question about Game requirements

[dsj]

Do the game requirements for 2D games go up just because they are made later and they assume that everyone must have better computers? For example, Age of empires 2 needed 2 MB of Vram to run and recommends 4MB. A Alladin TNT2 with 16MB of Vram can run it flawlessly. But games that are made later like Anno 1503, needs a minimum of 16 MB. So technically according to the company, the former card will lag. Same with american conquest. And Industry giant 2 need a minimum of 32 MB! So the tnt 2 that can play Age 2 and tiberian sun really fast can't even run industry giant. Same with the Ram. Age 2 needed 32MB of ram to run and recommends 64. anno 1503 needs a minimum of 256! Same thing goes with the cpu requirements So the question I am asking is, do those newer released 2D games around the same performance consuming as the older ones but just because it's released later the developer raised the requirements?

 

[apoppin]

because the older games ran on win98se . . . new games are created for XP.

 

[dsj]

But if you look at cossacks 2, a 2D game. It recommends 768 MB of ram and 128 MB of Vram! UT 2004 seem to recommend 256 MB of RAM.
Half life 2 only recommends 512 MB of ram.

 

[KeepItRed]

Your topic is explaining about 2-D games, I never knew Half-Life 2 and Unreal Tournament 2004 were 2-D...

 

[Malladine]

well 2d games can still require more computing power due to improved textures, more stuff on screen, larger maps, more opponents, more calculations, etc etc

 

[fishbits]

Yes, a 2d game like Civilization 3 needs more resources than a 2d game like Tetris. Every minimum requirement can cause someone to not buy a game because their system doesn't meet it. Game companies don't exclude potential customers just because they feel like it would be a fun thing to do. In fact, having low system reqs, yet the game still runs as intended is a selling point, so the company doesn't jack them up arbitrarily.