6 Months after PS2 Day. Any disapointments?

And I did have a Playstation 1 from the launch and it had some good games right from the start (Demolition Derby, B.A.T, and some others.)

It\'s all about opinion.

B.A.T. was good because it was the first time we\'ve seen such 3d graphics. The game itself sucked hardcore. The gameplay was horrible. Destruction Derby was awesome, but had mediocre controls and horrible loading times. You mentioned 2 games, I have 8 PS2 games sitting on my shelf, I did not have 8 (IMO great games) this early in the PSX\'s life. You people are all spoiled. Consoles take a while to build up, you\'re not going to have 40 AAA titles in 6 months. Look back @ the history of gaming and learn a lesson. We\'re all spoiled, and it doesn\'t work that way.

- dm
- so whose god will f\'cking save me now?

PS1 started worse than PS2 IMO.
When I bought PS1 I expected it to be perfect.I bought Toshinden and Wipeout as my first games and both rocked in their time.
Then I checked my Demo1.
GOD!!!I saw games like Twisted Metal and the graphics had terrible slowdown,Ridge Racer\'s graphics were nude compared to Wipouet,Tekken1 looked terrible compared to Toshinden, etc.
Then I realised that although some games are SUPERB some others are ****.(I was new to games and many times I was choosing graphics over gameplay.I mean PS was a breakthrough then.3D GRAPHICS!!WOW!!).But was that a reason to think PS1 was ****?NOPE.
I bought my first PS1 magazine Christmas 1996 and happened to have TGS.I saw some GREAT games that I was going to se in the future.Then PS1 was my best buy.
Great games came and I spent many enjoyable times with it.
And Imagine.I bought my PSX1 in 1996 (summer).When N64 was released in japan.
I couldnt find much PS1 killer games and it was 1 year after the european release.
And then there comes PS2.Great graphics.And yes TTT rocks more than what toshinden and tekken1 was for PS1.RRV is a better racing game for PS2 than what RR1 was for PS1.
Also DOA2 SSX MADDEN TIMESPLITTERS OMIMUSHA QUAKE3 etc.
You can find more quality titles on PS2 than PS1 in its first years.Even Saturn had slightly more killer games and games like Panza Dragoon,and Sega rally that we ve waited 3  and 2 years to get a similar game on PS(Omega Boost and VRALLY).
And we arent satisfyied with PS2????If I had PS2 I would have been more happier than when I bought PS1.

GMan2, once again I agree with you in some aspects. The hardware I feel was rushed, esp with the hardware problems (although over hyped), theres like 10 people in each forums who have expirenced PS2 problems, that alone averages out to a large amount of customers.

As for the XBox this is where I disagree.

The technical specifications are said to be greater than PS2s, but other than that theres a lot of down faults, some of these include.

1) According to some experts the XBox would melt if them specifications are true, so will the actual XBox be less.

2) The best spec console doesn\'t always win... take a look at the likes of the Saturn Vs Playstation. The saturn was the better console but through bad marketing and good marketing on Sony\'s half along with buying the rights to games like Tomb Raider the saturn lost. Then theres the N64, again a more powerful machine but again lost, and not to mention the dreamcast which generally lost againest the PS1 more than any other console it came up againest.

Admitting all these consoles were up againest the PS1 but its still a valid point when looking at the XBox againest the PS2.

3) XBox is looking dim in Japan. It may have the likes of Konami and Temco producing games but many Japanasse games developers won\'t touch it, along with the japannasse public who don\'t seem to trust forign machines (most atari machines, 3do, jaguar all forign, all failed, and they all failed because of Japan not taking an interest). Also an example of this is the Dreamcast which only towards the end of its life did the Japanasse restore their faith back in Sega from the Saturn mess up but it was too late.

4) Finally its made by Microsoft!

So I wouldn\'t rule out the PS2 as a dead console yet, also even if the XBox slaughters the PS2 Sony\'s made enough money to ensure that games will be released for the console and us gamers get our money from our purchase , least I hope they have !

DirectXbox

Grab yourself a life. I can\'t believe you posted 3,  10 paragraph rants in a row in this thread, say your peace and get out. DO NOT turn main page topics inot giant debates with your over zealous views


The PS2 has been a blast. Not everyone will be pleased and there will obviously be  quite a few that will ***** no matter what was offered.

I play games to have fun, so far My PS2 has provided me that and then some. Played "Some" ZOE, Timesplitters, SSX, Ring of Red, Smugglers Run, MGS2 Demo all in the last week and I can\'t remember feeling dissapointed at  all.

Did the PS2 live up to pre-launch hype, no .... but with so much cool stuff out and much more on the way whats not to like

Originally posted by ddaryl
DirectXbox

Grab yourself a life. I can\'t believe you posted 3,  10 paragraph rants in a row in this thread, say your peace and get out. DO NOT turn main page topics inot giant debates with your over zealous views


The PS2 has been a blast. Not everyone will be pleased and there will obviously be  quite a few that will ***** no matter what was offered.

I play games to have fun, so far My PS2 has provided me that and then some. Played "Some" ZOE, Timesplitters, SSX, Ring of Red, Smugglers Run, MGS2 Demo all in the last week and I can\'t remember feeling dissapointed at  all.

Did the PS2 live up to pre-launch hype, no .... but with so much cool stuff out and much more on the way whats not to like

DDaryl, you\'re a total prick.  I just had to say that, because you always seem to piss me off when you reply to me.  Oh yeah, until this forum gives me an option to quote as many people as I want in the same post, I\'ll keep doing seperate posts.  What\'s with you?  Are my opinions worth less weight than yours?  Who in the hell do you think you are?  If I have something to say, I\'ll say it.  What are you going to do, ban me because I don\'t agree with you?  Well get used to it.

I played Timesplitters for about 5 hours today almost completing the game on hard except for the damn Mansion level, thats hard ****. I got my PS2 about a month ago and I love it!!

Disappointing? Lets see. I must say that the ps2 got off to a rough start, but it seems like it\'s starting to warm up. It definitely did not live up to the hype but I\'m not disappointed. Games like SSX, Timesplitters, Onimusha and Starfighter are fun to play and I see good things in the future.

Just out of interest...

Why is DDaryl accusing directxbox of causing debates, I can\'t actually see any of his posts, the only person who has wrote "3 10 paragraph" posts was me !?!? Yet I wasn\'t Zealous in any way, infact I expressed my opinions fairly, not that I need to justify my own opinon!

Although I haven\'t said anything that disagrees with DDaryl anyway ?

So what was all that about ? :rolleyes:

Ps2 will fade like a memory when the Xbox starts in media blitzz.Sorry guys some of us were disappointed and are not following any more hype.We are looking at the facts now.Xbox will change console gamming forever.BUUHaaaaaBUahhhahaaa!Go buy ya 1 it\'ll do ya good.

Ps2hahaha is definetly correct.  He is most likely some very important CEO of microsoft and has come in here to show us the way..

Or my second thought is he is some gypsy tarrot card fat lady that can tell the future.  Either way he is right and he knows all...  

See its school vacation in some parts of the US this week so that this kid is not a school drinking his milk he is in here trying to start trouble.  And thanks, becuase its entertaining to see how bad parents raise their kids.   But its also a sad story to see that his parents smoke crack, because of the the problems that PS2hahaha was now born with.  I am compasionate to crack kids like him and you all should be too, he does not know any better... Its a shame but crack babies are babies too....

PS2hahaha go back to school and be the lonely dork in the corner that no one talks to, cause we really do care for your crap, but it is funny to see the stupidity of people like you...  

Originally posted by ps2hahaha
.We are looking at the facts now.Xbox will change console gamming forever.BUUHaaaaaBUahhhahaaa!Go buy ya 1 it\'ll do ya good.

LOL, this has to be the stupidest post ever made!!!, looking at th facts, pffhhhyeah right, that\'s a fact huh!

How come I can\'t see some of these posts that the others are talking about??? (like directxbox\'s and ps2hahaha\'s) What is the deal here?
Have they been removed? If so that is pretty ****ing sad!
Just because someone does not agree with your views gives you no reason to remove their posts.
If thats the way people are going to run this board it\'s going to be a real lonley place real fast. It\'s just sad that some people cant deal with other peoples views.


G.

ps2hahaha, every time i read your post i get a bit more stupid

just keep on posting and soon ill be at your level

Oh and im not disappointed at all, i got mine in january and i play every day, games like timesplitters and madden keep me alive, GT3 and Twiste Metal Black will be awesome so by july ill be thanking god i got one

The post (from DirectXbox and PS2hahaha for example) have been removed (since I did see them before).

Opinions are not important. And we could careless about them. This site does not have any law not to be bias to one side or the other. This is not America, there is no 1st Amendment rights here, there is no true equality here. Your welcome to express your opinion, just remember where you are. We don\'t care if you like the Xbox, GC, DC, whatever more then the PS2. But this is a PS2 site. Don\'t expect to get respect if all you do is praise your chosen system that goes against the system that this site supports (PS2 Central, hmmmmmmmm...). And if your here simply to bash (why are you here if all you want to do is make fun of a system that this site supports?), you are not welcomed.

As for being dissappointed with the PS2, I\'m not. I love playing it. However, I also believe that in terms of living up to the hype, it didn\'t. That doesn\'t mean that the PS2 is a bad system, just isn\'t a god system. PS2 is currently, appearing to finally, show its power. The demo of MGS2, simply impressive. FF10? Amazing. Devil May Cry? Just keeps getting better and better. The Xbox, there is no reason for me to get excited. More power? Thats nice and all, but if it doesn\'t sell, its power doesn\'t mean jack. The games shown so far? Great looking, but not jaw dropping. Its all about the games. If the games don\'t look any better then PS2 games, no reason for me to get excited.