Posts by Erratic

Just picked it up, didn't want to delve too deep into yet (still gotta finish Bioshock) but the first area alone is convincing enough for me. The controls are pretty much as good as everyones been saying and probably the best FPS controls on a console to date. Maybe even equally as good as a mouse keyboard but than again I've always enjoyed using a controller for shooters. At the very least it feels just as natural.

Not too much else I've done yet, just the usual scanning the shit out of everything and jumping around. Also, somehow they've made activating switches in this game fun as hell. I laughed out loud the first time I pulled one

So, anyone else pick it up?

Hey, congrats Stepp. Good luck, sounds cool.

Did a quick run through it. Looks like a really well made map save for a few strange lighting issues on certain pieces of geometry. Seems like it could be a bunch of fun to play too.

Also love the distant buildings by the harbor on the right side of the first pic. Really nice sense of depth. Good stuff.

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i never understood the deal with halo it is/was always a below average looking/playing first person shooter the only original thing about it is the actual ring shape of the planet ...

The two weapon limitation and the shield-health system forcing you to rest (which nearly every game uses now), the vehicle physics, the AI was crafty and self preserving, the environments were large with lots of different ways to tackle encounters. And for a game that came out in 2001 I think that's quite a bit. It just threw out a lot of the old cliched mechanics that shooters had become so accustomed to at the time.

As for Halo 3, I never really thought about the Gold announcement, it is about time for one of those isn't it

There's been plenty of screenshots though and the beta seemed to go over pretty well from what I recall, so I'm not too worried. I just hope the SP gets the care it needs after Halo 2's iffy-ness in areas.

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No one is talking about PC Demo? Man you guys suck dick. It McPwns. Except it doesn't support wide screen or shader model 2.0 cards lolol

My guess is they're all too busy playing it. Like myself in a few hours

Guess I shall post here

Joey "Erratic" Adey - Digital Extremes

That's a mighty fine rock

Great shot.

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What's wrong with this Rick? I think it looks rather cool

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The level was made specially for the demo !

Really? It seemed like a pretty elaborate introduction for a demo. Unless you just mean the primary gameplay portions.

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This is going nowhere so im scrapping the 3d skybox.. Need to dramatically change some parts of my map for optimizing

Maybe try getting someone else to compile that section with the 3dskybox and find out if they're getting the same issue. Then you can at least rule out if it's an isolated issue or an actual problem with the map.

Had it going pretty smoothly till about 50%. Now I'm averaging about one percent every 10 minutes.

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It's a shame the battles are so lame because it excels in almost every other respect. Even the snippets of story you get from the PDAs and what not are pretty well done -- it's a very polished game. Just a damn shame about the combat encounters.

It's definitely one of the best parts of the game. Just being able to wander around while you're listening to one of the characters PDA entries and taking in all the atmospherics is great.

New Super Mario Bros.

Mario gameplay never gets old. And it looks so awesome.

Also, this thread should be sticky'd.

I got a very Hitman-ish vibe from the trailer. The walking around in crowds sort of inconspicuous and such. Haven't really gotten into a SC game since I finished the second one but it looks interesting.

I'm really digging SCII more and more with every update. Initially I was skeptical about the art direction but those feelings have been pretty much abolished.

Also, siege tanks in non-siege mode = best looking unit ever.

Check your Xbox's. Weighs in at 1.3 gig's.

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Hope it's good

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":3k21mkhb]Well, ID's engines has almost always been the first ones including new stuff.Like Doom3 engine for example, or (Id Tech 4) it was the first engine having normals maps with dynamic lightning, correct me if I'm wrong.But yeah, I'm a self proclaimed ID fanboy!

I think Starbreeze actually beat id to the punch with Riddick by a couple months.

And I'm sure someone can even dig up a title that beat that.

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holy shit

Ooogh get back on this!