EA: Mass Effect on PS3 a necessity not a choice

Gamer.Blorge: "One of the longest running rumors on the Internet (besides Metal Gear Solid 4 on Xbox 360) is the Mass Effect trilogy on PS3. The rumor all started after EA swooped down and picked up Bioware, the acclaimed studio responsible for the excellent game. However, with the economic situation, Mass Effect going to PS3 may be more of a necessity than a choice.

Mass Effect is one of my all time favorite games out there. I even have my character built up to use on Mass Effect 2. The game was so addictive I suffered from withdrawal symptoms while my Xbox 360 was out getting repaired last Christmas. The game had great gameplay mechanics with the turn-based battle system in place.

The rumor recently resurfaced briefly when EA execs indicated that Mass Effect 2 would be released multiplatform. The word "multiplatform" could mean many things; it could mean PS3/X360/PC or just Xbox 360/PC. The rumor was spurred even further when Edge reached out to EA and was told that they could not go into further details of what was meant by "multiplatform." It is a bit odd as to why EA would go to such lengths to hide the intended platforms."

[Danja]

well with EA posting huge losses im sure they are looking to earn more revenue so ME will eventually make it's way to the PS3....

and with the PS3 being there bringing the biggest revenue for EA....it's looking like..it will happen...hopefully ne ways..XD

[Simon_Brezhnev]

yeah hopefully we get it but if not oh well we have so many exclusives this year

[socomnick]

I though they covered this already, didnt ngai confirm that it was only pc and 360.

[MURKERR]

...

[PirateThom]

Why would they only tell N'gai it was PC/360?

EA said "multiplatform". N'Gai added to his twitter 360/PC.

It's hardly confirmation if EA didn't actually name any platforms.

[eagle21]

and the second late next year. I won't be mad either way, port it or lose more money EA.

[Why dis]

3rd party games always do better when exclusive titles are lacking or flop.

[PirateThom]

Are you sure you want to talk about lacking exclusive titles? Really?

[Narutone66]

last gen optical drive, it will be prone to rampant piracy. Developers are opting for one that isn't cracked yet. Reason's why developers make more profit from PS3 console. It's only reasonable that EA opted to release the game on multi-platform. One has a large (?) user base and one has a secure next-gen optical drive which haven't been cracked yet.

[Sayai jin]

Title is a bit misleading. That quote was from the writer not EA. Only time will tell if MS goes to the PS3 as well. The game is really good and PS3 only owners would be fortunate to add this to their library.

The logic about the economy being bad so EA has no choice is not really a good one, because that same logic would apply to all developers. multi-platform could many many things. MS 1 was multi-platform 360/PC. Right now everything is pure speculation.

What's funny is that when MS was released a lot of people was saying it was not that good or sucked now the attitude has changed I wonder why. The same thing could be said about FF series, but we know that is multi-plat.

Bottom line, it is good to see so many great games go to each system. A lot of people wanted games like MGS4, Gears, etc to go multi, but what be the use if both systems had the same games.

[morganfell]

@PirateThom,

I don't know if you are familiar with Croal but he isn't exactly an objective or accurate journalist.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

I hope this is true, if so it better be a decent port as well. Would definitely purchase the 1st one again to play on my PS3.

[Jinxstar]

Here are my truths. I know I will get hell for it. I hated the game. It was slow, cliched, unimaginative and had a ton of slowdown, never had more then 3 enemies on screen really. I found out why a decent way into the game where you come in a room and there are like 20 enemies... It clipped a long at a steady frame per second... The game did nothing for me. All I did was try and p!ss people off in the game and there was no backlash at all for being the biggest jerk i could be. i didn't get cut off and hence the "Choice" mechanism did nothing i could see. After about 12 hours of really trying to give the game a chance I had to quit because I died. After 3 hours of playing and here is the kicker. The game has no checkpoint apart from when you get to a new world basically. So I died and got sent back 3 hours in the game... I never picked it back up.

My advice. If you really like this type of game get it on PC. Bioware optimizes it for PC and it plays best on that paltform.

Nobody has ever been able to give me a single reason for what makes this game so great... Maybe people don't know what a good game is or maybe they like replaying 3 hours for forgetting that this game has no checkpoints(That I will never understand)... The game has more problems and glitches then any other game I have played this gen with a budget the size it has. No game is more cliched and steals from so many other licenses that I have played. Truly uninspired and slow to the point of boredom... Finally no game has offered me less in terms of enjoyment and innovation then this. "It lets you choose" but it doesn't matter. Same deal in the end basically.

I was expecting a full blown galaxy with hundreds of planets i could explore. When you open your holodeck thing on the bridge there are a few main planets with anything on them. maybe 6 or 7. There are tons of planets in the galaxy but 95% of them are only text based. you can just read about them. 3% are bland desolate planets with nothing on them save maybe a crashed ship with 50$ in it and an old set of bones with a "pretty necklace"... The story planets really are not very impressive, No scale, no pacing and no reason to really go back and explore or do anything.

I really really hope this game does not come to PS3 because it was weak and lame on so many levels.

Hate me all you want at least I can back it up.

[Arnon]

*Sigh* The title of this article should be changed. It is stating that EA is saying that Mass Effect on the PS3 is a necessity. Yet, in the article, it's some mans opinion of the same thing people have been discussing for the past week or so.

[The Lazy One]

@"Coming from the development side of the house myself"

as a game journalist?

[aspergersyndrome]

EA makes more money on the 360 period.

Here is the truth: http://files.shareholder.co...

Skip to page 12. Read and cry liars!

[acedoh]

to keep this an exclusive. I almost think that is why EA is being so hush hush on this matter. Microsoft knows how important this game is to their library. Although I would think the price tag for exclusivity would almost be outrageous Microsoft would be better off developing their own games...

Think about it this way... A $60 game sells one million copies that is a revenue of $60 million. Minus expenses and it will still make at least $30 million. A game like Mass Effect 2 could easily sell two million on the PS3 giving it a profit of roughly $80 to $90 million. I am sure the price tag on exclusivity would be over $50 million and in today's economy Microsoft would be stupid spending their money that way. You could easily take $50 million and create two studios working on at least two 360 exclusives. I think SONY has learned that is money better spent.

[caladbolg777]

So... games that are on both the XBOX360 and PC are called "multiplatform" now? I thought we were calling those "exclusives". I mean, ahem, "console exclusives".

***ONLY ON XBOX360... and pc***

[StayHigh]

They should of announce it for the PS3 and get it over with instead of stalling time..

What do Microsoft have this year? looks like they dont have no exclusive games..

[bomboclaat_gamer]

and u dont know the difference between "of" and "have"

u lack some things too lol

[gijose]

what exclusives does the ps3 have this year?

many are already being pushed back to 2010...

MS and sony will end up having about the same number of high quality exclusives this year. I wish one of the companies would change their strategies... sony promises too much and many games get pushed back, MS doesn't announce anything and games just sort of materialize for them. someone should find the middle ground...

[cayal]

lol many?

So far NONE have been pushed back.

And before you say God of War 3 and Gran Turismo, neither were confirmed to be released in 2009.

[Mozilla89]

Off the top of my head, WKC, Killzone, next Ratchet and Clank, Uncharted 2, Infamous, and GT5 should all make in 2009. Plus there might still be other exclusives announced later in the year. I think GOW is the only one that has a major chance of being released in 2010.

[gijose]

i guess they weren't CONFIRMED... then again they sure were thrown around when all the talk of "year of the ps3 2009" was going on.

so then what games ARE for the PS3 in 2009?

killzone 2 for sure, inFamous i guess, fat princess if were counting PSN games, and heavy rain at some point? *edit* missed the next post, throw ratchet and clank in and uncharted 2

just annoys me when kids run around saying "oh noes 360 just lost its last exclusive!!!" when the reality is, both systems will probably end up with the same amount this year. which is not many.

[IaMs12]

Then why the heck do you think MS is probably talk EA or buying its way into making it exculsive all the way through out. MS knows it needs to compete. Thats why they are probably shushed up about it all due to the fact MS is offering some stuff up on the side. For all we know a bidding war has taken place, Sony wanting it to go Multi, MS wanting to keep exculsive to help combat KZ2, Heavy Rain, Infamous and more.

[crck]

I said it months ago and I'll say it again. I'm sure EA has their hand out to MS asking for a check. If the check is big enough (and it will have to be big), ME2 will be a timed exclusive for the 360. If not then I would expect it to come out on PS3 at or around the same time. And MS will just write a much smaller check for some exclusive dlc like all the other recent games. That's why EA won't confirm or deny. They are probably still in talks with MS.

[StayHigh]

smaller check for DLC? Microsoft will cough up 100 million this time(50 million for GTAIV DLC)They need to concentrate on building their studio and make exclusive game for their console..

[Raz]

MS can't write cheques for everything. Everybody's getting hit by recession these days, and even mega-monster MS has had to make cutbacks.

And I wonder how much they ended up paying for FFXIII to take the 360 plunge...never mind GTA4 DLC, etc.

Mass Effect for PS3 - pretty much a given, considering their refusal to answer on the subject.

[Why dis]

Holly sh*t people are still talking about this?

EA said multi platform! backing up what Bioware had said long time ago and that was: they are making the 360 version and were probably going to have the PC version release later on. Now EA has just confirmed that it will be multi platform like the first one.

Hot dam.

This is what EA was updating the other day when they spoke about multi platform the other day at some event:

"I believe we'll be Xbox 360 exclusive for at least a short period of time," Atwood told CVG. "We've got a really great PC fan base, we think it's really important to deliver the PC experience as quickly as possible"

http://www.shacknews.com/on...

EA announced multi platform the other day confirming what Bioware's plans were in the quoted announcement I posted above.

Jesus Christ.

[ONYX737]

How long were people talking about MGS4 on 360. You can't always believe or dismiss rumors off the bat only time will tell

[heyheyhey]

yes POG, of course... just like you claimed and swore with your numerous links that BioShock would never see the light of day on PS3... and what happened when it did POG? you just went into denial mode like the others

you keep setting yourself up for these killzownings POG and you always end up looking like an idiot..

so post away POG with your links, but don't cry when this ends up like BioShock

[Why dis]

So MGS4 is coming to the 360? WTF is your point?

The extra time has nothing to do with the PS3 version as if laying off staff would allow EA to assign a side team for PS3 ports. lol The extra time is most likely because of the Epic nature of the title and the many problems the engine has/had.

Disagree all you want guys LMAO

[SevWolf]

well I'll answer you "why dis?"with only a link for your slow brain to program on: http://www.destructoid.com/...

[ONYX737]

Even if it is coming out for PS3 I wouldn't buy it. I had it on 360 and it just got boring to me. besides having very few exclusive games I'm interested in on 360 makes me feel like I wasted my money buying an xbox360. now most of the games are coming out for both systems and If I really had to choose one system it would be my PS3. that's just me personally I just feel I get more from it than my 360.

EDIT: So going on phantom disagrees someone who has been stalking me clearly knows I like my xbox360 better? :P

[ikral]

I would like to see Mass Effect 1 coming to PS3 but not as shifty port but as a good game with better framerate than on X360. And ME2 can wait, i hawe many good games to play so no hurry EA.

[zaldare]

EA needs to understand that most PS3 owners are ready to buy this game incase it would be released on the PlayStation 3.

[Why dis]

Some media left out EA saying the multi platform statements was meant as PC/360 from the released statement from the other day.

1up did it, Kotaku and many more smaller companies.

[cayal]

EA confirmed it was multi-platform. It has not been confirmed whether it is 360/PC or 360/PS3/PC.

By the way you sound like a really desperate fanboy holding on to the last grasp of hope for Mass Effect. It is most likely coming to PS3.

Deal with it fanboy.

[solidjun5]

but you're PoG! You must think we're loony to not recognize the way you write and the way you come at people. So,Why go to all this trouble to change your gender?

Anyway, EA said multi-platform. True, that entails 360 or PC. That, however, doesn't deny a PS3 version. And why does it matter to you, power of green? I mean, you don't have stock in any of the companies and regardless you're going to play it on the 360 anyway. So why do you care? hmmm?

[JHUX]

I mean when you put as much time as he has being a fanboy, you want to hold onto every microsoft has, otherwise you will begin to look like even more of an idiot than you already look like. So Masseffect is a big deal for him, his life depends on it staying exclusive.

[ONYX737]

I'm a fanboy and I learned me how to use teh dis agree button!
no one evha sayed the MGS4 was comin to deh 360 evha

Wow looks like I hurt POG's fanboy feelings :)

[Why dis]

I see you're not that bad at hitting the disagree button yourself.

[n4gzz]

mass effect is the best game on 360 in my opinion. I hope it goes multi so everyone can enjoy it.

[labwarrior]

The thread title is 100% misleading

EA did NOT say that ME2 is coming to PS3 as it suggests, can i get the TC banned for that ?

[heyheyhey]

wow your so butthurt... and no, you can't get OP banned, but you can go on a pathetic crusade to lower his CR (contributor rank) if you want by giving him bad feedback

but MAN alive are you butthurt

[pumpkinpunker]

because he's right. whoever contributed the article gave it a misleading title. maybe if he's a Sony fanboy he might be butthurt because he saw the title and thought, "Oh boy, the best RPG in years is coming to my PS3!!" and then realized it just a blog written by some random dude living in his mom's basement who basically has no clue and wants some hits for his website.

I reported it. Fix the title. It should read, "Some dude living in his mom's basement thinks Mass Effect is coming to the PS3." lol If it was titled correctly it would save us all from clicking on the link and wasting a minute of our lives.

But I agree more contributers should be banned. this site needs to be cleaned up.

[cayal]

^ You also sound like a desperate fanboy holding on to the last thread of Mass Effect hope.

[Yipee Bog]

the contributor CANNOT change the title of the article. That's stealing another person's work and using it as your own, and we all know what that is. News is news one way or the other, and by the way the contributor is regulated by other contributors on this site. The simple fact is that some forum posters need to be banned from this site.

[TheMART]

So... that quote:

"However, with the economic situation, Mass Effect going to PS3 may be more of a necessity than a choice."

Isn't from EA as the author of this article tries to put in the header, but its his own opinion. Very, very bad way of trying to push the hits on your website.

You bad bad boy, the situation stays the same. Multiplatform could just be like ME1 was released: XBOX 360 & PC.

[karlostomy]

agreed.

The title is blatantly misleading and false.

EA did not say anything of that sort. It's just fodder for the sony-fan-horde.

Looks like i need to report the story to a MOD.

[VMAN_01]

Yay ME for PS3 finally I don't have to buy a 360 for this one game.

[PirateThom]

Honestly, it sucks that Microsoft closed development studios, paid for DLC and are still potentially losing exclusive games. I didn't buy a 360 to play multiplatform games, I bought it because it apparently had the best exclusives. I'm probably one of the few hoping Mass Effect doesn't come to PS3, just so I'll be able to use my 360.

[ricaesarfer]

Stop complain. Buy an XBOX 360. PS3 could still worth something on e-bay

[heyheyhey]

sell the best next-gen console just to buy a defective, subpar alternative 3 weeks before Killzone 2?

i reckon im good thanks!

[sasanjfr]

Ha Ha Ha.Mass Effect 2 on PS3?!!!
BioWare have told before that they have no plan for ME trilogy on PS3.There's another point;when there is no Mass Effect on PS3 then there won't be ME2 and ME3.It's a trilogy not just 3 stand alone games.
So dream on PS3 fans

[cayal]

You're an idiot.

Xbox never got any other Metal Gear except for 2.

They're not getting any other Final Fantasies, Tekkens, Silent Hills, Resident Evils either.

You DON'T need the first to play the second. Sheesh, keep hoping fanboys.

[kazan]

or download the game on PC and play it for free... no need for the 360,, 360 = gears+Halo 2.5+ Fable ..the end,, thats it for your 360

[mastiffchild]

Really, I felt the first game performed better on PC than the 360 so given the nature of 360 to PS3 ports maybe us PS3 owners should be careful what we wish for and maybe wait til there's some actual news before getting (same goes for 360 owners bothered about it going to PS3)all excited.

All I've seen so far is a lot of vague statements(even those which were saying the statements were "inaccurate" were ambiguous)proving nothing either way. My guess would be, seeing all the ambiguity without any clear ending of the rumour, that perhaps EA are keen to make the game fully MP and are in talks with BW/MS to see what can/cannot be done(and as they own BW now even though there's an agreement to make the trilogy it could be delayed forever(not that that helps anyone but y'know what I mean)with EA demanding they concentrate on other things first while this gets sorted to their satisfaction)and maybe tthey want to make more cash from the franchise any way they can be it multi platform releasing or a further agreement with MS.

Whatever, there's no news here and no need for anyone to get fanboy stresses. Tbh all the definitive "NO" statements that came out of 2k over Bioshock going to PS3 have done a lot to make these stories(MGS4, L4D etc)gather pace with little evidence to say there's much going on.

Can't we all just wait and see what happens or at least until there's a proper straight worded statement?

[Keowrath]

I hope it's true, been a bioware fan for a long time and it's one of the games I was considering picking up a 360 for.

It's a great looking game from what I've seen of the 360 version. Can someone who has the 360 version tell me roughly how long the game is?

[buckeyestar]

I don't have a 360 anymore, but I recall the game taking 20-30 hours on the first playthrough if you do all the side quests.

[dale1]

mass effect 1 is coming along with there home space,it will be a psn download with part 2 coming day and date or a month or so after,ea would be mad not to bring it out on there most money making platforms which is playstation.

[sit down droid]

so whos going to pay for publishing rights for the first game from microsoft if this is true?

[Austin_SJ]

I wonder why EA are taking so long to make a proper comment on the thing though, the truth will have to come out at some point

[VMAN_01]

Guess we might hear something at GDC.

[Rob0g0rilla]

Yes, I know times are hard but I would seriously just consider saving up half the money you spent for a ps3 and buying a 360 to play this game. It's only 20 bucks now. IMO it'll always be overrated game. Spending half your time in elevators and dialog (which can sometimes be fun) just killed it for me.

[solidt12]

Agreed, Great game but the Elevator rides got to me.

[cayal]

Definitely not over-rated. The elevator was annoying and the main story was short but otherwise a truly excellent game.

[Shroom]

very boring to me. I never actually played it myself, but I watched my roomie play it from beginning to end.
It's a very pretty game, but that is all I have positive for it.
To those who enjoyed the game, more power to you. It was painfully boring to me.
Then again, I thought Fable was boring as well.

[solidt12]

Metal Gear Solid 4 was the last big third party exclusive. Mass Effect 2 will be on all PS3/360/PC.

[cayal]

I think Final Fantasy VERSUS will be.

[Pennywise]

Ever notice the general consensus on this site is always what POG and MART and all the other guys disagree with. I dont think it is because N4G is Pro-Sony. I just think that gamers in general are tired of the console war.

Gamers want good games on a good system.

It gets so old that the same people (handful of 5 or 10) Come to this site to aggravate people and shove their tainted views down peoples throats. You guys need to wake up and give it a rest.

[SSCOOLCHEA]

I can never get into a conversation with a bot anywhere . There just a bunch of retards . Also the funny thing is people who use to have and xbox can stand a fkn BOTS. They are the most annoying fks ever . But I can understand there all fkn 12 years old . excuse my language

[STICKzophrenic]

"The game had great gameplay mechanics with the turn-based battle system in place."

I wasn't aware ME was turn-based. I wonder what game I played then.

[yog-sothot]

As I've played the first one on the PC, I'll keep playing this series on this platform (well, unless I have to buy a 600 euros GPU to play it) but it would be a really good surprise for every PS3 owner to have a chance to play this game (as it was for Bioshock)

[Thoreau]

on the xbox360 you can play pirated games very easily, on the ps3 you cannot.

which system will make you more money?

[ElementX]

A lot of blorge posts lately. Where's the real news?

[pete2711]

What is mass effect?

Is it any good??

[pete2711]

Why did i get disagrees??

[Ldubbz]

Not even speaking on what the article is saying, but how many times can the same thing be said without any new statements from EA or Bioware?

Bioware has yet to bring a single one of their RPG's to a Sony platform. Will EA change that? Who knows, but it sure didnt matter with L4D.

With MGS4, MG is not a Sony-exclusive game (started on Nintendo), and MGS2 was on the Xbox, so MGS4 isnt that far-fetched (though I dont think its gonna happen).

I really dont care either way, but if they dont release the first one on PS3 as well, then that would be lame.

[ballsofsteel]

doesn't make sense for EA not to port this game hopefully it's a good port job

[Brixxer600]

Bring it on .

I played through the first game twice, if this comes to PS3 i'll play it on that and my 360 will stay in my son's room.

[Traveler]

Mass Effect is one of my favorite games on the 360 and it would be great if PS3 owners could play the game. In fact, it is one of the few new IPs that are exclusive (so far) to the Xbox 360 that I really care about.

If ME went to the PS3, there would be very few reasons for me to own my Xbox 360. The only other franchises I really care about on the 360 are Gears of War and Tenchu Z (sorry, I know, but I'm a big Tenchu fan).

Anyway, I see lots of reasons for why it could go either way. Probably more reasons for it to go multi-platform. But still, it could go either way. I suspect Microsoft will fight hard to keep it exclusive (if they're smart), but EA probably has the final say and unless Microsoft makes it worth their trouble we all know what EA would prefer to do.

[cmrbe]

of reasons why ME on PS3 is bound to happen.

1. It's EA. A multiplatform publisher which just posted a 600 million loss if i am not mistaken.

2. PS3 is earning alot of money for EA and growing.

3. PS3 is still hack proof.

4. PS3 has a stronger presence in Europe and Japan especially.

Look. Just like Tekken going multi. There is really no reason why ME will not go multi as well.

To all the fanboys. Don't get your hopes up for 3rd parties exclusives. It's basically gone by the end of this gen.

[ShiftyLookingCow]

the title is misleading. I thought EA was justifying why it was going to release Mass Effect on the PS3. Stop with the stupid articles. As long as, EA bothers to bring Mass Effect 1 to the PS3 and also appropriately funds Bioware, any Bioware fan could hardly care about Mass Effect being multiplatform.

[OGharryjoysticks]

EA has a number in mind and MS needs to meet that number and pay up or they will release the game on PS3

[anubis12]

its a good 360/pc exclusive......is it wrong for ps3 fanboys to want to play it.....not at all....its a good game everyone should play it

[poeo]

very misleading title. boo.

i thought EA was saying that, instead what i see is some useless speculation... again

[Allowen]

I don't want to format my PC's HDD just to be able to play Gears of War 1 and Mass Effect because both games gets uber slow motion ....

That slow motion I am telling is about a background program that I tried to find out but I did not find it since it is hard to find exactely wich one of the almost 70 that appears when I Ctrl+alt+del that is causign the bug that makes ME to run in slow motion when I have an uber PC configuration to play this game.

I guess I might buy the PS3 version of ME if EA ever launchs it... bugs in games = PC>>>>>video games .

[pshizle]

is owned by Microsoft right???

so having ME1 on ps3 is impossible

though ea did published ME1 on windows

[pwnsause]

well, when they brought Bioware out, they brought out the Mass Effect IP. Who knows. Maybe PS3 owners might get it. pretty confusing, isnt it???

[pwnsause]

this game will come to the PS3. Its EA. their games are never exclusive to one platform. I will be surprised if EA makes this game exclusive to the Xbox. Bioware would have to convince the hell out of EA as to why they should keep it exclusive to the 360. Bioware who where thinking of keeping this game exclusive to the 360 shouldn't had NEVER, EVER join EA in the first place because of this.

Just to let you know EA made a lot of revenue on the PS3 on it last 2 quarters. do you actually believe that they'll keep this game as a 360 exclusive? dont think so. it may sell more on the 360, but why alienate an install base of approx. 21 million (a shown in Sony's Q3 report on the PS3's install base). you have a potential 3-4 million costumers of that install base who are hungry for RPGs.

The same thing holds true for all publishers such as Squre-enix. eventually they would have to work on the PS3 after FFXIII and Versus XIII, with the 360 along side as well. we are in a recession right now. Developers/publishers want to make as much money as possible, maximize the value of the firm as much as possible. The only way these games can be exclusive to a certain console now these days is if the Hardware company pays the developer to bring their game to their console, or the Hardware company develops their own games. kind of what Nintendo and Sony Does.

I am going to bet that the PS3 version of ME2 will be announced by E3, along side the original ME.

[Allowen]

We PS3 users must get the full list of the greatest RPGs on this gen so far :

-oblivion
-Fallout3
-Mass Effect
-Valkyria Chronicles
-Disgaea 3
-White Knight Chronicles
-FFXII
-Bioshock(not an rpg but it has some thing that reminds me of one)

[anubis12]

really???ahahahahahahha

[Pleth]

Maybe I've just played one too many RPGs in my life but I wish someone would revolutionize the side quests. Every game seems to be the same thing: go here, do this, come back for gold/credits/key. ME was supurb in all areas but IMO the redundancy of the side quests just gets kinda old. No disrespect at all to the game. I just wish someone would change the balance like when "taking cover" was first introduced to FPS. Halo allowed us to drive all sorts of vehicles that actually felt real. COD lets you call in dogs and airstrikes. It's done all the time. Too bad GOW/Oblivion/KZ2 can't have a baby with excellent online/coop abilities. Peace to all console owners. Live to game.