Play4Fun said:
Waste of resources? More like it makes it easier for third parties to develop for all platforms and make development times a bit shorter. Maybe with less time tweaking graphics they'll get more time to put towards gameplay mechanics, but graphics are obviously what you really care about anyways, that doesn't matter. There are many, many ways they can differentiate themselves and compete. The only option isn't to make an expensive console, that runs hot and sounds like a jet engine. The gaming industry isn't a competition on best graphics. |
It's not just about graphics. It is about expanding the capabilities of the consoles, to increse the posibilities of more interactive gaming. More power means the abilitiy to increase control methods, which will expand gameplay. Think about twin cameras, gathering and processing data more complexe than Kinect at a speed capable of one to one motion with lag equal to current controlers. Think about that kind of tech combine with a control device like move for deeply complexe controls. Then add of 1080P 30FPS per eye 3d to add even more emersion.
This is what I am talking about. I doubt we will see next gen reaching the level were people have 3 3d tvs, for a panoramic view, but that is no reason to give up on consoles, as a plug and play way to get a computer (like) experiance on the TV. Sure I can and do already have that sort of experiance with my PC, and will continue to upgrade that, but I don't want to see consoles, hold gaming back to a cookie cutter format.
With that, I will go back to the topic and leave the that rest.
This trailer, does not show me anything more than a polished up version of what the PS3/360 are doing. The draw distance is horrid, the trees look 2d, and the lod is eye racking. Sure when they zoom in right on top of the foliage it looks great, but so did Uncharted, and so did Crysis nearly 6 years ago. We ask for more immersive gameplay and new exiting ways to interact, this looks like neither. It is just another lifeless 3d set peice, with no depth. Until the world the games take place in begins to live and breath, gameplay will never expand. It will continue to be just another prescripted move with no variables, and complete lack of life.
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Kevyn B Grams
10/03/2010
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