On C-Z and DNF Release Dates [Dec 18, 2003, 12:52 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
GameStop
is now the second e-tailer to push the release date of Counter-Strike: Condition
Zero back to March 2004. Valve has not given any indications that the game is
delayed to that point, but their expected November 18 release date (story)
for the supposedly gold shooter has come and gone without comment, reminiscent
of the tight-lipped handling of the Half-Life 2 delay (thanks HomeLAN
Fed). Also on HomeLAN
Fed is a report based on this morning's conference call with Take Two
Interactive saying the publisher is passing along indications they have received
from 3D Realms that Duke Nukem Forever is heading for a release in "late
2004 or early 2005." Of course the game's release is entirely in the hands
of 3D Realms, and it's doubtful that their official release date for the game
has changed from their hard-line mantra of "when it's done."
Good to see I'm not the only one who thinks Ildon is trying to use black and white demarcations about what constitutes a 'new engine' which don't stand up if they're actually employed consistently, given they would mean a vast revision of what most gamers commonly regardly as 'new' outside the rolling Unreal tech (which is a special case).
btw - you never mentioned LOD scaling, netcode, facial animation, nor HDR & specular lighting - which are all NEW engine tech. Furthermore, even if you say that DOT3 bump-mapping and higher polys are common it doesn't change the fact that the engine has vastly different capabilities IN TOTALITY. Also, I only mentioned the 200 PS2.0 shaders to re-emphasise that it fairly cutting edge compared to the rest of the TWIMTBP handi-capped shader use we see in game now and on the horizon...
Anyway, whatever. If you have an axe to grind because some 12year-old HL2 fanboy stepped on your toes in a former life, so be it. Engine design is about compromises to produce a particular experience on a particular range of hardware. I happen to think Source makes compromises in the right areas, and emphasises things I can be excited about - you're free to disagree. But all this drama queen carring on about lying and other companies laughing at them, Bloodlines being a a nothing title, it is frankly very puerile.
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btw - you never mentioned LOD scaling, netcode, facial animation, nor HDR & specular lighting - which are all NEW engine tech. Furthermore, even if you say that DOT3 bump-mapping and higher polys are common it doesn't change the fact that the engine has vastly different capabilities IN TOTALITY. Also, I only mentioned the 200 PS2.0 shaders to re-emphasise that it fairly cutting edge compared to the rest of the TWIMTBP handi-capped shader use we see in game now and on the horizon...
Anyway, whatever. If you have an axe to grind because some 12year-old HL2 fanboy stepped on your toes in a former life, so be it. Engine design is about compromises to produce a particular experience on a particular range of hardware. I happen to think Source makes compromises in the right areas, and emphasises things I can be excited about - you're free to disagree. But all this drama queen carring on about lying and other companies laughing at them, Bloodlines being a a nothing title, it is frankly very puerile.
This comment was edited on Dec 19, 18:39.
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