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Carmack: Doom 4 will launch on 3DVDs/1 Blu Ray
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NullPointer
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Chiggs said:
It'd be a damn good time for Doom 3 to be available on Xbox classics as a download title.
I'd dip in again if the game played correctly.
DrPirate said:
Facts have changed quite a bit this gen. Not that I have any reason to assume a mandatory install. Just saying it wouldn't surprise me.
Death Dealer
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Chiggs said:
Aside from the cheesy bosses, I think Resurrection of Evil was a better, more rounded game than Doom 3. The pace was faster, the combat scenarios a bit less predictable, it had the obligatory gravity gun. RoE was a nice expansion pack from Nerve.
permutated
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If you mind switching disks you're a lazy fuck.
So long as the disks are properly storable there's no reason to complain.
RE4 Gamecube (2 disks) >>>>>> RE4 PS2 (1 disk)
So long as the disks are properly storable there's no reason to complain.
RE4 Gamecube (2 disks) >>>>>> RE4 PS2 (1 disk)
permutated
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Zen said:
I actually don't mind switching disks.
I'm not sure how switching discs could actually be a factor in choosing a particular version of a game? If you're obese to the level of physical impairment, then that's certainly a plausible argument but, then again, your time could probably be better served elsewhere than sitting in front of the television.
Perhaps it's just me, but I tend to place a much greater emphasis on resolution, AA and frame-rate differences as deciding factors on my multiplats.
If id pulls a Terminal Reality (which is highly doubtful) on either platform, then the decision will be easy. Otherwise, I'll judge with my eyes.
Perhaps it's just me, but I tend to place a much greater emphasis on resolution, AA and frame-rate differences as deciding factors on my multiplats.
If id pulls a Terminal Reality (which is highly doubtful) on either platform, then the decision will be easy. Otherwise, I'll judge with my eyes.
.Awntawn said:
The fancy-pants megatexture stuff (perhaps should be renamed to gigatexture?) supposedly works in such a way that the memory footprint for textures works out lower than the approaches they used before. I think I recall a figure of 30MB being thrown about for texture memory footprint, though that may have been in relation to enemy territory which was a first generation approach to megatexture. If the principle holds true though, video memory related issues shouldn't crop up, hopefully.
Jon Olick (formerly ND) appeared to do some good work for iD on the Cell side of the PS3 version of the rage engine so I'd be hopeful there won't be a 'shoddy port' pall cast over this as long as Carmack & co. have taken good care of the 'GPU side'.
If I get these games, which platform I choose will probably depend a lot on my PC at the time.
TheHeretic
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Fakto said:
Whats the point? You just install the game anyway.
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I'd rather they didn't.Fakto said:
Smaller files are easier to get from DD services. When I realised that the remake of the original Monkey Island's file-size was well over 10x bigger than Tales of Monkey Island, I almost cried.
TheHeretic said:
If everybody thought like this we'd still be using CDs for installations.
Edit: Sooner or later we'll see games released on BD. Hardware uptake needs to increase before it'll become the norm. I suppose there's also the manufacturing costs of several DVDs versus a single BD to consider.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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THIS! He is taking a break from touring/nineinchnails for now. They better be all over him for Doom!_tetsuo_ said:
I... wow. So you are comparing the BEST gamecube title with a lackluster port? Awesome!permutated said:
Next time, remind me to compare MGS for PSOne and MGS for GC...
Fakto said:
It isn't necessary. On PC, you can just install all the data on the HDD and be done with it, there's no limit on the amount of DVDs and the size of the installation. If i remember well X-Plane (a flight sim) had like 7 DVDs DL and required 70 Gb of hard disk.
EDIT: Plus the Blu-ray adoption on PC is still fairly low, so there's no need to limit your own market.
Philanthropist
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permutated said:
Except for the PS2 exclusive extras and expansions that are worth getting it for.
hteng said:
That's what I've been thinking these days.
Fakto said:
Low? The PS3's piracy rate is 0%, which is unheard of since the cartridge era, and even then there were pirated cartridges. The funny thing is that nobody ever gives credit for that.
killer7ITA
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Good for me... i will buy PS3 version...
Something tells me the 360 version will look better, so I can handle some disk swapping.
No, this was denied by Carmack. He said they divided the game across two disks instead, which he meant made the game flow better as a whole, because they had to re-design the entire world map. The last part is probably just marketing speak, but there are no downgraded textures or whatever.
Vorador said:
No, this was denied by Carmack. He said they divided the game across two disks instead, which he meant made the game flow better as a whole, because they had to re-design the entire world map. The last part is probably just marketing speak, but there are no downgraded textures or whatever.
Yeah, but I didn't put 0% because it's too "definitive", maybe there are ISOs of Blue-Ray movies already, I don't know.Philanthropist said:
It surprises how EA is putting so much effort in new [and friking annoying] ways to stop piracy but didn't aproach it with a Blue Ray version.
pslayer666
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shagg_187 said:
actually he's not. they're touring in Europe right now
MightyHedgehog
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Pretty much. There's practically no market for it (and it's looking likely there may never be a substantial one), apart from some Blu-ray drive manufacturer paying for a special edition of a game to be packed in with the new drives, anyway. PC is rapidly heading toward DD as the most secure, more economical means of distribution. It helps that DD is gaining in popularity and common use faster than Blu-ray drive adoption could ever hope to see.KHarvey16 said:
MightyHedgehog
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I wasn't talking about what might be more advantageous in all ways, in all situations for the consumer. DD is simply less expensive for the publisher.-viper- said:
TheHeretic
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Fakto said:
The difference between a floppy and a CD was absurd, and games were shipping on dozens of floppys to install. Games today are still shipping on one DVD: most games, mind you. Having a select few games requiring multiple DVD's is an idiotic reason to start chanting we should be making the move to Blu-Ray drives on our PC's.
Eaten By A Grue
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Visualante said:
I'm not at home but I think the last Total War game was a 15GB download. If not then all I remember is that it was something insane. It doesn't matter to me though, I have a 20/5 Mbps D/U FiOS connection.