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[challenge entry] Just redressing the balance a bit ;P

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(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:32, archived)
# I had a go on a Wii
and thought the graphics were poor for 1980s. Great concept, but needs a couple of generations before it actually becomes worth owning
(I helped save b3ta! Milkman Dan, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:33, archived)
# No denying it has all the graphics capabilities of a 3DFX card that hit the bottle
but it's still a blast at parties.
(Guineapiggy Fuzzeh!, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:34, archived)
# it feels rushed
when it's had a few years as a concept to bed in, I'm sure it'll be great
(I helped save b3ta! Milkman Dan, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:35, archived)
# I agree
but I'd still rather own a Wii than a PS3. Screw it, Xbox 360 it is. They're gonna merge them with PCs anyway and shut out the market next time around.
(Guineapiggy Fuzzeh!, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:37, archived)
#
www.b3ta.com/board/7056185

photorealistic route = less artistic and more costly to create
a team of 200 are needed for a current next gen game
where is all the bedroom coder support?
where will the next generation of coders come from without it?

who want's to spend two years of their life creating something
which may flop at release?

there's more to it than just graphics
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:34, archived)
# shut it grandad :D
You can have shit hot graphics AND killer gameplay you know ;)
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:37, archived)
# hahahahahahahahahahahaha
I love the Happy Toast vs King OF Hats console arguments debates.
(I helped save b3ta! mugatu, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:39, archived)
# Best bit is we're in agreement on most of it
we just like to put on a show and bring the punters in ;)
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:41, archived)
# True. Remember Caber Wulf, the jungle maze/ Highland Games classic.
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(I helped save b3ta! Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:40, archived)
# needs less colour clash
:D
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:43, archived)
# it all comes at a cost
all the small developers are dying
soon all games will be made by 3 developers
and YOU WILL LIKE WHAT THEY MAKE OR ELSE!!!!

no one can take a risk in an industry where it takes
24 months to create a product

it's like a decent, raw promo tape
verses 200 mill spent on a sugar babe video

you're all being fooled that more money/better looking = the best
:D
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:40, archived)
# ahhhh, who says the games need to be massive
Blast Factor is a perfect example of super cool graphics and mad old skool gameplay.
I doubt it took more than a team of 10 to make in 6 months and it only costs £3.49 off the Playstation store.

Stuff like that (and the hope for regular bursts of more) is why I am loving the PS3 so far
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:44, archived)
# yes, there is hope left still
but tell that to lanning
creator of abe and munch
who recently left the games industry to chase
a career in film where he feels his creative
talents are less restricted.
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:46, archived)
# yup
Microsoft killed his dream :(

The poor install base of the XBox (actually I think it was the 360) meant that Microsoft were unwilling to spend money on his vision. Cnuts.
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:49, archived)
# ^ this
One of my favourite games ever which I still play regularly runs smoothly on a Pentium 150 :)
Edit: Master of Orion II. Oh, and I forgot Civ, of course.
(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:38, archived)
# One of my fave games of all time runs fine on a 486 DX2 66 with 8meg RAM :)
Doom
(I helped save b3ta! mugatu, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:40, archived)
# I have a BBC Master System
so I can play Elite
(I helped save b3ta! Milkman Dan, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:41, archived)
# I have a led that is attached to a battery
I CAN MAKE IT GO ON AND OFF AT WILL!!!!!

it's enough amusement for me :D
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:46, archived)
# i've started playing a PC port of Frontier recently
it am most woo
with openGL graphics and stuff
(-2D, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:59, archived)
# true, all true
but I didn't like the Wii gameplay either... I think it'll get better as they improve the technology. As I say, great concept, poor execution this time round
(I helped save b3ta! Milkman Dan, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:40, archived)
# i just love games \o/
(I helped save b3ta! - D - SharkTrousers, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:43, archived)
# YES



Get your rocks off honey
(The_Queen_Is_Dead Scooter Is A Blonde Haired Fuck-monkey, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:33, archived)
# :O
Blasphemy?
(I helped save b3ta! in vino veritas, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:33, archived)
# graphic whore
:D
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:33, archived)
[challenge entry] Alternatively I could go with this one


:D
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:34, archived)
# hahahahahahahaha
(I helped save b3ta! mugatu, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:35, archived)
# YOS!

(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:36, archived)
# hey!
he IS cool!

:D *hangs*
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:43, archived)
# hahahahahaha
my missus wants a Wii for her birthday. She doesn't normally 'do conputer games' but thinks the Wii looks 'fun' and 'cool'

Nuff said.
(I helped save b3ta! mugatu, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:33, archived)
# it won't be fun when she throws her shoulder out or summat!
(I helped save b3ta! ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:34, archived)
# Lets face it, it's for non game players and drunkeness really
but theres no harm in that. Just a shame they charge so much for all the required add-ons and games that cost tuppence ha'ppeny to make.
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:36, archived)
# pffffffffffft
"charge so much"
says the PS3 owner.....

:D
any sytem that can get my nan into games is a good thing
anything that can get women into games is a good thing
the industry needs more new talent
rather than the elite few that pander to the 13 year old gun psychopath inside of us.

and just because the PS3 is £425
it doesn't make it any less of a toy
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:38, archived)
# I quite like that Nintendo are still doing the
Shiny, happy, pling pling bing bong, jump on a mushroom sort of games though. Well, in the main.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:40, archived)
# *holds breath*
*jumps in*
^ this
(Jazz Pirate never says die, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:56, archived)
# and that's why the Wii will be more succesful

(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:40, archived)
# yeah... but that will continue to determine the type of game that wil be released for it based on that new target audience
and that type of game aint for me.
(I helped save b3ta! mugatu, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:41, archived)
# but they
have captured a much larger audience than just us types who are just in it for the shiny shiny graphics and physics engines that allow
you to throw your own hand over a rainbow, if you so please*.

*to be featured in the forthcoming 360 game, "Super Hand Rainbow Detachment Squadron 2021"
(I helped save b3ta! The Neville What what what, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:55, archived)
# I sat playing the gamecube all of yesterday
Can't believe I haven't picked up resi 4 before now.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:35, archived)
# captain!!!
*BIG hugs and smooshes*
how the hell are you?
(I helped save b3ta! ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:36, archived)
# More wary of hispanic people
But fine! *hug*

you?
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:37, archived)
# not too bad but i wish 4.30 would hurry up!!
what have the hispanics done?
(I helped save b3ta! ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:38, archived)
# Play resident evil four.
If anyone shouts anything at me in spanish/portugese/one of them type languages now I will be forced to shoot them with my shooty equipment.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:39, archived)
# si
(I helped save b3ta! ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:41, archived)
# I'm well liking it.
Which probably means it's shit to everyone else.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:43, archived)
# Ahoi, Skipper!


(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:45, archived)
# pfffft!
the graphic's really SO last generation, but I still think more people will buy it than a PS3.
(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:36, archived)
# of course they will
its cheap and is perfect for shutting up the kids and hoping they'll burn off a bit of energy.

Just not what I look for in a games and entertainment system
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:39, archived)
# Yep.
You can't find a cheaper blu-ray player, and Linux runs, too!
(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:41, archived)
# Wii
is fucking clown shoes.
(OneTonTesti master of rubbish kung fu, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:38, archived)
# and lo it was told that with this post the fanboy wars doth began :)
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:40, archived)
# ZOMFG GAMEBOY
(I helped save b3ta! mugatu, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 12:44, archived)
# Wii rocks, Wii play with girlies
(peetrus, Thu 5 Apr 2007, 13:22, archived)