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Riddick is better than Halo, in fact it is the best FPS game since Half Life, it is beyond the levels of normal expectation. I don't really know what more to say, it is a pretty big statement in itself coming from someone who has finished Halo over 25 times now.
Whether Riddick will offer the same replay value I don't know, I am on my second way through on Hard now and I still want to go back and approach sections differently. It reminds me so much of Deus Ex with the RPG and stealth elements; Riddick of course implements far more refined stealth mechanics but that would be expected from a game released 4 years later.
Everything about it smacks of sheer brilliance and unlike some shoddy indoor sections from Halo which a few complained about, I can find little to no reason at all to find a complaint with the level design in Riddick. Top marks to Vin Diesel as well, along with Saving Private Ryan and Pitch Black I have to say, he does a really top job of bringing over his film character Riddick into the game, this is mainly thanks to the writers of course but none the less he does pull it off perfectly.
When people go on about Half Life, Doom 3 and Halo 2 I would have to say from what I have seen from those 3 games (in particular the hours of footage from Half Life 2) Riddick really isn't far off what they are setting out to achieve. The normal mapping is sublime and what you have seen from the Half Life 2 videos of the Havoc Physics interacting with environments, look no further than Riddick for an early glance into what Half Life 2 will look and play like.
A further £1000 will be spent boosting my PC ready for Half Life 2 and Doom 3, with Riddick though I really don't think that I will play a game that betters it this year, this includes all the big hitters.
A magnificent game that really does push the FPS beyond its limits, top stuff!
Whether Riddick will offer the same replay value I don't know, I am on my second way through on Hard now and I still want to go back and approach sections differently. It reminds me so much of Deus Ex with the RPG and stealth elements; Riddick of course implements far more refined stealth mechanics but that would be expected from a game released 4 years later.
Everything about it smacks of sheer brilliance and unlike some shoddy indoor sections from Halo which a few complained about, I can find little to no reason at all to find a complaint with the level design in Riddick. Top marks to Vin Diesel as well, along with Saving Private Ryan and Pitch Black I have to say, he does a really top job of bringing over his film character Riddick into the game, this is mainly thanks to the writers of course but none the less he does pull it off perfectly.
When people go on about Half Life, Doom 3 and Halo 2 I would have to say from what I have seen from those 3 games (in particular the hours of footage from Half Life 2) Riddick really isn't far off what they are setting out to achieve. The normal mapping is sublime and what you have seen from the Half Life 2 videos of the Havoc Physics interacting with environments, look no further than Riddick for an early glance into what Half Life 2 will look and play like.
A further £1000 will be spent boosting my PC ready for Half Life 2 and Doom 3, with Riddick though I really don't think that I will play a game that betters it this year, this includes all the big hitters.
A magnificent game that really does push the FPS beyond its limits, top stuff!
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Biggles is right although the PC shows its power far more often. Recently though Ninja Gaiden, Riddick and even Full Spectru Warrior have shown that consoles aren't a million miles away providing the developers spend the TIME working with a set console.
Riddick is the best example I can give.
Riddick is the best example I can give.
regi123 wrote:
> WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! are you mad?
No, I'm perfectly sane thank you.
> do you really think x box can compete with pc on the visual departement.
If properly coded and optimised for the Xbox it can come very very close.
> ok let me put a few things
> straight for you my friend. x box runs on a tv so every x box game
> runs at a screen resolution of around 640x480 and in 16 bit colour.
Xbox games sometimes run at that resolution, but many run higher. And they use far more colours than that.
> any pc from the last 4 years would run halo at these settings.
Anything pre GeForce 4 would struggle to make Halo look as good on a PC as on the Xbox. Reason? Xbox version of Halo was optimised for the custom GeForce 3 Ti-500 in the Xbox.
> i run it at a screen resolution of around 1200x 900
> with 6xaa and 16xaf on a 9800xt card and it looks and plays
> beautiful. even x box 2 is based around this card as ati are making
> the graphics chipset for it and let me tell you now its a watered
> down version and to say the soon to be releases ati X800 card is
> twice as powerful well read it and weap my friend.
No, the Xbox successor is based on the ATI chip codenamed the R500. That's not the 9800, nor the X800, nor the X800 successor (R480), but the successor to the R480.
i`m so ick of x
> box owners talkind rubbish. go to doom 3 website and look at x box
> screen shots of doom 3 then come back and tell me xbox is as good as
> pc. you sill y people. you havn`t seen halo untill u seen it running
> on high detail on a pc mate.
Doom 3 on Xbox will not look as good as it will on a high end PC. But for everyone with a current mid-range graphics card and sub 3 GHz processor, it will look equal to, or worse, than the Xbox version. The reason for that again is the optimisations you can put in when you code for specific hard ware.
I'm sick of all people who talk rubbish, especially when they flame me back. And before you argue with me, I do have my Computer Science degree and my area of expertise was hardware. So don't even start saying I don't know what I'm talking about. Perhaps you wouldn't have, but far too many do.
> WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! are you mad?
No, I'm perfectly sane thank you.
> do you really think x box can compete with pc on the visual departement.
If properly coded and optimised for the Xbox it can come very very close.
> ok let me put a few things
> straight for you my friend. x box runs on a tv so every x box game
> runs at a screen resolution of around 640x480 and in 16 bit colour.
Xbox games sometimes run at that resolution, but many run higher. And they use far more colours than that.
> any pc from the last 4 years would run halo at these settings.
Anything pre GeForce 4 would struggle to make Halo look as good on a PC as on the Xbox. Reason? Xbox version of Halo was optimised for the custom GeForce 3 Ti-500 in the Xbox.
> i run it at a screen resolution of around 1200x 900
> with 6xaa and 16xaf on a 9800xt card and it looks and plays
> beautiful. even x box 2 is based around this card as ati are making
> the graphics chipset for it and let me tell you now its a watered
> down version and to say the soon to be releases ati X800 card is
> twice as powerful well read it and weap my friend.
No, the Xbox successor is based on the ATI chip codenamed the R500. That's not the 9800, nor the X800, nor the X800 successor (R480), but the successor to the R480.
i`m so ick of x
> box owners talkind rubbish. go to doom 3 website and look at x box
> screen shots of doom 3 then come back and tell me xbox is as good as
> pc. you sill y people. you havn`t seen halo untill u seen it running
> on high detail on a pc mate.
Doom 3 on Xbox will not look as good as it will on a high end PC. But for everyone with a current mid-range graphics card and sub 3 GHz processor, it will look equal to, or worse, than the Xbox version. The reason for that again is the optimisations you can put in when you code for specific hard ware.
I'm sick of all people who talk rubbish, especially when they flame me back. And before you argue with me, I do have my Computer Science degree and my area of expertise was hardware. So don't even start saying I don't know what I'm talking about. Perhaps you wouldn't have, but far too many do.
Riddick looks better than Far Cry, period. It may not have the same expansive outdoor environments but in terms of textures, character physics and overall design Riddick is superior.
Oh and if you have it spend it. It crops up a lot because I buy a lot.
Oh and if you have it spend it. It crops up a lot because I buy a lot.
He's right though, Far Cry does look incredible when you ramp up the graphics.
Got it all on high except for water on ultra-high with zero slowdown.
And from a £160 video card.
Alistair, you constantly talk about how much money you spend. Is this an overcompensation thing?
Got it all on high except for water on ultra-high with zero slowdown.
And from a £160 video card.
Alistair, you constantly talk about how much money you spend. Is this an overcompensation thing?
Did you happen to be talking to someone invisible?
Regi, either calm down or depart. Simple.
regi123 wrote:
> i think it is you who is the moron. scroll down the page i wasn`t even
> replying to you. you not important enough so be gone
Stop getting a boner over tech specs you moron. Get out, get some friends and get some fresh-air.
> i think it is you who is the moron. scroll down the page i wasn`t even
> replying to you. you not important enough so be gone
Stop getting a boner over tech specs you moron. Get out, get some friends and get some fresh-air.
Well that got me told. Since there were no quotes and the post was above mine, it bloody looks like you were replying to me.
Now take that cucumber from your anus. It's obviously causing you discomfort.
Now take that cucumber from your anus. It's obviously causing you discomfort.
regi123 wrote:
> what about FARCRY have you seen this game? its the only game to date
> that really push`s my p4 3ghz 1 gig ram and 9800xt graphics card.the
> bump mapping and textures are the best ever seen in a game and the
> water affects have you drooling if you pc can hanndle it get this
> game now its amazing to play and amazing to look at. sorry x box
> owners you puny little console will never have the power for you to
> witness such glorious visuals , i mean have you seen doom 3 on xbox
> ha ha ha talk about bad. well doom 3 and half life 2 also look good
> think i might even go out and get the new ati X800 card to have an
> all powerful pc to play them on.
*cough* nerd *cough*
> what about FARCRY have you seen this game? its the only game to date
> that really push`s my p4 3ghz 1 gig ram and 9800xt graphics card.the
> bump mapping and textures are the best ever seen in a game and the
> water affects have you drooling if you pc can hanndle it get this
> game now its amazing to play and amazing to look at. sorry x box
> owners you puny little console will never have the power for you to
> witness such glorious visuals , i mean have you seen doom 3 on xbox
> ha ha ha talk about bad. well doom 3 and half life 2 also look good
> think i might even go out and get the new ati X800 card to have an
> all powerful pc to play them on.
*cough* nerd *cough*
i think it is you who is the moron. scroll down the page i wasn`t even replying to you. you not important enough so be gone
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