Ploid 3.0
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I remember when poor old Ted Price was on stage talking about Sunset Overdrive, it seemed like he had a gun pressed against his lower back to mention the power of the cloud.
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Forza 5 wouldn't have been 1080p, 60fps without access to Xbox One's cloud
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I remember when poor old Ted Price was on stage talking about Sunset Overdrive, it seemed like he had a gun pressed against his lower back to mention the power of the cloud.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Oh SNAP, son.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
darkness_s
Member
This is the key paragraph
He's saying the physics requires more computational power so it's probably offloading some of that work to the cloud.
So, offline = Forza4 physics.
He's saying the physics requires more computational power so it's probably offloading some of that work to the cloud.
So, offline = Forza4 physics.
Very good reading skill, im more than impressed by the first post
SwiftDeath
Member
Amazing Vernia
I wish I could believe in Misterxmedia. Life would be so much simpler
I know you're kidding obviously
Doctor_Thomas
Member
Two outcomes.
1. It's true and the game drops resolution, frame rate is worse and/or AI changes when offline which begs the questions as to why it's designed like this in the first place.
2. It's bullshit and the resolution, frame rate and AI doesn't change so why even mention it?
1. It's true and the game drops resolution, frame rate is worse and/or AI changes when offline which begs the questions as to why it's designed like this in the first place.
2. It's bullshit and the resolution, frame rate and AI doesn't change so why even mention it?
Grover Cleveland
Member
There's something really cloudy about this. I can't quite put my finger on it though.
koji kabuto
Member
That... is what I read. I don't think a lot of people did.
INFINITE power of the cloud dude. No more player limits! That's clearly what he meant and where we are headed.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
As much as I love calling out the cloud bullshit, yea, this definitely reeks of clickbait sensationalist title. He never directly says that =
What? This part is about how they wouldn't have even been able to hit 720/60 with the F5 physics on last Gen hardware. Or am I going crazy? Lol, what's going on?
That's not what he said at all.
I'm reading but I just don't get it, he says that thanks to cloud doing stuff automatically, they can focus on upping the res and framerate to what it is now but the stuff he points to with the cloud is phsics and ai.
I'm not sure that's a ringing endorsement to the hardware or the development cycle of this game.
I'm not sure that's a ringing endorsement to the hardware or the development cycle of this game.
FranXico
Member
It's 1080p.
SRTtoZ
Member
So the XB1, first party game, "struggled" to play in 1080p? A game with baked lightning, no weather, no day/night time? Don't get me wrong, I think it looks good for a racer, but its not exactly pushing boundaries when it comes to visuals. Also, I'm not saying the game sucks or anything, I am a Forza 1-4 owner, I love the series, I'm just talking about technical capabilities.
Yeah, this is a knee-jerk pile on for sure. Reading comprehension in the negatives. I'm going back to work.
baphomet
Member
Didnt read the article?
Is his full name Dan B S Greenawalt or something?
I've never heard so much rubbish spew forth from anyone else. It's so friggin easy to discredit, that the only thing I can think is that he really thinks everyone else is so dumb they'll believe anything he says. He should have been a politician.
I had a manager like that, who through one reason or another was pretty much untouchable as anyone coming up against him was 'removed' from the organisation. He'd tell one person one thing, and someone else the opposite. Of course that meant one person would be working under a completely wrong assumption of what was needed, and at review time the manager would have his ammunition against everyone in one way or another to deal out the remuneration and other things as to his own agenda. Of course he was working under the hair brained idea that people don't communicate (thanks GAF) within our team and once we'd cottoned on people kept records and forwarded the information to an anonymous external mail account for select people in HR to act on. It took three years to get rid of him, and the other senior management involved.
This is causing more harm then good for their brand. It would have been better to concentrate on the good things about Forza and put plans in place to remedy any failings or omissions going forwards and talk about that instead.
It would have kept people interested if they could see progress being made. Instead we get a load of crap and an almost reckless attitude of telling people what they think they want is unimportant, but hey look at how Cloud has saved the day. ps. You can play offline if you want too. What happens then? 12fps?
I've never heard so much rubbish spew forth from anyone else. It's so friggin easy to discredit, that the only thing I can think is that he really thinks everyone else is so dumb they'll believe anything he says. He should have been a politician.
I had a manager like that, who through one reason or another was pretty much untouchable as anyone coming up against him was 'removed' from the organisation. He'd tell one person one thing, and someone else the opposite. Of course that meant one person would be working under a completely wrong assumption of what was needed, and at review time the manager would have his ammunition against everyone in one way or another to deal out the remuneration and other things as to his own agenda. Of course he was working under the hair brained idea that people don't communicate (thanks GAF) within our team and once we'd cottoned on people kept records and forwarded the information to an anonymous external mail account for select people in HR to act on. It took three years to get rid of him, and the other senior management involved.
This is causing more harm then good for their brand. It would have been better to concentrate on the good things about Forza and put plans in place to remedy any failings or omissions going forwards and talk about that instead.
It would have kept people interested if they could see progress being made. Instead we get a load of crap and an almost reckless attitude of telling people what they think they want is unimportant, but hey look at how Cloud has saved the day. ps. You can play offline if you want too. What happens then? 12fps?
Version 3.0
Member
He's not saying the cloud is doing any real-time processing, just that having the infrastructure saved the development time, and they spent it on physics, and I guess optimising the resolution/framerate.
It's not bullshit. It's more like...dog shit. It's a smaller, plausible-sounding lie, not the whopper it sounds like when you say "the cloud increased our resolution!".
It's not bullshit. It's more like...dog shit. It's a smaller, plausible-sounding lie, not the whopper it sounds like when you say "the cloud increased our resolution!".
Imbarkus
As Sartre noted in his contemplation on Hell in No Exit, the true horror is other members.
Tried really hard to find an image like this. Bravo.
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
Damn it, I don't have that The Cloud = My Butt extension installed on this machine.
I feel really bad for offline gamers that have to play at 720p. That's just not right.
I feel really bad for offline gamers that have to play at 720p. That's just not right.
Arrogant Bastard
Banned
That first response, close thread.
darkness_s
Member
I'm just going with the flow of the thread man
SEGAvangelist
Member
MS is trolling Sony so hard. Believe.
DirtyLarry
Member
Seriously, what happens when there is zero difference except stuff like leaderboards and your friends ghosts, which both would obviously require at least an initial connection to The Cloud regardless? How bad does the internet explode?
No, it's a corporate agenda to push the Cloud, and seemingly wipe out the power difference between the consoles. Nothing to do with the game at all. I expect more comments from other studios and media outlets pushing the same thing.
No need to go for 25 pages folks, first post nailed it.
DeejayKnight
Member
How fitting of a first question? That's the first thing question came to mind.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
I want them to ask the "Then what happens to the resolution/framerate when someone plays ofline?"
Such bullshitters.
Such bullshitters.
Dictator93
Member
Them saying the cloud makes their game 1080p is utter lies just so you know. Losing a connection will do nothing.
Of course the game is 1080p the entire way through.
Prince Vultan
Banned
Why?
MoGamesXNA
Unconfirmed Member
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diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
It sounds more-and-more like MS is talking out of their ass to exploit people who don't understand technology.