EA/Dice shows off new game engine

[Blaze]

http://www.gamesradar.com/us/ps3/game/news/article.jsp?sectionId=1006&articleId=20071203131731702053&releaseId=2006082114355928063

As long as there is a PC version coming, this looks pretty sweet.  :)

[Warrior]

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.

[rabbit]

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"

[Blaze]

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.