This discussion reminds me a lot of myelf when maybe six years ago I bought Weezer's Green album and Tool's Lateralus that coincidently both came out on the same day, and both of which I was highly anticipating. From the onset, I was immediately drawn to Weezer's album because it was catchier, lighter, and easier to "get into." However, after the initial novely wore off of the weezer album after a few weeks I realized that although Lateralus wasn't as easy to just pick up and listen to as Weezer initially was, the lasting impact and overall quality of Tool's album was drastically better. Lateralus was an epic sit-down-and-appreciate musical journey that required time and appreciation, and Weezer was cheap popcorn pop.
I feel thats exactly the way Bioshock and Warhawk can be differentiated as (they are really two different genres too, just as Tool and Weezer are). Bioshock will go down as an epic game that will sit high in the eyes of people's memories as a genuine classic for this generation, while although Warhawk may be very fun in its wn right, won't garner that same sort of appreciation because unfortunately not enough is really there. However, with all respect to the PS3, if it doesn't start putting out credible games Warhawk may very well be known as a PS3 classic simply due to that which it is being judged along the likes of Lair and Motorstorm.
These games both just came out. I may be right, I may be wrong, but Bioshock just seems like one of those rare quality all-around meticulous effort games where talented developers gave their blood, sweat, and tears into making this game as good as they possibly could. Warhawk is fun now, but do you honestly think it will stand the test of time?
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