Loakum @Driftwood Awesome! I’m loving it! It does show a much crisper picture and the frame rate looks good! I was playing Stella Blade and Dragonball Soarkling Blast! :) (1 Week ago)
Driftwood @Loakum: enjoy, the one Sony sent us will be there on launch day. Coverage will follow asap. (1 Week ago)
Loakum *takes a large sip of victorious grape juice* ok….my PS5 pro arrived early! So much winning! :) (1 Week ago)
Driftwood @reneyvane: non ils l'ont publié le 1er octobre et je crois que tu l'avais déjà linkée. ;) (4 Weeks ago)
CraCra Y a un souci sur les forums ? (7 Weeks ago)
nostradamus very few with religious beliefs are naive or zealots, but for sure don't find amusing their beliefs being thrown in for clout. maybe STFU with that discourse? (10 Weeks ago)
Driftwood Download is now functional again on Gamersyde. Sorry for the past 53 days or so when it wasn't. (> 3 Months ago)
Driftwood Another (French) livestream today at 2:30 CEST but you're welcome to drop by and speak English. I will gladly answer in English when I get a chance to catch a breath. :) (> 3 Months ago)
Driftwood GSY is getting some nice content at 3 pm CEST with our July podcast and some videos of the Deus Ex Mankind Divided preview build. :) (> 3 Months ago)
Driftwood For once we'll be live at 4:30 pm CEST. Blim should not even be tired! (> 3 Months ago)
Driftwood More Quantum Break coverage coming in a few hours, 9:00 a.m CEST. (> 3 Months ago)
Driftwood We'll have a full review up for Firewatch at 7 pm CET. Videos will only be tomorrow though. (> 3 Months ago)
Driftwood Tonight's livestream will be at 9:15 GMT+1, not GMT+2 as first stated. (> 3 Months ago)
Gotta be very careful with my shifting as in other games, but in others I've never felt this much sense of urgency to drop a gear to gain some acceleration speed to catch up to the enemies. If it weren't for the jags I wouldn't have any graphical issues whatsoever with the game. Not bad for their first go on the 360 I think we're going to be very impressed with what they achieve on the 360 on their second go around the gameplay is as rock solid as it comes.
Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)
October 20th 2007 (A good day)
Looking at it the environments aren't even that bad actually I'm impressed with them, but you see where improvements need to be made. They'll likely be able to do things more efficiently next time around leaving room for nice improvements, but this gameplay is rock solid.
Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)
October 20th 2007 (A good day)
Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)
October 20th 2007 (A good day)
And the framerate is not rock-solid. I've noticed some bucking right after the start from hood view. The sounds also annoyes me. Sure, the sound itself may sound like the original does. But it's so bad mixed up. Sorry, but in the year 2007 i am expecting that the sound is clearly placed within the room and exactly locatable. I am expecting wavetracing and other stuff on the sound.
And the framerate is not rock-solid. I've noticed some bucking right after the start from hood view. The sounds also annoyes me. Sure, the sound itself may sound like the original does. But it's so bad mixed up. Sorry, but in the year 2007 i am expecting that the sound is clearly placed within the room and exactly locatable. I am expecting wavetracing and other stuff on the sound.
So yea pretty much I disagree with everything you said it isn't exaggeration I'm playing on an amazing HDTV and aside from jaggies (which are the most annoying thing visually) I'm totally pleased with what I see so if you don't like it don't buy it. It indeed might be a bit too last gen for your tastes. If you're ever looking for a amazing racer and can bring yourself to get past your distaste for the graphics then it wont hurt to give Forza 2 a shot as it excels in that area. If the graphics are a total deal breaker for you then so be it you should be pleased with one of the more graphically impressive 360 racers bound to show up. PGR4 being one of the more notable choices. So again sorry to hear about your opinion on the graphics Forza 3 will come out maybe 2 or 3 years from now maybe the game will be up to your requirements then.
Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)
October 20th 2007 (A good day)
This is a third generation game from a first party developer. It has to be much much better than a launch game, 60FPS and physics are no excuse.
Graphically, I don't really care, it looks nice enough for the moment, I don't care about the jaggies, I didn't look for them and didn't see them, but if I did I wouldn't care. I just drive the car :)
I plumped straight for the Zonda race car, no aids and loved it. Putting too much power on coming out the first corner, then thinking fuck it and nailing the throttle, just to 'control' the car powering over all the way up the straight then round the next two corners, with smoke pouring off the wheels, Awesome! :D
The only thing I really don't like are the replays. They're just like Forza 1, in Forza 1, I drifted the last corner of Tsubuka, watched the replay, had a nice close up view of my bonnet, realised they were worthless and didn't bother again. I don't think I'll bother with the replays in Forza 2. That is unless, like GT4 you can save your pictures out in hi-res to USB or something, that rocked! :D
Just like Gotham 3, the Sagaris rocks. The difference in handling between the cars is supurb. I love the 997 Porsche Turbo.
Simply put, replays and not gob smacking graphics aside, I love this game :D
This is a third generation game from a first party developer. It has to be much much better than a launch game, 60FPS and physics are no excuse.
At this point whats done is done we can't change it. People can now play the demo and decide for themselves whether its worth their time or not. You seem pretty down on the game obviously did you atleast get to play the demo to see if you like it? Again man if the graphics are too big a factor for you to come to terms with at this point then its just best to move on. I see this being a game I keep coming back to constantly in between other games.
As it should be fuji :)
Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)
October 20th 2007 (A good day)
And the framerate is not rock-solid. I've noticed some bucking right after the start from hood view. The sounds also annoyes me. Sure, the sound itself may sound like the original does. But it's so bad mixed up.
i cant believe "some" people are bitching about the GFX, its beautiful in hood cam the cars in front look near damn real, better than PGR3 imo,
and how can people say the tracks look lifeless?? i am bemused when people say that
and i think they got the lighting spot on, the sky is simply awesome and the draw distance, the audio...every part of the game is great
and the wheel, so glad i bought the wheel ...........back to the demo
At this point whats done is done we can't change it. People can now play the demo and decide for themselves whether its worth their time or not. You seem pretty down on the game obviously did you atleast get to play the demo to see if you like it? Again man if the graphics are too big a factor for you to come to terms with at this point then its just best to move on. I see this being a game I keep coming back to constantly in between other games.
As it should be fuji :)
Not that it won't happen though.. we've seen two GT's released a generation for a while now, and this time around Forza was released a lot earlier in the consoles life cycle.. so it does seem pretty safe to assume we'll see another Forza on 360.. but even suggesting that before Forza 2 is out? Why?
Milhouse you are going a little overboard.. there is AA, there is HDR, and the texture quality exceeds a lot of other 360 titles (except for the ones ON THE CAR.. wtf is up with that?). You're exaggerating quite a bit yourself.
The skybox and sound are great too. Some animated clouds would have been nice.. but whatever.
One thing I definitely agree with Carb on: This is a great reason to own a FF wheel. Speaking of the wheel Carb.. did you ever do that mod? If so.. how is that working out for you?
Not that it won't happen though.. we've seen two GT's released a generation for a while now, and this time around Forza was released a lot earlier in the consoles life cycle.. so it does seem pretty safe to assume we'll see another Forza on 360.. but even suggesting that before Forza 2 is out? Why?
Things I don't like. Replays. The cameras suck. I've seen other games with much better. Couldn't this be fixed easily in a patch? I would think so. I kept thinking to myself... wow a lot of other racing games Xbox/PS2/Xbox 360... like Moto GP have much better replay cameras.
I also don't care much for the dust and smoke effects in the game. I've seen better (GRAW2)
I like the demo a lot. It has flaws, but this will be a AAA title for MS. I like the force feedback pretty well. Driving with a wheel will take some getting used to. I'm also finding it hard to get comfortable. I can see why hardcore racers, buy the seat/mount combo.
The AI is a bit more interesting it seems. The AI seems to be less CPU generated and has a bit more natural/actual person driving opponent feel to it. I'll just leave it at that.
I raced about 12 different times last night, and the biggest complaint I have are the replays cameras. I'm good with the rest, and the graphics aren't as bad as the critics say, not top notch, but a bit better than I was expecting after seeing screenshots and gameplay vids. I think it comes down to lighting and the rendering engine they use. Some tracks I've seen still from in this game just don't look up to snuff for a AAA racing title on 360.
I said maybe they'll be able to do things more efficiently next time on the Xbox 360 so as a result they'll get more out of it. Not sure why that comment is the least bit alarming. lol nice I expected a PGR3 > forza 2 jab to come sooner or later.
Almost Sza I'm still not even looking for them to deliver on all the promises they made for Forza 2 with Forza 3, but what I am expecting next time is 4XAA (absolute must next time), the impressive gameplay intact or improved and some nice visual enhancements while building on the best of forza 2 like the amazing reflections on the cars.
Yea it also sounds to me like milhouse hasn't played the forza 2 demo wouldn't be surprised if he didn't own a 360, but even so he can still express his opinion regardless of how much I disagree.
Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)
October 20th 2007 (A good day)
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"Black people are called coloured, because we come in all colours" - michael jackson
As you may have noticed, I do like Just Cause. I even put up a little tribute for that game at Youtube. KPehFO0" target="_blank" >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRKPehFO0
Maybe after seeing that (poor quality, I admid it) video, you can understand, at least a little, why I fuss about it.
Tversity. Added information by clicking my name.
"Black people are called coloured, because we come in all colours" - michael jackson