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I think this is according to the Feb. 2006 issue of EGM. Can anyone confirm this?
I think this is according to the Feb. 2006 issue of EGM. Can anyone confirm this?
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EGM Rumor: PC-developers looking into Revolution?
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PhoenixDark
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pgtl_10 said:
This is perfectly logical to me. The Revolution is perfect for all the major PC genres, be it FPS, RTS, point and click, etc. Getting Lionhead or Will Wright on board would ensure a steady flow of innovative, exclusive titles. They simply wouldn't be possible on the PS3/360.
Gahiggidy
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PhoenixDark
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We love you man.Gahiggidy said:
Make us feel good Gahiggidy! Make us feel good!
Gahiggidy said:
Actually i got some bad news about that:
For those with IGN insider
Basically Carmack says that ID hasn't really looked into the Revolution.
Here's the original source of the interveiw:
http://games.kikizo.com/features/id_johncarmack_interview_jan05.asp
choplifter
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pgtl_10 said:
I've got the Feb EGM...looking at The Rumor Mill ....page 52.... here is what was said, exactly as it appears:
Online Attraction
OK, I know last issue's entry concerning
the Revolution's questionable graphics
irritated quite a few rabid fanboys. Buck
up, little campers--I'm about to turn
those frowns upside down. The Q's hear-
ing that several developers (including
those in the PC community) who
mostly make online games want to
work on Nintendo's next-gen console.
Happy now?
PhoenixDark
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Gahiggidy said:
Me too.
I'm hoping Molyneux, Will Wright, and Sid Mier take notice and make some games. Plus, Nintendo would be wise to throw some money at Blizzard imo. Not for WoW, since that's just not going to happen. But imagine the Revolution having StarCraft 2 and Diablo 3 online. No expensive computer upgrades required, just the Revolution. That would rock.
choplifter
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I wish the former Origin Systems would seperate itself from EA and make Revolution games.
I loved the Wing Commander series.
I loved the Wing Commander series.
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Playing a Blizzard game has never required any sort of major upgrade at all. That's kind of their gimmick.PhoenixDark said:
I doubt this rumor means much of anything except that a random, uninspired FPS developer or two will use the motion controller.
fortified_concept
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Thanks but no thanks.
blackadde said:
Quite a lot of stuff on PCs mimics "hotkey" functionality with mouse gestures, and since the Revolution's controller is like a mouse in 3D space, I can imagine that approach will get a lot of use.
Pointing, clicking, dragging, gesturing to open up short menus and then pointing and clicking at stuff in there -- stuff will function differently than with a keyboard, but they can function quite well with the controller's versatility.
Speevy said:
Huh? Probably similar to how they designed Advance Wars DS, except quite a bit more fluid and streamlined. Can you really not imagine how a game like Fire Emblem would function with these controls?
Aries said:
You are forgetting one thing chap, your average, mid-range, $400 PC will probably be still faster than Revo.
Seriously - I can't see games being released on both platforms. It'll be high-end stuff for the PC/ 360 and quirky, cheap stuff (that would sell and look like shit on the PC) on the Revo alone.
Of course I'm buying Revo for Nintendo games alone not some ugly-ass PC ports and I supsect this goes for the majority.
ethelred said:
gesture functions are a joke when time is a factor. in the time it takes for you to fumble through a single submenu you could execute a dozen commands on a keyboard.
would you want to select, draw a circle, search through a menu, and click just to bold text? no, you'd just hit ctrl+b. because it's faster.
something like pikmin works well because it's severely limited in terms of commands or strategies you can execute.
blackadde said:
Fair point. I'm not a big RTS player, so I wasn't really sure how well it'd work -- it was just what struck me as a reasonable solution. Regardless, though, I think the games that are designed for the system will be designed with its capabilities in mind -- a Revolution strategy game won't function exactly the same way as a PC one would, because the abilities and control schemes aren't quite the same. But a strategy game built with the controls in mind could turn out very well, and regardless of whether or not it perfectly meshes up with the PC style, it'd still be closer to that than what is achievable on the other consoles (sans keyboards).
citrus lump
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jj984jj said:
So this is what Iwata meant when he said we'll say WOW!! :lol
Well, EGM's rumor section sure has been entertaining lately, hasn't it?
5 pennies says that this rumor's origin resides in Epic's Mark Rein publicly asking for a Revolution development kit after scorching the remotroller on that IGN roundtable. EGM's crack(pot) rumor staff passed it through the usual 6 stages of embellishment and then published this vague yet juicy tidbit.
5 pennies says that this rumor's origin resides in Epic's Mark Rein publicly asking for a Revolution development kit after scorching the remotroller on that IGN roundtable. EGM's crack(pot) rumor staff passed it through the usual 6 stages of embellishment and then published this vague yet juicy tidbit.
Try firefox with gesture interface and a wacom tablet...blackadde said:
It heavily depends on the number of context-dependant functions. I'm not saying you're wrong (I think I would miss the keyboard in a lot of strategic games), but that's not an easy problem to solve.
Besides, I think there's a major difference between a text editor and a game. When typing text, you have both hands on the keyboard. Thus, keystrokes for functions are far better (I never use the mouse in this kind of applications). Browsing is heavy mouse-centric, so gestures works very well (especially with a stylus).
Advance wars is broken because interface has NOT been rethought for the stylus (for a unit, clic on the unit to choose it, draw a line to a free space to move, idem with clic if you don't mind the path, clic on a enemy unit to attack with the selected unit, on a friend unit to pick/refill. You DON'T need the menu for 99% of the actions. And besides, menu is too small for the stylus, and options should appear around the cursor, probably icons, not so far away). I've written my own advance wars clone, and although I prefer keys with Advance wars, I play easier and quicker with the mouse in my clone...
Koren said:
so look at a hybrid environment, something like photoshop or 3d modelling work - i would die out there if i had to rely on a gui for all my inputs. certain tasks just become so time consuming that they're unfeasible.
i have an intuos but i don't use gestures in firefox because i have a 7 button mouse, alt+arrow keys, backspace, and f5.
I wouldn't be surprised if Peter Molyneux's Lionhead Studios was among those interested. In an interview on G4TV.com (after waxing philosophic about the Revolution controller, and saying that he would be interested in working with it) he stated that he had several ideas (not revolution specific, mind you) floating around his head including a game that allowed you to 'relive your life' or some such. He then said something about adventure games being one of his favorite genres - a genre in need of 'a revolution'. Seemed like he was hinting at things to come.
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choplifter said:
if this is true, that means nintendo has a pretty solid online strategy. its going to be interesting to see how next gen pans out.