> Well - as I've said, if that's the way you feel then you > deserve an XBox - it does have the best visual quality on the > console marketplace today. > > Some of us have other measures of "quality" however. >
<SNIP> > You simply could not do "Splinter Cell" on the last > generation of consoles. > The game would NOT play the same. > > So much of that game's PLAY is directly a result of its > lighting and physics engine. So much of its play is also a > direct result of the graphical prowess. You have to see > whether Sam is in the shadows to play properly. > You have to support a certain level of transparency quality > and lighting. > > This can be done on all the current generation consoles, but > not on the last. I don't get it, in one paragraph you state that the graphics aren't important and you have other measures of "quality", and then state that the game relies of graphics entirely and wouldn't be playable without them, please, make your mind up. Are graphics important to you or are they just the "eye candy" you mention later? <SNIP> > Physics-based weapons like the Bouncer or the Lava Gun in > "Ratchet and Clank" couldn't be done until this generation - > the older systems just didn't have the juice to do that AND > control two or three dozen enemies on screen. > > The giant, fully realized bosses in games like "Prince of > Persion: The Warrior Within" and many others could not have > been done in the last generation. Yes they could, they just wouldn't have looked as pretty, graphics again... <SNIP> > Many of the more enjoyable experiences on the modern consoles > can't be done without pressure sensitive controller buttons, > and built in analog sticks - both things the previous > generation were either lacking completely or never took full > advantage of. There were analogue sticks on the PSOne that were used in the majority of later games, admitidly not so much (if at all) in the earlier games because the analogue controller didn't exist in the beginning. > A gadget like the Eyetoy wasn't possible on previous consoles > due to both the lack of high-speed peripheral report and the > simple lack of the processing power needed to do motion > capture and analysis. The interface wasn't available I will grant you that, but the processing power required is nimimul, there is no motion capture being performed just a simple motion tracking system that your average pocket calculator could handle. > The level of realism in "Silent Hill 2" along with many other factors Graphics again... > Take a look at the games you play and eliminate the graphics > from consideration. I think you'll find that the actual > reason you like the games has very little to do with the > graphics (there's a reason it's called "eye candy"). Don't > the vastly improved AI, realistic physics, multi-channel > sound, improved controller, content quantity, and all these > other things play any role? Yes, but mostly the graphics are the reason to upgrade or switch console. A driving game on the dreamcast or PSOne can have just as good handeling, just as chalenging oponents, and all the other gameplay stuff, but will never be able to look as sweet. The same aplies to a beat-em-up or any other genre you like. When talking about splinter cell at the top of this mail you yourself state that the games main problem on older hardware would be the inability for the graphics engine to display the required information to the user. > To say that any game from today done on an older console > would "play the same" shows a remarkable misunderstanding of > what makes great games truly great. At the end of the day I understand your desire to defend your ownership of the PS2 in the same way the owner of ANY car will defend it and tell you how great it is even when it is a rust bucket, it is the basic human desire to protect what we own and the distaste for admitting hard earned cash went on a datsun. I own a PS2, 2 GameCubes, 2 Xboxes, a PSOne, an N64, I even have an Atari 2600, without doubt the PS2 gets the least use of the first 4 in the list, there are a few CG exclusives I play but almost every other game I play is cross platform or Xbox exclusive (KOTOR, Fable, Links) so the Xbox gets the use. This will be my last post on this subject because it is about to de-generate into a slagging match that I don't want to be accused of starting ;-) -- Jay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - CFDynamics http://www.cfdynamics.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:141218 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
