Peter Jackson's King Kong at a Gamestop demo kiosk. Having only had Nintendo systems before and only been planning on picking up a Wii in '05 I was almost swayed to buy a 360. I couldn't believe how good Kong looked then
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What was the first HD game you played, and what was your reaction?
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Soul Calibur 2 on Xbox on my Samsung DLP TV. Other than that I mean I played a lot of PC games above 720p.
It came with the PS3 and was the only PS3 game I had. I was blown away.
Only the greatest way to start a new generation of generations, Sonic 2006:
I was swept away by the high fidelity visuals and slowdown that occurred when destroying a lot of robots, which was an intentional effect to showcase how fast Sonic is and was in no way frame rate issues.
I was swept away by the high fidelity visuals and slowdown that occurred when destroying a lot of robots, which was an intentional effect to showcase how fast Sonic is and was in no way frame rate issues.
Same here! I remember going to a Gamestop or EB Games as a teenager and seeing Call of Duty 2 setup on an Xbox 360. It just looked so fucking good at the time. I was blown away and couldn't wait until I got my own.
First game I played on an HD console was Final Fantasy XII on my PS3. An SD game on a CRT TV.
First game I played on an HD TV was Dark Cloud on my PS3. An SD game.
First HD game I played was Resistance: Fall of Man. On a CRT TV.
First HD game on an HD TV. I'm not sure. Maybe the Resident Evil 5 DLC. That's the earliest game on my trophy list from after I got my HDTV, but it's also like, a good 6 months after I got it, so I may have played something else that didn't have trophies. I was playing mostly PSX and PS2 games at that time though.
Final Fantasy XIII was probably the first HD game that I bought and played from start to finish on an HD TV.
First game I played on an HD TV was Dark Cloud on my PS3. An SD game.
First HD game I played was Resistance: Fall of Man. On a CRT TV.
First HD game on an HD TV. I'm not sure. Maybe the Resident Evil 5 DLC. That's the earliest game on my trophy list from after I got my HDTV, but it's also like, a good 6 months after I got it, so I may have played something else that didn't have trophies. I was playing mostly PSX and PS2 games at that time though.
Final Fantasy XIII was probably the first HD game that I bought and played from start to finish on an HD TV.
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I followed this game leading up to its release. I was pretty excited for it. The graphics looked great, and for all intents and purposes, it was basically Sonic Adventure 3. I heard how bad it was and never ended up playing it. Oh well.Only the greatest way to start a new generation of generations, Sonic 2006:
I was swept away by the high fidelity visuals and slowdown that occurred when destroying a lot of robots, which was an intentional effect to showcase how fast Sonic is and was in no way frame rate issues.
Call of Duty 2 was the first HD game I ever played, but the first HD game I played on an HD TV with an HD input is an entirely different question that I honestly don't remember the answer to. Even when we got an HD TV around 2009/2010 I don't think we swapped to HDMI cables until later on
Came here to say this one myself. Couldn't believe you could see the fur on Kong at the time.
I've never really thought much of console HD gaming as I was playing PC games at 1280 x 1024 years and years before console HD gaming became a thing.
When i took my jump from Console to PC. This was during the generational shift from PS2, XBOX and Gamecube to PS3 and XBOX 360. I was introduced to a newer world, a world i never experienced in my Console gaming life.
Kameo on a Xbox 360 demo kiosk at Toys R'Us.
I was a kid at the time, and it really blew me away.
I was a kid at the time, and it really blew me away.
My first real look was a kiosk showing Motorstorm on PS3- the fidelity at the time was mindblowing. I kind of laughed off HD up to that point (while I will still primary gaming on Wii and PS2), but this showed me other
In person though, via games I "bought", Mass Effect was the mega eye opener after I first bought the Xbox 360. In particular I remember meeting Wrex- and look looking at the detail on his face during an conversation, the scarring and whatnot, which floored me.
In person though, via games I "bought", Mass Effect was the mega eye opener after I first bought the Xbox 360. In particular I remember meeting Wrex- and look looking at the detail on his face during an conversation, the scarring and whatnot, which floored me.
I think that the first Xbox 360 game that I got was Halo 3. I didn't have a HDTV for a couple of months though, so I can't remember if I ended up playing Halo 3 or COD4 on the HDTV first.
I was blown away by both of them. I remember my dad (who is not into video games) being captivated by the visuals in the COD4 campaign.
I was blown away by both of them. I remember my dad (who is not into video games) being captivated by the visuals in the COD4 campaign.
I played demo kiosks of King Kong and Sonic 06, then I got a girlfriend who owned a 360 and played uhh that musou like game on the 360, 99 something's or something.
I... I thought Twilight Princess on the Wii looked better than any of them at the time. Not really sure why because that is one ugly game, but my first impression was confusion.
I... I thought Twilight Princess on the Wii looked better than any of them at the time. Not really sure why because that is one ugly game, but my first impression was confusion.
The first HD game I played at home was Dead Rising on a 32" Samsung 1080i CRT with an abundance of overscan. My mind was blown despite some high resolution PC gaming. I was privileged enough to be able to read the text if the overscan didn't cut off the image!
This was on an Xbox 360 Elite (with its HDMI compatibility) I got in anticipation of BioShock, a week before its release.
This was on an Xbox 360 Elite (with its HDMI compatibility) I got in anticipation of BioShock, a week before its release.
I played Gears of War at a friends house when I was still very much invested in my PS2.
Kinda blew my mind. Seeing light reflect and the crisp image quality made me realize "wow this is next gen".
I eventually got a PS3 and had to play on a CRT for a long while. I eventually got a HD TV and saw Final Fantasy 13 in HD for the first time made me regret playing most of the game on my crappy CRT.
Kinda blew my mind. Seeing light reflect and the crisp image quality made me realize "wow this is next gen".
I eventually got a PS3 and had to play on a CRT for a long while. I eventually got a HD TV and saw Final Fantasy 13 in HD for the first time made me regret playing most of the game on my crappy CRT.
Believe it was Kameo for me.
I enjoyed it quite a bit. I don't think I was as blown away by it though as I was Deadrising and Assassin's Creed.
I enjoyed it quite a bit. I don't think I was as blown away by it though as I was Deadrising and Assassin's Creed.
Haha, that was my experience with BioShock, one of the first games I played on PS3.
A few months later we got an HDTV and I was quite impressed by Uncharted and Need for Speed Shift.
Fight Night Round 3.
Literally sold me on the Xbox 360 and bought one immediately after seeing it on display at my local GameStop. Then 3 weeks later, bought a HDTV to compliment the 360 and its component cables.
What a time. Oblivion came right afterwards and... well, it's Oblivion. I lived there, you know.
Literally sold me on the Xbox 360 and bought one immediately after seeing it on display at my local GameStop. Then 3 weeks later, bought a HDTV to compliment the 360 and its component cables.
What a time. Oblivion came right afterwards and... well, it's Oblivion. I lived there, you know.
Went back and checked...It was Marvel Ultimate Alliance though there may have been some early demos played before that full game, e.g. Blast Factor or Genji: Days of the Blade.