Which version should i get? Are they identical?

It sucks when you find out later that the other version looks better or has better framerate or something. Damn you, Assassin's Creed 2!

Why?

@Zippedbinders knows what's up.

By the way, this game runs on UE3.

It runs on Unreal Engine 3, so I wouldn't be surprised if it ran better on 360.

@Zippedbinders said:

If you have both systems, why wouldn't you want the more technically proficient one?

Because of Chiveaux and Xbox Live.

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@Zippedbinders said:

If you have both systems, why wouldn't you want the more technically proficient one?

Because of Chiveaux and Xbox Live.

http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/teflonbilly/my-xbox-360-games/46-9154/ - 116 games

http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/teflonbilly/my-playstation-3-games/46-10624/ - 9 games

@Zippedbinders: Because some people are weird that way!

It runs on Unreal Engine 3, so I wouldn't be surprised if it ran better on 360.

Fuck it. I'm buying the PS3 version. If it's Bayonetta'd I'm just returning it to Gamestop for the 360 version.

Wait for the Wii U version. You know there'll be SOMETHING cool on that controller screen.

I got the PS3 version and I haven't noticed any actual issues yet, none of the weird smudginess present in Rockstar PS3 versions. Heck, not even a mandatory install. Just 15MB for saves. Framerate is pretty rock solid too.

I went with the 360 version. I played a couple of hours and it seems solid. Only thing I've noticed is the initial load of the game has the unreal texture load in the first couple moments of game play.

Ordered the PS3 version. Game releases tomorrow in Europe. This better be good.

Have been reading conflicting information on platform differences in the NeoGAF thread. There's people saying that the 360 version has screen tearing and the PS3 version has UE3 texture load problems. Hard to say for sure. I guess the cries would be louder if this was a Bayonetta situation, so i'll assume the differences are negligible.

Whatever is cheaper yo.

Always always always use thissite if you can.

I went with the 360 version.    The Unreal engine just seems to play nice with the 360 better.

Console wars aside, can you set the PS3 version to Aim with L1 and shoot with R1? Or are forced to use the backtriggers?

@Vorbis:

Like Lucifer said, aim/shoot is on L1/R1. Light shot is on R2 though, and you'll need that fairly often.

So i've been playing the PS3 version for a few hours. It's technically fine, i haven't seen any glaring problems yet. The biggest is probably delayed texture loads, but it's not all that noticeable. Framerate is mostly good too.

Of course, my PS3 started throwing disc read errors today and will probably need to be replaced, but that's another issue altogether.

Digital Foundry did their usual in-depth technical comparison.

In the final analysis, we find that the two are very close overall, but in the end the PS3 version comes across as being the slightly better of the two by a small margin.

I also went for the PS3 version and apart from the usual UE3 engine woes like texture loading, it's fine. Didn't notice any screen tearing, which is a big plus. The only real issue is that the game sometimes stutters on load screens (2D Garcia stops moving) or seldomly from one spot in the world to the next, which makes you think the game's freezing. It never is though. Load times can be long, wondering if it's the same on an installed 360 version.

So i've been playing through the 360 version and even being installed on the HD, I get a really jarring freeze at the beginning of each chapter, after Act 2-1. Anyone else have this? More importantly does the PS3 version do this? (It's a friends 360 copy).

Update apparently the freezing issue is for Act 2. Cause Act 3 was just fine and I also just purchased the 360 version, so whatever...