Bioshock

[woah]

Those Doom 3 outdoor environments look awesome, yet I am curious as to how they perform.

[Ishtvan]

@spar - it's quite common that parachutes have holes in them

I heard that military parachutes have holes designed to drop faster than civilian ones. Basically they just slow you down enough so that you don't break your legs if you know how to land right. If you came down at a nice leisurely pace, you'd be more likely to get shot in the air.

[Dram]

I heard that military parachutes have holes designed to drop faster than civilian ones. Basically they just slow you down enough so that you don't break your legs if you know how to land right. If you came down at a nice leisurely pace, you'd be more likely to get shot in the air.

 

It's also for stability.

[Unstoppable]

It's also for stability.

 

You know I thought this game was vaporeware. Boy good thing I never said it would be. Way for them to pull through. They deserve all the credit in the world.

[Arumakani]

http://i.i.com.com/cnet.g2/images/2006/233...2_screen001.jpg

http://i.i.com.com/cnet.g2/images/2006/233...2_screen003.jpg

[Unstoppable]

I'm real happy for Irrational game. For a second thereI thought this game was vaporeware since they didn't have a publisher.

[Ishtvan]

Oh noes! They've been HDR'd to death!

[Gildoran]

To me it looks more like they've been bloomed to death... just out of curiosity, why do people always mention bloom and HDR together?

[Arumakani]

Does look a bit like Prince of Persia Bloom style effects. Probably touched up though. I doubt a spooky game would be this bright.

[Arumakani]

http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/727/727983p1.html

[Komag]

If you can't turn off that retarded glowing I won't play it. Otherwise it looks great!

[obscurus]

If you can't turn off that retarded glowing I won't play it. Otherwise it looks great!

 

It could be a bit more subtle, but I don't mind it that much. Certainly wouldn't stop me playing it.

[Arumakani]

Some more screens:

 

http://xboxyde.com/news_3400_en.html

[Mr Mike]

Had my eye on this for a long time and I gotta say the art directing is looking freakishly good. I find it utterly mesmerizing.

[New Horizon]

*sigh* All I can think when I see those pics is....what would T3 have been like if given to Irrational instead of Ion?

[Mr Mike]

*sigh* All I can think when I see those pics is....what would T3 have been like if given to Irrational instead of Ion?

 

 

Perhaps like The Dark Mod?

[SneaksieDave]

*sigh* All I can think when I see those pics is....what would T3 have been like if given to Irrational instead of Ion?

With some of the Ion employees transplanted as well: it would've been a lot better.

[Vadrosaul]

With some of the Ion employees transplanted as well: it would've been a lot better.

All the ones responsible for Deus Ex's greatness

 

This desperately needs to be the next coming of a truly excellent action FPSRPG ala System Shock 2, Vampire Bloodlines, etc...

 

Apparently there is interactive relationships between the NPC's, called the splicer (crazy scarecrow lady with a pair of hand-scythes), and a paired relationship called little sister/Big Daddy

[Arumakani]

Have you ever played any of the KOTOR games? They're really good. If you have an XBox360 then watch out for Mass Effect by the same folk. They did Neverwinter Nights, Baldur's Gate, KOTOR 1. The only sort of less then excellent game they've done is Jade Empire.

[Arumakani]

A BioShock suprise on IGN tonight apparently: http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/733/733497p1.html

 

[Crispy]

As soon as we get the video from 2K Games, we'll post this IGN exclusive at our regular posting time, about 6:30 pm, on Wednesday, September 20. Stay tuned.

It's past 6:30pm Wednesday already in my time zone, where's my video???!

 

US-centric bastards. I don't even know what timezone they're in (I guess US Eastern? maybe???), so I can't do the conversion. I hate it when they do that.

 

It's like when they do the seasons thing: "Coming this Spring!" Oy, which spring? Okay, so they don't want to give a specific month - no worries, just substitute "Coming late 2006" or "Coming Q3 2006". Then everyone wins, ya?

 

(Thankfully you can usually tell pretty easily, because only Americans are self-centred enough to distribute videos around the world that contain hemisphere-specific dates.)

[ZylonBane]

The video is up.

 

It is nifty.

 

However, Ken has mentioned that it's of the E3 build, so it's quite out of date now.

[Vadrosaul]

It was mentioned that they are using the latest build of the engine for IGN's video, Available here

 

Oooh Security camera's

[Arumakani]

You guys really reckon if Levine and co did Thief sequels they would've been awesome?

[Crispy]

Man, IGN's streaming sucks. Play for 10 seconds, pause for 15 seconds. Play for 10 seconds, pause for 15 seconds. Is it too much to ask to buffer the whole thing before starting to play it? And if you pause it manually to allow it time to buffer, it stops buffering. It's worse than Windows Media Player, and that's saying something!

 

And then they insist on showing me unskippable high-resolution ad videos before letting me do anything; stream, download, anything. I don't mind the occasional image or text ad, but STOP WASTING MY BANDWIDTH.

 

Can't find it anywhere else though. :/ Sigh. Currently my speakers are turned off and the bandwidth-munching advertisement is playing in the other tab while I wait for it to let me download.

 

I hate IGN.