Archive for the ‘Video Games’ Category
Little Big Planet
I’ve never been one to post links to YouTube videos on the World of Me, but for this I must make an exception.
This is the introduction to the Playstation Three game Little Big Planet, a cute platform game that invites a global community to create playable worlds with level and object creation tools. How anyone could not want to play a game that has that narrator and that music is beyond me.
Duly purchased, and to be played heavily once I return from a rather busy weekend away…
Playstation 3
I've never done this
Although I draw the line at camping outside a video game store at midnight, you will often find that I always end up buying a new games console on the day of its release.
I’m certainly no Gamesmaster – my Xbox Live Gamerscore is laughably low and my presence on high-score tables has always been non-existent, but despite my lacklustre gaming skills I still love playing video games and I always look forward to having the latest games console sat underneath my television.
Not This Time
Sony PS3
It happens at midnight tonight (or 12am tomorrow morning) – the European launch of the Sony Playstation 3 games console. Uncharacteristically, this time I will not be buying a new console on launch day. Here are the reasons why:
- Price. Regardless of it’s online capabilities, Blu-Ray drive and ability to cure cancer, £425 is an unrealistic price for a brand new unestablished games console. With features that only benefit those with high-definition displays and an online service that is a mere shadow of Xbox Live, the PS3 would only appeal to me if they knocked at least a third off of the price.
- Poor backwards-compatibility. The PS3’s software PS2 emulator is said only to run 72% of existing Playstation 2 games. Considering that my chipped PS2 is 100% compatible with all PS2 games from any part of the world the PS3 will not be replacing my PS2 just yet.
- Price. See 1)
- Looks. Superficial maybe, but the PS3 is a really ugly machine. It kind of resembles a glossy George Forman grill. It is also very very HUGE.
- Price. See 1) and 3)
- I’m buying an Xbox 360. I have friends already enjoying multiplayer games with Xbox live who are practically begging me to join their number. I know nobody who’s planning on getting a PS3.
The thing is, I really really want a PS3. I really want to be there now queuing outside the Virgin Megastore in Oxford Street, I really want get my grubby hands on what is possibly the most powerful games console yet, I really want to play F1 2007 and Motorstorm, but at £425 a throw it really is too much to pay, even for the most hardened of early adopters like myself.
It is estimated that it’ll be over a year until the PS3 is subject to any reduction in price. That’s okay, with the Nintendo Wii, Playstation 2 and Sega Dreamcast sat under my television, I have enough gaming technology to keep me going for a long while yet.
Minna Daisuki Katamari Damacy
Minna Daisuki Katamari Damacy is the sequel to the wonderful Katamari Damacy, the best video game ever made. Released only in Japan and the US, Katamari Damacy was sadly missed by European gamers – for the sequel, Namco have promised that this oversight will be rectified when Minna Daisuki is released in the US and Europe as We Love Katamari.
Katamari Damacy
Understanding the language is the problem when it comes to using imported Japanese software. One can usually make out the odd word in French or German, but with Japanese and it’s three alphabets it’s a tad difficult. Luckily, we can go to NTSC-UK for a gamer’s guide to Japanese. Luckily, it’s not needed for Katamari Damacy.