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Crackdown 3: 10 minute pre-alpha gameplay demo
- Thread starter MauroNL
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Check out the footage. The say that building are physically built. So they have foundations and then covered in concrete/glass etc.
Lol don't get me wrong... I feel like people are fishing for things to be concerned about... It an online game... Shit might happen from time to time... But I feel like people are trying to trivial the accomplishment here...
"What if my internet goes out?", "what if a server crashes?"... These aren't unique to Crackdown. But people are making it seem like limitations of the Internet are a reason enough not to invest in this tech or something... Like they never played an online game before...
The buildings are built in peices (support beams, concrete slabs, wood, glass, etc) instead of being a single peice of geometry like in most games... But the large peices of building material are also prone to breaking into smaller pieces...
1.21Gigawatts
Banned
Judging by the video where he shoots little pieces out of the concrete I'd say everything is made up of very small pieces. So even after a building collapsed we still can further destory the remains, until only minibits are left.
Going by what we've seen so far it'll be a blast to just destory the city and I'm sure they'll show us a whole lot more in the future.
Deviousx
Member
Yeah it's the same video.
But it's good to have because like you said, just in case.
Yeah, and don't get me wrong. The current gen consoles are already mostly online only, anyway. Or better sad, without internet, they are really crippled.
You can still jump around buildings, power slam enemies and drive in transforming cars. Exploding buildings is just an extra layer. Boosting 100ft In the air and raining down rockets on some poor player as he hides in a building, will always be fun.
I mean, It looks like a... blast.
Calm Killer
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Could you imagine a new blast corps with this tech? OMG that would be amazing.
1.21Gigawatts
Banned
There's more to crackdown than destroying buildings... This is the big new feature, but all of the things that made the first game fun are back... The leveling systems, the transforming cars, the orbs... The open mission structure...
This was just a demonstration of the engine... This isn't the extent of the gameplay.
Watch the video at 6:55 - the big pieces crumble into lots of tiny debris, this is the real deal.
I have been begging for precisely that very thing since seeing the original cloud destruction demo at that conference.
Its certainly a weird idea to have multiple servers running different parts of a level. I guess that's the benefit of Azure stuff since they just spin up more as the game demands it.
Impale someone to a building and then blow it up.
Tripp Daily
Member
Am I the only one that thought the shadows in the first demo wall were pretty impressive as well? (I'm easily amused)
P.s. The destructions are amazing...and I really don't understand the people saying the graphics are bad.
P.s. The destructions are amazing...and I really don't understand the people saying the graphics are bad.
Pathfinder
Member
You just blew my mind.
YES!
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Ricky Ricardo
Member
Stop. Blast Corps 2, a good Godzilla game ... I can only handle so much lust.
Damn that is incredible for PS3. I wish more developers tried to do destruction. DICE sadly backed out after Bad Company 2.
In my mind I can see Godzilla Judo-throwing King Kong into a building.
DarthWalden
Banned
As far as i understand Everything is physics based so for example concrete has a certain density and level of strength and when it get hits with a certain force from a certain angle it'll crumble as per real world physics based on real world calculations which are handled by cloud processing.
They are building these buildings using real physics and materials and they are letting the cloud handle the immense amounts of calculations involved in this.
Unlike a game like red faction which just had some individual prices attached to each other and just used some basic physics calculations to handle the destruction.
I could be completely wrong on all of this however this is just my own understanding of it.
Muppet of a Man
Member
Looks like an updated version of Red Faction in terms of destructibility, which is awesome. This game is going to be super fun. Neat stuff. That being said, I thought I'd be more impressed with the tech. Hopefully this sort of leveraging of cloud physics computing will be done on the PC where there is hardware that can actually output better graphics along with the physics. The graphics are rather simplistic, which to be fair, is par for the course for crackdown games where it's not the emphasis. But it would still be nice to see this level of destructibility with an aesthetic like the latest GTA.
llAuburnll
Banned
It's also a pre alpha build so I wouldn't draw conclusions about graphics.
Muppet of a Man
Member
It's not going to look that much different aesthetically in the finished game. It's a Crackdown game after all. It doesn't really matter though because the game is guaranteed be really fun, especially with the larger scale destruction now.
I don't understand why some people act like gaming on servers is a new thing.
"Hah so this online multiplayer thing, it looks fancy and all, but what if your internet is cut off ??" like it's 1996 or something.
Exactly, internet-dependant gaming has been around for years, we just rebranded it "always online games" like it's different so it can join the list of things people get mad about.
#dangeroustrends #anticonsumer #twittercampaign
"Hah so this online multiplayer thing, it looks fancy and all, but what if your internet is cut off ??" like it's 1996 or something.
Exactly, internet-dependant gaming has been around for years, we just rebranded it "always online games" like it's different so it can join the list of things people get mad about.
#dangeroustrends #anticonsumer #twittercampaign
qa_engineer
Member
I think cloud computing technology is amazing and I get what they're trying to do with this game. And while this looks good, I can see them putting too much of an emphasis on destruction when playing online to the point where it becomes monotonous.
I also see there being disparity between the offline vs online experience. My 2 cents.
Alright, folks, back to arguing.
I also see there being disparity between the offline vs online experience. My 2 cents.
Alright, folks, back to arguing.
Crackdown has also classically has a cell-shaded cartoonish look. Would be nice to get some actual footage and not camera stuff since most of the detail is badly blurred but the classic gameplay elements are not shown. This is certainly just a tech demo to show how far along the destruction has come.
The_R3medy_
Neo Member
Holy balls that's so fucking good. I cannot wait for this. 2016 is looking STACKED for Xbone.
It's a physics demo. Not sure how anyone can make any judgments about the look of the world or anything like that.
This impressed me (fro Reddit)
yeah, same here; I consider this to be more impressive than the buildings falling over; altough the dynamic loadbalancing looks interesting.
Southside Jim
Neo Member
Quite impressive. Having an entire city destructible to that level? More than my tiny mind can comprehend.
Also, you'd have to name an Xbox gang "The Duke Boys," right?
Also, you'd have to name an Xbox gang "The Duke Boys," right?
presagetogood
Member
Going into Gamescom, the narrative was, well now that the cloud hasn't been discussed, I expect MS has fully left that fluff behind. Now the search for a new narrative begins.... Well the destruction looks good, but does the cloud computing aid the gpu, I mean where are the particles...... And another example of the thirst for anti-narrative: well the destruction looks impressive, but where's the fun?
These guys are so good at redefining the truth, they should work for Fox News.
These guys are so good at redefining the truth, they should work for Fox News.
Have you played any of the Crackdown games?
Alx
Member
Yeah that lump of concrete just falling down looks like nothing extraordinary but it's quite a complex technical achievement when you think about it (and the fact that you can do that to any wall all over the city)
It might be convenient to create nice sniping spots, too.
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
hahah I'll wait until the game comes out before I reach any conclusions. I mean, it's not like we've ever been misled before.
No one has explained how they're going to make all these buildings destructible but also make them have orbs you reach by climbing them. That alone makes me believe this will be pretty limited in scope.
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
Oh god you're adorable.
hahah I'll wait until the game comes out before I reach any conclusions. I mean, it's not like we've ever been misled before.
No one has explained how they're going to make all these buildings destructible but also make them have orbs you reach by climbing them. That alone makes me believe this will be pretty limited in scope.
Watch video in this thread. They explain how they are doing it.
Pathfinder
Member
hahah I'll wait until the game comes out before I reach any conclusions. I mean, it's not like we've ever been misled before.
No one has explained how they're going to make all these buildings destructible but also make them have orbs you reach by climbing them. That alone makes me believe this will be pretty limited in scope.
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