Playing consoles

(Shadedluck) #21

Shadowrun did this. A lot of people still play it, I think. It was a lot of fun, too.

(DarkangelUK) #22

Quake 3 on the Dreamcast was awesome, a lot of PC players ran servers for DC as well.

(Linsolv) #23

I don’t think a lot of people EVER played Shadowrun. I’m pretty sure it was a huge commercial flop and a massive embarrassment for for Microsoft.

(Mustkunstn1k) #24

The problem is tho… it was kind of similiar to Brink.

It had races instead of body types and you could have abilities that would deplete a certain meter etc.

It basically had only multiplayer (sp was with bots), 8 maps (something like that) and 2 modes… It was slammed for having little content. Although Brink’s mode is actually kind of original (if compare it to other current-gen titles, not SD’s previous games).

(Linsolv) #25

Well, yes, that’s a fair point. The problem is, Shadowrun wasn’t a new IP. It was an IP with a ton of backstory that nobody knew, it had limited choice of weapon (which anyone will tell you is like 60% of the reason that people play FPS games, for whatever reason), and it apparently had a ton of criticism for the price. Which is to say, the same price we’re paying for games until this day.

(Auzner) #26

I knew I had to add “successful” into that sentence for someone would debate this. So this is the one and ONLY example? So it’s safe to say it’s still true. Believing a game with the same name on all 3 platforms all interact with each other is an unreasonable assumption for anyone who knows anything about video games.

(Nail) #27

Portal 2 runs on 3 platforms (crossplatform), which one are YOU forgetting ?

(Seyu) #28

Crossplatform multiplayer is only between PS3 and pc.

(Nail) #29

nope, guess again

(Seyu) #30
(Nail) #31

why show me that ?
it also says 3 platforms are supported

(Seyu) #32

Shiii… right, I thought you were talking about the crossplatform multiplayer.

(Nail) #33

I was, if you can play co-op with win/ps3, then you can play Mac/ps3 or Mac/PC

(Seyu) #34

I see, forgot about the Mac.

(Lachoc101) #35

[QUOTE=RadBrad31;280039]I also haven’t heard any discrepencies between consoles. I think most devs nowadays try to make it pretty equal so they don’t get accused of fanboying and get blacklisted by certain die-hard console lovers.

Cross-platform PS3-Xbox360 will 99% probably never happen. Xbox Live costs money, PS3 is free, and they are in direct competition of each other. By opening up cross platforms, you’ve eliminated the need for a PS3 player to buy an Xbox to play with his buddy on Live, and vice versa.[/QUOTE]

This cross platform gaming has happened before on final fantasy 11

(Lachoc101) #36

Final fantasy 11 was a game allowing cross platform gaming from xbox ps3 and pc

(Linsolv) #37

… which was a flop that everyone hated. Are we not communicating about “it’s not been done successfully before?”

Time will tell with regards to Portal 2, though. I think that might just make it.

(BioSnark) #38

According to the Dungeon Defenders developers, I should say. I don’t know the specific reason why although I have some idea.