And what is there actually to maintain an open mind about? When it comes down to it, this article speaks more to the 360's flaws than the PS3's. Other than negligable framerate drops, could you maybe spell out where you're trying to go with this. Afteral I haven't recieved my acceptance for club vague.

Leo is right - if you're going to buy the inferior version of a product when the superior one is an option, you're simply biased. kowenicki is unhappy with the difference in score because he WANTS to believe that there's not much of a difference. If he can't convince himself the 360 version isn't inferior he'd have to admit to himself that he is doing himself a disservice by blindly following his personal biases, so of course he has to argue that a 1.5 point difference is unjustified. He has to fight to reinforce his own beliefs even though he knows he's wrong.

Linearity is a good thing if you want your story to flow smoothly.

Some games need more linearity at points, so you remember what the main story is (Dragon Age is a good example for this, in the middle I completely forgot about the Darkspawn until I random fought a group of them on the road).

Free roaming is good, but it needs a bit of MAKE ME GO HERE woven in somewhere so I will never forget why/what my character are trying to accomplish.

@PS3 VS. 360 debate.  Who cares as long as you buy the game!  The games are what is important, not the console.

What do you mean with that? I am a pretty open minded fellow.

On technical matters, years before the PS3 launched I stated there would be porting difficulties regarding legacy game engines to the PS3 and Microsoft advocated development policies are far from efficient (a requirement for good PS3 coding).

That the PS3 is more powerful, we can already judge from exclusives despite being on the market for a shorter period of time.

If you mean to say I should be open minded enough to accept 100 < 35 then yes I am not open minded, as scientifically people agreed 100 is > than 35.

leo & Kownicki

do not start this arguing here as makingmusic has forbidden discussions like these from taking place in threads other than the digital foundry one, take it there or to wall posts.

Agreed, it is stupid.

Multiplatform comparison's are not pointless if you have two platforms, if 90% of multiplaform games run BETTER on the 360, I see no reason why anyone would bother to get the ps3 version of those games.

For those with two consoles, it would be WISE to buy the one that gives you a better bang for your buck, and gives you better quality in every sense of the word.

Attacking me saying I don't have a 360 is what's pointless

Gameplay isn't much different in both version when in motion, so no big deal there.

Framerate drops for PS3 version are negligible. They occur during some closeups on faces and parts of the game like when the first boss exploded. The latter dropped from 30 to 28. During gameplay however like running around or during battles both versions remained at a constant 30fps.

The big problem however is the video, which happens to be one of the most important aspects of a Final Fantasy game. If the PS3 version had those same issues as the 360 version I would have gone with the 360 version.

I was waiting for this game for so damn long since the last time I finished a proper numbered Final Fantasy was back with FFX. It took me until these reports and proof of video issues and lower resolution before I dropped my pre-order.


Look, if Kowenicki wants it for 360 I think there is zero wrong with it, it is entirely up to him. I only know that I wouldn't be able to handle choppy, blocky video when there is supposedly 9 hours of it.

I guess I'll put you in the same "Bias Closed Minded Club" as MikeB cuz you obviously didn't bother to read why he asked MikeB toread it with an open mind!

I think the multiplats are generally inferior in comparion to the exclusives to begin with and have thought that with every generation I've been a part of the gaming community. I think if you're not taking advantage of what a specific console has to offer when devloping a game you're doing poor service to the gaming community as a whole. Exclusives are what drew me to the PS3, which some people might call that apples to oranges, but its really not. It's common to see better exclusives on the PS3. So why would I waste time with the 360 irregardless of the supposedly superior multiplat iterations?