Sunday, May 01, 2005

Press doubts

Rrrright, so, first press release out and you read good comments and bad ones of course.
Most of all I'd like to clarify on thing: screenshots are from the TECH DEMO.
A little "testbed" track, not even full-featured as it's NOT its purpose to be "playable" at this very stage. A style, technology, prototype; a comparison paradigm on how to build the actual game.

I've seen some quality jokes on some forums about the graphics being next-gen or not...good fun! :) And I'm not even surprised someone might judge those screenshots as "poor".
One thing I can assure you though: even today, you should see it running. :)

If it runs smoothly on a current mid-level PC, with those specs we released, it's not because it isn't next-gen, it's because we can fit all that stuff using less resources than others, at full quality.

So, present PC/consoles owners should be happy as they'll not be asked to take details *that* down, and hardcore gamers will get far more stuff than other next-gen games can possibly fit on a video card/console memory.

Yes you should see the tech-demo running but I think that won't happen in some time.
But...we might get to convince those skeptics when vehicles' screenshots will be out as well.
This is a new racer guys, no matter how it looks like a WipeOut clone - right now. There's not only speed, there's combat in a totally different way.
It's not your bullets following the track, it's real combat.
It's not just like "ups and downs" on a track, couple of tunnels and a high jump...it's the track's ALIVE.

How? Too soon to say. ;)