Where else we going to get the inside facts from if you don't buy everything?

It's a better attitude, if you like gaming, to try something out than just sit back and complain about something being too expensive or a not worth the gamble (er, like me!).

Just listening to Chuck Berry on Spotify. What a great artist he was. Anyway, er, where were we? Ah yes, you're gonna get the new nintendo 3D DS thing then? Heard good things about it. What you reckon to the Sony NGP? Looks sexy to me.

Edited by deleted (Fri 18-Mar-11 22:52:32)

Yeah T2D will be getting the new Sony Machine also............What did you expect............Saying that the PS GO was not that hot Spook to be honest and i got £60 trade in against the new 3DS.

Thanks but I'm also trying to get rid of Wi-Fi from the house

In reply to a post by Lt_Swan:

Thanks but I'm also trying to get rid of Wi-Fi from the house

No problem. Might I ask why you don't want WiFi at all? I know it's ropey at best hence the homeplug/wifi solution seemed like a possible cure whilst retaining ease of use.

Well, as ever we'll have to await with expectation your views on the latest and greatest gaming hardware then.

I do like the look of the Sony and have never really been a mobile gamer but have been using an Android phone with a few little games and they seem to have come a long way.

The unique touchpad thing on the Sony NGP sounds intriguing, like it could really make a difference. Guess that's been said before though. Still don't like touchscreens as game control method. We'll have to wait and see.

its just another gadget Spook and if you have owned a Nintendo ds in the past then i dont see that much of a change.

Biggest thing its suppose to do is create a 3d image without glasses,it also has a docking station for charging rather than a plug [Big Deal] Comes in a lot of colours [Just two Black or Aqua Blue] and has some of the worse choice of software line up i have ever seen.

Out of the 13 games there is not one i really fancy,In all honesty i only like these small portable gaming devices for puzzle type games.

Thanks SPOOK/T2D

I'm certainly not an expert, but I think the speed issue is due to max dsl and dynamic line management etc etc. My standard connection is rated as 512k fixed.

But with these systems in place it reaches 1.5 ish. Trouble is it's like a yo yo. And I believe when it yo yo's is when the delays happen. I think it would have been better on a fixed speed, but they were reluctant to do that and I couldn't take anymore arguing with tech support and gave up

The up to 10 meg up is going to be great because i have a wife and three young daughters who have all started to get addicted to Facebook and club penguin etc! When one of them is emailing now, I can't even sign in to the PSN. As they get older it will be harder to kick them offline when I want to game in the evenings! With 10meg up that should never be an issue.

T2D..... Couldn't agree more with anything you have said about Homefront......
Single player looks PS2ish at times. Mechanics are fine(hit detection etc) but the AI is terrible, I'm fed up with pressing square to climb ladders, go through door, jump in hole, etc etc!!

But multiplayer is excellent fun. Graphics are lacking sure, but gameplay and maps are well thought out. My line has made it pretty awful for one on one battles but generally not as terrible as COD etc when you get a reasonable connection. That said though at times getting that connection has been a problem. As you pointed out, the dedicated server issue should be the way forward so let's hope they get that sorted.

Overall I really like the MP part of the title but won't bother finishing the campaign.
Maybe if they get the servers sorted and the MP is heavily adopted by people, thre could be a much more polished sequel? We can dream I suppose!

As for Crysis, don't get me started. Over 3.5 hours to download and then I couldn't even try it!
Sounds like the ps3 criticism may have been correct.

Thanks for sharing your comments on HomeFront mrnelster. Looks like you and T2D are seeing the same thing.

Playing Frontlines:Fuel of War beta and then somewhat regretfully buying the game later on as I never played it much is my closest experience. There was promise but they were some way behind my favourite game, BF2.

The beta was buggy as hell as I recall and things were far from being smoothed out on release. Kind of puts you off buying games like that if it takes 6 months just to make the game playable.

With 4 women to contend with all using the internet at the same time you want to play a game online it looks like you will definitely be needing the added bandwidth then. I like your forward planning mate! Nicely done.

Don't know if you have both a Playstation and a xbox 360 like me but from what i am reading the Playstation version is suffering once again on the multiplatform front.

In house developers and coders produce outstanding games graphically but any third party multi format games get the shoddy treatment on the Playstation 3 for some unknown reason.

I so much want this on the Playstation 3 as i like the lighter controller and i have more mates on the network,but when you read constant reports of server issues,and the fact that the majority of gaming websites have slatted the Playstation 3 version against the 360 then i have to sit up and take notice.

Still on my pre/order as a playstation game but i am hoping before tuesday when we get some clear cut reviews and performance related news.

That way i will be able to cancel and swap pre/order if things turn out as i expect[hoping I'm wrong] Wednesday morning is the time they normally ship my games.

Could not play Homefront last night on the 360 [server issues] but when i do play it i really enjoy it and i am glad you see it as i do.

Kind of think i will not bother with the single player either as the best part is the multiplayer and to me this seems like a different game.

Normally its the single player thats solid and the multiplayer is tacked on and pretty rubbish..............ie Dead Space 2 springs to mind.

Edited by time2die (Sat 19-Mar-11 17:42:00)

To me Homefront looks like that Metro game from about 18 months ago and also Stalker.............God was that game hyped to death and i thought it was utter pants when i got it loaded on my pc.