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[SilentMartyr]

Counter to #5 => Resident Evil 4

Not only is it heavily mature, it is the BEST GC game on the market.

[Hadriel]

You've never played Eternal Darkness, have you?  No one who has would be able to make that statement with a straight face.  ED is hands-down the best survival horror game ever made.  Period.  Full stop.

[DeweyisOverrated]

Eternal Darkness was a good game, I'm not sure about the best ever survival horror game.  Certainly in terms of innovation, though.  Note that I haven't even played RE4 yet, so I can't make an opinion on it.  Also note that the company that made Eternal darkess, Silicon Knights, has since left Nintendo for Microsoft.  And I'm jealous.  Too Human looks AMAZING.

[Sentenal]

I though Silcon Knights left to become Third Party.  Rare was sold to Microsoft, but I was unaware that they aquired SK too.

RE4 is MUCH different than any survival horror game I've ever played.  I always avoided them, because I HATED the controls, the human tank controls.  But for RE4, it just feels much better...  IMO, while Eternal Darkness WAS a great game, its no RE4.

[Lordchander]

I do believe i have a right to say this: The PS2 is no where near crap!

In Australia (my home land), 50% of ALL game sales last year were PS2 games. 30% were XBOX, 15% were GBA and 5% were GameCube games.

This is of course in Australia, if some1 could find any statistics for America and Europe, i would be glad to compare and see if Nintendo are still crap.

Also, say 'I' if u loved the N64!! Personally, aside from the SNES, the N64 was the BEST gaming console of all time. I still have mine. I tried to play a game once, it froze, so i got all pissed off and kicked it! Hey! Guess what? It started working again!!!    

[DeweyisOverrated]

You might be right about SK becoming a third party... I'm pretty sure Too Human is an exclusive for Xbox360, so I might've jumped to a conclusion there.

As for in America, GC sales are defintly the weakest of the consoles (generally speaking, once in awhile they'll top the charts with some huge blockbuster game), but not nearly as weak as in Australia.  However, Nintendo DS is destroying the PSP in japan, and beating up on it in USA as well.  Go Nintendo!

[Sentenal]

Aye, I loved the N64.  But, I love RPGs more.  And the N64 only had Ogre Battle 64, and basically no other RPG for the most part, other than Paper Mario, I think.  Thats why I can't say its the greatest.

[SilentMartyr]

You've never played Eternal Darkness, have you?  No one who has would be able to make that statement with a straight face.  ED is hands-down the best survival horror game ever made.  Period.  Full stop.

No I haven't but have you played Resident Evil 4? That game has completely changed the genre, groundbreaking in every aspect of gaming.

[Hadriel]

You've never played Eternal Darkness, have you?  No one who has would be able to make that statement with a straight face.  ED is hands-down the best survival horror game ever made.  Period.  Full stop.

No I haven't but have you played Resident Evil 4? That game has completely changed the genre, groundbreaking in every aspect of gaming.

I did play RE4.  It wasn't anything special.

In the US, the PS2 has a dominant percentage of the sales; Xbox and GC are usually about on equal levels.  In Japan Nintendo destroys everything else.  No idea what it's like in Europe.

[DeweyisOverrated]

Are you sure about Nintendo DOMINATING in Japan?  DS is whooping PSP over there, but PS2 I'm pretty sure is cleanign up, followed by Nintendo, and the USA-manufactured Xbox is doing horribly.

[SilentMartyr]

You've never played Eternal Darkness, have you?  No one who has would be able to make that statement with a straight face.  ED is hands-down the best survival horror game ever made.  Period.  Full stop.

No I haven't but have you played Resident Evil 4? That game has completely changed the genre, groundbreaking in every aspect of gaming.

I did play RE4.  It wasn't anything special.

In the US, the PS2 has a dominant percentage of the sales; Xbox and GC are usually about on equal levels.  In Japan Nintendo destroys everything else.  No idea what it's like in Europe.

I was under the impression that Sony dominated the console market in Japan.

What exactly was your qulams with the game?

[V_Translanka]

Just because any one system specifically targets one audience, that does not mean that it, or it's competitors are, as said, "crap". The Gamecube has it's target audience and the PSP has it's target audience. The reason that the PSP isn't doing as well is simply because of the price. Newer games will come out for it (GTA baby! GT4 on the go! Yeay!) and handheld fans may have to reconsider their priorities...The PSP is just more than a handheld, which makes it more valuable. So I think the price is right and/or fair...Plus, I've heard that the PS3 will use those PSP memory sticks...

Oh, and I stopped liking the 64 when they took off the Ultra from the title...It was a meh system to me...SNES & NES totally obliterate it. And PSX of course...

[Lordchander]

USA-manufactured Xbox is doing horribly.

Oh really? I was under the impression that the XBOX would actually do quite well in Japan. Like come on, Halo 2 for all!!

I have not quite come to terms though on which console i prefer, PS2 or XBOX. I have a PS2, yet no XBOX, the reason i dont have an XBOX is because Halo 2 is probably the only game I want that is on it, actually, Fable would do as well but. Here is a list of pros and cons for each.

PS2: Pros
-It has a lovely slimline version which is twice as portable as the normal PS2 and 3 times as portable than an XBOX.
-Lots of games that appeal to all age groups
-Proud home of the GTA series
-Proud home of the Ratchet and Clank series
-Great Graphics
-One of the best controllers ive ever seen
-The Eye Toys (not the best but XBOX dont have em)

PS2: Cons
-Memory Card is quite pricey, doesnt hold as much memory as i would have wanted.
-Memory Card is useful for when playing at friends houses etc. and u dont want to bring ur PS2
-Only 2 controller port (thats really really poor Sony)
-The Ethernet Network Adaptor is sold seperately
-Too many other bits and pieces that could have come with the PS2 anyway.
-Memory Card DOESN'T come with one! How fuckin' rediculous!

XBOX: Pros
-Has a Hard Disk for built-in memory
-4 controller ports
-An 'all-right' controller
-Proud home of the Halo Series
-Fable  
-Nice box
-Additional memory in the controllers
-Great multiplayer games
-XBOX Live comes built-in (I think...)
-Link Cable
-Good graphics

XBOX: Cons
-Hard Disk is useless in the fact that u cant transport the memory
-Not really portable
-XBOX games dont appeal to all
-No Ratchet and Clank
-XBOX Live is a waste of money
-Pretty dodgy controller

You can all make up your own descisions on how u think these two compare to each, im just not quite sure on which one i am for.

~LC

[DeweyisOverrated]

Even with Halo 1 and 2, XBOX is still sucking the big one over in Japan.  They're hoping to change that with 360 by signing on a bunch of big names over there for launch titles, like Blue Dragon.  (I think that's the name).

[V_Translanka]

I don't think that "an 'all-right' controller" should be a plus for the XBOX, especially since it's actually a piece of crap controller...but w/e...

A ufck Halo...I mean, if I had an XBOX, sure, I'd play it, but to have an XBOX for the purpose of playing Halo? What a waste...There are other, better, FPSs out there...