Post by Lieutenant Fatman on Mar 24, 2007 13:31:58 GMT
Here are some of my first thoughts on playing the PS3!
PS3 controllers
Firstly the controllers are a great improvement on the old controllers believe it or not. Less than half the weight, no wires, good battery life, with no need to purchase actual batteries, and no pointless dual shock!
Plus the back shoulder buttons are more like triggers which should appeal to some.
Oh yes, and the motion sensor ability is OK. It is quite amusing to have to shake the controller like mad in order to put yourself out if you are on fire.
Not exactly innovative but it does it's job perfectly.
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Which brings me to the two games I tested.
Resistance: Fall Of Man
The most popular first person shooter on the PS3. That's not hard considering how many there currently are. So how good is it?
I would say the graphics are equal to Half Life 2. Very smooth and basically perfect. AI? That's good as well. I haven't seen any examples of absolute brilliance yet, but the aliens you fight do not make it easy for you and try many different tactics in fighting you.
There are a lot of fun weapons and there is a great amount of choice for multi-player modes. The on-line mode is by far the best I have ever seen for an on-line shooter and was extremely fun!
Plus there is an excellent bonus of not having to wait ages to set up a battle. You can just be thrown straight in with ten or more people of a similar skill level from all over Europe.
This is immensely satisfying compared to the way most on-line games are set up. Basically this game gets 10/10 without a doubt.
There were some problems with the server and a few errors. I am assuming this was due to the server suddenly having to cope with so much at once on launch day and not being properly prepared for it. Hopefully these kinks should be ironed out in the next couple of days. Either that, or it is down to my friend's Internet connection not being very good, lol.
It has a nice co-operative mode as well, and that is always a good thing.
MotorStorm
A racing game, now I don't often play these, but when there's lots of fun crashes, it can be great fun, and this one is.
The boost button adds a nice extra dimension to the game-play. Use it too much, and your engine might explode! It can be particularly helpful when going round corners. It's all about devising a strategy of when to use it. Plus there is attempting to feed your opponents into walls or rocks and pushing them off cliffs. Plus on motor and quad bikes you can attempt to punch people off.
The closest game to this is obviously the Burnout series, but I find this a lot more enjoyable. It's off road, you have more vehicles on the track, and there's no stress factor. It's simply great fun.
Plus the difference in vehicles you can choose from is pretty impressive. You can have huge trucks, motorcycles, quad bikes, rally cars, buggies, etc all on the same track. The graphics of course are perfect.
The area this game fails in is having no split screen mode. But it does make up for this with on-line 12 player mode, which of course, is great fun. 9/10. It loses a point for no split screen mode. But it is a brilliant game.
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These are the only two games that I found of any particular interest. They will soon be joined by many more though, and I look forward to trying them as well!
PS3 controllers
Firstly the controllers are a great improvement on the old controllers believe it or not. Less than half the weight, no wires, good battery life, with no need to purchase actual batteries, and no pointless dual shock!
Plus the back shoulder buttons are more like triggers which should appeal to some.
Oh yes, and the motion sensor ability is OK. It is quite amusing to have to shake the controller like mad in order to put yourself out if you are on fire.
Not exactly innovative but it does it's job perfectly.
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Which brings me to the two games I tested.
Resistance: Fall Of Man
The most popular first person shooter on the PS3. That's not hard considering how many there currently are. So how good is it?
I would say the graphics are equal to Half Life 2. Very smooth and basically perfect. AI? That's good as well. I haven't seen any examples of absolute brilliance yet, but the aliens you fight do not make it easy for you and try many different tactics in fighting you.
There are a lot of fun weapons and there is a great amount of choice for multi-player modes. The on-line mode is by far the best I have ever seen for an on-line shooter and was extremely fun!
Plus there is an excellent bonus of not having to wait ages to set up a battle. You can just be thrown straight in with ten or more people of a similar skill level from all over Europe.
This is immensely satisfying compared to the way most on-line games are set up. Basically this game gets 10/10 without a doubt.
There were some problems with the server and a few errors. I am assuming this was due to the server suddenly having to cope with so much at once on launch day and not being properly prepared for it. Hopefully these kinks should be ironed out in the next couple of days. Either that, or it is down to my friend's Internet connection not being very good, lol.
It has a nice co-operative mode as well, and that is always a good thing.
MotorStorm
A racing game, now I don't often play these, but when there's lots of fun crashes, it can be great fun, and this one is.
The boost button adds a nice extra dimension to the game-play. Use it too much, and your engine might explode! It can be particularly helpful when going round corners. It's all about devising a strategy of when to use it. Plus there is attempting to feed your opponents into walls or rocks and pushing them off cliffs. Plus on motor and quad bikes you can attempt to punch people off.
The closest game to this is obviously the Burnout series, but I find this a lot more enjoyable. It's off road, you have more vehicles on the track, and there's no stress factor. It's simply great fun.
Plus the difference in vehicles you can choose from is pretty impressive. You can have huge trucks, motorcycles, quad bikes, rally cars, buggies, etc all on the same track. The graphics of course are perfect.
The area this game fails in is having no split screen mode. But it does make up for this with on-line 12 player mode, which of course, is great fun. 9/10. It loses a point for no split screen mode. But it is a brilliant game.
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These are the only two games that I found of any particular interest. They will soon be joined by many more though, and I look forward to trying them as well!
