X360 may have less exclusives but their games has better multiplayer experience

XBox 360 a.k.a Microsoft at the moment have no exclusives for their console for 2011. They will soon have Gears of war 3, Forza 4 and Halo Anniversary Edition. PS3 has many exclusives out this year. I have played LBP2, Socom 4, Killzone 3 so far this year. I played LBP2, completed the single player and did try out some of the user created levels. After I beat the campaign of little big planet, it didnt last long for me. Killzone 3 had a good campaign which I completed and then I tried out the multiplayer. I played it for 2-3 weeks till it got boring. I also bought Socom 4, I beat the campaign which was horrible and also after Sony got PSN back up, I tried out their online which was also terrible. I have played the Resistance 3 beta which I didnt too like. I think that game will shine for singleplayer just like other PS3 exclusives. Now, I did not pick up Infamous 2. I know that game has a very good single player and has no multiplayer. I played the Uncharted 3 beta which I did think it was OK but I also think that game will shine for single player purposes. The xbox 360 on the other hand has OK Single player games, I think Alan Wake was the best xbox 360 exclusive for single player. This year, already. I have played the gears of war 3 beta and I loved it. I played it all the time for month till it ended. Gears of war 3's prequel which is gears of war that came out few years ago. I still play it and I still love it. Halo 1 IMO hands down is the best multiplayer game of all time. Nothing has still beat it. Now, yes there is Halo reach and Halo 3. After 4 years, I still love to play Halo 3. Having the best multiplayer game of all time being remaked is awesome. Also, I do own forza. I only have forza 3 though. All I can say, the game is fun as hell. Season Play is really good, earning money and try to earn different cars is awesome. Also multiplayer shines for forza too. Auction house was really useful if you wanted to get rid of your cars. Also, Tag virus, Cat and mouse games were fun as hell, I do still play it but the last time I played forza was approximately a month ago. I will now state my opinions. For the games that are not out yet, I will state my opinions on their prequel.

PS3

Infamous 2, Very Good singleplayer, No MP

Little Big Planet 2, OK Singleplayer and Good User created contents.

Killzone 3, Excellent Campaign, OK MP

Socom 4, Mediocre Campaign, Terrible MP

Resistance 3 Beta, Mediocre MP

Resistance 2, Excellent Singleplayer

Uncharted 3 Beta, Good MP

Uncharted 2, Brilliant Singleplayer!!!

X360

Forza 4, (cant comment)Looks very good though

Forza 3, Very Good Season Play, Addicting, Very Good Multiplayer (Auctioning your cars, game modes like Tag virus)

Gears of war 3 Beta, Excellent MP

Gears of war 2, Good MP

Halo Anniversary Edition, (cant comment)Looks excellent with switching graphics engine element

Halo 1, BEST MP!!!!! Mediocre campaign

Halo 3, Bad campaign, Excellent MP

Now, this is not a joke thread like the last one but I will make a state so sum up everything here.

Statement

"Xbox 360 this year has 3 exclusives coming out where as PS3 has handful already out and more to come. If you are looking for a good multiplayer game and something that will last long then go for the Xbox 360 Exclusives. If you want a good Campaign with good story, long, never gets bored, good gameplay then go for the PS3 exclusives"

Now Do you agree with my statement? I will put out a poll so you can vote.

Did you just praise Gears for having good mp? :lol:

Did you just praise Gears for having good mp? :lol:

lucky_star

gears 3 like it or not is extremely well made.

They learned dedi's are a step forward which is a good thing and it was pretty visceral.

oh btw tc the multiplat diffrences 99% of the time nowadays is pretty much negligable.

Well yes I was, it was a 'joke' thread I made. I made some silly points that didnt make sense because it was a joke. But yeah, I think BF3 will be better than MW3. Stay on topic please.

Are you the guy who keeps on downplaying BF3?ocstew

You got it!

I can easily find both on both of the consoles

You forgot some very important MP games on PS3 (i.e. MAG, Demons Souls).

Overall though except the brilliant Demons Souls I dont play MP on consoles - all I need is Starcraft 2 and Team Fortress 2 in MP department.

Nice blog entry TC.

Halo 1, BEST MP!!!!! Mediocre campaign

shahilsyed

I do not agree with that statement.

-You forgot Warhawk which was an early PS3 shooter, and Starhawk is coming up (should include that since you include unreleased 360 games).
-You forgot MAG for PS3 which has good/solid multiplayer (albeit this one is "online only", it's solid with the novelty of 256 players, negatives are fewer maps, and graphics slightly below the likes of Call of Duty - which is not a good thing...).
-Also a correction: SOCOM 4 has terrific multiplayer and outstanding servers, certain people just hate it because it plays more like CoD than the old SOCOM's, but its 16 vs 16 with very little lag and hit detection is solid. There's nothing "terrible" about it, SOCOM: Confrontation on the other hand was botched horribly...

The only thing striking about your list is really there aren't that many great online exclusives on either platform. If anything PS3 has a few more quality ones, whereas 360 has easily the BIGGEST one (Halo). Who has the "best" is arguable. You also forgot a few other "non-shooters" like Motorstorm series (3 PS3 games), Project Gotham Racing (2 360 games), DC Universe Online, etc. The thing with the Sony exclusives though is that they are pretty much lag free, compared to 3rd party games and games that use peer-to-peer hosting and have more issues with "host migrations" and lag.

Its all left up to the eye of the beholder, like most things in system wars... Personally I think AC brotherhood is the best MP this generation, but again, different strokes.

Its all opinion from there really. The PS3 doesnt have a MP as huge as Halo, but the TPS(UC3 and GeOW3) kings are both awesome in content.

I would say 360 has the best multiplayer experience (out of all platforms, even PC) for certain types of games.

This is a function of matchmaking, party chat, and strict banning of cheaters.

Also a function of the games, such as Halo which is basically tailor made for console MP.

Basically for multiplatform games, 360 is my preferred platform to play online.

That goes for CoD, Left4Dead, Borderlands and such.

It feels great to be in a party chatting with your friends, and play co-op or online MP vs others.

PS3 however is no slouch when it comes to MP on its exclusives.

For example KZ, UC, Resistance, Warhawk, MAG, all of these games run on dedicated servers with voice support, and they are BUTTER SMOOTH, even better than the MP of games on 360.

Basically what I'm saying is :

PS3 exclusives > 360 exlusives > 360 multiplats > PS3 multiplats (talking multi-player and co-op aspects ONLY)

Playing multiplats online on a PS3 is hit or miss.

Sometimes good experiences, sometimes bad, for me mostly bad.

Only Game I see a difference is Black Ops...its horrible MP on PS3 and anyone who argues DEF has not played both...I dont have any problems with the exclusives on ps3 you speak of though...

I dun really understand TC with his random examples !!!

I would say 360 has the best multiplayer experience (out of all platforms, even PC) for certain types of games.

ZombieKiller7

Somehow playing with "30fps, controller, and no dedicated servers" is better than "60fps, k/m, dedicated servers"?:?

not to mention all the whiny kiddy voices talking "gangsta" on xbox live...

Just that you guys know, this thread is about only in 2011, not in whole. Thats why I didnt include alan wake and such because its not out this year.

First of all, paragraphs are your friends (not saying that to be a jerk, it just makes it alot easier to read).

And second, not having to pay to play online trumps the 360's multiplayer experience every time.

Finally, my two cents: I never play online with consoles anyway (whenever I do, it's on the PC), so the exclusives are a ver big deal to me.

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I would say 360 has the best multiplayer experience (out of all platforms, even PC) for certain types of games.

MK-Professor

Somehow playing with "30fps, controller, and no dedicated servers" is better than "60fps, k/m, dedicated servers"?:?

not to mention all the whiny kiddy voices talking "gangsta" on xbox live...

Better than having to kick cheaters every 5 minutes, having the server admin with a God complex calling people the N word, hardware/ping inequality, having to run Punkbuster spyware on my PC, people running on low settings to remove grass, wallhacks, lag switchers.

On console everyone is on an even keel, using the same hardware, roughly the same ping, fewer cheaters, and using the same controller.

Furthermore many (on PS3, most) games have dedicated server, some run at 60fps (without owning a $350 graphics card) and party chat eliminates the sqeaky voice "gangsta" (along with shooting him repeatedly of course.)

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[QUOTE="ZombieKiller7"]

I would say 360 has the best multiplayer experience (out of all platforms, even PC) for certain types of games.

ZombieKiller7

Somehow playing with "30fps, controller, and no dedicated servers" is better than "60fps, k/m, dedicated servers"?:?

not to mention all the whiny kiddy voices talking "gangsta" on xbox live...

Better than having to kick cheaters every 5 minutes, having the server admin with a God complex calling people the N word, hardware/ping inequality, having to run Punkbuster spyware on my PC, people running on low settings to remove grass, wallhacks, lag switchers.

On console everyone is on an even keel, using the same hardware, roughly the same ping, fewer cheaters, and using the same controller.

Furthermore many (on PS3, most) games have dedicated server, some run at 60fps (without owning a $350 graphics card) and party chat eliminates the sqeaky voice "gangsta" (along with shooting him repeatedly of course.)

cheaters are extremity rarer, and rest things you said are simply not true. i mean "server admin calling people the N word" lol "Punkbuster spyware":lol:

also do you known that the overwhelming majority of the console games play with 25-30fps, and don't have dedicated servers.

and on pc everyone is on an even keel if play with 60fps, good enough mouse. and if you don't have this, then you are worthy of your fate.

multiplayer on pc is just far better experience, i mean you cannot even argue about this, 60fps, k/m, larger FOV, dedicated servers, less ping, more mature players, and sometimes more players etc

btw when you owning a $350 graphics card you have the opportunity to play a game like this "1920x1200, 4xAA, 16xAF, high setting, 60fps etc" instead of "1280x720, 0-2AA, 0xAF, medium settings, 30fps, etc" big difference

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[QUOTE="ZombieKiller7"]

I would say 360 has the best multiplayer experience (out of all platforms, even PC) for certain types of games.

ZombieKiller7

Somehow playing with "30fps, controller, and no dedicated servers" is better than "60fps, k/m, dedicated servers"?:?

not to mention all the whiny kiddy voices talking "gangsta" on xbox live...

Better than having to kick cheaters every 5 minutes, having the server admin with a God complex calling people the N word, hardware/ping inequality, having to run Punkbuster spyware on my PC, people running on low settings to remove grass, wallhacks, lag switchers.

On console everyone is on an even keel, using the same hardware, roughly the same ping, fewer cheaters, and using the same controller.

Furthermore many (on PS3, most) games have dedicated server, some run at 60fps (without owning a $350 graphics card) and party chat eliminates the sqeaky voice "gangsta" (along with shooting him repeatedly of course.)

That may have been true at the beginning of this gen, however Sony games seem to moving AWAY from dedicated servers KZ3, UC3, R3 all say HI.

I would say 360 has the best multiplayer experience (out of all platforms, even PC)

ZombieKiller7

Good one,I lol´d.

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Halo 1, BEST MP!!!!! Mediocre campaign

IndianaPwns39

I do not agree with that statement.

I would say 360 has the best multiplayer experience (out of all platforms, even PC) for certain types of games.

This is a function of matchmaking, party chat, and strict banning of cheaters.

Also a function of the games, such as Halo which is basically tailor made for console MP.

Basically for multiplatform games, 360 is my preferred platform to play online.

That goes for CoD, Left4Dead, Borderlands and such.

It feels great to be in a party chatting with your friends, and play co-op or online MP vs others.

PS3 however is no slouch when it comes to MP on its exclusives.

For example KZ, UC, Resistance, Warhawk, MAG, all of these games run on dedicated servers with voice support, and they are BUTTER SMOOTH, even better than the MP of games on 360.

Basically what I'm saying is :

PS3 exclusives > 360 exlusives > 360 multiplats > PS3 multiplats (talking multi-player and co-op aspects ONLY)

Playing multiplats online on a PS3 is hit or miss.

Sometimes good experiences, sometimes bad, for me mostly bad.

ZombieKiller7

I stopped reading.

I don't really think so. Some of my personal favorite multiplayer experiences are only on the 360, but that's completely a matter of personal preference.