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Lycanthrope
Honorary Master
That's what I like about GameSpot's reviews and previews - they tell you about it, but never give too much away. *swoons* I can't wait to get into this game... Going to go square-eyed
There are a lot of awesome games coming out in the next few months... I'm excited as heck CrazyMadMan
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Guys.. forgive me if I am wrong but if the game is made for the 360 which is not DX 10, and then ported to PC (as many games are going to follow this since consoles make more money per game than pc's could hope to do) Then something like Bioshock might follow the formula of Lost Planet. Can be played in DX10 with little or no difference to how it really looks or performes since it has not been built from the ground up around DX10? Is this correct?
doobiwan
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Well, uh. how do you answer that? 
The 360 is basically dx9.5, it sits sort of between dx 9 and 10, but having said that, there aren't a lot of differences between what dx10 and dx9 can do, it's just how they're implemented underneath. Look at Shadowrun - apparently "dx10 only" but the crackers got it to run on dx9.
So basically. It doesn't really matter. It's the developers choice whether a 360 port goes dx10 or not.
The 360 is basically dx9.5, it sits sort of between dx 9 and 10, but having said that, there aren't a lot of differences between what dx10 and dx9 can do, it's just how they're implemented underneath. Look at Shadowrun - apparently "dx10 only" but the crackers got it to run on dx9.
So basically. It doesn't really matter. It's the developers choice whether a 360 port goes dx10 or not.
System Shock 1 and 2 are great games.
Ive read on several different sites that it isnt a pc port, they had a team working on the pc version aswell, and ive read on a review that it plays just like a pc game in the pc version. The review also said the game ran really well. Obviously the reviewer had a geforce 8800, but atleast its looking good ;p
Bioshock is made using the Direct X SDK which makes it easily portable for a PC. DX10 means simply having shader 4.0 support which the game autodetects if your video card has that capability on the PC.
The PC version of Bioshock got the winning nod from reviewers coz they could crank up the resolution of the game to 1920x1080 but IMO having a $5000 PC vs a $499 console shootout is kinda daft.
I've played the X360 demo and needless to say this game will set a new benchmark for FPS games out there.
The PC version of Bioshock got the winning nod from reviewers coz they could crank up the resolution of the game to 1920x1080 but IMO having a $5000 PC vs a $499 console shootout is kinda daft.
I've played the X360 demo and needless to say this game will set a new benchmark for FPS games out there.