Pre Tgs Ms bash

[jvd]

August 25, 2005 - Microsoft has set a date for the long-awaited announcement of its Xbox 360 plans for Japan. On Thursday, 9/15, the day before the start of the Tokyo Game Show, Microsoft will gather journalists (and us!) at a fancy Tokyo hotel and spill the details on all things Xbox 360. Specifics on what will be announced have not been revealed by the company as of this writing.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/645/645454p1.html


Interesting . I wonder if they have a few special games ready for launch . Mabye that shenmue 1-3 rumor ?

 

[J_Saint]

I hope they finally announce the launch date. I have a vacation day I need to plan soon since I'll be standing in line at Best Buy to get a 360.

 

[Ty]

Heh, I saw the word "Bash" in the subject and I thought Sony was "bashing" MS again.

 

[pso]

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/645/645454p1.html


Interesting . I wonder if they have a few special games ready for launch . Mabye that shenmue 1-3 rumor ?

Yeah it could be that, I can't wait to see what the 'big' announcement is going to be at TGS.

 

[supa50]

xbox360 needs all the help it can get

From what i have seen so far, the xbox360 sure achives the 1.5 status but not quite next gen. Essential things like 60fps and jaw dropping graphics are no where to be seen. The graphics what we have seen seem only a little more polished than the xbox ones....MS needs to impress to be honest. Hope they do a better job at TGS.

 

[dukmahsik]

From what i have seen so far, the xbox360 sure achives the 1.5 status but not quite next gen. Essential things like 60fps and jaw dropping graphics are no where to be seen. The graphics what we have seen seem only a little more polished than the xbox ones....MS needs to impress to be honest. Hope they do a better job at TGS.

i feel sorry for the blind

 

[Acert93]

From what i have seen so far, the xbox360 sure achives the 1.5 status but not quite next gen. Essential things like 60fps and jaw dropping graphics are no where to be seen. The graphics what we have seen seem only a little more polished than the xbox ones....MS needs to impress to be honest. Hope they do a better job at TGS.

PGR3

Oblivion

Gears of War

Prey

Quake 4
http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/641/641193/quake-4-20050811042503512.jpg
http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/641/641193/quake-4-20050811042502278.jpg

Kameo
http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360...kameo-elements-of-power-20050517092439614.jpg

Call of Duty 2
http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/638/638905/call-of-duty-2-20050803042433419.jpg

99 Nights, Saints Row, Condemned, etc...

And if you were really interested you could compare Madden, Call of Duty, Kameo, PGR2/PGR3, Doom3/Prey&Quake4, Top Spin, etc... to get a good feel of last gen games vs. next gen games.

 

[PARANOiA]

From what i have seen so far, the xbox360 sure achives the 1.5 status but not quite next gen. Essential things like 60fps and jaw dropping graphics are no where to be seen. The graphics what we have seen seem only a little more polished than the xbox ones....MS needs to impress to be honest. Hope they do a better job at TGS.

I can see you've come to offer B3D your opinion, and we're the better for it. Yay.

 

[Bad_Boy]

only games that really shout NEXT GEN for me on the x360 are fight night, gears of war, PGR, and that other racing game that you rarely hear about...but im sure my opinion will change once i start playing these titles on the goodness of hdtv

 

[MechanizedDeath]

I love the look of GoW, but where does this shot come from?

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/614/614987/gears-of-war-20050517002655380.jpg

I've seen that pic posted about a million times. But where in the game is it from? Is it a cutscene? Is there some sort of melee action where you can literally hold off enemies with one hand? This shot has always baffled me b/c I've never seen anything else like it from the game. Otherwise, this game is the best-looking 360 title so far. And it actually looks like a lot of fun. PEACE.

 

[jvd]

think its concept . Or mabye a in game cut scene . Def not in game

 

[Acert93]

I love the look of GoW, but where does this shot come from?

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/614/614987/gears-of-war-20050517002655380.jpg

I've seen that pic posted about a million times. But where in the game is it from? Is it a cutscene? Is there some sort of melee action where you can literally hold off enemies with one hand? This shot has always baffled me b/c I've never seen anything else like it from the game. Otherwise, this game is the best-looking 360 title so far. And it actually looks like a lot of fun. PEACE.

It is concept as JVD said. The reason I picked it because it is "in game" concept work and the game, quite frankly, looks just as good. Unfortunately IGN does not have a lot of good pics, like the monster tearing through the wall or some of the action scenes or the big monster next to the tree.

I would not select that pic if there was another pic that demonstrated how "nice" the game looks. This shot shows off the high detail characters, lighting, shadowing, art, etc.

That said I am not as convinced at the gameplay. While it is nice to venture into new game types, Epic (IMO) has been hit and miss with FPS. Refining a great playing FPS vs. a first hack at a 3PS... after seeing the hero shoot over his shoulder I just went I was hoping for a dark, brooding, serious game with big, bad monsters that scared the spit out of you! Instead we have an over the top comic book hero

And it did not look great when he did it... the play mechanics just don't seem to scream "Skill!" to me... but those are all impressions from vids.

The game is absolutely beautiful AND it has plenty of time to shape up... Epic has at least a year.

My prediction:

Gears of War => 2006
Halo 3 => 2007

 

[one]

It is concept as JVD said. The reason I picked it because it is "in game" concept work and the game, quite frankly, looks just as good.

It's a nice pic, but that too smooth motion blur on those monsters' heads and claws... if without it, I think it's a good representation of the game.

 

[scooby_dooby]

it dosn't look any better than the project offset motion blur.

 

[PeterT]

That low-res reflection map in the PGR3 shot looks horrible in an otherwise impressive picture. Sure, you'll probably not notice it while playing, but still.

Just look at those jaggies!

 

[robofunk]

I think they should use different resolution cube maps for views like that one, if they doubled the res, that scene it would look pretty awsome. It's obviously something you'd only see in Gotham TV. A user controlled camera and zoom would be a problem though and the default res cubemap would have to do.

 

[pegisys]

I don't think they are using cubemaps for the reflection, they are probably using the same type of reflection as forza, but the lower quality will make it faster, hopefully the samples will update every frame

in a interview with cliffyb he said there will be close combat system in gears of war, so I think something like that shot can be seen, from what they showed before it has scripted cameras to give it a cinematic feel

and heres the link to the cliffyb interview, he talks about the game some but nothing new really

http://ww.ggl.com/media.php