Destruction physics is only the start, wait till you see ray tracing and AI in the cloud that is more smarter than you.
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Ok there's one bummer here though.
The 100% destruction is only for multiplayer. I wonder, what exactly is multiplayer in Crackdown? That wasn't in the first two, right? So will this be like deathmatch in one big destroyable city? Because it's not for co-op. I also read that it's a completely different city in multiplayer.
The 100% destruction is only for multiplayer. I wonder, what exactly is multiplayer in Crackdown? That wasn't in the first two, right? So will this be like deathmatch in one big destroyable city? Because it's not for co-op. I also read that it's a completely different city in multiplayer.
I found it funny too, most of them just stay in other threads. Games like this just don't give them much ammo to use, especially being so early in development.
sure they can but they won't or it will take forever for them to get to the point MS will be at. I mean look how long live was around till you got PSN. MS as a software giant will leave Sony in the dust when it comes to this stuff. MS also have a much better bank account then Sony and has teams who whole job is the cloud stuff.
I see Sony renting servers and the tech off MS before they ever do it on their own.
Are you f***ing goofy or somthing? The cloud stuff has been done before that is not a bad thing. You also had online gaming before live again big deal. This is not new so it should work fine as all I'm stating and with a company the size of MS and their mega bucks hopefully it works well.
Fork sakes some of you care way to much about a soulless company and the piece of plastic they sold you. I get it this is your time to smack your dick thinking about MS but damn.
Let me get his right: You make an idiotic statement about how this level of cloud usage has been done before, refused to provide proof, then respond with a post that has nothing to do with the topic at hand (or the challenge I offered you...), get insecure, lash out etc. And I'M the one smacking my dick? All kinds of logic and reason right here folks! lol
I'm still waiting for you to provide an example of this technology being done before. Been waiting since yesterday actually, and I'll I've gotten were crickets.
Yeah, I wish they'd have gone the whole hog and gone online only so single player would use the tech. It's unclear currently if the co op campaign includes the destruction or if it the usual team deathmatch mp only.
I've read that they never implemented destruction in single player because it would be tricky to carry the story along if you just started blowing up all the city but I think that was just supposition.
I smell smoke over at Gaf! lol. The amount of mental gymnastics being performed over there (via the Cloud) are worthy for an audition with Cirque del Soleil. lol
When you think about it it makes sense for the 100% destruction to be MP only. In the game you're not really supposed to be leveling the city as opposed to protecting it.( also they still want to make getting agility orbs challenging) Not to mention with the game done there would be no city to mess around in as you'ved destroyed everything. While in MP you are blowing up things in a session and it all comes right back when you play again. Not sure about it being a different city in MP. I read that it was a different city altogether from the first two Crackdown games.
EDIT: Ok i see what you mean about MP taking place in a different city. That's interesting.
MP in the second Crackdown was deathmatch only right? It's been a while since i have played it.
Next year there will be an MP beta, whether the whole game makes it in 2016 is another matter.
lol Not to mention the constant the moving of goal posts. Funniest stuff i have read in the past day.
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It will probably have limitations in SP simply to prevent breaking the game. If you level a building, you can't reach the agility orbs, or if they fall, it takes the fun out of hunting them down because you could just knock down a building and collect orbs.
They have mentioned multiple times that you could go after a mob boss by taking out his building, so I'm certain there will still be destruction. They may only let you go so far, or only completely destroy certain buildings.
Pretty cool the game play mechanics that could take place. A sniper dug in on a rooftop? Just bring the rooftop beneath him down. Imagine vehicular combat. A car comes screaming at you? Take it apart bit by bit with machine gun fire. These are things that have been done before but taken to an entirely different level. It's pretty limitless what you can do. Props to Crackdown to further advancing what you can do with this. I'm sure other creative minds are watching and thinking of their own visions and areas of innovation.
And now it makes more sense (again, IF they can pull it off), why the X1 was supposed to be always on/always connected, and why they made it 'less powerful'.
If the cloud can do what it appears it can do, and DX 12 offers a nice bump in everything...the X1 can have a very, very long lifecycle.
EDIT: IF, IF, IF!! This is all only if MS can pull this off. Nothing proven yet, but the CD demo was really, really nice to see.
If the cloud can do what it appears it can do, and DX 12 offers a nice bump in everything...the X1 can have a very, very long lifecycle.
EDIT: IF, IF, IF!! This is all only if MS can pull this off. Nothing proven yet, but the CD demo was really, really nice to see.
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Yup. Agreed. In my opinion I believe thats precisely why Microsoft wanted the Xbox One to be an always online console. They knew what they were doing from the beginning. In fact, I think we may still see always online become a thing this gen. I can live with that. This kind of power from the Cloud should effectively increase the Xbox One's shelf life. If they are getting 20x's more power now, that can do nothing but grow and increase the power of the hardware. Thats a big deal.
Whoa, let's slow down here a bit. I'm excited about this tech too and all the things it could mean for gaming, but let's not equate this to the invention of the telephone, something that has changed peoples lives and the way we communicate forever.
I didn't say telephones. I said smartphones. This is a product the exists within the communications industry. Of course it's not as evolutionary as the creation of the telephone itself.
Actually, if you think about what I'm saying, having the technology to crush complicated math physics to the tune of 20x's of the local hardware is not only significant but unprecedented in the game console space. Cloud tech (in my opinion) is revolutionary. Not unlike the invention of smartphones, which also changed the landscape of communication and functionality. This tech has the potential to do the same with the gaming industry as a whole. Literally change the future of gaming forever. I don't think I'm too off base, it at all. Just forward thinking with the recent news.
I think once they can find a way to make Cloud compute work with single player games as well as MP, is when we'll know that games will never be the same. Crackdown is just the start, IMO.
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I agree that this is extremely significant for the entertainment space, let alone game console space. It is revolutionary and I can see where you're going with the analogy of a smartphone. However, I think it's a bit over the top to make comparisons to inventions that have meant a quality of life improvement of real life. The smart phone has improved real life in very practical ways on a much, much larger scale.
So is this some kind of third party technology that is debuting in Crackdown? I really hope to see this in other games
I wonder how much this will be implemented into multiplat games.
Can you imagine a COD where X1 has fully destructible environments and nothing on the PS4? Not only would it create major tears and meltdowns, they would also have to design 2 ways to play and make unique balancing adjustments between the 2 versions. Not saying it couldn't be done but we have seen plenty of examples in the past with multiplat devs designing with the lowest common denominator in mind.
My guess is that this is going to shine in big dev AAA exclusives for X1 and not be seen much elsewhere.
Can you imagine a COD where X1 has fully destructible environments and nothing on the PS4? Not only would it create major tears and meltdowns, they would also have to design 2 ways to play and make unique balancing adjustments between the 2 versions. Not saying it couldn't be done but we have seen plenty of examples in the past with multiplat devs designing with the lowest common denominator in mind.
My guess is that this is going to shine in big dev AAA exclusives for X1 and not be seen much elsewhere.
I think Battlefield would do this before COD. Maybe instead of partial destruction here and there on ps4, maybe it takes it a step further on xbox one. Idk
You may be right about this. However, this kind of tech could increase profit and revenue for upcoming games. It's just that impressive. So, one never know. We may see a few third parties make use of this tech in the future. I sure hope so at least...
Who the hell cares what another site thinks? You know their slant so there's no reason to bring it up.
Probably for the most part it will be first party and exclusives this generation however the big multi platform developers have to be looking at it and think that's the future of gaming. Particularly if games moving forward on first party start to have a certain look. People will see it and say yup that's a Xbox game. I'm sure Sony is looking very closely at what is going on.
It's amazing watching the last 5 minutes. Games are really going to look like something from the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan. All hell breaks lose and carnage everywhere. Games where you are trying to escape a building and what not will literally have the building falling apart or on fire.