Lagspike_exe
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Great interview. I'm very interested in this game.
One question - does it have presence data?
One question - does it have presence data?
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Questions call for Under Siege (RTS, PSN, Move) interview
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TheGuardian
Member
Lagspike_exe said:
Yes, it shows if you are in the main menu, in a lobby (with lobby data), in single player, etc
Lagspike_exe
Member
TheGuardian said:
Excellent. You're on par with MW2 regarding social features and ahead in some additional options (custom soundtrack). Truly remarkable for a PSN game and such a small team. Great job.
How many here remember this?
Playing Quake 2 was my first rump into using the mouse + keyboard. I was just using the keyboard at the time. When my friend showed me I was like wtf. When I did get the hang I was like htf did I play without the mouse? I think Move will do the same thing. Great interview TTP.
Playing Quake 2 was my first rump into using the mouse + keyboard. I was just using the keyboard at the time. When my friend showed me I was like wtf. When I did get the hang I was like htf did I play without the mouse? I think Move will do the same thing. Great interview TTP.
On our eyes these games HAVE to be packed, the features are there just begging to be used.
We might understand that some games want the soundtrack locked to the original one to keekp the experience intact, but screenshot and video recording?
By the way, here is the original thread where we talked about more stuff in the past -> http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=364127
Hurray for TTP!
We might understand that some games want the soundtrack locked to the original one to keekp the experience intact, but screenshot and video recording?
By the way, here is the original thread where we talked about more stuff in the past -> http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=364127
Hurray for TTP!
Maastricht
Member
Great Stuff TTP! And love your blog. I think you're missing a game by the way, Angry Birds was announced for PS3/Move a few days ago.
ChryZ said:
That's not true ChryZ. Why do you say so? Some of your questions were answered, directly or indirectly. Seed Studios guys specifically went through the questions asked in this thread while answering my questions in order to fill it with the extra information.
Maastricht said:
I need to add EA's Create as well. Guess I have some catching up to do later today
Thanks!
Alex Connolly
Member
Great interview, man. And damn, that game looks gorgeous!
Is Angry Birds confirmed to have Move support? I know it's been announced for PS3 and I know it would be a no-brainer but I don't think they've said anything about it (?) It's coming to PSP too so they may just to a traditional controller mapping and leave that be that.
BritBloke916
Member
TheGuardian said:
I'm delighted to hear that. Sony should be giving that code away to everyone. I don't know that it's the silver bullet for PS3 jaggies, but it looks great in situations when it can be implemented.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
MLAA? Sonofabitch!! DAY ONE!
Custom soundtrack, Map Editor, Split-screen and more? DAY ZERO!!
EDIT: All levels were created using map editor? Hot damn! DAY NEGATIVE ONE!
Custom soundtrack, Map Editor, Split-screen and more? DAY ZERO!!
EDIT: All levels were created using map editor? Hot damn! DAY NEGATIVE ONE!
ChryZ said:
Well, I think these questions were answered in the whole controls description part of the interview.
These were answered as well.
I think 5 out of 8 questions of yours were answered quite clearly.
Anyways, I don't want to start a discussion about this. Just want to let you know your (and everybody's) questions weren't ignored.
I'm sorry I couldn't send your questions directly, but as I wrote in the OP, I had two ours before sending the interview. GAF reacted to the thread more than 3 hrs after it was created, so by that time my interview was already in the hands of the Seed Studios guys. Nonetheless, I pointed them towards this thread, asking if they could answer some of your questions anyway. They kindly accepted.
Alex Connolly
Member
Sheesh, we got a ton of information. TTP did a great job, a lot was covered. It's nice that the devs were kind enough to reply to a hell of a lot of questions. Control information especially.
Don't be hard on the guy.
Don't be hard on the guy.
TheGuardian
Member
ChryZ said:
Ok, then some direct answers
How is it to work with the PhyreEngine?
Nice... we never worked with a similar library before so I can't make comparisons, but it's well supported and most of all, it free
Are you considering a multi platform release later on?
No, not at this time. Several parts of the game are built on top of specific PS3 features, so it would require some work.
Will the Move controller only function as pointer or will there be gesture based commands?
No gestures. And we recommend playing sitting down btw
Will you use voice recognition via the PSEye for command input?
We have been playing with this and it shows some promise, so no for Under Siege, but maybe in future projects.
Do you use the Move sub controller or is this a lollipop-only title?
The basic stuff is on the Move, like selection and orders. For hot keys, direct camera control, "shift-click" selection and other advanced stuff, you also need either the Navigation controller or the Dual Shock.
How long is the single player mode?
We are still tuning and balancing the game, so we can't give a precise number. But we are expecting around 7 hours for a regular player.
Will this title be self published?
Yes, we will be publishing Under Siege on the PSN store ourselves.
Are there any plans for post launch DLC?
We have a number of ideas floating around, but we haven't set anything in stone right now. In addition to any bigger DLC we might create, we will probably also release addon packs similar to LBP where we give the player more tools for the editor and a couple of maps as showcase of the new stuff.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
No gestures. And we recommend playing sitting down btw
Goddamnit, I already threw away my couches cause I thought that's the future of gaming. No Buy!
Just kidding!
iamcool388
Member
Under Siege just bitchslapped almost everything in my 'must buy' list and went to the front of the line. Great interview TTP, great answers, great community management and looks to be a great game! Will buy at launch.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Excitement in full swing now for this game. Good interview.
Alex Connolly
Member
What'd be the ballpark price for this gem?
KZObsessed
Member
Do you guys know which technology group at Sony developed MLAA or was it a group effort? How did it come about exactly?
oh and Day 1 purchase.
oh and Day 1 purchase.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Wouldn't expect less than 15.Pylon_Trooper said:
TheGuardian
Member
We haven't set a final price yet.
Maastricht
Member
KZObsessed said:
It came into being thanks to an idea from one or two programmers on the God of War team. From there on various people contributed I think, but that's its origin. If I remember correctly one of the programmers responsible also worked on Dungeon Siege's PS3 code ...
@TTP: yeah, apologies, it has actually not been confirmed to support Move on the PS3 and could indeed end up being a Mini. Will be interesting to see if Minis will be able to support Move - there's definitely an advantage to that, particularly for Minis that are iPhone ports originally. However, I think all games that have an iPad HD version may well see a PS3 specific port, much like Flight Control?
BritBloke916
Member
KZObsessed said:
Reading the Digital Foundry articles will give you all the answers. There was an anti-aliasing effect in The Saboteur which was similar to MLAA, but I believe that Sony Santa Monica developed the actual MLAA routines as part of their development of God Of War 3. It's my understanding that the concept was first raised many years ago in a technical paper but that the way graphics are commonly being handled on the PS3 (deferred rendering, lots of parallel processing available) makes it a much more useful approach than would typically be the case.
EDIT: Beaten like England at a World Cup.
Alex Connolly
Member
TheGuardian said:
Consider it bought, regardless. If you guys can make the spiritual successor to Myth with this, then I will bow down and call you gods.
KZObsessed
Member
Thanx for the replies.
Alex Connolly
Member
I wonder if we'll get some nice gameplay vids anytime soon...
TheGuardian
Member
Mr_Zombie said:
The textures are identical, but besides the obvious increase in visible detail the resolution allows, the 1080p screen does not match the others perfectly in camera distance and angle because in the 720 screens I just toggled MLAA on and off, but for 1080p I had to restart the game and reposition the camera by hand.
The 720 screens are just cropped, only the 1080p was reduced to match the size of the others. I rather not post the full screens because they are kind of lousy and would end up everywhere
Btw, taking screenshots is a pain... every time you see a couple of good press shots, know that someone had to waste a LOT of time getting everything right. There's always a ragdoll in a weird place or a texture too close to the camera... and the Internet never forgives stuff like that