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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: daveb on October 07, 2002, 06:56:03 pm

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Post by: daveb on October 07, 2002, 06:56:03 pm: http://www.thq.com/Corporate/PressReleases/press-482.asp
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Post by: vadar_1 on October 07, 2002, 07:01:20 pm: Booo, if [V] is still alive why arn't they making FS3? Answer me that!
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Post by: Knight Templar on October 07, 2002, 07:02:04 pm: getting warmer...

*sees console only*

:sigh:
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Post by: Knight Templar on October 07, 2002, 07:02:38 pm: Quote
Booo, if [V] is still alive why arn't they making FS3? Answer me that!

:nod:
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Post by: Kamikaze on October 07, 2002, 07:13:45 pm: nice, daveb I'll buy it when/if it comes out for japanese PS2s.... :D
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Post by: Shrike on October 07, 2002, 07:13:53 pm: So did it just go gold or what?
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Post by: phreak on October 07, 2002, 07:30:37 pm: need ps2..............
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Post by: Carl on October 07, 2002, 07:33:05 pm: it's emulator time.
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Post by: JC Denton on October 07, 2002, 07:45:32 pm: ahem...PORT!! :D

er, well, nm. My roomie's got a PS2, so I don't mind a no-PC release, but it would be nice...

And dave, how hard would it be to convince THQ to pick up the Freespace rights/license? Or are they more interested in the console market? Or do you know?
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Post by: Whitelight on October 07, 2002, 07:59:24 pm: DaveB...

Could you be persuaded to give the minimum system requirments for Red Faction II... Would really like to know if i`m running fast enough... I`ve played Red Faction and it`s a great game... Oh, and, hi daveb....
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Post by: Galemp on October 07, 2002, 08:02:41 pm: Whee! DaveB started a thread!

RF2... bleh... at least the press likes it.

Is this gonna be Q and A time about FS3... again? :sigh:
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Post by: JC Denton on October 07, 2002, 08:07:55 pm: No, just pestering 'em to con THQ into getting the FS rights/license/whatnot...;)

And I think they said console-only. Which sux for the vast majority of us here that lack access to a PS2. :(

In fact, maybe half the people here don't have the computer to run RF2, if it ever were ported. If UT2003 needs a 733mhz proc, RF2'd prolly need 800mhz or better bare minimum. (conjecture, of course)
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Post by: Knight Templar on October 07, 2002, 08:31:07 pm: Quote
Could you be persuaded to give the minimum system requirments for Red Faction II... Would really like to know if i`m running fast enough... I`ve played Red Faction and it`s a great game... Oh, and, hi daveb....

yeah they said exclusivly console :(

Edit: Yup
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Created exclusively for PlayStation 2 by THQ’s Volition studio
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Post by: delta_7890 on October 08, 2002, 05:57:25 am: *hugs his PS2, even if it's gotten to the point where he actually has to turn it upside own to function right*
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Post by: Tiara on October 08, 2002, 06:22:04 am: *loves PS2*

*plugs the internet cable into the PS2*

*downloads saves for cheating purposes*
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Post by: Unknown Target on October 08, 2002, 06:27:21 am: meh, I didn't like the original Red Faction. I sure hope you did better this time around, daveb ;)

Anyways, get someone on the line to make an emulator for the PS2!
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Post by: wEvil on October 08, 2002, 06:28:12 am: bah.

PS2 development is torture :(
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Post by: Tiara on October 08, 2002, 06:32:58 am: Quote
Originally posted by Unkown Target

Anyways, get someone on the line to make an emulator for the PS2!

There are about 6 of 'm already. They don't support too many games and you need a good computer to run them smoothly. Also you will never be able to reach the actual PS2 quality.
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Post by: diamondgeezer on October 08, 2002, 06:41:42 am: I'm comming round all your houses to replace your PS2s with GameCubes. And to steal your cookies while I'm there.
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Post by: Styxx on October 08, 2002, 08:40:57 am: Nice, shame it will never get published around here. Sony didn't really bother to release the PS2 here on Brazil, and I only got one 'cause Shrike smu... er, I mean, imported one for me. PS2 games are hard as hell to find too, specially the good ones...
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Post by: Stunaep on October 08, 2002, 08:57:34 am: YAY!!! RFII is complete. Summoner 2 is complete. Now you have no more projects. Now is time for FS3 (hint!). Go make it.

must... steal.... PS2.... :p
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Post by: JC Denton on October 08, 2002, 09:05:20 am: /me thinks consoles are overrated.

/me wishes :v: would slap Interplay's corpse around and get the rights to their brainchild back.

/me thinks he thinks too much.

/me thinks he should go find some beer.
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Post by: Tiara on October 08, 2002, 09:10:39 am: Quote
Originally posted by JC Denton
/me thinks consoles are overrated.
/me does not agree
/me thinks he thinks too much.
/me agrees
/me thinks he should go find some beer.
/me agrees
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Post by: Stunaep on October 08, 2002, 09:17:57 am: /me faints at the sight of severe overuse of the /-thing.
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Post by: Tiara on October 08, 2002, 09:35:21 am: //////////////////////////

*stunaep dies*
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Post by: Redfang on October 08, 2002, 09:37:49 am: :wtf:

w00t, console vs. PC again... .rolleyes:

:sigh:
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Post by: Tiara on October 08, 2002, 10:12:37 am: Lets just keep it at a matter of taste :)
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Post by: Shrike on October 08, 2002, 10:59:09 am: Don't turn this into a console vs PC war, nor one demanding FS3.
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Post by: Unknown Target on October 08, 2002, 11:02:42 am: Seriously, this stuff is gonna go on FOREVER! Give it up.

Thnx for fixing my name, Shrike! :D
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Post by: Shrike on October 08, 2002, 11:05:07 am: Quote
Originally posted by Unknown Target
Thnx for fixing my name, Shrike! :D
Not a prob. It was bugging me.
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Post by: Sandwich on October 08, 2002, 11:25:12 am: Quote
Originally posted by Unknown Target
Thnx for fixing my name, Shrike! :D

:wtf: I thought you wanted it like that...
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Post by: Galemp on October 08, 2002, 02:30:27 pm: What?! Unkown target is now Unknown Target?! Noooo! My brains! Auuugghhhh! :shaking:
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Post by: Stryke 9 on October 08, 2002, 03:21:36 pm: [doesn't notice the difference]

Heard about the game. Maybe an emulation, I dunno...
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Post by: Whitelight on October 08, 2002, 05:56:33 pm: console game and not for a pc, awh bat**** :sigh:
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Post by: Knight Templar on October 08, 2002, 06:04:15 pm: egad!! I'll never thing of UT the same again!
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Post by: Razor on October 09, 2002, 04:43:39 am: THQ :no:
Volition :yes:

I hate THQ so much. MTV is now being spammed with the Britney Spears game :mad2: :mad: and of course it's credited to THQ. To hell with them. :mad: Sorry I just had to let go of a little steam here. I am just pissed because we are never gonna get FS3. If there is any game I dedicate most of my spare time to, then that's Freespace 2. :yes:
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Post by: Stunaep on October 09, 2002, 08:47:31 am: yeah, its hard to take seriously a company whose next big hit will be Britney Spears Dance Beat 2
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Post by: Knight Templar on October 09, 2002, 08:52:37 am: Quote
MTV is now being spammed with the Britney Spears game

MTV blows now. I have nothing real against legit rap and i don't want to sound like everyone else, but like everyone says , you can go too far with bad music, and they have. For a while now. I turn on MTV and its some rapper who has the same videa as the other (the one with the club and the bouncer who doesn't let one guy in cuz he's 18) or its Justin Faggotlake from GetBent.. :rolleyes:

and yes i just relaized that was entirely off topic...:doubt:
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Post by: heretic on October 09, 2002, 10:46:24 am: whoop-dee-do. a console only game everyone knew was coming.

:rolleyes:
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Post by: an0n on October 09, 2002, 10:57:22 am: [mace-windu]I sense sarcasm in this one.[/mace-windu]
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Post by: heretic on October 09, 2002, 11:30:34 am: I got this great idea!

let's go to a forum that's main focus if making mods for PC games, and make some inane one word announcement for a console game who's predecessor was abandoned supportwise!

:no: :no: :no:
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Post by: an0n on October 09, 2002, 11:36:22 am: Not a fan of Dave I take it?

*dives for cover*
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Post by: Galemp on October 09, 2002, 02:17:00 pm: What do you expect? His name is Heretic. Of course he'll desecrate the name of the :v: gods.

He has a point, though.
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Post by: aldo_14 on October 09, 2002, 04:26:10 pm: I'm not sure what reaction daveb was expecting, but I doubt it was this one......
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Post by: deep_eyes on October 09, 2002, 04:52:12 pm: i dun wanna hear anything until they either make there OWN Freespace FPS or a new FS game......... (if blizzard did it why not :v: ?? Why not use quake 3 technology anything?!?!
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Post by: Galemp on October 09, 2002, 04:59:09 pm: Quote
Originally posted by deep_eyes
Why not use quake 3 technology anything?!?!

Because the whole point of it was including geo-modding. About the only thing RF had going for it, IMHO.
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Post by: deep_eyes on October 09, 2002, 05:05:17 pm: Quote
Originally posted by GalacticEmperor

Because the whole point of it was including geo-modding. About the only thing RF had going for it, IMHO.

well.....havent we all already heared the geo-mod issue, and the comon responce to it was, so what? woob woob geo-mod... bah.:no:

i sez... :v: , if your going to even consider anything, consider a full spectrum of console (consoles as in everything from PS2->PC) converstions as well as considering assisitng us in a FS port heheh using red faction engine....:p
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Post by: wEvil on October 09, 2002, 05:30:34 pm: Developing for a PS2 is totally different from developing for a Game Cube or developing for an Xbox or developing for a PC or developing for a friggen SGI, Alpha or HP PA-RISC.

They're all completely different with the minor problem consoles used very closed and tight technology. You're better off spending all your time developing for one platform - and in this instance THQ obviously got some help from sony or had already purchased devkits for about ....$20,000 USD or however much it is now (plus that and they have to use Maya for GAMES dev work..bleurgh)

From a buisiness perspective it makes sense to use the resources you have rather than investing in a totally new pipeline.

IMO its better for them to develop on an open system to start with rather than a closed one, but since i'm not a clueless THQ exec i don't pull the strings.