[QUOTE="Phantom_Menace"]

Honestly, I give the advantage to PSN.

While XBL does have more features and is organized better, actually having to pay to play online is a big strike against it. Yes, I know "its only $50 a year", but apparently some people don't understand the term "principle". When other people can do it for free, there's no excuse to have a fee for online gaming. And since Silver membership exists, it makes whatever "benefits" Gold members get moot.

Yes, Silver members can't play online, but they get pretty much everything else. So you're not getting much for that $50, no matter how small a fee it ends up being when looked at a certain way. But I don't look at how little its costing me over the period of time, but at how much I'm getting for the serice--which isn't much.

While the online gaming part doesn't matter to me, since I wouldn't really use it--if I wanted to play with friends I'd just have them over or go over to their place; I find the experience more enjoyable that way--its the principle of the thing.

dhjohns

So to sum up, due to principle you give the edge to PSN. :lol: OK, due to ease of use, the ability to chat anywhere (while doing anything), and not to mention cross-game invites, just to name a few, I will go with XBL.

So, you're essentially paying $50 a year to play games online and to use MSN messenger on Live. Great, you pay for two free services anywhere else.

While not organized nearly as well, PSN is easy enough to use. And with Live's apparent stagnation, I could see PSN eventually getting the services Live has, taking away what ever "advantage" it has.

[QUOTE="Phantom_Menace"]While Mass Effect had an interesting ending, I didn't think it was great... good, but not great. There was something about it that kind of underwhelmed me.her0_54

Like the fact that it was a cliff hanger that would force us to buy the sequels? I know it's a planned trilogy, but bioware could have spared us at least a few more details on... them.

No, it wasn't the cliffhanger. I knew it was going to be a cliffhanger. I like cliffhangers, especially if done well. The one in ME was alright.

It was more the lack of details and just the way it ended. Everything leading up to the end was great.

[QUOTE="jamesns"]

^

sorry you fail.

the FF series lives and still proves to own every rpg on the 360.

Jandurin

FFXIII has a LOT to prove.

Meh. Opinion.

My opinion:

FFX - great game

FFX-2 - sucked

FFXI - interesting looking MMO, but still and MMO

FFXII - not great, but good

I do agree that FFXIII has a lot to prove.

Though to the earleir comparision to ME. They're different styles of RPG, so difficult to compare and really just boils down to opinion and taste.

Honestly, I give the advantage to PSN.

While XBL does have more features and is organized better, actually having to pay to play online is a big strike against it. Yes, I know "its only $50 a year", but apparently some people don't understand the term "principle". When other people can do it for free, there's no excuse to have a fee for online gaming. And since Silver membership exists, it makes whatever "benefits" Gold members get moot.

Yes, Silver members can't play online, but they get pretty much everything else. So you're not getting much for that $50, no matter how small a fee it ends up being when looked at a certain way. But I don't look at how little its costing me over the period of time, but at how much I'm getting for the serice--which isn't much.

While the online gaming part doesn't matter to me, since I wouldn't really use it--if I wanted to play with friends I'd just have them over or go over to their place; I find the experience more enjoyable that way--its the principle of the thing.

In the 5th gen sony mainly won the console war fir including cds in their console and it could store more than double the cartiges which sega and nontendo used. CDs made it possible for epic, cinematic experiences like FFVII and MGS. Now will it happen in this gen, will games become so huge, it will not be able to fit in the DVDs and more third party support will go to the PS3, just like the 5th gen, where lack of space caused Square and other companies to go to sony's platform. Disscus.bigevil_rashek

Well, there was more of a difference between cartridges and CDs than there is between DVDs and Blu-ray. Also, cartridges costed more than the CDs.

If games do happen to large enough to make the extra space on a Blu-ray disc useful, then great, but I don't think that'll be a deciding factor in the console war. Companies can just use mulitple DVDs and get pretty much the same experience with the game, minus the fact we'd have to change discs at a point.

How old do you have to be to play a M rated game here in the UK its a 12+ rating!Duckyindiana

A M (Mature) rated game in the US is for 17 or 18+. So, here you technically can't buy the game unless you're 17.

After playing the game and getting the sex scene, I can honestly say that overall its probably comparable to a PG-13 movie. It might be the PG-13 that you're more likely to let a 15 year old to experience than a 13 year old, but it definitely isn't M worthy.

[QUOTE="Phantom_Menace"]

If you mean the loading sequences where the characters are in the elevator: I think those are pretty well done--even if they are obvious. If you mean when the game freezes for a few seconds with the loading icon in the middle of the screen: I think those are a slight annoyance and don't ruin how awesome a game Mass Effect is.

Stevo_the_gamer

Yes, the loading and saving is a bit annoying. But after playing for awhile, I just got used to it. Only when it got to about 3:30am when I'm playing did it bother me lol.

[QUOTE="CaseyWegner"][QUOTE="Bdking57"]

the reviews are clearly innacurate, to even consider Assasins creed better then this is a crime.....Iv finished both

Stevo_the_gamer

because they don't agree with you. woo hoo!

I didn't realize you could move the turret. Not that I had much of a problem most of the time, but that would have been useful.

[QUOTE="Bdking57"]

the reviews are clearly innacurate, to even consider Assasins creed better then this is a crime.....Iv finished both. The problem is the game takes at least 25 hours to beat.. which the reviewers did, but it takes will over 100 to see the majority of the game and grasp its full awesomness.. A single player game that will keep your attention that long is a masterpiece.

CaseyWegner

100 hours? no freaking way. maybe if you just go joyriding around for 50-60 hours after finishing all the side quests and explorations.

Completely agree with you. I've been taking my time with the game, really taking my time, and I'm around 35 hours maybe, with a little left to do. There's no way this game is near 100 hours. Unless that's counting 3-4 play-throughs, which is possible.