The Arcade Random Thoughts Thread

[Twigg4075]

Pretty much the latter part. I really don't care for the PS3 controller. Need a new 360 anyway because I'm beyond my warranty. Amazon same-day delivery comes Tuesday as does my new 360.

Wow.

I know with FPS's the 360 controller is much better than the PS3's. But I think it;s he complete opposite with third person games. I loved Shadows of the Damned but the whole time I played it I kept thinking how it would be better with a PS3 controller.

 

[SethMode]

Wow.

I know with FPS's the 360 controller is much better than the PS3's. But I think it;s he complete opposite with third person games. I loved Shadows of the Damned but the whole time I played it I kept thinking how it would be better with a PS3 controller.

Eh. I think that the PS3 DS3 is much more durable (as someone who dropped a 360 controller once and the A button stuck forever after that), but I fucking hate the analog sticks. I have NEVER liked the analogs on ANY Playstation console controllers though. The d-pads aren't even worth comparing (360 is absolute shit), but I practically never use that now (and if I want/need to I use my fight pad).

I'm also not sure what, if any, difference there is between the camera controls for FPS and TPS.

 

[IamMedellin]

DEVIL MAY CRY HD COLLECTION ANNOUNCED

HD Collections are becoming all the rage this generation, and Capcom has apparently been listening to fans clamoring for some old-school Devil May Cry action. Today, the publisher announced the Devil May Cry HD Collection, which will come to both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The Devil May Cry HD Collection will include the original Devil May Cry, as well as Devil May Cry 2 and Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening. It's due out in early 2012, will cost $39.99, and come included with Trophies on PS3 and Achievements on Xbox 360.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/120/1200640p1.html

Mixed feelings on this one, on one hand it's Devil May Cry, probably my favorite series of the last generation in HD wih cheevos and trophys...

and on the other hand, It's capcom....quick cash-in Capcom....with the Sony HD remakes, the studios actually go back and fine tune the game's visuals for HD[ see GOW, ico/SOTC] where as capcom did a simple upconversion to HD with the Resident Evil re-releases that made a large part of the games look like shit in HD with muddied textures, left cut scenes in their standard compressed SD format, and did nothing to improve the sound quality...

Gonna wait n see on this one...

 

[IamMedellin]

and now my 360 wireless is acting up

God Damn you Microsoft

 

[Swarley]

Report: Sony First-Party PS4 Games Starting & Next Xbox In 2013

Both Microsoft and Sony still believe that their respective consoles have plenty of life left in them, but that doesn't mean they aren't actively planning for the future.

Develop has a report from a source that says that work on "several" PS4 projects has begun at unspecified Sony first-party studios. These aren't games yet, per se, because their concepts haven't been green-lit for full production. Particularly because the PS4's tech specs, etc. haven't been decided yet.

Develop has also heard from various sources that Microsoft plans to bring out the Xbox 360's successor, the so-called Xbox Next, in late 2013. The system would be fully debuted at the E3 convention that same year.

From everything we've heard on our end, these timetables seem very reasonable.

 

[Sharkweather]

Xbox Next?

Sign me up for Sony once again.

 

[SethMode]

Xbox Next?

Sign me up for Sony once again.

Would you seriously base a purchase of a console on its name?

 

[Sharkweather]

Would you seriously base a purchase of a console on its name?

I had a PS2 before an Xbox, a PS3 before a 360. So nothing changing really, but the name certainly doesn't help.

 

[SethMode]

I had a PS2 before an Xbox, a PS3 before a 360. So nothing changing really, but the name certainly doesn't help.

:noidea: That's fine, it is just is beyond silly to me that the name would even play a factor in any way, shape, or form for someone.

(Also, if anything Xbox 360 is by far the poorer of the two names. It is nonsensical. It is basically claiming that it is an Xbox.)

 

[StealthShot]

Aliens: Infestation is a DS game that cam out last tuesday trying to find it new and cheap on ebay. Love the old Alien games especially on the PS1.

 

[JayDizzle]

Aliens: Infestation is a DS game that cam out last tuesday trying to find it new and cheap on ebay. Love the old Alien games especially on the PS1.

Heard a rumor that it was Metroid + Aliens the movie... worth a look IMO.

 

[padman59]

Heard a rumor that it was Metroid + Aliens the movie... worth a look IMO.

Pretty much. Giantbomb did a Quick Look if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Twigg4075]

That sounds really cool. But why only DS? That sounds like a great idea for a downloadable game.

I know there wasn't any hype on these boards surrounding it but apparently that Xmen game that came out a few weeks ago is HORRIBLE. Typical Activision trying to make a quick buck apparently.

 

[JayDizzle]

That sounds really cool. But why only DS? That sounds like a great idea for a downloadable game.

I know there wasn't any hype on these boards surrounding it but apparently that Xmen game that came out a few weeks ago is HORRIBLE. Typical Activision trying to make a quick buck apparently.

You got to play as one of 3 characters, each with good/evil story branches that allowed you to "choose" what you wanted to do.

In the end, it didn't matter because the story wasn't immersive enough to make you feel like what you did affected anything (other than trophy/cheevo counts).

Also, the combat was shit and I think the game dropped in price real quick after the first week.

 

[Twigg4075]

You got to play as one of 3 characters, each with good/evil story branches that allowed you to "choose" what you wanted to do.

In the end, it didn't matter because the story wasn't immersive enough to make you feel like what you did affected anything (other than trophy/cheevo counts).

Also, the combat was shit and I think the game dropped in price real quick after the first week.

Plus I heard the graphics are abysmal.

 

[IamMedellin]

the hiest is pretty chill

might buy it, co-op with jay was fun

fuk u twigg

 

[Twigg4075]

the hiest is pretty chill

might buy it, co-op with jay was fun

fuk u twigg

My bad.:crying:

I thought he said he was going to wait for Brnt? And I didn't see his text until an hour later when I was going to bed.

 

[Twigg4075]

Wow, is MS's customer service horrible. So I'm still having the disconnect issue with one of my Gears controllers. I have been tweeting @xboxsupport on Twitter and fater a few back and forths they tell me that they haven't heard of the issue (bullshit, just Google it) but that I should call the 1-800 number. Before doing that I try to just exchange the controller at Best Buy. They basically tell me that I need to return the entire console, which I've already done once and I'm not doing again. They also suggest calling MS directly.

So after talking to Ms. Bogdesh for about 20 minutes and explaining the same things over and over she tells me to send the controller in for replacement. "OK", I say, "so are you going to send me a shipping label?" She says they only send shipping labels for defective console and there is no way to print one for accessories. Fucking bullshit. So I ask to speak to a supervisor and this clown tells me there isn't anything that they can do and I have to spend MY MONEY, after already spending $400 on this console, to ship THEIR DEFECTIVE controller.

Stay classy M$.

 

[BrntO4Life]

My bad.:crying:

I thought he said he was going to wait for Brnt? And I didn't see his text until an hour later when I was going to bed.

I'm downloading that demo now.

Wow, is MS's customer service horrible. So I'm still having the disconnect issue with one of my Gears controllers. I have been tweeting @xboxsupport on Twitter and fater a few back and forths they tell me that they haven't heard of the issue (bullshit, just Google it) but that I should call the 1-800 number. Before doing that I try to just exchange the controller at Best Buy. They basically tell me that I need to return the entire console, which I've already done once and I'm not doing again. They also suggest calling MS directly.

So after talking to Ms. Bogdesh for about 20 minutes and explaining the same things over and over she tells me to send the controller in for replacement. "OK", I say, "so are you going to send me a shipping label?" She says they only send shipping labels for defective console and there is no way to print one for accessories. Fucking bullshit. So I ask to speak to a supervisor and this clown tells me there isn't anything that they can do and I have to spend MY MONEY, after already spending $400 on this console, to ship THEIR DEFECTIVE controller.

Stay classy M$.

That's what you get for buying one of those nerdy themed consoles.

 

[SethMode]

After that, my own issues with my TV and my health insurance recently, and my annual/semi annual battle with Comcast, I'm convinced that customer service in general for everything other than Amazon is absolute shit.