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Megalomaniac
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I cant help but think some times.
I read the comments by Stardock and they make perfect sense.
(flashy games that can be run by a select few are a waist, the developers should not be surprised that only a few copies get sold.)
And after playing some of todays games, i wonder.
(Nwn2 was an abomination, but they fixed it. Crysis still is a hog, the same as Far Cry was before, but nor Far Cry is very playable)
The problem, half the time, with the need for a better card is not the game being so good. No, its the crappy programming that make the game a resource hog. The other half the time, the game is that good. But those seem to appear very rarely, and it is a slow progression that takes 6 months to a year to really see progress, not just a single game, but the market as a whole.
I know that the game market drives the video cards, but very often it seems that it only does it through brute force. To push the next level with out any regard for actually making it work right, work efficient.
I read the comments by Stardock and they make perfect sense.
(flashy games that can be run by a select few are a waist, the developers should not be surprised that only a few copies get sold.)
And after playing some of todays games, i wonder.
(Nwn2 was an abomination, but they fixed it. Crysis still is a hog, the same as Far Cry was before, but nor Far Cry is very playable)
The problem, half the time, with the need for a better card is not the game being so good. No, its the crappy programming that make the game a resource hog. The other half the time, the game is that good. But those seem to appear very rarely, and it is a slow progression that takes 6 months to a year to really see progress, not just a single game, but the market as a whole.
I know that the game market drives the video cards, but very often it seems that it only does it through brute force. To push the next level with out any regard for actually making it work right, work efficient.