The Hype Thread

IBurn36360 · Post by **IBurn36360** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:31 am

Mythic map pack for Halo 3, WAY over-hyped. Short of Sandbox, which, is an absolute forgers paradice and far exceeded expectations, the maps brought little to the game.

Orbital ends out being a spawn camping nighmare. (rockets are painful)
Assembly is petty much the same effect. (gravity has never been so mean to me)

My only true gripe with Sandbox is that I needed to money glitch it, otherwise, there is just not enough money to do much. On the plus side, there are a MASSIVE number of items available. Everything from a small, seemingly insignifigant ramp, to a big block of stone, every vehicle (both variants of the hornet) and the three tiered area layout (Main level, crypt, and skybox or skybubble) are major advantages for creating almost, if not the best maps seen in the Halo universe. My filshare has a canvas that is, empty, has the turrets blocked, and has a teleporter outside of the skybubbe, enjoy.

M123 · Post by **M123** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 5:02 pm

Borderlands has had a major change to its graphical style. This picture from the front cover of PC Gamer shows an in-game character:

*Click for larger pic*

What do you guys think?

VNilla · Post by **VNilla** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:21 pm

PC Gamer wrote:Dual-wielded fishguns?

Can we use the fish ammo to distract/appease the monster thingies in the trailer?

Verminator · Post by **Verminator** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:31 pm

I'm puzzled. I don't know what to think about those new graphics. I guess the gameplay'll stay intact, at least.

Post by **Kaelis** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:44 am

IBurn36360 wrote:Mythic map pack for Halo 3, WAY over-hyped. Short of Sandbox, which, is an absolute forgers paradice and far exceeded expectations, the maps brought little to the game.

Halo was always overhyped, no surprise there. But allowing people to do something creative with it? Now thats a (positive) shocker. Big plus for Bungie in my book.

Verminator wrote:I'm puzzled. I don't know what to think about those new graphics. I guess the gameplay'll stay intact, at least.

I think its interesting. Something original. Not just yet another grungy-realistic soldier of apocalypse style. And i didnt like the 'original' graphics that much anyway.

PC Gamer wrote:See the new Zerg in Starcraft 2 - only in PC Gamer.

What the hell? Are they completely out of the loop? don't they know zerg are already on starcraft2.com for a few months now?

M123 · Post by **M123** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:52 am

Kaelis wrote:
PC Gamer wrote:See the new Zerg in Starcraft 2 - only in PC Gamer.
What the hell? Are they completely out of the loop? don't they know zerg are already on starcraft2.com for a few months now?

They might be referring to pics of new units released as an exclusive in the mag. I don't know for sure, though.

Sponge · Post by **Sponge** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:03 am

M123 wrote: What do you guys think?

Let me put it this way.

If that's not concept art, and is in fact an ingame render, I am no longer interested in purchasing this game. What a fucking stupid idea. Sure, it's inventive, but cartoon graphics do not suit an FPS geared toward the mature crowd. Team Fortress 2 was well executed, but this looks like something out of Disney.

VNilla · Post by **VNilla** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:51 am

If Disney starts making First Person Shooters, me =

However, I do agree: that had better darn sake be concept art and not a render. (It looks a bit too flat and two-dimensional to be a render, though, so I'm hopeful.)

Slayer0019 · Post by **Slayer0019** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:21 am

M123 wrote:
Kaelis wrote:
PC Gamer wrote:See the new Zerg in Starcraft 2 - only in PC Gamer.
What the hell? Are they completely out of the loop? don't they know zerg are already on starcraft2.com for a few months now?
They might be referring to pics of new units released as an exclusive in the mag. I don't know for sure, though.

Does that magazine say June 2009 or June 2008? It's either too old for the info it claims to have, or a forgery. Check your source info.

Nutcase · Post by **Nutcase** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:34 am

June 09 ain't coming for two more months.

Slayer0019 · Post by **Slayer0019** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:07 am

Nutcase wrote:June 09 ain't coming for two more months.

...That's exactly my point...

Post by **Kaelis** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:20 am

Its a render alright, could easily be ingame too. Take a close look at the barrel of that gun, or screews on his hand. You can spot how polygons flow; theyre not perfectly round, but hexagonal/octagonal, to save on polycount.

I guess im the only one who actually likes that style. Notice its not exactly 100% cartoonish, like those (aw)fully cellshaded games.

Crazyeyes24 · Post by **Crazyeyes24** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:09 am

Nutcase wrote:June 09 ain't coming for two more months.

It definitely says June 2009...

M123 · Post by **M123** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:51 am

Kaelis wrote:I guess im the only one who actually likes that style.

I quite like it as well. It adds a unique style to the game and maintains a high level of detail.

Here's an interesting post made by the CEO of Gearbox.

Post by **Arcalane** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:34 pm

PCG have a habit of advance-dating their magazines for some daft reason, so if you buy in January you'll get the "February" one. It could be a marketing thing, I dunno.

Also lol @ fan raeg.