rumple foreskin said:
Is the next release gonna play a little more like these screen shots from bfp? Looks good huh?
Pictures say a thousand words lol. There are 19 pictures. WWhats your opinion now and be honest.
http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/naruto2104/detail?.tok=phTLIVCBxLmOqwIB&.dir=/705c&.dnm=a2bd.jpg&.src=ph
*sigh* You're really fixated on this whole BFP thing.
For starters, BFP did not die because there were too many DBZ packs. It died long
long before that. Why? Lack of interest, transparent gameplay, repeditive gameplay... It wasn't a bad game, it just didn't last too long.
Before I continue, please don't reply with "NO, YOU'RE WRONG!!! BFP DIED BECAUSE OF TOO MANY DBZ PACKS!!!" - I've been around bfp since its infancy on earthlink and quake3world. I also talked with the majority of the team members, and i'm friends with a few of them as well. Don't try to talk like you know BFP's past like the back of your hand, BFP died long before DBZ packs even started comming out.
Now, why are BFP's graphics so much better then ours? Do you know the difference between Half-life (engine ESF is built off of) and Quake 3 (engine BFP is built off of)?
Half-life:
Published - 10/31/1998
Built off of Quake 1 engine with various improvements.
Main point - old, limited capabilities
Quake 3:
Published - 12/02/1999
Built off of Quake 2 engine with superior rendering technology
Main point - newer, more capabilities
Now, look over your last past couple post - "the map details are terriable", "The back grounds on the map are real cheesy expecially the water", "Is the next release gonna play a little more like these screen shots from bfp? Looks good huh?"
The maps have less detail then BFP's because half-life isn't capable of rendering maps on par with quake3, it's just not possible. Quake3 maps can have more polygons, higher quality textures, etc etc... I think we do pretty damn good with the limitations we have though.
Think about it as BFP working off of a cadillac and ESF working off of a rusty old ford truck. While we can shave all the rust off and make the ford truck all shiny, it's still a peice of **** that will never look as good as the cadillac.