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12-05-2008, 10:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Virginia | | | Gaming consoles. Recommend me one.
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So I want to get a gaming console for the family and me. The wife has been very excited about the Wii console because of the physical involvement in the games, but I'm geared more towards racing, fighting and first person shooters. I don't like adventure games like Zelda, etc. I like to be able to boot up, do a quick race, fight or shoot some virtual villains. I've been out of the loop for these things for a while and really don't know who has the best games. For some reason I've always thought that the PS3 was better without any real foundation to support these claims. Network playing is probably a nice thing. I enjoyed many hours of downtime at work playing Unreal Tournament online back in 2000.
What would you recommend that will please me and can also be enjoyed by the children and wife?
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12-05-2008, 10:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Wilmington, NC | | | I own the 360 and PS3. I prefer the 360 for gaming purposes, but if you don't have a Blu-Ray player and want one, I'd go for the PS3 without question. That's actually the main reason I got mine, its use as a gaming console is a secondary functionality to me.
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12-05-2008, 10:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Memphis,Tn | | | PC, My recomendation...
J/k, I got a Wii, its fun, but you have to overcome your desire to sit back and push buttons lazy man style, like you want to do with most video games...there is much more physical activity involved in most Wii games...
BTW, you should play "force unleashed" on Wii its very cool, It'll help with the "I'll KEEEL you" threads...
Oh, and my wife and I play Wii games together with the kids too... its pretty fun, I have to admit... |
12-05-2008, 10:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia | | | FPS, and racing. Sounds like 360 is your best bet. 360 is known as a FPS fest. On the racing side you have Forza 2, PGR 3&4, and Test Drive Unlimited, all are great fun.
With PS3 youd be stuck with a bunch of half assed cross platform racers untill Gran Turismo 5 comes out, some time in late 2009. GT5 Prologues fun but there isnt much to it. On the bright side you have Little Big Planet. LBP is fun for everyone, and a must if you have kids. |
12-05-2008, 10:50 AM
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12-05-2008, 11:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: West Side SA | | | get the Wii, the ps and xbox are for gordos
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12-05-2008, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by wilser What would you recommend that will please me and can also be enjoyed by the children and wife? | Is sounds like you might prefer a 360, but probably the Wii will please the most family members (unless the kids are teenage boys who want GTA4 and other 'hardcore' games.) Wii has many games that a great to play with family. Plus even your parents can figure out a wii controller.
Both console and games are cheaper than the other current gen stuff, as well. and there are a few good FPS's and Racers on Wii. |
12-05-2008, 11:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Newark, NJ | | | Wii has "family games" stuff that is fun but only in concept or when you have a bunch of people over to play with, the Mii creator is more interesting than half the games.
If you want a halfway decent racing game or FPS you need a 360!
Online play is the awesome, you'll love Call of Duty, Halo 3 is still a great game, and the 360 has a good selection of racing games.
If you get a 360 check out Mass Effect and Fable 2...two of the best games I've ever played...but I have a soft spot for hybrid RPGs.
PS. Make sure you get a 360 with a hard drive. |
12-05-2008, 11:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida | | You can race with a wii, so get that. IIRC, they offer a more traditional controller as well as the movement controller[s]. Unless you are a hardcore gamer, you won't notice the difference in racing games from the more traditional systems to the wii.
I gave up NCAA because as fun as it is, I should be practicing with that time. Sometimes I do jones though...... 
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12-05-2008, 11:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Boston | | | If you want to play good quality FPSs, don't even consider the Wii. The 360 is probably your best bet.
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12-05-2008, 11:41 AM
| | | | How old are the other members of the family? Younger, I would say Wii. Teens/adult, I would say PS3.
PS3 was my choice for a few reasons. Blue-Ray, gaming console, no red ring of death, there have been technical difficulties with the 360 where the console locks up and has to be replaced. I know that was supposed to be solved with the newer generation models, but a friend of mine has a new one that died recently.
The Wii is definitely more family oriented, but they really don't have the games that appeal to me. Right now I'm playing Dead Space, which is a first person shooter horror game. You won't find stuff like that on Nintendo. I prefer the more mature games instead of the family style. |
12-05-2008, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Georynn PC, My recomendation...
J/k, I got a Wii, its fun, but you have to overcome your desire to sit back and push buttons lazy man style, like you want to do with most video games...there is much more physical activity involved in most Wii games...
BTW, you should play "force unleashed" on Wii its very cool, It'll help with the "I'll KEEEL you" threads...
Oh, and my wife and I play Wii games together with the kids too... its pretty fun, I have to admit... | +1. What's the "Force Unleashed" game like?  |
12-05-2008, 12:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Virginia | | Are there kid friendly games for the PS3? I did notice that the Wii games seem more kid like and I want to be able to get some 'man' games, if you know what I mean. My kids young. If there's 3 or 4 games that they can play, then that's enough. I'm sure my wife would love to play fighting games with me 
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12-05-2008, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar +1. What's the "Force Unleashed" game like? | Lots of great Saber play... I will shred you all!!! Quote:
Originally Posted by wilser Are there kid friendly games for the PS3? I did notice that the Wii games seem more kid like and I want to be able to get some 'man' games, if you know what I mean. My kids young. If there's 3 or 4 games that they can play, then that's enough. I'm sure my wife would love to play fighting games with me | the really fun ones are the boxing and the fit games... its a much bigger challenge to have to physically get into the games to do well at them, that's the reason i LOVE sword fighting with my kids!!!
Makes me feel like I'm 10 years old... 
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12-05-2008, 12:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan | | | If you want a cheap Blu-ray player go with the PS3. It has some good games and the online play is free.
I have a 360 and I like it a lot. The online is $50.00 a year, but the service is really worth it. There are a ton of great games. It is mostly first-person shooters, but I'm sure there is something for everyone.
Graphics-wise, both consoles are about the same, but the PS3 is a more powerful machine... if that is important to you. |
12-05-2008, 12:35 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Coeur d'Alene | | | I have the 360 for me, and the Wii for the wife and me. Females won't touch a game system unless it's a Wii.
Chicks dig my Wii.
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12-05-2008, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by CapnSev Chicks dig my Wii. | For some reason I always revert to a Scottish accent when I say that... |
12-05-2008, 01:37 PM
| | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | Dance Dance Revolution on the Wii with a bunch of drunken Japanese chicks is almost as fun as naked twister. |
12-05-2008, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar Dance Dance Revolution on the Wii with a bunch of drunken Japanese chicks is almost as fun as naked twister. | I'm speechless, but in a nice toasty kind of way.
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12-05-2008, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar Dance Dance Revolution on the Wii with a bunch of drunken Japanese chicks is almost as fun as naked twister. | You still haven't tried the water bed thing yet have you? | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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