1. Huh? Call me dyslexic, but I don't understand this story at all. If they tested only on HDTVs and NOT standard TVs, then shouldn't you be playing on an HDTV (i.e. the 360)? How does this make the xbox version better?

Posted at 1:11PM on Dec 14th 2005 by Reality Check 1 star

2. how said is that... the game will look better on xbox then on Xbox360... that just tells me this X360 is starting to look more and more like a rushed job and in the end...

PS3 will be the real winner of the console war... there are just so many problems with the thing, yeah it's first gen, but come on get the thing working right before you release it, I played kong in the store and parts of the screen when blue.... I was just thinking what the Fu#$ but I guess that's to be expected when you rush the games...

It's said really because I really don't see much of a improvement from xbox... maybe it's because this is first gen games, but if you ask me it's just because the system sucks... I'll wait until next year not 2006 but 2007 to decide if I need an xbox360 by then maybe some real good games will be out instead of these wack titles that really don't have a high replay value... I mean the only game on this system that is really nice is call of duty 2 and if you have a high end pc which I do... then it's much better on pc... which is just sad, so is quake 4...

so if PGR3 is all xbox 360 really has then i'm sorry microsoft but i'm not impressed at all... you can keep that thing.

Posted at 1:13PM on Dec 14th 2005 by Crazyglues 1 star

3. @Crazyglues: I'm not sure how you came to the conclusion that "X360 is starting to look more and more like a rushed job and in the end PS3 will be the real winner of the console war"

when PS3 actually COMES OUT, we'll be able to see who's the real winner but until it does, it's way too premature to declare it the "real" winner. besides, the fact that King Kong wasn't optimized for standard-definition television doesn't say anything about X360 as a console. It just shows how Ubisoft didn't test it thoroughly enough, probably in order to launch with the console (and also come out before the actual movie)

Posted at 1:22PM on Dec 14th 2005 by Aram 0 stars

4. What the article (I think) is saying is that, if you don't have an HDTV don't play on the 360, as on standard TVs it is too dark. Apparently the Xbox 1 version doesn't have this problem.

So can't they add gamma controls or something?

Nick

Posted at 1:23PM on Dec 14th 2005 by Nick Spacek 2 stars

5. It's too dark in HD as well.

Posted at 1:28PM on Dec 14th 2005 by vc 0 stars

6. I noticed even at 1080i on my HDTV it was dark and i had to turn the brightness up a few notches

Posted at 1:07PM on Dec 14th 2005 by Dan 0 stars

7. I don't see why this is such a big deal. The major difference between the original and the 360 is high-definition graphics. If you don't have an HDTV then you're probably not going to see an enormous amount of difference. Perhaps your $400 would be better spent towards an HDTV...

Posted at 1:35PM on Dec 14th 2005 by Ben 0 stars

8. how said is that... the game will look better on xbox then on Xbox360... that just tells me this X360 is starting to look more and more like a rushed job and in the end...

PS3 will be the real winner of the console war... there are just so many problems with the thing, yeah it's first gen, but come on get the thing working right before you release it, I played kong in the store and parts of the screen when blue.... I was just thinking what the Fu#$ but I guess that's to be expected when you rush the games...

It's said really because I really don't see much of a improvement from xbox... maybe it's because this is first gen games, but if you ask me it's just because the system sucks... I'll wait until next year not 2006 but 2007 to decide if I need an xbox360 by then maybe some real good games will be out instead of these wack titles that really don't have a high replay value... I mean the only game on this system that is really nice is call of duty 2 and if you have a high end pc which I do... then it's much better on pc... which is just sad, so is quake 4...

so if PGR3 is all xbox 360 really has then i'm sorry microsoft but i'm not impressed at all... you can keep that thing.

Posted at 1:11PM on Dec 14th 2005 by Crazyglues 1 star

9. I agree with #7; I've been playing on a Sony HDTV, and the game is far too dark to play. Testing should be done on CRTs (SD and HDTV), Plasmas, DLP and LCD screens, since all four major display types have very different abilities when it comes to reproducing black levels. I'd guess the King Kong developers only tested on LCD HDTVs, which have the worst black levels of the bunch (black looks like dark gray on every LCD screen I've looked at).

Posted at 2:58PM on Dec 14th 2005 by Chappy 1 star

10. I don't have Kong, but I haven't noticed any brightness problems in general on my Sony CRT HDTV (it's a few years old now). Haven't tried on the LCD yet as it's in the bedroom.

Still, I noticed that in the setup screens there are system-wide adjustments for brightness based on the screen type. Have you guys tried that?

Posted at 4:11PM on Dec 14th 2005 by Tim Marman 0 stars

11. I have a samsung HDTV and played the game all last night. It is one of the best looking games on system. Im sorry they island wasnt filled with lights, but umm neither was condemed and its one hell of a game too. Now i just got the game yesterday, but fir an hour and 1/2 of play its fine to me.

Posted at 10:58PM on Dec 14th 2005 by jason w 0 stars