Oh, I'd be just fine building the cars, as well.
I used to drag race with my Plymouth, back in the day. Building and racing, then fixing it to make it faster and racing some more... That car is one of the highlights of my life. :biggrin:
People who like sims are people who dream about doing that thing in real life. If I had an unlimited amount of time (and money, for that matter), I'd be racing cars.
Oh, I'd be just fine building the cars, as well.Race, yes; actually work on, not one bit.
I wonder if we will be seeing more games with improved resolutions on PS4.
If there is console A and console B, close enough in power, and games are so expensive to develop that the majority are multiplatform, then it makes sense to share as much assets as possible between the two systems. Same models, textures, effects, etc.
If console A is weaker than B, then that will be what limits the graphics of the multiplatform game. To take advantage of console B's power, something simple like bumping the resolution or improving AA can be done, with mostly everything else still being identical to the console A version.
It could be that the X1 has just as good graphics at 720 as the PS4 does at 900/1080.
I'm buying a PS4 but all the videos comparing the two and I don't see much of a difference.
Am I nuts for wanting to get this primarily for Forza? That's pretty much my only motivation for wanting one right now.
I saw the 'making of' of the Xbox One invitation commercial in theaters the other day
If you're nuts, then I am joining you.
Forza is pretty much the reason I'm choosing Xbox over PS4 this month.
Did they show it directly in front of a movie or was it one of those pre-movie advertisements for the people that get to the theater way too early?
I saw an article on IGN stating that Microsoft said the X1 will play audio CDs and stream DLNA content.
That's interesting. Seems like a no-brainer though since it's Microsoft services and almost anyone has windows on a pc. Hopefully the PS4 integrates dlna later. If the price was the same I would consider it.
Sorry to jut in here, and if this has been answered, I am sorry, but anyone know if there will be any word on a range of pre-order dates that should get the first round of shipments for Amazon? I pre-ordered mine in July, and was curious on how long I should expect to wait to receive my console. Anyone else get any info on Amazon pre-orders?
so got my hands on the x1 today. played forza and killer instinct, and watched fifa but did not play it.
they had 6 tvs - 2 forza, 2 fifa, and 2 killer instinct. everything was running on dev x1's. i actually saw the consoles and stuff when they did some switching around, so they were for sure NOT on pc's. the x1's playing fifa had fifa only on them, so they couldn't switch the games on there. the other ones had forza and killer instinct on them, and they could pick between those 2 games.
fifa pretty much had no people playing it at all other than when i first got there. forza had a line of about 5-6 people in it most of the time for the first hour or so. then it went down to like a line of 2 people. killer instinct on the other hand, the line was about 30 deep and would get a little bigger/shorter depending on the crowd at the time. EVERYONE wanted to play it.
after about an hour and a half, they replaced one of the fifa consoles with the other one. like i saw them unhook it and hook up a new machine, so that is where i got a glimpse of the consoles that they were really running on. then about 30 minutes later, they took the other fifa out and put a 4th killer instinct on. it was nice because it made the killer instinct line go a lot faster.
well here are some of my first impressions.
controller - feels virtually identical to the 360 controller other than the dpad, and the rumble in the triggers. the rumble in the triggers is a nice touch, especially in forza, how you feel it vibrate when braking and picking up speed. subtle but a nice touch. the dpad on the other hand, it was still terrible for killer instinct. it was okay when playing a non-qcf character, but when playing jago, it was just terrible.
killer instinct - going to be freaking amazing, i'm gonna post a long opinion of this in the ki thread, but i'll just say that killer instinct was BBYY FFAARR the game people there wanted to play the most.
forza - looks incredible. the graphics are REALLY REALLY good in the game. it's so buttery smooth. the game feels just like forza, and it's just extremely boring to me. but holy hell it's pretty. but again, the rumble in the triggers was a nice touch when braking and giving gas.
fifa - didn't play it, but it looked really nice and buttery smooth as well. it basically looked like a higher-res version of the fifa we've all seen before. it probably just looks like the pc version of fifa but i've never seen it before. the details and lighting were amazing though.
EDIT:
oh i also asked them if i could hook up my 360 joystick to try it out in killer instinct because i heard it worked on the dev boxes, and someone else did it at another van tour, but they were VERY VERY serious about NOT letting me hook it up. even after i talked to one guy for like 2 hours and we were shooting the shit, i asked again and he was like HELL NO NOT A CHANCE IN HELL! he later said he was hungry and i told him i'd buy him dinner at the chipotle right there if he let me put my joystick in, and again, he said hell no cause he could get fired. they said the guy that let the other guy hook up his joystick definitely should not have let him do that.
Sounds cool but it also sounds like the controller would work but they don't want people to know. Whether because the retail units don't work or they want to trick people into thinking they need all new accessories so they get more license fees from 3rd parties.
Anyway I really cannot wait to play forza.
fifa pretty much had no people playing it at all other than when i first got there. forza had a line of about 5-6 people in it most of the time for the first hour or so. then it went down to like a line of 2 people. killer instinct on the other hand, the line was about 30 deep and would get a little bigger/shorter depending on the crowd at the time. EVERYONE wanted to play it.
well it's already known that dev boxes can use 360 controllers, that is no secret. and it's also no secret that the retail x1 won't be able to use 360 controllers. so i don't think it's any super secret conspiracy.
and it's not like there are a ton of accessories to buy at launch with the console that will replace existing accessories, other than the ki stick. but there are not going to be many at launch anyways, so as soon as people have their x1 at home, they can try out an accessory, and it either works or it doesn't.
That's pretty impressive.
Thanks for the impressions.
True...it is just odd to me that it was such a "hell no, no way, no how" thing.