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Fri 16/03/01 at 19:07
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This is incredibly unbelievable!

Remember that SSX clone Microsoft were happy to show pictures of...?

The pictures are fake! I can't believe it!

Now, I have to say at this point, that Microsoft have not yet come forward to confirm this, (I wonder why...), so this is still unofficial.

But... these are so fake! Hat's off to a IGN forum member for finding this, and Planet Gamecube for the story.

Look at this picture... remove spaces.

http://xbox.com/games/ amped/assets/amped-image-1.jpg

Planet Gamecube comment:

"First, there is a lens flare seemingly added to the screenshot that can be duplicated PERFECTLY with a standard Photoshop lens flare operation.

Second, there are white edges all around the snowboarder, and they do not appear to be caused by antialiasing. In fact, it's the same "edging" you find whenever you cut and paste an object into another scene. There is also a curious "green pixel" that is on TOP of the showboarder's face that shouldn't be there. It turns out that this is actually a pixel from the Photoshop lens flare overlay that was not cleaned up.

Lastly, the snowboarder appears to be standing still, but the speedometer shows the speed as 51 MPH."

Next, these two pictures.

http://xbox.com/ games/amped/assets/ amped-image-2.jpg

http://xbox.com/ games/amped/assets/ amped-image-4.jpg

Firstly, the backgrounds are both the same... and it's pretty damn obvious that the cloud in the top left corner has been copied and pasted...


This is unbelieveable... but so funny! After my slating of the X-Box's graphics, the only ones I really thought to be impressive, were one RPG's graphics, and the snowboarding one... at least the characters anyway.

Now one is fake! The characters could easily be rendered and copied on... but why the hell did they think they could get away with it? Were they bullied by Microsoft into making sure they had something decent? Was the pressure too emmense?

Judge for yourselves.

Fri 16/03/01 at 19:25
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"Fishing For Reddies"
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JOY...Street Fighter Advance, oh....superb!!!!! I love Street Fighter!!!

Trust Capcom (c) The Game 2001
Fri 16/03/01 at 19:24
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Trust No-one. -Deus Ex.

Trust me. - Terminator 2.

Anymore?
Fri 16/03/01 at 19:22
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Grix Thraves wrote:
> Trust Microsoft!

NO! DAMN YOU, RIGHT THAT IS IT, i AM USING YOUR BRAIN THING AGAIN....AN EYE FOR AN EYE...AS THEY SAY.

'TRUST NINTENDO' (C) The Game 2001
Fri 16/03/01 at 19:21
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Nintendo Rav.

Sega Rav.

No fakes.
Fri 16/03/01 at 19:18
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Ha ha ha, Bill Gates is a sly one, I bet he got out of eating sprounts @ christmas dinner. But anyway, If this leaks ouy Microsoft will be making enemies from the word 'GO'.

Will Be? They already Have!
Fri 16/03/01 at 19:17
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"---SOULJACKER---"
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Errrr... what console hasn't had fakes???? The Tekkan Tag demo showing 70 people on screen at once that was "running off PS2 hardware".... that was fake. The Armnoured Core pictures that have been touched up for mags (only Edge has noticed).

The PSX was meant to push 1 million polygons and initial pics showed that.

The M2 (3DO 2 thing) had fake voxel graphics at the demo.

The list goes on... every console has fakes that will never appear!

Sonic
Fri 16/03/01 at 19:15
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Trust Microsoft!

:D
Fri 16/03/01 at 19:11
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"Whatever!"
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It just about sums it all up!! If I wasnt disappointed before I sure am now!!
Fri 16/03/01 at 19:10
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lol
Fri 16/03/01 at 19:07
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Posts: 23,216
This is incredibly unbelievable!

Remember that SSX clone Microsoft were happy to show pictures of...?

The pictures are fake! I can't believe it!

Now, I have to say at this point, that Microsoft have not yet come forward to confirm this, (I wonder why...), so this is still unofficial.

But... these are so fake! Hat's off to a IGN forum member for finding this, and Planet Gamecube for the story.

Look at this picture... remove spaces.

http://xbox.com/games/ amped/assets/amped-image-1.jpg

Planet Gamecube comment:

"First, there is a lens flare seemingly added to the screenshot that can be duplicated PERFECTLY with a standard Photoshop lens flare operation.

Second, there are white edges all around the snowboarder, and they do not appear to be caused by antialiasing. In fact, it's the same "edging" you find whenever you cut and paste an object into another scene. There is also a curious "green pixel" that is on TOP of the showboarder's face that shouldn't be there. It turns out that this is actually a pixel from the Photoshop lens flare overlay that was not cleaned up.

Lastly, the snowboarder appears to be standing still, but the speedometer shows the speed as 51 MPH."

Next, these two pictures.

http://xbox.com/ games/amped/assets/ amped-image-2.jpg

http://xbox.com/ games/amped/assets/ amped-image-4.jpg

Firstly, the backgrounds are both the same... and it's pretty damn obvious that the cloud in the top left corner has been copied and pasted...


This is unbelieveable... but so funny! After my slating of the X-Box's graphics, the only ones I really thought to be impressive, were one RPG's graphics, and the snowboarding one... at least the characters anyway.

Now one is fake! The characters could easily be rendered and copied on... but why the hell did they think they could get away with it? Were they bullied by Microsoft into making sure they had something decent? Was the pressure too emmense?

Judge for yourselves.

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