January 24, 2008
· Filed under Game Review, Playstation 3, Xbox 360
Take me down, To the paradise city, Where the grass is green, And the girls are pretty, Take me home
I’ve never been a huge race game fan. Racing games always remind me of the Gran Turismos series which had weird controls or the Need for Speed series which always had nice licensed cars but not alot else. One that has always stuck out is the Burnout series which was infamous for it’s awful design of the main menu after every race, typically ruining the gameplay. These games just didn’t do it for me. Burnout Paradise (Previously known as Burnout 5) changed my view on racing games. Available on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, this is the first racing game on the next gen systems that stands above the rest.
Resemble any cars you know?
Paradise City is completely open and doesn’t involve any loading pages or main menu breaks. You have the feeling you can do what you want, when you want not like traditonal Burnout games. With over 250+ miles of open road in Paradise City you can spend your time find the 120 unique events, and over 300 online challenges. The races are no longer pre-designated, and can start at any of the 120+ traffic lights in the city. You will have to spend alot of time unlocking the close to 75 different cars. One major bummer is Burnout’s cars are not licensed real cars, although some do resemble extremely well known cars. When you first start the game, you start with a car you get from the junk yard, which looks almost undriveable. You’ll see that any car you get from the Paradise City’s junk yard will be almost gone and it’s up to you to repair the damage. Each car falls into a category; Aggression, Stunt, or Speed. Aggression cars are perfect for Road Rage, Stunt cars are designed for “showing off”, and Speed? Well, I think that speaks for itself.
The game brings a completely new feature to the next gen systems which will bring use to your PlayStation Eye or the Xbox Live Vison cameras. It’s called “Mugshots”. Battle your friends online and when a player is taken down, your cameras will automaticly take a “Mugshot” and be exchanged. I think this is possibly the coolest feature of the game– being able to see a person possibly throwing their controller down in a fit of rage?! If you don’t want your opponent to see your face or you don’t have a camera your avatar will be exchanged.
Not only is it a well designed game, the game is graphicly gorgeous. Many people saw in the trailers posted online before the game came out, the crashes are simply amazing. The soundtrack isn’t bad either, it’s a nice mixture of different genres. Too bad the only song I wanted to listen to was Guns ‘N’ Roses “Paradise City”.
As the ads say “Team Up or Takedown”!
Review by bunnyXablaze
September 22, 2006
· Filed under Playstation 3
Yesterday at Sony’s TGS 06 conference, Ken Kutaragi announced that the Playstation 3 willallow you to download PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16 in the US) and Sega Genesis titles to your
PS3.
Wow where have i heard that before ?? LOL
First Nintendo’s Controller and now there Retro Games, whats next??
OK i’m all for the PS3 but enough is enough, they really need to came up with some originalideal’s
September 6, 2006
· Filed under Playstation 3
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Announces New March 2007 date for European Launch of PLAYSTATION 3
London, Wednesday 6 September 2006 – Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced that it would revise the launch date of its PLAYSTATION® 3 computer entertainment system in the PAL territories of Europe, Russia, Middle East, Africa and Australasia from 17th November 2006, as previously announced to March 2007.
Launch dates for Japan and North America will remain the same, which are November 11th and November 17th respectively.
The revision of the launch date in the SCEE territories is caused by the delay in the mass production schedule of the blue laser diode within the Sony Group, thus affecting the timely procurement of key components to be utilised in PLAYSTATION 3.
The previously announced PLAYSTATION 3 shipment forecast of 6 million units globally within the fiscal year ending 2007 is not changed.
August 31, 2006
· Filed under Playstation 3, Xbox 360
EA has announced today that Burnout 5 (working title) will be released for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. This version of Burnout is said to be a complete reinvention of the series which will do away with jumping from menu to menu trying to get into the action and allow for a much more open world feel for the game.
August 12, 2006
· Filed under Playstation 3, Xbox 360
So is bigger really better ??
“Created by Sony as an accurately proportioned replica, the PS3 model may be made entirely from wood, but it takes more than a cursory glance to realise that it’s not the genuine article and gave us a good impression of what the Sony powerhouse will look like nestling next to our TV.
The unit is certainly big, although not drastically bigger than an Xbox 360. Positioned vertically side-by-side, the PS3 stands about an inch taller than its rival, while laying the two down horizontally shows that – at its highest point – PS3’s convex curve makes PS3 about an inch fatter.
It’s not the most beautiful looking beast, either. The underside is “stacked” with a couple of different sized layers and the overhanging midriff gives the unit a slightly awkward, uncomfortable look. But, hey, PS2 was never going to win any beauty contests either.
So, it’s no stunner, but that’s never been an issue with consoles in the past. Hopefully, when PS3 finally arrives in November we’ll be so blown away with killer games that we won’t be concerned with the machines curves, lines and overall aesthetic merit.”
June 29, 2006
· Filed under Playstation 3
In a recent interview with PSM (Playstation Magazine in august) a Sony representative announced that the price of games for the PS3 could cost between $59.99 and $99.99.For those of you who don’t know; the Xbox 360 is, and the Wii will be, using DVD-9 format for their games, that is, of course, a disc that holds nine gigabytes. Whereas, the PS3 will use the Blu-Ray disc which can hold a massive 45 GB.* This is what’s pushing the price of the discs up because Blu-Ray discs are more expensive to produce than the tried and tested DVD 9.
PSM: “Can we expect PS3 games to be priced in the same range as Xbox 360 titles?Sony interviewee: Generally Speaking, over the past twelve years or so, there has been a consumer expectation that disc-based games are maybe $59 on the high end to $39 on the low end. So, what I can say now is, I think it would be a bit of a stretch to think that we could suddenly turn around and say “PS3 Games now $99.99.” I don’t think consumers expect software pricing to suddenly double. So, the quick answer is that we want to make it as affordable as possible, knowing that there is a set consumer expectation for what software has cost for the past twelve years. That’s kind of the best answer I can give you. So, if it becomes a bit higher than $59, don’t ding me, but, again, I don’t expect it to be $100″.
With prices like this Sony really is attacking your weak spot,that is, your wallet, for massive damage. And it makes me very glad that Microsoft decided to stick with DVD-9 rather than pushing the HD-DVD with the Xbox 360.
1. will gamers receive a significant benefit from the extra storage space?
2. would gamers be willing to pay more for that space?
