EdStation3 said: So upon reading on IGN's website that Final Fantasy XIII got a 8.9 on the PS3 I checked the 360 version 8.9... I thought for a second, the 360 was inferior...I read it many times on different sites across the internet and even youtube videos. So why was there no seperate review for the definitive version on the PS3 and the inferior version on the 360?
IGN gladly did two seperate reviews for Bayonetta and Orange Box...and the list goes on. When lazy/inexperienced 3rd party programmers do a piss poor job on the PS3 IGN has a PS3-version hate frenzy... Hell it even goes back to PS2-Xbox days. It's been awhile but I remember the title of their seperate GTA:San Andreas review for the Xbox was "Finally San Andreas doesn't look awful". Of course, they'll glad bash PS2-PS3 version and do serperate reviews if they notice the least bit of glitching, popups. Of course, when the PS3 is the definitive version and the 360 mass compression techniques to fit it on a disc(even multiple discs) cause a loss of detail they only do one review. Why? They don't want the 360 to take any heat. They hide the fact that the PS3 version is better by only doing one review.
Anyone agree/disagree? |
You thought it was inferior. Because of your pro PS3 bias.
I own neither console, so I'm relatively unbiased in this matter. Infact, I'm more interested in PS3 games than 360 games, and my OS of choice is Mac osX, then Xubuntu, then Ubuntu, then a long time later comes a windows OS. So I am not biased in favour of MS at all.
Ignoring everything else about the games, because most is identical, the only differences are framerate and resolution/effects (ie how good screenshots look)
In terms of how screenshots look, the 360 looks incredible, the PS3 looks ever so slightly more incredible
In terms of framerate, the 360 is bad (dropping down to 26 fps at busy times) the PS3's is appaling (20 fps at the busiest times)
So as you can see, it is now a matter of personal opinion, whether it is more important that the game look good when paused, or look and play good when in motion. That said, I dont think any game that hits 26 fps should be able to get an 8.9.