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I don't know man none of the males in Binary Domain run like gorillas, let alone the women
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Binary Domain Demo Impressions (JP - Out Now, US/EU - Feb 15 2012)
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I don't know man none of the males in Binary Domain run like gorillas, let alone the women
Dark Octave
Banned
Not saying that Western animation is always the rage, but it seems Japanese action games almost always have to animate super fast and stiff. Look at MGS4 and Vanquish. Devil May Cry 4 is a good example of a Japanese dev that doesn't do this.
Shepard's run is ugly, but it's not the same style of run that I'm talking about and it isn't a pattern within Western devs like it seems to be with Japanese devs. And I'm not saying it's horrible either. It's just something that I have noticed over the years and to see that quick stiff bounce in BD just looked odd after playing games like Gears, Mass Effect and Uncharted.
ExitPlanetDust
Member
I think it was said in an interview that the mo-cap actors were Western.
Dark Octave
Banned
I doubt they used mo-cap for everything. Not that they should anyway.
Probably mostly cutscenes. Ally animations were fairly fluid, for things like settling into cover, if I remember correctly, so maybe there too.
ExitPlanetDust
Member
That would make sense.
evil_ash_xero
Banned
The running animation in BD, when you have the shield, is really funny.
Just got done the demo. It's pretty much your average corridor shooter with the team command stuff. I'm not 100% on how the controls feel, and the framerate works against me. Aiming and camera movement feels loose, it's just off. I'm not interested in story, so this might be a pass for me.
Strangely the second mission timed out before I could fight the boss, I've seen in videos that you fight the guy in the japanese demo...
Strangely the second mission timed out before I could fight the boss, I've seen in videos that you fight the guy in the japanese demo...
ExitPlanetDust
Member
Oh dear.
Neuromancer
Member
DUDE YES. What the hell people.Really liked the teammate system, but wish they'd stop jumping into my line of fire!
Is it really so hard to program friendly AI that knows enough not to walk in front of me when I'm shooting?
Mattdaddy
Gold Member
- I get a headshot.
- My teammate, "Nice work Dan, keep it up!"
- R2 Response available pops up. I hit R2
- Square: Thanks!
Circle: Lets go.
Triangle: FUCK!
- Hit Triangle... "FUCK!!"
- "Man, I dont get you Dan..."
LOL what??? I laughed pretty hard. Game is awesome by the way, even more awesome with the completely random fuck bomb repsonses.
- My teammate, "Nice work Dan, keep it up!"
- R2 Response available pops up. I hit R2
- Square: Thanks!
Circle: Lets go.
Triangle: FUCK!
- Hit Triangle... "FUCK!!"
- "Man, I dont get you Dan..."
LOL what??? I laughed pretty hard. Game is awesome by the way, even more awesome with the completely random fuck bomb repsonses.
AgentOtaku
Member
Think I've finally decided i'm going with the PS3 version
After playing both the US demo and seeing final jpan retail, the framerate is quite a bit better. It's not perfect but I can deal. It's not like the 360 is perfect either IE: Stage 2 in the demo drops just as hard in the train area, it's just the average is better than PS3
I've must've played both the US demo and Jpan one like 5-7 times each. Some of the most fun enemies to shoot this gen quite honestly and I love how you get bonus points from your squad for doing so, like cutting down their legs, headshot malfunctions, etc.
After playing both the US demo and seeing final jpan retail, the framerate is quite a bit better. It's not perfect but I can deal. It's not like the 360 is perfect either IE: Stage 2 in the demo drops just as hard in the train area, it's just the average is better than PS3
I've must've played both the US demo and Jpan one like 5-7 times each. Some of the most fun enemies to shoot this gen quite honestly and I love how you get bonus points from your squad for doing so, like cutting down their legs, headshot malfunctions, etc.
I decided to buy this today and put it in a bit to take a break from Kingdoms of Amalur. I ended up playing a good four hours or so and I am really enjoying it. I just took a break from a tough boss fight.
When I bought it here in Japan, I got a Binary Domain headset as a special extra for purchasing the game early. Since my PS3 is set to English, the game boots up in English and allows English commands. I tried it out for about 30 minutes and then turned it off and went with manual input since it misrecognized my commands pretty regularly.
There are also some significant frame rate drops every once in awhile (one time right when it happened one my teammates happened to say "the situation is deteriorating" which seemed pretty apt.)
Still the game is fun and the story has kept me interested. I love how the Ryu ga Gotoku team do faces. The localization also seems pretty damn good as well (I haven't been tempeted to play the game in Japanese yet).
When I bought it here in Japan, I got a Binary Domain headset as a special extra for purchasing the game early. Since my PS3 is set to English, the game boots up in English and allows English commands. I tried it out for about 30 minutes and then turned it off and went with manual input since it misrecognized my commands pretty regularly.
There are also some significant frame rate drops every once in awhile (one time right when it happened one my teammates happened to say "the situation is deteriorating" which seemed pretty apt.)
Still the game is fun and the story has kept me interested. I love how the Ryu ga Gotoku team do faces. The localization also seems pretty damn good as well (I haven't been tempeted to play the game in Japanese yet).
AgentOtaku
Member
AgentOtaku
Member
Controller preference and your tolerance to framerate drops. PS3 has some nasty ones.
Art/tech are more or less the same as with resolution
Kenshin001
Member
Nice, thanks for that info. Will probably pick it up second hand from Book Off then.
rockman zx
Member
Are you sure about that?, the comparison video of the rain was very surprising, are you sure that the PS3 version is not full of this small details or lack of if you know what I mean.
AgentOtaku
Member
True, but that was from the japanese demo which was an older build. Still, PS3 may indeed be missing some extra effects in the end.
When it doubt, you can always check out full PS3 campaign walkthrough that was posted a little while back
360 port runs better and the PS3 seems to have paired down effects, like rain.
AgentOtaku
Member
Here's that archived PS3 stream
Around 20min mark to compare rain effects.
Like I said, one level having paired back effects isn't enough to sway away from the rest of the game. Looks fine to me.
Around 20min mark to compare rain effects.
Like I said, one level having paired back effects isn't enough to sway away from the rest of the game. Looks fine to me.
So? The 360 version is still better, and PS3 version still has framerate problems. Jump to 2 hours and 24 minutes.
AgentOtaku
Member
If you're undecided then just wait for the inevitable Digital Foundry analysis. From what I've seen and heard from Jap/US demos and PS3 full retail, as it stands...
PS3
Better AA
No screen tear
Framerate not as good
360
Lesser AA
Screen tear
Framerate better
Definitely PS3 for me.
AgentOtaku
Member
Where did you spot screen tear in the 360 demo?
Augemitbutter
Member
probably better audio on ps3 as well.
I haven't played the 360 demo. The screen tear info is from the PS360frame demo analysis. 360 has 0.183% tearing. PS3 has 0.00%.
Phoenix Fang
Banned
I was wondering the same thing because I didn't see any screen tear while playing the 360 demo.
True. And I really like the sound in this game.
AgentOtaku
Member
That would be awesome. This is one of best feeling third person shooters I have played in awhile, as far as my preferences go.
Phonomezer
Banned
Eh, expectations not met.
Just floods and floods of enemies and the same old TPS formula, was kind of hoping for more.
Kind of plays like Vanquish, just without the speed.
Could be fun though, demos are usually crap so I'm still interested in the game.
Just floods and floods of enemies and the same old TPS formula, was kind of hoping for more.
Kind of plays like Vanquish, just without the speed.
Could be fun though, demos are usually crap so I'm still interested in the game.
I know, but it still exists. It's from 6 minutes of demo gameplay. It could get worse, it could be completely gone in the retail version. I just listed the facts that we've gathered so far. Like I said, for anyone undecided, just wait for the Digital Foundry analysis.
Finally had time to try out the demo. Good shooting, and controlling the character felt good. Boss battles were fun and giving your team mates orders worked well. It was surprisingly fun to shoot your enemies into pieces. This might seem rather hyperbolic, but I'm not surprised if this ends up being my favorite TPS this generation. I won't buy day one, but I will be getting it late March/early April, I should have less to play then. I played the PS3 demo and that is the version I will get. There might have been frame drops, but it didn't hinder my fun I had with the game.
helvetica bold
Banned
lens of truth has a mini head to head.
360 screens looks sharper but has jaggies...
http://www.lensoftruth.com/head2head-binary-domain-demo-screenshot-comparison/
360 screens looks sharper but has jaggies...
http://www.lensoftruth.com/head2head-binary-domain-demo-screenshot-comparison/
#1 defender
Member
Yes, it has a 4 player horde mode and a bunch of standard competitive modes. You can check the full list here:
http://andriasang.com/comyv1/
AgentOtaku
Member
Forgot this had a horde mode
fuuuuu!
fuuuuu!
evil_ash_xero
Banned
From the screenshots, the Xbox version looks sharper, actually.
Agree. It's not a particularly good looking game anyway. I mean it's not ugly but it's also nothing special. I do like the enemy design ... Wish there was more variety in the melee and also wish you could sprint around cover rather than vaulting over it all the time
electroshockwave
Member
I thought the demo was pretty good but did anyone else find the camera to be too low amd two close to the character?
Well better AA for PS3 but loss in texture detail when compared to 360 which is definitely sharper maybe due to MSAA when compared to MLAA on the PS3.
Also there is no visible screen tearing in the 360 demo, I've played both EU & JP demos more than 20 times and the game was completely tearing free.
As of now 360 looks like a clear winner for the much better frame-rate alone IMO.
Tizoc
Member
Yo, ArabGAF, seems the game is out over in our region, just got my EU copy for...180 dirhams (or equivalent). Sadly I won't be able to start it anytime soon because-
1- My PS3 is at a repair shop and I hope to get it back tomorrow
2- I've got 1 or 2 games in my backlog I wanna finish off first
1- My PS3 is at a repair shop and I hope to get it back tomorrow
2- I've got 1 or 2 games in my backlog I wanna finish off first