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I've had my PS2 for over a week now, so I thought I'd give everyone the benefit of my insight into this machine that resembles a piece of scenery from 2001.
When I first turned the machine on, I noticed that it had quite a nice configuration screen. All rotating blobs and translucent colours, moving around like nobody's business. This was nice and after I'd fiddled around with the date and time (changing from Spanish to English and amending the time and date) I tried the demo disc out.
Oh how disappointed I was. No, I hadn't loaded the disc yet, I'd just seen the new PS2 logo screen. A nice enough PS2 logo (in boring white letters) appears with a sound resembling a damp rasberry. I'm sorry, but the original PSX logo was so much better and at least they made an effort with the 'fanfair'. So we get a good impression of the PS2 as the sound of too many baked beans herald the loading of the disc...hm.
Well, I neededn't have worried, the demo disc certainly showed up that intro. Nice swirly polygons and loud music rose from the TV speakers (alas, my sound system was back in the UK, old tinny TV speakers had to do for now!) I was soon having a go at the (3) playable demos and watching the rest. Time to buy a PS2 mag for another demo disc, methinks! Still, by this time I was very impressed and the joypads were a lot more sensitive than my old PSX ones, even the fire buttons seemed to work better. Nice, and in black too.
The games on the demo disc were quite a nice little starter for me. Yes, I'd played PS2 games before, but there's something about playing them on your own console that makes the experience far more special. I loved SSX pro and even the FIFA game wasn't too bad once I'd figured out the controls (oh, and what team I was supposed to be playing as!) Not sure about the racing game though, a bit boring for me, but nice graphics all the same.
Ok, so I'd played the demos, now for the real stuff, GT3. I opened the disc tray and the music on the demo disc got stuck, so I reset the machine and it waited for my new shiny disc. Well, we all watched the intro with dropped jaws and I must say, I was very impressed.
The heat effects, the speed and the graphics in general were greater than I had remembered them. Lovely and playable to boot. A pity, then, that Sony had omitted to include one of their expensive memory cards in the pack. Yes, it was only when I got back the England that I noticed SR's firepack, but a memory card is in the process of being bought.
Taking the machine home, I wrapped it in as many clothes as I could and prayed it made it through the journey. It did, of course, and was the first thing I unpacked the following day (funny that!) I've now gone on to play many more games (mostly borrowed, unfortunately) and I can say that I am still impressed. Sony should have really worked on that logo though, but I'll forgive them after playing the demo of MGS2.
When I first turned the machine on, I noticed that it had quite a nice configuration screen. All rotating blobs and translucent colours, moving around like nobody's business. This was nice and after I'd fiddled around with the date and time (changing from Spanish to English and amending the time and date) I tried the demo disc out.
Oh how disappointed I was. No, I hadn't loaded the disc yet, I'd just seen the new PS2 logo screen. A nice enough PS2 logo (in boring white letters) appears with a sound resembling a damp rasberry. I'm sorry, but the original PSX logo was so much better and at least they made an effort with the 'fanfair'. So we get a good impression of the PS2 as the sound of too many baked beans herald the loading of the disc...hm.
Well, I neededn't have worried, the demo disc certainly showed up that intro. Nice swirly polygons and loud music rose from the TV speakers (alas, my sound system was back in the UK, old tinny TV speakers had to do for now!) I was soon having a go at the (3) playable demos and watching the rest. Time to buy a PS2 mag for another demo disc, methinks! Still, by this time I was very impressed and the joypads were a lot more sensitive than my old PSX ones, even the fire buttons seemed to work better. Nice, and in black too.
The games on the demo disc were quite a nice little starter for me. Yes, I'd played PS2 games before, but there's something about playing them on your own console that makes the experience far more special. I loved SSX pro and even the FIFA game wasn't too bad once I'd figured out the controls (oh, and what team I was supposed to be playing as!) Not sure about the racing game though, a bit boring for me, but nice graphics all the same.
Ok, so I'd played the demos, now for the real stuff, GT3. I opened the disc tray and the music on the demo disc got stuck, so I reset the machine and it waited for my new shiny disc. Well, we all watched the intro with dropped jaws and I must say, I was very impressed.
The heat effects, the speed and the graphics in general were greater than I had remembered them. Lovely and playable to boot. A pity, then, that Sony had omitted to include one of their expensive memory cards in the pack. Yes, it was only when I got back the England that I noticed SR's firepack, but a memory card is in the process of being bought.
Taking the machine home, I wrapped it in as many clothes as I could and prayed it made it through the journey. It did, of course, and was the first thing I unpacked the following day (funny that!) I've now gone on to play many more games (mostly borrowed, unfortunately) and I can say that I am still impressed. Sony should have really worked on that logo though, but I'll forgive them after playing the demo of MGS2.
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This has just put me a step closer to buying a PS2.....
True, but only when you play Sega Bass Fishing 3, no other smells are emitted by the Gamecube apart from in Gangsters 3D, when you smell the musty aroma of Sonny Red and his slick, cool hunchmen...
Yeah, so... fish... no.
Yeah, so... fish... no.
The Game wrote:
> I've played on a PlayStation 2 and let me tell you...
The pads are sooo
> 1995...
Come now is that a serious comment? "ooh the pad is sooo passe"
The On/Off button is stupidly placed at the back...
Again "ooh, I'm too lazy to reach the button"
The games take
> ages to load...
Small price to pay and its not true of all games (Red Faction though - ugh!)
The pads are too small...
???????
The Green and Blue lights are
> getting old...
Lights? Old? Colour? Old? You must live a dull grey life, is what I have deduced from this
The only really decent games are the MGS2 demo (Not even a full
> game)...
And GT3... just a spruced up version of the other one...
A spruced up version? They are not even comparable!!! (see "a fresh perspective on GT3" PS2 forum - or not, I don't really care)
But
> that's my opinion... and the Gamecube will be the next console by my TV if I
> have to wait 6 monts or 6 years!
Anyway, I've heard the GayCube smells of fish!
> I've played on a PlayStation 2 and let me tell you...
The pads are sooo
> 1995...
Come now is that a serious comment? "ooh the pad is sooo passe"
The On/Off button is stupidly placed at the back...
Again "ooh, I'm too lazy to reach the button"
The games take
> ages to load...
Small price to pay and its not true of all games (Red Faction though - ugh!)
The pads are too small...
???????
The Green and Blue lights are
> getting old...
Lights? Old? Colour? Old? You must live a dull grey life, is what I have deduced from this
The only really decent games are the MGS2 demo (Not even a full
> game)...
And GT3... just a spruced up version of the other one...
A spruced up version? They are not even comparable!!! (see "a fresh perspective on GT3" PS2 forum - or not, I don't really care)
But
> that's my opinion... and the Gamecube will be the next console by my TV if I
> have to wait 6 monts or 6 years!
Anyway, I've heard the GayCube smells of fish!
VenomByte wrote:
> Apparently the buttons have some degree of anolgue sensetivity to them, too. The
> harder you push the 'X' button, the faster your car goes on GT3, or something
> like that. I can't say I ever noticed the difference tough.
That is correct, I've noticed it. Same on Metal Gear 2 demo; let go of the button quickly - Snake shoots baddy in the noggin, let go slowly - Snake doesn't shoot!
> Apparently the buttons have some degree of anolgue sensetivity to them, too. The
> harder you push the 'X' button, the faster your car goes on GT3, or something
> like that. I can't say I ever noticed the difference tough.
That is correct, I've noticed it. Same on Metal Gear 2 demo; let go of the button quickly - Snake shoots baddy in the noggin, let go slowly - Snake doesn't shoot!
I've played on a PlayStation 2 and let me tell you...
The pads are sooo 1995...
The On/Off button is stupidly placed at the back...
The games take ages to load...
The pads are too small...
The Green and Blue lights are getting old...
The only really decent games are the MGS2 demo (Not even a full game)...
And GT3... just a spruced up version of the other one...
There nothing wrong with sequels, but to be sond a £40 game for £10 worth of graphics and £10 -£10 worth of cars is a joke... mind you, that Tuscan looks nice... Mmmmmm
Highly Anticipated games like Jak and Daxter have crap shadows and even half decent games like Dark Cloud take most of their ideas... (AND THEIR MAPS!) from other games (Zelda!)
The PS2 has the potential to be a great console... but so far 1 full game has impressed be... If you must know what it is, it's Extreme G 3, which will be on Gamecube anyway...
But that's my opinion... and the Gamecube will be the next console by my TV if I have to wait 6 monts or 6 years!
You Playstationers will learn... Nintendo are much more than bright colours... and when I find out what that is, i'll let you know!
Ciao!
The pads are sooo 1995...
The On/Off button is stupidly placed at the back...
The games take ages to load...
The pads are too small...
The Green and Blue lights are getting old...
The only really decent games are the MGS2 demo (Not even a full game)...
And GT3... just a spruced up version of the other one...
There nothing wrong with sequels, but to be sond a £40 game for £10 worth of graphics and £10 -£10 worth of cars is a joke... mind you, that Tuscan looks nice... Mmmmmm
Highly Anticipated games like Jak and Daxter have crap shadows and even half decent games like Dark Cloud take most of their ideas... (AND THEIR MAPS!) from other games (Zelda!)
The PS2 has the potential to be a great console... but so far 1 full game has impressed be... If you must know what it is, it's Extreme G 3, which will be on Gamecube anyway...
But that's my opinion... and the Gamecube will be the next console by my TV if I have to wait 6 monts or 6 years!
You Playstationers will learn... Nintendo are much more than bright colours... and when I find out what that is, i'll let you know!
Ciao!
So, I see you are impressed with the PS2. It has just heightened my expectation for when I get mine.
Apparently the buttons have some degree of anolgue sensetivity to them, too. The harder you push the 'X' button, the faster your car goes on GT3, or something like that. I can't say I ever noticed the difference tough.
I've had my PS2 for over a week now, so I thought I'd give everyone the benefit of my insight into this machine that resembles a piece of scenery from 2001.
When I first turned the machine on, I noticed that it had quite a nice configuration screen. All rotating blobs and translucent colours, moving around like nobody's business. This was nice and after I'd fiddled around with the date and time (changing from Spanish to English and amending the time and date) I tried the demo disc out.
Oh how disappointed I was. No, I hadn't loaded the disc yet, I'd just seen the new PS2 logo screen. A nice enough PS2 logo (in boring white letters) appears with a sound resembling a damp rasberry. I'm sorry, but the original PSX logo was so much better and at least they made an effort with the 'fanfair'. So we get a good impression of the PS2 as the sound of too many baked beans herald the loading of the disc...hm.
Well, I neededn't have worried, the demo disc certainly showed up that intro. Nice swirly polygons and loud music rose from the TV speakers (alas, my sound system was back in the UK, old tinny TV speakers had to do for now!) I was soon having a go at the (3) playable demos and watching the rest. Time to buy a PS2 mag for another demo disc, methinks! Still, by this time I was very impressed and the joypads were a lot more sensitive than my old PSX ones, even the fire buttons seemed to work better. Nice, and in black too.
The games on the demo disc were quite a nice little starter for me. Yes, I'd played PS2 games before, but there's something about playing them on your own console that makes the experience far more special. I loved SSX pro and even the FIFA game wasn't too bad once I'd figured out the controls (oh, and what team I was supposed to be playing as!) Not sure about the racing game though, a bit boring for me, but nice graphics all the same.
Ok, so I'd played the demos, now for the real stuff, GT3. I opened the disc tray and the music on the demo disc got stuck, so I reset the machine and it waited for my new shiny disc. Well, we all watched the intro with dropped jaws and I must say, I was very impressed.
The heat effects, the speed and the graphics in general were greater than I had remembered them. Lovely and playable to boot. A pity, then, that Sony had omitted to include one of their expensive memory cards in the pack. Yes, it was only when I got back the England that I noticed SR's firepack, but a memory card is in the process of being bought.
Taking the machine home, I wrapped it in as many clothes as I could and prayed it made it through the journey. It did, of course, and was the first thing I unpacked the following day (funny that!) I've now gone on to play many more games (mostly borrowed, unfortunately) and I can say that I am still impressed. Sony should have really worked on that logo though, but I'll forgive them after playing the demo of MGS2.
When I first turned the machine on, I noticed that it had quite a nice configuration screen. All rotating blobs and translucent colours, moving around like nobody's business. This was nice and after I'd fiddled around with the date and time (changing from Spanish to English and amending the time and date) I tried the demo disc out.
Oh how disappointed I was. No, I hadn't loaded the disc yet, I'd just seen the new PS2 logo screen. A nice enough PS2 logo (in boring white letters) appears with a sound resembling a damp rasberry. I'm sorry, but the original PSX logo was so much better and at least they made an effort with the 'fanfair'. So we get a good impression of the PS2 as the sound of too many baked beans herald the loading of the disc...hm.
Well, I neededn't have worried, the demo disc certainly showed up that intro. Nice swirly polygons and loud music rose from the TV speakers (alas, my sound system was back in the UK, old tinny TV speakers had to do for now!) I was soon having a go at the (3) playable demos and watching the rest. Time to buy a PS2 mag for another demo disc, methinks! Still, by this time I was very impressed and the joypads were a lot more sensitive than my old PSX ones, even the fire buttons seemed to work better. Nice, and in black too.
The games on the demo disc were quite a nice little starter for me. Yes, I'd played PS2 games before, but there's something about playing them on your own console that makes the experience far more special. I loved SSX pro and even the FIFA game wasn't too bad once I'd figured out the controls (oh, and what team I was supposed to be playing as!) Not sure about the racing game though, a bit boring for me, but nice graphics all the same.
Ok, so I'd played the demos, now for the real stuff, GT3. I opened the disc tray and the music on the demo disc got stuck, so I reset the machine and it waited for my new shiny disc. Well, we all watched the intro with dropped jaws and I must say, I was very impressed.
The heat effects, the speed and the graphics in general were greater than I had remembered them. Lovely and playable to boot. A pity, then, that Sony had omitted to include one of their expensive memory cards in the pack. Yes, it was only when I got back the England that I noticed SR's firepack, but a memory card is in the process of being bought.
Taking the machine home, I wrapped it in as many clothes as I could and prayed it made it through the journey. It did, of course, and was the first thing I unpacked the following day (funny that!) I've now gone on to play many more games (mostly borrowed, unfortunately) and I can say that I am still impressed. Sony should have really worked on that logo though, but I'll forgive them after playing the demo of MGS2.
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