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and you can't just shovel the overwhelmingly largest sector of the industry into one measly thread
Before, the entire industry was in one measly thread. Now it's in two threads. So actually, you're argument works the other way - this is giving the largest sector of the industry MORE space on the board. Since you normally really dig making universal threads that reach across the broadest spectrum of ideas and concepts (e.g. "Best Monsters" thread instead of "Best Quake Monsters" thread), why oh why did you feel the need to segregate PC games and console games? This is an extremely broad thread - every console and every console game ever released - I hope that is broad enough for you. Look.... Quite a few people seem to want to discuss console games only - that's great for them. Quite a few people seem to want to discuss PC games only - that's great for them. Some people want to discuss both - ditto. This thread just helps keep discussions clear by focusing seperately on two seperate areas of gaming. If you like both areas, read both threads! Please forget the moaning about it and just accept there's no real reason to complain, and just post your discussions/views in the relevant threads. Whatever, anyone have a DS and a Wii? If so, if I had neither, which one would be the better choice to get? DS has a much larger library of games, some of which are FUCKING AWESOME, but the Wii has tons of potential and a seemingly really good start. Since the Wii also plays GC games, it also has a ton of high-quality first-party titles to choose from, as well as some good 3rd party titles.
Being a Nintendo fanboi, I'd rather have one or the other or both, so which one should I get? It's not like the original Other Games Thread had that much traffic to begin with.
Moreover this isn't keeping in the spirit of maintaining Func as an archive, nor in the spirit of an open and free board, which seem to be qualities metl wants and others admire (such as myself). You're just about the only person who wants it this way, so how about putting it back the way it was instead of forcing your views on us? I don't have a real problem with this split. The old way was fine with me too.
The only downside is that all the older console discussion will be in the PC thread. shambler has changed so much ever since he touched balls with another guy... :D
i don't care for nextgen consoles anyway (yet), so whatever... got mine preordered, but going to Bic Camera in Osaka to camp out for the launch anyway (yeah, I forgot to preorder games and accessories :D )
we have a wii in the office and i�d call myself a diehard nintendo fanboy - but wii sp�rts is just a bit naff. its a strange idea and nobody else but someone in the industry who looks for this stuff would even notice but i miss the �real� controller and well animated, textured, modelled characters and scenery (having the (admittedly fun)customisable characters is no excuse for not doing the job well).
the wii�s alot of fun and i will be buying one for twilight princess (don�t care if it gets 1% in reviews(it won�t despite the joystiq nonsense)) - but i get the feeling its straying from the diehard tradition of ninetendo that made me such a cash cow for the company in the first place. the 360 is a dead duck. its only saving grace is xbox live and its ease of hackability. personally i prefer to pay for games and support the people who made it - weather its a keeper that i�ll play for months or part-time gimmick, but there are many who do not. as to the machine itself: the xbox 360 is poorly made. a mobile phone (made by any company) has more abilities texture wise. a typical devkit ships with 50% �known issues� no, not a devkit of six moths ago; today. aside from this its a downgraded PC . . . it handles graphics very well - the architecture is well built, it�s only the mehcanics of the physical unit that are poorly thought out - although mysterious blind spots (the semi-aforementioned the main reason i will not be buying one is because there will be a new version in not too much time - if its backwards compatable and a complete unit (don�t need to pay extra for stuff that should be onboard) i might reconsider. as to the big spender�s option - i�m interested. paying the extra csah for a new format can work out well - if you�re lucky and so enarmoured with new tech, but can also be the same (betamax!) as flushing your cash down the pan. i started the �best quake monsters� thread in a moment of boredom and i have never been able to view all threads. my two pence. i just meant that the next generation's next generation probably isnt far away - they also make small improvements constantly to the hardware; case, joypads etc. you've probably seen the pictures of the badly made plastic pads where the analogs were stripped of thier coating.
i work in games so thats how i get to see alot of the dev hardware early - though no ps3 as yet. have fun contributing to the death of the industry!
</troll> simple graphics are fine as long as they're done well (i doubt i'll ever stop playing quake) but sports seems to lack an extra level of polish on all fronts visually which (genuinely) detracts from the game since all the characters are animated like weebles and they didn't have to be.
but it is alot of fun to play; so who cares. Call of Duty 3: PS3 vs XBOX360 vs Wii, direct graphics comparison:
http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=15369&type=mov&pl=game regular http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=15368&type=mov&pl=game HD http://pix.blakespot.com/view/computers/screenshots/wii_composite_vs_component/
Yes, a component cable makes THAT much difference. two thumbs up :)
a few niggles, but nothing like the shit that xbox 360 launched with, and thankfully nothing near the price to enjoyment ratio of PS3 at the moment (about 0.1 I'd say, where Wii is about a 1.0 - aside from the Virtual console...). We had a great plan to play Wii at work today, but then none of us took them in because we all assumed someone else would.
Wii is great fun though, just got started into Zelda today when I get home. So I got to the final boss in Gears of War today. Couldn't get past the fucker, oh no, but I reached the bastard and after about 20 attempts to kill him I'm willing to call it a day.
Anyway, here's my review: It's the first truly great 360-exclusive game. The 360 has other great games - it has Oblivion, and it has...err...well ok the 360 has one other great game in the form of Oblivion, but you can also get that for PC. Anyway, I'm getting sidetracked. Gears of War is not perfect however - the control system is flawed - mapping "sprint" and "attach to cover" to the same button was a bit of a mistake - you often find yourself brushing up against, and therefore sticking to, cover objects when you're in actual fact just trying to get the fuck out of dodge, but it doesn't happen often enough to really mar the game. Side note: "Active Reload" is the best idea ever. Gah whatever, I'm gonna stop writing and play this some more. After an embarrassing number of attempts, I have at last finally beat the fucker.
Although I would at this stage very much like to personally strangle with my bare hands, the person who designed the final boss battle, I'd just like to say thank you Epic for making the coolest and funnest shooter I've played in many years. I fear that going back to FPS games, without a context cover system, is going to feel somewhat limiting from now on. Alas the game was far, far too short - understandable when you're making a game of such resplendent visual density, but I was sad when it ended so abruptly. On the plus side, I now have in my vocabulary a clutch of remarkable new swear words which had never even existed up until the point at which I encountered the final boss battle that inspired me to invent them, so cheers again for that.
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