When a game is released for all three major consoles, I buy it for the Xbox - NFL 2K5, Prince of Persia, Splinter Cell - but each platform has its excellent games that will not be, or will see a major delay in, porting across systems (provided they aren't first or second-party games).
One of my favorite games in the last few years is Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. I bought it when it came out for the Playstation, and went through the game, thoroughly enjoying every aspect of it, especially the graphics. Soul Reaver saw a lot of ports - the Dreamcast, the PC, etc. - with lots of advances in graphics and sound, but I played each one and really found myself returning to the PS1 version - I loved the way the developers used the system's limitations to heighten the gritty environments. When the bitmap resolutions were bumped up for the DC and all the other antialiasing/filtering/etc. were factored in, the game looked great, but lost some of the atmosphere I liked about the original PS1 version. - Jim James Smith wrote: >>up. I found myself getting the PS2 version of any >>cross-platform console game (I like the controller much, much >>more than the others) and getting other games on the PC. >> >> > >Shame on you, the Xbox has far superior graphics to the PS2, if the only >reason you use the PS2 is the controller then spend £5 on an adaptor and use >the PS2 controller on the Xbox. > > > >>The Xbox was great, but was huge (compared to the other >>consoles which now all fit next to my TV rather than on top >>of it) and redundant. >> >> > >I have managed to fit the Xbox, PS2, PS1, Gamecube, and N64 under mine, do >you need a bigger TV stand? > >-- >Jay > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:134877 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
