gears of war....

Post by **HM-PuFFNSTuFF** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:14 pm

i'm awfully tempted

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:15 pm

I don't think so, maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think it's like the original Xbox in that respect.

Post by **Captain** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:26 pm

What’s In The Standard Box:

· Xbox 360 Console
· 20GB Detachable Hard Drive
· Component Audio/Video cable that supports both standard and high-definition TVs.
· One wireless controller with two AA batteries
· One media remote control with two AA batteries
· Wired headset (connects to wireless controller)
· Power brick and cables
· 18’ Ethernet cable
· Xbox Live starter kit
· Backwards Compatibility & HD Media preloaded on hard drive
· Manuals & Install Guide

Source

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:31 pm

Not sure if that translates into free Xbox Live gold access for some specified amount of time. Whereas it did on the original Xbox when you bought a certain accessory.

Post by **Doombrain** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:33 pm

you get a month for free, newbs

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:37 pm

ok then, there you go

Post by **MKJ** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:44 pm

you get a month if you register an account. my premium kit also included a 3 month account, so i got 4 months for free out of the box

Post by **andyman** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:37 pm

Can we start a Xblive acocunt FAQ thread already? this seriously gets asked everytime there is an xblive thread.
I'll make one later.

Post by **Doombrain** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:39 pm

andyman wrote:Can we start a Xblive acocunt FAQ thread already? this seriously gets asked everytime there is an xblive thread.
I'll make one later.

I've already knocked one up mate

http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/support/xbox360/

Post by **tnf** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:53 am

Still haven't played multi yet...last time I was playing I was also watching a movie with the wife...

Hopefully soon.

Which gameplay mode is the most fun online?

Post by **tnf** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:12 am

This level in the rain is pretty impressive looking.

Post by **Sevensins** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:43 am

tnf wrote:Which gameplay mode is the most fun online?

Depends on your fancy.

Warzone and Execution are both essentially team deathmatch. However, to get a kill in execution you must use a melee attack to finish them. Assassination is the only semi goal based mode where you have to kill the leader of the other team to win the match.

In the end, they are all pretty much team deathmatch. Hopefully this will changed soon with new modes.

It is ill advised to run off by yourself in any mode unless you know where the other team is and you are flanking (or whatever).

Post by **Sevensins** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:46 am

Did anyone participate in any of the Emergence Day stuff?

I didn't get to play at all today. I co-oped with my brother for a little bit and that was it.

Post by **iluvquake4** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:58 am

How long will the 360 last until the next console?

Post by **dzjepp** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:19 am

Who knows, but the average console life cycle is like 5-6 years.

Post by **iluvquake4** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:26 am

Doesn't Gears of War use the Unreal 3 engine? It seems not everything casts shadow like the Quake 4 engine. Is that an engine limitation or artistic choice? Is it more limited or more flexible when it comes to the shadow rendering?

Post by **iluvquake4** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:28 am

Hrm, okay, I guess it might be more flexible:

"# Advanced Dynamic Shadowing. Unreal Engine 3 provides full support for four shadowing techniques:

* Dynamic stencil buffered shadow volumes supporting fully dynamic, moving light sources casting accurate shadows on all objects in the scene.
* Dynamic characters casting dynamic soft shadows on the scene using shadow buffers. Shadow buffer filtering takes samples on a jittered disc that are rotated per-pixel to detect shadow penumbras. Dynamic branching is then used to refine shadow coverage in penumbra regions.
* Ultra high quality and high performance pre-computed shadow masks allow offline processing of static light interactions, while retaining fully dynamic specular lighting and reflections.
* Directional Light Mapping enables the static shadowing and diffuse normal-mapped lighting of an unlimited number of lights to be precomputed and stored into a single set of texture maps, enabling very large light counts in high-performance scenes.

# All of the supported shadow techniques are visually compatible and may be mixed freely at the artist's discretion, and may be combined with colored attenuation functions enabling properly shadowed directional, spotlight, and projector lighting effects"

http://www.unrealtechnology.com/html/te ... ue30.shtml

Post by **dzjepp** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:55 am

Yeah, I sorta think ue3 is looking somewhat dated already, I mean it is taking them an awful long time to push out a triple a game with it (sans gow, which is good mind you, but somehow I think ut2k7 will look better). Not to worry, because epic is already working on the next engine :icon32:

Post by **Captain** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:19 am

I just love this song too much.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DR91Rj1ZN1M

Post by **iluvquake4** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:32 am

Hrm yah, at the speed of the technology and engine capabilities, I wonder if the 360 will be able to keep up after a year or two. Nvidia is already breaking out with a DX 10 card. Is the 360's GPU capable of DX 10 type rendering?

Post by **Captain** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:35 am

Depends how long it takes for developers to start putting out DX10 games.

Post by **iluvquake4** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:45 am

Doesn't answer my question. :icon27:

Post by **iluvquake4** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:55 am

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/08/24/xbox- ... firms-ati/

Post by **Captain** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:58 am

PCs will always be ahead of consoles. Nothing's going to change that anytime soon

Post by **Doombrain** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 11:14 am

picking my copy up at 9am on Friday