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[quetz67]

says gamefront.de

 

[flipswitch]

For which system though?

 

[Mike Works]

oh, ok, thanks.

 

[Blimblim]

Launch titles have to be done by the end of the week from what I've heard.

 

[Lakitu]

It has begun!!

 

[quetz67]

It still sounds strange to me, it is not that long since the game was cancelled. They introduced lots of stuff since then. I cant believe it really well tested and balanced.

 

[westical]

It was never cancelled.

 

[quetz67]

It was never cancelled.

It was officially canceled for xbox

Short time after that we suddenly saw a completely different game on x360. The only way that makes sense to me is two development teams.

 

[Ghost]

It still sounds strange to me, it is not that long since the game was cancelled. They introduced lots of stuff since then. I cant believe it really well tested and balanced.

This is a joke right?



Oh its not.


It was cancelled for Xbox but the game has never gone out of production.


And its been in development for what? 5 years? I think its as good as it ever will be.

 

[westical]

It was officially canceled for xbox

Short time after that we suddenly saw a completely different game on x360. The only way that makes sense to me is two development teams.

It was delayed. Then they announced it for the 360. Changing platform isn't cancelling a game.

And it looks like the same basic game to me, just much more beautiful.

 

[quetz67]

Ghost, I know what happened, still it is strange a game gets such a graphics overhaul plus the introduction of completely new gameplay elements in such a short time.

 

[westical]

What, nine months?

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

Launch titles have to be done by the end of the week from what I've heard.

Isn't the launch 2 months away? I thought the normal timeframe from complete build to retail was 2-3 weeks, or am I way off?

 

[quetz67]

It was delayed. Then they announced it for the 360. Changing platform isn't cancelling a game.

And it looks like the same basic game to me, just much more beautiful.

Thousands of enemies (obviously not possible on xbox) look like the same basic game?

 

[westical]

There's not "thousands" of enemies in every single stage though.

 

[Ghost]

Ghost, I know what happened, still it is strange a game gets such a graphics overhaul plus the introduction of completely new gameplay elements in such a short time.

Theres no new gameplay elements as far as i know, they added the horse and the massive battlefield so they could do the whole "look at 1000's of AIs fighting" thing, theres no graphical overhaul either, just more details, touches and effects

 

[Blimblim]

Isn't the launch 2 months away? I thought the normal timeframe from complete build to retail was 2-3 weeks, or am I way off?

They still have time for bug correction, but the game has to be complete and fully testable now.

 

[rastex]

Isn't the launch 2 months away? I thought the normal timeframe from complete build to retail was 2-3 weeks, or am I way off?

Done != Gold

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

They still have time for bug correction, but the game has to be complete and fully testable now.

I see.

 

[quetz67]

Theres no new gameplay elements as far as i know, they added the horse and the massive battlefield so they could do the whole "look at 1000's of AIs fighting" thing, theres no graphical overhaul either, just more details, touches and effects

Horse, wide open environments, 1000 enemies, different AI, that sounds a lot like new gameplay elements to me. Especially those battles need different AI, physics etc.

The game I played last year at GC (2004 E3 version) had a completely different feel.

And the graphics look like they are more or less new. Just look at the polygon count of the trees and the quality of the grass. Its mostly new models, new effects like different fur etc. etc.

Just look at the texture on the path, changes like this usually need a complete redesign from ground up. Just adding some polys here ore there usually result in graphics like we see in PDZ, which at heart looks this gen.