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I think Vanquish is better than Binary Domain, but Binary Domain is more directly competing with Gears of War (which it beats, but not as much as Vanquish beats everything).
 
On pure gameplay, I liked Binary Domain better, but mainly because it let me shoot with mouse/kb and not a clumsy controller.
 
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vanquish and binary domain share very few things in common, and only then mostly superficially. it's pretty silly to compare them as gaming experiences.

the combat in both is pretty satisfying though.
 
vanquish and binary domain share very few things in common, and only then mostly superficially. it's pretty silly to compare them as gaming experiences.

the combat in both is pretty satisfying though.

they're both well made japanese shooters. there's a lot less of those around than you'd think.
 
Sega - US Hardware and Software Revenue in millions of dollars (including Sega Genesis, Sega CD, and Sega 32X, not including Sega Nomad, Sega CDX, JVC X'Eye, the Genesis 3 or software sold by Majesco in 1997-1999)

1989 - $182
1990 - $280
1991 - $586
1992 - $1,151
1993 - $1,938
1994 - $1,812 (End of 16-bit era Total: $5,949)
1995 - $812
1996 - $294
1997 - $180
Total - $7,235

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Super NES - US Hardware & Software Revenue in millions of dollars

1991 - $560
1992 - $1,733
1993 - $1,890
1994 - $1,471 (End of 16-bit era Total: $5,654)
1995 - $823
1996 - $514
1997 - $243 (End of Sega Total: $7,234)
1998 - $137
1999 - $20
Total - $7,391

From: http://segatastic.blogspot.com/2009/12/mega-drive-sales-figures-update.html

Man that video sure helped them :/
 
Being japanese and being a shooter doesn't that the gameplay is similar. Unless you're saying we should create a JTPS genre.
 
I'm just saying if those are the points of comparison than it is pretty shallow. Both games are pretty fundamentally different from each other. It's like me saying COD is shit because unreal tournament is better.
 
Not really about quality, just saying that they're different games gameplay wise even though they are japanese shooters. I guess a more apt comparison would be saying COD and UT are the same because they're western shooters.
 
Not really about quality, just saying that they're different games gameplay wise even though they are japanese shooters. I guess a more apt comparison would be saying COD and UT are the same because they're western shooters.
Where are you getting that he said they were similar gameplay experiences? They both share the trait of being Japanese made shooters that are far better than the norm.
 
I thought the argument was about trying to compare them as game experiences rather than just being japanese shooters? Was just kinda following the argument from john rabbit.
 
It would be awesome if Patrick was streaming these games he's been playing. I find it more interesting to hear the guys talk about a game they missed but went back to play than hearing them talk about the games of the moment. The difference in perspective is fascinating.
 
It would be awesome if Patrick was streaming these games he's been playing. I find it more interesting to hear the guys talk about a game they missed but went back to play than hearing them talk about the games of the moment. The difference in perspective is fascinating.

Imagine if GB would still produce Premium Content.
 
they're both well made japanese shooters. there's a lot less of those around than you'd think.

I'd go as far to say that at least half of the great TPS series are Japanese and the very best are Japanese. It has also come to the point where for western TPS series people complain whenever there is shooting.
 
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