The sad part is it could have been so good. You can tell they were trying to make Sonic Adventure again, and since that's one of my favorite games, I had such high hopes. The the harsh reality struck... Any idea if the PS3 version is better/worse? That's the one I have.
PS3 did break before the slim. Both systems had horrible flaws, which were addressed in slim models. The PS3 isn't an angel either.
The PS3 version was a little more delayed and a little sloppier. Most X360->PS3 ports were back when devs were still figuring out how to program for Cell. It's been said that Sonic Team was too overburdened by having to develop the game simultaneously for 2 platforms that they were not used to while being pushed to get both ports out the door in time for Christmas. The irony that exactly 10 years after Sonic Xtreme's cancellation, a next-gen Sonic game was being rush-developed on 2 different platforms by a skeleton crew missing projected goals and deadlines (to their credit, the X360 version did come out on time). The quality of both ports tanked as a result. It's a shame. The game had serious effort behind it's flaws.
Yeah, didn't they get the Wii dev kits and split half the team to work on Sonic and the Secret Rings? At least that's what I've read. Post-hardware Sega is notorious for rushing releases.
You know, I completely forgot about Secret Rings. Seems like the Wii was going to get a downscaled port of Sonic 06 at first, but they wanted in on the motion sensing craze at the time. In the long run, they could have made their lives a lot easier by just porting SA2's engine over from Gamecube and polishing it for slightly more capable hardware. Come to think of it, this was also about the same time that Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis came out. A little too much on the plate to eat in one sitting.
I enjoyed the Xbox 360 so much. Xbox Live was a big part of that. I remember playing Perfect Dark Zero online when I got the 360 and it was awesome at the time. I had never had an experience quite like it at the time. I had played some games online with the PC but that was very different from what you had going on with PDZ. For one the voice chat at the time that everybody had since it came with a headset was so cool at the time. But I recall the real reason I bought my Xbox 360 at the time was after the E3 Expo's introduction of Gears of War. I was a fan of Unreal Tournament on the PC and had probably played Unreal Tournament 2003 and maybe 2004. So when I saw GoW I decided to get into the X360. I know I logged countless hours on the Gears of War series, Perfect Dark Zero, Call of Duty series, Fallout 3 & New Vegas, Skyrim, Reddead Redemption, Borderlands 1&2, and Mortal Kombat 9. And so many other games that I did enjoy playing but maybe didn't play as much. Just recently I had the thought to go back and play Resident Evil 4 and after trying it on the GameCube I decided instead to buy it on the 360 and enjoyed it far more on there. And I can't forget in general to mention all the Xbox Live Arcade titles. TMNT, Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection, Smash TV, Peggle, etc. I know I've heard that the PS4 may be a better system than the Xbox One, but I went with Xbox again anyway thanks to Xbox Live and I guess habit.
yet PS3s from the same period are prone to YLODs, Even my PS3 now freezes when loading some games (I need to swap the hard drive I think) The reason I jumped from XBOX to playstation was the fact too many games I wanted to play were PS3 exclsuive and even if there were Japanese versions on 360 I couldn't play them on my 360. SO I got a PS3.........got accsued of fanboyism and yeah. PS4 over XBONE........Street Fighter V and it seems PS4 is going to be THE SHMUP system this generation.
I think Gears of War sold a lot of systems. That's not really something you see anymore. I mean, I have an Xbox One, but there wasn't really a game that made me go "Ok, I HAVE to get this system now". The only reason I got an XB1 is because Sony hasn't made a first party game that interested me since.......Jak and Daxter? Maybe Littlebigplanet? I mean, their holiday ads show 4 games, 3 multiplats and a remake.
The Last of Us and Twisted Metal didn't catch your eye? I know Uncharted isn't really everybody's cup o' tea.
I haven't been excited for a Twisted Metal game since Black, and TLOU is a zombie game that refuses to call itself a zombie game. Ehh. Gran Turismo has been good, but I like Forza's UI much better, and I can't think of another great Sony first party game. Microsoft isn't Nintendo (by a long shot) but slightly above Sony. I'll get a PS4 by the time Shenmue 3 comes out.
Hopefully they'll be a simultaneous PC release. That's what I'm hoping, but IDK given how much involvement Sony has had according to Mark Cerny.
The official Kickstarter lists both the PC and PS4 versions as rewards for backing the project, so I would assume that means that it'll be released simultaneously on PS4 and PC. They've also said that No Man's Sky is going to be released simultaneously on PS4 and PC.
I was disappointed that the FF7 remake seems to be on PS4 but not XBO. There are some other games that might make me pickup a PS4 eventually. But I'm in no hurry. Street Fighter 5 doesn't interest me much. I'd play it, but I'm happy with MKX.
