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11-22-2007, 11:07 PM
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| | PGL Resident Browncoat
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lynchburg, Va PSN ID: D_Litch
Wii ID: 7729 0303 2212 9513
| Orange Box on PS3 has "Major" issues
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In an interview earlier this year, Valve Software founder Gabe Newell referred to PlayStation 3 as "a waste of everybody's time." This attitude shows in the development structure of The Orange Box. While the PC and Xbox 360 versions were handled by Valve, the PS3 port was handed off to an internal team at EA. Originally scheduled to be released day and date with the PC and 360 versions, the PS3 Orange Box has been delayed until December. PS3 owners, forced to watch from the sidelines as their gaming kindred inundates them with tales of Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2 and Portal, continue to wait patiently for their chance to take a stroll through Valve's universe.
After spending a significant amount of time with a near final version of the PS3 game, it's apparent that this version suffers from a number of technical flaws, which at best merely hinder game play and at worst make the experience downright unplayable. Framerate is a consistent issue throughout the Half-Life series of games included in The Orange Box. One moment you'll be cruising through the game at 30 frames per second and the next you'll be enjoying a slideshow of series protagonist Gordon Freeman cruising down the river. However, Portal suffers from no such technical hiccups and is on its way to being a pitch-perfect port of the spatial reasoning exercise. Due to a server connection issue, we were unable to get any time with Team Fortress 2.
With the clock ticking, EA has a limited amount of time to fix the glaring issues which plague this port of The Orange Box. Unfortunately, it seems that, once again, PlayStation 3 owners are doomed to suffer through another substandard version of a multiplatform game.
| Let me be the first to say, EA Sucks! | |
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11-23-2007, 12:33 AM
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| | Hard Core Lobbyist
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Kalamazoo Michigan Age: 19 | Ea sucks and TF probably ended up on their servers that suck harder.
When are they gonna just spend a little more time and money and just make good games that everyone knows they are capable of. | |
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11-23-2007, 11:14 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lynchburg, Va PSN ID: D_Litch
Wii ID: 7729 0303 2212 9513
| My biggest problem with EA is the fact that they have more than enough money to support these titles, and they still do a half-ass job. That's the reason why Activision will surpass them as the #1 3rd party publisher. | |
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11-23-2007, 11:52 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Fullerton CA | ouch, could EA be killing gaming? | |
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11-23-2007, 11:55 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denver Age: 36 | Quote:
Originally Posted by MwC Top Knott  ouch, could EA be killing gaming? | Oh, I am sure they will give it their best shot. | |
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11-23-2007, 01:50 PM
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| | Hard Core Lobbyist
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Kalamazoo Michigan Age: 19 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Geoff Oh, I am sure they will give it their best shot. | Yea they are just half assing it now wait until they kick it into high gear.
I hope EA either straightens up or just dies away. | |
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11-23-2007, 02:39 PM
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| | Living the Lobby Life
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hill Valley, 2015 Age: 25 | EA won't die. People still buy their sports games like no one's business. It's crazy if you look at the market for sports games. It's a huge part of overall game sales.
-Brad
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11-25-2007, 06:53 PM
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| | Living the Lobby Life
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hill Valley, 2015 Age: 25 | Quote:
Originally Posted by MadBryan I love me some Burnout!!! | Thanks, I almost forgot about these gems. The Burnout series of games are the only ones EA can seem to get right.
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11-26-2007, 10:46 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: S.F. Bay Area Age: 30 | EA simply purchased Criterion (makers of Burnout) a few years back as they recognized them as being a talented developer. | | | |
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