Comments on: Nothing Compared To December 3

By: sinister agent

sinister agent — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:20:57 +0000

If Starcraft 2 doesn’t run on the PC I’m using now, it’ll be at least two or three years before I’ll be able to play it. Blizzard have their head on straight when it comes to system requirements.

By: Jezebeau

Jezebeau — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:19:05 +0000

Why would they reveal WoW? It’s been out for years.

By: Cibbuano

Cibbuano — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:53:45 +0000

I’m all for studios making games for low-end PCs. Some of us have them and still like to play occasionally.

For example, I love the mentality of the latest expansion pack for Galactic Civ. II… better looking textures that require fewer resources. I bought the entire bundle on principle, sacrificing an entire two weeks of student-rate groceries.

Just because we have constantly increasing data storage doesn’t necessarily mean that we should find ways to fill it up…

By: MasterBoo

MasterBoo — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:52:55 +0000

Diablo III – Hell Froze Over theme…

Hopefully ^_^

By: Fantastic Damage

Fantastic Damage — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:20:54 +0000

@Ci2e:
Usually when you hit blizzard.com you get treated to http://www.blizzard.com/us/index2.html, however there is suddenly a splash screen. Blizzard has historically used such splash screens to serve as countdown to new releases. Trust me when I say this is no fluke occurrence or site design decision. “Lol” indeed.

By: Ci2e

Ci2e — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:19:15 +0000

No Chris it’s just a splash page just like when you boot up Windows and you see the Windows Logo. Those are called splash pages, lol…

By: Skalpadda

Skalpadda — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:18:09 +0000

@nihohit:
That’s exactly what I mean, although perhaps I didn’t express it as clearly as I should. Even if you have a computer that’s a couple of years old, WoW will look pretty good since it’s based more on design than having the latest shader tech. The cartoony feel to the characters and environments help as well. The reason for comparing WoW with AoC is just that a machine that can just about run WoW on max settings will struggle quite a bit with AoC even on lower settings, a game that doesn’t scale down well at all (although of course that’s just my opinion :)).

The overall point is that it’s a good idea to design your games to run well on older machines too (or make them scale well, see Half Life 2 and it’s episodes), since, let’s face it; most people don’t have high-end hardware. In the end it’s a good decision for both sales and the customers who don’t necessarily want to buy new hardware every year.

By: Ci2e

Ci2e — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:16:37 +0000

Seriously Blizzard is the only company out there you can trust to ship a polished product. Lets just say Blizzard released StarCraft 2 at the end of ‘08 – you all would be complaining it was shipped too early – which is another reason why Blizzard is known for saying, “it’ll be done, when it’s done” and nothing shy of done is what Blizzard strives for on every release…

I hate waiting just like everyone else but I do wish companies like Blizzard would make the whole process more public so we all could see just how far off it is from really being released instead of waiting for the next CG movie or in game footage with a shaky video camera…

Just got to be patient it will be here when it’s here…

By: Derek K.

Derek K. — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:09:28 +0000

@nihohit – That was the idea I got from the post – a computer that can just handle WoW high end can run low end AoC – if you’re targetting that computer, WoW has a better impact.

@article: Yeah. If it’s out in 09, I’ll be pleasantly surprised. This is Blizzard we’re talking about. D2 was originally coming out in XMas 98. I seem to recall picking it up in mid aught aught.

By: Chris Keegan

Chris Keegan — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:18:56 +0000

There must be something blizz is about to unmask on the front page as you can see here:
http://www.blizzard.com/us/splash.html

Something interesting this way comes.

By: phuzz

phuzz — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:48:47 +0000

This game is nothing compared to…

oh.

I’ll get me coat.

By: Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:44:57 +0000

I suspect the FMVs work by contexualisation. The initial video imprints what the game’s fantasy is on the gamer, and then they implant some of that idea onto the much lower fidelity main game.

That’s the theory, anyway.