Off Topic · OT: My Madden '09 review for PS3 (page 2)

ah fuggit, just gonna keep this Madden 09... who wants to play me? my screenname is KEVshi... let's go suckaz!

bros, i got me a copy of Star Wars: Force Unleashed & let me just say the game is FREAKIN' AMAZING! probably the best RPG game i've ever played & i've played many... right up there w/the classic Final Fantasy 7... definitely get this one.



* EDIT: For anyone with a Gamefly sub, if you haven't bought this game yet, you might just wanna rent cuz you'll probably finish the game in about a week or so (or a couple days if you play it non-stop like I've been doing). Thing about RPG's like this is that you rarely ever play it again after you see the ending. The game's definitely addicting tho. Nothing like grabbing & punting those little Jawa fuggers.

[Edited by - TMS on 09-19-2008 12:53 PM]

GRID for PS3 Review



Awesome graphics and sound on this driving game, but most of the cars are too damn hard to control with the joypad and there's no way to adjust the controls to your liking so you gotta deal with a ton of wheel spin at times even with your traction control, anti-lock braking and stability management turned on, unless you just happen to have some seriously sensitive index finger control (not that I don't have seriously sensitive index finger controllage, but that's another topic). It might be easier if you have one of those GT driving wheels to use, but haven't tried it (if one of you homos wanna send me 80 bucks to go out and get one, I'll let you know). This isn't really a true racing simulator like Forza 2 or Gran Turismo 4 tho, so if you wanna be able to modify your rides and custom tune them to get the best performance and driveability for each car, you're sheet outta luck here.

Coolest features:

- The replays are awesome. The graphics rendering and shading, lighting/shading effects, etc. are really well done and very detailed, not quite as sharp as in GT5 but just as good in showing the curves and modulations. When you crash, the car shows the damage so it beats GT5 Prologue in that respect, and the overall graphics rendering is better than in Forza2 in my opinion.

- Demolition Derby, Drift King and real F1 type events give you more event options than Forza2 or GT5 Prologue does.

- Flashback option allows you to re-do a specific turn or spot in the track where you just fukked up on, which is great since you don't have to restart the entire race if you don't want to.

- The game calls you by your name throughout career mode (if your name is prelisted among the choices), which is kinda cool. Otherwise you can choose one of the preset nicknames for the game if yours isn't listed. Haven't tried starting up a new career mode with a non-listed custom name like "Achmed Mustafa Al-Azeed" yet but I'm assuming the game won't recognize it, which I guess kinda sucks if you're an Arab in the Middle East that likes to play video games.

Dumbest (non-) features:

- Like I said, no custom modification/tuning of your cars or trading of cars over the PS Network is available, so this game is geared for just those who like to drive and nothing else (there is online play though).

- Allows only one profile save in the game, so you can't switch to another profile while you're playing if say your friend wants to play the game and you don't want him to mess up your career stats. The only way around this is to create another user in your PS3 hdd and reload the game under that username, which is pretty much retarded.

- No split-screen multiplayer support, only Lan and Online capability. Again, pretty much retarded.


* Overall, I'd say this is a pretty good rental game but not one I'd invest in to buy. I'm just gonna have to wait 'til the full version of GT5 is released to get my racing fix on I guess (whenever the hell that is), unless Microsoft somehow decides to release Forza3 for the PS3, which pretty much ain't gonna happen.

just got my hands on a rental of "Genji: Days of the Blade"



any fans of Dynasty Warriors will enjoy this one, though it's not really a true expansive RPG in terms of abilities u learn in the game & items you acquire as say Final Fantasy or even Star Wars: Force Unleashed... still, i'm having fun w/it mainly because i'm a huge fan of the Samurai genre... the cut away sequences are interesting & the background story is sorta a mix of the true historical events of the era w/some Final Fantasy elements mixed in... woulda been awesome if u could create ur own character in the game tho... biggest problem i have w/this game is u can't control the camera, which is a real pain in the butt as u'll come to learn while playing this game.

tried out a few games on PS3 lately

Little Big Planet: great premise & very expansive online functionality, but just a tad too childish & cutesey for my taste... doesn't stack up to the simplistic fun in classics like Super Mario World IMHO.

Assassin's Creed: took way too long to get started w/the game, the tutorial itself takes forever to load & just lost patience w/the game after the first hour... the cut sequences were nice but i usually decide not to invest all the time it would take me to see them in a game that doesn't capture my interest in the first few minutes of playing it.

Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots: awesome Dolby sound & seriously nice graphics, but again this game took forever to get started... if i wanted to watch a movie i woulda rented one... if u have more patience than me u will probably enjoy this game.

Super Streetfighter 2 Turbo HD Remix: this i've been waiting for a long time to come out in the PSN store... i'll say that i'm a bit disappointed at the graphics, they're not as refined & smooth looking as what they appear to be on the screen captures i've seen online... probably due to the PS3's tendency to create sharp edges on its graphics instead of smoothing them out possibly... still, the game play is nice & the graphics are still a lot nicer than the old arcade version, so any fan of the classic Streetfighter will enjoy this one... plus u can fight against players online, which is damn cool in itself.

Mirror's Edge: very original game concept & tight graphics & gameplay, but these types of 1st person perspective games always give me severe motion sickness so i couldn't enjoy it as much as i wanted to... very cool game tho if u don't have the same problem.

[Edited by - TMS on 11-30-2008 8:08 PM]

Posted by TMS:

bros, i got me a copy of Star Wars: Force Unleashed & let me just say the game is FREAKIN' AMAZING! probably the best RPG game i've ever played & i've played many... right up there w/the classic Final Fantasy 7... definitely get this one.



* EDIT: For anyone with a Gamefly sub, if you haven't bought this game yet, you might just wanna rent cuz you'll probably finish the game in about a week or so (or a couple days if you play it non-stop like I've been doing). Thing about RPG's like this is that you rarely ever play it again after you see the ending. The game's definitely addicting tho. Nothing like grabbing & punting those little Jawa fuggers.

[Edited by - TMS on 09-19-2008 12:53 PM]

How does this compare with the Knights of the Old Republic games (that is my favorite game series of all time).

never played KOTOR before but judging from the gameplay clips i've seen it's very different... Force Unleashed is much more of an action game whereas KOTOR almost seems like an RPG World of Warcraft style game if i'm not mistaken.

Force Unleashed is sorta like a Star Wars version of Tomb Raider... same type of game mechanics & view point... there's a lot of button mashing in the game when you're fighting using the lightsabre but there's also many different combo's at your disposal so u don't always have to use the same sequence of buttons over & over which can get boring after a while... also the force grab feature is pretty damn cool & adds a nice element to the gameplay & u gain new force powers as you progress in the game like Force Lightning & Force Push which are also very cool the more powerful you become.

the only problem i had w/the game was that i finished it relatively quick... there's a bunch of hidden items in the game that gain you other Light Sabre power crystals too that you can use to change its color & blade intensity & some others that grant you different bonuses & whatnot... i followed along w/the game FAQ to make sure i didn't miss anything... there's also some cheat codes u can enter to play the game as different characters & gain new hidden costumes for the main character too... all in all a fun game to play, i would definitely recommend u give it a rental.

this Star Wars game looks pretty tight... it's for PC but i used to be a StarCraft addict & this game looks pretty similar.. i hope they come out w/a sequel:



[Edited by - TMS on 11-30-2008 9:20 PM]

Posted by TMS:

games i must get:

Star Wars Force Unleashed
NBA 2K9
Streetfighter 4
Streetfighter 2 Turbo HD (download off PSN)
Call of Duty 4
MLB: The Show '09 (when it comes out next year w/the new NY Stadiums)

What is better NBA 2K9 or NBA Live???

i played the demo for NBA Live 09 & IMO overall the graphics for 2K9 are better, & the gameplay is more realistic as u have more control over the types of shots u take using the right joystick rather than just the shoot button like in Live... Live is more of an arcade style feel... the players faces are nicely rendered in Live but if you look at the background elements i think 2K9 did a better job of giving it a real life feel to the action.

definitely the franchise mode in 2K9 is the best & most expansive i've ever played in any sports game... the only thing missing is real life prospects (which they leave out for obvious reasons so you want to buy the game every year), but u can edit the names & attributes of the ones the game generates for you if you want to the real life prospects on your own, which is what i did.

What's better PS3 or XBOX 360? Pros and Cons would be great.

PS3 Pros:

- free online play on PSN (Xbox Live is a pay service)
- Playstation Store offers tons of content for download
- Blu-ray feature is awesome (Xbox's HD DVD is gonna be obsolete)
- webcam chat capability if u buy the eye add on (webcam)
- much quieter when it's running (360 makes a lot of hard drive spin noise)
- doesn't have the same hard drive burn out problems that the Xbox 360 has been known to have (360 Elite version is supposed to have fixed that problem tho)

PS3 Cons:

- graphics look a little sharper & not as smooth in some titles than the 360
- not as many games as the 360, but library is expanding fast

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Posted by TMS:

bros, i got me a copy of Star Wars: Force Unleashed & let me just say the game is FREAKIN' AMAZING! probably the best RPG game i've ever played & i've played many... right up there w/the classic Final Fantasy 7... definitely get this one.



* EDIT: For anyone with a Gamefly sub, if you haven't bought this game yet, you might just wanna rent cuz you'll probably finish the game in about a week or so (or a couple days if you play it non-stop like I've been doing). Thing about RPG's like this is that you rarely ever play it again after you see the ending. The game's definitely addicting tho. Nothing like grabbing & punting those little Jawa fuggers.

[Edited by - TMS on 09-19-2008 12:53 PM]

How does this compare with the Knights of the Old Republic games (that is my favorite game series of all time).

SWFU plays more like Dark Forces/Jedi Knight (I think it is intended that way). KOTOR it is not because SWFU is not a RPG like KOTOR. Speaking of KOTOR, there won't be a part 3 but a MMORPG.

next on my list of rentals & possible purchases: