I think it's worth the money if you don't have/aren't getting a 360. If I didn't have plans to get a 360 I would get GH and GH2 on PS2, because I already have one, and the games are hella fun. However, if I can pay the same price for it on 360 and get downloadable tracks, well... I'd be a fool not to.
The games that "defined" the PS2 were the major sellers. GTA, FF, MGS, DMC, etc. Whether or not these were the best are really a matter of opinion. Sony still doesn't have an instantly recognized mascot to define their brand, though. Nintendo has Mario, Sega had Sonic, Microsoft has Master Chief... Sony has the likes of Jak and Ratchet but it's not the same.
More info from Paul Anderson (IGN article November 2nd) regarding the new movie. I'm biting my nails because this is either going to be very entertaining, or very screwed up. My two cents is that we're dealing with a LOT of picky old school fans that aren't going to go for this at all. Either way, SOME of this does look promising, and we can only hope right? :) Some key points to the article:
Rogue Pictures is producing it now, not Dimension films.
Is "in the same vein as Underworld and Blade", and wants to turn Castlevania into a FRANCHISE. Whoa boy!
Not a typical videogame movie, has a "romantic element to it". Spans in many time periods (cool) but begins the story with VLAD THE IMPALER. That's great- it's historical, but has NOTHING to do with the game history in regards to Drac's origins. Just. Freakin. Great. :evil:
Locations are scouted in Romania and Hungary, and they'll be building the castle set in Budapest.
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Underworld's an okay franchise. I think the movies' greatest strength is the cinematography, however. Blade was terrible. Don't even get me started on the part where he threw that Asian schoolgirl across the street and nobody noticed. What I'm saying is - I don't want the CV movie to be like those two franchises. So that's a red flag right there. And as if that's not enough, they're tacking on romance and changing the story? So basically they're making a movie that has nothing to do with Castlevania besides the name. I must say, I'm disappointed...
The Tony Hawk series is doomed if the next game they put out isn't innovative and fun. More of the same just isn't going to cut it. They need something completely new, not just a couple new features. You know what they say, you can put lipstick on a pig....
$100 on SNES, Genesis was free, $200 on N64, $200 on PS2, GameCube was free, $150 on DS (with warranty), average of 2 controllers each ($20 each) for my consoles, that comes out to about $710, I'd say. But I don't remember what I spent on my other systems. I'm also willing to pay $480 for a 360 Elite when it comes out.
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