Got my first taste of next gen tonight, my buddy picked up an Xbox One. My initial impressions, next gen has definitely arrived and its a definite step up. The interface is silky smooth and the voice commands were very responsive with the kinect. The xbox one controller is truly a thing of beauty.
As for the games, I tried FIFA 14 and Ryse. I've been playing a lot of FIFA on my ps3 and thought maybe the differences would be very subtle, but no. Next gen Fifa is so much more fluid and lifelike in its animations, the details are far better, and the game just feels more alive. As for Ryse, I think it needs to be experienced just to really make people understand what next gen brings to the table. Just a beautiful game. It may be linear and simplistic but I'd get it just to take in the amazing graphics.
Very impressed with my first look at next gen. I was thinking I'd be able to get by with my PS3 for a lot longer but this totally made me want a next gen system faster. Still undecided on which one to get, but I'm excited about what we'll see from the machines in the next few years.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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