Technically speaking. As in the AI isn't improved or more advanced. It's just a cheap way of bumping up the difficulty. This is practically solved in games like Gears of War (and so many others) that have included blind fire.

What he means is the same thing that I look for between difficilty settings. While decreasing health, increasing damage & enemy aim accuracy makes it harder, it's not because they're better. It's because the values are different.

What we look for in difficulty settings in incresed AI & more enemies on field while leaving all values the same. That is a TRUE increase in challange in my eyes. It's just that changing the values is 1,000 times easier & quicker for the developer.

Exactly. On lower level difficulties I expect lower level AI: fewer enemies, hide behind crates, basic stuff. The higher the difficulty, the more enemies will communicate, flank, work together etc.

It has the same effect in the long run, though. You still have less margin for error and will probably have to change your tactics to accommodate it.

I can see where you're coming from, but it isn't like they are the first, nor will they be the last to ramp difficulty in this fashion. Hell 9/10 times this is how it's done.

omg I finally found a memory card adaptor for the ps3 >.< this thing was really hard to find XD now I can finally transfer my ps2 game on my ps3 and play them on it (even thought they look worst but on a regular tv I don't see a big change XD)

and I'm happy that the ps3 was giving a usb cable with the controller because they don't give one for this adaptor XD

it's weird though to have buy this and knowing that after transferring my 2 memory card I will probably never use it again XD

I actually can't recall a time where a game hasn't simply done that. You're right that it does, in the end, have the same general affect. But it's not the same experience. On one hand you feel weaker against the same dumb enemies; while on the other you have the same abilities but you're actually being challenged by something intelligent and cunning.


Actually, I can recall a game, and that would be Ninja Gaiden. You rarely faced a large horde on enemies, but throughout the game the enemies used different, better tactics to take you down.

Yeah, it just feels like a more intense experiance when difficulty isn't ramped up via stat pumping. Maybe it's the same thing in the end, however if it's the same motions all over again it tends to not be all that inviting to me.

People probably already know, but Gran Tourismo HD is up for free download on the PS Store :D Get it! It's extremely shiny!

Wow. Santa really pulled though this year.

60GB PS3 bundled with an additional Sixaxis controller and Genji 2.

My question - Is Genji any good, or would you suggest I try selling it and swapping it for something else, like Resistance?

I tried the demo and didn't really like it, the gameplay is really slow, I mean the fighting it's weird I don't know but they fight too slowly for me XD I even prefer Untold Legend dark kingdom to genji :\ but Genji has beautiful graphic.

if you like console FPS then yes I suggest you to exchange it for resistance, you can't go wrong with this game if you like FPS.

but if you want to be sure, just download the demo of Genji before opening it and play the demo and see if you like it or not ^^ there's a demo of resistance to so you can see which one is the best for you

I'd personally say go for Resistance. Genji doesn't feel too great to me, from the demo. But it's for you to make the call :D

Congratulations though! Santa's the man.

Ha HA! And now my grandparents pull through! Resistance is now sitting in my hands!

I know it's launch-game season for the PS3, but are there any other decent games out that I might want to look into? Or should I just try and sell the game and wait for say...MotorStorm.

Resistance and RR7 are the two boxed games I've been enjoying, not much else piques my interest at the moment until Motorstorm.

However, there's a few downloadable things that you should check out. Blast Factor, Lemmings, GTHD and the Motorstorm demo are all fantastic.

Yeah, I've been pretty much downloading every single free thing that's available right now. I've literally been downloading this crap for about 5 hours.

I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN A CHANCE TO PLAY IT.

anyone else have untold legend: dark kingdom?

I know it's not the best game but eh I kind of like it (I was a fan of the gauntlet series and I find this game similar XD)

but I can't seem to make the online play work... everytime I try to get in a game I get the message: Network game Error: Host player left game at a critical time...

if anyone have the game can they confirm if this is working?

Edit: well i just figure out that it's my router that is causing this, because I plugged my ps3 directly into my modem and the game worked perfectly... so try opening all the port the manual was saying that the game use, but apparently the game use other port that are not listed... so till I find what they are or if this is really a port problem, I can't play this game online...

Wow. Just picked up an HDMI cable and plugged my PS3 into my parents 50" Plasma TV and set the resolution to 1080i. I officially don't want to go back to school ever.

In other news, my little brother opened my copy of Genji, so there goes my option to return it. Oh well.

I have Ridge Racer and Resistance too. Don't see the point in buying any of the other games (ports lol) for the PS3. Right now I'm waiting for Virtua Fighter 5, MotorStorm (maybe), Heavenly Sword if it's good, and Armored Core 4. The GTHD demo is pretty darn impressive. Even my dad thought it was some sort of show on TV at first.

Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection was just released in Japan and Hong Kong on the PS Store.
2000 yen, which is ~$16-17 USD.

Hopefully the rest of the world sees a release soon!

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=12225

720p has more vertical lines of resolution per frame (720 instead of 540), so it'll look even nicer if you switch to that resolution.

I hooked up my PS3 and boy does that thing get fingerprints and stuff on it very easily.

Resistance is very cool though.

Does anybody here use a headset? I was thinking about going out to the store today and grabbing one, but wanted to know what kind/brand I should be looking for that's considered of better quality, or I guess more bang for my buck.

well any usb headset work, and the ps3 is compatible with most bluetooth headset too.

for me I had the ps2 headset for a long time so I'm using it even is it's wired, but the cord is so long that it doesn't really bother me...

I never try any bluetooth device so I can't say for them.

It's also compatible with bluetooth headsets? I'll have to give my headset a try then...

I'll write back when I got a chance to do that.

Question about making the 20GB PS3 wireless.

Does it support any USB wireless adapter?

Huh...I got the PS3 to recognize my bluetooth headset, but I can't seem to get it to work online in Resistance. Is their an option you need to set in the game to enable headsets or something?

Also something that's weird - whenever I set my headset and try to log on to resistance, it won't connect, saying theres some kind of error. I have to go back and reset the internet settings. It will then work just fine, but isn't that kind of strange? Why would setting up my bluetooth headset have an effect on my wireless settings?