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We feel your pain, brother. But it's really not that bad.

Just grow, harvest and sell another kidney and you're set. (Um... how many you gots, anyway?)

NAG wrote:

Put a penny in a savings account and by the time they release it you'll have enough money.

You counting from PS1 days... or from now?

because the 360 is a superior system on MANY levels. Many if not most of wii owners are children or adults who have the wii as a 2nd system. If you read the whole thread you would know the the OP wants a 360 because of a Too Human preview.

glotsy wrote:

Why the heck would you want a 360? Wouldn't you rather have a wii?You know you can surf the entire internet on the wii for free!

No you can't. The Wii uses your internet connection, which I am assuming you pay for. If you're stealing your neighbours, then I suppose it is free, but surfing the web on the Wii is a terrible experience. Small resolution, and terrible keyboard input (something all the consoles share but at least you can hook up a usb keyboard to the 360/PS3), and a lack of tabs.

Anyone who's read my few gaming posts knows I abso-freaking-lutely love RPGs (especially regular or action RPGs but not so much MMOs). Too Human appears to fit that bill well enough that I'd even consider investing my very limited resources on any console for it. There have been a couple other games on that system that made the 360 a consideration but it was the game that tipped the scales past that for me.

A Wii was always in my plans (GameCube replacement of course) and if the PS3 ever becomes affordable, FFXIII assures it's eventual place as a PS2 replacement.

Either way I could care less about online play.

Sometimes I wonder if I am the last journalist on the planet that still has some hope for Too Human. It’s been a long ride for Denis Dyack and Silicon Knights, and its all about to culminate this Tuesday when Too Human hits store shelves for the Xbox 360. Today, in an interview with Kikizo, Dyack mentioned something that doesn’t necessarily jive with all the previews for the game thus far. He said that Too Human has the propensity to last up to eighty hours if players are willing to put in some effort:

http://www.destructoid.com/dyack-too-hu … 8797.phtml

This Tuesday, Sci. Still waiting 'til '09?

So you're starting an online petiton for a Mac port? You know it'd succeed.

Bat wrote:

So you're starting an online petiton for a Mac port? You know it'd succeed.

Poor Sci - he's got a GMA950.

My GMA950 is NOT on fire. ::goes back to Aleph One::

I never said it wasn't nice but it is overrated. It contributes little to nothing to actual playability of a game (just makes it prettier). Prettier is a laudable goal but should not be a requirement.

ScifiterX wrote:

I never said it wasn't nice but it is overrated. It contributes little to nothing to actual playability of a game (just makes it prettier). Prettier is a laudable goal but should not be a requirement.

In that vein, I guess sound, color and lack of grain contribute nothing to the actual watchability of movies. Let us know when you graduate to color talkies from grainy B&W newsreels and organ music.

I've a strong hunch you aren't really familiar with either what T&L is about, &/or how it breaks down (fixed-function, programmable and all the types and gradations thereof, what they can do etc), or the diff between the T & L aspects, nor yet the games that use them and to what degree, let 'lone a good base of experience gaming therewith and appreciating same in all their variegations. Most or all of these things are needful to speak with authority on the subject.

Playability? Red Faction (1) without hardware T&L assist would take a framerate hit, often severe, whenever terrain was altered by Geo-Mod; RF: Guerilla would be unplayable under a software-only renderer. And 1's figure models and much other artwork was authored to run without, resulting in much blockier models (heads, monsters) than its contemporary Halo 1 on the XBox. Thank God we're getting past those blocky heads at last.

Any given level of immersion is easier to achieve in a believable environment. Better graphics make those enviros possible, hence the potential for more good games. It's not just golly-gee eye candy.