Grand Theft Auto III Q&As [Apr 22, 2002, 08:44 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
GameSpot's Grand Theft Auto III Q&A
is online chatting with Dan Houser and Leslie Benzies of Rockstar Games about
plans to bring the crime-filled hit PS2 game "back to its PC roots" as
well as its "mature" themes, what's being improved to take advantage
of PC hardware, the game's lack of multiplayer support, controller support, and
more. Meanwhile, there is also a Grand
Theft Auto III Q&A on GameSpy.com also talking with Leslie Benzies, also
discussing PC improvements, controls, and multiplayer, as well as inquiring
about the game's system requirements. If that's not enough for someone, almost unbelievably,
there's also a Grand Theft Auto III
Q&A on PC.IGN.Com talking with (brace yourself) Dan Houser and Leslie
Benzies, covering the exact same topics once more, while also asking about
support for creating your own custom radio stations using your own MP3s and
their projected release date. Each article is accompanied by its own pair of new
screenshots, though the links to the full sized shots on IGN are broken as of
now.
anon@12.222:
Close your farking piehole, sit down, and pay attention
"Why did it take 7 months to change a game to work on a different hardware?" Hmm ...
1) To make it look BETTER on a PC & Monitor than the 640x480 (or 800x600) resolution that you get on a TV (look at Final Fantasy VIII port from PS to PC for a STRAIGHT port, yuck!)
2) They are likely spending LESS (human) resources to get this accomplished than they spent on the original PS2 project, therefore, more time required.
3) Just because no content changes are happening, does not mean that you can just press a button that says "Port from PS2 to PC". It must be MANUALLY reprogrammed and applied to different graphics languages (ie, DirectX) and operating system platforms (ie, Windows).
4) We don't care what small games you've programmed or how many languages you can program, it's nothing compared to the scope of a game of this caliber, so don't throw that on the table
Did I forget anything? Respectfully yours,
goodspeed
Close your farking piehole, sit down, and pay attention
"Why did it take 7 months to change a game to work on a different hardware?" Hmm ...
1) To make it look BETTER on a PC & Monitor than the 640x480 (or 800x600) resolution that you get on a TV (look at Final Fantasy VIII port from PS to PC for a STRAIGHT port, yuck!)
2) They are likely spending LESS (human) resources to get this accomplished than they spent on the original PS2 project, therefore, more time required.
3) Just because no content changes are happening, does not mean that you can just press a button that says "Port from PS2 to PC". It must be MANUALLY reprogrammed and applied to different graphics languages (ie, DirectX) and operating system platforms (ie, Windows).
4) We don't care what small games you've programmed or how many languages you can program, it's nothing compared to the scope of a game of this caliber, so don't throw that on the table
Did I forget anything? Respectfully yours,
goodspeed
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Re: Oh... anon@12.222's a dumbass
anon@66.57
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