Epic Games: Fortnite is Designed for PC
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And what was that exactly? They are doing the Gears prequel now that will most likely sell well even if its just because of the name, they gave PCF a safe enviorment after the lackluster sales that Bulletstorm got.ruedyn said:
Exactly, people are being so fucking negative about this and I just cant see why. I can understand not being interested but give them some merit for trying something new. I expected this kind of treatement from Gametrailers or Youtube but here?Scrumpmonkey said:
Did you look at them at full/original size? They look much better that way and obviously have some antialiasing going on (along with being a little heavy on the various blur effects). UE4 certainly gets along with standard AA techniques if you look at the most recent tech demo they did of it at E3. All the screenshots that they released along with that video had nice, smooth edges. I'm still skeptical and waiting until I actually see it myself after the mess that most UE3 games were, but UE4 has been encouraging so far.koroem said:
Shush, stop proving David Demartini right.mirage202 said:
Either way though, I'm just glad PC gamers finally get the top-level treatment after all these exclusive titles that the consoles have been getting.
'hyper-realistic graphics of the company's recent games like Bulletstorm '
Uh... yeah...
Aaanyway, I'm excited about this. Tower Defense - awesome. Colorful graphics - awesome.
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I didn't realize until reading some posts here that Epic had been sticking it to the PC gamers. I did notice the conspicuous absence of the GoW series on PC, but it's their loss. I would have bought it if it were available.
Uh... yeah...
Aaanyway, I'm excited about this. Tower Defense - awesome. Colorful graphics - awesome.
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I didn't realize until reading some posts here that Epic had been sticking it to the PC gamers. I did notice the conspicuous absence of the GoW series on PC, but it's their loss. I would have bought it if it were available.
Except it's not top level treatment... this is Epic following what Bleszinski called 'middle class' development. The theory behind it is actually pretty solid - that middle tier development (not AAA but not 'indie') with it's much smaller budgets allows for greater freedom to experiment, and middle tier development is currently strongest on the PC...Farther than stars said:
This isn't Epic 'coming back crawling' or 'throwing PC gamers a bone', it's a business strategy aimed at lowering the financial risks of building up new IP... and possibly also testing to see if it's viable to do so as various depts/teams finish up their part of vomitting out a new Dudes of Bro title.
As a business strategy goes, it's an interesting approach buuuuut it would probably work better for a company that hadn't spent the better part of a decade alienating and insulting PC gamers.
No I was being sarcastic. I have in the past blasted the shit out of Epic for being complete tossers to PC gamers, but I am willing to give them this last chance to prove themselves. Promotional images like this are almost always rendered in some obscenely high resolution then downsampled/resized to a more reasonable size for public/media distribution. I wouldn't take any of these screens as indication of the real thing.ksn0va said:
Since you look somewhat interested in this take a look here:Scrumpmonkey said:
http://comic-con.gamespot.com/story/6386859/epics-cliff-bleszinski-and-tanya-jessen-talk-up-fortnite
It will have mod support and constant updates with new stuff, now just wait until people compare it even more with TF2 and how that is a bad thing
Epic you get no kudo points for this. It is just naked pandering. I can't be arsed finding them but he has made so many quotes to the opposite, slighting the PC, as a gaming platform, when most PC gamers already knew that the above was true. Now it looks like either the next gen consoles will be either, under powered, or a long way of still, so now Epic come back tail between their legs to court PC gamers. Not interested. We will see what the game is like and pat Epic on the back if it is any good, but lets not pretend Epic are friends of PC gaming.kitsuta said:
