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These folks don't look like roman legionnaires now do they?
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These folks don't look like roman legionnaires now do they?
Soony
Portugeezer
Member
It wasn't Soony... Evolution should just learn to keep quiet. Next time get the high quality bitrate videos up, then come here and be like:
"oh hey guys, we now have some HQ videos up"
But instead they gave us something to wait for lol.
"oh hey guys, we now have some HQ videos up"
But instead they gave us something to wait for lol.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Should have done an Insomniac and only told us an hour or so prior to footage release.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
I'm assuming what happened here is that they had a PR plan in place, it involved IGN's exclusive coverage, IGN video + youtube = garbage, and then to appease the most vocal and attentive fans they spontaneously promised a better version without having a place in their work schedule to complete the task. I mean, it's not a huge task, but given how development is probably going, I can see how it might be low priority. Remember that it's always a small fraction of the user base who genuinely cares about seeing top quality media. For the rabble, shit-quality youtube is often good enough.
Indeed. But it's the enthusiasts who create the hype this early on, creates the gifs, the images and all the talk about the game, and for us to get excited we really need something that tells us how the game is going to look.
I really don't care that much that we haven't got the footage yet, but - well, in my line of work, if I promise a client something for a specific day, I better deliver on it or i'll have some very angry clients.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Well they may have also misunderstood the terms of agreement with IGN for that footage. We may never see higher quality videos of those IGN videos because they are exclusive to them for instance. Some PR guy probably dun goofed.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Yeah, I agree that the constant vague promises and lack of followup are legitimately annoying.
I kind of wonder if they'd be better off not releasing perfect quality media. It's possible that the people who were already impressed by the youtube won't become any *more* impressed, and the people with negative opinions will just have a clearer picture to dissect and criticize, resulting in more negative hype than positive hype on balance.
OccamsLightsaber
Regularly boosts GAF member count to cry about 'right wing gaf' - Voter #3923781
1080p@30fps Timeplase in Chile
Here's the accompanying article, confirming it was sent to gamersyde by Sony themselves.
Yup, that one has great quality. I intend to do some comparisons with that video when we finally get the HQ video.
Appropriate Driveclub gif
In all honesty, I have long wanted racing games to do just that instead of invisible walls everywhere.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
This is the longest afternoon of my life.
Sidewinder
Member
Racing Souls - you die when you roll over the edge!
Dirt 2 and 3 were very guilty of this. You'd be halfway through a crash then *boop* back on the track.
Lol.
Dirt 2 and 3 were very guilty of this. You'd be halfway through a crash then *boop* back on the track.
That was the series I had the most hope for too. No reason why they should not let the roll off go an extra second or two before respawn.
You have lost all your souls. You can now only choose between a Ford Ka or a Fiat Panda.
*noooooooooooooooooooo.jpg*
A Fiat with a faulty electrics!
Sidewinder
Member
angelcage87
Member
I think we're onto something here!!1
Is this how focus groups work? Lol
Considering there was a prompt for explanation, and they said more or less that they hadn't had the chance to do it (implying that it would still be on the way), do you actually have reason to believe that's the case? In the absence of a rationale for what you said, it sounds an awful lot like something made up as a justifying excuse.
Wait, wasn't the complaint at the time that it was just a time trial? People had wanted a real race with other vehicles on the track and I thought I remembered that never actually materializing. Also, that video wasn't originally a 1080p source. Gamersyde had to re-encode it to have it display at the normal resolution.
I feel like a crackhead on the first day of rehab.
Oooh. A tournament mode of 10 races where you are given a set amount of money. You can either buy an awesome car but have to take care of it, or you can buy a lesser car that you can smash and repair. If you run out of money, then you get the Fiat. And if you win with the Fiat, double fame!
blastprocessor
The Amiga Brotherhood
Is there any other kind? I kid, of course, but my limited exposure was through a Fiat Spider with a lifelong history of draining its own battery for no apparent reason.
Riderz1337
Banned
Ok thanks I forgot about that one. I take it back.
Edit - NVM the video is from September. They promised the full 1080P race in October. But whatever it's better than nothing.
You guys act as if I want this game to fail. when in reality Evolution studios makes my favourite racing games ever, and I'm not even a fan of racing games. I'm just annoyed by all this "as soon as possible" bullshit they keep saying.
Now we just need some kind of twitch integration or betting and we're set! Rushy get in here and iterate on this!
Haha I don't think so! My old 2000 Punto would regularly lock and unlock it's doors by itself.
Fix. It. Again. Tomorrow
josecitoxnyo
Member
The rest of Sony first party games will sure use it, not so sure about others.
Neuromancer
Member
FranXico
Member
Kssio_Aug
Member
Forgetting about this broken promise, what I like about Drive Club is that it seems just a good looking arcade racing game. And thats what I am lookong for!
I mean... NFS could be great, but this one as pratically every other arcade racing game nowadays are more worried with other shit like: an open world vague scenario (kind stupid when you cant get out of the car), police chases, crashing cars for bonus, and so on. And im tired of those formulas! Just want a good arcade racing game thats all about racing.
I mean... NFS could be great, but this one as pratically every other arcade racing game nowadays are more worried with other shit like: an open world vague scenario (kind stupid when you cant get out of the car), police chases, crashing cars for bonus, and so on. And im tired of those formulas! Just want a good arcade racing game thats all about racing.
Insane Metal
Member
But hey, we're overreacting!
Kleegamefan
K. LEE GAIDEN
They will soon
Somehow someone at sony had encoded the video in a 2048x1152 resolution, when the original prores version was 1920x1080...
Miles Quaritch
Member
Sigh.
I really don't know what to say. I purposefully didn't check the thread for most of the day hoping that the trailers would be out and it'd make for a nice surprise, but NOOOOOOOOOOOOPE!
Sony/Evo, you truly suck.
I really don't know what to say. I purposefully didn't check the thread for most of the day hoping that the trailers would be out and it'd make for a nice surprise, but NOOOOOOOOOOOOPE!
Sony/Evo, you truly suck.
Wavering Radiant
Member
I'm beginning to understand why Rushy is "visiting Santa Monica"
the dude probably just ran off with the gorgeous HQ footage
the dude probably just ran off with the gorgeous HQ footage
iamthedogethatwatches
Banned
The environmental lightening and attention to environment detail with no compromise should be the aim for all games..
Can't wait to play #driveclub.
Can't wait to play #driveclub.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Maybe they don't see the point in catering to a vocal minority who want non shit footage?
As someone said, the YT IGN footage is more than enough for the vast majority of people. These are probably the same people who still have their TVs set to 720p while playing their PS4.
I'm beginning to understand why Rushy is "visiting Santa Monica"
the dude probably just ran off with the gorgeous HQ footage
Evo (europe) visiting SSM?
Weird!
Portugeezer
Member
Well they should care about having up to date videos on their own website, that is where they are/were going to host the high quality videos. On their site they currently have old ass videos which are not a good representation of the game.
SSM interested in the global illumination used in driveclub? (Sure those sceneries would fit into any kind of RPG, or GOW.)
NullPointer
Member
As small businessmen they should talk to the Giant Bomb guys about getting one of those interweb site things set up. They could probably put their videos up on one of those.