Topic: Who is going to buy a PS3 Slim?

[broodwars]

Good question, I'm curious about that, too.

I just nabbed the first Uncharted. I'm psyched, but I need to finish Corruption (almost done) and start Spyborgs (I'm reviewing it) and maybe get a bit farther in Brutal Legend before I get into it heavily.

Unless it's a short game. Is it short? Uncharted, I mean. Can I blow through it in a couple of days?

You can easily blow through both Uncharted games in a couple days.  They're both relatively short games, at about 8-10 hours apiece.

[hylianhero5249]

Okay, I'm seriously considering picking up a PS3 this week but I'm too lazy to do my own research. I already own a 360 and would prefer to play most multiplatform games on that, so I'm looking for PS3 exclusives that I should be thinking about. I'm already looking at Uncharted, Little Big Planet, MLB The Show, and Valkyria Chronicles and I'm not interested in MGS; is there anything good I'm missing.

Killzone 2, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. Both Motorstorms, Resistance 1 and 2, SOCOM, and Warhawk,

[vudu]

But do you need the disc in the drive the entire time, or only to install it the first time?

It's my understanding that you need the disc in the drive in order to stream Netflix.  It's rumored/assumed that Microsoft has an exclusive on an in-dash application.  It's been hinted that Netflix steaming could be updated to be an installed application sometime down the line, which means that exclusivity is timed.

Unless it's a short game. Is it short? Uncharted, I mean. Can I blow through it in a couple of days?

I heard it's under 10 hours.

I need to ... start Spyborgs (I'm reviewing it)

I thought Lindy was reviwing Spyborgs?

[BlackNMild2k1]

Speaking of streaming Netflix, I checked out the Nintendo channel last nite (game times to follow), but if the High Quality videos on the Nintendo channel are anything to go by, then Netflix shouldn't be all that hard to accomplish on the Wii.

They were very clear and they all loaded fairly quickly. With as many Wiis as there are PS360's out there, I don't see whats taking them so long to get this rolled out as quickly as possible.

[Halbred]

Lindy said he won't have time or something. It's understandable, and I like reviewing games, so it was a win-win.

[D_Average]

Good question, I'm curious about that, too.

I just nabbed the first Uncharted. I'm psyched, but I need to finish Corruption (almost done) and start Spyborgs (I'm reviewing it) and maybe get a bit farther in Brutal Legend before I get into it heavily.

Unless it's a short game. Is it short? Uncharted, I mean. Can I blow through it in a couple of days?

Oh yeah.  Easily.  But be prepared for massive bullet sponges.

[Stogi]

Unless it's a short game. Is it short? Uncharted, I mean. Can I blow through it in a couple of days?

Most definitely. I had a friend blow through it in an afternoon.

[Halbred]

Played it last night for about an hour and a half. I love it! Very cinematic, though I see what you guys mean when you say "goon areas." They just keep coming! I wouldn't say any of them are "bullet sponges" (I'm good with the headshots) but man oh man, you fight like four rounds of five guys at a time.

I just discovered the plane wreckage. I think I killed like twenty guys. I've already got a bunch of kill achievements. I have to get used to how the grenades handle.

[D_Average]

For some reason the Uncharted games ate my fav for headshots. They get even better in two.

[vudu]

But do you need the disc in the drive the entire time, or only to install it the first time?

Netflix VP Explains the Need for PS3 Discs

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I just discovered the plane wreckage. I think I killed like twenty guys.

Even more fun on "crushing" difficulty! 

They seemed to have spent a lot of time fine-tuning the fight areas.  I've noticed that they designed many of them so that's often impossible to hole up and just snipe -- no matter where you hide, you usually have to watch your back too because they enemies will most definitely be trying to sneak up behind you (and even when there are such hidey holes, you usually have to leave them and expose your self at some point to advance through the fight) -- but there's enough cover so that with care and a bit of skill, you can always manage to do it.

The checkpoint frequency also seems spot on, so that when you do die, although it's annoying, you feel psyched to try again instead of screaming and tossing the ps3 out the window (games where you have to replay huge portions of the level just drive me nuts).  I think this is the main reason why I rarely felt frustrated, despite the slightly absurd wave-after-wave-of-bad-guys feel of some fights.  On "hard" and "crushing" it got more frustrating, but never became impossible.

The fact that the characters actually reflect the absurdity seems kinda cool too (lots of dialog like "where are all these guys coming from?!")

[broodwars]

I just discovered the plane wreckage. I think I killed like twenty guys.

Even more fun on "crushing" difficulty! 

They seemed to have spent a lot of time fine-tuning the fight areas.  I've noticed that they designed many of them so that's often impossible to hole up and just snipe

I spent my entire "Crushing" run doing nothing but baiting those morons into running into my "one entrance" hiding place so I could punch them to death (or blind fire my shotgun at point-blank range for an instant kill), and then snipe the others from right where I was.  The only times you can't get away with that are in the huge, wide-open arenas towards the end,  where you pretty much die until you get the exact right sequence of enemies to kill to prevent them from sneaking around you and one shot-ing you with a shotgun.  In general, I found Uncharted 1 to be extremely defense-oriented without a great deal of room to experiment with moving around the arenas.  You can only take a couple shots without dying, and it doesn't take long for enemies to severely flank you.

And yes, Crushing difficulty on Uncharted 1 is beyond brutal and well into unfair.  I only ever got through it by exploiting the AI and programming glitches (the water room, anyone?).

[hylianhero5249]

I am getting a PS3 Slim, since it will be my first PS3. If I already had a PS3 though, I would still probably buy a Slim, since I am a new-hardware whore.

[Flames_of_chaos]

All you Demon's Souls haters need to get in the Waaaaaaahmbulance.  ;-)  Great game, but not for the feint of heart.

As for exclusives...

Folklore
Motorstorm: Pacific Rift
Infamous
Resistance: Fall of Man (I prefer it to Resistance 2, but I like both titles)
Soldner-X (side-scrolling shooter)
Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds (the only Mario Golf game this generation, totally awesome)
Warhawk (forgotten classic, very good Battlefield 1942-ish online game that still has an active, dedicated community)

I pretty much agree with Lindy except with Hot Shots Golf being the only Mario Golf game this generation. We Love Golf for Wii is also very similar to Mario Golf and it's made by Camelot who made Mario Golf . It was one of the first online enabled golf games on Wii.

[Halbred]

Just beat Uncharted last night. Great game, though it started getting a little gun-heavy toward the end. I really enjoyed the platforming elements. The gunplay was good, but like I said, a little too much of it toward the end. Overall it's a wonderful game, with great, subtle character animations. Elena could use a few more cup sizes, I'm just sayin'.

Very much felt like an action movie. I kind of wished the zombie Spaniards in the generator room were zombie Nazis, though. That would've been OFF THE CHAIN.

I'll be starting Uncharted 2 pretty soon. My brother let me borrow it.

[D_Average]

Elena could use a few more cup sizes, I'm just sayin'.

They made up for it with the backside n legs.  Hottest game character to date.  Easily....     

[Halbred]

I don't think you're giving Jade from BG&E her due.

[D_Average]

Very true.  "Jade wins. Finish him.".  Anytime....

[vudu]

Anyone get their Netflix disc last week?  How's it work?

From the little bit that I've read it seems like it works okay but you can tell it's a 1.0 product--there's quite a bit to be desired about the functionality.

I haven't seen resolution addressed anywhere--I know you can stream in HD, but what's the resolution?  1080p?  1080i?  720p?