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I gaurantee! If Tomb Raider was released with a main character named Bob, it would have been another title on the PSX. Go ahead and play it again, to remind you of just how bad the controls, camera angles and puzzles were. It never was a great game, period.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sl1p
Cute save... though I guess the fact that you're completely misrepresenting my stamements isn't too important, huh? Again, where have I said PC technologies couldn't catch up to Xenon for 3-4 years?Quote:
Originally Posted by toxic
oh well .. I guess I was wrong. Sorry...
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/s...3&page=7&pp=30Quote:
Again, visuals will begin to plateau with Xenon. Hardware won't be holding back developers anymore, resources and budgets will.Quote:
Originally Posted by toxic
The "rubberbanding" of PC v Consoles has been going on for 2 decades now. Consoles catch up to PC's (in graphics and performance) .. then PC's pull away. Then the cycle continues with the next generation.
Besides, said "rubberbanding" is declining too. Only now in 2004 are we seeing PC software that clearly supercedes what's possible on 3+ year old consoles, meaning about a year where PC software's in the limelight (before Xenon)... that window will be even shorter next generation if it happens at all.
Hold up! I was fucking right! You clearly imply that PC's will not catch up to consoles in terms of graphics.
You should change your name to Nostrafuckingdamus since you have such clear vision.
yes it was. i think you forget the competition at the time. i must've played that demo for a week before finally buying the game. fantastic sense of atmosphere. it was like a 3d prince of persia. with a goddamn life-size t-rex.Quote:
Originally Posted by gamevet
i didn't even realize that the whole nice ass thing had any effect on the game's popularity until a few people in my dorm started drooling on my monitor.
Tomb Raider was amazing for its time, and in '96, that's all that mattered. I'm still impressed by some of the Robotech 64 images, especially the one with the fire-laden buildings behind a red robot. It's a shame none of the actual Robotech games look that good.
I played it some today while I was talking to Mzo about it. It easily stood the test of time, ugly ass models aside.Quote:
Originally Posted by gamevet
And I never understood why people who sucked at video games had a problem with the controls. Oh...Oh, I see what I did there. lol!
The camera was directly behind you about 90% of the time, so I don't see the problem there and the puzzles, for being of the item A to place B and lever pulling variety, are sadly still better than puzzles in most games today. In fact, I don't think we've evolved much.
Again, my comments there had to do with market conditions, not technology itself. Keep looking.Quote:
Originally Posted by toxic
Amazing. To be proven wrong (and laid out in an easy to read fashion) yet still not admit it.
You win. . . ?
Well, being "proven wrong" usually takes some standard of proof. I'm still waiting on that.Quote:
Originally Posted by toxic
I played it this year. Still awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia