[QUOTE or L. Scofield, post: 1836966, member: 8992"]I wouldn't mind ifCorridor corridor shooters had corridors as wide as those in C1
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The opening level was hyped (mostly by reviews Hyped the entire C1 and CW as that...maybe Crytek not sure don't think so) As being like sandbox or open world...however I played the games and initially believed that.
Then i noticed later levels that Halo 1 flashbacks as Halo 1 also had huge wide first person shooter levels and then i got flashbacks to N64 Goldeneye 007 and Turok 2 (insert evil grin) and my personal complaints about Halo 1's A.I. being in an invisible boxed corridor where they never chased you but that
was ok and limitations...
I also played the campaign several times from console gaming experience to notice that despite the large ram usage both system/graphics ram the A.I. also stayed within zones and that the actual levels were just wide corridors at a time when many kept saying its an open world.
Elderscrolls oblivion and morrowind were open world first person perspective game design with corridor maze dungeons.
Do you see where hype can get a llittle carried away?
There isn't anything wrong with a corridor design because it's just a videogame.
I see what you mean now about DX10. Yes, some features weren't available in the options menu in DX9 mode. However, most of them could be turned on anyways via cvars. The only one that caused trouble was object-based motion blur. The skin shader didn't play well with it in DX9 mode.
Maybe in hypothetical theory, if Crisis was made strictly as only a Dx9 PC game (marketing wise)with Physx then the "skin shader" and perhaps blur wouldnt have been an issue...as its still gonna use a lot of PC system and graphics ram... but that is just a theory.
The sequels were garbage. I liked the improvements in graphics (but not the regressions) but gameplay wise they weren't even close to C1/Warhead.
They made a design decision because home consoles didn't have 2GB of ram.
And GPUs with the extra boasted checklist features that would have taken at least until 2007 or 2008 to be feasible.
How downgraded will it be?
Battlefield 3/4/Hardline with Star Trek skins.
I really don't understand the adversity to corridor gameplay. Bloodborne is, for all intents and purposes, a corridor based game, but the way it's been structured makes it absolutely perfect and you'll never see anyone complaining about it being limited in scope. Open world just for the sake of it is not the Olympus of gaming.
Overhyped, hyped up marketing, hyped beyond forum boards...bias...
Corridor design has no problems. The multiplayer however can be considered a sandbox or near open world only if you leave the battle zone then you are either going AWOL or running away from battle as the enemy wins.
