Battlefield 3 is it gonna be another bad console port?

Tefal said:
yet don't support dx10+

Also while pretty the games are really bad.
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who gives a damn if a games doesn't support a certain version of Direct X, what difference does it make really...? as I keep saying about the first game, there was absolutely no notable difference between DX9 and DX10 except that DX10 ran badly, all the eye candy can be enabled in DX9 for a much smaller performance hit, so doesn't that make DX9 the better option?

the second line is pretty subjective, the games are bad...? again I don't think that is a fair conclusion to come to, granted they've been far from perfect but I don't think bad is really fair, Far Cry was a bit of a mixed bucket as far as good and bad goes, it was 'testing the ground' I think for future games from Crytek. the only thing that ever seems to let them down I think so far is storytelling, but then Crysis II has been better than Crysis I for storytelling so its another step in the right direction. so I think all the haters are missing the point, looking into the cracks too see how they can expose Crytek games as 'bad games', without looking at any of the genuine merit of their work, the genuine good points they have.

another thing worth noting is Crytek seem to have a bizarre ability to make enemies that everyone seems to hate for no apparent reason. the Trigens from Far Cry (not even sure what they were to be honest.) but by god they were dangerous...! the aliens from Crysis, supposedly 'ruined' the game, again not sure how they ruined the game since it was about aliens...? yet nobody says anything bad about Half Life 2 for example and those stupid muffin enemies (head crabs or whatever they are called) which aren't really great enemies to be honest, so Crytek attempt to make enemies that 'feel' different and add a different dimension and they get slated for it, where as other studios seem to put much less effort into it and get glowing reviews. :confused:
 
uv said:
Am I the only person who thinks Crysis 2 is visually stunning? People just seem to be crying because they had hyper inflated expectations of photo-real visuals.

Console port or not (the fact that anything is a port is irrelevant), the trailers for BF3 look majestic, and I can't wait to play it.

It amuses me how elitist some people in this subforum are, when Console Port is used as a automatically derogatory term, and anything graphically below actual reality is just pathetic - get over your obsessions with graphics and console vs PC arguments, and you'll find there are tons of games that are great simply because they're fun - regardless of what platform you choose to play them on.
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good too see I have a kindred spirit somewhere on here, I also think Crysis II looks really good, some of the reasons already slating it are how its a lot less colourful than the original game, its a city for crying out loud, they aren't noted for looking like tropical islands...! its getting the same treatment the original Crysis got, great game but for some reason its like the 'trendy' thing to do, to slate it left right and centre. :confused:
 
Gashman said:
who gives a damn if a games doesn't support a certain version of Direct X, what difference does it make really...? as I keep saying about the first game, there was absolutely no notable difference between DX9 and DX10 except that DX10 ran badly, all the eye candy can be enabled in DX9 for a much smaller performance hit, so doesn't that make DX9 the better option?
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So because they poorly implemented dx10/11 last time that means they shouldn't use it?

despite it offering things like tessellation, better physics,better support for multi cored cpus/gpu's etc basically things that would let them make the game much better but because they can't run on a dx9 console they don't bother to use so people never really see the difference. because they don't actually use the features.
It's an engine designed for console games and the odd pc port.
 
Tefal said:
So because they poorly implemented dx10/11 last time that means they shouldn't use it?

despite it offering things like tessellation, better physics,better support for multi cored cpus/gpu's etc basically things that would let them make the game much better but because they can't run on a dx9 console they don't bother to use so people never really see the difference. because they don't actually use the features.
It's an engine designed for console games and the odd pc port.
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all those things are just going to slow things down again, and we'll get the return of the 'it doesn't run at 60FPS so its unplayable' crap again, it all sounds great in theory but how often does that turn out to be true in the real world? tessellation, physics is all good if it can be made to work properly without resorting to £1000+ upgrades just to run the game, they would be just nudging themselves out of the market by doing that and have the exact same arguments people used for the original game. does the game really miss tessellation, massive amounts of physics, does it ruin your experience personally?
 
This thread made me lol, have you seen the system specs "these aren't official" but a guidline, iv'e seen some screenies on the tinternet the game looks aswome. if it's anything like BF2 i will have dirty pants.

Minimum System Requirements
Processor: Dual Core
Memory: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 15 GB for Digital Version, 10 GB for Disc Version
Video Memory: 256 MB
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 10
Keyboard and Mouse
DVD Rom Drive

Recommended System Requirements
Processor: Quadcore Processor
Memory: 4 GB
Hard Drive: 15 GB for Digital Version, 10 GB for Disc Version
Video Memory: 512 MB
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 11
Keyboard and Mouse
DVD Rom Drive
 
Gashman said:
all those things are just going to slow things down again
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well if they make it dx10/11 properly and from the ground it means they can do many of the dx9 things more efficiently (ie quicker/with less performance hit) so they have more resources to do the extra features on top, but doing them dx9 then slapping on some dx10 features does make it slower and worse.

but like i said you can't build a non dx9 engine for your console game.
 
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