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Comment on E3 2010 by LiQuidGFX

LiQuidGFX — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:51:56 +0000

Oh and another thing! I want an Avatar! ;p

Comment on E3 2010 by LiQuidGFX

LiQuidGFX — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:50:03 +0000

Kinect seems very plain, nothing making me think “I have to have this!” and I only feel a bit more optimistic toward Move as I know what I want to do with the Wiimote and its just not accurate enough! Dito! GOW3 looks the mutts, gonna have to get me 1 and 2, Still not sold on the 3DS yet, I will love Zelda as long as they don’t make link turn into some bloody animal in the game! My thoughts on Move are above!, PSP just needs a hardware update FACT! Couldn’t get into Killzone 2 which I found strange as I loved 1, Hoping for a little more speed in the movement department from 3, Not big on Portal myself but Steam on PS3 could be the biggest thing to have been announced at E3 this year bar none, and could put a great big turd on Microsoft if they do it right!

Comment on Trans dimensional travel on the house by zyclonium

zyclonium — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:07:40 +0000

Fair doos! It all turned out good in the end then.

Comment on Trans dimensional travel on the house by LiQuidGFX

LiQuidGFX — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:47:37 +0000

Yep! a couple of weeks ago, Replaced half the wiring and a chunk of the junction box, gone from a 3-5 meg connection to a 5-7 meg connection! Bring it on! And i’ve calmed down now

Comment on Trans dimensional travel on the house by zyclonium

zyclonium — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:27:56 +0000

Yeah, I had the same hassle for weeks on end with Tiscali a few years ago. You don’t realise how much you rely on the Internet until you have to manage without it for a while!

Did you finally get it sorted then?

Comment on Trans dimensional travel on the house by LiQuidGFX

LiQuidGFX — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:55:37 +0000

5 engineers and into my 5th week without broadband! The ba****d on the phone told me the engineers had replaced the gubbins up the pole and everything should be working fine, when in fact they haven’t even booked the platform to access the pole! LYING BA****DS! Im REALLY starting to think life without broadband may be an option! FU****G AR******S your making me doubt myself now! AAAAAARRRRGH

Comment on Trans dimensional travel on the house by LiQuidGFX

LiQuidGFX — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:48:44 +0000

Quite enjoyed Portal, Got it in the PS3 Orange Box. Even if I wanted to download it I cant! Why? Well my broadband collapsed on its arse 3 weeks ago (despite 3 engineers and 50 different hard to understand Pakistani customer service reps) and I cant get my broadband speed above 128k, thats when it doesn’t cut off after 2 – 5 minutes! Gotta love BT!

Comment on One year later and RPGs are BIG! by zyclonium

zyclonium — Sun, 16 May 2010 09:54:37 +0000

Yeah I like the look of that and wouldn’t mind getting Borderlands at some point in the future but I’m currently on a strict new games diet. Nothing new at the moment since I had to buy that replacement PS3 and am completely broke now.

If I can stay out the games shops for the next six months or so I should be able to pick up everything I wanted and missed during that period cheaper. That’s the theory and it gives me a bit more of a chance to finish the fifty games I’ve currently got in progress!

Comment on Gone Elite! by zyclonium

zyclonium — Sun, 16 May 2010 09:49:11 +0000

I think I play a decent amount on both consoles. I think it comes down to the fact that some features are more important to some people than others.

Regarding your specific points:

No installing demos/downloads – Yeah, I admit the extra step of downloading and installing demos is slightly more cumbersome on the PS3 (although not a major concern for me – it’s only more one button click after all). Presumably the 360 must still download demos in compressed format but most likely just decrunches them on the fly before it informs you that its ready.

No mandatory installs – This is more of an issue with developer technical design than the machine itself. Some games have no installs (ie. Final Fantasy XIII) and some games have ridiculous installs (ie. Bioshock).

More streamlined updates – Completely agree with you on this one. The updates on the PS3 are getting silly now. Big, mandatory downloads every couple of weeks for minimal features. I’d rather they just did an update quarterly unless it was a critical fix.

Custom soundtrack streaming – This is one of those features I think you either use all the time or just don’t bother with. I see the attraction but it’s not personally important to me.

Comment on Gone Elite! by Matthew Buxton

Matthew Buxton — Sat, 15 May 2010 12:37:11 +0000

I think it depends how much you play and how many friends you have. The 360’s dashboard/whatever is clearly better (no installing demos/downloads, no mandatory installs, no being locked out of your friends list, smaller, more streamlined updates, custom soundtrack streaming in all games etc) features like party play and such only come into their own when you have lots of friends you play with. Even LBP was a disappointment to me, I was really surprised that you can’t take photos in game and then download them from the website, most of the social games on 360 let you do this. Heck, even the scoreboards don’t always update instantly on the PS3 (at least not on some games).