f0rked
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Just finished the demo on my bro's 360. Downloaded it from xbox live. It's like 900 odd megs for ~15 mins of missions though =\
The graphics are really good for a GTA-esque game. Much, much better than any GTA or clone so far. And for the most part, the driving physics seem pretty tight. Car explosions are also reallllly cool. Especially when combined with ragdoll physics. Plus the way they've managed to blend ragdoll with animation is sweet. I like the option of shooting from your car with any gun, in any direction. Basically makes any car a mobile bunker. AI seems okay, I saw some ped's jumping over walls to avoid my murderous driving though, which was pretty cool.
Now for the negative points. First off is the FPS. There are times where the framerate becomes noticably jerky. I know its not the final game, but since the release is in about a month I can imagine its pretty close to release code. It would suck if the released version goes out without further performance improvements/optimisation. Also, maybe im just spoiled by HL2, but the lipsyncing and facial expressions also felt lacking. Like the characters are just really detailed puppets. But yeah I guess every engine can't have dynamic facial animation as good as source.
The map doesn't seem huge, maybe about as big as Vice City. Definitely no SA. This is just a guesstimate based on the overall city map and how big it is in comparison to the actual playable area in the demo. So I might be totally wrong.
Overall, I'd give the demo 7.5/10. Would've given it more, but it was just really short. That and the FPS issue. Which is really annoying when you're driving.
Edit: Should've clarified. This is more like 'first' impressions, considering all I really did was blast through the missions. Haven't really tried any exploring/general arseing about yet. I'm about to go do that though.
The graphics are really good for a GTA-esque game. Much, much better than any GTA or clone so far. And for the most part, the driving physics seem pretty tight. Car explosions are also reallllly cool. Especially when combined with ragdoll physics. Plus the way they've managed to blend ragdoll with animation is sweet. I like the option of shooting from your car with any gun, in any direction. Basically makes any car a mobile bunker. AI seems okay, I saw some ped's jumping over walls to avoid my murderous driving though, which was pretty cool.
Now for the negative points. First off is the FPS. There are times where the framerate becomes noticably jerky. I know its not the final game, but since the release is in about a month I can imagine its pretty close to release code. It would suck if the released version goes out without further performance improvements/optimisation. Also, maybe im just spoiled by HL2, but the lipsyncing and facial expressions also felt lacking. Like the characters are just really detailed puppets. But yeah I guess every engine can't have dynamic facial animation as good as source.
The map doesn't seem huge, maybe about as big as Vice City. Definitely no SA. This is just a guesstimate based on the overall city map and how big it is in comparison to the actual playable area in the demo. So I might be totally wrong.
Overall, I'd give the demo 7.5/10. Would've given it more, but it was just really short. That and the FPS issue. Which is really annoying when you're driving.
Edit: Should've clarified. This is more like 'first' impressions, considering all I really did was blast through the missions. Haven't really tried any exploring/general arseing about yet. I'm about to go do that though.