Sony: Developers aren't "fully utilizing" PS3 yet

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Originally Posted by richieb1971

There is a flip side to that coin. If the system was easier to program the variety of games that could be made, along with the risk factor involved would encourage smaller teams to get on board.

As it stands PS3 is geared towards tech nerds of 50+ people with hefty bank balances. Although Uncharted is an accomplished and professional game, it lacks variety in its gameplay. All you do is shoot for 99% of the game which to me is an arcade game stretched out to 8 hours of game.

The other thing that bothers me about the article is that technically speaking you could get a lot more out of the console, but make a lesser game. GOW3 was technically brilliant, but I didn't like it as much as 1 or 2. It felt recycled and flat lined with me. The director/producer failed imo because he kept on banging on about how much they could squeeze out of the PS3 without actually wondering if any of it would allure the player into that world that had been created. GT5 is another title that pushes the PS3 to the limits, but I hate playing it. I played GT1 and beat it, all the sequels are just remakes with more polygons and higher resolutions. Even if the game suddenly became real life, I wouldn't feel any more attracted to it.

Its the lesser known games like Infamous and Modnation racers that have scored high with me. Take away the reality, add more game.

I think you have Uncharted confused with Modern Warfare.

[Euribo]

Originally Posted by Kakashi Sensai

I think you have Uncharted confused with Modern Warfare.

Exactly. You definitely don't just "shoot guns" 99 percent of the time. As for CoD, you shoot guns for 100 percent of the time.

[steelcity24]

Originally Posted by lbloodojunkieg

Exactly. You definitely don't just "shoot guns" 99 percent of the time. As for CoD, you shoot guns for 100 percent of the time.

Right on. If Uncharted is 99% gun shooting, that sure is a very hefty 1% that I spent climbing snowy mountains and icy caves, solving ancient puzzles, wandering around museums, climbing trains on the edge of cliffs, enjoying a nice train ride while being shot at from helicopters, etc etc etc....

[Havok83]

why do people still care about this stuff?

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Originally Posted by Havok83

why do people still care about this stuff?

[blu_world]

Originally Posted by Havok83

why do people still care about this stuff?

because people Know the ps3 is the superior system of all & it didn't even touch the surface of it's full capabilities yet.

[Ascended_Saiyan]

Originally Posted by blu_world

because people Know the ps3 is the superior system of all & it didn't even touch the surface of it's full capabilities yet.

Well, to be fair, the surface has been touched. I think they're finally getting close to the end (gaming-wise). However, the PS3 is extremely flexible. The mixing of different rendering styles could severely change the look of games, but it's not written in stone.

EDIT: I think people care because a lot of people spent years being subject to X360 owner's snideness. Those people thought the X360 was more powerful. Then, they thought it was equally as powerful. Now, more and more, the evidence of a huge power gap is becoming overpowering.

Also, people like knowing that there is more to come from they console. People like gifts that keep on giving more than gifts that, basically, stop giving.

[richieb1971]

My argument translates to -

Why bother about upping the graphics if the experience is going to be exactly the same? In uncharted 3, another 10000 guys will come running at you with guns, if they don't improve that aspect of the game, its a failure.

GT5, if they don't improve anything but the graphics, to me its a failure. I already played all 4 of the previous games and to me the upgrading doesn't seem fitting. Baby steps.

Sequels will nearly always get high scores because everyone loves them. But how is doing the same thing again and again and again tapping in to the system? Surely making something fresh is tapping the imagination, which last I heard was bigger pool of bytes.

Playstation move has the potential to be more ground breaking than anything the machine can do graphically. I haven't been impressed with graphics since the Playstation > Dreamcast era. Because simply put, its baby steps marketted as GIANT steps of mankind..

I preferred Dead Space to UC2.. At least there was a variety of enemies and an atmosphere. You got to upgrade your suit and shoot upside down.. Lots more imagination and variety. Variety doesn't make a game, but it helps.