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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: Bush Tucker Man on December 12, 2006, 12:48:55

Title: PC Games
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on December 12, 2006, 12:48:55

Whilst having never played any of the vast quantity of games available for PC, X-box, etc.........., (not even arcade games as a kid),
I saw one the other day that was on the 'Blue Yonder' home-page.
Well, I take that it's a game??

Is this the level of graphics that is prevalent today?

It combines 3 of my favourite comic/graphic novel charactors

Wolverine, Thor & Nick Fury

Ultimate Alliance? (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/224306/marvel_ultimate_alliance/)


Also;
Is this a game, or a film/TV series?? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0l_wyaZZAQ)

Title: PC Games
Post by: Rich_P on December 12, 2006, 13:07:16

First one looks like CGI for a game, while the second one is most definately a game due to the ingame graphical standards that were surpassed quite some time back.  :wink:

This is not far off an ingame graphical level of today. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n9FTfgueLk)

This is ingame graphical level of today (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AzS59SLjtQ), or at least with the Xbox 360.

While this (http://www.mortens1.no/images/The%20Game%20Cube/31.03.2005/Halo%202%20bilde%202.jpg) is of the graphical level of over a year ago with the use of the original Xbox.

Title: PC Games
Post by: Evilgoat on December 12, 2006, 14:18:04

Have an SGI Indy2, Maximum Impact sat back in my Basement in Calgary. When I paid $800 for it, it was a little old, but still considered the best CGI engine you could buy.

For a computer  that cost £10,000+ 10 years ago it cant even come close to the output of a PS2/Xbox 360 and it was built specifically to do that sort of stuff. That said most PC cards leave it for dead now too :(

Title: PC Games
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on December 13, 2006, 20:44:17

Right..........

That 'Halo' game looks very impressively 'put together'

My liking for the visuals of the 'Ultimate Alliance' doesn't mean that I'm going to break the habit of a lifetime though.

Title: PC Games
Post by: UKJeeper on December 13, 2006, 23:56:38

I just found out that if i want to play Splinter cell, Double agent (http://screenshots.teamxbox.com/gallery/1323/Tom-Clancys-Splinter-Cell-Double-Agent/p1/) i will have to upgrade my video card. I ONLY have 128mb video ram and need double that to BARELY play the d**n game! :shock: Chaos Theory (the old version) barely creaked along.

Microsoft Flight Simulator X (http://www.microsoft.com/games/pc/flightsimulatorx.aspx) needs a similar card if you want to use the full range of graphics on it. But the graphics are gorgeous.  8)

My first PC 12 years ago had 32mb of ram and a 2mb video card.

Title: PC Games
Post by: UKJeeper on December 14, 2006, 00:04:36

Quote from: "Rich_P"

This is not far off an ingame graphical level of today. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n9FTfgueLk)

This is ingame graphical level of today (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AzS59SLjtQ), or at least with the Xbox 360.

Both those links are cutscenes (or commercials), NOT actual gameplay shots. While they are good, ingame movies don't represent what the gameplay looks like.
 
However the Halo3 gameplay screenshots here (http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/halo3/screenindex.html) do look the dogs bits. My kids are already bugging me for a 360 having seen this.

Title: PC Games
Post by: AbyssDJ on December 14, 2006, 00:09:23

i used to be well into computer games... never really liked consoles though, more of a pc kinda guy.

sort of worn off though over the last year or two, because i havent bothered to update my computer for ages.. and now it appears to have killed itself anyway.

wouldnt mind an xbox 360 though... keri has an xbox and its the only console (other than a mega drive!) that i'll play