-Genji: Graphics- WOW. People weren't kidding about this possibly being the showcase game out of the launch titles. It looks amazing.
Game play- ...And this is why the game's been getting low scores. At its core, the game honestly isn't that bad. My problems with it at the moment are its camera system: there ISN'T ONE. You are forced to play on preset 3D camera angles, Onimusha 3-style. The problem with this is that some of the angles they use really aren't that great, but at least there is a minimap on screen that you can use to navigate everything easily. Basically all the game seems to be is an Onimusha clone without any kind of puzzles, just action. There's a lot of story, and it feels like a lot of effort was put into it, so in some ways, I kind of feel like it might be getting just a tad bit underrated, but then I look at the camera and slightly loose-feeling game play and see why.
I think the biggest blow against Genji is Capcom. Resident Evil 4 and Shin Onimusha evolved by games; Genji feels like it's an old, dated game with brand new graphics. I also like that the characters feel and move very differently from each other so far.
Also what sucks and yet rocks, in a cheesy way, is the dialogue. The game doesn't let you change the text to English, but you can change the voice, so I'm playing it with the English dub, which sounds so cheesy. The actors do a much better job than the Capcom games, but it's their overly Asian-sounding or British accents that make me crack up.
So can I basically forget about hooking my PS3 up to my DVI monitor or what? The video cable talk confuses me. Yay next gen.
It seems to be related to what kind of monitor you own. If your monitor is DVI, you're fine, don't worry about it. My monitor has an HDMI port, so I got a DVI-to-HDMI cable, and it seems to be incompatible with the PS3.
What they're saying is HDMI isn't on by default. You have to turn it on from the configuration menu.
Just hook it up to your TV with normal a/v cables, turn on the HDMI output, and then hook it up to your monitor with a HDMI to DVI cable.
Right, again, D-terminal cable in place of a/v cable aside, I did exactly that. When I select HDMI input, the PC monitor turns on, but there's no image on the screen. I will try both using a/v cables and turning it off after selecting HDMI and unhooking the A/V cable and see what happens.
But I get the feeling I'm stuck playing on my little 15 inch Wega for now.
