What videos have you been watching? Resistance: Burning Skies has better lighting effects and plenty of particle effects. The best looking parts of NOVA 3 are the very beginning of the intro, the character models, and the particles effects. Some of the shadows look really baked even though it's supposed to have dynamic lighting, and the fire and smoke effects are bad- they're just giant 2D particles/sprites. A lot of the scenery also doesn't look nearly as good as the characters do. Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel As for touch controls vs. physical controls, they both have their pros and cons. With touch controls, I find that I often don't like them (mainly in Gameloft games) because they have a kind of laggy, less than smooth feel. You also have to lift your fingers a lot when you have to turn more than like 90 degrees. This can be fixed by making games that are optimized well/smoothing out user input and increasing the sensitivity. With physical controls, I often find that the controls sometimes feel stiff, or I over pass enemies I'm trying to shoot. This can be fixed either with artificial aiming acceleration, or allowing the reticle to move as fast as the analogue stick moves. IMO, the best controller I've ever used for shooters is the Xbox controller- prefer that to keyboard and mouse most of the time.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FTLooSZzMC4 anyone who says nova3 looks better than this is an obvious troll
Pretty cool videos of Resistance hadn't seen either of them until now, I'm a bit more excited about the game after watching them. My only worry with this game is I want the campaign to be a good size but definitely I'll be buying it anyway. Looking forward to E3 as well hopefully there will be some good Vita stuff shown.
Just curious to what everyone has bought or is playing right now. My List: Currently Playing: Dynasty Warriors, MK, Lego Harry Potter Years 5 - 7 Retail Games: Uncharted: GA Dungeon Hunter Alliance UMVC3 Mortal Kombat Rayman Origins Dynasty Warriors Next WipeOut 2048 Ridge Racer Unit 13 Lego Harry Potter 5-7 Touch My Katamari Lumines Virtua Tennis 4 MLB 12: The Show Modnation Racers Reality Fighters Asphalt: Injection HSG: World Invitational PSN: Super StarDust delta Mutant Blobs Attack Escape Plan Motorstorm RC Treasures of Montezuma Blitz Pinball Arcade Hustle Kings Sumioni: Demon Arts Plants Vs Zombies What about you guys?
The lighting in that vid looks like mc3's lighting, honestly. Where is the light-up on the environment from the muzzle flash?
@JBRUU: Stop trolling. We get it, you don't have good impressions of Resistance from YouTube videos. But like you say, don't bash it before you play it. I've never heard of you, but I have heard of many reviewers on reputable gaming sites have had positive experiances with the game, so I'm just gonna have to pass on what you say. @MicroByte: Gawwd. What games do you not have? I've just been playing a little bit here and there of the games I currently have; Unit 13, Mortal Kombat, and Wipeout and the slew of PSN games. Got Resistance preordered...only a couple more weeks.
I much rather buy Resistance Burning Skies over NOVA 3. Last game I played on my iPod was Shadowgun and let's just say it wasn't as good of an experience as I once thought it was. It's not that it's a horrible game by any means but controls are a real pain but it's not the game's fault, it's the hardware I'm playing it on. Plus after getting used to being able to see the whole screen as it was meant to be seen it's pretty hard to give up that luxury.
I bought NOVA 3 last week and it's just not clicking with me. While it's a great looking game on the iPad 2, the actual gameplay is pretty shallow for a FPS. There are some good parts, but running from place to place just didn't feel as fun as when NOVA1/2 or MC felt. Plus, going back to touch controls just didn't feel right. It's manageable, but once you've been playing with physical controls with games like this, it's hard to want to go back to touch. Also, I don't see the point of comparing the games anyways. Who care if NOVA looks better or vice versa, that just seems to be grounds to jumping in and starting a troll war. This thread has been good about not doing that and I'd hate to see it start. It's bad enough that the GameFaq's Vita board is worthless due to all of the back and forth nonsense.
Agreed. My point was not to troll or to start a big arguement. I probably went a little far. I was, though, expecting a little more from the vita when it came to shooters. Idk, maybe another one will come along soon. Honestly, I don't care too much about how a game looks, but that's all I can go by since I haven't played resistance yet on the vita or seen a list of features. I guess I was hoping for more of a console-like game, instead we get something that at least looks a little outdated by even iOS standards. Still, it'll be interesting to see how it turns out and how successful it is. What I think would be really nice is of they ported some old classics like max Payne, maybe resident evil and dead space and the grand theft auto series to vita, now THERE'S a moneymaker. Or how about halo, of Sony can buy the rights? Would love to see the real halo on a mobile. Anyway, iOS vs vita is a pointless and rather stupid arguement. Wasn't trying to start that, merely voicing my disappointment in resistance.
Agreed and hopefully Resistance does turn out to be great. And don't get us wrong, most of the people posting in this thread were pretty hardcore iOS supporters, I think there a lot of us that have grown weary of what the scene has turned into and with the Vita, have a system that fits most of our needs better. I know that I personally still have a fondness for the years I spent playing iOS games and remember what it was like when the App Store first launched. It's amazing how it's evolved and grown, but there are things that have been introduced that are also a detriment - Constant hardware updates & IAP are my big issues. Curious, your new to TA, have you been into the iOS scene long?
How can you be disappointed in Resistance? Its not out yet lol, all video previews wont be the final build so you cant judge on it that much. What i must say with Vita games is that i havent played any games on it that have as bad glitches etc as some IOS games have
That's another thing I started to really dislike, the constant crashes/bugs in games. A new iOS version comes out, games lose compatibility. A new hardware revision comes out, games don't work. And then you have the scenario where the latest hardware revision (iPod Touch) can't handle some of the newer games (IBII). I gave up after that point. I'm fortunate to have an iPod and would have probably done the usual yearly hardware upgrade, but Apple stopped me from doing that (thankfully!). With the Vita, if there is a bug, it's most likely going to affect everyone which is why it will be fixed. I can comfortably make my $40 purchase and know that I'll get something that just works. Funny how that's the way I used to think of Apple.
Little over a year. Luv TA, btw. And yes I too wish apple wouldn't keep updating hardware every year, gets a little irritating. IAPs are also unbelievably annoying, but hopefully we will be getting more paymiums. My love for ios is the versatility of the system, especially with jail breaking.
From the previews, it looks like a good ps2 game. Sorry, it just does. I was expecting, with the beefy hardware, more of a ps3 game graphically. That's where I'm disappointed. Also in the fact that multiplayer supports only 8 players. I was expecting a little more. Hopefully later this year or next year...
I can understand, I think expectations are a little too high. A lot of people see the Vita as a "portable PS3" when that's not the case right now. I see the potential and given it's new, will need time to ramp up in terms of graphical capabilities. Mortal Kombat was the same way - it might not be the best to look at, but damn, it does play really well. I'm really enjoying my time with that game. Again, let's wait until the game is actually released to judge...
In a video discussing Sony's E3 conference, Michael Pachter briefly mentions an unannounced Vita title that he's excited about. Since Pachter is an analyst, I would assume that whatever game he's talking about could bring in some decent sales. Long video, but he makes the comment at around 16:40: http://www.gametrailers.com/episode/bonusround/605
