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| AtomSmasher:
--- Quote from: patrickl on January 28, 2008, 04:23:35 pm --- --- Quote from: ahofle on January 28, 2008, 03:23:23 pm ---You aren't really getting any more gameplay "options" from a PS3 due to its superior GPU over a Wii --- End quote --- Yes you do. Look at the new GTA coming out. It will allow for different hit points on the body. The victim will for instance limp if hit in the leg. If you look at Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles on the Wii the zombies have one hit point. Hit just a mm away from the hit point and the victim doesn't even respond at all. Resident Evil had two hit points (head vs rest of zombie). Slightly better, but still ridiculous that you can kill someone/something by hitting it in the foot. It's not just the GPU, but better overall power allows for better games. --- End quote --- You could also look at the video game Soldier of Fortune which came out 8 years ago and had 26 different parts of the body you could shoot and have different reactions to. It's just a matter of what they want to put in the game, not a matter of superior technology since even the ps2 and dreamcast were capable of doing that. (and just to be clear, I'm only talking about the multiple hitpoints, not gameplay in general) |
| patrickl:
Games are a compromise of what they can do within the limited availability of GPU and CPU. If the GPU and CPU can handle "more" then the games will allow more possiblilties to built in together. |
| somunny:
--- Quote from: somunny on January 21, 2008, 07:39:43 pm ---Could another price drop be a week away? http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=24454 quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Several posters at SlickDeals.net are reporting that the PS3 may have yet another price drop towards the end of the month. Many are rumoring that a $299 PS3 will be announced on January 28. SlickDeals.net is a website dedicated to providing consumers with the latest prices in electronics, breaking the news of both of the previous PS3 price drops and the 360 price drop a few weeks early, along with the CheapAssGamer forums. Though it does seem early for this to occur, Sony did recently announce that the price of manufacturing of the PS3 did drop from $800 per unit at the launch to $400 currently. This is mainly due to the success of Blu Ray, especially with Warner Bros. going Blu Ray exclusive earlier this month. Now there are also rumors that Paramount found a loophole in their HD DVD exclusivity contract and will be going Blu Ray as well - leaving Universal and Dreamworks as the only remaining HD DVD studios. --- End quote --- Well, looks like no dice on the price drop today. I still think that it makes sense in the very near future, especially with the rumored 120 and 160gb versions on the way. A $299 40GB unit would be excellent competition for the 360 "Arcade" SKU. |
| SithMaster:
--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on January 25, 2008, 05:22:36 pm --- --- Quote from: AtomSmasher on January 25, 2008, 04:43:34 pm ---I recommend you download the game I Wanna Be The Guy just to see how challenging a game with nes style graphics can be. --- End quote --- ...add targets that move on the Z axis. That would be even more challenging. An even more challenging game would be a text based game where you have to guess a number between 0 and 1,000,000,000 That game could be even more challenging if there were a 1,000,000,000 boxes floating around a 3d environment and you had one chance to shoot the right one. Add shadows and lighting effects... --- End quote --- so you would enjoy a game like that? cause i wouldnt and neither would anyone else except someone who works for nasa or if you want to fail. realism doesnt always make a game better. would you rather be entertained or forced to do ridiculous tasks in game. realism adds to immersion and can be used for gameplay elements. like the hiding in shadows bit. to be honest id prefer smarter AI in my fps games then shiny things, but thats just me. |
| shmokes:
Um . . . I tend to not typically agree with Dartful on many things, but I can say with 100% confidence that he did not say anything remotely close to what you are suggesting. |
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