Epiphany
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Stop it. The kiddies want to make fun of Fallout 3. Simple reading comprehension need not apply.
Seriously though, it's funny that the title implies that it is "Not unlikely says Bethesda" yet, as you pointed out, there's nothing from anyone that even hints at it. All it is is the author saying it would make sense.
Probably already covered at some point in the rambling of this thread, but there's Fallout 3 info in the new OXM due next month from what I've read. Either OXM UK or just the standard OXM.
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After one year's time we shall see which system is tops, Wii, PS3, or XBox 360. From what I have heard so far Wii and the PS3 have better backwards compatibility than XBox 360.
Have you seen the videos of how horrible the PS3 backwards compatibility is?
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Yeah, and the funny thing is: it was true! The absolutely best games for the Playstation 2 have come in the last year or so (Resident Evil 4, God of War, Shadow of the Colossus, Final Fantasy XII etc.). They definitely show how developers have managed to tap the potential of the hardware over time. Only someone who doesn't want to see it will be able to miss this fact. Like Epiphany.
At no point have I ever discredited the PS2 for its achievements in God of War and Shadow of the Colossus. Try to keep your ignorant accusations to yourself.
Again, your short-sightedness astounds me. And no, I didn't know they had a limit for how much hard drive space games can use. Provide a link for that?
I'm beginning to think that Epiphany was banned and SHodges is just an alt. to get around the ban.I'm beginning to think you're wrong.
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ME has text. Did you guys even watch the demo?
Because they can't read every word of the spoken dialog, it's dialog without text. Their standards for story-telling are vastly different, plus it's cool to be cynical.
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Gears of War for the most part.
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(something's wrong with the forum database, i didn't see your post until Spider responded to it)
My point was as Spider mentioned, that i'm worried about this emotional response. It is great in a theoretical sense, but I usually play sarcastic, evil or good characters that relies on wit and intelligence to get through. So far, this game has only shown taunts and other drivel which characterizes a regular fighter. Hopefully it may just be a selling point for ADHD people out there.
And why not a combination of those two? You can read your text and still see an animation that suits the response of your character. This way, skills (if there are any like this) like awereness, wisdom, intelligence, diplomacy and bluff can be used WITH a nice animation to it.
They're showing the more emotional dialog because it is a stronger selling point. I don't think it has anything to do with "ADHD people", it's simply an aspect of the game that seems 'cool' to lots of people.
While you may play a sarcastic person in your mind, games by the most, don't reward the player for thinking "Hey, I'm going to say this line sarcastically", so there is no benefit since the game is black/white.
They're wanting a real time conversation feeling, so they're allowing you to quickly scan the responses and choose the one that you want to portray. Keeps the dialog flowing.
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And there you have what many people in this forum is concern about. Instead of role-playing as an rational thinker with high intelligence and wisdom, we're forced to play a character that only answers through his or hers emotions.
...i definately hope that it will not resort to that.
Oh please ... when "roleplaying" in a video game you pick the response that you want. Whether it's an "angry" (evil most of the time) response, a "nice" response, a "neutral" response, a "greedy" response, or whatever. It's no different before, only this time, instead of reading dialog the entire game, it's broken down into the basics of the response, and the real dialog is acted for you.
Of course, I can see how it's horrible. I'd rather my characters stand there waving their arms pointlessly and not interacting with anyone around them or showing any emotion. That's real story-telling.
It's no different, just put your pessimistic outlook on the game aside and you'll realize that.
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Well, for one thing, is it in real time? What happens if I don't choose any of the (really bad) dialogue choices? Will he randomly select one or will there be an awkward silent moment just before my mates go Brokeback Mountain on my ass?
Also, how do you know what your character will do when you choose one of the dialogue options? I mean, the main character jumped into one of the other NPC's faces when selecting one of the replies. I thought that was a bit overkill, but it didn't seem like he would do that judging from the text. A simple full-hand point (like my officers always did) and a stern order would have sufficed. It doesn't seem that intuitive to what you're going to get when you choose a two-three word sentence.
Ok, maybe the game isn't in early stages, but it's not finalized. The point I was trying to convey is that it's still unoptimized code. The framerates weren't that bad considering this fact.
Not sure why you're still confused. It's emotional based dialog. You have your general emotion responses, and your character "acts" out the corresponding dialog. Over analyzing perhaps?
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I was searching for a tidbit about the Playstation 3 that we argued about on these forums a while back, but then I ended up reading a bunch of old threads and forgot what I was looking for.. But it wasn't entirely fruitless! I found this post, by our very own profit Epiphany, that I thought was kind of funny in hindsight:Yet, continually, as more information is released regarding the X360/PS3, I'm proven correct.
He starts off strong with this bold claim (we'll ignore his DirectX 10 debacle for now)..
Well, the proof is in the pudding, and the simple fact of the matter is Bethesda made it publicly known time and time again, that every console that could handle Oblivion would get it - Guess what, it's X360 exclusive...and a few lines later in the post comes this claim: Oblivion is Xbox 360 exclusive!
I think it's common knowledge by now that Oblivion will indeed come to the Playstation 3.
The only prediction/opinion I was proven wrong on (and not even by you people), was when I said that MS would most likely put HD-DVD drives in the X360 before launch, and that decision would be made in late August.Because he was so clearly proven wrong earlier in the same post I thought this last little paragraph was hilarious.
)Ahem.. back to searching!
How is my comment on Oblivion wrong? Oh yeah, it's not. Bethesda said time and time again that every console that could handle it would get it. - It was 360 exclusive, they continually claimed so, and then got it up and running on the PS3. How is that comment wrong?
Dig up quotes, I couldn't care less, but I've been right the vast majority of the time. Multiplatform games are better on the 360, be it by color contrast or by framerate/stability. I constantly said 360 games would be better, or equal to PS3 games. Hell, even 1up's "What the cell is going on?" article is an utter mockery of what Sony claimed the PS3 would be, versus what it actually turned out to be.
The hardware is almost a joke - the lack of unified memory will cripple the system. Epic (who is a multiplatform developer) has already said the 360 runs the UE3 better than the PS3, and that Gears of War would be impossible to run on the PS3 due to its lack of memory.
Online is better on the 360, as Sony's free service doesn't even begin to compare to the quality of Live. Nothing is global and everything is slapped together. Sony was so sloppy with their online component that some games had to have online support completely removed - THPS 8 for instance.
No hardware scaler? LOL - I guess Sony is still waiting to let everyone play in HD - since it (next-gen) was supposed to start when they said so.
I fully understand that most of the people here are anti Xbox/MS, that's fine and no big deal. I'll continue to post, and I'll continue to be here to laugh and chuckle when another PS3 failing comes to light.
Dig up more quotes though, it saves you from actually participating in the topic itself.
Oh and you wanted games, but can't "find" anything good on the 360?
Sandbox = Just Cause and Saints Row [GTA 4 with exclusive episodic content next year]
RPG = Oblivion and Enchanted Arms - [blue Dragon (9/9/9/10 in Famitsu and second most wanted game in Japan - per a Famitsu poll), Lost Odyssey, Fable 2, Infinite Undiscovery, Eternal Sonata, and Mass Effect next year (except perhaps Fable 2)]
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Preview says very little of substance, but I'm starting to get worried. Saying that the game uses the Mass Effect style of conversation is another way of saying that it's going to have a lot of one-liners and short replies, which I thought was implemented due to the console-controls of ME but apparently Bio is moving towards that direction in general.
What exactly is wrong with Mass Effect's dialog? It's an emotional based dialog system ... You have various emotional replies to choose from and then the character does the real dialog that corresponds to your choice. I don't see how that's any reflection on "console controls", or having the entire dialog tree consist of "one-liners and short replies". It's a great way to keep the dialog moving forward - closer to what would happen in the real world, instead of having pauses while you read through 90 words just to pick the reply you want.
No one is thinking that the idea of having "real-time, emotional responses" as a bad design choice. But with Bioware's recent trackrecord in terms of substance, this very feature leaves many worried that Bioware will turn Mass Effect into a Halo with stats and adhd-responses for the graphicwh*re-generation.
Phew, i think i went on a 'codex parade there...
Recent track record? Huh? KOTOR and Jade Empire were full of dialog and substance, especially Jade Empire.
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Preview says very little of substance, but I'm starting to get worried. Saying that the game uses the Mass Effect style of conversation is another way of saying that it's going to have a lot of one-liners and short replies, which I thought was implemented due to the console-controls of ME but apparently Bio is moving towards that direction in general.
What exactly is wrong with Mass Effect's dialog? It's an emotional based dialog system ... You have various emotional replies to choose from and then the character does the real dialog that corresponds to your choice. I don't see how that's any reflection on "console controls", or having the entire dialog tree consist of "one-liners and short replies". It's a great way to keep the dialog moving forward - closer to what would happen in the real world, instead of having pauses while you read through 90 words just to pick the reply you want.
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If by bargin they mean shabby games that actually run worse than their 360 counterparts, a lack luster launch line-up, horrible online service, and a controller that needed drastic remodeling, then yeah, it's a bargin.
PS3 am fail.
Wow, were you trying to make the MOST TROLLISH post seen on the forum since ... well, you last posted? ^_^
Stating facts equals trolling now? Interesting.
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I think it's hard to rate any console until you get the 2nd generation of games. Right now is a good time to review the Xbox360. They've developed a lineup of games, and even have a few platform unique titles that weren't thrown together for launch. The UI has been patched a few times and upgraded as well.
The PS3 needs about a year to get its bearings. Heck, the PS2 didn't really hit its stride until about 2 years in.
When you have a company that hyped their product to such a degree that they failed to deliver on nearly every aspect, then yes, they should be judged from day one. Sony spent too much effort downplaying the 360, and claiming they were "real" next gen - utter failure. It was an abysmal launch for an overhyped and underwhelming console. They held on to it for a full year and never once looked at what MS did right/wrong, they just kept the blinders on and pushed forward without realizing just how FUBAR their system was.
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If by bargin they mean shabby games that actually run worse than their 360 counterparts, a lack luster launch line-up, horrible online service, and a controller that needed drastic remodeling, then yeah, it's a bargin.
PS3 am fail.
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Not really.
ALan Wake had been announced for the PS3 before the "exclusive" thing came into affect.
Bioshock on the other hand had not been announced for the PS3.
Bioshock was heavily talked about for the PS3.
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This ain't news, Bioshock was always scheduled for X360 and PC only. Although I wouldn't wonder if there's a PS3 release sometime after launch.
It's the usual story: Publisher signs exclusive deal with MS, MS can brag around with the magical word "exclusive".
Until today, it was always considered to be coming to the PS3, now it's not. It's the same situation as Alan Wake.
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The only titles that will run in native 1080p are all XBLA titles, and DoA4 (currently), since they already run in 1920x1080(i) - The only way to do that is to take a native 1080p image and interlace it since ATI graphics cards are not capable of natively producing an interlaced image.
That was a lot of natives...
All this software update does is have the Xbox no longer interlace the 1080p images from the games that are natively supporting 1920x1080 resolution.
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Don't worry -- they're not including a HDMI cable with the unit anyway.
They aren't including component cables either. The console isn't even hi-def ready out of the box.
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Boy I hope they don't have too much trouble converting all of the work they've done on the PS3 version to the Xbox 360.
AC started out on the 360... It was "announced" at X 05.
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It's so comical to see you all harp on Gears of War, when you haven't even seen what the game has to offer.
MODEDIT: I removed some comments clearly meant solely to incite.
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"... expected to be a requirement for WFG2.0" is the key phrase there.
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Fallout 3 on the Xbox 360???
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I think the bulk of the information revolves around the fact that it was Todd Howard of Bethesda in an interview with UK OXM about Fallout 3. That's where the conclusions are being drawn from. You wouldn't do an interview for a game with a platform specific magazine unless you had plans to release the game on that platform.
On top of that, you have the news that Bethesda has finally gotten Gamebyro to utilize the three cores on Xenon, rather than just having it be a more brute force approach as in Oblivion. That shows they're still working on the engine for the console, and you wouldn't do that unless you had plans to release another game on the console using that engine - Fallout 3 does.
Too many glaring facts do look at the news of Fallout 3 and not see that it's coming to the 360 - and most likely the PS3 if Oblivion sells well on the platform.