Doom 3 loading options and pda question

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croaker68 wrote:
> Half-life 2 is coming to xbox this summer. Supposed to look good also.
>
I stand corrected. Amazon is claiming it will be released on May 20, 2005.

 

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"croaker68" <croaker68@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Half-life 2 is coming to xbox this summer. Supposed to look good also.

After seeing the conversion of Doom3 I don't see how the XBox will be able
to pull off HL2.
Doom 3 IMHO is an "ok" translation but the frame rate is suspect at best and
the loading really takes away from the gameplay, for me anyways.

 

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"Boody Bandit" <boodybandit@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "croaker68" <croaker68@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1114066415.815841.75350@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > Half-life 2 is coming to xbox this summer. Supposed to look good also.
>
> After seeing the conversion of Doom3 I don't see how the XBox will be able
> to pull off HL2.
> Doom 3 IMHO is an "ok" translation but the frame rate is suspect at best
and
> the loading really takes away from the gameplay, for me anyways.

But I am overly critical

 

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theOne wrote:

>>> Yes, I run my *purchased* games off the HD. And no discernable
>>> slowdown on either the option menu or PDA. What bugs me about this
>>> game is that irritating demo that plays before you can get to the
>>> main title screen.
>>
>> Just hit the green A button to skip it...
>>
> doesn't work

Hmm, works for me, from a cold boot. (Shrugs).

 

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Boody Bandit wrote:
> "theOne" <theOneOne@dodgeit.com> wrote in message
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>>The Berzerker wrote:
>>
>>>"Frode" <news@mascot.REMOVETOREPLY.dyndns.org> wrote in message
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>>>>Boody Bandit wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>it does take 5-10 sec to do a quicksave and a few seconds to bring up
>>>>>>the pda
>>>>>
>>>>>Sounds more like poor programming to me.
>>>>
>>>>Sounds more like faulty hardware or a messed up win install to me. I
>
> have
>
>>>>a
>>>>supposedly weaker system than what he originally listed (mine's P4 2.6
>>>>with
>>>>1GB ram, though obviously there are more parameters than that), and I
>>>>experience none of the performance problem he's complaining about.
>>>>Quicksave is virtually instantaneous, load times are comfortable, pda
>>>>comes
>>>>up without as much as a stutter.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Same here. Although I am using a 3GHz system, 1GB RAM and a 9800 Pro.
>
> Quick
>
>>>saves are practically instant and there's no delay whatsoever in viewing
>
> PDA
>
>>>material or entering or exiting the PDA screen.
>>>
>>>Oh, and for the original poster. My Xbox also seems sluggish with the
>
> PDA.
>
>>>Especially when exiting it. There's quite a hefty load from HDD. I've
>
> had no
>
>>>trouble with the quick save system though. My Xbox is un-modded.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>hmmm...sounds like just a problem with access speeds (xbox). i guess
>>the only option would be to deal with it or mod. I can tell you Boody
>>that XBMC would also compliment that Home Theatre of yours real nice,
>>but might be a bit redundant on some features as well, because of your
>>MCE. Than again, you won't be dealing with any Digital Rights Management
>>. In its defense, I've heard MCE 2005 is way better than '04 though.
>>I've got a licensed copy laying around until when and if I build a HTPC,
>>likely when I buy the fat LCD
>
>
> Dont'cha mean phat LCD? ;0)
>
>
yeah, but I'm a white boy so P is discretionary

 

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Grinder wrote:

>> How can an Xbox show its age? The games for it are
>> designed for a specific hardware setup, and there's
>> no difference between Xboxes. Well, apparently
>> some DVD drives are different, but that wouldn't
>> make much difference in load times as they're
>> same-speed drives.
>
> The architecture is showing it's age

I'm talking about Xbox vs Xbox, not Xbox vs PC. An original
Xbox will have the same load times as a new Xbox; hence, it
can't "show its age" in that way. There is no "PC" in this
group title.