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[Nirolak]

So do you know why they don't use id tech for all their titles? I mean maybe apart from mobile, it would seem like a sound choice and can be akin to EA with Frosbite, so that the engine is versatile for all developers, and thus they can share all their techniques, infos, debugs, etc. Does that not make sense or did they start development already on the engines you mentioned above?

idtech was not really an appropriate choice when most of these games started development. It had major limitations and required pretty small play areas, along with having astronomical file size ballooning that would be problematic in games with a lot of assets.

EA has 200 people working on Frostbite to make that proposal work.

 

[∀ Narayan]

Yes and someone else we know and she's been in the trailers, idk if you watched them.

Are you talking about Emily or someone else?

 

[ViewtifulJC]

and ya'll doubted Dishonored 2 lmfao

 

[Nirolak]

Are you talking about Emily or someone else?

I'm pretty sure that's Delilah Copperspoon from the first game's DLC.

 

[owasog]

Yes and someone else we know and she's been in the trailers, idk if you watched them.

Lizzy Stride?

 

[Zukkoyaki]

I love what Bethesda is doing. They've come a long way since the days of Wet and Brink.

Doom and Wolfenstein were fantastic and I had fun with Fallout 4 as well. Dishonored 2 and Prey are two of my most anticipated games. Keep up the good work fellas!

 

[Kralamoonard]

idtech was not really an appropriate choice when most of these games started development. It had major limitations and required pretty small play areas, along with having astronomical file size ballooning that would be problematic in games with a lot of assets.

EA has 200 people working on Frostbite to make that proposal work.

I see, thanks for the explanation.

If you don't mind me asking further as a side question, what does file size ballooning mean or entail?

 

[jett]

and ya'll doubted Dishonored 2 lmfao

Doubted what? Is that supposed to look good?

 

[Nirolak]

I see, thanks for the explanation.

If you don't mind me asking further as a side question, what does file size ballooning mean or entail?

Essentially, using the original megatexture implementation, the games reached the limitations of a blu-ray disc very quickly and they either had to massively downgrade the assets or ship multiple discs.

This was notably problematic. They actually moved away from that implementation later to something that's not wholly different, but is much more manageable and allows for better texturing without shipping on six blu-rays.

If you were intending to make something with a lot of texture variety or a bigger open world in 2012 though, you would be wary of using idtech, and your game would only be shipping now.

 

[Kralamoonard]

Essentially, using the original megatexture implementation, the games reached the limitations of a blu-ray disc very quickly and they either had to massively downgrade the assets or ship multiple discs.

This was notably problematic. They actually moved away from that implementation later to something that's not wholly different, but is much more manageable and allows for better texturing without shipping on six blu-rays.

If you were intending to make something with a lot of texture variety or a bigger open world in 2012 though, you would be wary of using idtech, and your game would only be shipping now.

Ah yeah, I remember reading something about that in RAGE. Thanks a lot for the explanation once again.

 

[Mifec]

∀ Narayan only open what I said in this post if you don't care for spoilers.

I'm pretty sure that's Delilah Copperspoon from the first game's DLC.

Spoiler

From the looks of it she is the main antag.

 

[Monty Mole]

Quake looks extremely 'generic UE3 game' in those screenshots, even though it's not.

But then DOOM looked shitty in shots, but looks and feels amazing in motion, so I'm not concerned one bit.

 

[∀ Narayan]

I'm pretty sure that's Delilah Copperspoon from the first game's DLC.

∀ Narayan only open what I said in this post if you don't care for spoilers.

Spoiler

From the looks of it she is the main antag.

Ohhh. I really need to play the DLC.

 

[thelastword]

Damn, Dishonored to Dishonored 2. It's like the ugly chick high school that ended up becoming hot.

Come on man, Dishonored 2 does not look that great. Sure it's an improvement, but nothing massive.

 

[keltickennedy]

Come on man, Dishonored 2 does not look that great. Sure it's an improvement, but nothing massive.

Opinions and all. But I think you are crazy. Both the Dishonored games look incredible. I love the style. The bigger scale of Dishonored 2 is blowing me away. (no pun intended)

 

[Z3M0G]

Wait, a new Quake? Does it have a campaign or is it just multiplayer ala Tournament?

 

[Crossing Eden]

Come on man, Dishonored 2 does not look that great. Sure it's an improvement, but nothing massive.

Dishonored 1

Dishonored 2

This is a pretty massive improvement in every conceivable way when it comes to technology.

 

[thelastword]

Opinions and all. But I think you are crazy. Both the Dishonored games look incredible. I love the style. The bigger scale of Dishonored 2 is blowing me away. (no pun intended)

Never said they didn't look good, just that the disparity between the first and the second is not that large as the poster I quoted alluded to.

By all means, if you think it looks amazing and have your reasons, that's fair as well, but I don't think scale makes a game look better as such, by and large...(no pun intended of course

 

[Always-honest]

They own the Prey Franchise. They chose to label this game "Prey".

What he means is that the upcoming Prey has no ties to the original Prey beyond the name, which Bethesda is just using for the sake of brand recognition (it owns the IP).

But does it have the same type of gameplay? Sorry, i haven't read anything on this yet..

 

[Mifec]

But does it have the same type of gameplay? Sorry, i haven't read anything on this yet..

Looks dead space, system shock 2 influenced but with bioshock's meh gameplay so far. At least the really bad gameplay trailer they put out made it look like it.

 

[BigTnaples]

It's targeting 120fps!

And? Those screenshots are a decade apart.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Dishonored 2 at QuakeCon – Corvo High Chaos Demo


It sounds like bending time is gonna be awesome. Glad they are giving Corvo the Daud blink instead of the one he used in the first game. Hell yeah.

 

[Inuhanyou]

Dishonored 2 at QuakeCon – Corvo High Chaos Demo


It sounds like bending time is gonna be awesome. Glad they are giving Corvo the Daud blink instead of the one he used in the first game. Hell yeah.

What's wrong with the original game blink?

 

[Mifec]

What's wrong with the original game blink?

Nothing? This one just makes the game easier.

 

[Spectone]

Wait, a new Quake? Does it have a campaign or is it just multiplayer ala Tournament?

It is Multiplayer like Q3 but each character has a set special ability.

 

[JaseC]

Quake looks extremely 'generic UE3 game' in those screenshots, even though it's not.

But then DOOM looked shitty in shots, but looks and feels amazing in motion, so I'm not concerned one bit.

Quake Champs is being designed with 120fps in mind, so it's unlikely to get much of facelift.