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    the ONLY thing "new" with this engine and game seems to be the more varied and higher res textures. everything else has been done. the cars racing around and shooting looks exactly like half life 2, the animations are nothing special, sound is meh, and nothing really looked that new or exciting. sure im looking forward to it but im just not that excited about it.
    Aug 13, 2009 3:55pm PDT
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    the ONLY thing "new" with this engine and game seems to be the more varied and higher res textures. every... : boobieThis person is cool!

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      WTF wear you expecting it to be?? More than half the shit that comes out nowadays is nothing new He... : MOB712
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        because idtech 2 to 3, 3 to 4 etc were much bigger jumps in technology? so yes i was expecting a similar ... : boobieThis person is cool!
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          I don't think you quite understand what virtual texture management entails for the future of gaming. It's... : ZaldronGGThis person is cool!
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            uh. i understand exactly what it is and what it means, but im looking at the outcome of that technology r... : boobieThis person is cool!
            • What other game looks as good as Rage and runs at 60fps on the 360? The engine could do more detail if th... : gabrobot
            • Games will inevitably hit a visual plateau as long as artists have so much time to dedicate to a single s... : ZaldronGGThis person is cool!
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            There is a restriction, the total amount of memory you have available at the time. The technology can ta... : ease oneThis person is cool!
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              It doesn't bear that much of an impact. Think about it this way: if this engine was perfect in its capabi... : ZaldronGGThis person is cool!
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                PS: of course the "perfect streaming system" would generate a texture buffer too complex to draw quickly,... : ZaldronGGThis person is cool!
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                  PPS: pixel shaders are key to this development not because we're all used to fancy normal mapped material... : ZaldronGGThis person is cool!
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                    errata: in the "megatexture", not the "metada". : ZaldronGGThis person is cool!
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                      http://s09.idav.ucdavis.edu/talks/05-JP_id_Tech_5_Challenges.pdf page 15 virtual texturing thrashing ... : ease oneThis person is cool!
                      • When their 1024 pages fill up, or is close enough to the limit the megatexture object starts loading sub ... : ZaldronGGThis person is cool!
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          bigger jumps in indoor technology? the car chase looked a lot better and fluid to me than anything ive s... : loganThis person is cool!
          • are you serious? : mc-fineThis person is cool!
        • The only really drastic jump was from 3 to 4, and that was largely a result of the improvements in hardwa... : FlatlineDixay
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      I agree. It might be fun, but the animations looks very canned and meh compared to some earlier videos. Y... : BauriceMastard
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        "it might be fun, but"...? am i the last guy on earth that plays games primarily for fun? : radio_babylon
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          Apparently the only reason to play a game is to complain about the graphics. : beanman101283
          • Well, actually, he's complaining about this video, which isn't a very accurate representation of the fina... : Jobos
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    • I love the comments sometimes here, people have their heads so far up their ass's. The ONLY thing we nee... : Batmanshack
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