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Title: SC : Double Agent 1up preview
Post by: Knotter8 on May 04, 2006, 12:16:15 PM
Awesome ! Ingame on Xbox360 (& highend PC), yeah !
http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3150298 (http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3150298)

The directed moments sound well thought out ; each one customized for story impact.
Check out the screenshot with the dude in half. Bloodyfvckingtastic.

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimage.jeuxvideo.com%2Fimages%2Fx3%2Fs%2Fc%2Fscdax3012.jpg&hash=7f9bab2ff49372d2d08997202608cb76ac59711c)

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimage.jeuxvideo.com%2Fimages%2Fx3%2Fs%2Fc%2Fscdax3011.jpg&hash=fdb7001f5497c3a455bd4bcad94324ede766dc78)
Title: SC : Double Agent 1up preview
Post by: Evi on May 04, 2006, 01:19:35 PM
Is this the actual game or hyped BS?
Title: SC : Double Agent 1up preview
Post by: Knotter8 on May 04, 2006, 01:35:48 PM
The real deal. Try to look at the model\'s contours ; often you can still count the polygon edges.
(MGS4 graphics still look a tiny tiny bit better imho)

Ubisoft Shanghai is doing this and it\'s a suped up SC X engine (from CT) built to take advantage of Xbox360 multicore architecture and dualcore PC\'s.

Xbox360 & PC will have online Spies vs Mercs
PS2 & Xbox will have online Spies vs Spies
Title: SC : Double Agent 1up preview
Post by: Evi on May 04, 2006, 01:40:11 PM
I guess the companies we expected to have these kinds of visuals pulled through. Konami and now this.
Title: SC : Double Agent 1up preview
Post by: Knotter8 on May 04, 2006, 01:49:26 PM
The top of Sam\'s kneepad : I count 1,2,3 polygon edges on that side. Basically we see a quarter part of the knee surface ; this suggests a fullrounding of about 12, maybe 15, polygon edges. Current gen is usually 8 poly edges for limbs. Also, it\'s the feffects like the lighting and the normal mapping which make stuff look more true to life than it actually is.

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.1up.com%2Fmedia%3Fid%3D2852118%26type%3Dlg&hash=9d30f8c90f39f81694cb105d21c4302539ab67eb)
Title: SC : Double Agent 1up preview
Post by: Evi on May 04, 2006, 01:51:23 PM
I\'m not into 3D modeling, so I wouldn\'t notice technical things like that (although when you point those things out, they become obvious). But that\'s cool.
Title: SC : Double Agent 1up preview
Post by: Titan on May 04, 2006, 01:57:55 PM
Hate to admit it but those look good....for a 360 *shifts eyes*
Title: SC : Double Agent 1up preview
Post by: Unicron! on May 04, 2006, 02:16:35 PM
Looks good to me. I see no reason why this cant be real time. Gears of War looks a lot better
Title: SC : Double Agent 1up preview
Post by: Knotter8 on May 05, 2006, 06:20:54 AM
^ That\'s a maybe and a matter of style difference (sneaky atmosphere vs bombastic battles).

Last Gears of War ingame demo ran @ 20 frames p/sec with hickups.

This is a true ingame camera point of view shot from GoW.
It doesn\'t look as impressive as those early longshot cam screenshots.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/theNoid/gears101.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/theNoid/gears101.jpg)
Title: SC : Double Agent 1up preview
Post by: Soul Reaver on May 05, 2006, 06:40:15 AM
An indoor, plain scene? You\'re comparing it to outdoor scenes. That\'s hardly fair.

Anyway, those GoW vids were extremely early builds.
Title: SC : Double Agent 1up preview
Post by: Knotter8 on May 05, 2006, 06:45:07 AM
Why ? A GoW indoor pic should be able to be at least on par with that SC DA pic i posted first. That\'s a fair comparison.
Title: SC : Double Agent 1up preview
Post by: Unicron! on May 05, 2006, 07:50:05 AM
Quote from: Knotter8
^ That\'s a maybe and a matter of style difference (sneaky atmosphere vs bombastic battles).

Last Gears of War ingame demo ran @ 20 frames p/sec with hickups.

This is a true ingame camera point of view shot from GoW.
It doesn\'t look as impressive as those early longshot cam screenshots.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/theNoid/gears101.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/theNoid/gears101.jpg)

Are you refering to the demo shown last year(I think it was at E3?)?
Title: SC : Double Agent 1up preview
Post by: Soul Reaver on May 05, 2006, 07:54:04 AM
Quote from: Knotter8
Why ? A GoW indoor pic should be able to be at least on par with that SC DA pic i posted first. That\'s a fair comparison.


Different art direction for both games there buddy.
Title: SC : Double Agent 1up preview
Post by: Knotter8 on May 05, 2006, 08:01:38 AM
That was my initial argument vs Unicron ! Stealth atmosphere - Frantic sci fi action.

Anyway, the demo showed with that Cliffy B interview on G4 some time ago, yes. Gameplay looked a bit like Syphon Filter imo. I saw only one type of Locust enemy ; footsoldier type, not the big ones. Framerate was really not good.

But indeed, i wouldn\'t be surprised if GoW eventually will have more impressive graphics. Afterall, it\'s built on a completely new engine whereas SC DA runs on
an evolved version of the SC CT engine.
Title: SC : Double Agent 1up preview
Post by: Unicron! on May 05, 2006, 08:31:47 AM
Quote from: Knotter8
That was my initial argument vs Unicron ! Stealth atmosphere - Frantic sci fi action.

I am mainly talking about the technical visual aspects rather than the art direction of the game. :)

Quote
Anyway, the demo showed with that Cliffy B interview on G4 some time ago, yes. Gameplay looked a bit like Syphon Filter imo. I saw only one type of Locust enemy ; footsoldier type, not the big ones. Framerate was really not good.

But indeed, i wouldn\'t be surprised if GoW eventually will have more impressive graphics. Afterall, it\'s built on a completely new engine whereas SC DA runs on
an evolved version of the SC CT engine.
How long ago though? I am trying to see if it was the early build footage shown at E3 last year. That was 20fps I remember. But I think they are going to achieve a stable 30fps
Title: SC : Double Agent 1up preview
Post by: Knotter8 on May 10, 2006, 03:00:29 PM
7 minutes of camshot gameplay footage. You might need to install the xvid codec. Direct download mirrors at the bottom of the page.

http://www.xboxyde.com/leech_2589_en.html (http://www.xboxyde.com/leech_2589_en.html)

We see SC DA \'s Kinshasha level and it looks great. The arctic level however, looks far from finished. I\'m getting this game on PC for sure !