"R3 should see a good graphical leap, didn't Insomniac say they were dropping to 30FPS for that exact reason? "
Both the first two games were running at a constant 30 fps. When they said that they would be dropping the framerate to 30 fps, they were talking about Ratchet and Clank.
Those are not RPGs though.
I don't mind if the story is linear, I actually prefer if a story is linear, that way the developers can show the story how they see it. But for the gameplay, there should be more than just going straight with almost no wandering off, whilst doing sidequests.
Having super linear gameplay, and essentially no towns, and according to GT's preview of the game, surprisingly few side quests, it is obvious that there was less put into this game when compared to previous games like FFX and FFXII(Both had rediculus numbers of sidequests, especially FFXII).
They most likely decided to take many of those things out, otherwise the game would be on like 5-6 DVDs for the 360.
My only complaint with the game's beautiful/realistic style graphics, is that they get into the uncanney valey with the character, in particular their eyes. From most videos that I have seen, there is very little eye movement unless there is a closeup on their faces.
For example, if you watch the most recent Japanese trailer, you can see that happening alot.
That comment is full of FAIL!
Ya endless is definitly a new experience all together. I'd say the single player expansion is worth it, though I never did get the multiplayer one.
lol I see what you did right there
Ya I'm on my second playthrough. This game is way too addicting.
Indeed. These are nothing compared to Heavy Rain's
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Though, I suppose that it is questionable whether that is in game or not. It probably is in engine, but only shown with this detail at the loading screen.
The article author brings up a good point though. Are these casual gamers going to be waiting in line day one for the wii 2? They aleady have wii sports and wii fit(which is probably all they bought the system for), why should they care if it is in HD.
Wow thats crazy. I made the mistake of consuming my demon souls whenever I got them. Next time I play the game, I'll have to save them so that I can get the best weapons/spells.
I'd say that 2008 was about a tie. PS3 dominated the first half(or actually closer to the first 2 thirds), but then big games like Gears of War 2 came out near the end, which allowed 360 to be tied with PS3.
This year PS3 mopped the floor with 360.
It is obvious that the cutscenes were video files(well alot of them at least were videos) because of the compression done to them. But He is still essentially correct when he says that they were realtime, since they were real time at some point, they just got exported to a video file to hide load times etc. But all the character models in those cutscenes are the same as in the real gameplay, so very little was changed if any to make the video cutscenes look better than the actual real time ...
The part at the very end gave me shivers. This game is going to have one heck of a story, maybe the most powerful story of any video game.
That was a great interview, I enjoyed it :)
I guess you have never played a racing simulator before. This is how cars in real life would handle. Games like need for speed and all those have exagerated suspension and traction, that no car in real life would have.
Ya I bet there will be a bunch of RPGs to come in later 2010. Many RPGs that have so far only appeared in Japan might end up coming to NA/EU.
And maybe if we are lucky, Versus XIII will release late 2010, at least in Japan. Though I have my doubts about that one...
@AP
That is true, but KH was also aimed at a younger audience, it just so happened that many older gamers also played it. But for younger gamers, more than a couple of button presses can be daunting. Versus on the other hand is going to be garnered to at least a teen audience, so the combat system will most likely be much more in depth.
Ya the graphics don't look great, but I might get it anyways, considering I am a huge stargate fan.