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EA/Dice shows off new game engine
« on: December 03, 2007, 06:59:21 pm »
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Re: EA/Dice shows off new game engine
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2007, 09:59:18 pm »
Only thing remotely impressive is the HDR Audio.

The CryEngine seems like a much more mature platform to work with. They have one of the most insane editors I've ever seen.

I mean, if these guys at Dice can pull off an even more robust shader system and support more DX10 features then all the power to them. Competition is good.
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Re: EA/Dice shows off new game engine
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2007, 11:48:46 pm »
That looks pretty awesome, considering the crappy quality of the video.  My favorite line was "The HGR Audio system makes loud sounds sound really loud...and quiet sounds sound loud"

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Re: EA/Dice shows off new game engine
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2007, 12:14:55 am »
Yeah, I was mostly highlighting it here for the audio part, which, in my head, is a little bit wiser then going all out on video.  People these days have old video cards still and a lot of people are still in the process of realizing it's time to upgrade (I blame all the recent game releases).  But something almost everyone has is a speaker/sub woofer system.  Making something look good is only half of the battle..  sound is pretty good to have to.

A friend of mine just bought a surround sound system for his computer so he could play Mass Effect.  It's pretty damn cool.
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