Gameplay only takes you so far.... yes its important and it can make a game a classic like for example goldeneye, but given half the chance people would have both great gameplay and jaw dropping graphics, eventually the novelty of playing the 100th mario kart on Wii with sub par graphics will wear off and so will the motion control.
Considering I bought Q-Bert from the PSN I have to say I think this is mostly up to personal taste.
Im more of an eye candy guy, I will let the game off on certain things if its jaw dropingly beautiful.
I cannot, yet I will give any game a chance, despite its graphics. Personally, I think that graphics are great for marketing and getting the game out there because we are very visual. We see something pretty and stop to go, "Pretty," but if we put it in our hands and find that steering a dragon by tilting the controller sucks we move on. On the other hand people frequently overlook many casual games, but when people finally pick them up and play them their popularity will spread like wildfire if they are good, even if it is just a new way of color matching. Look at Tetris, how many times have people paid over $5 for that game?
Considering I am closing in on ten PSOne titles purchased from the PSN and a few more of the small PSN only games I think I prefer gameplay. I also love my Wii and use it for all my sports games because the gameplay of actual motion is a bigger draw for me than ultra-realistic graphics.
A good example is with GTA, it was great as it was back in the cartoony days, why bother to make it 3D or even make it more realistic with IV if gameplay is more important..... its the graphics that sells more.... well with things like the 360 and PS3.. its seen as a progression, having graphics the same as before will really put people off!
The 3D update to the GTA series was more than just graphical. They could have honestly just restarted the series after that big change. But it was a necessity because a 2-D game was not achieving their goals of pushing the envelope with both quality and content. The GTA change was a beginning for Rockstar that was taking them from just making games to making something completely different. Due to the nature of the change being soooo much more than just graphics I don't think it is a fair comparison.
Now let's look at something like say Mario games. I personally feel that Super Mario World (SNES) is the best Mario game ever and it was all due to gameplay. Mario 64 was fun in its 3-D way but for me it lost something and wasn't as fun. Super Mario Galaxy, for me gained a lot of the old feel back (even if Yoshi was missing). However its biggest lacking was in the controls, which took away from the gameplay element. I felt it took a gameplay innovation and stuck it where it did not belong. That is the main thing preventing it from being equal to its SNES counterpart.
Now, the Zelda games benefited greatly from 3D as I hated the 2D style. But in an adventure game 3D also changes gameplay for the better. However in Zelda (I have minor experience here) the fan favorites exist in past 3D games with different gameplay elements that affected the overall game, not in the newer prettier versions.
I think the gameplay vs graphics debate is one that is a combination of personal opinion and the game itself. Would Gran Tursimo be the same if it were just a pretty version of an arcade racer? How many people still enjoy past renditions? I'm currently replaying through GT1.
Let's face it graphics are important. It adds to the realism of the game, it's far more immersive & when consoles have this much power you expect the graphics to be superb. Gameplay is important and without it the game will fail no matter how good the graphics are.
Did someone say Lair?
It's a question of storage capacity. GTA4 will either be throttled back for the PS3 so it can fit on a dual-layer DVD (8Gb maximum) on both (equal graphics) or throttled back for the 360 so it can fit on a dual layer DVD for the 360 but allowed free reign on the BluRay (25Gb maximum for single layer) for PS3s (PS3 has better "content") or allowed free reign on both but comes on multiple DVDs for the XBox360 (equal graphics, but unequal price).
I believe GTA4 is supposed to be the same for both consoles, but that is why there is a new exclusive IP for the PS3, LA Noire, which developers are saying must have BD storage size because they intend to create a noire-style murder mystery game with all of 1940s era LA mapped.
I'd link the game's homepage but I will assume any site asking for age verification will violate AUP.
Quick question here. I'm trying to get pictures from my computer onto my PS3. I can do that no problem. Thats easy. My question is how do I get the names of the pictures onto the PS3. The names of the pictures on the PS3 after I transfer them are just random letters that mean nothing to me. Do I have to go through all the pictures and change their names or is there something I'm missing. I hope that makes sense. Thanks!
Odd, my picture files keep their names when they transfer. Anyway, you can change them after they are on the PS3. You may want to temporarily connect your PC keyboard if you don't have a PS3 devoted one.
When you have the photo file highlighted in the XMB push Triangle. The menu pops up on the right and you need to select Information. That will bring up the photo info and you should be able to highlight both title (or is it filename?) and album. Select the Title by pushing X. This will give you the text box so that you can change the name.
I don't know why your file names change though. How are you transferring them over?
Question here - I've got a buddy who received a 40GB for xmas. Apparently over the past few weeks he has experienced several lock ups while playing Madden. Has anyone else had similar issues with this combo?
Madden 08? 07? I have 07 on my Wii and it locks up and after some looking I found it was a common glitch across systems.
Honestly, seeing how little effort EA puts into Madden as a whole and then the even less effort they put into porting multiplatformers to the PS3 I am guessing this is a Madden issue.
