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Prototype to be first Neural THX 7.1 game for more surroundiness

7:35 PM on 01.07.2008, Jim Sterling 44 comments

Prototype to be first Neural THX 7.1 game for more surroundiness photo
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With a name like Prototype, it's somewhat fitting that this interesting game will be a title of firsts. The free-roaming science fiction adventure will be the first ever videogame to use THX's brand new 7.1 surround sound technology.

Neural-THX Surround uses three speakers in front of you, two either side, and two behind. It also sounds flashy and impressive. If you weren't antagonizing your neighbours by blasting your games out through a 5.1 speaker system, soon you can really up your chances of eviction. 

This news makes me happy not because I could ever afford another speaker system, but because it reminded me that Prototype exists. I'd forgotten about that one, and it looks like it could be really fun. Hurray for 7.1 surround sound!


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liam2015's Avatar
liam2015 at 01/07/2008 19:42
That caption gives me a sickening feeling, thanks jim.

Prototype looks pretty good.
AgentMOO's Avatar
AgentMOO at 01/07/2008 19:43
I'm deaf in one ear; one speaker is surround sound for me!
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar
Jonathan Holmes at 01/07/2008 19:46
That caption is totally gold.
bottled dark's Avatar
bottled dark at 01/07/2008 19:47
im not going to have 7.1 surround sound, but i may get this game.
Spykron's Avatar
Spykron at 01/07/2008 19:49
want.digital.speakers.
The-Excel's Avatar
The-Excel at 01/07/2008 19:52
Why does anyone need any more than 6.3 channels?
Crapsh00t's Avatar
Crapsh00t at 01/07/2008 19:54
I can't wait for True Testes Ball.1 surround sound. Is that one of the abilities in Prototype? Growing a sticky trap out of the balls?
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Pariah at 01/07/2008 20:00
My downstairs neighbours hate me as it is. Fuck them and their dog that makes the hall smell like piss. I should just kick the shit out of them and be done with it. Their rotti wil probably take a giant chunk out of my ass one of these days.
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Mushman at 01/07/2008 20:04
Jesus, the caption is win, and i agree with Excel. why the fuck whould anyone need more?
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Bob Arctor at 01/07/2008 20:06
I was wondering when anything 7.1 was going to come out because i just bought a 7.1 receiver and have the 2 extra speakers still needing to be installed. but I've never heard of this game.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 01/07/2008 20:13
As far as I know, Warhawk also supports LPCM 7.1 sound.
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alphex at 01/07/2008 20:18
Prototype is being designed (in part) by one of my favorate authors, Dennis Detwiller --> http://www.detwillerdesign.com/ <--

Just pimping a good author/artist who does good stuff.

I'm really looking forward to the game.
Spartacus's Avatar
Spartacus at 01/07/2008 20:21
Is that a 360 exclusive? Need to get me something that's not a Wii.
Eschatos's Avatar
Eschatos at 01/07/2008 20:25
I've been looking forward to surrounding myself with a cocoon of technology, but only now is it possible.
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Jim Sterling at 01/07/2008 20:29
Thanks for the pointing out of my sucking at clarification, guys. Have made suitable edits to the post.
Firehead's Avatar
Firehead at 01/07/2008 20:35
That caption wins. It just does..
Awesome
Spartacus: it's for PS3, also (I think.. maybe even PC)
mix's Avatar
mix at 01/07/2008 20:39
Neat-O!

I just bought a 7.1 receiver on boxing day and this game looks wicked.
falinter's Avatar
falinter at 01/07/2008 20:46
i am excited for this game
The-Excel's Avatar
The-Excel at 01/07/2008 20:50
I mean I concede that 5.1 is fantastic and everything, but there's gotta be limits. Does it really matter this much that you have to know exactly what degree latitude that fly is from you?
IceMax's Avatar
IceMax at 01/07/2008 21:00
@The-excel

I wont be happy until I have a 22.2 surround sound speaker system (which is actually being made)
UNDERSTAR's Avatar
UNDERSTAR at 01/07/2008 21:04
BRAVO for that pic comment. This is a serious problem that guys have to go through everyday!
The-Excel's Avatar
The-Excel at 01/07/2008 21:07
@IceMax:
Maybe I'm just getting flustered that all of these advances are coming so quickly one after another. Nothing good (besides the obvious) can come from having these upgrades come so soon.
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king3vbo at 01/07/2008 21:09
Prototype looks so amazing, I cant wait for it
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Jim Sterling at 01/07/2008 21:18
Seriously, I don't care about the 7.1 surround as much as I do that I remembered Prototype is being made. I'm a happy camper naow.
Crapsh00t's Avatar
Crapsh00t at 01/07/2008 21:23
Prototype looks to be an awesome game, if it does things right it could be a fantastic iterative improvement on the game mechanics brought about by Assassin's Creed. Plus there will be a shit-ton of mayhem.
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Cheeburga at 01/07/2008 21:30
I am also excited for this, but I don't have surround sound. That's cool for those who do though.
cjpkiller's Avatar
cjpkiller at 01/07/2008 21:31
that is going to be a ps3 ONLY feature, 360 doesn't support 7.1
and never will. because it can't.
the hdmi is not pegged for it(requires hdmi 1.3, 360 only has the base hdmi, ps3 has 1.3, and the 360's audio processor doesn't accept it.
it does 5.1 fine. but it DOES NOT DO 7.1. PERIOD.

oh well, I only have 5.1 setup, YAY!
Emrah's Avatar
Emrah at 01/07/2008 22:09
cjpkiller: I don't use hdmi for sound, I use the digital optical cable to connect to my amfi on my PS3, maybe Xbox has one of those too? I don't know.
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Dennen at 01/07/2008 23:00
My parents got me some PC type 5.1 speakers for Christmas. Which was great of them. I am personally looking to hook them up to my consoles, though in order to activate the true Dolby Digital effect that is standard amongst PS3 and 360, I have to use the digital optical/coaxial cable to do it. That's what I hear anyway.

I was looking all about for receivers and the like capable of doing this for the speaker type that I have. Not a damned thing. I ended up finding out about a Creative Labs made product called DDTS-100 which is exactly what i'm looking for. A shame I can't really find the same type of product in any stores and apparently the item has been discontinued for reasons unknown *especially since reviews for it seemed to be absolutely great*...

This makes me sad... I am trying to not whimper and I stand tall with an occasionally shaky lip. But I sometimes weep on the inside. Though, at least it has greatly improved the standard quality of games and movies from my lil media center! For that, I am thankful.

While i'm at it, if anyone has any recommendations on what to do in this situation, that'd be just wonderful.
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VampireChrist at 01/07/2008 23:01
uhm, i thought 7.1 is one speaker for center, your standard left and right channels, and then four rear channels, and the sub. well, thats whats sitting in my living room anyway.
also, Neural-THX Surround is more an additional encoder that increases the seperate elements of a surround track so individual details come out more clearly so that you get better seperation. which sounds fun, never actually tried anything with it yet. cant exactly afford one of the receiver with that convertor built in at the moment.
oh well, maybe this is all covered in the original article...
PANZERDRAKO's Avatar
PANZERDRAKO at 01/07/2008 23:18
whai a minute...
then those DVD with 9.1 surround are fakes?
thebigghurt's Avatar
thebigghurt at 01/07/2008 23:38
Umm where is the speaker for my crotch, I want 8.1 so I can have a speaker under my balls. :)
Dennen's Avatar
Dennen at 01/07/2008 23:41
Just thinking aloud here and more logically but ah... Wouldn't you want another sub down there? So... You know.. Perhaps 7.2? For personal character impacting testicular vibration so you can get really into the action? Also fun for the whole future family in the making.
PANZERDRAKO's Avatar
PANZERDRAKO at 01/08/2008 00:13
you mean like REZ?
but for men....
Dennen's Avatar
Dennen at 01/08/2008 00:25
Precisely, now we're getting somewhere.
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 01/08/2008 03:32
I'm really curious how much of a difference an extra two speakers can make. Besides being louder, I mean.
iNerd's Avatar
iNerd at 01/08/2008 03:47
And one speaker up your arse.
mix's Avatar
mix at 01/08/2008 11:47
7.1

Sub

front left.............center..........front right

Side left..............................side right

Rear left..............................rear right

There you have, I have a 7.1 receiver and that's how she goes! Still, I need to buy 2 more speakers as I couldn't find a decent (cheap) set on boxing day, so I went with the 5.1 from Polk.
RoMeRtHeGaMe's Avatar
RoMeRtHeGaMe at 01/08/2008 13:49
I have a 6.1 that I never used, I just recently hooked up the 6th speaker, but nothing really supports it, it only comes on when I set the receiver as 6 ch stereo.
Fading Star's Avatar
Fading Star at 01/17/2008 01:36
THX 7.1 is the future!
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