Stunning new DX10 Tech Demo for STALKER: Clear Sky

[Antar Bolaeisk]

The smoke being controlled by the fan was very impressive as was the train half under the tunnel with the rain. Day cycle was also fantastic looking.

 

[uv]

its as if with the more eye candy a game get now a day the smaller it get.

It's a *tech* demo, not a gameplay demo.

tbqfh, it's extremely impressive, and to think otherwise is to be up your own ***

My 2c

 

[Duff-Man]

The particle smoke is cool - definitely the most impressive feature to my eyes. Small-scale SPH seems within the grasp of real-time calculation now, especially if executed on the GPU (see nvidia's 'smoke' demo).

 

[dbmzk1]

Shame STALKER's a crap game! They'll need to do an awful lot more than fancy graphics to save this.

I agree. So much potential though.

 

[carrot1401]

Remember that the tech demos for Crysis looked really classy, and look where we are now, we still can't max it out

Anyahoot, I was impressed with the tech demo (seen a mate play the original, not really into horror adventure thingies) and it looks leaps and bounds over the original (although he was playing it on a 7300gt!!!)

 

[TheRedZealot]

I thought that STALKER was the best game ive played in a long time.

 

[m4cc45]

Agreed Stalker IMHO was rubbish.

Too much enclosed areas, you couldn't really explore because of the radiation and many other things.

The graphics were pretty pants as well.

This does look much better but if you're not going to have freedom in an outside world you may as well change the scene and put it in a building or something where you have clearly defined playing areas.





M.

 

[BubbySoup]

Heh, I'd like to see the demo running in DX9 mode, bet it looks pretty much the same.

To date, I've yet to see anything to convince me DX10 is the upgrade from DX9 everyone said it would be. So disappointing

 

[james.miller]

Agreed Stalker IMHO was rubbish.

Too much enclosed areas, you couldn't really explore because of the radiation and many other things.

The graphics were pretty pants as well.

This does look much better but if you're not going to have freedom in an outside world you may as well change the scene and put it in a building or something where you have clearly defined playing areas.





M.

there's loads of places you can explore especially once you get the better armor and artifacts. sounds like you hardly played it at all to me.

Remember that the tech demos for Crysis looked really classy, and look where we are now, we still can't max it out

Anyahoot, I was impressed with the tech demo (seen a mate play the original, not really into horror adventure thingies) and it looks leaps and bounds over the original (although he was playing it on a 7300gt!!!)

well, that dx10 demo in the OP looks great but it isnt adding a lot to what was already there. particle effects and so on yes, but thats easily done these days. i think its quite possible now

 

[Snakedoctor]

Very nice indeed, hope this one wont make my pc blow up!

 

[Ogs]

Looks damn nice Just hope it doesnt kill performance (*cough* Company of Heroes).