Instead of getting into long-winded detail about the upcoming games showcased on the show floor of CES (which mostly included 360 and Games for Windows titles anyway), I thought I'd give you my quick impressions of each title I was able to spend some time with. Before you yell at me about
Cooking Mama for the Wii, I was a dope and missed my appointment with Majesco. I should be seeing it at the end of the month, so fear not on that.
Hellgate: London (PC): Think Diablo 2 mixed with Guild Wars then a dash of generic FPS Doom thrown in and you have Hellgate. I don't think the hype matches the actual quality of the game. Looks like it can get old ... real fast.
Shadowrun (PC and 360): Abortion. It has some cool features ... that I played 10 years ago. The 360 to PC gimmick is all it has going for it.
Halo 2 (PC): Looked more polished than the 360 version, but didn't play as smooth. There were some choppy spots and the game was easier to play (for me) with a 360 controller.
Lair (PS3): I never got a ton of time with this one, but the 5 minutes or so I did play, it was very difficult to control with the Sixaxis and there were jaggies invading my eyeballs.
Guitar Hero 2 (360): It looked HD. You got that, right? And a kick ass guitar controller. What I want to know is what downloadable songs we'll get and how much will they cost.
Alien Hominid (360 XBLA): Was fun, even though I had no idea what I was doing. Will it be worth a download? Meh, I'd rather play Castle Crashers.
Crysis (PC): Overhyped isn't even a strong enough word for this one. If you're one of five people in the world that will be able to play this, you'll be playing nothing but a dolled up Far Cry clone. It looked pretty, that's about it.
Crackdown (360): This game is always fun to play. It's not just a way to get into the Halo 3 beta, believe it.
Age of Conan (PC): Unpolished and looked like the devs were trying to bite off more than they could chew. MMOs are a tough market to really do well in, and I don't Conan has much of a chance.
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5:58 PM on 01.15.2007
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Hey, what's so bad about being a Far Cry clone, seriously?
Far Cry is about the only FPS game with non-linear gameplay I've ever seen-and thanks to that, it firmly stands as my second-favorite shooter ever. So far, judging from all the material I've seen on Crysis, it is far more innovative than any other FPS released in the past two years.
Oh, and also, I want Hellgate-I just can't keep playing D2 anymore. :P
Everyone I know that played Shadowrun for a bit has come back with nothing but positive things to say about it. I'm stunned.
Its a learning experience, now that everybody has seen that it is possible, other companies will start adding those features and focus on doing them efficiently. If you look back to when DX9 first came out the games were nothing compared to what DX10 can do. And Crysis is really just the first engine that is showing a glimpse of what DX10 can do. It is going to be a bright future in gaming, just give them time.
DX9 will look *almost* as good as the dx10 version, DX10 version will look somewhat better, and will run better, more faster.
when i say about mid-end pc, it's mid end when the game is released (aka nvidia 8600GT or ati mid-end dx10 card)
Minimum Requirements
* CPU: Athlon 64 3000+/Intel 2.8GHz
* Graphics: Nvidia 6600/X800GTO (SM 2.0)
* RAM: 768MB/1GB on Windows Vista
* HDD: 6GB
* Internet: 256k+
* Optical Drive: DVD
* Software: DirectX9.0c with Windows XP
Recommended Requirements:
* CPU: Dual-core CPU (Athlon X2/Pentium D)
* Graphics: Nvidia 7800GTX/ATI X1800XT (SM 3.0) or DirectX10 equivalent
* RAM: 1.5GB
* HDD: 6GB
* Internet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream)
* Optical Drive: DVD
* Software: DirectX10 with Windows Vista
So, I meet all the reccommended requirements except for Vista with DX10, looking forward to Crysis.
Videgames from CES?
The devil you say!
Dang.
I've always said a gtx8800 won't run crysis and I'm standing by it!
What's a gtx8800?
What's crysis?
I do remember when FEAR came out how even the best of the best couldnt handle the soft shadows without having serious fps issues
Err...it will, most definitely.
There was an article recently that proclaimed that a single 8800 GTX card is enough to run Crysis at 2048×1536 with a stable framerate. While this may be an exaggeration, I tend to believe it.
Oh, this I agree with-just don't forget that Crysis is considered to be in Alpha right now-so there is plenty of time for Crytek to spend on optimization. :)