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Apr. 20th, 2007 12:27 pmVideo gaming:
I've been packing away my old machines, but the Commoodore 64 did get pulled out of the boxes to play with the Prophet 64 - and now I'm thinking about doing a quick test on it. A timing test.
In the old days - before CDs and so forth - you'd shove a tape in your cassette recorder and wander off to make a cup of tea.
I'm currently playing MotorStorm on the PS3 - an excellent "free for all" like racing game (it would be nice to have more free-roaming ability in it, as the scenery/terrain is fantastic). The load times. OMG. I definitely - if I didn't have to push the controller a couple of times (which due to the range of them, is entirely feasible from in the kitchen) - have time to make a cup of tea. And not only that, but when I've completed a level/want to try a different level because the one I'm playing has bikes in and I'm useless with the bikes, the loading is there again.
Wii suffers a little from the same fate; the Xbox does, but MotorStorm (NFS:Carbon isn't half as bad for it) really is pretty heavy on the whole loading thing.
Have consoles become less of an instant gaming thing? And is this why I like the Wii's retro game collection so much (note to Wii-people - Galaga and PacMan NES ports have appeared. PacMan suffers from poor response from the standard Wiimote, but might be better with the retro controller).
I've been packing away my old machines, but the Commoodore 64 did get pulled out of the boxes to play with the Prophet 64 - and now I'm thinking about doing a quick test on it. A timing test.
In the old days - before CDs and so forth - you'd shove a tape in your cassette recorder and wander off to make a cup of tea.
I'm currently playing MotorStorm on the PS3 - an excellent "free for all" like racing game (it would be nice to have more free-roaming ability in it, as the scenery/terrain is fantastic). The load times. OMG. I definitely - if I didn't have to push the controller a couple of times (which due to the range of them, is entirely feasible from in the kitchen) - have time to make a cup of tea. And not only that, but when I've completed a level/want to try a different level because the one I'm playing has bikes in and I'm useless with the bikes, the loading is there again.
Wii suffers a little from the same fate; the Xbox does, but MotorStorm (NFS:Carbon isn't half as bad for it) really is pretty heavy on the whole loading thing.
Have consoles become less of an instant gaming thing? And is this why I like the Wii's retro game collection so much (note to Wii-people - Galaga and PacMan NES ports have appeared. PacMan suffers from poor response from the standard Wiimote, but might be better with the retro controller).
