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05-23-05 | 07:15 PM
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Here's a shaky cam video of Gears of War gameplay.
HOLY SHIT
If that doesn't impress you, you have problems.
Someone might want to get a real host for it though, as that one will probably die fast.
HOLY SHIT
If that doesn't impress you, you have problems.
Someone might want to get a real host for it though, as that one will probably die fast.
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05-23-05 | 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by joshd2012
Looks pretty good - just need to fix that framerate issue to make it playable.
05-23-05 | 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by flashburn
Being that in that video it is being ran on an ATI X850 XT PE, and that the actual R500 GPU is at least 3-5x faster than it, I don't think it will be a problem.
05-23-05 | 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by joshd2012
That really depends on where the bottleneck is. Its not always the graphical capability.
05-23-05 | 10:54 PM
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Originally Posted by joshd2012
That really depends on where the bottleneck is. Its not always the graphical capability.
There's still alot to do on the software side of things as well.
05-24-05 | 03:19 PM
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I guess the things that's supposed to be impressive is the sheer number of bad guys on the screen at once. I wonder where they got all those yellow paisly shirts though?
05-24-05 | 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by joeblow69
I guess the things that's supposed to be impressive is the sheer number of bad guys on the screen at once. I wonder where they got all those yellow paisly shirts though?
05-24-05 | 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by darkside
But it is only like four different guys in bad shirts repeated a bunch of times. Can't the current hardware already do this?
Looks like crap regardless.
05-25-05 | 09:21 AM
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Info posted on the IGN boards:
*Faceplates - Some faceplates will draw power from the USB port allowing it parts of it to glow, while others could have an integrated memory card that would have themes such as dashboard skins and related sound effects.
*Connections - Will come with standard cables, but VGA connections will also be available. (DVI would stand to reason also, if anything you can convert VGA to DVI using an adapter.)
*Two forms of rechargable wireless contollers - Fast Charge (1-2 hours) and Slow Charge (I am not sure what to make us this... maybe you can recharge the battery pack in two methods?)
*Ninja Gaiden 2 is a known XBox360 game in development at time of writing
*You will be able to have your own online shop selling various items such as addons for games (such as content and paraphernalia)
*In some games you will be able to design game content on the PC using tools that could be available on the DVD and then stream them over to the XBox360.
*In the future people may be able to play online arcross platforms (PC Users and XBox Users)
*Perfect Dark Zero will feature the spectator mode (PD0-TV)
*Soul Calibur 3 is a known XBox360 title as well
*20GB Hard Drive is standard and comes with every system
Controller extras...
*New XBox Live headset, with new adjustable boom microphone
*XBox360 Play and Charge Kit - 3m long AC charger that will recharge the controller while you play, and also allowing you to continue to use the controller when the power is low. Includes NiMH rechargable battery that recharges in 6-8 hours and has a battery guage to indicate power level.
*AA Batteries last 40 hours with force feedback enabled and the rechargeable batteries last 25-30 hours on a charge.
Xbox 360 Video Camera...
*640x480 at 8 frames/second capture resolution and 1280x1024 resolution with single frame capture. Stills can be taken for your use in the UI, game, or in the moment of glory
Memory/Storage...
*Comes with portable carry case that fits on your keychain
*Take your game saves, downloadable content, and live profile with you on the go!
*Take your Gamercard with you for quick and easy access to your game statistics, gamer settings, controller settings, friends list, and achievements!
Other Information...
*Wireless controller standard with come with non-rechargeable batteries.
*Worldwide launch in all major markets (NA, Europe, Japan) before Christmas 2005! (Europe launch roughly 10 days after the US launch and Japan closer to Christmas)
*All games will support custom soundtracks.
*Zones - Killing Trash, Zones, Families, Sports, etc...
*Gamercard - Grab a picture and put it in your gamecard
*Rep - Voting options such as liking or disliking a particular gamer
*Gamerscore - Something you accumulate, even before you go online... accomplishments will accumulate gamerscore online or offline.
*XBox Live Silver and XBox Live Gold - XBox Live Silver is free and XBox Live Gold can be purchased using credit cards, debit cards, prepaid retail cards... so a person can goto a retailer and purchase a card that has credit on it and you can use it on XBox Live to purchase content.
*XBox Live Silver is free and does not include normal online multiplayer, but you can pay for seperate subscriptions for things like MMORPGs and play those games through XBox Live, you can also take part in free "XBox Live Weekends" and download free and premium game content, make microtransactions, download free and premium movies and music. You can send and receive game invites, friend invites, text/voice/system messages, maintain friends lists as well as recent player lists... all free!
*XBox Live Gold is similar to the existing XBox Live subscription, except with all the previously mentioned services in XBox Live Gold and a few new features of it's own. All current XBox Live subscribers will be able to have a seamless transition of their existing account to XBox Live Gold. You will be able to enchance matchmaking and make use of review ratings, gamerzone features, Live Marketplace (a lot of games will support it from day one, and a lot will have pc based tools where you the author of the content on the pc and feed it over to your xbox 360 through the network)... though initially for the publishers to consumers, but eventually consumers can sell their things from their store fronts.
*MSN Messenger/Video Chats - Within 18 months from launch...
*Photos - Slide show to others on XBox Live, stream music from MP3 players to others through XBox
*Send vibrations and emoticons to each other
*Play games and video chat at the same time
Perfect Dark Zero...
*Set 4 years before the first Perfect Dark on the Nintendo 64, in full production for the past 2 years... plus another 3 years of on/off production
*Conceded that they needed to get games out on time
*No single player details until later this year
*Perfect Dark Zero TV (PD0-TV), logon and watch the best PD0 players do what they do best...
*64 Players Online
*Ranking System surpassing that of Halo 2
*Visually rock solid with textures on walls, objects, vehicles and floors that put halo 2 to shame.
*Game was not up on final hardware, expect a LOT of visual improvements.
*Size of maps increase or decrease depending on the number of players currently playing that map.
*Vehicles - Such as motorbikes, jetpacks, and carriers and the ability to repair vehicles
*Secret Mode - Dark OPs - OBjective based games
*Spawn - In area full of weapons, you tooled up and then jump into the map
*Weapon Balancing - Cant hold two big weapons at the same time
*Player armour physically deteriorates when shot.
*Hide and peek around corners
*Joanna automatically jumps over objects (no jump specific button)
*Connections - Will come with standard cables, but VGA connections will also be available. (DVI would stand to reason also, if anything you can convert VGA to DVI using an adapter.)
*Two forms of rechargable wireless contollers - Fast Charge (1-2 hours) and Slow Charge (I am not sure what to make us this... maybe you can recharge the battery pack in two methods?)
*Ninja Gaiden 2 is a known XBox360 game in development at time of writing
*You will be able to have your own online shop selling various items such as addons for games (such as content and paraphernalia)
*In some games you will be able to design game content on the PC using tools that could be available on the DVD and then stream them over to the XBox360.
*In the future people may be able to play online arcross platforms (PC Users and XBox Users)
*Perfect Dark Zero will feature the spectator mode (PD0-TV)
*Soul Calibur 3 is a known XBox360 title as well
*20GB Hard Drive is standard and comes with every system
Controller extras...
*New XBox Live headset, with new adjustable boom microphone
*XBox360 Play and Charge Kit - 3m long AC charger that will recharge the controller while you play, and also allowing you to continue to use the controller when the power is low. Includes NiMH rechargable battery that recharges in 6-8 hours and has a battery guage to indicate power level.
*AA Batteries last 40 hours with force feedback enabled and the rechargeable batteries last 25-30 hours on a charge.
Xbox 360 Video Camera...
*640x480 at 8 frames/second capture resolution and 1280x1024 resolution with single frame capture. Stills can be taken for your use in the UI, game, or in the moment of glory
Memory/Storage...
*Comes with portable carry case that fits on your keychain
*Take your game saves, downloadable content, and live profile with you on the go!
*Take your Gamercard with you for quick and easy access to your game statistics, gamer settings, controller settings, friends list, and achievements!
Other Information...
*Wireless controller standard with come with non-rechargeable batteries.
*Worldwide launch in all major markets (NA, Europe, Japan) before Christmas 2005! (Europe launch roughly 10 days after the US launch and Japan closer to Christmas)
*All games will support custom soundtracks.
*Zones - Killing Trash, Zones, Families, Sports, etc...
*Gamercard - Grab a picture and put it in your gamecard
*Rep - Voting options such as liking or disliking a particular gamer
*Gamerscore - Something you accumulate, even before you go online... accomplishments will accumulate gamerscore online or offline.
*XBox Live Silver and XBox Live Gold - XBox Live Silver is free and XBox Live Gold can be purchased using credit cards, debit cards, prepaid retail cards... so a person can goto a retailer and purchase a card that has credit on it and you can use it on XBox Live to purchase content.
*XBox Live Silver is free and does not include normal online multiplayer, but you can pay for seperate subscriptions for things like MMORPGs and play those games through XBox Live, you can also take part in free "XBox Live Weekends" and download free and premium game content, make microtransactions, download free and premium movies and music. You can send and receive game invites, friend invites, text/voice/system messages, maintain friends lists as well as recent player lists... all free!
*XBox Live Gold is similar to the existing XBox Live subscription, except with all the previously mentioned services in XBox Live Gold and a few new features of it's own. All current XBox Live subscribers will be able to have a seamless transition of their existing account to XBox Live Gold. You will be able to enchance matchmaking and make use of review ratings, gamerzone features, Live Marketplace (a lot of games will support it from day one, and a lot will have pc based tools where you the author of the content on the pc and feed it over to your xbox 360 through the network)... though initially for the publishers to consumers, but eventually consumers can sell their things from their store fronts.
*MSN Messenger/Video Chats - Within 18 months from launch...
*Photos - Slide show to others on XBox Live, stream music from MP3 players to others through XBox
*Send vibrations and emoticons to each other
*Play games and video chat at the same time
Perfect Dark Zero...
*Set 4 years before the first Perfect Dark on the Nintendo 64, in full production for the past 2 years... plus another 3 years of on/off production
*Conceded that they needed to get games out on time
*No single player details until later this year
*Perfect Dark Zero TV (PD0-TV), logon and watch the best PD0 players do what they do best...
*64 Players Online
*Ranking System surpassing that of Halo 2
*Visually rock solid with textures on walls, objects, vehicles and floors that put halo 2 to shame.
*Game was not up on final hardware, expect a LOT of visual improvements.
*Size of maps increase or decrease depending on the number of players currently playing that map.
*Vehicles - Such as motorbikes, jetpacks, and carriers and the ability to repair vehicles
*Secret Mode - Dark OPs - OBjective based games
*Spawn - In area full of weapons, you tooled up and then jump into the map
*Weapon Balancing - Cant hold two big weapons at the same time
*Player armour physically deteriorates when shot.
*Hide and peek around corners
*Joanna automatically jumps over objects (no jump specific button)
05-25-05 | 09:54 AM
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Not liking the lack HD cables. If you are going to great lengths to call this an HD console, and making sure that every game is in HD, why wouldn't you make your console HD usable right out of the box?
05-25-05 | 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by joshd2012
Not liking the lack HD cables. If you are going to great lengths to call this an HD console, and making sure that every game is in HD, why wouldn't you make your console HD usable right out of the box?
05-25-05 | 10:24 AM
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*Faceplates - Some faceplates will draw power from the USB port allowing it parts of it to glow, while others could have an integrated memory card that would have themes such as dashboard skins and related sound effects.
*In the future people may be able to play online arcross platforms (PC Users and XBox Users)
*20GB Hard Drive is standard and comes with every system
*XBox360 Play and Charge Kit - 3m long AC charger that will recharge the controller while you play, and also allowing you to continue to use the controller when the power is low. Includes NiMH rechargable battery that recharges in 6-8 hours and has a battery guage to indicate power level.
*AA Batteries last 40 hours with force feedback enabled and the rechargeable batteries last 25-30 hours on a charge.
*AA Batteries last 40 hours with force feedback enabled and the rechargeable batteries last 25-30 hours on a charge.
*All games will support custom soundtracks.
*Send vibrations and emoticons to each other
05-25-05 | 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by joshd2012
Not liking the lack HD cables. If you are going to great lengths to call this an HD console, and making sure that every game is in HD, why wouldn't you make your console HD usable right out of the box?
05-25-05 | 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Centurion
I can certainly see this causing problems in trying to play across a level field of competition. Depending on the genre of the game, there is always an optimal controller (mouse+keyboard vs. thumbstick controller).
I don't think this will be appropriate for some games (especially when developers use a soundtrack to build/maintain a mood or to create a certain atmosphere. Still, at least it's supported for those who complained about the lack of custom soundtracks on the Xbox.
05-25-05 | 11:53 AM
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Well, Custom soundtracks is a NICE addition. You DO NOT have to change anything about the game, it's just NICE to have.
I mean, you can have SLAYER in the background while playing Doom 4
I mean, you can have SLAYER in the background while playing Doom 4
05-25-05 | 12:05 PM
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From: Blu-Ray: We Don't Need No Stinkin' Petition
Originally Posted by DJ_Longfellow
Well, Custom soundtracks is a NICE addition. You DO NOT have to change anything about the game, it's just NICE to have.
I mean, you can have SLAYER in the background while playing Doom 4
I mean, you can have SLAYER in the background while playing Doom 4
I guess its just a personal preference of mine.