The Texture maps in Mass Effect are really its biggest shortcoming, some are really awful...

as for gameplay, i never played Kotor, but im sure someone who has could answer your question

i hope its a good title so i can play something on my 360

R-Dot-Yung

Is the KOTOR gameplay similar to that of Mass Effects? Is it coincidence or fate that I am picking KOTOR from the bargain bin up today? :P

Before I start, Im not a fanboy, dont have any next gen consoles(even though my next door neighbour has a 360 and I play that with him quite often) and havent even decided which console to get yet so you cant pull out the fanboy card on me at all.

Alright, Mass Effect has some amazing faces. Like the detail and stuff on them is amazing. Blew me away. A little better than MGS4(which I think has the second best faces graphically) when it comes to faces.

The whole choosing your dialogue and being able to cut the other person off and get different reactions and all that sounds amazing.

The story sounds like it is actually good(no offense but thats kinda rare for a 360 game:P)

Now, even though the graphics are technically good, I think artistically they are just okay. Like even though the graphics are good, the environments we have seen just dont make them look good. Maybe they tried to choose balnd environments so 360 could handle the graphics technically or maybe thats just how they truly envisioned the game.

The gameplay, other than the dialogue system looks kinda bland. LIke, the combat system was very mediocre. The whole pinning the enemy on the cieling thing was cool but still ther est of it was bland.

The whole car thing looks pretty bad. I mean look how boring it must be to shoot from that and it jumps to avoid rockets and stuff? What the hell. And for some reason the water looked pretty bad when we were in the car.

And these worlds, are they like the ones we saw in the demo or are they real worlds? I mean these worlds, are they just a building or two surrounded by the same evironment but diferent buildings or do some of them actually have a city and stuff?

Also, wtf was up with that gamespot guy saying awesome on every little thing. OMGZORZ THE CAR JUMPS AWEZOMZ:P

So I think the game is prolly gonna deliver when it comes down to technical graphics and storyline but if the gameplay and environemnts is like what he have seen, it will be pretty medicore in those areas.

*Put up flame shield*

Its impossible to say exactly the numbersbut what I do know is:

360: was making a $70+ profit per console sold back in November 06, so presumably its well above $100 now.

Wii: Was making a $50-70+ (can't remember the exact number)profitper consolesoldat launch, but because of the outdated tech it probably hasn't dropped as dramatically as the 360 has over the same time period. I'd say $75/$100 profit per console sold max depending on whether the initial profit was $50 or $70+.

PS3: Started off making an estimated $200-300+ loss per console sold at launch. Numbers are harder to estimate because of the BR drive and the fact Sony has not released any profit/loss per unit sold numbers to the best of my knowledge, but I'd be willing to bet they're still losing money on each PS3.

PBSnipes

Hold on, the 360 was making a profit at launch? That cant be right cant it? I mean Im positive it wasnt but I think it is now though.

MGS4 isn't technically "bashed" Since Lemmings want it too, and they constantly make topics about how its going to the 360... Thats technically not bashingSmakkjoo

Well, deep down most lemmings want the game but some have accepted it wont be coming to the 360 unless it just tanks on the ps3 badly and start bashing it. You should see their fanboy reactions, looks boring to me. Enjoy your movie. OMG NO COLORZ.

Only pick one game ppl!

For me its:

PS3: MGS4

WII: Brawl

360: Mass Effect