Xbox 2 Game Trailer

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Posted by Zonk on Thursday December 2, 2004 @07:52AM from the shiiiiiiny dept.

EvilAvatar has word via a forum of a Trailer for an Xbox 2 video game called War-Devil. Our first look at what Microsoft's next-next generation console can do looks pretty good.

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Re:I'll believe it when I can hold it my hands. by cheeseSource · 2004-12-02 08:00 · Score: 2, Interesting

Taking it at face value: It looks good but not as good as it I'd expected considering what the leap in graphics "should" be.

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Good Lord! by samael · 2004-12-02 08:08 · Score: 4, Insightful

A trailer for a video game has excellent graphics! Who's have thought it?

What's that? The in-game graphics might not be as good?

The advert might have been created on a render-farm?

They've been doing this kind of thing for years?

Tell me it's not true!

(oh, and the plot looked terrible)

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I don't know about you guys... by sycotic · 2004-12-02 08:19 · Score: 4, Informative

...but that link seems to be a bit hosed so I couldn't even find the link to the trailer :(

After a wee bit of googling I figured this is it though

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ooohhh wow by Ender+Ryan · 2004-12-02 08:19 · Score: 3, Funny

Wow, the next Xbox will be able to play FMV. Amazing. Maybe next they'll add DVD playback capability, sure must require some really beefy hardware for something like that.

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1. Re:ooohhh wow by mausmalone · 2004-12-03 02:59 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I don't know... have you ever watched a trailer from an XBN disc? Perhaps FMV playback is a harder proposition for MS than previously imagined.
  
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In Game Graphics by orion024 · 2004-12-02 08:21 · Score: 3, Insightful

Sure, the trailer was pretty. But games have had pretty cinema scenes for a long time now. The real question will be what does the *ingame* graphics look like? This of course what be known for some time, I expect.
Re:*yawn* by Hedonist23 · 2004-12-02 08:52 · Score: 3, Funny

I love the guy who replies to himself twice to say that he hasn't seen the video yet, but it most assuredly will suck. No matter what. Gauranteed. Thanks for your input.
an oldie but a goodie... by sociald · 2004-12-02 09:18 · Score: 3, Funny

I for one welcome our new Unholy Overlords

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Not an example of X Box 2 graphics by snuf23 · 2004-12-02 11:18 · Score: 2, Insightful

This is a nice pre-rendered CGI trailer. Read the information on the developers site. These are million plus polygon characters that show the overall look they are trying to achieve. There are some screenshots on the site but even these are listed as works in progress. They only show some architecture and working lower res models.

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Re:Conflicted by xero314 · 2004-12-02 13:10 · Score: 2, Insightful

No conflict for me. MS Hardware, as you put it, seems to be moderate at best. And worse than the quality of their products is their complete lack of originality. I mean the PS2, like it or hate it, is a peice of creative genius. Wether you think the final out come of the PS2 is good or not you have to admit the concept of high through put no caching, in conjunction with multiple general purpose vector (matrix actually) processors is way above and beyond anything being done by MS. But if the rumors hold true and MS does move the XBox 2 over to a PowerPC architecture, they are atleast taking steps in the right directions.