July 4, 2005

How useless are joypads for FPS!!!

Filed under: Playstation, General — Justin @ 1:26 pm

This is directed at the console masses. Please prove me wrong or fill me in if you know any different. Having recently being treated to a helping of HALO on the XBOX, I noticed an inherent problem with FPS on consoles. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO AIM!!!!!!

You can tell me them little thumb controls are accurate to 10 billionths of a pixel…..but its pure bullshit! I found myself battling tediousness in a vein attempt to get a moving target into a crosshair. Every movement of the thumb control lead to a massive jump of the crosshairs!! How have you poor “consoles” managed to play any FPS like this….its sickening.

The good from the bad in the FPS world are separated by their mouse control and keyboard strafing…….I tried to strafe using a joy-pad and ended up laughing myself to death. The combination of moving and trying to keep your target on one enemy is all but impossible.

I am therefore going to state that console gamers CANNOT be as good at FPS as their PC counterparts due to the fact FPS work much better using a mouse and keyboard combination…

I have spoken!

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May 26, 2005

Smoke, mirrors and the next generation

Filed under: Playstation — Philip @ 10:37 pm

With the recent furor surrounding the release of the XBOX 360 and the Playstation 3 it seems we have forgotten how promises made in the past have never materialised. This story examines such promises and shows us how the hype surrounding the Playstation 3 and XBOX 360 may quite simply be smoke and mirrors. Click here to read more.

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May 18, 2005

Playstation 3 Launch

Filed under: Playstation — Philip @ 11:06 pm

This week saw the release of the new XBox console closely followed by the release of the XBox’s main competition, Sony’s Playstation 3. The Playstation 3 boasts many new features such as support for wireless networking and several bluetooth devices.

My first impression was quite simply WOW, i really like the new design and even the Joypad has been given a futuristic makeover. Check it out here

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