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General and Gaming => Modern Video Games => Topic started by: Jakandsig on April 10, 2015, 10:58:15 am
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Now that effective this year Last generation will fall in the ocean, which of the systems did you like the most? It was the longest generation of all time, and there were tons of the good and the bad.
This is a very good time to discuss this as the last generation will be done soon. Wii has been dead for a time, PS3 was announced by Sony last year to end in 2015, and Microsoft said 2016, however with the latter, the 360 is already severely down so that extra bit of time will be marginal at best.
Some big games for each system-
Xbox 360:
Halo
Gears of War
Forza
Alan Wake
Akai Katana
Kinect SPorts
Kinect Adventure
Banjo Nut and Bolts
Nintey Nine Nights
Lost Odyssey
Fable
Forza Horizon
Project Gotham 3-4
Steel Battalion
Splinter Cell Conviction
Mass Effect 1
Saints Row 1
Playstation 3:
Uncharted
Killzone
Final Fantasy X/-X-2 remake
Haze
LBP
Disgaea 3-4
Demon Souls
God of War 3
MGSIV
Gran Tourismo
Heavy Rain/Beyond
Wii:
Wii Sports/Resort
Wii Fit
Super Mario Galaxy
Twilight Princess
Let's Tap
Madworld
Red Steel
Conduit
NiGHTS 2
Carnival Games
Xenoblade
Super Smash Bros.
The Last Story
Kirby Retrun/Epic Yarn
Metroid Other M
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I think 'Wario Land: Shake It' deserves a space in the Wii game listings, Good-Feel game, pre-epic Yarn too. Maybe even 'Mario Kart Wii'
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At one point or another, I had all these systems. I got the ps3 a few months after it came out. I had the Wii for a long time but never used it and was pretty much just a dust collector. Given it does have some great titles, I could just never get into while using the controls. I had the 360 for maybe half a year and hardly played it.
The ps3 in my opinion is the best choice of all these. It has all the best RPG's and has MLB The Show which is probably the only sports game I throughly enjoy. The "free" online factor was also a huge factory as to why I got it in the first place as well. Back in Jr High when I got it, 500 dollars was a hell of a lot of money, then to pay an extra 60 a year was not something I was looking to do. :)
With the current Gen out I decided to go out on a limb and get the Xbox One. So far there are no exclusives on either system (ps4 & Xbox) I want aside from Bloodborne (Which I'm hoping will eventually come to the One). I do really enjoy the social aspect of the One!
I was never a huge Halo fan which is why the 360 doesn't really appeal to me. Some of the exclusive title I loved on the Ps3 were
-The Last of Us
-Uncharted
-Ni No Kuni
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The Wii in my opinion barely beats out Playstation 3, but those two have some really good exclusives that are worth buying a system. The Wii surprised me with the amount of hidden gems that work well on the system, there's a lot of variety of games to be found in the Wii's library, and many of these games can be purchased for relatively cheap prices, and some of these games let you use different options to Wiimote/ or aren't a hinderance with Wiimote. I think part of this has to do with the fact that with the Wii being successful with motion controls and lower development costs allowed companies to create a ton of games for the system, even if there is a bunch of shovelware on the system. It has backwards compatability with Gamecube as well, and getting component output for it is much cheaper than a GC cable, and the Virtual Console offerings are pretty good for the most part. I got it day 1 because of Metal Slug Anthology and I haven't looked back since.
The only problems here are resolution is not good for many games, and you can't import anything since its completely region locked.
The PS3 is pretty close to Wii with variety of games, although I wasn't able to buy one until last year. Many of the exclusives are great indicators of what the system can do, and there are a good amount of games that are better on the PS3 than the X360. Many of the games on this system can be cheap as well, and pretty easy to find still. Being region-free for 99% makes getting imports easy, especially for physical releases in Japan that only got digital releases elsewhere. Online is free as well, native ps1 backwards compatability, as well as ps2 bc compatability( for the first three models), and it can play other media as well( like super audio cds in the first few models). I think the main problem with PS3 is that many of the multiplat titles from some publishers don't run as well as there X360 counterparts.
The X360 has some good exclusives as well. The first few years has a good amount of variety with some exclusives made by Japanese publishers, and in addition has a ton of shmup games, some of which are region free. I didn't get this until 2012, but the library is cool as well. There are a few games that surprised me, like blur, with how fun they were. The main problem I have is that the amount of exclusives stopped around 2009-2010 when Kinect came around, because after that I haven't really seen much on the exclusive side. However, I'd still reccomend the console, just for the exlcusives alone. It does have some bc compatability with original xbox games, but it's defenitely lacking in accuracy and amount of games compared to the other two consoles.
Honestly, I don't think that PS3 support is going to end by 2015, they may extend it another year or two because its still getting some sales and games, compared to the X360 which is just dead at the moment.
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PS3 >>>> Wii >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>360
Aside from a few exclusives, the 360 seemed fairly pointless to own imo. The Wii is littered with garbage games, but there are enough amazing games for it to make me like it way more than the 360. And then there is the PS3, my go to system for the 7th gen. So much awesomeness all around with the PS3 :D
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I liked some games on the PS3, but it was the low end of the generation for me. Wii had some good games, but I didn't like the early days of it and hated the motion controls. 360 was basically my main system alongside PC for last gen.
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Aside from a few exclusives, the 360 seemed fairly pointless to own imo.
I completely agree. The good exclusives can be counted on a single hand. Also no serious games support Kinect.
Okay to be fair, only Wii Sports Resort, Red Steel 2 and Skyward Sword support clever motion control on the Wii U (Wii Motion +), so the Kinect part isn't that big of a deal in comparison.
But the Wii and PS3 have the most and best exclusives. Compare the exclusives and pick the console that has the games you want to play the most.
I got the Xbox 360 for Halo and Gears of War and to be honest: These games are weak flagship titles.
Halo 2 on the original Xbox was way better.
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Aside from a few exclusives, the 360 seemed fairly pointless to own imo.
I completely agree. The good exclusives can be counted on a single hand. Also no serious games support Kinect.
Okay to be fair, only Wii Sports Resort, Red Steel 2 and Skyward Sword support clever motion control on the Wii U (Wii Motion +), so the Kinect part isn't that big of a deal in comparison.
But the Wii and PS3 have the most and best exclusives. Compare the exclusives and pick the console that has the games you want to play the most.
I got the Xbox 360 for Halo and Gears of War and to be honest: These games are weak flagship titles.
Halo 2 on the original Xbox was way better.
I mostly bought my 360 for the exclusive SHMUPs and a handful of RPGs. Other than that I'm not terribly interested in the console's library.
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Aside from a few exclusives, the 360 seemed fairly pointless to own imo.
I completely agree. The good exclusives can be counted on a single hand. Also no serious games support Kinect.
Okay to be fair, only Wii Sports Resort, Red Steel 2 and Skyward Sword support clever motion control on the Wii U (Wii Motion +), so the Kinect part isn't that big of a deal in comparison.
But the Wii and PS3 have the most and best exclusives. Compare the exclusives and pick the console that has the games you want to play the most.
I got the Xbox 360 for Halo and Gears of War and to be honest: These games are weak flagship titles.
Halo 2 on the original Xbox was way better.
I mostly bought my 360 for the exclusive SHMUPs and a handful of RPGs. Other than that I'm not terribly interested in the console's library.
That's the main problem with the 360 I think. It does some multiplatform games pretty well, but I feel that( especially) for exclusives, the 360 has vastly less to off than its competitors, as well as the fact that there isn't much diversity when it comes from microsoft ips for quite a long time now.
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I preferred the 360 for last gen. The achievements gave the games more replay value. I found myself playing many games over again on harder difficulties that I normally wouldn't have done, just to get those damn points :P. Almost all my friends and family bought one of these too, so there was always somebody online to game with.
I only knew a few people that bought the PS3, so online gaming was out. I also didn't like how a partial install was required on many PS3 games. The Wii seamed like it was mainly for party games, which it did very well at when company was over.
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PS3, it was my work horse system from last gen, than Wii, than 360.
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As much as i loved the Wii and many of its exclusive titles, i picked the PS3 as my favourite system for this last generation. My reasoning is that the PS3 had far more Jrps/Rpgs (Which are my fave genres), and even with amazing games like Xenoblade Chronicles and The last Story on the Wii, it was lacking them greatly. I really wish they had brought more titles from Japan to the west when it comes to the Wii. :/
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I got both my xbox and xbox 360 for free, I did plan on buying them, but just getting the exclusive games only. But when my friends gave me their old stuff, it came with a lot of games that are mutli systems . and I was like eh, might as well keep them. I plan on getting the remainder of the exclusives i need/want and thats it.
As for new gens, I already have a ps4, my next buy, besides 3DS, will be the Wii U easily. And I prob wont buy a Xbone till the next xbox gets announced. I still remember watching the Xbox one original announcement and how much of a bad taste it left and the outrage it caused. I might buy Xbox one exclusive game I want over time, so when I finally do go buy it, I already have the games I want.
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Meh, there's not enough difference to PS3 and XBox 360 to really argue for either one, IMO. It's basically a choice between God of War & Uncharted vs. Halo & Gears of War. Unless you're looking to save money on a Blu-Ray Player, then that's a good reason to prefer a PS3.
I like Halo. So I got an XBox 360. It was really that simple. And I heard that PS3 owners had a helluva time getting Skyrim expansions. Glad I didn't have to deal with that since that was the 2nd best game of the entire generation, for me (after Oblivion).
I own a Wii as a well. And I'm glad I do. I love Nintendo exclusives. But if it came down to only owning one system, I'd have picked my XBox 360 first.
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Definitely a PS3/PC fan... Bethesda and other games available on Xbox 360 were more enjoyable on the PC, anyway. Which only leaves Forza games left on that system, and then there's StarCraft series/certain Steam games available only on PC. Although, Origin is horrible.
Back on PS3... I definitely enjoyed the Infamous, Uncharted, & LittleBigPlanet series, and Valkyria Chronicles. There are also more titles that I have yet to play also, exclusive or otherwise.
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Playstation 3 Handsdown.
Like at first Xbox 360 was really good when console first came out. But around mid way through the years. Playstation 3 is defiently the winner when it comes to exclusives and JRPGs.
Heck even now, Xbox 360 hardly gets anymore games on their. But Playstation 3 been dishing out and importing alot of JRPGs. And is not slowing down >.>
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I have all 3, and the size of my library for each pretty well shows how I rank them:
1) PS3 - 289 games
2) Wii - 108 games
3) 360 - 24 games
Most of the 360's exclusives I personally care anything about came early on - The Last Story, Tales of Vesperia, Blue Dragon, Culdcept Saga. Then Microsoft realized that no matter how much money they threw at Japanese exclusives, the Japanese gamers weren't going to buy their system and they just stopped trying.
Here's my personal list of PS3 exclusives that I really enjoyed:
3D Dot Game Heroes
Catherine forgot this one isn't exclusive :-X
Demon's Souls
Dragon's Crown
Drakengard 3
Folklore
Guided Fate Paradox
Heavenly Sword
inFamous franchise
Katamari Forever
Metal Gear Solid 4
Ni no Kuni
One Piece Unlimited World Red (was also on handhelds, but was a PS3 console exclusive)
Puppeteer
Ratchet & Clank franchise
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
Tales of Graces f, Tales of Xillia 1&2
Uncharted franchise
Valkyria Chronicles
Yakuza franchise
And that's leaving off exclusives that I didn't particuarly care for that much as well as a LOT that I just haven't gotten around to playing yet.
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For me personally PS3 > Wii > 360
-The PS3 has the most exclusives that I like Disgaea series so it wins. :D
-The Wii has some amazing exlcusive even if it has a lot of garbage, poor third-party support, and stupid gimmicky motion controls, it has one of my favorite games from its console generation, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.
-The 360 had enough exclusives I like for me to buy one, like the Halo series, Blue Dragon, etc., but I'm not particularly fond of the other aspects of the system. I like its controller, but I hate how unreliable the earliest models are, and it's stupid that it doesn't even have a built-in WiFi adapter. I also don't really like the system menu or how you need Xbox Live if you want to anything other than play games offline with the console (though I suppose you do need a PSN account for Netflix and whatnot on the PS3).
Here's my personal list of PS3 exclusives that I really enjoyed:
Catherine
Dragon's Crown
Catherine isn't a PS3 exclusive. -->http://vgcollect.com/item/20393 (http://vgcollect.com/item/20393)
I'm going to assume you're counting Dragon's Crown even though it's also on the Vita because it's not on the 360.
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Here's my personal list of PS3 exclusives that I really enjoyed:
Catherine
Dragon's Crown
Catherine isn't a PS3 exclusive. -->http://vgcollect.com/item/20393 (http://vgcollect.com/item/20393)
I'm going to assume you're counting Dragon's Crown even though it's also on the Vita because it's not on the 360.
Doh, you're right about Catherine, forgot about that. And yeah, I wasn't counting handheld versions of games - DC plays MUCH better on a big screen anyway IMO.
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and the whole RROD really turned me away from 360 for the longest time, i had friends tell me they went through 2-5 xboxes.... I went through 2 Ps3, that cause i sold my old one to my friend, so i could get a bigger ps3... and the only issue i ever had was the bluray reader which was easily replaced.
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PlayStation 3 hands-down.
It had the greatest number of exclusive titles that appealed to me. Exclusives and blockbusters kept being released, even to the detriment of the PS4 when a game like Gran Turismo 6 would have been a helluva launch title for the new system. Naughty Dog, Guerrilla Games, Sony Santa Monica, Media Molecule, Insomniac and Sucker Punch as well as several other studios made exclusive gems that were the best of their generation.
With very few exceptions, the Wii was a bust for me. I hated the waggle-wand controls and it completely turned me off of games I may otherwise have really enjoyed. The best titles on the Wii for me were New Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong Country Returns because they used pretty standard controls.
The Xbox 360 was a disasterously-engineered piece of junk. While early titles like Forza, Gears of War, Halo and Fable were good, exclusives dried up after the first few years. Microsoft tried desperately to convince everyone we needed Kinect and it was the future. Unfortunately, the games were poorly designed and the controls were less responsive and more aggravating than even the Wii's gimmicky control scheme.
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Like many others have already noted, the PS3 exclusives were far and away more appealing to me. Demon's Souls, Disgaea, Metal Gear Solid, Ni no Kuni, The Last of Us, Uncharted, Virtua Fighter and Valkyria Chronicles are all pretty great. I could never get into Halo after the first one (which I played on PC) and Gears was fun to play coop, but I disliked the multiplayer. I played most of the other "exclusives" on PC. That being said, most of my gaming of that generation was still on the Xbox 360 due to the VASTLY better multiplayer interface and it was the platform I moved to for Rock Band. It's sad that to this day, the PS3 has never gotten a halfway decent user interface for interacting with friends. And for all the hoopla about RROD, my X360 still works fine (I purchased like 2 years after launch however) while I've gone through both a fat PS3 and a slim PS3 with the lasers wearing out.
I bought a Wii on release and played Twilight Princess for 15 minutes and a fair amount of Wii Sports with the family for the first month. I think I spent more time playing Mega Man 2, Super C and SMB 3 on the VC for the millionth time than I did with any "legit" Wii game. I left it at my parents house when I moved and never really regretted it.
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I've chose Xbox 360 since many of the games (2D Fighting games, Shmups) I was looking forward to playing were being ported to both X360 and PS3. Although I regret having a X360 over PS3 now because currently some fighters (Under Night In-Birth, Chaos Code, Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match, and Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax) are exclusive to PlayStation3.
That being said, I am still satisfied with Xbox 360 library of games.
I feel its the spiritual successor to Sega Dreamcast; Fighting, and Shmup delight.
-Dead or Alive series
-Akai Katana
-Tekken series
-Bullet Soul
-Soul Caliber series
-Deathsmiles
-The King of Fighter series
-DoDonPachi Resurrection
-Blazblue series
-DoDonPachi Saidaioujou
-Street Fighter series
-Eschatos
-Arcadia Hearts series
-Espgaluda II Black Label
-Virtual On series
-Ginga Force
-Virtua Fighter series
-Muchi Muchi Pork / Pink Sweets
-Phantom Breaker
-Mushihimesama Futari
-Persona 4 Arena
-Raiden Fighters Aces
-Marvel Vs. Capcom series
-Raiden IV
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For those two alone the PS3 wins with no contest !
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When it comes down to my favorite for just plane old gaming I have to go with the ps3. There was just a large variety of games, it had everything from niche Japanese titles to big budget AAA games. The Wii on the other hand is my favorite system to collect for. It actually has a surprising robust library but the vast majority of great games for it simply went unnoticed. Even a lot of 1st party games for the Wii are underappreciated look at sin and punishment and excitebots.