The DMC4 screenshot is NOT a downgrade, the first image is a promotional, pre-rendered CGI and was never taken from the game itself. Don't be so surprised, every single Japanese developer does it and I never believe any images they release unless it has a HUD.

Just look at the back of the box for any Final Fantasy title. Chances are it might be one gameplay image if you're lucky, mixed in with 4 captured stills from the CGI cutscenes. They've been doing it so long now I'm surprised people still fall for it.

I've never had a problem with discs being scratched. I used to have disc read errors quite frequently with certain games, particularly Tony Hawk Project 8 and Rainbow 6 Vegas, even though the discs weren't scratched. However, ever since I sent my 360 off for repairs after a RROD failure I've not had a single one. I'm sure they didn't replace the DVD drive (it wasn't mentioned on the repair receipt).

Best advice I can give is to NEVER move the 360 while it's running a game and just to be on the safe side, I always leave the disc tray empty if I intend to transport the 360 somewhere, just to stop the DVD being knocked around.

I wasn't a fan of JRPGs either, in fact Lost Odyssey is only the second one I've played after Golden Sun on the Gameboy Advance. I'm really enjoying it at the moment, just got onto the fourth disc after nearly 30 hours. It can be difficult sometimes though on the bosses and even the occasional random encounter, so you will need the patience to be able to die a few times before figuring out how to beat a section of the game. If you prefer being able to blast through everything without any hassle then don't bother.

I think in fact that not having previous experience with JRPGs works in your favour, since the vast majority of the criticism that Lost Odyssey received seemed to be centred around its lack of original game mechanics. Not that it has put off JRPG fans anyway, but if you haven't played many Final Fantasy games like me then you won't even notice.

I recommend you rent it like YEPEE00 suggested, then if you like the way the game plays buy it. It will last you 40 hours easily so it's well worth the price tag.

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Can you please!!! say why you didnt like it. You sound so dumb to me, just like your trying to get people to not buy it because you cant get it. Can you please just explain why you did not like it, what is so bad about it.

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I know what the guy is getting at. When I played Turok I got the exact same feeling as when I played Blacksite. There's nothing particularly bad about it, there's just nothing great about it either. Underwhelming in terms of gameplay, presentation and atmosphere.

Gears of War is an example of how you can take a standard, unexciting premise, make a few gameplay tweaks and turn it into a really exciting game. Turok fails on that level, and if you asked me why I can't give a definite answer, it's more a series of little niggles that you can't quite put your finger on.

My suggestions for improvement would be to change the way dinosaurs are presented. Make them a big deal. The demo consists mostly of just fighting wave after wave of raptors, and it quickly gets dull and repetative. This is not helped by the fact that the music is... hell I can't even remember if there was any music. The sounds are poor too. Generally speaking, the atmosphere of the game just isn't there. It currently feels like a bog-standard FPS but with dinosaurs.

You overshot your estimates by a huge amount. Remember that consoles generally have lower specs than high-end gaming PCs because their hardware is dedicated only to gaming while the PC hardware is not. Most PCs nowadays have 2gb of RAM in them and 4GB for the top-end spec, the 360 only has 512mb.

Even if the top computers have those kind of specs, the 360 would probably be half that. But given the technical restrictions we are currently facing, unless there is a major breakthrough in the next few years we will probably not see an increase in clock speeds, but a more effective kind of architecture like we're currently seeing in multi-core processors. It wouldn't surprise me if the next 360 had dual SLI video cards though, perhaps with 256mb each.

I personally didn't like the demo. The sounds were weak and the volume levels were funny (the ambient noise was almost as loud as my gunfire). The gameplay was dull, and they really should have made the dinosaurs something a bit special rather than throw 3 of them at you every 20 seconds and have them just run at you. Fighting a group of dinosaurs has no finesse to it; you just run around like nuts blasting the crap out of them. Sometimes they will pin you down and try to eat your face off, so you have to mash a button or wiggle one of the analogue sticks to break free (it appears to be randomised).

The graphics are nice but the physics engine suffers from the "UE3" bug where you can kick dead dinosaurs around like a football by running into them. All in all, I really can't see myself mustering the patience to finish the single player campaign, based on the demo.

I find flirting with real girls face-to-face far more satisfying. Body language is (in my opinion anyway) the most important part of flirting. You can also see what they actually look like, and they usually don't live hundreds of miles away, thus making them much more "available".

Yes, it's the best graphics I've seen yet in a racing sim. No, it's not the most visually impressive game I've ever seen, nor is it definitive proof that the PS3 can produce better visuals than the 360. In order to prove that, the game would have to be released on both platforms and a direct comparison made.

I think multiplats prove that the skill of the dev team counts for a LOT, perhaps even more than the power of the system itself. The team behind GT5 are very talented, but that doesn't mean they couldn't do exactly the same thing on the 360.

As for some of the other things I've read in this thread; try not to compare the latest games with ones that are 1 or even 2 years old. A brand new PS3 game being able to outdo a 1-2 year old PC/360 game isn't impressive at all. If it didn't, that would be a sad thing indeed.