General gaming news

[Exoduso]

That, and after the horrible HS demo, as early as it might be, they can't really expect people to buy it..

[Tajin]

Yeah, lets not go there >_>

So, anyone looking forward to the new Need for Speed?

[Mysterio]

Yeah, lets not go there >_>

So, anyone looking forward to the new Need for Speed?

no.

[izembo]

never have, never will look forward to a need for speed game

[Exoduso]

I can't stand car racing games..

And god, I wish Square would stop making random remakes and sequels/prequels of FF7 (even though crisis core for the psp looks decent..) and just work on FF13/Versus... tired of the Vincent May Crys of the world tbh, I just want new stuff heh.

[Mysterio]

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1.../acecombat.jpg

I thought the Wii was gonna be the leader with peripherals (different/special/add-on controllers), looks like MS/Sony are catching up

Sony needs something like this for Lair, haha

apparently you can't turn off the motion controls for flight.

They better allow you to toggle it on or off or it's going to seriously detract from the gameplay.

Xavier said they may be trying to "unsuckify it" in the delay as opposed to fixing online leaderboards, I tend to agree with you if this is the case.

[Xavier]

Well, the official reason was networking issues with online leaderboards and medals, but it seems coincidental to get a delay right after people start seeing below average scores.

[Epical]

Got mah headset. =D

And I'm not too bummed about the GTA4 pushback. Gives me more time to perfect/enjoy Halo 3 and just as it starts to get tiring, GTA4 is out. Brilliance.

[Xavier]

HEADSET, OMG.

What are you doing right now?

[Epical]

Just finished contemplating on whether I should 360 tonight, and I think I shall. However, it says the headset needs to charge out of the box. =( Not sure how long it needs to.

[Kenai]

Pretty epic SSBB update tonight, and Happy B-day Sakurai.

http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/gamem...070803logo.jpg

Super Smash Bros. Brawl: The Subspace Emissary is a robust side-scrolling action game!

http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/gamem..._070803c-l.jpg
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/gamem..._070803b-l.jpg

(more pics at website)

More than anything, Smash Bros. is a competitive action game. People have been kind enough to praise multiplayer, but we’ve never been able to create a fully fleshed out single-player game.

This time, though, we’ve managed to create a complete side-scrolling action game. It’s storyline isn’t overwrought—it’s hastened along by a bunch of quick movies.

http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/gamem..._070803h-l.jpg
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/gamem..._070803i-l.jpg
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/gamem...02_070803j.jpg
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/gamem..._070803k-l.jpg
(again, more pics at http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/index.html)

The Adventure mode also emphasizes character development. You’ll see many famous characters persevering under the weight of their personal histories, shouldering their unique burdens... It’s really something you won’t see anywhere else.

With so many wonderful characters appearing together, it’s like a dream action game. We’re putting tons of fighting spirit into making this game, so I hope you’re all looking forward to it.

Oh, and this is all included in the same Game Disc, so rest easy.

Teaser trailer is here if the site is still bogged down:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fP8QJef9D-0


So effing epic...I can't wait for the next megaton (and the game of course!) December can't come soon enough...

[ertyu]

Using the emulation technology instead of the emotion engine they are able to upscale all games to 1080p(or so I read)

And I also read the backwards compatability with the emulation is still around 75% of the games library? As opposed to like 95% with the chip

Unless someone has some solid evidence to dispute that, (maybe they do) I don't see what the big fuss is about. My PS3 using the "emotion engine" only ups the games to 480p, and I'm pretty sure the slim version of the PS2 has progressive scan ability anyway. (I have the old fat PS2, it doesn't support progressive scan). So if you still got your slim PS2 lying around I certainly wouldn't be in a panic to pick up the 60 gig version.

EDIT: 1,782 of the 2,451 PS2 games (72%) work for the PAL version(using emulation) Sony Europe released a compatability list back on March 20th '07

first off, hardly any consumer can tell the difference between 720 and 1080. 720p normally delivers a sharper, clearer image because of how the pixels are laid out. Upscaling is nowhere near the same effect as a true HD image so that doesn't really mean anything that it can upscale, which I haven't read anywhere that it does do that. The only thing i remember as far as PS3 and upscaling is that patch that fixed the initial problems with it. Tried looking around for any news story that said something about it upscaling all games but couldn't find anything, source?

[thestalkmore]

yay for SSB updates!

[Mysterio]

Using the emulation technology instead of the emotion engine they are able to upscale all games to 1080p(or so I read)

And I also read the backwards compatability with the emulation is still around 75% of the games library? As opposed to like 95% with the chip

Unless someone has some solid evidence to dispute that, (maybe they do) I don't see what the big fuss is about. My PS3 using the "emotion engine" only ups the games to 480p, and I'm pretty sure the slim version of the PS2 has progressive scan ability anyway. (I have the old fat PS2, it doesn't support progressive scan). So if you still got your slim PS2 lying around I certainly wouldn't be in a panic to pick up the 60 gig version.

EDIT: 1,782 of the 2,451 PS2 games (72%) work for the PAL version(using emulation) Sony Europe released a compatability list back on March 20th '07

first off, hardly any consumer can tell the difference between 720 and 1080. 720p normally delivers a sharper, clearer image because of how the pixels are laid out. Upscaling is nowhere near the same effect as a true HD image so that doesn't really mean anything that it can upscale, which I haven't read anywhere that it does do that. The only thing i remember as far as PS3 and upscaling is that patch that fixed the initial problems with it. Tried looking around for any news story that said something about it upscaling all games but couldn't find anything, source?

Source?

my ps3, anyones PS3, ask anyone with one.

first off, hardly any consumer can tell the difference between 720 and 1080

what does being able to tell the diff between 720p and 1080p have to do with this? both are considered high definition, which are far and above whatever the PS2 offered(480p). And thats the point I made, is that both the emotion engine, and emulation PS3's improve the look of old PS2 games.

There are lots of video comparisons with the new upscaling and smoothing effects on gametrailers and several pic comparisons on ign if I remember.

I'm not going to bother looking them up, because there is no need to. Infact, several pages on this thread(way back) had pics of comparisons showing the graphical improvements the PS3 grants to PS2 games.

[Xavier]

I don't even own a PS3, but I know that within the past month or two they released a patch which did allow upscaling of older games, and I too remember places like IGN doing a comparison with it on and off, and the graphics looking somewhat sharper with it on.

I'd also agree that the difference between 720 and 1080 is negligible,
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HELL YES at the Super Smash update. An actual side-scrolling story mode? Sounds pimp.

[ertyu]

Using the emulation technology instead of the emotion engine they are able to upscale all games to 1080p(or so I read)

And I also read the backwards compatability with the emulation is still around 75% of the games library? As opposed to like 95% with the chip

Unless someone has some solid evidence to dispute that, (maybe they do) I don't see what the big fuss is about. My PS3 using the "emotion engine" only ups the games to 480p, and I'm pretty sure the slim version of the PS2 has progressive scan ability anyway. (I have the old fat PS2, it doesn't support progressive scan). So if you still got your slim PS2 lying around I certainly wouldn't be in a panic to pick up the 60 gig version.

EDIT: 1,782 of the 2,451 PS2 games (72%) work for the PAL version(using emulation) Sony Europe released a compatability list back on March 20th '07

first off, hardly any consumer can tell the difference between 720 and 1080. 720p normally delivers a sharper, clearer image because of how the pixels are laid out. Upscaling is nowhere near the same effect as a true HD image so that doesn't really mean anything that it can upscale, which I haven't read anywhere that it does do that. The only thing i remember as far as PS3 and upscaling is that patch that fixed the initial problems with it. Tried looking around for any news story that said something about it upscaling all games but couldn't find anything, source?

Source?

Source for what, saying that upscaling is not the same as a true HD image? It's not, if you think it is you are fucking retarded. If you meant source for saying that 720p looks better than 1080i then that's self explanatory. Interlaced = lines moving across a screen, progressive scan = pixels laid out side by side. Just look it up on wiki or something. Also CRT TVs are the only kind of TV that can correctly display interlaced picture correctly, if you have any other TV (LCD, Plasma, Projector, etc.) then it has some form of deinterlacer. This is really all common knowledge in the world of picture quality >.>

[ertyu]

bah was too lazy to hit edit so here, learn about stuff >.>

Interlaced picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlace

Progressive scan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_scan

as for seeing which is better, 720p or 1080i there are too many sources to post and there's not really something that says that definitive. Just go to AVforums.com and ask there or search for a topic, most junkies who look at that crap all day will 9/10 times agree that as far as picture quality goes, 720p is better than 1080i.

[Xavier]

Quick link for you, since you missed the PS3 update.

http://dvd.ign.com/articles/791/791205p1.html

[Taera]

So effing epic...I can't wait for the next megaton (and the game of course!) December can't come soon enough...

A-fucking-MEN!

[Headspace]

So will each character have seperate story lines?