CVG caught up with Dave Doak of Free Radical Design fame at a recent press event in Paris where he was there to showcase the latest build of FPS Haze.
A lot has been said of how PlayStation 3 is a challenge to develop for but Doak says this isn't unusual and most developers face the same challenge when getting to grips with a new system. "Its strengths are obviously that is has a lot of processing power. Its weaknesses are that its processing power is locked away at the moment," he told CVG in an interview. "But everyone's going to hit that wall across all platforms at first."
Doak sees the challenges of developing for new system becoming increasingly more complicated as technology shifts. "As people continue to make bigger and faster games, this will change as the technology isn't scaleable anymore because everything's going to be multi-core. It's not going to be two or four processors; it's going to be 64. And everybody is going to have to learn to make software for that and that's the big challenge that everyone faces. Developers are looking for skills that you can't get off the shelf anymore. Our best developers at Free Radical have leant those skills at the company, not anywhere else."
Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "When shopping for new video games you can often trust the name publisher or developer on the box to be an indication of the quality of the game. Names like Nintendo, Square Enix, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Capcom, Xbox Game Studios and Sega are world famous because they helped shape the industry by releasing some of the most defining video games of all time. Though sometimes even these great gaming houses stumble and put out a stinker."
Splatterhouse remake . Loved the og’s at the arcade growing up . Hell the best thing about the remake was the og,s were included . And left alive by Square . That game had so much potential , but the gameplay was worse horrendous .
I'm pretty much certain that any Sonic game that comes out will be terrible, I've not enjoyed one since the original side-scrolling days of the MegaDrive.
Guns, drugs, and unnecessary war. Fun for the whole family.
it's what I've been saying all along, the only devs complaining are those who are used to microsoft development tools and their bloatware mentality. The PS3 is a whole new landscape that they will have to adjust to while others are already off to a fast start.
Like a Resurrection it's true self is holding back for now! Slowly but Surley it will unleash Phenomenal Style Gamers haven't truly seen yet!
Show and prove. Thats the bottom line. Quit talking, and get back to work. Put up, or shut up.
@3.1: You are right and wrong.
1.) Right - I'm not going to get a ps3.
2.) Wrong - I AM, waiting to be convinced that the ps3 can do ANYTHING, (besides play blu-ray movies, and be more expensive) that the 360 can't do.
@5: Keep waiting B3y0nd.
@7: That was then, THIS IS NOW!
@4.2: If RaySt@tion3 doesn't sell more units, Their gonna have more in common with the Gamecube, then 360 will.
p.s. do something really useful with all that money, and buy some ps3 games with it, somebody's got to. L@l.
@3.2: Why do I care? Isn't it obvious? I want MS (360) to win this console generation. You must have graduated at the top of you GED class.
@12: If you think I'm gonna read your lame, long-winded speech, think again. Like I said lemming, The FACTS speak for themselves.
@7.3: Well said. Bubble for you sir. I like your usage of the word "lemmings".
@7.4: Funny. Bubble for you sir.
@16.2: I will reply, The Truth Hurts, doesn't it lemming. Great name, your gonna become very familiar with both. Retort?
@34: Lemming see, Lemming do.
Uhm... EVERY CONSOLE has it's power locked 'away' at start.
What it really can do, will evolve in it's life cycle. Compare first games last gen to games at the end of the life cycle last gen. Games like:
Doom III
Half Life 2
God of War 2
Those games ran on CPU's that were old, GPU's that were old and very low RAM, but still most -average- PC's with much better hardware components at that time had difficult times getting those grapnics
Thus, nice marketing talk from Radical, but this works equal for PS3, 360 and yes, even the Wii
@ TheMARTreversed (oh my god another clone of me? Jees I must be really famous by now. MY GOD)
Nice name dude! I must break your post down again though.
Epic has said they used about 40% of the 360's power AT MAX. Thus, 60% to unlock still.
Furthermore, not even ONE console EVER had used up all of it's power in the first year of its life cycle. If you believe that, you're really a stupid blind ignorant fanboy. Oh wait, most PS fans are kids of 12 year old, that's why the name is PLAYstation
EDIT
@ My 'evil' (I'm scared dude) twin again
Well let me break down your latest edit to prove you're a kid:
"Edit: Your right Marty boy" must be: You're
"Your their leader" again: You're. Go back to school and learn proper English dude!
"Epic---LOl 40% that explains why gears was about 2 hours long then huh." So in your view, the usage of power of the CPU/GPU of 40% makes the length of the game. You're that DUMB
"They didn't unlock more power because it wasn't their my son." --> ah well then we can say the same for the PS3: the multiplatform games are less then the 360 ones, thus the power ain't there! Resistance is a just over PS2 beefed up game... Can't touch Gears. Thus the power isn't there, PS3 is doomed
"And i knew you'd like my name and avatar by the way marty boy. LOL I'm hear to show you the light my son! LOL I'm not a clone lets just call me your evil opposite twin. " There are already some walking around here. You're not original anymore. Come around again, I'll teach you over and over again
unlock the power if ps3 and go beyond