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Posted by: Artemis Fowl
So far the screenshots for this game suxxors. I would much rather play it on my Xbox 360.

Well if you actually read the info, it says that they took those shots from a DX9 PC. The DX10 version will be a lot better.
That sounds good, except for the fact that Halo 2 won't support DirectX 10 drivers.

I guess 1900 X 1200 screenshot does look bad compared to a low-res slightly upsampled image quality on the Xbox 360.

In all seriousness, I think the game does need more work. They better have an option for anti-aliasing, because those screenshots look like crap.

[Edited on 3/9/2007]

  • 03.09.2007 11:32 AM PDT

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Yes, a shame that it won't make use of DX10.

Ah well.

  • 03.09.2007 11:42 AM PDT
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Duel wielding is a ton of fun. Being able to dish out damage from two weapons is enormously satisfying.

Second off, it's not overpowered. Every one else has the option of dual wielding. The playing field is even in that respect. The only determinant is the skill.

2. who cares? gameplay>>>>>pretty colors[
That's not the point. Pretty colors can still make a game funner.

  • 03.09.2007 4:09 PM PDT
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Posted by: stealthlogic
Duel wielding is a ton of fun. Being able to dish out damage from two weapons is enormously satisfying.[/quote]Yes, but some of us like to work for our kills.

Posted by: stealthlogic
Second off, it's not overpowered. Every one else has the option of dual wielding. The playing field is even in that respect. The only determinant is the skill.
Yeah, right. That's like saying, "Everyone has the option to use rocket launchers, therefore, if a noob blasts me apart with a heavy weapon, it was a very skillful action on his part."

However, I do think dual-wielded weapons can be countered. Dual SMGs cannot fare against four shots from my battle rifle.

2. who cares? gameplay>>>>>pretty colors[
That's not the point. Pretty colors can still make a game funner.
Funner is not a word. Pretty colors and amazing imagery may be nice, but keep in mind that the appeal and attraction of such aesthetics inevitably decays as time passes. Great gameplay lives on forever.

An analogy:

One might say that the visuals, the colors, the images, are the body or the flesh of a game, but how it plays, how fun the game is, determines the soul, the spirit of the game itself. The flesh decays, the body rots, but the soul lives on forever.

  • 03.09.2007 4:17 PM PDT
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Sorry, I just had to quote this.
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Whoever insults dual wielding has probably NEVER seen real wars before. It is done ALL THE TIME with lighter weapons.


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Sorry, the idea that ANY professional soldier would want to dual-wield weapons is totally stupid and bull-blam!- - any weapon 'light' enough to be dual-wielded would either resort to spray-and-pray tactics (in which case most of the bullets will miss due to recoil and also have a ENORMOUSLY GREATER chance of hitting noncombatants) or be semi-automatic pistols (in which case the inaccuracy is still the issue, and it's STILL better to use an assault rifle or a dedicated weapon instead of, y'know, a SIDEARM). 99% of the time it's better to hold one weapon with both hands, and the last 1% is when you can only afford BB guns.

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Yeah, I'm kind of surprised that he had the guts to say that...

Funner is not a word. Pretty colors and amazing imagery may be nice, but keep in mind that the appeal and attraction of such aesthetics inevitably decays as time passes. Great gameplay lives on forever.
You should consider other games. Much of the value of certain aspects of a game derives from the very lack thereof in other games (or simply from poor implementation of those elements.) Bungie is one of the few develoopers outt here who realized that combat should look good.

Not many other FPSs have good looking combat.

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Posted by: stealthlogic
Not many other FPSs have good looking combat.
What? Good looking combat? What is that supposed to mean?

"Not many other FPSs have good looking combat"? If that means good graphics combined with shooting stuff, then I guess the Half Life, Doom, Unreal Tournament, and Battlefield series fit in that category, doesn't it?

I probably misread your statement there, but I just want to state that Halo isn't that special... or the prettiest.

[Edited on 3/11/2007]

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Posted by: someone
Whoever insults dual wielding has probably NEVER seen real wars before.It is done ALL THE TIME with lighter weapons


a few problems with that statement:
1.m16 a2 is not a dual wieldable weapon nor is an ak-47 (two very coomonly used weapons in war.).
2.the people who do dual weild usally die
3.no one is dumb enough to duel weild because of #2
4.the lighter weapons suck

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Posted by: someone
Whoever insults dual wielding has probably NEVER seen real wars before.It is done ALL THE TIME with lighter weapons
I just thought you should know, Face/Off and The Matrix are not based off of true stories.

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Ya, no one "duel wields" in real war. Sorry to burst you bubble. I'm happy you agree with me and all but it doesn't happen. However, I still say it was a good addition, and I'm not going to repeat myself, just read my earlier posts.

[Edited on 3/12/2007]

  • 03.12.2007 1:12 PM PDT

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