OC3D Articles: Agiea talk GRAW 2, Unreal 3 and whats to come

[FarFarAway]

We chat to Ageia about what's new, whats to come and what plans they have for the future

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[Toxcity]

It is a good idea for the future. But the only thing I don't like about it is when I will soon have to buy another piece of expensive hardware to run the eye-candy.

We shall see what happens.

 

[FarFarAway]

The good thing is that the PhysX API can do some of the cool stuff without the hardware, just you get the biggest benefit from it with the hardware

 

[ionicle]

they need to make a deal with Nvidia and ATi, and get these things integrated into graphics cards in general, the extra expense imo just isnt worth it......

 

[FarFarAway]

Don't knock it till you've tried it in a decent game that uses it. It's all about waiting to see where they go with it

 

[glocktodahead]

I think it looks pretty cool. I haven't personally been able to test one out, but more rubble, better explosions and more destruction seems cool to me. I like the idea of being able to blow a staircase to block enemies from coming behind. Hopefully we'll get to see a few more games take advantage of the advanced physics.

 

[PP Mguire]

Like i said before, seems promising. But for now and for a while pointless.

 

[Mr. Smith]

I'm pretty excited.

Making games more realistic is what developers should be about. At first I was sceptical, I didn't see the value or how physics could be used to improve gameplay.

It seems Agiea have put thought into what they can do and have delivered something I would want.

The part about AI enemies using the new physics against you (shooting through a fence/blowing through a wall) juat sounds awesome. With the sniper tower example - you could take out one of the supporting legs with a rocket and have it fall onto a group of enemies...

The downside is you need a £120 piece of hardware to fully enjoy this.

 

[darkorb]

i got the graw2 demo, gnna instlal it and see how it is

didnt like graw 1 too much..

 

[glocktodahead]

i got the graw2 demo, gnna instlal it and see how it is

didnt like graw 1 too much..

Tell me how you like it after your finished playing it. I've been meaning to check it out. Wanna see if it'd be worth it.