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I'm sorry but how the hell did you survive? o__o
JordanN
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DSP may be off the shelf so it's possible it wont undergo any changes whereas the GPU and CPU are custom so Nintendo wont give any concrete numbers till they come up with a finalized design. It may also protect against potential corporate espionage (again, both processors being custom and constantly worked on).
Those are my guesses.
Star Beast early concept art
That's some of the worst art I've ever seen in my entire life.
TheCongressman1
Member
My main beef with it is that nothing seems to match up. I'm guessing since it is just concept art that will likely change. At any rate, the monster looks awful, and the only thing I like is the picture of all the different ship designs. So yeah, I'm not interested in this at all.
Mr. MondayNight
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I gamed mostly on the Wii for 4.5-5 years so I would guess by ignoring the every console he doesn't own much like I did before getting a PS3 for little or nothing....
as for myself I played what I had and graphics didn't and still don't matter to me really so I never paid attention to the games I couldn't play.
specialguy
Banned
This is totally incorrect, both the PS3 and 360 GPU operate at 500 mhz (though of course clockspeed isn't everything anyway).
Wikipedia will tell you 550 mhz for the PS3 GPU, but they are wrong (I even tried to change it once long ago and naturally somebody changed it back right away so I gave up)
But even if the Wiki figure was correct the chart shows it at 650 mhz.
It shows it at 700Mhz, but I agree its definitely wrong.
Not to mention irrelevant.
I dont know why everyone is taking an old chart serious.
Especially in relation to the question being asked.
Mr. Matthew
Neo Member
Haha I know, it sounds kinda strange but hear me out:
Studying and working a lot means I don't have a lot of spare time. And if I do have some time at my hands, I usually hang out with friends.
When there weren't any great games on Wii, somehow there were always some DS/3DS games to fill that gap (think Pokemon for instance). And Brawl also helps a lot. I think my friends and I have put over 1400 hours in that game if I am not mistaken.
So yeah, I survived, but it wasn't easy
Nostremitus
Member
OK, so I went to the Austin WiiU experience last night. It was an interesting venue, looked like a closed down strip club... but anyway...
First off, the game pads were tethered, no luck testing distance, however I spoke to one of the actual Nintendo employees there
He told me that he had personally seen one work at 30 yards bit beyond that he couldn't say. He then specified that there were also no walls separating the game pad and system at the time, then added the standard anywhere in the living room line before stating that they always officially state a shorter range than what is technically possible because depending on their setup not everyone will achieve Max range. We then spoke of the wave bird functioning at double Nintendo's official range, but he would comment further...
Played Razors edge, it looks like a ps360 game but the combat was extremely fluid and decapitations were very satisfying.
Played NSMBU, when choosing characters I chose the darkened out mii icon and it worked. The mii looked out of place and seemed to be wearing a wario colored track suit. Otherwise, if you've played a Mario side scroller you know what to expect.
Nintendoland, in the demo I played the hub world wasn't available but I played the luigis mansion game as the ghost and as a mii. I think people are greatly underestimating the drunken awesomeness this game will unleash.
Rayman Legends, beautiful. handles great. I was a very tight game and I found no collision detection problems.
ZombiU, I played the multi player, I had the new pro controller while my wife sent waves of zombies at me. Definitely the best looking game there, I was suprised after reading what others where saying. It looked better than any PS3 game I've played, and yes that includes heavy rain. the lighting was perfect, the shadows had super sharp edges and were dynamic and seemed to properly react the the surface they were shown on.
Pikmin 3, while not as great graphically when compared to zombiu, it was head and shoulders above ninja gaiden and batmanAC ports that were there. Great frame rate and resolution. That said, I could see this one being possible on other systems though. They ed probably have the lose the depth of field and some lighting effects to do so however.
Wii Fit U, This game was the only system crash of the night. They were showing off the trampoline game, but I requested the luge game. Apparently there was a reason. they weren't showing it off. Coincidentally this crash brought the plain clothed Nintendo tech guys out of hiding and gave me the opportunity to speak to the guy I mentioned earlier.
They got it restarted, and proved to me that they were playing the games on actual systems and not simply displaying empty shells... That said, great f*cking workout. This became a buy for me.
I didn't get a chance with P100 but it looked nice from behind the masses.
Played Nsmb2 on the XL, the larger screens have giant pixels that I couldn't unseen while playing... luckily the game pad doesn't have this problem.
Also, while the pro controller felt great, I did have one small/possibly larger gripe. the start button is WAY too damned close to the Y button. Maybe I just have big hands but I kept pausing while trying to reload.
And Ninja Gaiden can be played on the game pad...
First off, the game pads were tethered, no luck testing distance, however I spoke to one of the actual Nintendo employees there
Not the black shirted cheerleaders, the plain clothed guys who fixed the systems if there were to be any type of problem
Played Razors edge, it looks like a ps360 game but the combat was extremely fluid and decapitations were very satisfying.
Played NSMBU, when choosing characters I chose the darkened out mii icon and it worked. The mii looked out of place and seemed to be wearing a wario colored track suit. Otherwise, if you've played a Mario side scroller you know what to expect.
Nintendoland, in the demo I played the hub world wasn't available but I played the luigis mansion game as the ghost and as a mii. I think people are greatly underestimating the drunken awesomeness this game will unleash.
Rayman Legends, beautiful. handles great. I was a very tight game and I found no collision detection problems.
ZombiU, I played the multi player, I had the new pro controller while my wife sent waves of zombies at me. Definitely the best looking game there, I was suprised after reading what others where saying. It looked better than any PS3 game I've played, and yes that includes heavy rain. the lighting was perfect, the shadows had super sharp edges and were dynamic and seemed to properly react the the surface they were shown on.
Not sure how else to describe that...
Pikmin 3, while not as great graphically when compared to zombiu, it was head and shoulders above ninja gaiden and batmanAC ports that were there. Great frame rate and resolution. That said, I could see this one being possible on other systems though. They ed probably have the lose the depth of field and some lighting effects to do so however.
Wii Fit U, This game was the only system crash of the night. They were showing off the trampoline game, but I requested the luge game. Apparently there was a reason. they weren't showing it off. Coincidentally this crash brought the plain clothed Nintendo tech guys out of hiding and gave me the opportunity to speak to the guy I mentioned earlier.
They really are ninja like...
I didn't get a chance with P100 but it looked nice from behind the masses.
Played Nsmb2 on the XL, the larger screens have giant pixels that I couldn't unseen while playing... luckily the game pad doesn't have this problem.
Also, while the pro controller felt great, I did have one small/possibly larger gripe. the start button is WAY too damned close to the Y button. Maybe I just have big hands but I kept pausing while trying to reload.
And Ninja Gaiden can be played on the game pad...
Apophis2036
Banned
You were trying to crash the system on purpose so the ninja's came out huh ?
.Cheers for posting the info, i would consider myself a bit of a graphics wh0re and i also couldn't understand the pounding ZombiU was getting over it's visuals.
I think the biggest thing we will see next gen is lighting and fire, smoke and particle effects and ZombiU looks to have them all (the IGN video where the guy threw the fire bottle at the Zombi showed this off best).
If you done those sort of effects on an FPS on PS3 or 360 the framerate would likely tank, ZombiU is also running at 720p native and a locked 30fps while displaying the game on the tablet, really impressive esp for a launch game imo.
For a launch game, that by all accounts was thrown together pretty quickly and on a low budget i think it looks amazing, one of the main games that actually makes great use of the tablet pad aswell.
If all the major games are out on launch day i will be picking up a Black Wii U console, a core controller, ZombiU, Assassin's Creed 3 and Pikmin 3.
Will pickup Nintendo Land and NSMB U once they price drop a bit in 2013.
1) Well, the dynamically spreading fire in Uncharted 3's French mansion was mighty impressive as well.
2) It's not running the game game world on the touch screen. The only time it does is when you're stationary while scanning or using a scoped weapon which obscures a big part of the screen. I think it looks really really good technically but let's not oversell it
3) Thrown together pretty quickly? About 3 years is what you call pretty quickly and "thrown together"? (I'll grant you that they turned out around pretty quickly from its Killer Freaks origins into the Zombie setting) Also, how do you know it is a low budget game? Action+Explosions don't mean the game has a higher budget, it's not a movie.
Oh and the Mario/NintendoLand price drop in early 2013 ...
like that?
you know Nintendo's own major games hardly ever drop in price, right?
ColdBlooder
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1) Well, the dynamically spreading fire in Uncharted 3's French mansion was mighty impressive as well.
2) It's not running the game game world on the touch screen. The only time it does is when you're stationary while scanning or using a scoped weapon which obscures a big part of the screen. I think it looks really really good technically but let's not oversell it
3) Thrown together pretty quickly? About 3 years is what you call pretty quickly and "thrown together"? (I'll grant you that they turned out around pretty quickly from its Killer Freaks origins into the Zombie setting) Also, how do you know it is a low budget game? Action+Explosions don't mean the game has a higher budget, it's not a movie.
Oh and the Mario/NintendoLand price drop in early 2013 ...
like that?
you know Nintendo's own major games hardly ever drop in price, right?
Well that $1.11 saved dude!
Next gen won´t be about graphics, it will be about interfaces!
woo and indeed hoo
Banned
Dark Star premise: alien on board; hilarity ensues.
Star Beast premise: alien on board; horror ensues.
Star Beast became Alien.
Dan O'Bannon was the creative link between the projects.
Thank you so much for to playing my game!
Star Beast premise: alien on board; horror ensues.
Star Beast became Alien.
Dan O'Bannon was the creative link between the projects.
Thank you so much for to playing my game!
A couple of tips about Zombi:
I've read that there will be a Survival mode after beating the game, where you have to survive not only with one life (as in the normal game) but with..one survivor only! it will be almost impossible...
plus, in the latest demo we saw also the "online friend infected" message pop up on screen, advising you to chase him in order to free its soul (adding points on your leaderboard) and regaining his equipment
I've read that there will be a Survival mode after beating the game, where you have to survive not only with one life (as in the normal game) but with..one survivor only! it will be almost impossible...
plus, in the latest demo we saw also the "online friend infected" message pop up on screen, advising you to chase him in order to free its soul (adding points on your leaderboard) and regaining his equipment
A couple of tips about Zombi:
I've read that there will be a Survival mode after beating the game, where you have to survive not only with one life (as in the normal game) but with..one survivor only! it will be almost impossible...
plus, in the latest demo we saw also the "online friend infected" message pop up on screen, advising you to chase him in order to free its soul (adding points on your leaderboard) and regaining his equipment
If that is an example of the messaging system that's going to be used system-wide, that would be pretty awesome.
I like it when it's small and nonintrusive like that, as opposed to the hideous huge low-res buttons and banners the 360 and PS3 throw up on the screen when someone logs in or sends an invite.
Do you know if it's ZombiU specific? If it is, have we got any info on the Wii-U's friend/messaging/invite systems?
Not yet. Nintendo must still reveal almost everything related to their online system (both for gaming, OS; messaging, etc...)
We saw just the pre-e3 video, more or less
this one is Zombi-specific, because it is related to one of the game feature: the persistency of the world. Even if you cannot directly "play" the game in coop mode, you and your friends "live" the same online world. If one of your firends die, you receive this message and you can chase his zombified body to free him and steal his equip.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
That gives alot of hope for online. That place holder image where a Mii is supposed to be gives a hint about these games using online based off the OS. Well what Im thinking..and hopeing.A couple of tips about Zombi:
I've read that there will be a Survival mode after beating the game, where you have to survive not only with one life (as in the normal game) but with..one survivor only! it will be almost impossible...
plus, in the latest demo we saw also the "online friend infected" message pop up on screen, advising you to chase him in order to free its soul (adding points on your leaderboard) and regaining his equipment
Nostremitus
Member
It looks a hell of a lot better in person.
That screen is a paused screen from youtube, what do you think it'd look like?
Blood Diamonds
Banned
I had a Gamecube for this gen... and last.
I got a PS2 last year, played all the KH games and the Final Fantasies
Melee can be addicting.
And we know quite a lot actually.
Well I had to look it up, so I couldnt play.
But what was interesting was O'bannon's admittance that he
copied from everyone he could to put together Alien.
Also surprising how long ago Dune and Total Recall were being worked on.
The textures didn't seem anything special in trailers either. You'll see it won't look different, all those effects is just trying to cover the texture mess imo.
I played the E3 build and it was similar to a good Xbox360 game.
The latest build shows some improvments (for example the fire and the lights effect) together with some blurry texture that I hope they'll fix.
I suggest you to look at all the IGN videos from the Gamescon, and not only at the trailer that was worst than the direct feed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjfWQxGJlkY&feature=relmfu
(you can find all the related videos in the side bar)
Because of the short time spent developing the game and the low budget (you know, artist's stuff costs a huge amount of money) i tend to think you're absolutely right on this one.
But there is still time 'till the game comes out.
I think I'll trust the opinion of someone who actually played it:
(Assuming you truly played it.)
woo and indeed hoo
Banned
Again, where do you guys get the "short development time" and "low budget" from? They've been working on the game for at least two years (a year for the Zombie version and another year for the Killer Freaks version).
About the budget, Ubisoft has published them not much time ago.
Talking about developing time it's just an opinion.
I'm not much into development things, but i think that the switch of platform and the changes in the general style of the game could have slowed the works.
in above vdo the zombi really dont have any dynamic shadow, or i'm seeing wrong?
Wait what? Ubisoft made the budget for one of its still-in-development games public? Where?
Check out the beginning when the zombie is coming through the doorway. You'll see the dynamic shadow on the wall behind it. Once it's through the door, the shadow is gone because you don't cast a huge black shadow if you're lit from all directions with bright lights. What's weird is the Mario-style shadow under its feet, though ...
i saw that too, it's weird.
bequietdrive
Member
Not sure if this has been posted or not but confirmation of the power chip in Wii U.... https://twitter.com/IBMWatson/status/78473693843562498
given that it's a tweet from last year, you can bet it's been posted.
I believe it was even brought up a few days ago again.
http://xbigygames.com/assassins-creed-3-still-playing-catch-up-on-the-wiiu/
Well thats what I heard, they were a bit behind schedule with AC3.
I bet this is whats causing Nintendo headaches at the moment.
Games not being ready. Its probably whats determining their launch date.
n-Space confirmed Winter is still in development, and we know they want a kickstarter so it can come to Wii U, someone should start it.
http://nintendoeverything.com/96721...of-ruin-mary-kate-and-ashley-winter-and-more/
http://nintendoeverything.com/96721...of-ruin-mary-kate-and-ashley-winter-and-more/
But...but I want MH3G on my 3DS, I don't want to buy a Wii U in order to play it, come on
they didn't say it's "still in development", they said the project is not dead which means they still wanna do it. it's not like they've been working on it the whole time.
But...but I want MH3G on my 3DS, I don't want to buy a Wii U in order to play it, come on
Why MH Tri G? why not MH4? It's far more likely that they'll put that game out worldwide than to throw out an updated port that came out Holiday 2011 in the West more than a year later. MH4 has all that climbing stuff and that should gel with westerners a lot better since it "looks" more action-y.
How did the game control? Was it stiff like some people were saying?
Navigating a 3D plain with a d-pad? What is this FF7? Having to point your wii remote at the screen to bring up a scan visor and shoot a missile, which was slow and clunky and took away formula the fast paced action. It was like playing "Wheres Waldo". Weaker puzzles compared to the Prime series. The enemies were only challenging in the end and the game didn't feel rewarding until the end.
Blood Diamonds
Banned
Wouldn't it make more sense to have a MH3G on Wii U and then skip the 3DS version so they could get straight to MH4?But...but I want MH3G on my 3DS, I don't want to buy a Wii U in order to play it, come on
If they are coming over, that is.
Nostremitus
Member
Id say more floaty than stiff. That could've had more to do with control setup... I had trouble with it not being invertable. The girl at the demo ensured us that the controls would be customizable in the finished game.
They should just make it a WiiU eshop game, you dont need huge publishers for that, this is the great thing about the WiiU all those games that couldnt come to Wii due to publishers not backing, now they can put them as DD on WiiU and it wont cost them that much money.
Nostremitus
Member
I like this thought process...
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