No way; they are far better than HL2's graphics from what I've seen. HL2 had that kind of lighting? Show me on which level and where, haha. I personally can't wait for this game and I am buying it the day it comes out. Crysis is coming out in Fall now and Crytek has said to expect that not to change. Dunno about Unreal...
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No way; they are far better than HL2's graphics from what I've seen. HL2 had that kind of lighting? Show me on which level and where, haha. I personally can't wait for this game and I am buying it the day it comes out. Crysis is coming out in Fall now and Crytek has said to expect that not to change. Dunno about Unreal...
PingSpike
Lifer
The sheer amount of spoken lines in that game was insane though. Would have been cool if they just gave some of the programmers a break and had them record some of the voices just for some variety. I think the real reason there aren't more voice actors is simple: The voice budget was all blown on having Patrick Stewart and Shawn Bean do the voices.
You know whats funny though is there's a couple voice, male orc and male khajit that I'm pretty sure are played by the same guy. I heard a line once in the game and the guy started screwing up and doing the khajit voice in the middle of it. Was kind of funny and I'm surprised they didn't redo it.
Btw, Linda carter sucks as a voice actress. She sounds like she's reading lines from a book.
apoppin
Lifer
well ... i AM gonna buy it ... $35 is cheap enough for a Day One release
-my *worry* are the bugs reported in the GS review 😛
HL2 isn't *ugly* by any means ... but i wouldn't upgrade my rig for it ... that's all
STALKER is "modern gfx" ... but not the 'latest' like Crysis - since it has been in development for so many years
i can still play HL1 ... without cringing ... much
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Regs
Lifer
The major issues are with Vista come no suprise. HL2 graphics with some neat particle effects are good enough for me as well. I can't wait to open this game up and find out what the weapons and gore are like which seem to be 'the rave' in the reviews. As I stressed in the past, first person shooters are all about the gore and the weapon mechanics. Without it you just have a once-around FPS.
marmasatt
Diamond Member
Mark, you're actually buying a game that costs more than $ 10 bucks? 😛 I figure this one ought to be worth the day one release as well. I'm not waiting for the bargain bin or FS/FT either. Stopped by EB Games today while I was in the mall and they indicated they *may* be getting it later today/tommorrow as today is their release day listed. Weird. I'm also a little scared that the game is *only* getting an 85 or 8.5 on most sites. That's decent but not great. I mean Prey got 90/92ish, on average, didn't it? That was a decent game - but not great. You kind of want to be blown away when you're looking forward to a game like this one. Hopefully just not alot of hype.
marmasatt
Diamond Member
You'll be fine then. It's got some serioius RPG elements (I thought they removed a bunch, but most are still in the game I guess) with needing food, watching AI, getting tired, conserving ammo, dealing with radiation, etc (just like Oblivion/DE/SS). And it sounds like there is a very good sneaking aspect as many of us enjoy the "First Person Sneaker" as much the shooter, ie: Thief 1-3, Chronicles of Riddick, Deus Ex 1/2....Lastly, the barren atmosphere and sound element of the game is supposed to be top notch.
As long as it adds a few new elements to the FPS and has a decent graphics/environment, then I won't be dissapointed. Because I like straight up shooters too. But this just isn't one of them. The last review I linked said you're not going to be spending as much time shooting as you think.
From Gamespot:
So far I'm unimpressed. The game runs like total dogsh*t.
Running a 2.8ghz c2d and a 7600gt at 1280x1024 w/ no AA shouldnt net 20fps with the way it looks. Oblivion looks twice as good and runs twice as fast on the same hardware, and changing the graphics settings do very little for performance.
It seems like they have the right idea, but the execution is way off. I do these silly little side missions that get me artifacts, and equipping them jacks up the radiation so I'm dead within 30 seconds. Doesnt make any sense. Ammo is limited, but the guns are woefully inaccurate, so it's becoming a situation of quicksaving, and reloading if I don't get enough hits to down them, otherwise I have to run a mile back across town to pick up more ammo. I'd probably be better off getting much closer to the enemies, but with the shoddy framerate any sort of evasive moves become near impossible, not to mention the slightest bit of movement raises the already terrible accuracy to impossible levels.
The PDA system is also far too complicated for it's own good.
And as of right now, the story is *entirely* incomprehensible. Any comparison to masterpieces such as system shock 2 or deus ex is absurd.
Running a 2.8ghz c2d and a 7600gt at 1280x1024 w/ no AA shouldnt net 20fps with the way it looks. Oblivion looks twice as good and runs twice as fast on the same hardware, and changing the graphics settings do very little for performance.
It seems like they have the right idea, but the execution is way off. I do these silly little side missions that get me artifacts, and equipping them jacks up the radiation so I'm dead within 30 seconds. Doesnt make any sense. Ammo is limited, but the guns are woefully inaccurate, so it's becoming a situation of quicksaving, and reloading if I don't get enough hits to down them, otherwise I have to run a mile back across town to pick up more ammo. I'd probably be better off getting much closer to the enemies, but with the shoddy framerate any sort of evasive moves become near impossible, not to mention the slightest bit of movement raises the already terrible accuracy to impossible levels.
The PDA system is also far too complicated for it's own good.
And as of right now, the story is *entirely* incomprehensible. Any comparison to masterpieces such as system shock 2 or deus ex is absurd.
imported_Imp
Diamond Member
Wow, no level scaling. Wonder is this could be Fallout 3 lite-ish...
Game sites are different in several key ways.
Firstly, their systems are almost always high-end. They rarely have performance problems. I could imagine supreme commander is quite impressive on a dual monitor SLI system, but its nearly unplayable on typical hardware IMO.
They are also judging it based on far more categories than the average gamer does...we just want to know if it's fun or not.
Something like a terrible interface or terrible performance could turn an otherwise good game into a pointless waste of time for a gamer, but no review site with a conscience would drop a game from an 8 to a 5 because of a quirky interface.
Maybe its just my particular point of view. IMO, there are far too many brilliant games released across PC and 3 consoles nowadays to waste my time on anything but the finest. I don't judge games on a 10 point scale, it's the four point scale. 1)Immediately uninstall because its a waste of disk space 2) interesting but I'll likely not finish it, 3) play it through once, 4) or on my hard drive for eternity. Right now, stalker is hovering in the "interesting but I'll likely not finish it" category.
I've not quite given up on it yet, but at this point, I kinda want my money back. It feels unfinished, and is completely lacking polish. 🙁
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