Not too long ago Motion Control was the Wii’s defining feature… and the SIXAXIS’ best kept secret. Now, motion control is suddenly cool, and Microsoft and Sony have proven that it’s here to stay and evolve. With that comes the consequences, so here are 8 impending annoyances that motion control will bring:
For the love of God, why don’t console makers respect PC gamers? I get it, they’re trying to promote their platform, but to come out and blatantly say a certain title is only available on your platform and you know darn well it’s also on PC is certainly wrong, insincere.
Peripherals are becoming increasingly common, especially with Microsoft’s Project Natal and Sony’s Arc controllers coming to fruition later this year. Why not take this opportunity to discuss my personal favorite peripherals of all time? That’s exactly the plan with this top five list. Sit back, relax, and gaze upon the peripherals of gaming past and future!
Final Fantasy, one of the most legendary RPGs ever forged. It is, in essence, the epitome of what we’ve come to expect in said genre. Also, the PlayStation brand has been for a very long time synonymous with game from the early days of Final Fantasy VII, leading up to PS2′s final installment, Final Fantasy XII.
Never judge a book by its cover. Never turn down food before it’s properly cooked, also don’t you give up on a story before you arrive to the end, and when someone tells you ‘it can’t be done’, just think of Heavy Rain. Quantic Dream managed to pull off what most developers wouldn’t dare try: A $20 million risk of a game, and now it seems they have the last laugh yet again.
The vision is clear as day rolling like a motion picture in my mind right now, ‘PS2 is doomed; it won’t last, the thing is too darn expensive’. Others would yell about how the tech was painstaking and that it was way ahead of its time, like being ahead was a bad thing. PS2 doom and gloom articles were all over the place too, with careless journalists mindlessly blowing hard against the console.
But look at what happened in the end, PS2 became the best selling console of all time and believe or not, although PS3 might not realize the high sales numbers PS2 did, in almost every other way, the two consoles faced identical storms and ultimately succeeded.
IGN Called it the comeback kid, well Games Thirst says it never went anywhere.
Unlike the PS2 which to this day has been living a healthy life alongside it’s younger sibling PS3, the same story cannot be written for the original Xbox.
Just a few days back, Microsoft announced that come April 15th, 2010, Xbox Live for the Xbox will die, dragging down the aged console along death’s valley with it. Many were saddened by the announcement, with Bungie, the developer behind Halo 2, announcing a final Hooraah (farewell) to the game’s awesome multiplayer by summoning fans old and new to battle online, one more time.
Yes, there’s cause for many to feel down, but if one was to look at the here and now, there’s great cause to rejoice, why? Well, Xbox 360 has done what it’s older mate couldn’t do, and because of that, it deserves to be crowned.
Let’s have a side-by-side look shall we?
Ah PS3, the console with some of the most amazing titles ever forged. FPS, Action-Adventure, RPGs, JRPGs, Platformers, MAG, Heavy Rain, All bigs games no? Indeed, Sony has managed, over the years, to bring some of the best gaming experiences to owners of its flagship console – but there’s a problem:
They don’t sell as well as they could and should. They just don’t. Sony could have made tens of millions more if only it’d put more advertising effort in some of its biggest franchises. Mind you, the giant does that for almost all of its first party games, but these five are the most outstanding.
Once in every generation, a game is created that revolutionizes how we play forever. Think Metal Gear Solid in PS1 days, Grand Theft Auto for PS2, Halo for the Xbox and so on.
Now we’re well into the seventh generation of gaming and although we’ve had genre defining experience like Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and the recently released Mass Effect 2, no game has been able to do what Metal Gear did when it was originally released with its tactical action gameplay or Halo when it revolutionized the FPS genre and changed mulitiplayer forever. No game has yet to do none of the aforementioned; no none.
That will all be history when Heavy Rain lands in February because without a shadow of a doubt, it’ll not only change the way we experience games, it’ll create a new genre all together; and here are 5 reasons why you must buy this game when it arrives:
In every segment of society, there are folks who make themselves known to everyone. They do things that regular people would only do if they were under the influence of alcohol and say things not even politicians dare utter. Yes some folks abhor those type of people but the majority mostly love to hate them.
In the gaming industry, we have our share of said characters and although we get riled up anytime something unorthodox blurts out of their mouths, we all know the industry would be a dull place without them.
And here they are:
Can you remember? I sure can, articles about the PS3′s doom and gloom were circulating carelessly across the web. ‘PS3 is dead’ some would say, betting on the demise of Sony’s flagship console. But where are they now? No place to be found, palely they hide behind the scenes or have made a 180 and suddenly singing PS3 praises. lessoned learned? Never bet against the PlayStation brand.
If you pay the slightest bit of attention to new technology then you are probably aware of the launch of the MAC iPad yesterday. Early impressions have left some gasping with excitement and others just saying its an over-sized iTouch. Whichever camp you are in doesn’t matter, because the implications for the advancement of mobile gaming and media are profound.
I’ll be upfront, as humans we can sometimes be unappreciative. Not all, but a lot of us in many cases lean towards what’s negative instead of seeing the positive out of a situation. I hate to say this but the world enjoys the downfall of someone or something more that its uprising.
So you’re a hardcore gamer and nothing will change that; not even your wife. You’ve been married for sometime now and it seems because of your gaming habits things are about to go south. What should a gamer do? You love the lady but she wants you to give up on your games. It’s a tough call, one with no easy way out – that is except you can find a solution to get her into it.
The console wars, don’t be fooled; they’ve been around since Super NES and Sega Genesis days. I can remember this like it was yesterday: my younger brother had a Sega Genesis and I owned a Super Nintendo, “my system has more games than yours,” he’d utter and I’d reply with a passionate burst of pride, “oh shut up little boy, what do you know about anything?” Yes It went on and on indeed, so it’s no surprise that in this, the seventh generation of consoles the war rages on.
