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imported_Imp

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Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
Originally posted by: marmasatt
Well yeah, that's the problem too. They took all that out. All of the RPG guys are gonna be crying because they removed the "hunger" - must find food thing, the exposure to radiation (drinking vodka was the response for this one I think?), and then the aspect of "trading" with others and updating your weapons, and lastly the day/night sleep cycle. I'm not sure if they got rid of the day/night thing, but I think the sleeping is gone. I like day/night cycle games - a la GTA 3 and a little HL2...
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They removed sleeping but I don't think anything else you said is true. There was a recent little message by one of the developers which confirmed vehicles, hunger, and the advanced AI system all being in, and I read nothing to suggest that radiation or trading have been cut. Not to mention that you can see recent trailers with the day/night cycle...

Originally posted by: Imp
It's the Unreal 3 engine isn't it?
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Uh, no. X-Ray engine.
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Ugh... guess 'smearing' is the future then.
 
CrystalBay

CrystalBay

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Originally posted by: Imp
Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
Originally posted by: marmasatt
Well yeah, that's the problem too. They took all that out. All of the RPG guys are gonna be crying because they removed the "hunger" - must find food thing, the exposure to radiation (drinking vodka was the response for this one I think?), and then the aspect of "trading" with others and updating your weapons, and lastly the day/night sleep cycle. I'm not sure if they got rid of the day/night thing, but I think the sleeping is gone. I like day/night cycle games - a la GTA 3 and a little HL2...
Click to expand...

They removed sleeping but I don't think anything else you said is true. There was a recent little message by one of the developers which confirmed vehicles, hunger, and the advanced AI system all being in, and I read nothing to suggest that radiation or trading have been cut. Not to mention that you can see recent trailers with the day/night cycle...

Originally posted by: Imp
It's the Unreal 3 engine isn't it?
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Uh, no. X-Ray engine.
Click to expand...

Ugh... guess 'smearing' is the future then.
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The technical term is "motion blur"
 
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GundamSonicZeroX

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Oct 6, 2005
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Originally posted by: CrystalBay
Originally posted by: Imp
Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
Originally posted by: marmasatt
Well yeah, that's the problem too. They took all that out. All of the RPG guys are gonna be crying because they removed the "hunger" - must find food thing, the exposure to radiation (drinking vodka was the response for this one I think?), and then the aspect of "trading" with others and updating your weapons, and lastly the day/night sleep cycle. I'm not sure if they got rid of the day/night thing, but I think the sleeping is gone. I like day/night cycle games - a la GTA 3 and a little HL2...
Click to expand...

They removed sleeping but I don't think anything else you said is true. There was a recent little message by one of the developers which confirmed vehicles, hunger, and the advanced AI system all being in, and I read nothing to suggest that radiation or trading have been cut. Not to mention that you can see recent trailers with the day/night cycle...

Originally posted by: Imp
It's the Unreal 3 engine isn't it?
Click to expand...

Uh, no. X-Ray engine.
Click to expand...

Ugh... guess 'smearing' is the future then.
Click to expand...

The technical term is "motion blur"
Click to expand...
Is it still "motion blur" if it's still there when you're still? :p
 
microAmp

microAmp

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Jul 5, 2000
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Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
Originally posted by: marmasatt
Well yeah, that's the problem too. They took all that out. All of the RPG guys are gonna be crying because they removed the "hunger" - must find food thing, the exposure to radiation (drinking vodka was the response for this one I think?), and then the aspect of "trading" with others and updating your weapons, and lastly the day/night sleep cycle. I'm not sure if they got rid of the day/night thing, but I think the sleeping is gone. I like day/night cycle games - a la GTA 3 and a little HL2...
Click to expand...

They removed sleeping but I don't think anything else you said is true. There was a recent little message by one of the developers which confirmed vehicles, hunger, and the advanced AI system all being in, and I read nothing to suggest that radiation or trading have been cut. Not to mention that you can see recent trailers with the day/night cycle...
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Oh thank Isis! The only reason I was looking forward to this FPS game was the RPG'ish style of it. If it would had been a standard game, I would have passed on it; now it has a future in my computer. :D
 
Fern

Fern

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Sep 30, 2003
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The RPG element really interests me. From what I read there will be interactive dialogue similar to Dues Ex.

Fern
 
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miniMUNCH

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Nov 16, 2000
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From what I understand... the soft focus, hazy look of the UT3 engine is a tunable feature. Washed out textures and other loss of detail with draw distance are other performance tweaking "features".
 
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miniMUNCH

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Nov 16, 2000
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Originally posted by: Fern
The RPG element really interests me. From what I read there will be interactive dialogue similar to Dues Ex.

Fern
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I also am intrigued by the RPG element...
 
pontifex

pontifex

Lifer
Dec 5, 2000
43,804
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you have to eat? do you have unlimited food or do you have to find/by it?
if i wanted to play the sims i would buy the sims...

so is this game online, like BF2? or is there SP too?
 
PingSpike

PingSpike

Lifer
Feb 25, 2004
21,758
603
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Originally posted by: pontifex
you have to eat? do you have unlimited food or do you have to find/by it?
if i wanted to play the sims i would buy the sims...

so is this game online, like BF2? or is there SP too?
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If the game remains at all true to what they said they were trying to do with it, I would describe it as a scifi version of Oblivion more then I would call it a FPS. (Probably a bit more action oriented however) I wonder why their is a MP beta, because unless the multiplayer was co-op it is probably going to represent the most uninteresting part of this game.
 
Malladine

Malladine

Diamond Member
Mar 31, 2003
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Stalker has DM and TDM just like other FPS type games.
Don't know if there will be any player customization or what, but i've heard it's similar to counterstrike in that you can choose weapons and equipment at the beginning of the "rounds" or whatever.
It sounds great, i preordered @ gogamer.
 
Regs

Regs

Lifer
Aug 9, 2002
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Good timming too as Unreal 2008 or 2020 and Cyrsis look to be headed down the same 2-3 year delay this game had.
 
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40sTheme

Golden Member
Sep 24, 2006
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Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
Originally posted by: marmasatt
Well yeah, that's the problem too. They took all that out. All of the RPG guys are gonna be crying because they removed the "hunger" - must find food thing, the exposure to radiation (drinking vodka was the response for this one I think?), and then the aspect of "trading" with others and updating your weapons, and lastly the day/night sleep cycle. I'm not sure if they got rid of the day/night thing, but I think the sleeping is gone. I like day/night cycle games - a la GTA 3 and a little HL2...
Click to expand...

They removed sleeping but I don't think anything else you said is true. There was a recent little message by one of the developers which confirmed vehicles, hunger, and the advanced AI system all being in, and I read nothing to suggest that radiation or trading have been cut. Not to mention that you can see recent trailers with the day/night cycle...

Originally posted by: Imp
It's the Unreal 3 engine isn't it?
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Uh, no. X-Ray engine.
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What kind of features does the X-Ray engine offer?
 
HamburgerBoy

HamburgerBoy

Lifer
Apr 12, 2004
27,111
318
126
Originally posted by: 40sTheme
What kind of features does the X-Ray engine offer?
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Nothing that hasn't been done in the past couple years, AFAIK. In 2003 some of the main ones people were drooling over were full DX9 support, a seamless game world... mostly stuff Oblivion ended up doing.

Still, I think it looks pretty nice. It just won't be something to buy for graphics over gameplay.
 
pontifex

pontifex

Lifer
Dec 5, 2000
43,804
46
91
this game looks interesting. any word on a demo?
i'd hate to throw down the money and have it suck.
 
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Dethfrumbelo

Golden Member
Nov 16, 2004
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Hopefully it's more than a standard shooter... too bad they didn't go with iron/scope sights instead of the crosshair. The more realism the better.
 
HamburgerBoy

HamburgerBoy

Lifer
Apr 12, 2004
27,111
318
126
Originally posted by: Dethfrumbelo
Hopefully it's more than a standard shooter... too bad they didn't go with iron/scope sights instead of the crosshair. The more realism the better.
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It's a FPS/RPG, not a standard shooter. Did they cut out the iron sights just recently? A Gamespy preview written this February mentioned them as still being in, and that was during the beta.
 
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