All I have to say is er-herm... .

Firstly, the game I played is Resistance: Fall of Man.

Wait, hold on.. the first thing I notice is the actual size of the thing, this thing is
huuge. I thought my 360 was massive, and I thought nothing could top the
X-behemoth, but PS3 just blew away the competition with its sheer physical
presence. After spending 10 minutes woefully marvelling at the PS3' s bootylicious
curves and bustling waist line, I turn my eye to the thing that matters: the games.

Foremostly, R: FoM is a big disappointment to me, I know it' s a launch title
this, and developers haven' t had time with the hardware that but my
expectations wouldn' t be akin to the 2nd coming of Christ had Sony not turned
their hype meter to full throttle.

Surprisingly, Perfect Dark 0 looks a great deal better even with it' s over
the top shine, textures and bump mapping - which is markedly better than washed
out colours, lo-res textures.

Considering how many calculations the Cell can supposedly do, it was very difficult to find destructible backgrounds, things like chairs and tables stood their
ground against an onsalught of opposing and defending bullets, next I tried to
shoot the walls...

This is the kind of thing I think that I may have to go back and check again
due to the sheer disbelief of a next-gen (now should be called current-gen) title
missing such a feature, why are there no bullet holes created when you
shoot the walls?? Even old-gen games have it, but why not Resistance?

As I said, I' ll go and play it again, as I am shocked with disbelief.

Also, it may have been the TV I was playing on (a HD CRT) or the incorrect
component cables, or whatever, but not only did I notice that Resistance looks a lot like that game BLACK, but another customer came behind me
and asked if that was the PS2? I pointed at the PS3. His reaction? " It' s a bit sh!t
isn' t it?"

There were other comments too:

" What' s all that size being used for then?"

Me: " The Blu Ray drive."

" What' s " blu-ray?"

Today, I am going there to play Ridge Racer 7... (Even though I have a feeling it will be horrid) just to know what it is like, but the game I am really waiting for is MotorStorm, because to be quite frank the whole PS3
thing is a big box of hot air and empty vessels (hypothetically speaking, really, it' s
very quiet, surprisingly quiet, too quiet - impressive.)

This feedback was generally meant for people in the Uk/Europe who have yet to
play the PS3.

Does anyone on Kikizo, actually own a PS3??

The guys at Chips have a Japanese model. They don' t have Resistance but i' ve played RR7, MotorStorm and Genji, ...and i was actually pretty impressed with Genji y' know. It' s not all that fun to play and the controls aren' t perfect but the game looks better than 90% of what' s on 360 at the moment.

I know what you' re saying about Resistance. The characters modeling, physics and weapon effects are definitely next-gen but the environments are disappointing. Compared to CoD3 [which is a shit game but a good looking one] it looks awful and it' s the ground and wall textures that let everything down. When you' ve seen the textures in Gears of War and CoD3 you expect better from PS3. As for you' re PDZ comparison, i both agree and don' t agree. PDZ is technically superior, in particular the normal and bump mapping [which is one of 360' s strengths] look better than the flat low-res surfaces in Resistance but PDZ looks so plasticy its unreal. For Resistances WWII setting the washed out colours fit, and i wouldn' t actually change it.

Black is a good example though.

When you lok at early 360 games like Condemned, Kameo, PDZ etc they all had an impressive at first, annoying later plastic shine to them. PS3 games appear to have relatively low-res textures and washed out colours, ...it' ll change later on, it' s just getting used to the renderer.

I don' t like the pad, it' s worse than the Dual Shock, and i hated that anyway. I' ll be getting a 3rd party pad and if a game doesn' t need the tilt control i' mm probably get an adapter for a wired 360 pad or something.

As for the size, ...if you put 360' s power supply in the box and added another big fan or two then it' d end up bigger than PS3. Remove PS3' s internal PSU, blu-ray drive and the fans, and then remove the dvd drive and fans from 360 so you' re only left with the things that work the thing minus the drives and 360 would still have more mass. It is more powerful though so that' s understandable... PS3 is big but size isnt an issue for me. I' m just concerned about the PSU being inside and the thing getting hot. I' m glad it' s silent but i' d actually rather it was noisy had an external PSU and didn' t get hot.

Anyway, it' s primary function is as a Blu-Ray player and that works well and looks great. If only i could buy an add-on drive for £150 that would let me play HD-DVD via my 360 instead, that' d be awesome. I' d have the better games machine and be able to watch next-gen movies too....

I know Resistance is based around the WWII era, but, the washed out colours are
too washed out. I thought Gears was a bland game, but when you actually play it,
it has more vibrance than Resistance..

It' s not just Resistance either, CoD3 on PS3 compared to CoD3 on 360 still has
washed out colours..

I understand what you mean about PDZ looking too plasticky, it does.

Resistance could still do with a dab more colour, it' s borderline black and white
and teeter-tottering over the edge.

The store I play it in (CeX) have yet to receive a copy of MotorStorm, but I
cannot wait to try it out. I hope it' s fun.

The size of the PS3 isn' t a problem, but when you first see it, it stuns you as the
sheer size of it just takes up your entire vision (exaggeration, but you get the
point).

They had a PS2 pad connected to the PS3 (somehow? I didn' t know you could
use your dual shock on a PS3..), it still felt a bit awkward, especially the lack of
rumble and feel of your weapons (I am a rumble junkie... I NEED IT!)

I also still think BLACK looks a lot better than Resistance..

In the end, I think that the 360 had more variety and better launch titles than the
PS3 has had so far, considering that within a month M$ had shipped to all three
major gaming continents, and whilst the launch games were full of ports and
rushed half-baked games, it makes the PS3' s launch look like a joke.

That' s in America and Japan, there' s still the UK launch that Sony can capitalise on,
which should ensure that it will be the console that launches with some of the
best next-gen games (Heavenly Sword and... urm... er...?)

It' ll take some time for me to read all your insightful posts, but guess I' ll just put this little tidbit:

why are there no bullet holes created when you
shoot the walls?? Even old-gen games have it, but why not Resistance?

Ha, bullet holes. Oddworld Stranger' s Wrath takes down EVERY SINGLE ARROW/PROJECTILE SHOT AT YOU OR THE ENVIRONMENT! Gawd, the amount of embedded arrow heads I had in a single showdown I had on the post I was hiding behind...

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In the end, I think that the 360 had more variety and better launch titles than the PS3 has had so far, considering that within a month M$ had shipped to all three major gaming continents, and whilst the launch games were full of ports and
rushed half-baked games, it makes the PS3' s launch look like a joke.

That' s in America and Japan, there' s still the UK launch that Sony can capitalise on,
which should ensure that it will be the console that launches with some of the
best next-gen games (Heavenly Sword and... urm... er...?)

Xbox 360 launch lineup:

Kameo: Elements of Power
Perfect Dark Zero
Project Gotham Racing 3
Call of Duty 2
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Peter Jackson' s King Kong
Madden NFL 06
GUN
Condemned
NBA 2K6
Ridge Racer 6
Tony Hawks American Wasteland
Quake 4
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 06
Amped 3
FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup
NHL 2K6
NBA Live 06


Playstation 3 launch lineup:

Call of Duty 3
Fight Night: Round 3
Genji: Days of the Blade
Madden NFL 07
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire
NBA 07
NBA 2K7
NHL 2K7
Need for Speed: Carbon
Resistance: Fall of Man
Ridge Racer 7
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007
Tony Hawk' s Project 8
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom


Both consoles recieved versions of these game at launch:

Call of Duty
Madden
NBA 2K
NHL 2K
Need for Speed
Ridge Racer
Tiger Woods
Tony Hawks


Xbox 360 exclusives launch titles:

Kameo: Elements of Power
Perfect Dark Zero
Project Gotham Racing 3
Amped 3


Playstation 3 exclusive launch titles:

Genji: Days of the Blade
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire
Resistance: Fall of Man
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom


I didn' t include RR in either list because RR7 is just a re-hashed RR6.


Xbox 360 games available now:

Amped 3
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
Blitz: The League
Bomberman: Act Zero
Burnout Revenge
Call of Duty 2
Call of Duty 3
Chromehounds
College Hoops 2K6
College Hoops 2K7
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Dead or Alive 4
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2
Dead Rising
Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Enchanted Arms
Eragon
F.E.A.R.
Far Cry Instincts Predator
FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup
FIFA 07
Fight Night Round 3
Final Fantasy XI
Full Auto
Gears of War
The Godfather
Hitman: Blood Money
Import Tuner Challenge
Just Cause
Kameo: Elements of Power
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II
Madden NFL 06
Madden NFL 07
Madden NFL 07: Hall of Fame Edition
Major League Baseball 2K6
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Moto GP 2006
N3: Ninety-Nine Nights
NBA 2K6
NBA 2K7
NBA Live 06
NBA Live 07
NCAA Football 07
Need for Speed Carbon
Need for Speed Most Wanted
NHL 07
NHL 2K6
NHL 2K7
Outfit
Over G Fighters
Perfect Dark Zero
Peter Jackson' s King Kong
Phantasy Star Universe
Prey
Pro Evolution Soccer 6
Project Gotham Racing 3
QUAKE 4
Ridge Racer 6
Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis
Rumble Roses XX
Saints Row
Samurai Warriors 2
Sonic the Hedgehog
Superman Returns: The Videogame
Test Drive Unlimited
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
Tom Clancy' s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
Tom Clancy' s Rainbow Six: Vegas
Tom Clancy' s Splinter Cell Double Agent
Tomb Raider: Legend
Tony Hawk' s American Wasteland
Tony Hawk' s Project 8
Top Spin 2
Viva Pinata
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007
X-Men: The Official Game


Playstation 3 games available now:

Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
Call of Duty 3
Fight Night Round 3
Full Auto 2: Battlelines
Genji: Days of the Blade
Madden NFL 07
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire
NBA ' 07
NBA 2K7
Need for Speed Carbon
NHL 2K7
Resistance: Fall of Man
Ridge Racer 7
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
Tony Hawk' s Project 8
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom



March is the next big month for games. It also happens to be the penned European PS3 launch month and the month 360 gets it' s next wave of big games. It' ll be interesting to see what PS3 games make the EU launch, ...Heavenly Sword would be nice and Japan is due to get Virtua Fighter 5 and so i' ll be able to import it as PS3 is region free!

But meh, Wii > all!!!

You' re a diamond mate, you' re a diamond!!

I' d pick big size over noisy console any day of the week.

But those launch titles wont matter to me when the ps3 hits Europe, by then we will have Motorstorm, Hopefully Heavenly Sword [which I dont see making the march date, Lair will be delayed.] and a bunch of multiplatform games to choose from.

Foremostly, R: FoM is a big disappointment to me

My major complaint about R:FoM is that bullets seem to be moving in slow motion. I can forgive any graphical flaws to a degree (hell I still enjoy a good game of Quake 3 or even Quake 2 for that matter), but it has to " feel" right.

It' s not just Resistance either, CoD3 on PS3 compared to CoD3 on 360 still has
washed out colours..

there were comparison shots posted at one point (showed the 360 and you scroll over to see the PS3, it was linked to in a thread Quez posted) amd the PS3 version of CoD3' s smoke looked lame and the sky had a white fog to it. But in all the games they had, the PS3 versions looked as if they were sprayed with a thin coat of white film or something, because all the games are lighter.

And speaking of the PS3, anyone know of any updates on UT2007?

I don' t think the large size matters, games are really what I care about and until MGS4 comes out...I don' t think I will be looking into getting a PS3.

Kikizo

Curiously, there is no soft reset button like there is on PS2, which means we have not yet found a comfortable way of changing from one game to another. Press eject, and like a PS2 game, the game continues playing. On a PS2, you could insert a new game and then press reset to boot it, but with no soft reset on PS3 we weren' t sure what to do other than hard power down, then power back on. On the debug, there' s no Xbox 360-style ' Guide' easy access via this controller' s central PlayStation button on the controller either, so no option to change game there. Write us if you know what we' re missing?

...didn' t you knuckle-heads consider a soft reset via the Controller, PS2 style?.... ...you know, hold down L1+L2+R1+R2+Select+Start....



....i' ve never tired it myself (due to being typically too broke to afford one), but i bet you a 41" 1080p LCD that it works....

L1+L2+R1+R2+Select+Start....

Hell I didn' t even know that..

...guess that makes you a knuckle-head too...

I have one, every game on it is shit right now, but you can say the same for xbox360 which has been out for over year and has about 2 good games, come the 2007 hollidays though PS3 will tear xbox360' s ass apart.

you got one Evil man? thats cool, How come we are only finding out now?

anyways, what do you think of the machine itself, and how did you manage to pick up a unit?

come the 2007 hollidays though PS3 will tear xbox360' s ass apart.

Akira' s Gona Stun-palm 360' s noisy ass back into last place.

[Update] Sony says that if you hold down the PS button for about four seconds during a game, you get a screen with options to quit and return to the main screen where switching games is easy; along with options to assign which controler is player one, player two and so on, turn off controller, or turn off the system. Incidentally, the controller can also power the system up in the same way too, so like Xbox 360, everything is super-easy.

This was posted into the article the next day...

ORIGINAL: Silentbomber

you got one Evil man? thats cool, How come we are only finding out now?

anyways, what do you think of the machine itself, and how did you manage to pick up a unit?

I pre-ordered it at EB, I' ve mentioned I have one since the day it came out.

Resistance its an awesome game, really 9.4 out of 10 in my book, awesome plot, the coolest weapons ever, awesome physics, incredible online game, the voice acting its just first quality, everything runs super smooth even tho resistance has the most intense frames in videogame history, very intuitive controlers, 40 player multiplayer free of charge, Chimera/Human gameplay, awesome boss fights, great enemy AI, awesome co-op, huge maps 17 Gb of game, i dont know, it just feels good to play a 17 gb game on blu-ray.

the only bad parts its that even tho the music its great there are very few tracks, the brits are sometimes annoying, the enemys look alike, all but the leapers, the stalker and few others, no online co-op.

To me, Resistance its a great game, even tho GoW looks better, to me overall Resistance its a better game than Gears of War, and its like 5 times the game PDZ was, i cant remember how PDZ looked since i just got half way trough the game and sold it, but Resistance its alot better, PDZ was just lame, how can u even compare them, rith, u havent even played resistance.

haa and BTW,


Xbox 360 games available now:

Amped 3 -----> just WTF its that???
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat -----> this game its a fucking joke
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
Blitz: The League -----> Sport
Bomberman: Act Zero -----> this game its a fucking joke
Burnout Revenge
Call of Duty 2
Call of Duty 3
Chromehounds -----> this game its a fucking joke
College Hoops 2K6 -----> college football???
College Hoops 2K7 -----> college football???
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Dead or Alive 4 -----> how can anybody play that when theres VF and Tekken
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 -----> this game its a fucking joke
Dead Rising
Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires -----> this game its a fucking joke
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Enchanted Arms -----> this game its a fucking joke
Eragon -----> this game its a fucking joke
F.E.A.R.
Far Cry Instincts Predator
FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup -----> PS2/XBOX versions where better
FIFA 07
Fight Night Round 3
Final Fantasy XI -----> this game its a fucking joke
Full Auto -----> this game its a fucking joke
Gears of War
The Godfather -----> this game its a fucking joke
Hitman: Blood Money
Import Tuner Challenge -----> just WTF its that???
Just Cause -----> this game its a fucking joke
Kameo: Elements of Power -----> not horrible but far from good
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II
Madden NFL 06 -----> PS2/XBOX versions where better
Madden NFL 07 -----> sports
Madden NFL 07: Hall of Fame Edition
Major League Baseball 2K6
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Moto GP 2006
N3: Ninety-Nine Nights -----> this game its a fucking joke
NBA 2K6 -----> PS2/XBOX versions where better
NBA 2K7 -----> sports
NBA Live 06 -----> sports
NBA Live 07 -----> sports
NCAA Football 07 -----> now thats just phatetic
Need for Speed Carbon
Need for Speed Most Wanted
NHL 07 -----> sport
NHL 2K6 -----> sport
NHL 2K7 -----> sport
Outfit -----> just WTF its that???
Over G Fighters -----> just WTF its that???
Perfect Dark Zero -----> this game its a fucking joke
Peter Jackson' s King Kong -----> this game its a fucking joke
Phantasy Star Universe -----> this game its a fucking joke
Prey -----> this game its a fucking joke
Pro Evolution Soccer 6
Project Gotham Racing 3
QUAKE 4 -----> this game its a fucking joke
Ridge Racer 6 -----> this game its a fucking joke
Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis -----> this game its a fucking joke
Rumble Roses XX -----> this game its a fucking joke
Saints Row
Samurai Warriors 2 -----> this game its a fucking joke
Sonic the Hedgehog -----> this game its a fucking joke
Superman Returns: The Videogame -----> this game its a fucking joke
Test Drive Unlimited -----> this game its a fucking joke
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 -----> golf??? are u fucking serious???
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 -----> golf??? are u fucking serious???
Tom Clancy' s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter----> good, but multiplatform
Tom Clancy' s Rainbow Six: Vegas ----> good, but multiplatform
Tom Clancy' s Splinter Cell Double Agent ----> good, but multiplatform
Tomb Raider: Legend
Tony Hawk' s American Wasteland ----> sport... whait, its this even a sport???
Tony Hawk' s Project 8 ----> sport... whait, its this even a sport???
Top Spin 2
Viva Pinata
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007
X-Men: The Official Game -----> even the movie suck.

Heavenly Sword would be nice and Japan is due to get Virtua Fighter 5 and so i' ll be able to import it as PS3 is region free!

U are not going to use the blu ray drive for movies.????? i just bougth x-men II and even tho the movie sucks i have to say it looks just awesome, cant whait until casino royale comes out in blu-ray.

Mr Sony' s wind-up cum dumpster toy soldier, do you get comissions on every sony product sold?

And you chose to bash Kameo over Tomb Raider? WTF is wrong with you head? Is Ken' s penis really much bigger than we though, and he managed to addle your brain with it?