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movzx 1 point 8 months ago[-]

If you're looking for bad reviews on the PS3 I'm not entirely sure you'll find them. The PS3 doesn't really have that many good games going for it at this time, so when something awesome comes along it dominates the score. The 360 has a slightly lower review (98%). This is the only review I found that gave it less than a 95%.

http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=936963

San Andreas did indeed have a bigger, more empty map. SA didn't hold my attention like the other games did. I think that was largely due to the overly huge openness of it all.

Really? I hadn't noticed. Now I'll be looking all the time at the wheels. One thing that bugs me is how it is almost impossible to get panels/bumpers to fall off, but the overall crash damage is awesome.

It seems as if they can slouch based on the overall rave reviews by gamers and critics.

HD-only would have effectively killed game sales on the 360. Only about 300,000 people own a HD-DVD player as of last year (vs the millions of 360s sold each year). Not everyone who owns one is a gamer, into GTA, or even owns a 360. Personally, if it had been HD-only I would have gotten it on the PS3 (and in turn bought a PS3) instead of shelling out for a next-to-useless HD-DVD drive. At least then I can play MGS4 and Little Big Planet when they come out.

http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/18/xbox-360-hd-dvd-players-269000-sold/

edwinj85 1 point 8 months ago* [-]

I meant HARD DRIVE only. Streaming technology would make the game load faster with a HD cache. Several 360 games need the HD to work for this reason.

Pretty much every gamer I know online has the 360 HD.

movzx 1 point 8 months ago[-]

Ah, got ya. That makes more sense and arguably is a feature they could have implemented without making it hard drive only.

edwinj85 1 point 8 months ago* [-]

Not really...but I am no programmer. I just wish MS would realise they could lose this war and stop fucking about with games. Games should be made the best they can be, not limited by the fact a few people do not have HD's.

movzx 1 point 8 months ago[-]

Not really... There could have been secondary discs with higher detailed textures/models that the primary disc checks for on the hard drive. If it locates them then it uses those instead of what is on the main disc. Just a rough guess.