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SmokyDave said:
Don't get me wrong, there was crap flying around back then, but it had nothing to do with polygons or pixel-counting. It was all about the stuff you've mentioned. Dude must be young.


...unless it was on the Spectrum. Fuck the Spectrum.
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We are hating on the spectrum now? not cool vita bro.
 
Always-honest said:
That Waveracer game looks like a lot of fun.

So they HAD to go 1080P? At the cost of what? Or at the cost of nothing?
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Right? Considering "1080p doesn't matter (trademark pending Adam Sessler, IGN, Arthur Gies etc)"

Waveracer looks super fun. Do we know a list of available minigames?
 
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IAmRandom31 said:
We have seen that jetski GIF for how long now? And that is the only one lol.

Pretty close to launch now and still have seen jack diddly from pretty much any X1 game save Ryse MP and Killer Instinct.
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There was an event last week, the embargo ends tomorrow, loads of videos going up tomorrow I believe.

We've seen (and some of played) plenty of Ryse, Forza, Killer Instinct, DR3, Crimson Dragon. Videos of BF4, Fifa, there was an ACIV video from Ubisoft that was posted by Xbox youtube and ended with only Xbox logos but whether it was actually XBO footage I have no idea.

We've seen plenty, you just have to look for it.

KSR isn't out until Spring next year anyway.
 
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This gif, however gorgeous, still doesn't do justice of the game running in front of you.

And before the race starts there's also a cool little animation that looks REALLY good (and I assume it's real time because it features both your avatar and your rival)

Shadow2222 said:
That GIF bothers me since the water is static (basically water textured mountains that don't move). Is there any updated footage from a newer build?
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From that gif it really does look like that... When I played I could swear that the waves were moving (now I'm not so sure), but they really don't react to the player in any way other than the particle splashes.
 
IAmRandom31 said:
We have seen that jetski GIF for how long now? And that is the only one lol.

Pretty close to launch now and still have seen jack diddly from pretty much any X1 game save Ryse MP and Killer Instinct.
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Not true at all. MS has had live streams for Powerstar Golf, tons for Project Spark, Crimson Dragon, there has been tons of Dead Rising footage.
 
Steverulez said:
There was an event last week, the embargo ends tomorrow, loads of videos going up tomorrow I believe.

We've seen (and some of played) plenty of Ryse, Forza, Killer Instinct, DR3, Crimson Dragon. Videos of BF4, Fifa, there was an ACIV video from Ubisoft that was posted by Xbox youtube and ended with only Xbox logos but whether it was actually XBO footage I have no idea.

We've seen plenty, you just have to look for it.

KSR isn't out until Spring next year anyway.
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Also to add, we have seen more of Killer Instinct than any other Next Gen game. I swear we have like 10 hours worth of footage considering how many livestreams they've done.
 
IOnEI Falcon said:
It isn't a launch game so I don't think it is that big of a deal. And the preseason first showcases the wake racing.
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The climbing game was playable during the Xbox tour, too (and was quite fun... more approriate to kinect than wake racing actually). That's 2 out of 6 sports playable several months before release, that's not too bad.
 
The waves are dynamic, people. Gotta see it in motion.

And you can play the game with a controller, apparently from the impression.

The Preseason Kinect Sports Rivals comes out at launch, and it is free btw.

What's the problem now?
 
"I think everybody always looks at numbers," responded Isaac. "If you think about photography and cameras, it's just megapixels, megapixels, megapixels. Can anyone really tell the difference between a 41 megapixel shot and a 21 megapixel shot? Probably not.
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What is this stupid shit?

We aren't comparing 42 to 21 megapixels, we are comparing .9 to 2.1 megapixels.
 
Silky said:
The waves are dynamic, people. Gotta see it in motion.

And you can play the game with a controller, apparently from the impression.

The Preseason Kinect Sports Rivals comes out at launch, and it is free btw.

What's the problem now?
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Absolutely nothing, I just want more trailers from it because really, this can be the #1 reason for buying an X1
 
Silky said:
And you can play the game with a controller, apparently from the impression.
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I doubt that will make it to the final game, though. The impressions came from early version/debug kits that seemed to be very lenient with peripherals (even 360 arcade sticks were supported, when we have good reasons to believe they won't be in the retail version), and after the rumor spread around, the MS guys at the tour didn't want to let people try to plug their controller in.
 
LiquidMetal14 said:
"I think everybody always looks at numbers," responded Isaac. "If you think about photography and cameras, it's just megapixels, megapixels, megapixels. Can anyone really tell the difference between a 41 megapixel shot and a 21 megapixel shot? Probably not.

Ok........

1080p should look nice though.
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TBF, this is how the average punter judges the quality of a camera.
 
At this point in general, I would be ok at 900p if we could get 60 fps on most games. The extra step up in res from 720p to 900p is more significant than from 900p to 1080p, It make s a big difference in clarity. However, if going all the way to 1080p hurts the frame rate that badly, I could live with 900p and a better frame rate than 30.
 
Pistolero said:
Looks good, regardless of the resolution. Rare are still quite apt at producing visual gems...
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Absolutely yes, Viva Pinata still one of my favourite looking games this gen. And with this new game seems they tried to change the character design a bit, making a step forward in my opinion
 
thelurkinghorror said:
Absolutely yes, Viva Pinata still one of my favourite looking games this gen. And with this new game seems they tried to change the character design a bit, making a step forward in my opinion
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Yeah Viva Pinata was my first 360 purchase besides Geometry Wars

Looked fantastic back then.

And hell if we have seen so much from so many X1 games why are we using what seems like 3-4 month old GIFs lol.
 
Heh, I like it, bragging about hitting 1080p (good job on their part) but still downplaying it to appease the overlords. :P
 
Silky said:
The waves are dynamic, people. Gotta see it in motion.

And you can play the game with a controller, apparently from the impression.

The Preseason Kinect Sports Rivals comes out at launch, and it is free btw.

What's the problem now?
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It's half the framerate of Wii Sports/Resort. The downgrade will be immediately apparent to the millions of people who played those games.
 
NoMoreTrolls said:
Looks pretty good, but I wonder why they would mention that it's 1080p, if you couldn't tell the difference anyway.
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I would imagine resolution is a question that will be asked of every developer for the foreseeable future given the emphasis on it lately in the console wars.
 
rjc571 said:
It's half the framerate of Wii Sports/Resort. The downgrade will be immediately apparent to the millions of people who played those games.
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you mean the millions of casuals who have no idea what resolution is, let alone frame-rate

Guarantee you the average Wii Sports fan doesn't have a clue what Frame-Rate/Resolution is
 
As weird as it is to me that Microsoft are letting the regular controller be an option for some events in their only major Kinect title, this looks really good. I'm a big wave race blue storm fan. I think from our perspective as gamers, letting the controller be an option where it makes sense is a great move.
 
rjc571 said:
It's half the framerate of Wii Sports/Resort. The downgrade will be immediately apparent to the millions of people who played those games.
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Yeah, 30 fps can be acceptable in some games, but anything related to motion/camera controls really needs to be at 60 fps. Direct interaction in this way just feels off at a lower framerate.
 
Silky said:
you mean the millions of casuals who have no idea what resolution is, let alone frame-rate

Guarantee you the average Wii Sports fan doesn't have a clue what Frame-Rate/Resolution is
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I guarantee you that the average Wii Sports fan doesn't have a clue what Kinect Sports Rivals is either. Just saying.
 
Would rather have had 720p and 60fps. Not sitting close enough to my TV to notice the difference, nor do I care enough.

I suppose as long as the framerate is locked it'll be fine.
 
No doubt in my mind that rare will always be getting the best or close to the best performance out of the X1. They were wizards with 360s hardware.
 
dark10x said:
Yeah, 30 fps can be acceptable in some games, but anything related to motion/camera controls really needs to be at 60 fps. Direct interaction in this way just feels off at a lower framerate.
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Kinect can't refresh at 60fps, so increasing the frame rate wont help the feeling of the controls.
 
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