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twesterm on 29 November 2008
makingmusic476 said:
Home is boring as hell and feels like a big waste of time. The only thing I've enjoyed so far is the view from my apartment, but even that's more of a tease than anything else. If they'd let me wander around on the pier below, then maybe they'd have something.

It was also extremely crowded the night I got on. I went to the are with bowling, billiards, and arcade games, but every single thing was being used in the place!

My only hope for Home is that it will have plenty of game related content come release. I've heard good things about the Warhawk war rooms, and the 2d Uncharted sidescroller that they'll offer at Naughty Dog's space should be fun. Assuming it isn't always in use like the stuff above.

I've also head Home might be a pseudo party system for the ps3, as shown through things like the Warhawk war rooms. I've also heard that upon release, you'll be able to meet up in someone's apartment and jump into a game together. That'd be nice.

 

You know, people always bitch at me because I bitch about Home a lot but it's only because they give me so much ammo. 

Do they really make you wait?  Are they planning to do that in the final release?  I know they want to make it realistic but there are some things you just don't want to emulate in a game.  I don't really want to wait for some slow jerk to finsih playing a game of pool.



 

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makingmusic476 on 29 November 2008
twesterm said:
makingmusic476 said:
Home is boring as hell and feels like a big waste of time. The only thing I've enjoyed so far is the view from my apartment, but even that's more of a tease than anything else. If they'd let me wander around on the pier below, then maybe they'd have something.

It was also extremely crowded the night I got on. I went to the are with bowling, billiards, and arcade games, but every single thing was being used in the place!

My only hope for Home is that it will have plenty of game related content come release. I've heard good things about the Warhawk war rooms, and the 2d Uncharted sidescroller that they'll offer at Naughty Dog's space should be fun. Assuming it isn't always in use like the stuff above.

I've also head Home might be a pseudo party system for the ps3, as shown through things like the Warhawk war rooms. I've also heard that upon release, you'll be able to meet up in someone's apartment and jump into a game together. That'd be nice.

 

You know, people always bitch at me because I bitch about Home a lot but it's only because they give me so much ammo. 

Do they really make you wait?  Are they planning to do that in the final release?  I know they want to make it realistic but there are some things you just don't want to emulate in a game.  I don't really want to wait for some slow jerk to finsih playing a game of pool.

I'd assume so.  It's really a matter of how many people are in the area at a time. I thinks there's a mximum of 32 or something, but the ~8 arcade machines, ~6 pool tables, and ~5 bowling lanes just aren't enough.

And I'm right there with you bitching about Home.  They better come up with something good for the service, or I'll be pretty pissed that they had Sony London working full time on this instead of the promising Eight Days.

 



akuma587 on 29 November 2008

I've had a lot of fun with it. The dancing is actually a total blast, you should try it. Although they definitely need to reimplement all the stuff they recently removed.



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makingmusic476 on 29 November 2008
akuma587 said:
I've had a lot of fun with it. The dancing is actually a total blast, you should try it. Although they definitely need to reimplement all the stuff they recently removed.

 

The dancing feels like an MMO, but without all the other stuff that makes an MMO something worthwhile.

Really, that's what Home feels like.  An MMO that's not an MMO, or rather a game that's not a game.



twesterm on 29 November 2008
makingmusic476 said:
akuma587 said:
I've had a lot of fun with it. The dancing is actually a total blast, you should try it. Although they definitely need to reimplement all the stuff they recently removed.

 

The dancing feels like an MMO, but without all the other stuff that makes an MMO something worthwhile.

Really, that's what Home feels like.  An MMO that's not an MMO, or rather a game that's not a game.

 

You mean Second Life?



 

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makingmusic476 on 29 November 2008
twesterm said:
makingmusic476 said:
akuma587 said:
I've had a lot of fun with it. The dancing is actually a total blast, you should try it. Although they definitely need to reimplement all the stuff they recently removed.

 

The dancing feels like an MMO, but without all the other stuff that makes an MMO something worthwhile.

Really, that's what Home feels like.  An MMO that's not an MMO, or rather a game that's not a game.

 

You mean Second Life?

 

Well I've seen some hilarious things come out of Second Life via youtube (griefing, things like that).  And Second Life is a lot more robust in what you can do.

Home seems like a really limited Second Life.  And not just in features.  The use of a console controller makes most things more cumbersome than they would be in Second Life.

...at least I assume.  I haven't actually used Second Life, tbh, so my comparisons may not be 100% accurate.



DarkNight_DS on 29 November 2008

Why bother putting home up in this state? It's going to get a lot of bad press by users not knowing any better.



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soulsamurai on 29 November 2008

The best thing i have found with home is the clubhouse. When used for a clan........it works wonders getting the clan mates together and actually playing a game.



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KBG29 on 29 November 2008

Yeah I am starting to have the same feeling. I have been in Home for a while now, and they are always saying this is just the beggining of a long journey with tons of new features, and content to come, but I have a hard time believing Sony will give us the right content.

If Sony wants this to succed they have to make it part of the OS whether a user is online or not. Right now I see nothing that is going to ever make me want to go into Home. I can not use any other feature on the PS3 while I am in Home, so basically it is a waiste of time. Now if Home was just part of the OS so everytime my console turns on it is running, and I can still browse the web, listen to music, pop in a blu-ray, watch it, and exit dirctly to Home, look at pictures, and anything else the PS3 offers seemlessly, then I could see no reason to ever need to leave the application. But as someone that often browses the web or plays movies on my PS3, not being able to from within this application makes it kind of usless.

Home has the potential to evolutionize the way people interact with the internet sites, and others over the web. Sadley I don't think Sony is the company that is going to make it a reality. I think just like every other chance Sony has had to grab the market and be the undisputed leader in consumer electronics they will screw this up. It will not be long before Microsoft or Apple have a copycat application that allows users to enjoy it at the click of a button while also allowing them to do other things with the hardware, like browes the web, listen to music, look at pictures, or watch movies. Whoever does it first will very likly have an application that replaces Myspace, Facebook, iTunes, and most other social networks, and delivery services on the web. Sony will not be the company to do it. They have never been a company to do most things right.

Sony has always been about making the best products that do not interact with eachother on the market. Just watch, Home will be on the PS3, but it will not interact with the content or features on the system. In the end this will be just another Sonicstage, Connect, Walkman, Beta, Atrac, and the list goes on.



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makingmusic476 on 29 November 2008

I wish they Sully's Bar was still in the beta. It was in the pre-1.0 phase (before I was in), but I'd love to go check it out.

Hopefully it'll be back in soon.

Sully's the guy from Uncharted, btw.