DirectX 10 graphical effects are possible on the consoles, given enough time and resources, the developer of the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of PC RTS World In Conflict has said.
Speaking in an interview with VideoGamer.com, Petter Sydow, VP of Development at Swedish developer Massive Entertainment, revealed that the team has managed to replicate "some" of the DirectX 10 effects seen in the PC version, but doesn't know what features will make it into the final release.
Sydow said: "At this point we've managed to replicate some of the effects, but I don't know what features will make it into the final release. Nearly all of our DX 10 features are possible to do on the consoles if you give it enough time and resources, so we'll keep on working on them and see what happens."
Starting today (18.00 hours) until 23 December, players will download free World in Conflict (including expander Soviet Assault), Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and Watch Dogs for PC via Uplay. More ...
I've collected quite a number of free games on UPlay. I can't say I'm the biggest fan of its bloated platform, but they have been pretty generous w freebies if you've kept up with their mailing list over time.
D2D is onto the fifth and final week of it's 5 Year Anniversary $5 Game Sale, this time giving several war titles the Lincoln treatment.
Highlights include 90% off Battlestations: Pacific and over 80% off on titles Company of Heroes Gold and Supreme Commander Gold.
Ten games in all fill the war list, with 20 other titles from all genres still being offered at $5 including Bioshock, Mount & Blade and The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena.
WOW! COH: Gold and World In Conflict: Gold for $10 is a STEAL! I already have the Original COH but none of the expansion packs so this is great!
Too bad D2D thinks the world is only USA, Canada, UK and Mexico. These region restrictions are an invite to piracy.
There's limitations and certifications you need to get to sell stuff in europe.
Worth Playing:
World in Conflict: Soviet Assault is a little difficult to score because there are two different versions of the game that cater to two very different crowds. On one hand, you have the $20 expansion pack, which adds six campaign missions and two multiplayer maps. The other version costs $30 and includes the original World in Conflict. There are clearly two audiences being targeted here, and the more loyal one seems to be getting the raw end of the deal. The six new missions are not worth $20, and aside from the six additional missions, Soviet Assault changes nothing else in the World in Conflict formula.
Direct X 10 is not possible on consoles, you can "replicate" some of its features, but not all.
Dx10 is also still in it's infancy, it will progress and develop far beyond anything possible of the current generation consoles.
The PlayStation 3 uses OpenGL, so it can do anything Direct X can do, faster and more efficiently.
Just look at Killzone 2.
The lighting in that game surpasses anything seen on any console or PC.
And, from a technical standpoint, that's fact.
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Thanks for the intelligent reply.
Physics-wise, the updated Geomod engine that will be in Red Faction: Geurrilla is leaps and bounds beyond Crysis.
Crysis has good physics....but....not so much anymore.
Also, with tech like DMM and Euphoria....Crysis isn't really still standing as the technical champion anymore.
Oh yeah, and DX 10 (for crysis, at least), pretty much just adds god rays, caustics (underwater distortion / reflections), texture depth, and better contrast levels with HDR (as you pointed out).
+bubbles kleptic
bring crysis to consoles!!!!
Hell if games like Halo 3 and Gears 2 can't do native 720p then Direct X10 sure as hell isn't coming to the console.
As for Crysis, it isn't about the lighting as much as the texture size. Crysis textures are HUGE. They're ultra sharp and if you play on "high" then everything is set on high. There isn't any low res textures anywhere like they would be in a console game. This kind of detail is impossible on a console with 512 MB RAM.
A console can not compete with a top spec pc on visuals, that is the true, i have some games on pc that i've on console like Crysis, assasins creed, gears of war, rainbow six, dirt, grid demo, call of duty 4; and all that games are better visuals than any other console.
But the price of a good pc, or a good graphic card isn´t the same of a console.
Consoles can run smooth without any break, and i prefer a console from a pc when talking about online service.
I play all this games on console and Pc and my computer does better graphics i play all the games i mentioned on maximum and with AA at 1440x900 16:10 resolution, but i still prefer from far away the online of the games on xbox 360.
The directx10 it will be possible but they need time to develop it well on pc's and then on consoles.