Xbox 360 vs PS3 Face-Off: Round 17 (UPDATE: Street Fighter4)

jiggles wrote:2.2, if Sony are to believed.

SchminkyPinky wrote:I think these are still handy for the people that own both platforms

bear wrote:

Herbi wrote:In before the lock

Posts like that are pointless and the people who make them should be banned for 6 months.

Yungstar_2006 wrote:

SchminkyPinky wrote:I think these are still handy for the people that own both platforms

handy how ?

KKLEIN wrote:[*]Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe – Winner: Xbox 360
[*]The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon - Winner: PlayStation 3
[*]SCORE International Baja 1000 - Winner DRAW*

It seems that a combination of developers targeting consoles first and foremost, combined with the generally falling cost of PC components is serving to make the platform extremely enticing once more for enthusiast gamers who want the best performance - and in many games, a relatively inexpensive investment can give you a gameplay experience massively improved over console. In the case of F.E.A.R. 2 it elevates all of the core aspects that are fun on 360 and transforms the whole game into a richer, more enjoyable experience.

For both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners, F.E.A.R. 2 is something of a miss. For owners of Sony's box, it's pretty much a write-off, not just because of the very poor performance issues, but because it arrives in the same time period as Killzone 2 - a game I've spent a lot of time with recently and is perhaps the most magnificent technical achievement I've seen on the current generation of consoles. In every sense that matters, Guerrilla Games' effort serves to make F.E.A.R. 2 an almost completely redundant release for PS3 players.

For Xbox 360 gamers, things aren't quite so clear cut, because while it's hardly the greatest first-person shooter on the system and certainly lacks a degree of innovation, there is much to like about F.E.A.R. 2. While the AI isn't as advanced as Killzone's, it still provides a decent enough challenge, and once you get out of the moribund hospital environment it's clearly a pretty handsome game. Uninspiring it may be, but it's solid. So, to quote joyfully and without shame from my dog-eared manual of '90s games journalism clichés, I'd say that it's 'recommended to fans of the genre'.

$ilva $hadow wrote:

Yungstar_2006 wrote:

SchminkyPinky wrote:I think these are still handy for the people that own both platforms

handy how ?

Handy in that I bought Call of Duty 4 on the PS3 because the graphics were the same but the online multiplayer was free on the PS3. Handy in that I bought The Darkness on the 360 because the PS3 version ran like dog **** with no AA and spoiled the game a bit, especially with those load times on the PS3 that even the cutscenes weren't long enough to cover for (yes I also own the PS3 version as well).


I own both consoles. It's handy.

As it is, the most noticeable difference between the two versions has nothing to do with the graphics and is all about the more mundane matter of loading times - eight-to-nine seconds per round on 360, double that on PS3. Thankfully the latter version has a ten-minute optional install weighing in at just 2GB, which brings it into the same ballpark loading time as the 360 version running from disc. It's highly recommended that you do complete the install, as playing online against those who haven't done so can get annoying rather quickly. For its part, NXE's 5.7GB install takes much the same time to complete but has little effect on in-game performance.

And so we come to the key component: online play, and once again we find what appears to be a complete score draw. Accurate measurement of internet performance is almost impossible - every game will be different - but just to make things really tough we sought out the worst connections possible on both versions and while the gameplay felt different, it was still playable and the better player always won.

All of which leads us nicely on to the question of which version to buy if you're the owner of both PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles. The technical differences are apparent but not intrusive, and the gameplay is identical; if you're into playing online it all comes down to which friends list you'd prefer to be using. Offline, it's close, but 360 gets the nod.

Over and above that, the only other thing you need to know is that the gloriously ultra-cheesy '80s-themed soft rock fest - 'Indestructible' - sounds just as good on either system, so in the final analysis, everyone's a winner.

Yungstar_2006 wrote:

$ilva $hadow wrote:

Yungstar_2006 wrote:

SchminkyPinky wrote:I think these are still handy for the people that own both platforms

handy how ?

Handy in that I bought Call of Duty 4 on the PS3 because the graphics were the same but the online multiplayer was free on the PS3. Handy in that I bought The Darkness on the 360 because the PS3 version ran like dog **** with no AA and spoiled the game a bit, especially with those load times on the PS3 that even the cutscenes weren't long enough to cover for (yes I also own the PS3 version as well).


I own both consoles. It's handy.

so you don't buy your games until they have been compared in one of these face-off things, guess you must wait awhile after release before you buy games then.

Rog wrote:So within a day of having a PS3 I've already bought an inferior multi-format game, yay!

Rog wrote:So within a day of having a PS3 I've already bought an inferior multi-format game, yay!

suzzopher wrote:

Rog wrote:So within a day of having a PS3 I've already bought an inferior multi-format game, yay!

It plays the same according to that and if you don't want to invest in another pad then Dualshock over that 360 pad any day for a fighter.

Plus you can pick up a cheap USB Saturn pad or any USB arcade stick and it'll work.

Eighthours wrote:

suzzopher wrote:

Rog wrote:So within a day of having a PS3 I've already bought an inferior multi-format game, yay!

It plays the same according to that and if you don't want to invest in another pad then Dualshock over that 360 pad any day for a fighter.

Plus you can pick up a cheap USB Saturn pad or any USB arcade stick and it'll work.

Your fanboyism continues to amuse.