Hey, I have got a PS3 and original xbox. (want to get a 360 but funds are... a little lacking at the moment) Anybody have any good suggestions for games in general?

Any good suggestions for games that just seem to perform better on a big screen? (50" and up)

I have played Resistance: Fall of Man, and I have to say it has got to be one of the best FPS's I have ever played. It keeps the right amount of action and is truelly a next gen game graphics and physics wise. It also rocks on a big screen.

My reference size screen is 88.5" for a "big screen" and 27" for a "small screen".

There's already a topic started for this on the other gaming forum...

Games Which Are Better On The Projector, What really benefits from the big screen.

Another topic that may be of interest... Should console and PC gaming be 2 seperate forums?

Meh. We can keep console games here.

I already said in the other thread that driving games are my personal favorite. Need for Speed: Underground 2 I have for both XBox and the PC, though it's the PC version that gets more play, due to my having a steering wheel for my PC, but not for my XBox. I also have Midnight Club 2 on both platforms, though I have Midnight Club 3 for XBox only. I also have Flatout 1 & 2 on both platforms.

I haven't played Burnout 3 on the projector yet, but I plan to.

Driving games in particular I like. I take a 3rd person view on the smaller screens, but I'll take a first person view on the big screen.

Hmmm... I think driving games are the majority of my XBox games, actually.

I know about the other threads, in fact, I think I even posted in one of them, but not sure. But those were geared more towards games on projectors only, I started this thread for good games in general.



Yeah, I have to say that racing games definitely have the biggest impact on a big screen as apposed to a small screen.
I have only played Burnout 1, but I liked it. However, I did think that it was a little... short.
I am quite partial to the Need for Speed series though. I have NFS Carbon for PS3 and it rocks. I also like Forza Motor Sports as well.

What games are good? That really all depends on what your into. You like theatrical games? Shadow of the Colossus is a very good choice, its one thats ment to be played on a big screen. Its for the ps2, you have a ps3 so it shouldnt be a problem. The game even has progressive scan =)

For some reason i like playing GTA SanAndreas on a big screen to. With the big enviornment that it has, its pretty cool when you feel like your the one walking around.. Plus i think its 420p on the xbox.

woops....mine is pc based.

ROCK BAND!

For my birthday my whole family came over and we all played rock band on the PJ. There was about 10 people huddled around the screen with only 4 spots to play. I was pretty surprised how into it they were, some being over 50 and not never played a video game. There is such a good variety of songs that its fun for everyone. From my 14 year old cousin who sang fall out boy to my mom who sang "Last Train to Clarksville" by the Monkees. Although the $170 price tag might be a little steep, its a pretty good value, including a guitar, microphone, drums, and the game. Soooooooo check it out!

Edit: Played this on the 360.

I just have to throw in that a friend gave me their PS2 a while back when they bought a slim PS2 and I bought a used copy of GTA vice city for like $3 + shipping and cannot stop playing it on the evo. I don't even have the urge to find out what other games are awesome on it, they all are!! Ok Im done.

I'm still in the process of building my pj. I can't wait to play my wii on it. Seems like Tiger Woods would be great with a 100"+ screen. Has anybody already used a wii with thier pj?

Rock Band was the most fun I've had with my 360 with all my family on my 110 inch pj. It was just awesome.

I really enjoyed playing Resistance with my son in split screen. We both had a 55 inch screen Recently I've been playing COD4 which is truly a great game. The only problem is I wish I could move the map closer to the middle of the screen I get myself shot trying to see the map radar way up north in the corner .

Also the Burnout Paradise is rock'n the house now. Racing games on the big screen is the only way to go.

yes,, we got the wii for xmas,, it is awsome ,,bowling great,tennis great ,,the golf great ,well there all great. Dont' worry about the graphics that people complain about,, there is no game systme like it and it will get better as more games come out. We did get a golf game the silly ones, we took it back and got something else but the tiger woods will be coming for us and the fishing one also.Raving raymond rabbits(or somehting like that) is the weirdest game I played and in the movies when you have to text others is insane .Bowling is like you are in the alley itself on pj.

Fifa 08 is awesome. I think pretty much any sports game will be really cool on a huge screen. Also I can't wait until the new smash brothers game comes out.

who cares gears 2 is coming.............. its coming!

I just got gta4 ...playing it on the big screen may scramble my brain!

Good then maybe you can tell me if you had the same issues with day and night. I found my self tweeking the projector so i could see evry time it got dark outside , and during the daytime i had to tweek with it because evrything was too brite. do you have a projector that can handle gt4? or does it frustate you playing it?

Oh heck why not....
My son came to visit and brought his favorite PS3 NBA game with him to play with seeing that I've been boasting about my latest 10.6" build. So, here he is playing it on my PS3 using his Bluetooth ear piece while on-line. His comments were he can't get over the size compared to a regular TV.

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What NBA game is it? You never said

I dont see the car, wheres the car.

Heck if I know, it was his game. I suppose it was the newest PS3 NBA game out there.


The car is parked outside, want a pic of it as well?

Yeah I just got GTAIV and all I can say is it was meant for a big screen. But I will still hold true with my original statement, Racing games are the best especially when your playing the game in cockpit mode. AWeSoME!!

Oh and I can't wait to get Metal Gear 4 it looks awesome as well. I have already reserved Resistance 2.(I absolutely cannot wait for this game!!!!)

you bet, I'm also a car guy - if there is such a thing as a non- car guy I've never met him

Agreed, although I only have Metal Storm for the PS3 playing in cockpit mode is a blast especially on the big screen. I just have to get my pc back up so I can begin WWII dogfighting all over again....ZOOM & BOOM!

For sheer dumb play and loads of giggles, there is a clone of Arkanoid out called DX-Ball.
It is loads of fun and the big screen seems to just mesmerize people...

But as slong as we are talking console games...I REALLY enjoyed the last Middle earth game on the big screen. Its just too cool with a lifesize toon whomping on hapless orcs...

Try Age of Conan. Not kid friendly, but 8 feet of bloody mayhem can be disturbingly fun

Gave lotro a go last night, though it looked great I have to do the tv out thing till I figured out how to pipe hdmi 30 feet away.

30 ft away? why not just move it closer? Oh well the lotr games suck for the most (think Ninja turtles arcade without the fun) or their if your talking about the RTS game, it has a little more soul to it. Which ones middle earth?

My office is 30 feet from the pj, I have to go down through the floor, 20 feet to the living room up 5 feet along the wall to the ceiling then another 3 feet to the pj.

stringing a wire, $100, not relocating the office and living on the couch, priceless.

and LOTRO is a MMO.

Oh so your not one of those Move your lan people. Personally I dont mind moving my desktop. Just unplug your cords (theirs 8 of them on mine) And replug them into your PJ/sound system. At first I found this to be very inconveniant, and when i wanted to use my pc in my office, i was always too tired to unplug and replug, but then i bought a wireless mouse and keyboard of ebay for 15$ shipped and now i leave everythiong where it is in my office (keyboard power cord, etc.) and only take the tower itself. Its much easier now that i just have lug a tower instead of an octpus headache bundle of cords everytime. But someday i will do something like what you have, hopefully it wont cost me that much.

I have a wireless keyboard / mouse - I just have to use tv out piped in to the vcr then in to the av receiver for now. Why the vcr? straight into the av does something screwy to the feed.

eventually I want a htpc server with a workstation setup for the office, and have a workstation with a touch screen for the living room.

That sound pretty lo-fi man. Aren't you only capable of 480i through rca(composite)? You know they sell long vga cords for next to nothing right? I

why would I want a vga cord when I have DVI-I outputs? The tv out is because I already had the cabling. I'll wait and just get a nice DVI / HDMI cable. Then I'll need an optical out for the audio when the time comes.

DVI IS overated. Vga is capable of 1080p as well, its just dvi Is a cross a hdp signal. There have been other threads in the past debating which is better Dvi/Vga. but in the end it seems they are the same. I dont why some moitors have a higher resolution when connectiing with dvi, but I think that they are the same, and you would probably save a good bit of money getting a lenght of vga compared to HDMI/DVI. <---------2 cents

You have a good point, however I'm not to concerned about saving money on vga vs hdmi cables. I have dual DVI out on my vid card, true I could use vga adapters however I don't want to. also with the hdmi I can use some of the pip features on the controller board because I'll be bypassing my av receiver. The way I'm running it now, and at that point. For pj use I will be using dual monitors with the second being the pj directly. For now its dual montors, and I sawp to the pj via TV out when I want to play my games. True that they look pretty rugged that way but thats what I have available at the minute.

Something like this or do you have dvi on your pj as well? Hurr ten minutes left: http://cgi.ebay.com/50-ft-HDMI-to-DVI-Cabl...1QQcmdZViewItem

I have hdmi on the pj. 50 foot for under 30 bucks. Thats my hang up right there, cable + shield quality.

Thats not true. I was told by some knwolaedgable office max employees on which vga cable they should buy and they said they have never seen an instance where someone would need to buy a shielded cable over a normal one. They put sheilds on the cable to stop Electromag interferance. Which is only a real problem of you have other (high power lines or magentic devices such as other computers, crossing directly in their path. And most Ht speaker wire is NOT powerful to emit EMI. So if it were me. I would save yourself from the BS retail markets and you would get the same exact signal. Again my 2 cents <----------------



Edit: I just looked at the sellers feedaback and the only negatives i could see from them is that there item was out of stock at one point and that someone it didnt work at all, but didnt plug it in. Thousands of others seem to be happy with it.

Shielding insulates from outside sources, true however it also helps prevent loss. The better the shielding is on a cable the longer the signal stays nice and strong. No point in having 50 foot of cheap cable and then having the signal barley able to make it to the pj, regardless 50ft is way to long. Thanks for the link though

are you talking about the dvi/hdmi cable? digital signals are less susceptible degrading over distances (it's harder to corrupt 1's and 0's than a full analog signal). I'm not an expert, so look into it for yourself as well, but I've read that unaided HDMI should be fine up to a 50ft cable run, and there are plenty of happy reviews on amazon to go along with the articles I've found.

(I'm planning on running a similar length cable from my bedroom to the HT room in order to connect my PC to the projector, so I've been reading about this a bit. No extensive research yet though)

Not disputing that, just going with the ounce of prevention idea. Also found this
I worked with cat5 during my cisco courses, so that would be great, I can run the cat 5 and make custom length cable.

Very cool link. Is that commercially available now? pricing?

I guess we're getting pretty OT for the thread though.

Just picked up Grand Turismo (GT) 5 Prologue yesterday for the PS3. So far it's been very addicting either on line or just the game's AI races. The realism is intense, I just wished I had a steering wheel and such. Preparing to race on line can be a bit agitating, it takes what seems forever to find matches to race with but very enjoyable. I'd say it's a much better game than the Iron-man (PS3) I picked up prior.

YES!!! I can't wait to get back to school and play GT5 on my housemate's PS3. I've been looking forward to it all year.

Of all my ps2 games, GT4 is the overwhelming winner for time played on my pj. The armored core series comes in second.. something about gigantic robot death matches on my wall is very appealing lol.

heh

The whole point is I can game on the PJ but its just a tease. I may get a ps3 for my birthday for games / blueray. GT best driver for ps3?

I was supposed to get a ps3 last week when snake launched, but instead my girlfriend turned 21! yay. which means im in debt for next couple weeks. I loathe seeing peoiple enjoy there ps3 games. It's not fair the true fans have to wait while dads stand in line to get one for non appreciative kids. I want it!

NOOOO!!! I went a whole two days without thinking about that game.. Now I'm back to wanting to blow a week's pay on a ps3 and MGS just so I don't have to wait until september!

Plopped the camera on the bed last night so angle is looking up. Just uploaded this via youtube, enjoy.

BEAUTIFUL!

Damnit! Damnit Damnit. I got a headache I gotta get out of this blog. Its killin me . That was GLORIOUS btw

You drive like a little ol' lady











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Hey, don't be hate'n Best I could do with the game controller but I seem to be getting better especially with all the cheat options turned off. Currently looking for a steering wheel gizmo setup. Maybe Logitech and build a *simul8r* seat around it. The 'drifts' are really pretty to watch on replay...vroom, vrooom!