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'Batman: Arkham Asylum' (PS3/X360/PC) Officially Announced
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Shake Appeal
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They gave it 10/10, so yes.
this is a very silly strategy by eidos.
now even if the game really does deserve such a score, people will doubt it. plus when you're releasing a demo what is even the point in trying to fix scores?
i'd imagine the majority of people who take an interest in videogame scores also read internet forums and know about the shady bullshit eidos have tried to pull with every game they publish recently.
now even if the game really does deserve such a score, people will doubt it. plus when you're releasing a demo what is even the point in trying to fix scores?
i'd imagine the majority of people who take an interest in videogame scores also read internet forums and know about the shady bullshit eidos have tried to pull with every game they publish recently.
Shake Appeal
Member
PC version delayed by a month:
http://www.vg247.com/2009/08/06/batman-pc-moves-to-late-september-will-support-physx/
http://www.vg247.com/2009/08/06/batman-pc-moves-to-late-september-will-support-physx/
brain_stew
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DieH@rd said:
You can disable the dithering pattern (and increase the resolution) on the shadows in the PC version of Mass Effect, looks much better. I'm not a fan either, but it was used becasue the base resolution of the shadowmaps was pretty damn low in the 360 version, o the alternative would be very jagged shadows.
permutated
Banned
Played the demo...wasn't unimpressed...melee was fun.
fizzelopeguss
Banned
Shake Appeal said:
AAxAF will be worth the wait.
Revolutionary
Member
I'm pretty sure he means the retailer demo that's been at PS3 demo kiosks for a while now.MacBosse said:
It was pretty unimpressive, but only because it's solely focused on hand-to-hand combat. It was a series of challenge rooms with the challenges being "beat up everyone in the room". lol
It also featured no anti-aliasing whatsoever, but if the PS3 shots from last page are any indication, it looks like they fixed that.
brain_stew
Member
glaurung said:
What a load of crap. Do you honestly believe the proportion of the market with a gaming PC and a "HD" console is anything more than inconsequential?
There's more chance of the 360 version suffering from day zero piracy than the PC version fwiw, so this is doing nothing to stop the availability of piratable version. People that were planning to pirate the game aren't suddenly going to fork out $60 to get an inferior game a month earlier, now are they?
Shake Appeal
Member
Euro PSN only updates on Thursdays, so I guess it was a choice between bringing it forward a day for PS3 or delaying it almost a week.MMaRsu said:Fuuck why is this not on XBL yet
brain_stew
Member
Tokubetsu said:
Its always been very prevalent its just not discussed all that much. For the average joe 360 piracy is actually much easier, its a one time thing to do, and there's countless outlets willing to perform the mod for them for a small fee. After that its a simple download and burn, and every game will be available on day zero.
On the PC side pirates have to do a lot of messing around with each and every release, edit registry files, run fake Steam clients and run the serious risk of installing a virus, each and every time they want to play a new game. Add to that the fact that Steam and Securom have been very successful in preventing day zero piracy (meaning waiting around for a pirated version) and console piracy looks a hell of a lot simpler, if a one off £20 payment to dody Bill is all you ever need to do. Its pointless arguing the Xbox Live angle either as pirated PC copies look you out of multiplayer anyway.
The guys at B3D have just confirmed the PS3 version as full 1280x720, its a very heavy blur filter that is giving the ugly, smudged low resolution look. Terrible art decision if you ask me.
I'm not too bothered about a 1 month release, especially since they're adding hardware Physx support, the volumetric fog that reacts to your player movement sounds like a great atmosphere building visual trick. I can't afford to buy it on release anyway! :lol
Shake Appeal
Member
It seems the demo is going to be the first 15 minutes or so of the game proper, which unfortunately means it's going to be a thinly disguised tutorial with a lot of hand-holding. I hope that doesn't put anyone off.Truant said:
Also, what was last year's sleeper hit? I hope you're not talking about Dead Space, because if Batman is as "good" as Dead Space it's a no-buy for me.
brain_stew
Member
BeeDog said:
The blur filter will probably be in all versions I'd imagine since its more of an artistic choice (however questionable) tough you should be able to disable it in the PC version as most UE3 games are lovely and let you edit all manner of config variables.
Shake Appeal said:
Most people loved Dead Space, so the example is valid, imo.
EDIT: Wait, you can turn of the dithering in Mass Effect PC? :lol
I uninstalled it because the shadows were so god damned ugly. Looked kinda better on my 360, since it wasn't so noticeable there - you know, from watching my tv far away in my comfy couch.
LordPhoque
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Fuck this shit I was planning to buy that for PC. Please be false.
Shake Appeal
Member
It's not even a very long delay, guys. Just three or four weeks.
Rated-Rsuperstar
Member
I hope the demo is more than 5 minutes of gameplay because the first 10 is just a cutscene.
Ugh, the trend of delaying the launch of PC versions of multiplat titles is flatout stupid.
Did they even bother to check if it does a difference? doesn't make a sense at all.
Now, instead of the game coming out in a pretty much empty period, thus having close to no competition, they are releasing the PC version the same day as RFG.
Did they even bother to check if it does a difference? doesn't make a sense at all.
Now, instead of the game coming out in a pretty much empty period, thus having close to no competition, they are releasing the PC version the same day as RFG.
brain_stew
Member
Truant said:
http://www.tweakguides.com/ME_7.html
Yup, you can increase the resolution of the shadowmaps as well as lock the framerate to whatever value you please and introduce a whole host of other tweaks as well. I'm a big fan of the UE3 on PC, simply because it gives the end user huge control over how the game is rendered and is very nicely optimised to boot.