Is it really confirmed there that there are dedicated servers for everyone? All I read was that everyone plays on Sony servers, but you technically play on Microsofts servers as well in every Live game and can make your own private games. Same for EA. Unless I missed more specific clarification I dont see how that confirms dedicated servers. The game looks great though.
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Resistance: Fall of Man update! More of your questions answered! [Ted Price IGN blog]
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Zombie James
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The 1080p thing is disappointing, but it's good in a way as it shows developers aren't in any way being forced to run their games at that resolution, it's entirely their choice.
BenjaminBirdie
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mood said:
I was wondering this also. All he said was that you'd be able to create your own private rooms.
gofreak said:
Yeah perhaps, but Im just a bit skeptical since PDZ is 32 players and plays fine without dedicated servers. I could see how Insomniac could improve upon that without needing dedicated servers as well.
Bad_Boy said:Also worth noting, ted price will be on 1up Yours tommorrow.
They should ask him about this
neogaf_cage_free
Chimera Apologist
it is definitely dedicated servers and not p2p.
BenjaminBirdie
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gofreak said:
I see. I think my idea of what dedicated servers was completely off, imagining someone leaving a PS3 on 24/7 and giving out passwords for access to its red hot connection speeds. But really its just having a host provide the bandwith for the match as opposed to Sony or Insomniac.
You know it's true when you have to pull out THE highest profile game coming to the machine. A game that isn't even an FPS and has been demonstrated with an awful framerate up until recently. We'll see how stable it is in the final (here's hoping).XSamu said:
sugarhigh4242
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XSamu said:
Don't Playerhate. :|
(Gears BETTER come to PC... and soon)
Doom_Bringer
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XSamu said:
why are you in this thread then?? Go bump up the Gears of War thread.
_leech_ said:
No its not...it freakin' stupid as all hell to see these developers cave to pressure from their overlords for a higher resolution when so few can actually put it to use. It's also frustrating as all hell to see posters here put such an emphasis on it...Graphics are (to me) about immersion...I would GLADLY sacrifice a needless resolution of 1080p to see titles with all types of crazy effects at 720p.
...and whats with the circle jerk over framerates. COD2 holds a very steady framerate and yet there are many here that rail on and on about its (supposed) fluctuations.
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
A lack of 60fps is disappointing.
Actually, no, it does't hold a steady framerate. Absolutely not.
Statements such as that are partially responsible for my disappointment with that game. I go in expecting a steady 60 fps...and right from the starting point, looking in a certain direction drops you to 30 fps. I knew I was in for a rough ride, and I was right (though it's at its worst during the Russian campaign).
I applaud them for trying, though, and it is far beyond most other 360 FPS titles (which can't even muster 30 fps).
I'll only go offtopic once... only this timeDoom_Bringer said:
Initialy I didn't say anything about Gears or what so ever, a couple of other guys started talking about something else.
But I'll leave this thread now, cause you can only say good things about Resistance in this thread.
So far all I've seen of Resistance are wide-open levels with wave after wave of baddies. I'm curious to see some of the more claustrophobic areas, too. I'm just not sold on this game yet, because what I've seen looks like a really pretty Serious Sam. Which ain't a bad thing necessarily, but I prefer FPS games with more mission and story based objectives.
I'm anxious to hear impressions once people get to the meat of the game.
I'm anxious to hear impressions once people get to the meat of the game.
Beer Monkey
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1. Good to see them not cave in to silly 1080p pressure.
2. 30fps a bit disappointing just because all the online hype has made everybody expect 60fps.
3. With 40-players, of course they are running dedicated servers. With a P2P game the odds are that nobody in your room would have the ability to host that kind of upload bandwidth. 99% of DSL and cable modem users don't have that kind of upload, which is exponentially more than something like a 16-player game needs.
4. Game specific buddy list is horseshit and needs clarification.
5. "And we decided not to bother people in-game with messages." Hey, I'll make that choice, thanks.
2. 30fps a bit disappointing just because all the online hype has made everybody expect 60fps.
3. With 40-players, of course they are running dedicated servers. With a P2P game the odds are that nobody in your room would have the ability to host that kind of upload bandwidth. 99% of DSL and cable modem users don't have that kind of upload, which is exponentially more than something like a 16-player game needs.
4. Game specific buddy list is horseshit and needs clarification.
5. "And we decided not to bother people in-game with messages." Hey, I'll make that choice, thanks.
That's not true at all. The problem is that nobody looks kindly upon negative remarks that do not even ATTEMPT to validate themselves. There is a large difference between explaining why you feel a certain way about something and simply blurting out something foolish. If you understand this right away, you'll fare better around here.XSamu said:
Yeah, it almost sounds like he misunderstood gofreak's question. Sounds like if he thought if gofreak asked if the XMB buddy list comes up or somthing, when he was actually asking if they are integrated. For example if you add a buddy in the main XMB buddy list, will that buddy show up in the ingame Resistance menu buddy list? I'm probably misunderstanding something but I guess thats how I read it.WhatRuOn said:
Doom_Bringer
Banned
Wow the game doesn't have any foot step sounds!
Ok.dark10x said:
-I don't like the setting. WO2 shooters with monsters? No thanks. If I wanna shoot monsters I wanna do that in a futuristic setting. If I wanna play WO2 shooters, I wanna shoot humans.
-The "dark/colourless" look isn't doing the game any good
-What seperates this game from other shooters? I can't think of a thing
AltogetherAndrews
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XSamu said:
And there it is, the inevitable martyr comment. Should I wager a guess and say that you carry an IGN passport?
XSamu said:
And that's fine. The thing is, and this is especially clear now that you've clarified why you don't like about the game, it's quite difficult to understand why you are even following the game at this point. If you don't like the setting, nor the look, and you don't see anything that differentiates it from other shooters, then why are you even here? Did you think they'd have suddenly changed the setting and look of the game? If this was a general interest thread, like the official gamer's day one, I could understand this. But I'm not quite sure what possessed you to even hang out in this thread knowing fully well that you wouldn't be happy with what you saw.
Mark Gonzales
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XSamu said:
You still haven't explained why the hell you are in a thread about a game that you have no interest in....oh wait. I know......
Doom_Bringer
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XSamu said:
The game is going for an alternative history setting which hasn't been done in video games. And if the official website is any indication the story isn't something half assed!
The game is gritty. Colourfull games are for kids! Hell even GoW lacks fruity colours
Insomniac weapons.... but all FPS's I have played are different. Some have rag dolls, others don't, some focus on multiplayer while others on single player....
Resistance - probably a rich single player campaign, a rock solid multiplayer mode, giant bosses (hey we haven't seen these in FPS's for a while now
) etcThat's better.XSamu said:
What seperates this game is exactly what you don't care for; the mixing of sci-fi elements with WWII settings. I am personally sick of WWII shooters (along with many others). This is a refreshing twist on a WWII shooter and very welcome by many. You can also see from their web material that they are REALLY behind the idea and not just half-assing it. They put in a lot of work to create this alternate past and I really appreciate it.
If you aren't buying that, well, the game isn't going to do much for you. It sounds like you have pre-determined tastes as to what goes where and aren't open to mixing things up. That's fine.
A lot of people dislike monochromatic art design (though Gears of War is very much the same on that front), but others of us really appreciate it.
You also have to remember that Insomniac is known for crazy weapons and Resistance seems to offer a lot of fire power that varies from the norm. I love FPS titles and they seem to have a solid title on their hands here. I'm just as excited about this as I am Gears, honestly. They both look fantastic.
Beer Monkey
Member
manngc said:
40-player online is a draw (though not as much as online co-op would be, at least to me). It's cool that Sony is at least going to put up dedicated servers for a 'spotlight' game like this.
Doom_Bringer
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beermonkey@tehbias said:
For Playsatation fanboys the main draw is getting a high budget FPS featuring a solid single player campaign for the very first time.
Guess againAltogetherAndrews said:
At first I didn't like the setting of GRAW either. But after I saw more and more I got hyped for it. Suddenly it became appealing. That same thing could've happened with this game, but it went the other way around.AltogetherAndrews said:
What? I can't take you serious like thisDoom_Bringer said:
Yeah, but Resistance has a depressing look, which may be good for horror games, but this isn't a horror game.Doom_Bringer said:
Doom_Bringer
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XSamu said:
It looks appealing to me, plus you have to keep in mind they have only shown the first few levels. The levels look great to me
especially the Manchester and the London Bridge one. They nailed the atmosphere of a world being overtaken by aliens and their architectureHomerSimpson-Man
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XSamu said:
Actually Insomniac stated they wanted aspects of the game be like that, wanting to it spook the player at times. There is both wide open and corridor-like areas in this game.