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Evening Reading
by Garnett Lee, Jan 26, 2011 5:00pm PSTLast night I grabbed the Xbox 360-exclusive Crysis 2 demo and played it for a couple hours. That proved to be plenty of time for me to see some of the struggles developer Crytek faces in bringing their technology to consoles. Much like the original Crysis overwhelmed the PCs of its day; this latest version of the engine seems to be pushing the limits of its intended hardware. While mostly running at a "locked" 30 frames per second, response to the controls felt sluggish in a way that left the impression that the 360 was having a tough time keeping up with the game.
With this generation of consoles lasting a while--Xbox 360 launched in late 2005, PS3 a year later--the passage of time gives PC gaming hardware an increasingly substantial advantage. At something like say $1000, a modern entry-level gaming rig can be had that packs an awful lot of power. And with so many multiplatform games including PC in the mix, wouldn't it be funny if the PC wound up being the best place to play them after so much energy went to making them console-friendly.
Here are the highlights from today's video game news on the Shack:
I might be crazy...how do I join the shacknews channel to request admittance to the guild?
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This was a good thing because there was suddenly a zone wide undead invasion. Me and a small group help this quest hub using the buff to power ourselves through these invasions mobs. Eventually, the big guy came forth and after about a 30 minute fight (might have been more, wasn't paying attention on the time exactly), the dude died. Overall, the experience got a lot better there. Btw, stonefield has elite mobs scattered in with the solo mobs now, so be ready and on the look out for them once you arrive.
I think what sold me the most after all that is how it seems like everyone has figured out their roles by this point and are sticking to it. In freemarch, there was a lot of chaos with a lot of people not sure what all they can do. By the time you are level 20, you've got enough skills up your sleeve to allow for some good rotations. I've personally switched out from plague bolt to the chloro nuke as life giving veil is just so damn good in such situations.
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