The Orange Box PS3 vs Xbox 360 HD Comparison Video

Video Comparison between PS3 and 360 Orange Boxes

[tony]

the framerate on the ps3 version is really bad.

[xsteinbachx]

agreed

[games4fun]

buying UT3 over this i suggest everyone do the same if you only own a ps3 also it only lags because THE PS3 IS QUICKSAVING DURING THE TIME IT STUTTERS THAT IS WHY what a pathetic piece of sh$t xbox fanboy thought it would be funny to start a flame war?

[RudeSole Devil]

Why even release this game? Who at EA thought this would sell, and who the retard that allowed this to be released. Makes EA look like amateur developers.

[Close_Second]

...would it be better to have not released it at all on the PS3?

You have to think about how many copies this would have sold on the PS3 even if the game engine had been optimised. Lets face it, there is a real issue with PS3 attach rates. I'm thinking EA did the math and projected that with or without a smooth framerate there was only so much profit to be made.

This is however a real shame. Half-Life 2 and the follow up episodes are brilliant but the choppy frame rate is a complete and utter put off. I wonder what Valve make of all of this - do they not care that their trademark franchise has been lost in translation?????

[Statix]

Look in the corner, it says "QUICKSAVING...." The game is stuttering because it's saving your game. The framerate goes smooth again after the quicksaving is done.

[Bombomb]

"You have to ask yourself...
...would it be better to have not released the PS3 at all, until it was ready?"

Anyhow a good question nevertheless..

[nanometric]

Agreed, I noticed the same thing, the only place where it frame drops was while it was quicksaving, after that it was a smooth ride

[robep3]

On this video the frame rate problem happens when on jet ski funny that the person playing pressed for a quicksave to be done! 360 version
does it have quicksave?. LOOK AT TOP LEFT CORNER STUTTERS BECAUSE OF
QUICKSAVING WHEN THAT STOPS FRAME RATE OK YOU HAVE TO PRESS KEY TO START
QUICKSAVE!!!!!

Rob.

[AuburnTiger]

"Who at EA thought this would sell, and who the retard that allowed this to be released." Answer, Peter Moore....

[JsonHenry]

The 360 version autosaves too. But they did not have to add that icon to make you feel better about the drop in frames per second.

[lessthanmarcus]

Wow, if you have to squint in order to see differences then who cares. Half Life sucks anyway. It was cool back in 1999, but FPS have since changed. Driving a car, boat, and having a squad couldn't make that game any worse.

[chanto23]

agreed...even though its not as bad as i thought it was after reading some of the main websites previews...

[shrimpboat]

Agreed I expected it to be horrible on the PS3 because of all the negativity around this game. But after seeing that and a few other videos. I might get this game on the PS3 because I just beat Uncharted and COD4 and need a good single player game. I bought Unreal Tournament III today and I love this game but I mainly play it online.

[sticky doja]

You need to get this game. I never played any half life games until I got the Orange Box for 360 and I have to say it is one of my favorite games. Everything is really well done as far as story and graphics. Plus you get Portal which is a really fun puzzle game and Team Fortess is pretty good mulitplayer.

From the looks of this vid the framerate should not deter anyone from a truly amazing game. If anything give it a rent first, but at least play 3 or 4 hours into HL2 before you give up on it. The story gets better and better the more you play.

[sonarus]

i only noticed the framerate during the bike scene. 360 version is smooth thru out but frame rate only got bad on the water bike thing for ps3. visually they are almost the same but 360 has the upper hand. textures look better on 360 version IMO

[games4fun]

that is why it stutters what a cheap shot who ever made this video

[ElementX]

Chalk up another game for the 360. I wish they did a quality job for you PS3 only people, though. I mean, Half Life 2 is one the the best games ever!

[Meus Renaissance]

I thought the PS3 version had the slight upper hand when it came to the visuals; colours looked vibrant, particularly at the start of the video. Frame rate is an issue in that game however.

[Grassroots]

I have to agree, I got it on my 360 bc I didn't want to wait, and the PS3 looks the slightest better in visual, yet in the most important factor it skipped in framerate. You can take away visual so the gameplay is silky smooth.

[sniddles]

at the beginning was because the 360 was on the dark side whereas the PS3 was the left side where the SUN WAS SHINING...

man, no one else thought of that??

[shrimpboat]

This game runs alot smoother than Mass Effect on the 360. Mass Effect has the worst Frame Rate and texture loading issues of any game I have ever played. If i can deal with that then I can deal with the Orange Box on the PS3.

[TheSadTruth]

PS3-spin in effect

"Hey, the ps3 version looks better because the sun is shining on our side"

[giovonni]

Mass effect does not have the worst frame rate issues. I've played that game through and through, and everything from the conversations, to gun fight battles are no frame rate issues. The only time I've seen a hint of frame rate issue was the auto save, which drum roll please... Is the same thing that's happening with HL2. a game with frame rate issues was oblivion for xbox360 now that's a game with frame rate issues, and the game was still incredible. Shrimpboat, let me ask you a question, would you by HL2 over Mass effect?

[Cherchez La Ghost]

What kind of *&^t you're smoking?! Mass Effect has more load times, but frame rate issues?! Naa, bro!!

[JokesOnYou]

360 version is better, who's surprised?

but hey its a great game so enjoy it for whatever console you own, I actually haven't pick this game up yet, It's getting so hard to find enough time to play all these great games.

JOY

[jackdoe]

Both look great, when it isn't in motion, but once things start moving, the frame rate dips, the long loading times really hurt it. And those are inexcusable, especially considering that the PS3 version is only running at 720p and that the PS3 has a fvcking HDD that could have been utilized to minimalize loading times, which makes this port a no buy for me. Plus, this is footage from fvcking Half-Life 2, a three year old game! WTF EA?

[LinuxGuru]

The 360 does not render ANYTHING at 1080p, smartypants.

It renders at 720p and scales it up.

Sorry!

=D

*you can research that too, if ya like ;-)

Although if you weren't referring to the 360 rendering it higher than 720p, then you can disregard my comment =)

[WilliamRLBaker]

hmmm simpsons suck and must be the reason for your delusion.

http://www.makeyougohmm.com...

your exact words we're
"Xbox 360 does not RENDER ANY THING at 1080p"
But then again Microsoft didn't bank alot of their hype by saying all games would be 1080p;)

[TheIneffableBob]

Actually, there are some 1080p native games. I believe Virtua Tennis 3 is rendered natively in 1080p, as well as an EA sports game.

[games4fun]

gabe may have made a great series but he is definitely stuck on old ways of programming and thus badmouthed the console his game was going to come on (ps3) he must really hate money because if he had kept his trap shut i might have still bought the game but his badmouthing coupled with crappy EA port just makes me want to buy UT3 on my break from college after my exam tomorrow.

[LinuxGuru]

Gabe Newell is an @sshole.

[HarryEtTubMan]

I've got it rented on 360 right now and I'm almost done witth Half life 2 but the turret guns in Team Fortress are SOOO annoying... next I'm looking at UT3 for my new PS3!

[Danja]

The PS3 version surprisngly looks visually better the colors are vibrant..but it has frame rate probs..honestly I was expecting EA to really fvck up on this one...but why can't they just get the damn thing right everyone else has...

The 360..version looks kinda washed out

it's a tie...ps3 has better graphics....the 360 runs lil smoother..!!

but the PC version wins...lol

[Spydiggity]

what does that mean??? explain the logic in a statement like one company deserves the money more than the other? pretty sure the company that made the unreal engine 3 has made plenty of money. and their product isn't as good...of course that second statement is an opinion but i'm sure most ppl agree that half life 2 will go down as one of the best games of all time. and that bundled with a ton of expansions, portal which is pretty much loved by all, AND a great multiplayer game just not sure how you can say a rehash of a game that came out 8 years ago only now runs on a diffy engine is the game that deserves the money.

[shrimpboat]

What he said, its a tie. They both look great but they both have one different problem. 1 demerit each equals a tie.

[SlippyMadFrog]

Actualy, the PS3 version suffers from long loading times AND frame rate issues. While the xbox 360 does NOT looked washed out. I bought the game and finished it. You PS3 fanboys are seriously in denial. Just accept that the PS3 got another crappy port from EA and move on. It doesn't mean that the PS3 is bad, it's just a crappy port.

[Kururo]

Don't buy this game!

UT3 deserves your money 10x more than this game.

[shrimpboat]

I say get UT III and Orange box. I have UT III and decided to get Orange Box also after I beat Mass Effect. I hear Half life is a must play and Team Fortress looks very cool.

PsWii60....

[FirstknighT]

Another multiplatform game better on the 360. You can add this to recent releases of Assassins Creed and COD4 that is better on the 360. This is one of the highest rated FPS ever created. Graphics and framerate are best on the 360.

Sucks for ps3 owners!

[slpknt6sic6]

cod4 is way better on the ps3, the developers admitted it. saying "they put there better developers on the ps3 game and it shows." as for this, its just a crappy port what do you expect.also i have assassins creed for the ps3 and it runs amazing i have no problems with it. and if games like these make you think bad of the ps3, i have one word for you. "uncharted"

[WilliamRLBaker]

uncharted the AA game that was hyped AAAA......hmmmm and is still selling like crap in japan.

[krik]

Does not matter if it's AAA or AAAA or AA or A. Uncharted is a great game, plays great looks stunning. Unless you played through Uncharted don't bad mouth it please ;)

[Shankle]

Uncharted is definitely one of the most under-hyped games this year. If you want an idea of what it's like, think of a fast-paced next-gen resi 4 with platforming and less horror. It's a fantastic game with a brilliant story.

[amilimos]

... do they always have to compare multiplatform games on the 360 and PS3? why???

[millerlite]

A good pc will blow away the 360.

[socsca]

And empty most peoples pockets in the progress as well. But yeah, it would do it.

[Bladestar]

lol... duhh Sony fanboys will say the game looks better on the PS3... lol.. I think the game look Identical.. one thing I did noticed.. and I'm sure you Sony fanboys noticed to... is how the game loads faster on the xbox 360... mmm.. I wonder why.

that.. and that the PS3 version look like is going in slow motion.. due to all the frame rate issue... probably beacause of the xbox 360 superior Memory.

[peksi]

I think we have a record here. We got this far with mature conversation until this fanboy comment. Keep it up folks.

[Foliage]

"that.. and that the PS3 version look like is going in slow motion.. due to all the frame rate issue... probably because of the xbox 360 superior Memory."

Are you just retarded, or do you choose to come across as an idiot? On what planet does the 360 have superior memory? Do you not understand anything about memory? You rent-a-fanboys are getting annoying.

I'm glad you are trying to be observant but watch the clip again. Notice how the top left of the PS3 version clearly states the game is quick saving during the water scene near the end. Do you think it is a fair comparison to compare the framerate of one game that is saving, to one that isn't?

[shrimpboat]

If it had anything to do with memory then the PS3 would win in that category. the PS3 moves data in and out of memory 10x faster than the 360. But it has nothing to do with memory it is the time it loads from the disc. If you choose the install option (which they did not use in this video which lets me know a 360 fanboy did the comparison) the PS3 version loads way faster than the 360 version because it caches data on the hard drive.

Don't let this video fool you. THE PS3 VERSION LOADS FASTER THAN THIS FANBOY VIDEO.

[Random_Hero]

I never noticed that quicksaving bar before you said that. And as soon as the quick save is done *poof* no more bad framerate...amazing. good eye foliage.

[LinuxGuru]

that a game as stellar as half-life should have to deal with an @sshole like Gabe Newell, AND suffer through an incompetent PS3 port with shoddy framerates.

I will NOT, I repeat, NOT, play this game without having a fully smooth experience. That's the only way this game should be played.

I shouldn't have to deal with the game slowing down to 15 fps while driving the watercraft. That's just shoddy developer work.

Yeah, so the game looks slightly better on PS3, but give me a rock-solid framerate ANY DAY instead of having to compensate for that god-awful laggy sh!t.

Screw Gabe Newell and his disrespect for Sony and their new system; I will not buy it for any console, period.

I only way I ever played this game was on a gaming PC at 100 fps (how it SHOULD be played), and I'll never play it on anything else.

[WilliamRLBaker]

100fps how it should all ways be played *laughs hard* lol there is nothing that can be said to that, just laughing at you is enough.

[sniddles]

at the beginning.

They even tried to help the PS3 out evidently b/c they gave it
the sunny side of the canal, it is not more vibrant,

that was a real stupid comparison considering they weren't equal shots, they should have switched sides in the middle b/c it gives the illusion the PS3 is more colorful, when in reality it was just the lighting from the sun casting on the left side.

brilliant..

[Fezthebest]

i was going to get this game when i bought a PS3 too, but yeah only if EA at least fixed up the framerate then this would have been good. but damn just the framerates and some textures. BUt for sure i would probably get this one for 360, the orange box is one thing you need to fully enjoy ithout framerate issues

[harv052]

I'm never able to play those gametrailers movies....I don't know why...

[LinuxGuru]

HA!

I just noticed that whoever was playing the PS3 version had just pressed select to QUICKSAVE the game while on the watercraft!

Didn't anyone notice that?

No WONDER the framerate sucked ass there....he was saving the goddamned game!

Watch it again....look at the PS3 screen.

The 360 version wasn't quicksaving....well, actually, the 360 version doesn't have the quicksave feature.

[mccomber]

and that would definitely account for a drop in the framerate... seems a little suspicious. I mean, the framerate wasn't 100% smooth on the ps3, but that was the only section that I really noticed as being bad. Hardly makes for a fair comparison.

[solidt12]

The 360 guys are trying to pull a fast one on PS3 owners again. They guy who created this video saved the game while riding on the boat to slow the game down. Look at the video guys. Good catch CoeusTitan

[WilliamRLBaker]

wow quick saving must take 2-3 minutes on the ps3 because thats how bad the frame rate dropped in that sequance...lol sorta defeats the purpose of quicksave...

[Snukadaman]

then everything went downhill from there. Framerate is very noticeable.

[solidt12]

Watch the video again.

[sheng long]

I just noticed the quicksave icon as well. Why would they do that? the gameplay seems to speed up once it's done quicksaving.
Whatever, it's a great game for both consoles regardless. just like mass effect, the positives far outweigh the negatives.

[jackdoe]

I don't know why they did it. Really weird when you think about it.

[Hydrollex]

Honestly PS3 version looks better ( 360 a little bit washed out ) but I can see FPS issues on PS3

[zakupilot256]

I only have a PS3 and I can not run orange box on my PC. So I have made my choice. I bought UT3, no dips in Frame rates, pretty as a playboy playmate. I will pick up Orange box for ps3 after it drops in price to like $30. I am not paying $65 ( after sales tax) on a crap port. No thanks.

[solidt12]

I got UT III also and it is a great game. I will get Orange Box when its time to trade something else which will be this weekend.

[aco]

I also wantted this game for my PS3 after My xbox360 got the Red ring of Death... But after I heard about the Ps3 version I will rather wait and bay it when it is cheap...
The only place in the video that I notice there were some frame issue was when he was ridding the Moterbike...

[myabsolution]

wtf why are people saying "Dont buy this buy UT3!"

why cant ps3 owners buy more than one game or hell even buy both... is there some sort of restriction on purchases or suddenly games got uber expensive so people buy games sparingly?

god...

[Mighty Boom]

articles like this N4G would cease to exist. This crap site needs the cess pool of Sony fanboyism to survive.

[power of Green]

LOL Sony fans saying the PS3 version looks better when its the light source in each version thats different.

They claimed the same thing with some Assassin's Creed video's and pics wher the PS3's pics were taken when the Sun was shinning and the 360's pics had cloud cover at the time of the grabs not much difference with this missunderstanding, if you wan't to call it a missunderstanding by the Sony camp. lolz

PS3 fans are funny as hell, are they being stupid trying to spite the 360 or are they really this dumb thinking the split comparison in the alley where the PS3 version's getting the sunny side while the 360's split is taken in the shadow cast where the light isn't pressent.

The gravity barrel footage seems like the PS3 version's brighter(on the round structure) but if you pay attention the 360's barrel footage isn't in the same spot and if they were had the same angle they would look the same the only thing I can see is the blue barrels tell me the 360's blue barrel is more vibrant.

PS3's blue barrel footage is in the middle of the two concret structures while the 360's is past the 2nd structure. The angle of the light and very structure the PS3 version's showing isn't even in the 360 footage. Its just the angle in everything that makes them look differnt, they look the same except the Blue barrel isn't as vibrant in the PS3 version.

[vaan]

Xbots are the WORST people in gaming. D1ckwads like you practically invented trolling on this site.
Please DIE.

GO AND PLAY GALO WITH THE REST OF THE TEENAGERS AND STFU.

[The Chief of Mjolnir]

And I guess that you are soo much better with: "GO AND PLAY GALO WITH THE REST OF THE TEENAGERS AND STFU."

At least he is trying to explain. You, on the other hand, are just talking mindless crap.

[power of Green]

From my point of view its you and your fool buddies talking mindless crap.

The only ones dissagreeing are the Sony fanboys. Its not like there won't be dozens more comparisons be sure to visit them too.

The 360 version actually seems slightly more vibrant. My mindless crap is right 98% of the time. vaan Its not the way the light shines in comparisons I'd be worried about. lol

Unless a game has major differences its kind of dumd to compare games with with average to advanced Lighting effects and HDR because it can fool dummies. I bet if the player turned around and switched sides in that water filled alley most you fools wouldn't have a god dam thing to say.

[Dorian_D]

This game in everyway is inferior to the pc and xbox360. I personally own a ps3 and not purchasing this game. I hope people boycott halflife orangebox and gabe newell's product since it's not up to playstation standards. I've also heard that there not using any of the SPU's of the Cell. Buy Uncharted or UT3. This is a terrible mess. Boycott!

[aco]

myabsolution for me it is becasue the last two month almost all the Big Games Were REL.. I am gamer so I speend almost All my money on games and if you are gamer like many people here you wanne bay the best game out there for your money..
just these last two month I got Ratchel and clack, COD4,Assassin's Creed, Unharded, Folklore and more...

[vaan]

Why can developers get games like UT3, Warhawk, Resistance, Ratchet etc to run like butter, but EA can't get this crap to run nice like the pc/360 version? I just don't get it.

[Statix]

Look in the corner, it says "QUICKSAVING...." The game is stuttering because it's saving your game. The framerate goes smooth again after the quicksaving is done.

[vaan]

Jesus, that proves that sad f()cking XBOTS make these so called comparison vids.
How lame that they would show the ps3 while saving.

[Kareshi_X]

Some Parts Looks Better On Ps3 And Others Look Better on 360
The First Scene is Clearly Better on 360 But The Last One On The Motorcycle Looked Better On Ps3

[Statix]

I think people are failing to recognize that in the PS3 portion of the video, there's a "QUICKSAVING..." icon in the corner; this indicates to me that the reason the framerate is stuttering is just because the game is taking extra long to QUICKSAVE your game progress. If you would just wait it out until the SAVING is done, then I bet the framerate will clear up.

[power of Green]

STFU fool. The light is comming from the 360 side shinning in the PS3 side of the water filled alley way(light is being blocked from the building on the 360 side but the PS3 side is far enough away from the buidings to see lighting(you can see it on the 360 alley footage even more so when the gamer turns at the end of the 360 alley footage).

Now that you made me look at the video again the 360 version doesn infact look better, thanks.

EDIT:
The Chief of Mjolnir: Sorry man I was reading vaan's post and yours and some how typed your name, my bad I was in a hury to get to Jay Leno.

[The Chief of Mjolnir]

What did I do? I talked to Vaan, not you. Vaan is the one with all that mindless crap. I didn´t say anything about you.

[slpknt6sic6]

how long does that green power last until it turns into red power???
dont get mad at me asking a serious question either lol.

[xc7x]

look at the VIDEO and see the quick-save function being used in the last part of the PS3 video,it rides smooth after completed. it's an obvious prank video from a xbox fan.

[Korosuke]

This is My first watch of the jet ski scene of console versions.
umm...PS3 version is horrible but Xbox360 isn't that good too.
I think lazy fat big mouth dev should not come in the console game area.

[xc7x]

wow,i don't understand how that is possible. sure the dev is outspoken against the PS3 console but i doubt he'd deliberately would want a product they made to show bad on it. they'd lose money and discredit themselves.

[Korosuke]

First of all, I love Half Life series and its branches, Counter Strike, Day of Defeat, Team Fortress.
My consern is loading time. HL2(sourse engine) had issues of loading. I believe every HL fans turned down by the frequent load when fist HL2 came, two or three years ago(?). The loading time in this vid is more terrible than the first version of HL2. It needs more tuning for the console machines.
As far as I know, Gabe swore at every console machines except Wii. I love HL but I hate his attitude. If you hate the consoles, why you bring it to the consoles ?

[AshleyRiot]

I'm interested in this game and was gonna buy it regardless. In this video there seems to be no framerate problems except that small quicksaving area but having played many games that have that feature they almost always have a small stutter during them it really doesn't look like a problem.

[SweeneyTodd]

Is this game worth the buy for the ps3 or not? On PC it is amazing, I want to see the worst of the framsrate issues and their duration on the ps3. What is the final verdict.

*Because xbots seem to use their spare time as they wait for their replacement xboxes, and use that time to comment on ps3 games, this question is only directed to those who own a ps3.

[Saint Sony]

PS3 seems to slow down when there is some cool lighting effects, or maybe it is something else?.. loading/saving?

Anyhow, many multiplatform games shows that 360 can do better lighting. Best example is Assassin's Creed, 360 has superior lighting compared, maybe UBI had to tweak the lighting down a bit for PS3 to keep decent frame rate.

Lighting was also the main reason why the Next Splinter Cell comes only to 360 at least according to UBI.

Well, this games looks equally good on both, but framerate with PS3 horrible. Makes me wonder why?

[Solotov]

Well, the 360 version doesn't studder like that when it is saving. So, it seems to me like it is a problem with the PS3 version. Due to the framerate and loading times, best to just skip this one. UT a better buy.

[zag]

The PS3 looks like the PC lighting in HL2

The 360 is pretty dark all over not even the PC is that dark.

The sun only shines in 1 direction the whole game, so it's not moving around etc so I have no idea why people are trying to make out that it's moving around etc.

Maybe they are fooled by the shadows, which only show in one direction.

[rootEXT]

What a shtty port, this is garbage. I notice there's some frame rate drop there is no way i'm getting this. I'm going to buy the 360 version

[jwatt]

For the last time, the reason the ps3 version had bad frame rate was because it was quick saving. Look at the top left corner, quick saving.

[Leg-End]

I am a PS3 owner, but it is fairly obvious that the 360 version is much better overall - primarily because of the stable framerate that, unfortunately, is not found on PS3. I do, however, feel that the media have greatly exagerrated the differences between the two versions and, disappointingly, this includes IGN's recent review of the game.

I also find it UNNACCEPTABLE that the worlds largest video games publisher and developper is still having issues with development for the PS3 - the fact that they have a relatively large amount of funds means that they should be able to spend the time, energy, and money on learning to develop for PS3 properley and learning to treat it like an individual console instead of simply treating it like an Xbox 360.

[waldopepper]

The most important question about the PS3 version is how often does it QuickSave and does this affect the gameplay? One review I read said that it does affect the game, and quite badly.

Dismissing the slow-down by saying "its just because it's quicksaving" won't really stop this spoiling the game if it happens often enough.

[SL1M DADDY]

And on the Xbox 360 and have no intentions of buying it for the PS3... Not because of some minor frame rate issues but because UT3 is out now and that will suck most of my life away for now. lol

[ISA_Scum]

The game looks exactly the same on PS3 and 360. Loading times on PS3 seem longer and the framerate issues are a huge concern. Screw Gabe and screw this game for us PS3 owners. Invest in UT3 this holiday season and Uncharted, if you haven't already.

[rootEXT]

Come on Sony Droids, you dont need a fvcking degree to see that the x360 version is better, besides this is coming from EA right? Not to worry Haze is coming

[THC CELL]

lol ea games again who is getting sick of them ??? they should really stay x box exclusive cause they are soo bad at making ps3 games
they need to take advice off the call of duty 4 team really.

i mean look at unreal. haha Ea do not make us any games for 2008.
u really suck

bring on the top developers like Haze team
unreal team call of duty team fall of man team killzone team
grand trismo team and so on

Kill off

EA ubisoft after haze and bungie who are so far up m$ ass
Ur foolish

i wish the ps3 team would really tell them to go get f**ked

[sajj316]

Get that bike scene without quick saving enabled and also the game installed on HDD?

[Crimp]

Maybe if the PS3's supposed "quicksaving" was a bit faster it wouldn't affect the frame rate as badly as it seems to be doing. It's hardly what i would call "Quicksaving" it takes about 13 seconds for it to save?! I would think a normal save would be quicker? Another failed PS3 port...

[FirstknighT]

Look at the sony boys and with their excuses. Quicksaving??? HAHA, it's already proven by many journalists that the ps3 version is slow and crap compared to the mighty 360.

Stop your excuses. The ps3 fails again.

[Statix]

The game frequently quicksaves for you throughout the course of the campaign; anyone who has played HL2 before would know that. Perhaps these moments of "sporadic, unpredictable framerate problems" that journalists are referring to are precisely caused by the frequent quicksaving.

[SweeneyTodd]

No idiot youre wrong. Its not the playstation3 that fails its the game developers who are incompetant in porting, a game, they dont even have to think about making a storyline or characters or anything, its all done for them, if anyone fails it is EA. Second, who believes in what journalists say anyways, theyre not technitians they play a game and write abotu it, man you dont know sh!t STFHU

[Rice]

UT3 has my money.... Screw EA, lets go start a riot! Who's with me.....
Anyone............

[RadientFlux]

Any PS3 only owners that don't own Orange Box are missing out on one of the greatest FPS storylines ever.

[krik]

I would never buy anything from Valve on the PS3 (Gabe Newel hates the PS3 and he wants to make a point about it) but I have to admit that the EA port is not that bad. Some frame rate issues but besides that looks identical to 360. And they achieved this while using only Cell's PPU and 0 (zero) SPEs. I can only imagine how this game would look/play if properly ported for the PS3.

Anyway, got UT3 instead of Orange Box. Runs great and looks pretty amazing. Great job Epic.

But I hope to soon see more CELL-enabled games like Uncharted and Ratchet so we can see what the CELL can do. Looks like GT5 will be another great example...

[Statix]

I think it's really sloppy programming that the game takes that f***ing long to quicksave your progress, and also that the game stutters while it saves. EA sucks ASS.

[GodsHand]

Just watching the video, I would say the colors, and textures seem to be better looking on the 360. The drop in framerate from the PS3 is because of the quicksaving, because even my PC has a slight pause when it autosaves. As for the load times, seems to be almost identical, but the PS3 was a few seconds slower. But since I already own it for the PC, I see no reason to purchase it again for the PS3.

[sleepbox]

BEHOLD!!! The mighty power of the PS3!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!

[basherdrog]

#######################VISUALS ############################## # ###

PS3 > 360

######################FRAME RATE########################## ######

360 > PS3

#####################OVER ALL########################### ########

UT3,Uncharted,Gt5 proglogue better then ONE CRAPPY PORT ON PS3 so...

#########################FINA L VERDICT####################### #######

..not worth buying.. ( buy it for pc or torrents..cuz i have experienced myself LAGGY gameplay in team fortress 2 on my 360)

[sleepbox]

Yea, lemme tell ya, the critics and sales charts agree with you 100%!!

Also, I don't find it very appropriate that you're advocating using piracy (torrents).

[xg-ei8ht]

Way to go E.A. Quicksaving on the fly while f-king up the framerate, lmao.

[digger18]

lol at both sets of fanboys in here.

Ok, heres how I see it. Look at the start of the video, where the train goes past and when the person tracks right to carry on watching the train, the 360 frames drop. The only point I see the PS3 frames drop is around the quick save bit.

The 360 has the edge on loading

Visuals the PS3 has the slight edge in some areas and the 360 in others.

Over all both of them look rubbish. Why would anybody buy an bloody old PC game for their shiney new 360 or PS3?

[Cynical-Gamerzus]

I'm sick of there crap,Make a new game or learn how to make proper console games or make an exclusive.Stop porting PC titles over and doing a piss poor job on a real consoles.
If its PC based keep it there.I loved the PC versions.BUT!
Not the 360 off the shelf system version or the console attempt on PS3!!
We PS3 owners don't want your Ports Valve!!!We want originals.
Keep on making your worthless port crap and we will not buy it!!
We have better games to worry about like Haze and Metal Gear
Now go back to school and learn some Cell multi threading..
If you dont too bad your already behind,,Can you say Crysis?
Lazy PC programmers trying to port to a Console? Sad

[Salvadore]

Both games look amazing, but the PS3 had some framerate issues.

[SIXAXISofEVIL]

Where are the ps3 framerate issues other than the waterbike quicksave part?

[SIXAXISofEVIL]

This video is retarded. I'd like to see real proof that the ps3 version sux as much as we had to hear it sux for the last months from 1up and others. The focus of the video is clearly on the water bike part, so why'd they do it when the ps3 was autosaving? 1up sux for making this stupid sh;t video.

[harpua]

identical except for when the PS3 is quicksaving.

[paracardium]

Buy it if you want it.. but it's a typical xbot move to film the quicksave and say framrate sucks.I'll probably still grab this one like mostly everyone else.

[genericname]

bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!!

they disabled auto saving on the 360 version...such desperation. they are both the same.

[Cynical-Gamerzus]

The Valve head honcho guy from Valve is a cry baby who needs to take lessons from Yu Suzuki and man up on this console technology and gether dun!!!

[SIXAXISofEVIL]

Valve's Gabe turdface looks like the love child of Peter Jackson and Michael Moore... although he's a waste of space orange box looks like a lot of fun. EA port is probably fine, although I suppose there could be other issues that we haven't seen from this crap video. Probably worth checking out.

[Vip3r]

*cringes*

I'm glad I've got it on PC. By looking at those vids it plays and loads better than both the PS3 and 360 version.

[andrewf91]

it was unfair how when the boating part of the PS3 was slowing down due to the quick saving feature and while the 360 version wasn't, remember gamevideos is a 1up affiliated site so don't trust my friend has the PS3 version and he went through that part without any framerate issues when not using the quick saving feature

[onyxbox]

All this video does is discredit GameVideo's... shame really because I like 1up as a whole.

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the PS3 version does have more framerate issues than 360 but this video isn't the way to prove it.

I also wish people on this forum would also just accept that performance issues on 360 ports has nothing to do with the PS3 power/ability... instead it has everything to do with the economics of converting a codebase that was never designed for PS3 (ps3/cell didn't even exist ffs) and doing it as cheaply as possible.

I bet the EA team that handled the port tried their best, but at the end of the day... it wasn't their code and it was never meant to run on PS3.

[atomdooze]

alot of arguing about somthing thats basiclly the same get a life nerds.

[socsca]

Best comment I've seen in a while...

Bubbles to you, you seem to need em'. Been speaking the truth too much lately and angry dorks take it out on your bubbles?

[MvC Xtrm]

The 360 version is yet again better than the PS3 version. Like we haven't seen that before?

[davez82]

360 is essentially a pc, its like saying the pc version of HL 1 runs better than the ps2 version, please.

[Rice]

EA is a noob.

[gunnerforlife]

does there seriesly need to be a comparison of this we know which version EA wanted to make better and they did:(

[skagrerrrr]

lag on ps3 & frame rate due to quicksaving

[socsca]

Who cares if the frame rate drops a little during quicksaving, i bought this for my 360 and I can strongly recommend it to any PS3 owner. Believe me, it kicks ass and its probably the best deal ever, hellooooo 5 games!

I'd also like to quote a comment above which is great:

"wow, a lot of arguing about somthing that's basiclly the same, get a life nerds."

[jinn]

why orange?

[Dhani]

WHY THE HELL ARE PEOPLE WASTING TIME MAKING SOMETHING LIKE THE ORANGE BOX!!!IT HAS RANDOM GAMES AND ITS HAS THE DUMBEST TITLE AND COVER. I AGREE WITH JINN,WHY IS IT ORANGE!>:O...BLACKBOX,BLUEB OX,REDBOX!!! THE PEOPLE WHO MADE ORANGE TRASH NEED A SLAP!!! >:O

[waldopepper]

Are you still in the process of learning English?

50 reviewers gave it an average score of 96% - that's pretty high. But obviously you're right and they're all wrong huh?
http://www.metacritic.com/g...

[M_Prime]

if you are a true HL fan then u just accociate ORANGE with HL.. i mean the suit Gordon Freeman wears is orange and the first HL game came in a mostly orange box (cover wise) and orange is somehow DANGER.. TOXIC or whatnot.. so thats why its ORANGEBOX..

and its a amazing series..

[Raptors]

I thought both games looked equally good with very minimal differences. Then they showed the bike scene in the water....wow....When they put the two screens side by side for that comparison...wow.....

[Dhani]

Why ORANGE AND WHY BOX!?!?!?!?!>:O

[Dhani]

ORANGE LOL *burns makers of orange box* GWAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Guardian0fPeace]

EA IS just a buncha amateur developers, they're a buncha n00bs still goin to school to learn game development, they couldnt even make a decent n64 game let alone 360 or ps3. EA is by far the worst developer of all time.

[feejo]

I like PS3, but I have to admit that 360 look better, it is the video card. But on 360 it is the video card taht dose the RROD. PS3 will never beat 360 they already sell 3x in USA more xbox than ps3.

[M_Prime]

Well i would assume that the 360 stuff would look better cause 360 has DirectX.. which the game naitively runs on on the PC but the different is hard to see in a lil video.. and i guess the frame issues could be neglected cause i mean on the PC u get a lil freeze when that happens.. but not like its that noticable.
however i dunno why its such a big deal.. i had HL2 in 99, and i had TF2 like in End of SEPT start of OCT on my PC.. its a PC game that got ported to the consoles.. and i use a WII so i will never get the orange box as far as i know.. so i play it on the PC where its meant to be played in my opinion.. but overall looks great... and i'll be honest.. i bought HL and HL2 for the online over the single player story.. which i still played through.. but its all about the PC mods.. i mean for the original HL there were so many.. thats how CS and DOD were born.. i remember playing the CS BETA!.. thats classic..