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Message started by paulpsomiadis on 16.01.07 at 21:42:27

Title: Who ya' gonna call!
Post by paulpsomiadis on 16.01.07 at 21:42:27
Anyone who ever wanted a TOTALLY kickass Ghostbusters game...our prayers will soon be answered! ;D

(providing a small IP issue can be resolved...) ::)

Check out these AWESOME Youtube videos... :o

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/31247

And the news story too... ;)

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/755/755532p1.html

...and may I add... ::)

WOOT, WOOT, WOOT! ;D 8)

Thankyou! :)

Title: Re: Who ya' gonna call!
Post by Obi-Wan_Kenobi on 16.01.07 at 22:10:14
heh reminds me of a Tesla Trooper running round shooting his Tesla Rifle  ;D

To see the sludge cannon in action, now that would be totally RAD!!

only the car looks ghey, it's too P.I.M.Ped, which doesn 't even look like the original from the movies, and P.I.M.Ped cars look so wrong ::)

Let's hope it comes on PC as well, kinda sick of those Console only games, PC's are far more advanced and can do alot more than those console things lol ::)

Title: Re: Who ya' gonna call!
Post by paulpsomiadis on 16.01.07 at 22:56:14

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PC's are far more advanced and can do alot more than those console things lol


Actually, you are correct with the first part - PC's do get all the latest technology...however... ::)

Games consoles can do MUCH nore than PC's, as they are designed specifically to play games. Also, on PC's they jave to optimise their game code for MANY different hardware setups - on a console there is only one set of hardware to code for. ;)

Consoles will always have a lead over the PC - it's just a fact of how the games industry works! :P

Title: Re: Who ya' gonna call!
Post by FalconFly on 16.01.07 at 23:35:16
Well...

I've seen many consoles so far and several games that were told to be the best ones existing for them.

Looking at them alone, I basically saw toys for kids.

Looking at them in comparison with a PC... they lose big time, across all fields in my book.

Mediocre and slow Graphics, very poor sound, absolutely catastrophic human interface.
Simplistic Games (mainly limited by poor interface) I've last seen in that low complexity on PC's in the 386/C64 era.

They remind me of the Stand-Alone Coin-Up's found in gaming halls back in the old days.

I don't know if all that will change one day, but as of today, I wouldn't even take a batch of the latest consoles for free - they'd just take up precious room.
Everything I've seen so far has been a major disappointment, leaving me wonder why - on earth - anyone would settle with such little toys when there are Computers.
(unless one has a favor for such simplistic kid-style Games, then they make perfect sense).

The last time I actually spent some entertaining time on a Console was as a little kid on my GrandMa's Ping-Pong Game (late 70's) and later with a friend's Atari 2600 (early 80's). But these times are over... long over.

Being technical, a modern Console can do about 10% of what a PC can do - if heavily modified in Software and Hardware (mainly the human interface being brought upto speed) - with PC Hardware and a PC Operating System ;)
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In terms of Unit sales, I agree, however.
PC's simply are not for everyone, they're highly complex high-tech machinery, at the very edge of technology.
These advantages can be a disadvantage, if the User is not up to the task of masting the tech.
And that's exactly where Consoles fit in - Power On and Game loaded, ready to go. Give a small bit of a PC's power at the ease of a washing machine.
But at the end of the day, that's all they do (as of today).

Title: Re: Who ya' gonna call!
Post by Obi-Wan_Kenobi on 17.01.07 at 00:16:10
hey Paupsomiadis, ever seen a professional Flight Simulator on a Console?

O don't think so, the sound of those things is very crappy I totally agree FalconFly.

the ATi R500 VPU in the Xbox has 128Bit GDDR3 instead of 256Bit GDDR3 which it suppose to have :') my neighbourman has one and really the fps is sometime below the 24 fps and some games really stutter on it hahah those things are that slow sometimes that they can\t ven handle the games they supposed to run, sorry not that reliable imho.

seen the same things on Playstation 2's and 3's , the introduction of the PS3 showed some nice effects for a console but the sounds was the same low quallity sound as that of the PS2, worse than my SB Live 5.1 can produce :')

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