Seeing if the grass was really greener...

So last Thursday, I invited a coworker over to have some wholesome good ol gaming and beer. He is a die-hard PS3 fanboy, while I practically break out in hives if I get too close to anything with Sony branded on it. But he and I had been debating which was best for a long time now, and we agreed to loan eachother the competing consoles. He got my Xbox 360 and Gears of War and Halo 3 (two games that pretty much define Xbox gaming) and in turn, he loaned me his PS3 with MGS4, Drakes Fortune, and Motorstorm plus a few Blu Rays.

Now personally I think it's an unfair judgment on my 360 for me, because I don't have a console with HDMI hooked up, like his PS3 was to my HDTV. But I must say, that PS3 graphics are amazing. Not better than 360's, because in my opinion it's the developer, not the platform that paints the masterpiece. I beat Drakes Fortune in about 8 hours time, and that game was pretty fun, in fact I'd rate it somewhere around a 7 out of 10 ( however, being as the entire game had NO load time and seemed like ONE giant level, I'm tempted to give it a 10) . Motorstorm was pretty nifty, but still hard to control and plagued with load times.

And now the review that I will either be hated on for or admired... MGS4! Now, at the time of me writing this, I am at the beginning of Act 2, but I don't think I will be able to finish the game any time soon due to having to fly out of state on Wednesday, which means my buddy and I are exchanging each other's consoles back. But MGS for is simply gorgeous. Pretty funny in parts, and literally makes me feel for the characters (as did MGS 1 and 2; 3 I never beat so I don't feel anything, too much grass :D j/k). There really should be MORE game directors like Hideo Kojima out there for Wii, 360, and PC alike. Though the complaints I have are probably the same others share on this game, I still feel need to mention them... That being said, it feels like I can't play 5 minutes without there being another cutscene, and long at that! And sometimes the loading can be annoying, especially when I first had to install the game to get to Act 2. But so far, that's my complaints. It seems everything I hated about MGS 1, 2, and 3 as far as a few mechanics go, everything seemed to be fixed to near perfection.

So there you have it, proof that an XBox "Only" gamer can enjoy both sides. But I do still have issues with the PS3 as a console. Such as you have to exit a game to stick another one in. And it also doesn't seem too simple to share music, pics, or movies to it from a pc. I am starting to let the XMB UI grow on me, but I refuse to enjoy the symphony that plays when you power on the console. Also, if you so much as smudge a disc before you load it in to this thing, it never loads. And in fact, it locked up 3 times on me because of this. And it feels like my friggin' wrists are going to break when I go to pack it up to give it back. Maybe I am just getting old ^_^.

So in closing, I do still plan on getting a PS3, but not for specific games anymore, but because I enjoyed it about as much as I enjoy my 360. Though as I see what I just wrote, I know I won't buy games that are multiplatform on PS3 over the 360, because I enjoy XBox Live so much. And for the record, my buddy who loaned me his PS3 loves my XBox 360 and had the feelings I had for his new appreciation.

Halo 3 haters obviously never played Rocket Race, or else they would see how much insane genius is in the bloody game. :)

experimenting with friends with an open mind needs to be done far more oftenSolidTy

I tried, and now she has a restraining order. :(

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]experimenting with friends with an open mind needs to be done far more oftenAlexSays

I tried, and now she has a restraining order. :(

:lol:

wonderful

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]experimenting with friends with an open mind needs to be done far more oftenAlexSays

I tried, and now she has a restraining order. :(

Heyo!

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]experimenting with friends with an open mind needs to be done far more oftenAlexSays

I tried, and now she has a restraining order. :(

I lol'd hard

Anyway, I can't really decide with is better, a Xbox 360 or PS3. Its the minor differences that define each one, and both seem good. But doing that kind of stuff is a good idea.

This would have made sense during the ps1/ps2 era..

But ps3 sucks, it isn't greener over there at all.MerisYaki

I see you have obviously played one :roll:

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]experimenting with friends with an open mind needs to be done far more oftenAlexSays

I tried, and now she has a restraining order. :(

This thread=Win

This would have made sense during the ps1/ps2 era..

But ps3 sucks, it isn't greener over there at all.MerisYaki

And so it begins:x

do you have to crap on anything thats even slightly puts the ps3 in good light, I hate it when a fanboy ruins a good thread.

TBH I usually play it before I diss it. But thats why I have both + a gaming pc :D

PS3 is fine but the magic wears off after mgs4, there is no game anywhere near as good as mgs4 for ps3 and it is starting to get on my nerves... 360 is a world better than PS3 at this moment in time.

Now you just need to get together with your friend and compare Wiis....

I know, I know..... a Wii joke. I am better than that. But I had to. You have to see it from my point of view.

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]experimenting with friends with an open mind needs to be done far more oftenAlexSays

I tried, and now she has a restraining order. :(

Its also how you can pick up a nasty drug habit.

Awesome thread,it looks like there is still hope for whole mankind lol :lol:

Basicaly,hating something and stereotyping is no good

If you played the other MGS games then trust me when I say the game is just heating up if you only just got to Act 2. Do yourself a favor and borrow that ps3 again to finish the game. Once you do come back and post an update on your experience with it.

Also I beleive the difference in the 2 consoles games are the quality or polish that goes into most ps3 games by its devs or atleast the big hitters over the 360's. I just didn't feel that gears was that polished, very fun to play but yet it was missing things that would just tidy the game up a bit.

But definitly do yourself a favor and finish up mgs4, especially if you played the others in the series, cause if your just getting to Act2 you really haven't seen nothing yet :)

same thing here, always been a Sony fan, never even considered buying another console... thats until i got a 360 and i admit it was a smart move... having both these consoles is great, both have much to offer and great exclusives...

Its normal to have preferences, PS3 for me is still the best console, but i really have a great time playing games on my 360 and Xbox live is a great online service...

Been a while since I posted anything. I truly appreciate the compliments for my "open-mindedness", you have no idea.

Only thing that pisses me off about the PS3 right now, is that I cannot finish MGS4 because my buddy's wifey got pissed that he let me borrow it for so long. I really had a limited time to play through MGS4 because no sooner that I got to and almost THROUGH act 4, I had to go to Oklahoma. See, my mom just passed away and I have had to take care of all the arrangements, and that is really hard on a already limited budget. So in time I truly hope to finish MGS4 (because I hate not finishing something I started) but I won't go far enough to say it's the "best" game I ever played. Personally, I wouldn't give it so much as a 9.5 on a 10 point scale, because the cutscense, though brilliant in detail, were far too frequent.

MGS4 is a great game, but personally I think Mr. Kojima-san should have decided whether or not to make a movie OR a game, because it is evident that he couldn't make up his mind :D . I still want a PS3 now, hopefully the christmas fairy (aka my wife) will drop one in my lap this holiday season. Mainly for the Blu-Ray functionality though. Again, as I said, I only had a few games to toy with, that being Motorstorm, MGS 4, and Uncharted.

So in closing, I will just say that until I can get a PS3, I still can't add much support towards my opinion of it, but it was MUCH quieter than my refurb 360. I still LOOOOOOVE my 360, my Wii is pretty Meh right now, and the DS is currently entertaining me :)

Maybe y'all should start a "buy this kid a PS3" fund and it would help! Though I would probably take the money and put it towards paying off my credit card ^_^

So last Thursday, I invited a coworker over to have some wholesome good ol gaming and beer. He is a die-hard PS3 fanboy, while I practically break out in hives if I get too close to anything with Sony branded on it. But he and I had been debating which was best for a long time now, and we agreed to loan eachother the competing consoles. He got my Xbox 360 and Gears of War and Halo 3 (two games that pretty much define Xbox gaming) and in turn, he loaned me his PS3 with MGS4, Drakes Fortune, and Motorstorm plus a few Blu Rays.

Now personally I think it's an unfair judgment on my 360 for me, because I don't have a console with HDMI hooked up, like his PS3 was to my HDTV. But I must say, that PS3 graphics are amazing. Not better than 360's, because in my opinion it's the developer, not the platform that paints the masterpiece. I beat Drakes Fortune in about 8 hours time, and that game was pretty fun, in fact I'd rate it somewhere around a 7 out of 10 ( however, being as the entire game had NO load time and seemed like ONE giant level, I'm tempted to give it a 10) . Motorstorm was pretty nifty, but still hard to control and plagued with load times.

And now the review that I will either be hated on for or admired... MGS4! Now, at the time of me writing this, I am at the beginning of Act 2, but I don't think I will be able to finish the game any time soon due to having to fly out of state on Wednesday, which means my buddy and I are exchanging each other's consoles back. But MGS for is simply gorgeous. Pretty funny in parts, and literally makes me feel for the characters (as did MGS 1 and 2; 3 I never beat so I don't feel anything, too much grass :D j/k). There really should be MORE game directors like Hideo Kojima out there for Wii, 360, and PC alike. Though the complaints I have are probably the same others share on this game, I still feel need to mention them... That being said, it feels like I can't play 5 minutes without there being another cutscene, and long at that! And sometimes the loading can be annoying, especially when I first had to install the game to get to Act 2. But so far, that's my complaints. It seems everything I hated about MGS 1, 2, and 3 as far as a few mechanics go, everything seemed to be fixed to near perfection.

So there you have it, proof that an XBox "Only" gamer can enjoy both sides. But I do still have issues with the PS3 as a console. Such as you have to exit a game to stick another one in. And it also doesn't seem too simple to share music, pics, or movies to it from a pc. I am starting to let the XMB UI grow on me, but I refuse to enjoy the symphony that plays when you power on the console. Also, if you so much as smudge a disc before you load it in to this thing, it never loads. And in fact, it locked up 3 times on me because of this. And it feels like my friggin' wrists are going to break when I go to pack it up to give it back. Maybe I am just getting old ^_^.

So in closing, I do still plan on getting a PS3, but not for specific games anymore, but because I enjoyed it about as much as I enjoy my 360. Though as I see what I just wrote, I know I won't buy games that are multiplatform on PS3 over the 360, because I enjoy XBox Live so much. And for the record, my buddy who loaned me his PS3 loves my XBox 360 and had the feelings I had for his new appreciation.

Halo 3 haters obviously never played Rocket Race, or else they would see how much insane genius is in the bloody game. :)

martyr2k6

And what did your Sony fanboy friend think of the 360 he borrowed from you?

i did that once with my friend (ow wait sorry about your mom good luck) with his xbox 1 and my ps 2. he let me borrow halo 2 and fable 1.

i love fable with the pashion but halo 2 did nothing for me of course i did not play on-line or co-op though.

he loved shadow of the collossiss.

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]experimenting with friends with an open mind needs to be done far more oftenAlexSays

I tried, and now she has a restraining order. :(

lol

If you played the other MGS games then trust me when I say the game is just heating up if you only just got to Act 2. Do yourself a favor and borrow that ps3 again to finish the game. Once you do come back and post an update on your experience with it.

Also I beleive the difference in the 2 consoles games are the quality or polish that goes into most ps3 games by its devs or atleast the big hitters over the 360's. I just didn't feel that gears was that polished, very fun to play but yet it was missing things that would just tidy the game up a bit.

But definitly do yourself a favor and finish up mgs4, especially if you played the others in the series, cause if your just getting to Act2 you really haven't seen nothing yet :)

GreyFoXX4

At the time of it's release, Gears was probably the most polished game of all the next gen consoles... What are you talking about?

And yeah, of course you can enjoy games on other consoles. I do. I'd buy a PS3, but I dont even have enough time or money to play all the games I want for the 360 and PC!!

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]experimenting with friends with an open mind needs to be done far more oftenAlexSays

I tried, and now she has a restraining order. :(

Baa daa bing!

My complaints about Halo 3 are mostly the campaign. The sound effects are bad, and the game never really picks up until you drive a vehicle, and then it kind of slows the pace too much when you leave a vehicle. The best designed level was the last one. The game seemed rushed and the open environments just weren't there in all honesty.Leejjohno

I wasn't aware this was a Halo 3 discussion thread :P