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#4722122 Posted on: 12/11/2013 04:00 PM
It's a neat engine but
There's got to be some sort of fetishism that causes them to always go either pretty water, jungle or New York City.
It's a neat engine but
Experience a chaotic and devastated New York City like you have never seen before.
There's got to be some sort of fetishism that causes them to always go either pretty water, jungle or New York City.
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#4722125 Posted on: 12/11/2013 04:10 PM
Meh the world will still be dead, you still don't be able to go in every building and the A.I will still suck.
Meh the world will still be dead, you still don't be able to go in every building and the A.I will still suck.
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#4722127 Posted on: 12/11/2013 04:13 PM
WOW
and when you think you saw everything... boom i really liked the engine and details seriously, but what hardware you need for this?
and Jungles are cool, New York is cool
WOW
and when you think you saw everything... boom i really liked the engine and details seriously, but what hardware you need for this?
and Jungles are cool, New York is cool
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#4722140 Posted on: 12/11/2013 04:30 PM
WOW and when you think you saw everything... boom i really liked the engine and details seriously, but what hardware you need for this?
and Jungles are cool, New York is cool
Current hardware will be just fine considering it's made to run on "next gen" consoles....
WOW
and when you think you saw everything... boom i really liked the engine and details seriously, but what hardware you need for this?
and Jungles are cool, New York is cool
Current hardware will be just fine considering it's made to run on "next gen" consoles....
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#4722162 Posted on: 12/11/2013 04:54 PM
Hmmm, not sure man, they usually do these tech demos on very high end PCs to "catch the eye" of the viewer. So it might not look this good on PS4/xbone (which are already dated hardware wise lol) but on PCs at resolutions of at least 1440p with AA it will be a diffrent story. I'm pretty sure it will require a beast of a rig to say the least.
Current hardware will be just fine considering it's made to run on "next gen" consoles....
Hmmm, not sure man, they usually do these tech demos on very high end PCs to "catch the eye" of the viewer. So it might not look this good on PS4/xbone (which are already dated hardware wise lol) but on PCs at resolutions of at least 1440p with AA it will be a diffrent story. I'm pretty sure it will require a beast of a rig to say the least.
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#4722186 Posted on: 12/11/2013 05:17 PM
One of the guys on massive said it was running in the PS4 dev kit, so yeah.
Plus these are the same guys that made World in Conflict which was easily the best looking RTT/RTS game for some time (it might actually still be tbh). It was like the first game that showed off DX10 performance gains.
Hmmm, not sure man, they usually do these tech demos on very high end PCs to "catch the eye" of the viewer. So it might not look this good on PS4/xbone (which are already dated hardware wise lol) but on PCs at resolutions of at least 1440p with AA it will be a diffrent story. I'm pretty sure it will require a beast of a rig to say the least.
One of the guys on massive said it was running in the PS4 dev kit, so yeah.
Plus these are the same guys that made World in Conflict which was easily the best looking RTT/RTS game for some time (it might actually still be tbh). It was like the first game that showed off DX10 performance gains.
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#4722199 Posted on: 12/11/2013 05:30 PM
Well I think minimum to run above 40fps @1080p with all eye candy (no aa obviously) would be a 580/7870/660Ti gpu + a fast 8threaded cpu.
Well I think minimum to run above 40fps @1080p with all eye candy (no aa obviously) would be a 580/7870/660Ti gpu + a fast 8threaded cpu.
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#4722209 Posted on: 12/11/2013 05:35 PM
Doesn´t look better than Cryengine 3 or Frostbite 2 but okay...
Now they only need to do games that are fun to play instead of the crap thay have been releasing year after year...
Doesn´t look better than Cryengine 3 or Frostbite 2 but okay...
Now they only need to do games that are fun to play instead of the crap thay have been releasing year after year...
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#4722212 Posted on: 12/11/2013 05:39 PM
Doesn´t look better than Cryengine 3 or Frostbite 2 but okay...
Now they only need to do games that are fun to play instead of the crap thay hae been releasing year after year...
Dunno, I think it looks better than both. To each his own I guess.
Doesn´t look better than Cryengine 3 or Frostbite 2 but okay...
Now they only need to do games that are fun to play instead of the crap thay hae been releasing year after year...
Dunno, I think it looks better than both. To each his own I guess.
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#4722219 Posted on: 12/11/2013 05:47 PM
@H83
its all in the details imo,
-finally realistic volumetric looking smoke; FrostByte engine or Cryengine or Glacier2 doesnt have it so good.
-debris damage fx (bullets through that billboard or car debris), no engine has it so detailed atm
-active shaders to manipulate weather changes (snow melts properly)
-detailed day/night cycle, the best I've seen atm. Ok U4E, Luminous has amazing gfx, but there is no game using it yet.
-highly detailed textures/objects
are just some of the things I noticed and thought it looked amazing (CGI like). I can't wait for more games, although this The Division is nothing special, but this engine has a lot of potential
Edit: high quality video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXeH9OqygzI
and its basically from gameplay with added "tech info"
@H83
its all in the details imo,
-finally realistic volumetric looking smoke; FrostByte engine or Cryengine or Glacier2 doesnt have it so good.
-debris damage fx (bullets through that billboard or car debris), no engine has it so detailed atm
-active shaders to manipulate weather changes (snow melts properly)
-detailed day/night cycle, the best I've seen atm. Ok U4E, Luminous has amazing gfx, but there is no game using it yet.
-highly detailed textures/objects
are just some of the things I noticed and thought it looked amazing (CGI like). I can't wait for more games, although this The Division is nothing special, but this engine has a lot of potential
Edit: high quality video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXeH9OqygzI
and its basically from gameplay with added "tech info"
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#4722234 Posted on: 12/11/2013 06:03 PM
In the presentations all game engines look amazing... It´s when you add the gameplay that things go wrong and then the engine can only provide half of what it promised...
If i´m not mistaken Cryengine 3 and Frostbite 2 also looked much better in presentations than they are reality but i could be wrong.
Still my biggest concern is about the gameplay because since the first Crysis graphics have been amazing but the gameplay worse than ever...
In the presentations all game engines look amazing... It´s when you add the gameplay that things go wrong and then the engine can only provide half of what it promised...
If i´m not mistaken Cryengine 3 and Frostbite 2 also looked much better in presentations than they are reality but i could be wrong.
Still my biggest concern is about the gameplay because since the first Crysis graphics have been amazing but the gameplay worse than ever...
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#4722242 Posted on: 12/11/2013 06:19 PM
In the presentations all game engines look amazing... It´s when you add the gameplay that things go wrong and then the engine can only provide half of what it promised...
If i´m not mistaken Cryengine 3 and Frostbite 2 also looked much better in presentations than they are reality but i could be wrong.
Still my biggest concern is about the gameplay because since the first Crysis graphics have been amazing but the gameplay worse than ever...
Honestly I think the gameplay demo they showed off looks better than the engine presentation. The animations are incredible.
In the presentations all game engines look amazing... It´s when you add the gameplay that things go wrong and then the engine can only provide half of what it promised...
If i´m not mistaken Cryengine 3 and Frostbite 2 also looked much better in presentations than they are reality but i could be wrong.
Still my biggest concern is about the gameplay because since the first Crysis graphics have been amazing but the gameplay worse than ever...
Honestly I think the gameplay demo they showed off looks better than the engine presentation. The animations are incredible.
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#4722248 Posted on: 12/11/2013 06:23 PM
knowing ubisoft I don't think they will get it running like it is shown on the consoles, I don't really think of them when I think of well optimized game engines.
knowing ubisoft I don't think they will get it running like it is shown on the consoles, I don't really think of them when I think of well optimized game engines.
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#4722251 Posted on: 12/11/2013 06:32 PM
The engine is developed by Massive who also developed Ground Control way back in the day and World in Conflict, both games known for great graphics and performance on the PC. This isn't even to mention that this engine is like one of the first that's developed for next gen consoles which are essentially computers anyway.
This is like a fresh plate for engine development. You can't say "WELL THEIR PREVIOUS ENGINES ON 360 SUCKED SO THIS ONE WILL TOO" doesn't quite work like that. Especially when it's two completely different teams and in this case on opposite sides of the planet.
knowing ubisoft I don't think they will get it running like it is shown on the consoles, I don't really think of them when I think of well optimized game engines.
The engine is developed by Massive who also developed Ground Control way back in the day and World in Conflict, both games known for great graphics and performance on the PC. This isn't even to mention that this engine is like one of the first that's developed for next gen consoles which are essentially computers anyway.
This is like a fresh plate for engine development. You can't say "WELL THEIR PREVIOUS ENGINES ON 360 SUCKED SO THIS ONE WILL TOO" doesn't quite work like that. Especially when it's two completely different teams and in this case on opposite sides of the planet.
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Top dog atm (apart from U4E, Luminous), can't wait to see more games using this engine.