I am pretty sure that XBox Live allows cross-voice chat between people playing different games. In my experience, I was not able to voice chat with anyone outside my game. I tried to start up a voice chat, but I could only get text chat.
Truer words have never been spoken. Weird someone should bring up Great Gatsby though. I just was thinking about it when I was debating Old Wealth vs. New Wealth with somebody on this forum like 5 minutes ago. hamstergeddon
Thanks for the reply, kind sir! :) Yup... It definitely had a lasting impression on me. For once, I actually didn't mind doing homework.
"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. 'Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,' he told me, 'just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.'" --Nick Carraway (The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald) I hear a lot of people criticizing others without fully knowing their past experiences. Grammar seems to be a big one on the Internet. Many people here are criticized for having terrible grammar, but maybe it is a second language to them. I'd like to see some of you guys live in a completely different country with different customs, beliefs, and languages. Or maybe they are slightly retarded and were born with a much lower IQ than you. Who you are to judge someone who had no control over what they would come to be. Most people wouldn't slam someone for being born black, so I don't see the difference. All I am saying is that next time you judge someone, make sure you have a good background on who they actually are. It may turn out that under their particular circumstances, they are more impressive than you.
I have had so many problems with my iPods that should just not happen. The customer service is terrible. They mostly just to tell me to check one thing, then they go, "Uhh... it's broken. If it's under warranty, you can replace it for free." They don't know what they are doing, and I have had a massively frustrating times with their products. I also hate Macs. They are counterintuitive. I just hate how some of the controls for it work. Also, one time a Mac randomly shut down on me for no reason, and I could not save my document. It was a school paper. I would say, "The school probably screwed it up," but given Apple's past history, I am not sure if that is true.
[QUOTE="Darberio"]They aren't monumental differences, but they enough to justify a preference.Silverbond
Nothing's wrong with having a preference; I prefer trophies. But, that doesn't mean Achievements are worse than Trophies. They are are. after all, the same thing.
Alrighty, then. I can see what you are saying somewhat. There are slight differences, but not enough to justify a huge leap over the other console. Just like with my iPod I mentioned earlier. I wanted a blue iPod. If available, I would have picked it up over the silver ones, the pinks ones, and the red ones. If it wasn't there, I would not go out of my way to go to another store and find it. I don't think it was worth it. However, since all the colors were there, and I had the option to choose any one of them, I chose the blue one. Also, I personally like trophies more because some of the reasons already listed. However, I can understand why one would choose Achievements over trophies.
They're the same thing: A waste of time to make geeks feel like they accomplished something meaningful. Now if these trophies and points could be cashed in to buy other games, then we'd have something here.
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Quit the generalizations. It gives me to something to strive for after I am done with the game. I had fun gaining these trophies, so why should I have you judge me? Games are about fun, and for some, achievements and trophies add more fun to the game. If it doesn't for you, that is perfectly fine. But you can at least accept and understand why they are there in the first place.
They. Are. The. Same. Thing. Anyone who thinks one is better than the other is..... wrong.
No, you're wrong. Look at my other post to see how wrong you are. You are very wrong.
Nah. I'm right. Trophies= achievements.
1. Not all PS3 games have trophies. 2. Achievements are more detailed with their points, for better or worse. Maybe some people think the superfluous high numbers are unnecesarry and they prefer the more streamlined trophies, which are separated into four categories. 3. Platinum trophies indicate how many games a user has completed 100 percent. 4. Trophies aren't jumbled together like Achievements, so you can see just how many of the harder challenges were completed because of the bronze, silver, and gold rankings. They aren't monumental differences, but they enough to justify a preference. You are just quick to label someone as a "fanboy" because of your massive superiority complex. Go ahead and argue that these "things are pointless," but then you'll just come off as ignorant. I'll be waiting for your response. Edit: Some of the stuff stated in here aren't necesarrily directed at you; I just copied and pasted my previous post.
[QUOTE="jalexbrown"][QUOTE="Darberio"] So you can't come up with anything to respond? I gave you valid points, and now you know you're in the wrong. Admit it, move on, and apologize for having a massively inflated ego. I hope this takes you down a few notches.Darberio
1. All PS3 games since the start of 2009 have trophies. Unless you're a trophy hunter who wants to have 100% on every game, this is irrelevant since January 1, 2009. 2. In multiplats - aka: most games - a list of trophies versus a list of achievements will look identical. It just ends up being that a certain range of achievement points equates to a certain level of trophy. 3. Having x/x points indicates the same thing, no? 4. I agree that it would be nice if the 360 sorted the list of achievements by the amount of points each is worth, but that's merely an operating system issue...not a flaw of achievements. 1. And what if they are massive trophy hunters? There are some great titles like Valkyria Chronicles that do not have trophies. This isn't invalid at all, especially since the PS3 has been allowed to not have trophies longer than it has. Not having trophies in a game can be off-putting to some gamers, so maybe you should respect their preferences. 2. Not sure how this disputes what I said. Trophies are separated into different rankings, while the Achievements are all jumbled together. 3. You're right; it does. But you'd have to sift through a few menus to find this out first. Looking at someones' trophy list instantly tells you this. 4. It's much easier to see if a player went for higher ranking trophies or lower ranking trophies. It tells you if the person has gone through more rigorious challenges. The achievements are jumbled together, so you do not instantly know. Even one of these points would be valid enough. The very fact that not all PS3 games have trophies completely eliminates the "they are the same" argument. There's still a hefty amount of PS3 games without trophies. Hey, jalexbrown, you never responded to me being right. How about you just admit your faults and apologize for labeling a group of people as fanboys when they actually have more justified reasons than you. Go on. You have no right to label me and many others as fanboys just because we have an opinion that we can defend.
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