graphics processing we'd see the CPU left free to do insanely advanced AI,
environmentals, etc.
Just doesn't seem to have taken off like promised. ;^)
As far as I'm concerned we still haven't seen that quantum leap in gameplay.
We've had hundreds of tiny, incremental improvements, yes - but nothing that
really screams out "wow, this is different" like "Half-Life" did. Maybe
it's just harder now. I mean when you really think about it all "Half-Life"
really did was add a good story. All "Doom" really did was add incredible
(for the time) graphics and ultra-violence. All "Quake" really did was add
3D and high population multiplayer.
Have we simply entered a period where all the "easy" stuff has been done?
Are our only options now to improve graphics and combine genres?
The most innovative "title" I've played in the past coupla years has been
the Eyetoy - and that's clearly a hardware advance. "Lifeline" (and
"Seaman" before it) are muddy successes on the same order (leveraging novel
hardware to expand gameplay).
Jim Davis
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From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 1:13 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: OMG. New graphics technology is absolutely amazing!
I don't know how much gameplay will change to keep pace with the
graphics, but visually I don't see how much further we'll need to go
after the next two years when these next gen engines launch.
The Unreal 3 engine is actually better than Half Life 2 and Doom III.
That's just amazing.
Apparently they could not show it publicly before , because cards that
could actually run the engine at a playable framerate are only now
hitting the market. I.e. the Nvidia 6800Ultra and ATIs X800 offerings.
Here's a link to a 5 minute movie from the Nvidia show this week :
HYPERLINK
"http://www.centaurporn.com/files/unreal3_0002.wmv"http://www.centaurpor
n.com/files/unreal3_0002.wmv
It's amazing. Truly amazing, the detail of the levels and the
characters.
What isn't amazing is that the characters and the gameplay seem more of
the same ;-)
But hopefully when the visuals top off, developers will pay more
attention to AI and story etc. etc.
^_^
-Gel
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