Posted November 30, 2012
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GaminggUy45
Galaxy Explorer
Registered: Feb 2012
From United States
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Soonjai
The Guy
Registered: Aug 2010
From Germany
Posted November 30, 2012
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I have 4GB of DDR2 RAM, a 2 year old GPU (GTX 480) and a 4-5 year old CPU (Q9550). I would surely need to upgrade to run things at a good resolution and framerate. Do you remember Oblivion?
And yes, I remember Oblivion very well, I bought a new GPU a month before it´s release (GeForce 6600), but at that time I had only 2 GB DDR1, a AMD Athlon 64 Single Core and WinXP x64, but I never had any trouble with the performance of that game, I even had some graphic Mods running to improve the visuals a bit. The main reason for my upgrade on the Hardware was the fact that my old system couldn´t run BluRay Movies smoothly.
Also I don´t care much about the next XBox or Playstation, I sell my 360 soon and get a WiiU after it´s first price drop because at this point I see more potential in the WiiU when it comes to fun to play games, I alway´s had a feeling on the 360 that many developers cared too much about the visuals. Same Problem with a lot of games developed with PC in mind, Battlefield 3 was boring in the SP (I don´t play that much Online, and when I do I prefer games like the first UT), I had no fun at all with all Crytek developed games.
Don´t get me wrong, I like all thegraphical craze they put into Project C.A.R.S., but that game has substance, Crysis has only it´s visuals, underneath that it´s only a mediocre FPS with the Nanosouit as a gimmick.
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grviper
Cat Confuser Lv6
Registered: Dec 2010
From Russian Federation
Posted November 30, 2012
I hate you, guys. All this talk of Wii makes me want to buy one of the retiring generation, a classic controller and have some Virtual Console fun. But I won't, because it still costs over $200 here, plus $30 for the controller and countless moneys on ROMs.
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brento
system shock ftw
Registered: Jan 2012
From United States
Posted November 30, 2012
I saw some pictures comparing the 360 and Wii U versions Epic Mickey 2. The Wii U version actually manages to look worse than its counterpart.
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StingingVelvet
Devil's Advocate
Registered: Nov 2008
From United States
Posted November 30, 2012
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And yes, I remember Oblivion very well, I bought a new GPU a month before it´s release (GeForce 6600), but at that time I had only 2 GB DDR1, a AMD Athlon 64 Single Core and WinXP x64, but I never had any trouble with the performance of that game, I even had some graphic Mods running to improve the visuals a bit. The main reason for my upgrade on the Hardware was the fact that my old system couldn´t run BluRay Movies smoothly.
Can't agree with that at all, it's one of my favorite shooters ever and ten times the game of most of other modern FPSes.
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ngoth
New User
Registered: Jul 2011
From Canada
Posted November 30, 2012
Back in the PS2 days, it usually had the best-looking and most stable versions of multiplatform games. Does that mean the PS2 is more powerful than the Xbox and Gamecube?
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brento
system shock ftw
Registered: Jan 2012
From United States
Posted November 30, 2012
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Fictionvision
Registered: Jul 2012
From United States
Posted November 30, 2012
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StingingVelvet
Devil's Advocate
Registered: Nov 2008
From United States
Posted November 30, 2012
Yeah PS2 versions were usually the worst. Most people I knew who had an Xbox bought it solely for better versions of multiplatform games.
There was one big exception which was one of the Need for Speed games.
There was one big exception which was one of the Need for Speed games.
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Elmofongo
It's 2L84U
Registered: Sep 2011
From Puerto Rico
Posted November 30, 2012
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serpantino
New User
Registered: Feb 2010
From United Kingdom
Posted November 30, 2012
Apparently Arkham City is about on par with the xbox 360 version so it can't be that much of a crutch. I'm not at all interested in the Wii U personally but cpu isn't everything.
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oldschool
I see you!
Registered: Mar 2009
From United States
Posted November 30, 2012
I don't know why everyone is getting hung-up over hardware specs. It's always been about the games anyways. This is the very reason why I still don't own a Playstation 3 today.
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StingingVelvet
Devil's Advocate
Registered: Nov 2008
From United States
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tomimt
Optimum rat
Registered: May 2010
From Finland
Posted November 30, 2012
Okay, I've spent some time watching multiplatform reviews of games that have came out for Wii u, 360 and SP3 and they all basically say that Wii U versions are pretty much the same games visually. Biggest difference is the controls, so clearly there's nothing else wrong with the Wii U CPU than that people still try to measure CPU efficiency by looking at Ghz count, as that's the simplest thing you can do, but doesn't necessarily paint you the right picture.
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Pheace
New User
Registered: Jul 2010
From Netherlands
Posted November 30, 2012
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I don't see what's sad about being as powerful by going about it a different way.
I do agree that Gameplay -> Graphics. Sadly those seem to be rare, whether the PC/console is actually Graphic capable or not.