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Posted: Oct 27th 2007 7:43PM mrmobius said

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I know your pain. I'm skint because just spent any money in the bank on student accomodation, so unfortunately only at christmas (I'll also have to revise though) will I be able to get a game (Galaxy definitely, and maybe check out what VC has new in the 4 months), and then at my birthday or cheap during the summer.

I'm biding my time using my DS and FFIII and Advance Wars DS. Its painful but I guess I could go back to last gen and N64 and complete the games.
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Posted: Oct 27th 2007 8:35PM (Unverified) said

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Finish games, then trade them for other games. At least, that seems to be the only way to affordably play most games.

(as for me, I can't even afford most of the consoles, so I'm stuck with DS and PC games. (likely only orange box for PC though, because of sheer value.)

Even so, planning to get the Wii. I've a LOT of Gamecube games to catch up with, which should be more than enough to last through the likely summer drought of next year.
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Posted: Oct 27th 2007 6:56PM cheesebanana said

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To the UT3 versus Crysis arguement: Hashbrown_Hunter is dead on. UT3 has the GoW-esque art style to it, which i'm personally not entirely won over by, but its certainly a far more stylish game. Crysis just has that rediculous realism to it.

Also i'm looking forward to assasins creed after seeing a few gameplay walkthroughs. While it still seems to have its issues (only one guy attacks you at a time), and its certain to have its obvious gameplay flaws because of how different the gameplay is (i wager you can do the entire game just by running away 1 foot in front of the massive army of guards behind you...seriously...i bet its doable), that game still looks really polished in its animation and style and i'm actually looking forward to it...despite having argued for the past year to my friends that it just looks like thief 3 + melee + HDTV.

Oh well, should be a pretty good end to the year, but mostly my PC is getting the attention tbh. I've given up on console gaming a little bit since i just sold my PS3 (worst purchase i ever made) and my 360 just popped a RROD >.

Posted: Oct 27th 2007 7:21PM (Unverified) said

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Anyone have any idea when the next set of graphics cards come out? My 7900gt isn't cutting it with the crysis. Works surprisingly well with bioshock/ut3 though.

Posted: Oct 27th 2007 7:25PM (Unverified) said

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punching a turtle is not cool laughing target,unless the reward is to sodomize your father while your mom is watching

Posted: Oct 27th 2007 7:56PM (Unverified) said

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Hey I am no expert or anything but wouldn't Gears of War for Windows Vista (11/06/07) be a big release as well?

Posted: Oct 27th 2007 8:07PM Spiritbeast said

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Pssh. Gears of War is like, so last year ago.
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Posted: Oct 27th 2007 8:40PM (Unverified) said

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It's big for me.

Especially since the Unreal 3 engine has shown itself to be so wonderful performance wise.
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Posted: Oct 27th 2007 7:30PM Supermanisdead said

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Assassin's Creed is for DS? But how?

Posted: Oct 27th 2007 7:34PM (Unverified) said

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OK, lot's of games here to get so....
work overtime or delve into the lucrative world of male prostitution? Whadya mean I'll only have men for clients?

Gross.

Posted: Oct 27th 2007 7:47PM mrmobius said

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I was thinking that if the DS (it has) has power similar to the N64, how could AC maintain its level of the interaction that the game plans to have on the other consoles, while maintaining a decent graphic level.

Posted: Oct 27th 2007 8:32PM (Unverified) said

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Smaller resolution means less complex textures and post-processing.

Frankly though I wouldn't expect it to go full-3D. It's practically impossible judging by cart size alone.

(I know there are large-scale 3D games for the DS. But none of them has the sheer amount of interaction promised by AC.)
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Posted: Oct 27th 2007 8:38PM (Unverified) said

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Right, no one really cares about a console to pc port, I personally dont even know why they would even bother.

Posted: Oct 27th 2007 9:09PM (Unverified) said

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I understand they're niche releases, but I've been waiting ALL year for Disgaea and Castlevania PSP and they're finally here! HELL YES.

Posted: Oct 28th 2007 9:10AM (Unverified) said

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Looks like PS3 is the new FPS console.
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Posted: Oct 27th 2007 9:10PM (Unverified) said

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the first thing on the '2007' list?:
Army of Two

Platforms: Xbox 360, Playstation 3
Developer: EA Montreal
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Release Date: [b]Early 2008[/b]

Posted: Oct 27th 2007 9:31PM Colossalhat said

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Boo to you, a -1 for not reading their edit at the end of that section. (Though the irony of the 2k8 title being first is delicious)
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Posted: Oct 27th 2007 9:31PM (Unverified) said

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Are all of the Guitar Hero 3 release dates wrong? Because I got my copy for Wii yesterday, the 26th. Some of my friends were confused as well, so could someone please clear this up?

Posted: Oct 27th 2007 9:39PM Colossalhat said

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I'm guessing wherever you got it from broke streetdate. Assholes...
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Posted: Oct 27th 2007 9:32PM Batzarro The worlds WOrst Detect said

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Mass Effect, and maybe that Bioshock thing kids keep yammerin' about...

Posted: Oct 28th 2007 3:30AM (Unverified) said

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i talked with a guy who was one of the testers for mass effect, and he said he'd buy it if he wasn't getting a free copy. that's a pretty good indicator :)
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Posted: Oct 27th 2007 9:45PM (Unverified) said

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Well, it was some local indie exchange shop, so maybe they didn't know or care.

Posted: Oct 27th 2007 9:50PM Colossalhat said

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After a short amount of research it seems that the street date was broken on the 19th up in Michigan. Someone needs to start slapping down fines on the stores that are doing this, it's getting annoying seeing a few people having a game earlier than everyone else.

As I wrote that I just realized what Europe must feel like most of the time.
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Posted: Oct 27th 2007 11:45PM (Unverified) said

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haha. sometimes that's good though, because some games have lots of hype but then suck ass once people get to play it (lair, for a recent example) So that can save you lots of $$
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Posted: Oct 28th 2007 6:05PM LaughingTarget said

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No one has any authority to fine the store. The only "punishment" available is for Activision to refuse to sell future products to that store, which is foolish on a business-standpoint (loss of sales, the small retailer has no real impact on the market for selling early). If they really cared about street dates, Activision would time shipments to show up the day they wanted the title sold.
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Posted: Oct 28th 2007 2:50AM (Unverified) said

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While I would agree with most of those the only one I have a problem being on that list is Beowulf.

Posted: Oct 28th 2007 9:08AM (Unverified) said

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Seriously. Beowulf is going to suck.
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Posted: Oct 28th 2007 3:29AM (Unverified) said

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whooo just got gh3 at a midnight launch

bedtime! :)

Posted: Oct 28th 2007 12:01PM (Unverified) said

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What, no mention of Hellgate:London? That comes out in a few days.

Posted: Oct 28th 2007 1:16PM watership said

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Gasp. Where's naruto!?

Posted: Oct 28th 2007 5:09PM (Unverified) said

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What? No Fire Emblem or NiGHTS?

And a lot of those games on the list look to suck.

Posted: Oct 28th 2007 8:01PM (Unverified) said

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For PC Users Crysis is a huge game.

I totally agree with mfed3 Heavenly Sword is not a big boy, its a friggin joke, you cant even jump and its a fighting game, lest I forget to mention the fact it looks like a PS2 game with high AA.

Heres a list of all the must have games for the 360 now:
Gears of War
BioShock
Halo 3
Mass Effect
Too Human
Call of Duty 4
GRAW 2
Oblivion
Unreal Tournament 3
Army of Two
GTA IV

Not all have been released yet, and I'm still a lil doubtful about Army of Two, but you never know it might be amazing.

The PS3 is a joke, maybe next year it might be able to compete. And, for you guys who imagine Assassins Creed to be an amazing game, wait til it comes out, I've seen the screens and it might be a game you should rent for a week, but it might not be a must own title. Still I have my hopes up for it. Too Human is starting to look really good.

Posted: Oct 29th 2007 10:44AM Vidikron said

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You haven't even played the damn game if you think it looks like a PS2 game. Please try to be the least bit reasonable... of course, what should I expect from someone that agree with mfed3?
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Posted: Oct 28th 2007 9:51PM KarlW said

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Also, only the PS3 will get UT3 in 2007. 360 owners will have to wait until after xmas.

The PS3's got a really good lineup, looking at that. 4 exclusives, and they're all really good (incl UT3, timed exclusive). The 360 only has 1.

Posted: Oct 28th 2007 10:10PM KarlW said

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I'm sorry, you've really got to get your facts straight.

Must have PS3 games:
Resistance: Fall of Man
MotorStorm
Warhawk
Unreal Tournament 3
HAZE
DiRT
Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction
KillZone 2
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Final Fantasy 13
Gran Turismo V Prologue
GTA IV

Not bad for a console only coming up to it's first birthday, is it? The final 4 aren't released yet, but if you can include GTA IV, I can include the games released between now and GTA IV. FF13 may be released shortly after GTA, it's hard to say.

The idea that the PS3 is a joke with no games used to be true, but this coming xmas is going to bring a great big stack of good-quality, exclusive titles (HAZE, Uncharted, UT3), and then early next year, we'll get another sack of goodies! (MGS4, KZ2, FF13,

Posted: Oct 29th 2007 12:53AM (Unverified) said

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if i had a ps3, the only games i'd even consider from your list are:

Resistance: Fall of Man - rent

Warhawk - ehh, i guess i haven't played BF2 in a couple years, playing this for a month might be fun

HAZE - who knows if it's good or not though

Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction - buy

KillZone 2 - maybe? not even a release date yet

Final Fantasy 13 - rent
GTA IV - buy


360 > ps3
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Posted: Oct 29th 2007 12:14PM Vegeta has a ps3 said

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Sorry kid, that's entirely opinionated.

Almost all those games I could care less for, and the one game I do care for(guess which one) is also coming to the 360.

And Kill Zone 2? Let me guess, it's a must buy cause it looks so damn pretty.
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Posted: Oct 29th 2007 12:40PM Vidikron said

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Either way, those ARE good games whether they are your type of games or not... or at least likely will be good for the ones that aren't out yet. BTW, I'm playing R&C right now and it's fvcking fantastic.

I'd also add to that list Uncharted, Wipeout HD, InFamous, and LitteBigPlanet.
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Posted: Oct 29th 2007 11:32AM (Unverified) said

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I know its complicated for a PS3 user, so I took your comment to heart.

Must Have Already Available:

Gears of War
BioShock
Halo 3
GRAW 2
Oblivion

Must Have Coming Soon:

Mass Effect
Too Human
Call of Duty 4
Unreal Tournament 3
Army of Two
GTA 4

I didnt add PGR4 on there. As for your comments about your lame PS3, have you actually looked at the games your saying own, and how good the PS3 is? On 720p Heavenly Sword looks like crap, I saw the game, its look like shit, maybe it looks good on 1080i, but on 720p it looks horrible, so ya I'm not entirely accurate, but seeing as I play on a 720p monitor, I just thought the graphics werent that amazing looking (this is also true of Halo 3 on 720p though). After seeing what Too Human will look like on 720p, Heavenly Sword is not all that glamourous. The fact you cant jump is hilarious on Heavenly Sword, I mean I can even jump on Marvel Ultimate Alliance, I just find it funny that people say buy a PS3 it has Heavenly Sword, well buy a 360 it has Halo 3, BioShock, and Gears of War. Of course you can get Oblivion and GRAW 2 on the PS3, but its also on 360.

When your PS3 dies from Blu-ray failure from watching too many Blu-rays like the PS2, how happy are you going to be?

Also, I meant to say big title, not big boy, lol. And, I'm agreeing with what he says, because hes right. :P

I wouldnt doubt if Army of Two was delayed because of the PS3, as it was pretty much in peoples hands.

My must own games are all must own titles, as in you play them and they are all awesome games, worth your money, every last cent.

As for UT3 being delayed for 360 I didnt even know that, shouldnt the PS3 version be delayed instead considering its a bigger pain in the ass to develope for. Also, some games are waiting to be released cus they would get slaughtered with Mass Effect, and CoD 4 coming out, most 360 gamers I know buy about 1 game a month.

HAZE and DiRT look okay, I wouldnt say must own title, same thing with motorstorm, at the E show apparently the AI for Killzone was horrible, and Resistance Fall of Man is supposed to be good, Killzones AI will probably be better when its released. If you like Gamespot look at how they rate the PS3 games compared to the 360, you might notice the 360 games usually score a lot higher, could be biased, or it could just be the 360 is better.

Personally I think in a year from now there will be no argument on which system has the best games, the platform experience however will become the new debate, and currently the 360 is still winning there. :p



Posted: Oct 29th 2007 1:29PM Vidikron said

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Come on now, asking what a PS3 owner is going to do when the BR drive dies? In a comparison to the RRoD machine? If you're going to try and bash the PS3 in comparison to the 360 you would do well to avoid hardware failures as a bullet point.
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Posted: Oct 30th 2007 7:48AM Emophia said

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Why is every user here retarded? Every single one of you make me ashamed of my hobby... Really... It's a freaking game, and it's a freaking games console... Grow the hell up...

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