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iit we laugh at The Force Unleashed required PC specs

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legend166

Member
I did a search for this, and couldn't find anything.

http://news.bigdownload.com/2009/10...ts-revealed-for-pc-star-wars-the-force-unlea/

minimum said:
PC Minimum System Requirements

* Operating System: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2. Windows 7
* CPU Processor: 2.4 GHz Dual Core Processor (Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X2)
* Memory: 2 GB RAM
* Hard Disk Space: 23.8 GB + 1 GB Swap File
* Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
* Video Card: 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required – 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 256 MB Video Memory with Shader 3.0 support
* Video Card (ATI): Radeon HD 2900
* Video Card (Nvidia): Geforce 8800
* Media Required: 8X DVD-ROM drive
* Windows XP/Vista compatible mouse and keyboard or Microsoft Xbox 360 Wired Controller
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recommended said:
Recommended System Requirements

* Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 5200+
* 512 MB 3D Hardware Accelerator Card
* Video Card (ATI): Radeon HD 4870
* Video Card (Nvidia): Geforce 9800 GT
* Memory: 2 GB RAM


NOTICE: Some 3D accelerator cards with the chipset listed here may not be compatible with the 3D acceleration features utilized by Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Please refer to your hardware manufacturer for 100% DirectX compatibility.

Supported Desktop Chipsets

* ATI RADEON HD 2900, 3850, 3870, 4850, 4870
* NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800, 9600, 9800, 260, 280


NOTICE: This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some disk and virtual disk drives.
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25GB?

Is this a new challenger for the worst PC port this generation? What's the competition? Saints Row 2?
 
N

Nemo

Will Eat Your Children
legend166 said:
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I meant 'in interesting thread'.



Yes, that'll do.
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Should've still been in this interesting thread ;)



Surprised at the 4870 :eek: First time I've seen that I think. My 4850 am cry. Shouldn't 9800 be the same as 8800 btw? This game is probably better optimised for nvidia then
 
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legend166

Member
Teetris said:
Should've still been in this interesting thread ;)



Surprised at the 4870 :eek: First time I've seen that I think. My 4850 am cry. Shouldn't 9800 be the same as 8800 btw? This game is probably better optimised for nvidia then
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Honestly, I don't think this game is optimised for anything.
 
M

markot

Banned
NOTICE: This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some disk and virtual disk drives.
 
X

XiaNaphryz

LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
markot said:
NOTICE: This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some disk and virtual disk drives.
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Standard warning they put on all LucasArts PC games in the last couple of years I believe. I think they use Securom on everything.
 
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CabbageRed

Member
The quick look on Giant Bomb exposed some fairly nasty performance issues. Hopefully they either patch it quickly, or my 4870x2 can bruit force its way to good performance, but I'm not hopeful. Whatever the case, this is absolutely not a 'day one' purchase as user impressions will be vastly more telling than review sites.
 
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Fredescu

Member
legend166 said:
Don't give them the money : (
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Because the specs are a bit high? Nah. Maybe the port will be crap, but I'm sure I can CD Wow it for $45 so I'm not losing out on much if it turns out to be bad.
 
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1-D_FTW

Member
Aren't the 8800 and 9800 basically the same card? Either way, I don't even know what this game is so I don't really care. But I find that curious for min and recommended.
 
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Metalic Sand

who is Emo-Beas?
Anyone else seeing something wrong with this?


* Video Card (ATI): Radeon HD 4870
* Video Card (Nvidia): Geforce 9800 GT

That ATI card completely kills the 9800GT. It just seems odd they would put that down. The performence between those two is HUGE.
 
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Kosma

Banned
* Video Card (ATI): Radeon HD 2900
* Video Card (Nvidia): Geforce 8800
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Minimum? :lol

Was this game programmed by monkeys? I mean it ran on the 360 and PS3 and now you need an 8800 to play it? :lol
 
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Kagari

Crystal Bearer
Guess I'll go for the console peasant version. I usually play all Star Wars games on PC, but not this one!
 
Haunted

Haunted

Member
Did they make a completely new engine for the PC game? The fidelity I've seen on the PS360 doesn't justify any of these. :lol

25GB might be the largest game install I've seen yet, btw. A trivial amount for PC gamers, but still.
 
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mavs

Member
Metalic Sand said:
Anyone else seeing something wrong with this?


* Video Card (ATI): Radeon HD 4870
* Video Card (Nvidia): Geforce 9800 GT

That ATI card completely kills the 9800GT. It just seems odd they would put that down. The performence between those two is HUGE.
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TWIMTBP
 
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Wraith

Member
Drkirby said:
No, its
Code: 
iit = "I implore thee";

Without the quotes, you will just get a syntax error upon compiling.
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I find this shocking as well, but the semicolon does play a role outside of code.
 
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GavinGT

Banned
Drkirby said:
No, its
Code: 
iit = "I implore thee";

Without the quotes, you will just get a syntax error upon compiling.
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if (havejoke = yes)
{/reply}
else
{cout <<"No reply" } ;

No reply.
 
K

Kosma

Banned
Haunted said:
Did they make a completely new engine for the PC game? The fidelity I've seen on the PS360 doesn't justify any of these. :lol

25GB might be the largest game install I've seen yet, btw. A trivial amount for PC gamers, but still.
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How much was Conan? I think Conan was more.

*checks back of the Conan box*

Yep. 32 GB. :lol
 
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Mudkips

Banned
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A CHALLENGER APPEARS
 
Haunted

Haunted

Member
speculawyer said:
I think it comes with an emulator and the just run the console version on the emulator.
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That's what Saint's Row 2 does (and it's awful).


edit: I just took a quick look at giantbomb's QL and it didn't seem that bad, actually.
 
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lorddarkflare

Banned
I say the first part of your post and i thought that the requirements were manageable, if not ideal.

And then i saw that they were the MINIMUM.


What the fuck.
 
T

TheSeks

Blinded by the luminous glory that is David Bowie's physical manifestation.
Mudkips said:
A CHALLENGER APPEARS
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Minus the typical Gearbox bugs on launch (sup, Borderlands?) fiasco and terrible netcode for multiplayer, it wasn't a bad port. Passable, but could've been better.

Of course, everyone should play the X-box version anyway
.
 
MoFuzz

MoFuzz

Member
I remember when Lucasarts actually gave a toss about making good Star Wars PC games.

*sheds a single tear*
 
bee

bee

Member
oh a c2d@2.8ghz, 2gb, 9800gt was the $4000 pc they said would be required to run the 1st one then
 
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Kagari

Crystal Bearer
MoFuzz said:
I remember when Lucasarts actually gave a toss about making good Star Wars PC games.

*sheds a single tear*
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We still have Old Republic to look forward to... right?
 
MoFuzz

MoFuzz

Member
Kagari said:
We still have Old Republic to look forward to... right?
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Old Republic along with KOTOR are all Bioware/Obsidian developed though. Lucasarts just publishes nowadays, with few exceptions.

I'm talking about the in-house Lucasarts studio.
 
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brain_stew

Member
1-D_FTW said:
Aren't the 8800 and 9800 basically the same card? Either way, I don't even know what this game is so I don't really care. But I find that curious for min and recommended.
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Yep, sums up the stupidity of "recommended specs" right there. Just ignore them, wait till the game is benchmarked.
 
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