The Gamers Thread: PS3, PC, Wii, 360... pick your poison!!

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Brainiac · #1476 Post by **Brainiac** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 12:46 am

I'm too busy enjoying my Gold Triforce DS and the games I picked up for it. Almost makes me sorry I waited so long, but the presence of Power, Wisdom, and Courage in my handheld offsets that.

greensenshi · #1477 Post by **greensenshi** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 3:35 am

Rumor is is that I'm getting a pink DS for my birthday which is in a couple days. Recommendations for quality games? I'll take any genre really, though I prefer RPGs and puzzle games.

Lambonius · #1478 Post by **Lambonius** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 6:21 am

Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and/or either of the two Castlevania games would be my pick.

Boogeyman · #1479 Post by **Boogeyman** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 8:14 am

And don't forget about Super Mario DS and NEW Super Mario Bros.!

greensenshi · #1480 Post by **greensenshi** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 4:26 pm

The Castlevania games,yea, I'll check those out. Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is a direct sequel of Wind Waker so I'd have to play that one first. :P

New Super Mario Bros. I've asked for and Super Mario DS is meh. I played Super Mario 64 many, many times. Looking for something new.

Brainiac · #1481 Post by **Brainiac** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:19 pm

Final Fantasy III should be down to at least $20; I'd go with that.

And are you getting the generic Coral Pink or the specialty Metallic Rose DS as part of the Nintendogs: Best Friends bundle (the counterpart to my Gold Triforce DS w/Phantom Hourglass)?

greensenshi · #1482 Post by **greensenshi** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:55 pm

Yea, I asked for FF3 too. I wanted to see how they improved it over the Famicon version.

I believe it's just the generic coral pink. That's what I showed my parents when they asked me what I wanted.

jpnuar1 · #1483 Post by **jpnuar1** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:23 pm

Angelus3K wrote:Finally!! Nintendo have announced that NintendoClub members can swap their Star Points for Wii Shop points!!! woot!!

Surprised nobody has mentioned Mario Galaxy, amazing game! As is Uncharted on PS3 which I'm playing right now!

What are star points? Are they European exclusive, or am I just being ignorant of something obvious?

greensenshi wrote:Rumor is is that I'm getting a pink DS for my birthday which is in a couple days. Recommendations for quality games? I'll take any genre really, though I prefer RPGs and puzzle games.

Sounds like Puzzle Quest is the perfect game for you then. I highly recommend it.

Angelus3K · #1484 Post by **Angelus3K** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 6:55 pm

I think they might just be Euro exclusive.

Everytime you buy a Nintendo product whether it be Wii, DS or a game you get a scratch card with a code on which you can enter on the Nintendo Europe website, this then gives you "Star Points" which you could use to buy things like wallpapers, ringtones and sometimes a DS game like Age of Empires.

They've now finally allowed users to trade their Star Points for Wii Points to use in the shopping channel!

greensenshi · #1485 Post by **greensenshi** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:49 pm

I received both Final Fantasy 3 and Puzzle Quest for the DS. I've got plenty of games now to keep me occupied. Puzzle Quest looks to be a very interesting play. Puzzles and RPG... where have I heard that combo before...

Alliance · #1486 Post by **Alliance** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:53 am

Bah, I got a lot of great games for Christmas.

-Half Life: The Orange Box (Which comes with Half Life 2, Half Life 2: Episode One, Half Life 2: Episode Two, Portal, and Team Fortress 2)
-Assasin's Creed
-Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction
-Call of Duty 4

I seriously love my PS3. My only complaint is that the family only has one, and my siblings (and Dad) hog it so much. Eventually, we might get another one, which would be swell.

Boogeyman · #1487 Post by **Boogeyman** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:53 am

None of those games are that good, and the PS3 is garbage. You should sell it and get a Wii with Super Mario Galaxy. And don't try to argue, I already turned someone into a frog for bashing the Wii.

Alliance · #1488 Post by **Alliance** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 4:21 pm

Sorry, but I like having a REAL console, not some baby toy with maybe one good game worth playing.
And it's a crappy excuse for exercise.
Oh, and friend codes are pitiful.
As is pretty much everything on the Wii. I've tried it, it's nothing more than a suck factory.
EDIT: Oh yeah, and HOW DARE YOU BASH MY PS3? (hmm...there's no evil laugh smiley...oh well)

Brainiac · #1489 Post by **Brainiac** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:58 pm

Boogeyman wrote:And don't try to argue, I already turned someone into a frog for bashing the Wii.

{Brainiac materializes Frog from Chrono Trigger}

<Frog> Methinks thine Wii is foul!

What ya gonna do ta him, Boogey?

In all honesty, I find benefits to both systems. The PS3 is an excellent high-end hardcore system, a very cheap Blu-Ray player, and has several upcoming titles of note (FF13, MGS4, etc.) - it's just Sony is majorly ticking off the fanbase with its pricing and general attitude. The Wii is unique, low in price, and still the source for all things Nintendo (like Mario, Zelda, and Metroid, to name but a few). Both have their pluses and their minuses.

Finally, to whomever is in charge of the forum tech support...why can only the first word appearing between carrot brackets <these> appear? I typed these right here in between the ones immediately preceding this sentence.

Kurdt · #1490 Post by **Kurdt** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:44 am

Neither of those systems has anything on the 360. While Mario Galaxy looks great, that's about the only thing on the Wii that does. I hear Wii Tennis and Wii Golf is fun, but the day I buy a console to play the sports games is the day I kill a yak from 200 yards away with mind bullets. As for PS3...what games are on it, again?

Alliance · #1491 Post by **Alliance** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:55 am

Well, it doesn't have 10 million horrible spin-offs of Halo, Half Life, and Bioshock. About 90 percent of the 360's games are crappy rip-offs, The other 10 percent are cross-platform games that made it onto the PS3.

Quest For Glory Fan · #1492 Post by **Quest For Glory Fan** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:50 am

umm Alliance. What's PS3 exclusive exactly at the moment :P. Even if what you say about the 360 having 90 percent rip offs and 10 percent ports those ports account for 95 percent of the PS3 catalog while 5% is... Resistance fall of man. I went threesixwii and I dislike both the new metroid franchise and the Halo franchise and adore the Metal Gear franchise. What does that tell you about how appealing this console is? especially considering the fact that cash wise My 360 and Wii together cost me 40 dollars LESS than a PS3.

jpnuar1 · #1493 Post by **jpnuar1** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:02 pm

Quest For Glory Fan wrote: I went threesixwii

Um, don't you mean WiiSixty?

Angelus3K · #1494 Post by **Angelus3K** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:18 am

Hey QFGF, PS3 Exlusives:

Time Crisis 4
The Agency
MLB 08: The Show
NBA 08
Afrika
Angel Rings
Eight days
Eyedentify
Fifth Phantom Saga
F1: Championship Edition 2006
Final Fantasy XIII
DC Universe
Big Time Revenge
Gretzky NHL
Wipeout
White Knight Story
Way of the Samurai 3
Warhawk
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
God Of War III
Gran Turismo 5
Heavenly Sword
Heavy Rain
Hot Shots Golf 5
Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier
Killzone 2
Lair
Metal Gear Solid 4
METRO 2033: The Last Refuge
Mist of Chaos
Monster Hunter 3
Folklore
Motor Storm 1
Motor Storm 2
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Ni-Oh
Ratchet and Clank
Redwood falls
Resistance Fall Of Man 2
Singstar
Super Robot Taisen
Tekken 6
The Eye of Judgement

Not to mention HD-DVD is dead so Blu-Ray FTW!

Also as devs get to grips with PS3 and make it their lead platform multiplatform games are running better on PS3, take Burnout: Paradise for example.

Both consoles have their strengths and weakness' but PS3 will have a much longer life than 360, MS is already rumoured to be releasing their next Xbox within 2 years! They dumped the first Xbox after 4 years.

Quest For Glory Fan · #1495 Post by **Quest For Glory Fan** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:24 am

sure you can slap out the list of exclusives but at the end of the day its still the shortest list and even shorter if you cut it down to all 5 of those that you'd actually want to play. Also note that I haven't seen half of those on shelves they're just announced. In this world of instant gratification a lot is taken into account. Again talking price value I've no doubts the PS3 will outlive both. To me it's much less an argument and much more about preference and honestly when you look at video games as a whole how much time do you spend on a game versus how much cash you put out. Just a few personal examples if I may;

2006-Gears of War: Cost=$70, Play time = 12Hours.
2004-Max Payne II: Cost=$19.99, Play time = 30 Hours.
2000-Evolution:World of Sacred Device=$15, play time = 60 hours
1997-Fallout: Cost=$40, Play time = hundreds of hours
1992-Quest For Glory I VGA=$40 in the collection, Play time =... from then to now on and off.

Now these are of course select examples and Fallout and Quest For Glory are available through downloads albeit not legally but what does this say about recent replay value?

Angelus3K · #1496 Post by **Angelus3K** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:57 pm

I get what your saying but I prefer quality over quantity, Uncharted was only about 8-10 hours but was absolutley stunning.

Quest For Glory Fan · #1497 Post by **Quest For Glory Fan** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:44 pm

I just hate the idea of finishing a game and thinking well that game was $10 per hour and I don't care how fun it was it was god damn expensive. It doesn't matter the quality of a champagne your jaw still drops at the bill.

Angelus3K · #1498 Post by **Angelus3K** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:07 pm

It depends how you think of it.

I don't think of the money at all. The thing I love most (apart from my daughter) is gaming.

I would of bought a PS3 if it was Â£1000, because I knew it would have the games I wanted to play.

I have never regretted buying Uncharted once. If I never played it again (which I will as it has alot of unlockables etc) I wouldnt even think of it being a waste of money.

greensenshi · #1499 Post by **greensenshi** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:19 pm

Well, for those like me who don't exactly make a groundbreaking amount of money, I need to choose games that are cheap and will provide me with 20-30 hours of entertainment. Thus, RPGs make me warm and fuzzy inside.

Quest For Glory Fan · #1500 Post by **Quest For Glory Fan** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:12 am

it's clear we all share a fondness for gaming but money certainly curves the level of influence a game can have on you. Also I notice you said you love it most apart from your daughter but what about vamp?

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