Next Gen Games

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:13 am

well, the Cell is supposedly capable of running quite the AI, because devs can dedicate one proc entirely to AI.
if devs will acutally use this function is the issue though. theyd rather add online play to it so they dont HAVE to have a killer AI

Post by **dzjepp** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:18 am

I think I've read somewhere that the cell is gonna split up different workloads on different 'parts' of the chip, like certain components would be specifically tailored for ai, physics, and such

Post by **Jackal** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:33 pm

Mat Linnett wrote:The big worry amongst a lot of the smaller developers is that while next gen titles may look cool thanks to the hardware, that same hardware is designed primarily with graphics processing in mind, and not with advanced AI in mind.
So even more so than now, the next generation will be a bimbo one...

When it comes down to it, where do you think the most potential for advances in gameplay will come from?
Graphics or AI?

The AI looked fine to me. There were enemies sneaking around and at one part the player is fighting a bunch of troopers when a giant "something" storms onto screen causing complete havok to be unleashed.