I think you have lots of very valid points and your info does seem to square with things. However, I think you are a bit off on the RC Future stuff. Insomniac said there has actually been a core team on the game ever since deadlocked shipped. The footage from the recent trailer is from last september. It is just that they moved into full production right after R:FOM shipped.
I can't read the article, is the site down for maintenence, or has the server crashed due to the hungry-for-info fan traffic?
From what has been said about the game, it is probaly going to be real-time, somewhat like the battle system in FF-12
That makes sense, but damn, that is a pretty big typo!
Are you saying it looks more anime-ish, if so, I agree. However, if that picture of Lighting that we all thought was CG somehow is realtime, then the quality that this article claims I think would be valid...I'm waiting for the real gameplay vids before I make a judgement though.
Which Mag?
Wardevil: the engine RTE1080 has been showcased at various events for the last couple of years. Originally it was revealed as one of the first titles for "next gen" back in 2004-5. We so far no very little, other than the fact that its visuals were promised to be incredible. It was shown last at E3 06' as a purported realtime tech demo called Enigma exclusively on ps3. Not much else had been known until this info surfaced..
I may be mistaken, but it seems digi-guys (Wardevil) official site has been updated recently. There are several very interesting things said:
The production on the actual game just began !!!! i.e the last 2 year has been r & d to get the RTE1080 engine to run.
There also will be a full length CG movie which will directly share assets with the game.
Both the game and the movie will run at 1080P specifically for BLU-RAY. This pretty much nails do...
I may be mistaken, but it seems digi-guys (Wardevil) official site has been updated recently. There are several very interesting things said:
The production on the actual game just began !!!! i.e the last 2 year has been r & d to get the RTE1080 engine to run.
There also will be a full length CG movie which will directly share assets with the game.
Both the game and the movie will run at 1080P specifically for BLU-RAY. This pretty much nails...
You don't know how much I wish that could be true, LOL
Wow, I have a few comments..
This article is really somewhat of a joke in places.
LOL Timeshift its funny this title is so named as the development of this game seems to be lost in one.
Too Human release date: April O7 HA HA HA HA
Although I am still interested in this title, saying it will be out this month is like saying that KZ2 will match the CGI trailer.
Further, the assertion about release dates in general when the article lists...
According to Insomniac these screens are direct ingame captures. Further, the notoriously 360 biased 1up says that the game looks even better in person. This would suggest that the game has actually improved graphically since this is September 06' footage. It was the first playable level in the game and thus was used to create the trailer. This info comes from the full moon podcast episode 3 from the Dev's official site.
So Lair is confirmed for July!? Kick Ass!!!!
Thanks for the clarification DB.
I would say that this article is a bit off. I'm not sure if its that the writer is just misinformed, or if it is actually really old information/ speculation. Particularly the fact that a couple key major games are missing from this list: Uncharted and LittleBigPlanet and I think Burnout 5 should also be in the list.
Aside from that though, some of the descriptions seem sparse or just incorect. We know for a fact that HS features much more than just arena fighting. Also, wasn't it ...
If compared to anything 360 related it should be compared to Banjo footage, whenever that shows up (E3??).
I'm not too worried about gameplay. Bioware has a major pedigree when it comes to that.
About the graphics though, the dialog scenes from the previous demo are no where near as good as that first screenshot. I hope this is just the new build, because DAMNNN! This goes a long way to supporting the devs saying its just like watching a Sci-fi movie, except someone is controlling it, I can't wait to see the final build in motion.
The main difference (graphically between this and kameo) are there are zero jaggies in everything we have seen of RCF and kameo..lets just say that Rare seems not to have had time to implement the 4XAA that many 360 games are now benefiting from. the old Ratchet games had little super noticable aliasing anyway. But the second difference is that there is MUCH more depth to the gameplay of the RC games.
The first two pics look phenomenal, there is no to ways about it. However, the third one does look a little..different lower rez..I don't know maybe its just the lighting, angle or something....
I really hope that those first two shots are direct captures, because those(like the HS ingame cutscene shot) are a massive leap in quality over the previous demo footage.
I think you may be mixed up. The 1up guy who watched the game being played says the trailer doesn't show the full potential for where the game stands in its current form!! (I.E the game looks even better!!!)
Just like the article.
Ok, I imagine that most of the figures in this story are accurate, however, as people have pointed out many figures are rather incomplete, sometimes I believe only US figures were used, some of the claims are not entirely documented either.
My point though, and I really do think its a MAJOR one is that the vast majority of huge titles many of which people have been anticipating since E3 2005 and E3 2006 for both PS3 and 360 have not hit the market ...