Naughty Dog Says Train Level Almost Broke Uncharted 2
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Well, considering the train level was one of the most memorable levels from any game I've ever played, I'd like to personally thank the developers for suffering through that rough patch. The final product was most definitely worth the effort.
I was just SAYING i am ONE OF THOSE people that finish the first game before going to THE SEQUEL. If I TYPE IN A WAY that makes you feel like you PISSED ME OFF! I am sorry, I am not mad one bit. But I am PLAYING ALONG WITH THE JOKE! NOW LAUGH!kesslerparadox52 said:
The player is actually standing on an object the size of a rail car, moving through a game level that is to-scale several kilometers long.Turtleboy1017 said:
That's quite a technological achievement, seeing as games that have done things that appear similar have had many things hidden or simplified that are covered up.
In Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, that came out in 2004, had a mission in which you got to play on a French High-speed train. However, compared to [Uncharted 2] it was not all that much of a technological achivment, because the player was never on a rail car in it. The player was inside a standard game room that's painted up to look like the inside of a TGV with a giant box-room outside that's animated to make it look like you're moving.
Imagine a prop boxcar on some hydraulics so it moves around a bit and the player stands on that with some backgrounds moving by on a reel-to-reel background mural. Like the guy in this video [Link [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDNmLPATW0s]]. That is far less demanding on a computer than having to think about very large open visleafs [http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Visleaf] of a nominal section of a railroad for a level and a large portion of an entire freight train as a navigable environment.
Small set with train on hydraulics versus actual full train on railroad. One can easily imagine which is much more technologically intimidating when it has to be calculated by a single console while still churning out a minimum of 30 frames a second.
Ah, I understand now. Well damn, that is impressive. An engine rendering every little thing going on during the game? Pretty impressive when compared to some of the other "moving" levels I have been on.Anarchemitis said:
But does it really offer an advantage? I mean, just curious but it seems like you could achieve the same sort of effect with technologies from the past, without so much strain on the hardware...
I just had to say that since your avatar is awesome.
Oooh... look at me. I'm a game designer. Ooooh.... we did these awesome things now praise us as this is awesomer than anyone else's stuff. Ooooh... and it was really, really hard so you should praise us extra much.
Gee whiz... don't pat yourself on the back too hard there. You might hurt your hand.
We get it. It was cool and you did your jobs well. Now stop bragging and get to work on part 3.
Gee whiz... don't pat yourself on the back too hard there. You might hurt your hand.
We get it. It was cool and you did your jobs well. Now stop bragging and get to work on part 3.
