Puzzle Quest for PS3, Mac? News
PlayStation 3 News by Tom Bramwell
Buoyed by the critical success of Puzzle Quest on PSP and DS, D3Publisher has been shouting to anyone who'll listen recently about Xbox Live Arcade, Wii, PS2 and PC versions. Judging by an ESRB game rating posted on the Internet, that might not be the end of it.
That's because everyone's favourite Entertainment Software Ratings Board has declared that Puzzle Quest's "suggestive themes" (missus) demand an E10+ rating in the US - and that the platforms judged included PlayStation 3 and Mac - the first we've heard of those.
It wouldn't be a surprise to see them, mind, given that D3's obviously keen to put Puzzle Quest in front of as many gamers as possible. A PlayStation Network release would mirror neatly the Xbox Live Arcade exposure, while conversion to Mac would suit a game that doesn't rely so heavily on graphics to deliver its crafty blend of Bejeweled-style puzzling and quirky RPG elements.
Whichever formats it ends up on though (and D3's European spokesperson wasn't immediately able to respond to the ESRB posting), it's definitely worth playing in some form, as you will know if you've read our Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords review for PSP and DS.
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hiddenranbir
25/07/07 @ 09:11
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This is hardly a franchise yet.
Besides, Halo with the movie books and coffee mugs beats it in the milking. I'm not surprised about a PC version. Didn't anyone notice on the PC demo an option for online play? DS and PSP didn't have that. |
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flaming.carrot
25/07/07 @ 09:14
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"while conversion to Mac would suit a game that doesn't rely so heavily on graphics..."
Ho ho. What is that supposed to mean? My mac is capable of running the forthcoming mac versions of Gears Of War and Quake Wars just fine. |
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""while conversion to Mac would suit a game that doesn't rely so heavily on graphics..."
Ho ho. What is that supposed to mean? My mac is capable of running the forthcoming mac versions of Gears Of War and Quake Wars just fine." But most aren't, and even then Mac gaming performance is worse than Windows' on the same hardware. |
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flaming.carrot
25/07/07 @ 10:51
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"But most aren't, and even then Mac gaming performance is worse than Windows' on the same hardware."
True of the old PowerPC systems but macs are pretty identical to PCs performance wise now they use Intel processors. Anyway you can boot into Windows if desired so its a moot point. I don't use my mac for gaming but it's nice to have the option to do so. |
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Hear hear, smelly :-)
FYI, the reason Macs still can't keep up with PCs in gaming is myriad, but one of the keys is standard packaged graphics chips that come with Macs. Its mainly due to the fact that despite using Intel chips, Apple hardware is still very, very limited. I won't deny they are by far the best place to do sound and graphical design, though. Unfortunately those don't translate to gaming machines (and I shudder to think of costs) |
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