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| News Comments > id On RAGE "Cluster!@#$" and Lead Platforms |
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Re: id On RAGE |
Oct 8, 2011, 02:36 |
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I would normally let all of these negative comments about a new release not bother me but as a life long PC gamer I am just fed up with the impatient group we have become.
Do we expect PC developers to test their product on every conceivable hardware configuration available?
How many are there? 50 different models? Made on 100 different manufactured cards? Sitting on how many MBs?
Doesn't sound very reasonable to me. I like to have a quality product for my money. I am not however, unreasonable to the fact that you cannot test every possible variance.
Do we want game developers to abandon the PC? I don't. But hell, when they hear the kinds of comments that are made on boards like this I really can't blame them.
Code an entire game based off of just two possible platforms with the PS3 and the 360? Sounds like heaven just to avoid the hate, and yes some here are spouting pure hate, towards something they put much time and effort into.
One week is not too much to ask. I would be patient with a car if it had problems off the lot and I spend a little more on vehicles.
OpenGL. Its been an issue with PC gaming from the word 3dfx and GLQuake. Nvidia didn't handle it well back then, turned it around, and now excels at it. ATI seems to be much more DX friendly. You need to pick and choose your battles friends.
id to blame? Sure somewhat. Drivers? Sure somewhat. Freedom with hardware choices we love? Sure somewhat. Unreasonable to hate? Sure. Will they get it sorted? Track record says yes. |
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| News Comments > John Carmack: No New id IP for Years |
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Re: John Carmack: No New id IP for Years |
Aug 12, 2010, 17:32 |
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I think the reason that they never really deviate is that like someone else mentioned, they tend to sell their tech.
So if you start throwing out games in the popular styles of MW or what not who can you sell you're tech to? How many games were based off of Quake 2 and Quake 3 engines? 15 to 20? How much of a market would you have if you started making games other companies make and try to sell them your tech?
I also think Carmack and Company enjoy giving the community something to mod off of. I applaud them for the openness and helpfulness they have shown the mod community throughout the decades.
Where would many of the popular franchise be today without the willingness of id to share their knowledge? |
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| News Comments > StarCraft II is Year's Biggest PC Game Launch |
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Re: StarCraft II is Year's Biggest PC Game Launch |
Aug 3, 2010, 17:30 |
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$60 dollars for a PC game? I will never pay that much no matter which game it is. Could I afford it? Easily. What I won't do is allow game companies to establish a trend with my money. If everyone else is fine with paying one hundred dollars for games with in the next five years have at it. Not me.
$50 max. $45 much more likely. $40? I'd let em poke me in the eye. |
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| News Comments > A Song of Ice and Fire Games |
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Re: A Song of Ice and Fire Games |
May 13, 2009, 08:11 |
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| Why can't publishers ever get it right? You don't make a game based on an exsisting IP with an author, you create a new one with an author. Every reader is going to want to play as their favorite character in a world they know well, not some village serf. Get a writer that people like a lot to start you a new IP. You get the big name and the game has a much better chance at not sucking sweat from a dead man's balls!!!! |
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| News Comments > How Valve Got Steamed |
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better anti-cheat... |
Apr 30, 2008, 23:53 |
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I like Steam for the feature set it has brought to online distribution. However, I am not a big fan of having yet another piece of software trying to run something in the background. While this might seem nit picky I hate the fact that steam stays active after I exit CS:S, it starts automatically, it should end automatically.
On to my particular subject: ''better anti-cheat''
VAC sucks. They have had one or two major updates and then the system has taken a huge backseat to new roll-outs on the distro side of the house. 2 plus years into it and the same holes in the game are being exploited. It does allow for simple tracking, banning and reporting, but lets be real about their pursuit of 'anti-cheat'. More likely they should call it anti-tolerate. They don't prevent cheating anymore, just make it easier to track it.
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| News Comments > EA/Take-Two Follow-ups |
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Feb 25, 2008, 08:47 |
goatman |
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Well if you can't build a better sport game you might as well buy the competition so there is no other option. Wouldn't this fall under anti-trust violations? lol
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| News Comments > EA Looks to Take Take-Two |
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Feb 25, 2008, 06:35 |
goatman |
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If this goes hostile what keeps the personnel from jumping ship and forming another dev house? Granted they would loose any capital they had unless they sell their shares, but why not do that. Sell what you own, announce it, and leave. That would really tank the stock right before a buyout.
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| News Comments > Sony's Free Game Engine |
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Feb 21, 2008, 11:20 |
goatman |
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I would hypothesize that graphics are one of the leading causes for poor PC gaming diversity and why we are seeing a decline of seemingly every type of game except the MMO.
Sure the best PC can blow the best console out of the water visually right now. One could argue that the reason for this is that so much time and money is dedicated to just appearance and that gameplay has suffered because of it.
As for Sony's governing or dumbing down that is pure speculation. An engine can be created with more features then is needed or used. I think that for you to state this is pure speculation especially considering that the cell architecture utilizes more then one core.
It may be true that this new engine can't push the beefiest computers to the limit but I am sure that it would be dumbed down.
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| News Comments > Christmas Eve Tech Bits |
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Dec 24, 2007, 20:39 |
goatman |
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Yeah digital distribution.... Not for 10 years. Ever download 15GB of data? Want the HD experience? Buy a physical media of it.
To get the best sound and video you need a physical media. We as a country don't have the bandwidth for 1080p with lossless audio.
As for the article, its just plain stupid. These aren't blu-ray problems, these are production problems and should be titled as such. Internet 'news' blogs suck at being truthful with headlines. Its all about the clicks, not about the truth.
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| News Comments > Sunday Tech Bits |
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Dec 24, 2007, 10:46 |
goatman |
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You make this sound like a good thing CJ. That the gap is negligible now. When you release a new product like Vista, it should never be a step back.
Microsoft screwed the pooch on this release. "Check out this great new OS. To get DX 10 you NEED it! And we have a new feature, games for windows. Its the greatest." One year later its performance compared to XP is negligible?
No thanks.
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| News Comments > Thousand-player Deathmatch? |
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Sep 11, 2007, 14:02 |
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I think you read that wrong Atomic. It says that it will use AI to predict background players. Which I take to mean people not close to you.
A lot of MMOs use this feature, albeit it not for FPS twitch, but they track 100s of players in a rendered world.
Q3 64 deathmatch with people with pings under 50 were some of the most chaotic games I've played.
This strategy will only work if the players are some how divided with terrain. What about snipers?
I think todays engines would have much more trouble rending 1000s on screen at one time that this wouldn't be feasible anyway. At least not with any modern engine, maybe a quake or quake 2 engine.
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Bad Bosses... |
Aug 5, 2007, 22:31 |
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When I was in the Navy there was a saying. Fuck up move up.
If you have people who can do a job any tard can lead them.
This is nothing new....
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| News Comments > On DirectX 10 Performance |
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Jul 5, 2007, 16:38 |
goatman |
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I just hope that more developers put out Linux clients. I am not going to Vista, so its XP or Linux for me in the future.
Windows OS is just to expensive for what it does. If it came with a complete suite of Office and some sweet Video/Mp3 CoDecs I probably would consider it more of an option. But with so many addons costing money these days I can't see myself rebuying all my software to take 'advantage' of this new OS.
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Scenario-ball isn't ridiculous... |
May 28, 2007, 14:31 |
goatman |
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As an avid scenario-baller I find nothing about this form of paintball more ridiculous then any other hobby in which you spend money on something that serves no other purpose then to please.
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May 22, 2007, 08:26 |
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Quake wasn't even in the top 25? When the game that started online play doesn't even make a top 25 you know the list is hosed.
Civ III was much better then Civ IV. Diablo 2 over Diablo?
It is plainly obvious that this is a sham. I wonder what games the people who compiled this list actually played. Not one Sierra Online game made it, no King's Quest or Space Quest. None of the single player Ultimas. I'll take this list at face value. A list compiled by people not int he know.
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| News Comments > No DirectX 10 Supreme Commander |
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May 21, 2007, 16:21 |
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I won't buy a game that requires me to update my OS. End of story. I like XP, and will buy a PlayStation 3 if developers force me to buy a new $200+ OS.
EDIT. This started 10 years ago when the first DX vs OGL battle lines were drawn. Developers want to support an API that was cross platform compatible and didn't want to learn the OGL side of the house. Its come to fruition for MS now, they have 97 percent relying on developing with DX and now they can push and pull the amrket where they wish. Well fuck'em, Im going Linux and PS3 for my future games.
This comment was edited on May 21, 16:24. |
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