grandjedi6
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Hatorade said:Actually most people aren't insinuating there's some vast untapped power to the GC platform. Do most people actually listen to some of the comments some people in the nintendo camp are making about wii's abilities. Yes 2x-3x is not a lot of computational power but if you do basic math of what was already done in GC games the high bar is a lot higher for what you can do with any last gen game. Wii could pump out a title at 60fps, 30mil polys, self shadowing, good texturing (5-8 layers), and have a good set of shader effects yet I can say without a doubt no one has come close to that. Eggbrecht was right in saying no one has climbed the mountain F5 built or for that matter bothered to make their own. There's no excuse why devs are still pumping out out ps2 levels of crap, not even good ps2 graphics, on a architecture that is 6-7 years old and quite easy to tap as rouge leader 1 took 9 months. I'm not asking for an unrealistic expectation all games to exceed RS or RE4 I'm asking that devs start putting out titles that 1st and 2nd generation efforts on cube can't touch.
Matt's again is wrong about pc style companies not giving a crap. Gearbox is putting Ue3 on the system somehow and ID software specifically announced they were taking one their engines modifying it to be the best for Wii in terms of graphics. Stop listening to him on this subject sure he has access to info, but the interpetation is usually off or complete bunk. Why people listen to him anymore is beyond me rarely does he have good news or rumors to spill.
Matt knows alot and gossips like a schoolgirl