heh, anandtech's review reveals something:
"NVIDIA currently offers much more customizable image quality. Users are able to turn on and off different optimizations as they see fit. AMD really only offers a couple specific settings that affect image quality, while most of their optimizations are handled on a per game basis by the ominous feature known as Catalyst A.I. The options we have are disabled, standard and advanced. This doesn't really tell us what is going on behind the scenes, but we leave this setting on standard for all of our tests, as this is the default setting and most users will leave it alone."
I do agree that graphics card pricing schemes are kinda lame, but this isn't just a new card that's slightly more powerful, it's the first card using ATI's/AMD's brand spanking new architecture designed for the brand spanking new directx10.
you're judging character development based on exceptionally naive criteria.
try comparing the important aspects of character development, their emotions, their personality. the characters are extraordinarily different. take cloud and tidus for example, they're not even remotely similar.
sure, I'll agree that the main characters have some, albeit very mild, cliches, but they're by no stretch of the imagination adequite to claim that the character development is "as flat as a display".
the character development is actually fantastically deep and original when you look past such elementary aspects.
as far as game similarities, many of the "cliches" don't even count as cliche in my opinion, such as the names of spells or items. I don't think many people would consider phoenix downs a cliche.
recurring story events, let me think of examples, say, the destruction of the main character's place of residence? I will agree that happens awfully frequently, but (for any of the FFs in the past dozen years or so) it's always under entirely different contexts and convey radically different emotions, so much so that it doesn't even seem repetitious, little own cliche
and the whole end boss being a giant freakish beast thing that pretty frequently has wings, but regardless is always floating in the air? you're absolutely right about that being a cliche, I agree. (in not only final fantasy, but approximately every JRPG ever made) But that's not really a very big deal (it's just looks). also, it does what it's supposed to do pretty dang well, which is to look terrifically powerful. (and you gotta admit, they look pretty frickin' awesome most of the time)
and recurring thematic elements? I'm not sure what exactly you mean by thematic "elements", could you give me specific examples?
examine the main characters in all of the final fantasy games over the past ten years. they're all completely different. examine the secondary characters, they're completely different. look at the stories. completely different, original, and for the most part, deep.
thank you! I'm in complete and total agreement.
intel's doing a great job, and I love it. but if AMD stepped up and came out with something even better? I'd love it that much more.
same would be true if "intel" and "amd" were reversed.
there are two ways to attempt to do well, one: competing, two: hurting the competion.
one: trying to win the customer over by making better products / innovating, etc. two: trying to hurt the other companies, or simply buying the other companies, etc.
any company that's doing number 1 is good in my book. intel and AMD are both doing a fantastic job of pushing competition, I'll cheer every time either one does something good for the industry.
though, say... microsoft? they've done a little too much of the second option. because of this I tend to dislike them, which leads to people calling me an apple fanboy. but really I just like that apple's doing the first option, and pushing competition. I'd like to see apple get a solid place in today's market, that could very well lead to putting microsoft/apple into a heavily competitive situation like intel/amd. which would be amazing.
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though he doesn't have enough buzz/money around him to give him much of a chance, I'm really liking Mike Gravel.
to be fair, water, coke, and pepsi all use basically the same syntax ;]
CATS: all your base are belong to us
oh and this isn't offtopic because there are plenty of indians who are poor, and not busy.
HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT HE WAS THERE?
I'm way to busy to see if there's somebody in front of me before I shoot!
Asshats are obviously not accounted for.
if only he didn't have to play the games in order to file legal suits about them...
owait.
troll? no.
uninformed? yes!
heh, anandtech's review reveals something: "NVIDIA currently offers much more customizable image quality. Users are able to turn on and off different optimizations as they see fit. AMD really only offers a couple specific settings that affect image quality, while most of their optimizations are handled on a per game basis by the ominous feature known as Catalyst A.I. The options we have are disabled, standard and advanced. This doesn't really tell us what is going on behind the scenes, but we leave this setting on standard for all of our tests, as this is the default setting and most users will leave it alone."
something tells me that Barcelona will be the same story; a day late and a dollar short.
does the HD2900xt have MASSIVE TUBES or something?
are there any image quality comparisons between the R600's CFAA and the G80's CSAA?
but but but, their VP of sales said so! I mean come on, it's gotta be true!
though I'd still always go nvidia for a computer that'll run linux, I've heard that ATI's windows drivers have gotten a lot better.
I do agree that graphics card pricing schemes are kinda lame, but this isn't just a new card that's slightly more powerful, it's the first card using ATI's/AMD's brand spanking new architecture designed for the brand spanking new directx10.
well you can use torrents for distributing install CDs, which doesn't take any real bandwidth from the server at all.
if I had mod points this would be informative.
wait a sec, what definition of disaffected are you using? tidus isn't disaffected at all...
and I don't think squall is really either, though there may be a definition that I'm unfamiliar with that squall fits into.
you're judging character development based on exceptionally naive criteria.
try comparing the important aspects of character development, their emotions, their personality. the characters are extraordinarily different. take cloud and tidus for example, they're not even remotely similar.
sure, I'll agree that the main characters have some, albeit very mild, cliches, but they're by no stretch of the imagination adequite to claim that the character development is "as flat as a display".
the character development is actually fantastically deep and original when you look past such elementary aspects.
as far as game similarities, many of the "cliches" don't even count as cliche in my opinion, such as the names of spells or items. I don't think many people would consider phoenix downs a cliche.
recurring story events, let me think of examples, say, the destruction of the main character's place of residence? I will agree that happens awfully frequently, but (for any of the FFs in the past dozen years or so) it's always under entirely different contexts and convey radically different emotions, so much so that it doesn't even seem repetitious, little own cliche
and the whole end boss being a giant freakish beast thing that pretty frequently has wings, but regardless is always floating in the air? you're absolutely right about that being a cliche, I agree. (in not only final fantasy, but approximately every JRPG ever made) But that's not really a very big deal (it's just looks). also, it does what it's supposed to do pretty dang well, which is to look terrifically powerful. (and you gotta admit, they look pretty frickin' awesome most of the time)
and recurring thematic elements? I'm not sure what exactly you mean by thematic "elements", could you give me specific examples?
examine the main characters in all of the final fantasy games over the past ten years. they're all completely different. examine the secondary characters, they're completely different.
look at the stories. completely different, original, and for the most part, deep.
stop artificially making square cliche.
thank you! I'm in complete and total agreement.
intel's doing a great job, and I love it. but if AMD stepped up and came out with something even better? I'd love it that much more.
same would be true if "intel" and "amd" were reversed.
there are two ways to attempt to do well, one: competing, two: hurting the competion.
one: trying to win the customer over by making better products / innovating, etc. two: trying to hurt the other companies, or simply buying the other companies, etc.
any company that's doing number 1 is good in my book. intel and AMD are both doing a fantastic job of pushing competition, I'll cheer every time either one does something good for the industry.
though, say... microsoft? they've done a little too much of the second option. because of this I tend to dislike them, which leads to people calling me an apple fanboy. but really I just like that apple's doing the first option, and pushing competition. I'd like to see apple get a solid place in today's market, that could very well lead to putting microsoft/apple into a heavily competitive situation like intel/amd. which would be amazing.
how does less patches == more secure?
seems to me the opposite would be the case.
the early models had issues after a couple years, but from what I've seen, people with newer models haven't had any issues so far.
I had an original PS2 that disk read error'd after a few years, then I got a new one. never had a single problem with it.
why does a game that comes out on the 360 and the PC cost $60 on the 360, yet only $50 on the PC?
thank you.
they'll charge what people will pay.
they cost $60 because people will pay $60, end of story.