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"Ninty to a PS2 fan!"

Well until a few days ago I was a self confessed Nintendo fan. I had played a PS2 courtesy of GA*E and I didnít think it was too special.

At a mates birthday sleepover a few days ago there were 6 of us and 3 had PS2ís. One brought along their PS2 and the others brought their games. WE DID NOT DRINK :o)

Ok, we set it up in a matter of seconds on his big widescreen telly and in went International Track and field. Boom! It hit me, the button bashing crazy had latched onto a new victim, me. We had a great laugh and after a 2hr stretch we stopped because our wrists were killed! In went This Is Football 2002, Boom! It hit me, but not the button bashing, the graphics. GA*E must have had a demo of the game, of their telly was pants because the graphics were so smooth, so crisp.

I was blown away by how fast the game actually ran, I mean its one thing to have good graphics but its another to play it at a high speed. The players looked so real, it was just so realistic. The controls were a bit fiddely but after 5 mins they were easy, and thatís coming from an n64 owner!

You know in a real match, when corners are getting ready to be taken, the keeper sort of like bends down and points to his front and back post and shouts ìMark up!î Well, what do you know, this game recreated it so beautifully.

We didnít have a multi-tap but we had teams of two, one person played the first half and the other played the second. It worked very well.
After a few world cups, a lot of LEMONADE drinking :o) and some nokia game fun we played crazy taxi. This was a bit annoying because its only one player, so one person played while we went off to do something else. After a LOT of waiting I had my go, I have played the Dreamcast version so I wasnít a newbie to the game but still, the graphics were top class, the game ran so smooth, so crisp.

I basically sum up the PS2 as being better than the consoles out there at the moment and I wouldnít say no to a free one :o)
I was until a few nights ago a self confessed Ninty, I didnít have a grudge against Sony but they reminded my of some wordÖ. Whats it againÖ AH, its that word, SEQUALS :o)

MY advise to those out there who donít like the PS2 I say is play it again, and again. You will like it. Playing a PS2 has now totally changed my view on Sony and their consoles.
They have a lot of quality games out on the market but the PS3 beckons so donít shell out for one just yet. If Sony tried to stick to one console for a while like PSX they would be the best, but they release a new console every time the opposition brings out something that might better their current console. So if they put more effort and more time into PS3 any maybe put some expansion slots into it, it could work, but still they might go overboard and put to many slots in and release a new expansion ìThingî every week!

I played ISS98 on my n64 last night and I thought, what the hell is this? The graphics were poor, and thinking about it, the game is solid. You canít outpace other players, and the camera is not the best.
We didnít get to play on GT3 but we had it, so I could of compared the graphics, If they are the same as the graphics on the advert or even better I will be impressed, very impressed.

So basically if Nintendo canít pull it together and make GameCube something special Iím afraid I will be changing to the more popular choice. Sony. Thatís another thing, ALL my mates have a playstation of some sort, so I do feel left out. When they come round I say ìBring you playstationî PSX is just moreÖ Easier.

I want Nintendo to succeed and I thought Zelda could be amazing but I can see straight away that it is already being called childish from the kiddy Zelda graphics. Resident Evil looks ace so with lots of 3rd party games on the way it should be a better success than N64.

I haven't been converted yet, but I am slowly leaning to that dark Sony side.

But as always, like I always say, lets just wait and see.

Thanks for reading
GasMask

Well, the must-have's for me are:

In October:

Madden 2002
NHL2002
GTA3
Thunderhawk: Operation Phoenix


In November:

Burnout
Devil May Cry

Wookiee, what are the 6 great games that are out soon?

I still don't know what to get for my GAD, I could use some help.

Strafex wrote:
> We didn't hate it, we just saw it for the rip off it was.

That's just a matter of opinion. The PS2 offers far more than the PS1, which was also launched at £299.

I still feel that I got a damn good bargain for my £299. Those that are buying now are getting an even bigger bargain, so good luck to them.

A friend of mine bought his PS2 two weeks before the price drop. He'd been waiting for a drop, but couldn't resist any longer. He's disappointed, but not with Sony - only with himself, because he didn't wait that little bit longer.

Everything is priced high when it's first released, and drops in price several months later; so in your way of thinking, everything is a rip-off at launch.

If people are not willing to pay launch prices, that's fair enough - but I really don't appreciate other people telling me I was 'ripped off' because I paid the initial price. It's my money, my decision, and I was aware the price would fall. I don't feel ripped off in the slightest, and I'm not just sayinig that to defend Sony and the PS2.

I paid £400 extra to have a GeForce 3 in my MAXX PC - £100 more than my PS2, and completely useless on its own. Now the price is down. Do I feel ripped off? No. I knew that the price would drop, and it would just be something I'd have to live with.

There have been more than enough quality titles (in my view - I have around 15 games) to keep me happy over the first 11 months, and so my decision to buy at launch has been more than justified.

The thing to ask is... how many quality titles do you need? If it's quality, it'll keep you occupied for ages. How many games can you play at once? There are at least six 'must-have' titles out for me, this month and next; I'm a bit concerned about being able to afford them all... but then, how the hell can I possibly play them all? A couple of great titles per month is all you really need - and that's what we've had.

Forget about which console to own. Buy one and play loads on that until the price comes down on the others. I bought a PS2 because I wanted a DVD player too. When Cube and XBox come out, I will wait until the price drops. I have just picked up a Dreamcast and loads of games for under 100 quid. You don't have to own every game when it comes out. Ok, so I have a mass of console and gamepads but if a super N64 game comes out or Dreamcast Only title , I can buy it.
I will be playing DC, N64 and PS2 titles until end of 2002 roughly and there are millions of them !

WÚÛkiee M¯nßÜÄR wrote:
> It's quite amazing the number of PS2 'haters' who have been turned since the
> price drop.

It's always been a great console... and it's just getting
> better.

I don't like to say "we told you so", but... well... we
> did! :-)



I'm not just saying this to argue with you Wookiee, but if I'd bought my PS2 at launch, considering the price it was, and the games available at the time, I would have felt cheated.

I had been considering buying one for a couple of months, as I'm not the sort of person who is dedicated to one manufacturer, if there's good games for it, then that's all that matters. I had really wanted to play GT3, but it wasn't worth buying a console for 1 game.

Then I heard about games being released between now and christmas, then the price drop came, and it seemed an ideal time to buy one. AND I got the last one in the Chelmsford SR shop as well!

We didn't hate it, we just saw it for the rip off it was.

You lot paid for it whlie it was over priced, and now it's finally had a price cut and a fair selection of decent games, it's just about worth getting.

Perhaps we should be the ones saying "Told You So!" because we did it would be better to wait a bit before buying...

:-)

It's quite amazing the number of PS2 'haters' who have been turned since the price drop.

It's always been a great console... and it's just getting better.

I don't like to say "we told you so", but... well... we did! :-)

you think This Is Football 2002 is good?! wait till pro evo soccer comes out! it will blow ya mind!

anyway...it aint soooo bad on the darkside, i been on the darkside for about 3 months now but my N64 still gets plenty of playtime :-)

I will never like playsation.

I hate Xbox more though.

I've got a PS2,
> and I'm desperate for a GameCube, so I'll get it - simple :D

Shocky.

Ah, I dont have a PS2 so that would be..

£250 quid PS2 + 1 game

£250 quid GC + 1 game (I think)

Which comes to.........

500 quid!
HA. :o)