If you only own either a 360 or just a PS3 you can' t make a qualified statement saying one is better than the other. You have to own both, and play a lot of games of both to get a real feeling of what each machine can do. Only then, can you really compare the 2 and give an intelligent statement.
I don' t own a 360 anymore. My old roomate had one, so up until late November I had free access to a 360. So the only game I have missed out on is Lost Planet on the 360.
I plan on getting a 360 once some more games I want come out, so maybe this summer. Also, I want to see if they upgrade it at all, because as is, 20gb is just too small IMO, and I would really like an HDMI version since my reciever and screen use digital inputs.
Aside from that, as far as good FPS go, I think I have a valid background to make an informed opinion. I' ve played basically all of them, when I was 5 I was playing wolfenstein, then doom and so on. Name the FPS, I' ve probably played it, I remember not playing Sin, and it sticks out in my mind because I was told it was a good game and I never did pick it up. I may have missed a few war games here and there, but I' ve played all the notable ones.
So for Resistance, when I say its a good game, I mean it, and I' m comparing it to a huge array of games. I personally find the graphics appealing because its all beautifully detailed, nicely rendered, sharp lines and has the frames per second locked down really well. For me, I love big environments and areas I can see long distances and backgrounds where I can see the detail designers put into the game. That was one turn off for me in games like Half-life and Gears of War. I still really enjoyed both those games however.
Here is how I would rate the recent FPS I played -
Halflife 2 - great storytelling, wonderful progression, top-tier voice-acting, it has all the fun touches of the original, meaning it has all those small things that make you appreciate its heritage(I was so happy hearing the power up stations hum the same way). Fun combat, but not the best AI we' ve seen. Fun weapons, topped off with the amazing anti-grav ray.
Fear - Interesting story, good at setting the mood, very nicely destructable environments, fun firefights(though you have to use slow mo a bit much for my liking), very very well done soldier movements(best I' ve seen in an FPS, I like seeing them actually get hurt from a leg wound etc), best AI I' ve played against so far, and great physics for humans but it doesn' t match the world physics of HL2. Bit lackluster for environments, guns arent exactly new but are done well. A bit short.
Gears of War - Fun story, good at setting a hectic kill fest of a mood, very nice texturing and movements. Amazingly fun firefights in the beginning, after which it starts to taper off(gets a bit annoying to always duck and cover). Some great camera angles. Characters don' t show damage or movement change when being shot for my liking(compared to fear or HL2) so it feels a bit like Quake 4, or Resistance: FoM to a lesser extent. Average AI, feels a bit too much like a computer at times, much like HL2. Better environments than FEAR, but not on par with HL2 or Resistance. Guns shake and feel right, not quite enough of them for my liking, and I wish I could carry more, but thats part of the game, and it is part of what gives it the feel, so I don' t mind that. Of all the games I' ve played recently, it does a great job of making you feel like you are in a warzone, and don' t have time to f*ck around. I wish the physics were better, the UE3 demo' s show that it has the potential, not sure why it wasn' t used(maybe too much time, or too intensive). Also, too short, but it should mean that the next game will be sure to rectify that problem.
CoD 2 - One of my favorite war games. Not as technical as the other 3, but it does what its supposed to pretty well. Don' t want to go into a lot of depth here, as it doesn' t do anything spectacularely well. I guess the smoke is the best I' ve seen in a game so far. Oh, as to why I don' t mention CoD3 instead, its because it isn' t as good IMO.
Anyhoo, I could go on, but I just realised how long this post is. Maybe later I will add what I think are Resistances strong points, and a few others. The whole point of this though is to prove I' ve played a lot of games, and I' m not trying to overhype R:FoM, I just really enjoyed it. Heck, I didn' t even buy it originally, I just borrowed my brothers a couple weeks after launch when he had beaten it. I' m not usually into the whole wierd alien thing vs humans so I didn' t pay attention to it. Needless to say, I loved it and ended up buying a copy.
edit to add to call of duty.
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