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LordTheNightKnight on 01 August 2008

I thought Procedual generation is supposed to make games from small file sizes. I guess not, unless Rage doesn't actually use that, or P G doesn't actually work that way.

Either way, id wants Microsoft to waive the royalty fees for the third disc, since they think the compression will hurt the game's graphics. Not that the game can't fit on two discs, just the textures with minimal compression.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/01/carmack-rage-to-look-worse-on-360-if-limited-to-two-dvds/

Then again, I have yet to see a game fail, where reduced graphics was the sole factor. So even if it comes to that, would it really hurt the game?

Of course some would claim this proves the superiority of blu-ray, but id did not claim the three discs were a problem, just that paying extra royalties were.



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Ragestash on 01 August 2008
LordTheNightKnight said:

I thought Procedual generation is supposed to make games from small file sizes. I guess not, unless Rage doesn't actually use that, or P G doesn't actually work that way.

Either way, id wants Microsoft to waive the royalty fees for the third disc, since they think the compression will hurt the game's graphics. Not that the game can't fit on two discs, just the textures with minimal compression.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/01/carmack-rage-to-look-worse-on-360-if-limited-to-two-dvds/

Then again, I have yet to see a game fail, where reduced graphics was the sole factor. So even if it comes to that, would it really hurt the game?

Of course some would claim this proves the superiority of blu-ray, but id did not claim the three discs were a problem, just that paying extra royalties were.

 

Can I offer you a jpeg my good man?



Aj_habfan on 01 August 2008

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=36151

I think it's been bumped as well.



d21lewis on 01 August 2008

"Whoa. Deja-vu".



.:Dark Prince:. on 01 August 2008
Ragestash said:
LordTheNightKnight said:

I thought Procedual generation is supposed to make games from small file sizes. I guess not, unless Rage doesn't actually use that, or P G doesn't actually work that way.

Either way, id wants Microsoft to waive the royalty fees for the third disc, since they think the compression will hurt the game's graphics. Not that the game can't fit on two discs, just the textures with minimal compression.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/01/carmack-rage-to-look-worse-on-360-if-limited-to-two-dvds/

Then again, I have yet to see a game fail, where reduced graphics was the sole factor. So even if it comes to that, would it really hurt the game?

Of course some would claim this proves the superiority of blu-ray, but id did not claim the three discs were a problem, just that paying extra royalties were.

 

Can I offer you a jpeg my good man?

 

That's actually a gif.



 

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Ragestash on 01 August 2008
.:Dark Prince:. said:
Ragestash said:
LordTheNightKnight said:

I thought Procedual generation is supposed to make games from small file sizes. I guess not, unless Rage doesn't actually use that, or P G doesn't actually work that way.

Either way, id wants Microsoft to waive the royalty fees for the third disc, since they think the compression will hurt the game's graphics. Not that the game can't fit on two discs, just the textures with minimal compression.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/01/carmack-rage-to-look-worse-on-360-if-limited-to-two-dvds/

Then again, I have yet to see a game fail, where reduced graphics was the sole factor. So even if it comes to that, would it really hurt the game?

Of course some would claim this proves the superiority of blu-ray, but id did not claim the three discs were a problem, just that paying extra royalties were.

 

Can I offer you a jpeg my good man?

 

That's actually a gif.

A "gif"? Could they use these "gifs" to lover storage space needed for cutscenes? That would obliterate the need for bluray.

 



LordTheNightKnight on 01 August 2008
Aj_habfan said:
http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=36151

I think it's been bumped as well.

 

It wasn't on the front page when I posted this thread, which means... something.



A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.

Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs