it's a GC game gone Wii, and not vice versa:
http://wii.ign.com/articles/733/733762p1.html
Link has always been left handed, and still is in Twilight Princess for the GC. However, on the Wii, he's right handed. The game was damn near finished when they realized a lot of people, unlike Link, are right handed. So, the Wii version is essentially a mirror copy of the GC game, in order to allow righty to use the Wiimote in his/her right hand to swing Link's sword. Needless to say, I was pissed off when I heard about that, because I'm freakin left-handed and thought it would kick ass to get to use my left hand for the sword slashing.


Thats actually pretty interesting.
 

Kur

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Your opinions are based on consoles that have not even been out a month and basing that information on a console that has been out for almost a year.

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Mo0o

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your opinions pretty much reflect what everyone else has been saying.