It's indeed funny how Sony is promoting their console...the features they were describing are funnily enough been around for quite some time, being some indy game dev who created them or companies who offer the library for a reasonable price.<o
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It really has imo nothing to do with the actual console, I do understand that these features might have been to big of a workload for the ps2 to handle but Sony has gone way to far making it look like the ps3 is the only machine in the world that?s capable of the job (since game devs decide whether they want to add them in their game or not). <o
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Euphoria:
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which makes use of an procedural physics based animation system with some neat features to basically give you practically infinite different animations for certain situations, mostly being used in an action-reaction situation (f.e.: being hit by a baseball bat to the head and letting euphoria take over for the reaction of your character)<o
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Lugaru 2:
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Being one of my personal favourite game to release, it has shown some very impressive stuff tech wise. For example the fully procedural physics based animation system, unlike euphoria, this system just eliminates the need of an animator as we know them today. Here?s an inengine example of the system being used? <o
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(This system was also shown at E3 with nba live 2k7, containing ?footplanting? and what not, and the famous Spore) <o
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So I?m wondering, if a 19 year old indy game developer who has just started his first year at university could create such a system, is it really that big of a deal to make out of it from sony?s or even spore?s side.<o
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Infinity: The quest for Earth:
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Although I have to admit in this case that it is about pure horse power but hey did you look at those screenshots!!! Some people will classify it as a spore clone but it has really nothing to compare it with besides the galaxy being your playing ground. And the fact that this is yet again being developed by people in their free time, it really degrades big companies promoting their product way beyond the border?did I mention the guy is planning on releasing it completely for FREEEE.<o
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I could also link you to some c/c++ libraries that are ment for a neural AI system which is based on the human brain or some of those more fancy AI systems but it?s mostly code and math gibberish so I?ll spare you that. <o
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I guess all I?m trying to say is that Sony is using their broad advertisement budget to convince people, who probably don?t surf the net for these kind of stuff, that the ps3 is going to be an ULTIMATE MACHINE that will change the definition of gaming as we know it.<o
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