Prey Announcement

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• The DNF tech wasn't ready when the game started. : d3tached
• because DNF isn't its own tech afaik : cam3lt0sis
• Because 3DR isnt developing Prey, Humanhead is. : lvlmaster
• Different style of game, and thus different engine requirements? Perhaps not wanting to put all of one's ... : thaperfectdrug
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  You can't use DNF engine. DNF engine uses you. : Sixcos
  • ^^^^ This post needs more love. +Awesome. : d0gbert
• who knows but if the DNF engine is not done/still changing then why the hell would anyone want to use tha... : ease_one
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  Probably because DNF is being made with the Unreal engine. I don't think it would be legal to give that s... : SpaecKow
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    Just buying another license would be easy. UE2/2.5 is relatively cheap. : GreatGooglyMoogly
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      If they're just gonna buy another liscence, then why not liscence doom 3? I mean it's not a bad engine, i... : SpaecKow
      • *shrug* Dunno why/what you're arguing here now... or at whom it's aimed. : GreatGooglyMoogly
• Same reason DNF wasn't using the Prey engine when it was first announced. : pyrogen

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  You're right, and that old tag line will not be used. : GeorgeB3DR
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    Drop the Tommy Hawk name while you're at it too plz. : SpaecKow
    • Seconding this. I would third it and fourth it too, if that were possible. : Nephsevenon
• Oh smack its George! So ummm when can we play DNF? : sh3llsh0ck
• Enemies smarter than Dooms imps? I don't think thats possible. : matthaeus

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• Or maybe a decent amount of Delta 9 - tetrahydrocannabinol? : el_bandito
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  According to the article, it seems they renamed him to the even more retarded "Tommy Hawk". : GreatGooglyMoogly
  • Please tell me you are joking. : SixDemonBag
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    He was actually always named Tommy Hawk... Talon Brave was his traditional American Indian name. Yes ... : SpaecKow
    • Ah. You learn something new once or twice every year. : GreatGooglyMoogly
• goddamn, I know your pain :( : abrasion

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• D'oh! I got the issue yesterday and didn't even see the sticker (nor the report when I flipped through it... : redwood
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  All it says is that they've played 20 minutes of the game (which is now using a heavily modified Unreal 2... : noleh8r
  • Just a shade under a decade! All right! No way does this game live up it's expectations, and they are ... : dafragsta
• It's the thing that has been around for like one week. Nothing, they just mention it exists, no screensho... : rorshack
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  "though still too early and rough for 3dr to show.. bla bla.. we can report that with own eyes that DNF ... : FirmButtstone
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    still too early to show? jesus christ, for a game in development this long, you'd expect at least SOMETHI... : gndagger
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      no dnf until 2007. unveiling at e3 2006. : mrsnoogles
      • imho of course : mrsnoogles
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      You remember the old DNF video they showed at the Godgames lot at E3 01... or was it 02? They had some... : famine101
      • You didn't like that video? I thought it looked awesome. On the subject of something to show. DNF has... : SpaecKow
  • Judging by the blurb, sounds like the interactivity isn't actually on a level above Duke3D, which is sad. : GreatGooglyMoogly

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• Why can't it? Probably because there are like, what, 5 large independent studios left? : GreatGooglyMoogly
• I'm not sure you describe the business plan quite so accurately - it's 3DR doing the marketing, and they ... : SpiderMonkey
• Lets be clear here the difference between the two: Content -> People MAKING the game Distribution -> Pe... : stashthevampede

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  Hopefully Sascha will come with something other than AmeriKKKa style songs if they were to still do the s... : feratu
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    they finished with the soundtrack years ago. : roushimsx
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      I asked George Broussard about it a few years ago and he told me he'd only recieved some test stuff maybe... : Sideways Bob
      • weird, Sasha said that they'd finished it years ago. Maybe they got fed up with the lack of progress and ... : roushimsx

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• I've had this issue since last Friday. : noleh8r
• OK, got it in the mail just now. But it's a CD-ROM version, not DVD-ROM. What gives? Is there a DVD-ROM v... : Schnapple

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• Hey, they came up with the 4 letter title. Thats gotta count for at least 10-15% share of the revenue. : retardhumper
• Whitta? Wasn't he the formed Editor in Chief of PC Gamer? : PenicillinX57
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  I dunno if he was a former Editor-in-Chief, but he definitely writes the back-page column for the magazin... : mittense
  • Well if it's the same Whitta, then yes, he was editor in chief of PC Gamer for many years :) : PenicillinX57
• They also outsourced the art direction to the local primary school. : spdon

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• My thoughts exactly. Meh'd. : [fry]
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  Yeah, but I'll say the characters look awesome... : the_algor
  • I'll say that monster looks like a 3rd grader designed it... : thechunder
• look at the pics in pc gamer. it makes you say "pls releae it NOW" ;) : lonestar3
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  The PC Gamer article specifically states that the worked on bringing larger non-crapmed environments and ... : Sylvanus
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    U have to remember, Trolls dont read articles. : james t kirk
    • Reading is hard, lets go shopping! : ashkie
• Yay for low-poly! : GreatGooglyMoogly
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  How is it the engine making it look that way? It's the same canned art direction that makes doom engine g... : emcea
  • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9970086 : thebigbeefsandwhich

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  You don't have to use any specular maps in doom3. Specular maps are one of the most abused graphics t... : brushbaron
  • You misunderstand... I think you mean to say you don't need to use specular at all in some cases, which i... : thebigbeefsandwhich
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  Yes exactly, the Doom 3 engine is limited to a single power factor in the specularity, this happened beca... : gl2 drivers
  • This was either some randomly-generated mumbo-jumbo buzzword talking, or you are John Carmack. : rorshack
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    a comparison visual I made with the cryengine: http://img72.echo.cx/img72/9038/lolshading7zu.jpg I hop... : thebigbeefsandwhich
    • Lol, that side by side comparison makes me think of one great alternative use for the engine. With those ... : SpiderMonkey
    • Yeah, I don't know if much will be done with Doom 3 at this point. All that stuff will be long in the pas... : gl2 drivers

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  well, printmags are a dying breed anyways... getting your info of the inet is the way to go. It's fa... : James T. Kirk
  • Technology is already there. Laptop+newsgroups. : famine101
• Hell, it's $10.99 up here, plus 15% sales tax =/ : galvatron
• US/UK imports of those mags are $20 here : {Venger}
• i paid about 10-15 for my subscription : snowwolf

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  of course its marketing mumbo-jumbo. "tightly integrated story that packs an emotional punch" Trans... : BlitzMayhem
  • Did you just force-feed me the red pill? : MrMethane
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    You just described Max Payne II for me. : rorshack
    • He just described 80% of all videogames out there. : Dynotaku
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    Doubtful. 3DRealms integrates various themes into their games. Duke3D was the FPS mixed with comedy, li... : exigence7
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      Only Human Head is making this game, not 3dr. 3rd only own the ip. : Anti_dentite
      • 3dr has a big influence on game decisions : Maarten Goldstein
    • It's the "Native American'ness" that's always had me thinking this game would be unmitigated tripe, atle... : wozzeck
  • You sir, are right. And i laughed my ass off reading your incredible translation. Thank you, Morpheus. : [7]kami

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• HARVEY BIRDMAN'D : melkore

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• Not worth the money. You're welcome. : GreatGooglyMoogly

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• wait for a few seconds and it'll come up. : luke1111
• and if you check the source, there is a hidden message. Evil draws near. From beyond the veil of the w... : FirmButtstone

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  No, the US and UK versions of PC Gamer are different. : noleh8r
  • damn.... : ZeroSignal