Mister Jack

Why start a new game? You can go back and do any case you want at any time.

Technically the PS3 version also has a console-exclusive case.

One thing that bugs me a little bit is how you can accidentally miss evidence if you visit locations in the wrong order. I often end up having to chase down a guy and question him without having thoroughly checked over every location on my list beforehand.

This. This just seems to be an inherent problem with games like this, because it happens to me in Phoenix Wright too.

I really fucked up the last two homicide cases I did. For some weird reason, it actually upset me. I am not the type to ever throw a controller or rage at my console, but getting so many questions wrong and missing evidence that probably would have helped my interrogations bothered me. I had a huge urge to go back and redo the whole thing.

In a weird way this game has more replay value than gta for me. I'm gonna want to redo some of these cases to get a better rank.

Is that a temporary sale? I still need to beat LA Noire before I get into any big RPGs but if the price is going to go up soon I guess I should snag it for later.

Guess I'll look for the first game on a Steam sale, then.

I've been thinking about playing the first Witcher. Should I wait until I get a gamepad for that too or is it more WASD friendly than the sequel?

On the ps3 version, the trophies are divided into 3 different categories: the main game and two exclusive packs. It's probably like that for the 360.

Again? Now this is just fucking pathetic.

I killed a hawk with a hand grenade once. Never have I wished more for a replay function.

The building thing is new to Starhawk.

If you drop sixty dollars on a game without reading anything about it, including the back of the box, then you don't deserve to have money. That's the way I see it.

Are you seriously suggesting that there is more 360 piracy than PC piracy?

I really hope the general gaming public doesn't reject this game once they find out that it's not like Grand Theft Auto and you can't go around shooting and running over people at your leisure. That might sound silly but that's what a lot of people who don't follow game news buy sandbox games for.

This. I don't mind multiplat games, it's just when they shaft the PC version to make it multiplat. I've been playing Dirt 2 on PC, and it's amazing, I freaking love it. It's also multiplat. I did the same with Arkham Asylum, and I have no complaints about that game. Then there's stuff like Homefront, which says "Press A to skip" during cutscenes, even when you're on PC with no controller connected. Can you imagine the bitching if they had left a message on PS3 that said "Press A to skip"? It's obvious they put absolutely no effort into the PC version, and I think PC gamers are entitled to be miffed by that, just like 360 or PS3 gamers would be in a similar situation. Oh, I'm with you on that one. I hardly feel like PC gamers deserve shoddy ports. I have an alienware laptop that I love. I feel like people might be thinking that I'm against PC gaming now, and I'm really not. There are just so few voices speaking up for the console side of things in this discussion that I figured I'd do it myself. PC ports should be every bit as good as the console versions, and for them to be lazy slapped-on rush jobs is inexcusable. Unfortunately, that's just the way it is sometimes.

Here is a quote from the president of Crytek: "We are suffering currently from the huge piracy that is encompassing Crysis. We seem to lead the charts in piracy by a large margin, a chart leading that is not desirable. I believe that’s the core problem of PC Gaming, piracy. To the degree PC Gamers that pirate games inherently destroy the platform. Similar games on consoles sell factors of 4-5 more. It was a big lesson for us and I believe we wont have PC exclusives as we did with Crysis in future. We are going to support PC, but not exclusive anymore." Whether you agree with his logic or not, he is the president of the company and he shied away from PC exclusives because of the piracy. As for the Crysis sales, three million is a good number but it took 3 years to reach it. Publishers want to sell as many copies as they can while the game is new and full price. In that respect, Crysis was a disappointment for them. According to you, Crysis 2 sold 700k in a week and 1.5 million in two months. Well, the first Crysis sold 86k in two weeks and a million in two months, so Crysis 2 is actually selling better right now, not worse. I had more to add but my post got deleted and I don't feel like doing the whole thing over. This discussion is starting to move toward a whole other topic anyway.

I wasn't lumping all PC gamers together as pirates. I thought that would be a given but if it's not, then I'll just say that no, not all PC gamers are pirates. However, enough of them are that it's still a problem. And consoles have pirates too, sure, but it's not nearly as widespread or as easy to do. It's commendable that you actually pay for all your games, but for every one of you there's ten pirates. As for Valve, they were clever enough to combine their distribution with their DRM. It definitely works for them, but not everyone is going to be able to pull that off. CD Projekt is using DRM on Witcher 2. They also intend to incur fines and/or file lawsuits against pirates. There are rumors of a console port of Witcher 2 as well. They are not confirmed yet as far as I know, but I wouldn't really be surprised if we see it down the line.

Um...when you put a console game into the console, it will play. Unless your console has failed or something just went horribly, horribly wrong during the game's development, it will play. It may have bugs, but so will any game, including on the PC. There are plenty of bugs on ANY platform that will simply never be fixed, even with community support. Regarding the piracy thing, that is a big reason why developers are becoming more console friendly. PC gamers everywhere got pissed when it was announced that Crysis 2 would be multiplatform. Well, you know why it is? Because the first game got pirated to bejeezus and back. It was one of the most pirated games of that year. Some PC faithful like to think that isn't a big deal, but it is. Piracy rates on the pc make large companies rethink their stance on PC exclusives; that's a fact. If the PC crowd want to be catered to, they need to actually pay for their damn games.

I'm not one to pick sides, seeing that I do both console and PC gaming, but some of the more uppity PC gamers would do well to remember that their platform of choice has a number of downsides too, regardless of if the games look prettier. Oh, I would very much like for my games to look pretty. Know what I'd like more? For them to work right. Barring a critical hardware failure in your console, there is way more potential for a game to have technical problems on the PC than a console. Sometimes it's nice to just be able to put in a disc and know that you won't have to put up with any bullshit to play it.

You would think maybe someone besides Justin might win because the systems between MK and Street Fighter are so different. Oh well.

Now watch as everyone gets back on all at once and kills it again.