Xbox360 e3 thread

[jvd]

Look when you go from a in game model to a cgi cut scene and then back to the in game model it breaks the mood. When your playing a game yes even with game engine cutscenes its not broken as it doesn't take you out of the feel and look of the game

 

[Laa-Yosh]

Realtime 3D graphics still lacks a few important things:
- high quality geometry and shader/texture antialiasing
- high quality displacement mapping
- advanced lighting and shading effects
- really high geometry complexity

Expect to see quite a lot of CGI cutscenes in this generation, too. Blur studio (known for stuff like the Return to Wolfenstein and Warhammer 40K intro) is working on four different game cinematics nowadays, including Hellgate and Company of Heroes; then there's Blizzard Cinematics; and many of the japanese X360 games were advertised with CGI sequences as well.

 

[passby]

My sister beat the newest final fantsy in 23 hours

I think she missed a lot of sidequests...

Recalls Iwata's opinion(not actual quote): "Most people don't play the whole of your 40-80 hr game..."

But I'm derailing the thread. Sorry, please ignore.

And Laa-Yosh, your presence is very appreciated. You are a valuable source for 'buckets of cold reality' by pointing out what's pre-rendered and what's CGI. I remember a thread on GAF from a guy who attended the X360 presentation with Anoop(Gamespy), high with ecstacy about how both of their jaws were falling off at the sight 'everything in real time!!!!'



Garbage editors/journalists.

 

[jvd]

Realtime 3D graphics still lacks a few important things:
- high quality geometry and shader/texture antialiasing
- high quality displacement mapping
- advanced lighting and shading effects
- really high geometry complexity

Expect to see quite a lot of CGI cutscenes in this generation, too. Blur studio (known for stuff like the Return to Wolfenstein and Warhammer 40K intro) is working on four different game cinematics nowadays, including Hellgate and Company of Heroes; then there's Blizzard Cinematics; and many of the japanese X360 games were advertised with CGI sequences as well.

Hopefully this will just be the case in the first generation games . I really hate the cgi and the break it gives to the games

 

[Neeyik]

Thread reminder - E3 material only please.

 

[Teasy]

Some videos of Rare/Perfect Dark 0:

http://ruliwebfile.dreamwiz.com/mpeg3/xbox360/pdzero.wmv
http://ruliwebfile.dreamwiz.com/mpeg3/xbox360/mtv360etc.wmv
http://ruliwebfile.dreamwiz.com/mpeg3/xbox360/game360.wmv

The first video has a very quick interview with some Rare exmployees, some game time with PD0 and then a 4 on 4 death match in PD0 (from MTV US maybe??). I haven't seen the other 2 video's..

 

[DuckThor Evil]

I only watched the last one, it seemed to be from the MTV Japan X360 unveiling.

 

[thatdude90210]

I only check out the first one and the third one, they were from the MTV "special." I didn't bother with the second one but I'm guessing it's from that also.

 

[j^aws]

Saw the 2nd vid...case shots, customisation, faceplates etc...looks less like a vase in the vid!

 

[Wunderchu]

THQ announces "The Outfit", a "WWII squad-based action game" developed by Relic Entertainment, for Xbox 360: http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05/16/news_6124709.html



"(E3-PR) 2k Sports Lineup 5 Xbox 360 games (Amped 3, Top Spin 2, NBA/NHL 2k6, etc)": http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=47567
another link: http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05/16/news_6124707.html



"Dead Rising" , a "horror-action game" by Keiji Inafune (creator of Onimusha) is coming to Xbox 360: http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=47631
another link: http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05/16/news_6124809.html

 

[jvd]

So now that sony has released thier specs do you think ms will bump up any of thier specs ?

It seems like ms might be able to push the r500 to 550mhz and take away that spec advantage from sony .


What do you guys think will happen ?

 

[jvd]

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/614/614619p1.html



Unfortunately, Sony has not pinned down a month or quarter in which the system will launch, but Microsoft's Bill Gates recently said that he will launch the Xbox 360 version of Halo 3 to combat the PS3 launch, which he indicated could be as early as the Spring of 2006.

 

[tEd]

Is there gonna be a live stream of MSs conference and when?

 

[jvd]

11:30 pm est time is when it starts .

I think we are going to get an interesting bomb dropped on us with some titles that sony wanted exclusive to be out on the x360 before the ps3 launches in the usa

 

[Ty]

May have been posted before...

http://www.forbes.com/personaltech/2005/05/16/cx_ah_0516xbox.html

 

[DeathKnight]

http://www.xbox.com/media/games/e32005/vid-e32005livewebcast-001-Hi.asx