DICE: Battlefield 3 Looks Better on Consoles Because We're Making it for PC
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I think starting game development for PC then adapting their controls and features for streamlining (read: not dumbing down) on consoles is better than working the other way around. There are some features which work better on a PC and some which work better on consoles. It's not about which is better, but how it works and is implemented on either medium. There might be adaptation difficulties, but that's what a QA and development team is paid to work with.
It's just like writing a good essay - you start with a larger scope of your material then move in to focus on details, rather than limit yourself the other way around. Good going, DICE! One extra thing that really adds to the authenticity of the game is their use of ANT (natural movement). Hopefully this means that there won't be any more of this 'gliding on the floor' crap that's so common in character animations and that your character looks like it is moving as it would in real life - with weight and with intention.
...aaaaaand one more thing. I hope (and think) they've sorted out the head-bob. I'm used to it but it really shouldn't be very noticeable in FPSs due to the way your brain adjusts for excess movement in your vision. I don't want to play a game and feel like I'm looking through a walking pigeon's eyes for the first time.
It's just like writing a good essay - you start with a larger scope of your material then move in to focus on details, rather than limit yourself the other way around. Good going, DICE! One extra thing that really adds to the authenticity of the game is their use of ANT (natural movement). Hopefully this means that there won't be any more of this 'gliding on the floor' crap that's so common in character animations and that your character looks like it is moving as it would in real life - with weight and with intention.
...aaaaaand one more thing. I hope (and think) they've sorted out the head-bob. I'm used to it but it really shouldn't be very noticeable in FPSs due to the way your brain adjusts for excess movement in your vision. I don't want to play a game and feel like I'm looking through a walking pigeon's eyes for the first time.
I wasn't being entirely serious when I said that console gamers should have to deal with a crappy port of this game because it's being developed for PC. In fact, the entire point of the article is what you just stated: that this game being developed for PC will make it better for everyoneMr. Grey said:
This is another reason why I'll be supporting the devs. If this is a success and catches on in the industry - console gamers will get better games and PC gamers won't have to deal with crappy porting!
EDIT: I'm not so childish as to be anti-console! I'm merely anti-wasting-my-money-on-broken-PC-ports! If this method of development brings console gaming forward, then that's a good thing in my book.
In that case, get the special edition. I probably will. I don't see it as getting something special, you usually don't, but I see it as supporting the game.Trafs said:
CoD got pirated about several million times on PC. They don't sell well, but they are playedJohn Funk said:
And IMO it's the console first attitude that's making the pirate numbers so high. Also, a lot of sales tracking numbers don't count things like steam, so the numbers are scewered as hell.
Ugh...Still not feeling it. I don't buy games just because they look good... And the gameplay looks a bit like COD merged with Crysis.
Well, my brother said he's going to buy it, so I guess we'll see if it's any good then....
Well, my brother said he's going to buy it, so I guess we'll see if it's any good then....
Eh. Good point._alter_ego said:
Also.. why do soldiers run in the open without cover straight in front of ennemy weapon emplacements?
I guess because it looks "cool". And cool doesnt equal "common sense". And that s one of the things that really piss me off in games. I really dislike it when ennemies/NPC redshirts do something so obviously stupid just to make -insert whatever here- look cool.
I just hope that the SP section wont be a MW clone with countless scripted events, unavoidable encounters, invincible helicopters (since they are in a scripted animation), forced (boring) vehicle sections (like BC2 when we ride behind the pickup in the first mission), incompetent AI allies that CANT kill anyone unless the ennemy enter a 5 meter instakill range (so im the one who have to do EVERYTHING) and liberal amount of cutscene incompetence.
So, what's so horrible with Bad Company 2 now? Compared to other more obvious consoleports like Crysis 2, Bulletstorm and Modern Warfare 2, Bad Company 2 is a godsend.kebab4you said:
I remember another developer stating that the PC was the lead platform.
Think I'm going to wait till it's actually released before making a decision.
Think I'm going to wait till it's actually released before making a decision.
It's shaping up to be pretty good. I never have gotten any Battlefield game other than Bad Company 1&2, but I may just splurge on this.
I want to hug this person. Just to know he is real.
I have to say it is About Time someone finally took up this line of thinking. Seriously. It is far easier to trim something down for console from a PC perspective than to make a game useable on PC from a console perspective.
With these trailers all being from the PC version (first time it has happen for a multi format game for a long time), I expect a lot of complains about the purchased game not looking as good as the trailers by console owners. Hopefully later on trailers will show representations for all platforms, so that people will know what to expect.