Xbox or PS2 or PSP?

[shadowforte]

I still don't under stand what is so great about Psychonauts. I have seen videos and it did not look that good. Please explain.

[Tan]

I still don't under stand what is so great about Psychonauts. I have seen videos and it did not look that good. Please explain.

It's a decent platformer that wasn't given it's due. Not a great game, but a good game worthy of looking into.

[Tondog]

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I still don't under stand what is so great about Psychonauts. I have seen videos and it did not look that good. Please explain.

It's a decent platformer that wasn't given it's due. Not a great game, but a good game worthy of looking into.

Decent?! Not a great game?! BLASPHEMY!

[ColecoVisionist]

PS2 is the better choice. Tons of great classic (via collections) and modern games. Plus, I like the PS2 controllers better than those of the Xbox.

[Arrrhalomynn]

I'd go for the XBOX, because the PS2 feels so much more dated. The graphics are worse and the controler is over a decade old. The XBOX gives me the feeling I'm still playing an up to date console, while the PS2 makes me feel like I'm on a retro machine.

When I try to play some of the good games for the PS2 now, they also seem awfully dated. I know I really enjoyed Silent Hill 2 and GTA 3 when they were just released, but now they seem like things from a far past.

[Shimra]

I'd go for the PS2 simply because of the variety of games and I love RPGs and Shadow Hearts Covenant is on the PS2.

I'd go for the XBOX, because the PS2 feels so much more dated. The graphics are worse and the controler is over a decade old. The XBOX gives me the feeling I'm still playing an up to date console, while the PS2 makes me feel like I'm on a retro machine.

When I try to play some of the good games for the PS2 now, they also seem awfully dated. I know I really enjoyed Silent Hill 2 and GTA 3 when they were just released, but now they seem like things from a far past.

<_< Have you seen some of the later PS2 games? Also, even if the graphics aren't as good as the Xbox, so what. That's almost like saying the PS1 and N64 were both terrible in comparison to the Saturn.

[Tan]

I have both an Xbox and a PS2 and I choose my multi-platform games based on content and sound. 9 times out of 10 an Xbox version will have full 5.1 versus PLII, at least 3/4 of the time however, the PS2 versions is cheaper.

Xbox = Western dominated games and a library that is very PC-like. Mostly 5.1 sound and a lot with custom soundtrack options which change a game dramatically. Great choice if you like PC games but can't afford or don't have the hardware to play them.

PS2 = Japanese dominated games and a mixed library that doesn't have an overabundance of any particular type, just variety. Age group is everything from kids to adults.

[Tondog]

I'd go for the XBOX, because the PS2 feels so much more dated. The graphics are worse and the controler is over a decade old. The XBOX gives me the feeling I'm still playing an up to date console, while the PS2 makes me feel like I'm on a retro machine.

The controller is over a decade old? Why change what isn't broken to begin with? I love the PS2/PS3 controller and the layout, much more than the Xbox one.

And also, the graphics don't have as much difference as you make it out to be.

[Tan]

I'd go for the XBOX, because the PS2 feels so much more dated. The graphics are worse and the controler is over a decade old. The XBOX gives me the feeling I'm still playing an up to date console, while the PS2 makes me feel like I'm on a retro machine.

And also, the graphics don't have as much difference as you make it out to be.

I guess it depends on the game your playing. Many of the multi plat games I've played have a stark contrast, hell even between the PS2 and gamecube in some cases. Particularly games that have a long draw distance, PS2 versions suffer horribly unless they restrict it, but then it looks like those foggy N64 games in terms of view area.

Play a game like Splinter Cell Chaos Theory. The PS2 version has gimped lighting and shadows, and in a game like that it's paramount for gameplay. I could name you a good 20 games off the top of my head the PS2 could never have handled even in a gimped mode. Half of the battle is the developers, but the other half is the hardware bottlenecks itself.

The PS2 is just an older machine released at a time when a huge leap in technology occurred that both the Gamecube and Xbox were able to take advantage of. That's not a jab, but an observation and a tip of the hat that they did as much as they did with it for as long as they did.

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

MGS 3 and both God of Wars had amazing graphics on the PS2.

[Arrrhalomynn]

<_< Have you seen some of the later PS2 games? Also, even if the graphics aren't as good as the Xbox, so what. That's almost like saying the PS1 and N64 were both terrible in comparison to the Saturn.

No, it's the exact opposite of saying that, because the ps1 and n64 both have much better looking games than the Saturn.

The controller is over a decade old? Why change what isn't broken to begin with? I love the PS2/PS3 controller and the layout, much more than the Xbox one.

I say that because it's part of the reason why I experience the Playstation 2 as being more dated. Together with the dated graphics and dated gameplay of some older games.
Playing Silent Hill, for example, is like going 10 years back in time. Great if you're into that kind of thing, but I'm not. At least not if I can play a game that won't make me feel like I'm in the 90's.