[heretic]

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!

[an0n]

Not a fan of Dave I take it?

*dives for cover*

[Galemp]

What do you expect? His name is Heretic. Of course he'll desecrate the name of the gods.

He has a point, though.

[aldo_14]

I'm not sure what reaction daveb was expecting, but I doubt it was this one......

[deep_eyes]

i dun wanna hear anything until they either make there OWN Freespace FPS or a new FS game......... (if blizzard did it why not ?? Why not use quake 3 technology anything?!?!

[Galemp]

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.

[deep_eyes]

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.

i sez... , 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....

[wEvil]

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.