I guess Turn 10 REALLY wanted to keep the fluidity and smoothness of 60FPS & zero screen-tear. If you look at some GT5 analysis vids, it tears heavily in rainy conditions and frame-rate drops to as low as 30FPS. Though, having no weather in Forza 4 is quite the bummer. Would have loved to race in rainy weather.
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Hmm.. Higher normal-maps for 360? I think so.
After visiting the Forza forums, it seems Turn 10 was doing some Trivia questions on Facebook & Twitter.
If you're playing the map Operation Metro, then yeah.... It's just the map. Sorry to say but that map is awful. No vehicles whatsoever and on top of that I find that map visually boring. If that makes any sense.... lol!
I hope before the beta is over they release Caspian Border for console so we can use the vehicles and jets and whatnot. Cause right now if feels like I'm playing Call of Duty. I need that Battlefield feeling again with destruction and vehicles! D:...
After playing the 360 beta, the metro map is pretty bland. Inside, it looks pretty good. But when you're outside, the overall look is flat. Foliage looks bad, and the trees are meh. When you're attacking as the Americans, the side you spawn on is pretty barren looking.
Though if there is one thing to note, most of the time developers provide the ugliest looking maps for the betas. And for those of you who say "this is just the beta, wait for the final game",...
Ah, the Halo midnight releases. Halo: Reach had a pretty big opening at my Gamestop. Now Halo 3.... oh boi. That was by far the best midnight launch ever. A LOT of people & the vibes were great..
But forget about Halo.. This is Gears 3 baby! Just got my game right now & I'm about to tackle the campaign! Woooo! :D
Btw, before I play the game. Man the game case and manuals are flimsy as heck (got the standard edition. Pretty much all I could afford...
Rockstar IS focusing on Agent. They have a studio developing it, they're called Rockstar North. Max Payne 3 is being developed by Rockstar Vancouver. Two different studios, developing two different games.
But yeah, I see where you're going with that.
Forza Motorsport 4 made it to the list! Nice! At first I thought no Forza game would ever make it to the pre-order list... But, there it is!
And damn, just like that, MW3 hits 1million pre-orders. Not surprised really. One thing I do want to ask though, where the hell was/is Resistance 3? I never saw it top pre-order charts. I know pre-orders don't really mean much and these are only American, but come on. Hopefully it sells well.
So we got the Gears 3 console, Star Wars console, & the MW3 console... Anything else I'm missing?
MS is pretty set for the holiday season. With Gears 3, Forza 4, Halo: Anniversary, MW3, etc..... They should definitely sell big this year.
On that note, MS should definitely consider a Halo: Anniversary & Forza 4 console. That would be awesome! :D
We're not THAT far away. lol. Only thirteen more days left till release. Now, if it was a month or 2 away, I would gladly join you.
Dude, like I said in my previous comment, sacrifices have to be made somewhere. The amount of bandwidth and ram these consoles have is not huge. You're not always going to get a full 720p buffer.
Not all developers have the same goal in terms of what they're going to do with the consoles power.
Game A may concentrate more on textures
Game B may concentrate on fluidity and smoothness by offering 60FPS and zero screen-tear
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Sacrifices has to be made somewhere people. Not ALL games will be able to support full 1280x720 resolution. It's only a 16pixel difference anyway. It will be pretty much unnoticeable.
Better for them to cut resolution and support things like deferred rendering and HDR then make a measly 720p upgrade and sacrifice those effects.
As much as I love reading Digital Foundry articles, this one seems like a wasted effort. From what I've been reading, this game is crap. And as much as I appreciate DF trying to give us articles to read every Saturday, they should have just done a different game. The demo for Driver: San Francisco could have been a good comparison.
Ah well, thanks for the read anyway.
EDIT: If you're wondering why this game is crap, watch this review: 5391d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment
Oh that's right, I forgot about Forza 4! MS should definitely make a Forza 4 bundle similar to the MW3 and GeOW 3 bundle. Custom sounds and everything! Now that would also be awesome!
I like the custom sounds it makes when you eject the disc tray. The console design looks great. This and the Gears 3 console is great for people looking to buy a new Xbox 360.
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Timberland and Prisoner...... Wow!
Nuff said.
I buy mostly all my games from Gamestop. It's REALLY close to my house.... I can literally walk there in two minutes.
I've never really had a problem with GS. Well, my GS anyway. The people that work there are really friendly.
Man, this game looks B-E-Autiful! The way the moon shines over Gridlock looks amazing. The gameplay looks downright dirty...... I love it!
Soooooo close! I can't take it anymore! D:
I'm sorry, but I respectfully disagree. Reach looks MILES better than Halo 3. Draw-distances, character models, just the detail in those environments are amazing. Yeah sure, the HDR in Halo 3 was pretty great, but Bungie needed the extra eDRAM for things like dynamic shadows.
Bungie also used eDRAM for things like alpha effects such as explosions and particle effects. Most FPS games on consoles have pretty weak smoke and particle effects, in fact, they're pretty low-r...
The MIRV was pretty useless. The only time I would use it was when I was in Megaton and I would shoot it in the air and watch them all fall and kill everyone. lol. Other than that, it was a big waste of mini-nukes.