2006-04-19 11:29:04 Awesome timeshift 360 screens

http://www.jeux-france.com/Webmasters/Images/44366...
http://www.jeux-france.com/Webmasters/Images/44366...
http://www.jeux-france.com/Webmasters/Images/44366...
http://www.jeux-france.com/Webmasters/Images/44366...
http://www.jeux-france.com/Webmasters/Images/44366...
http://www.jeux-france.com/Webmasters/Images/44366...
http://www.jeux-france.com/Webmasters/Images/44366...
http://www.jeux-france.com/Webmasters/Images/44366...
http://www.jeux-france.com/Webmasters/Images/44366...

2006-04-19 12:02:22

When the OXM / Marketplace demo comes out, can somebody with better eyes than me see if the demo looks like this? Looks far and above what I've seen thus far.

Perhaps it's a very early build (i.e. it's the same as the PC demo that has been out for ages.) I wasn't impressed to be frank but you might be better off holding judgement till the final product ships if the above screens are the real inidcator of quality.

2006-04-19 19:44:24

It looked nice from the demo, but the gameplay was so bad, I couldn't finish it. Its hard to aim, its got some funky scrolling problems. You can't adjust that either. The guns are kind of cool, but ultimately its a rental at best.

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2006-04-19 19:53:48 In reply to Phaethon360 (2006-04-19 19:44:24)

Is that the demo on the latest US OXM? Does it look anything like the screens above because the 360 demo I played sure as hell doesn't to me.

I agree though, I wasn't a fan of the controls and it's certainly not easy. Like I said, if it's a straight rip of the PC demo, it was forked very early on from the code base so perhaps that explains a few issues.

Probably better for them to can the demo rather than have a shoddy one if it doesn't reflect the final product.....

2006-04-19 19:57:21

In the OXM demo, you play through the subway. Then you're in the street and into the city. I didn't play for longer than that so the rest is a mystery to me :-/.

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2006-04-19 19:59:56 In reply to Phaethon360 (2006-04-19 19:57:21)

Yeah, gave up after much the same point myself!

2006-04-19 20:15:48

I fail to find the awesome..maybe I'll be wrong about this one--but the Timeshift PC demo was horrible imo.

2006-04-19 22:55:42

Agreed. It doesn't look awesome even in HD, while squinting, with Halo 3 in PiP. Just making a point...

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2006-04-20 00:12:48

This is one game I don't think looks too awesome sure it was awesome for awhile, but now such quality is expected of all fps titles. Its like the bare minimum now.

Especially after seeing better looking titles you don't get too excited over this one. Then again for the person that doesn't pay attention to games over the internet it might seem like an amazing purchase :P

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2006-04-20 03:43:19

Ok, I'm here to talk the sad truth about this game, since you guys don't seem to be able to tell things how they are.

Timeshit is one of the worst FPS I have played in a long while. The demo was horrible, just horrible. The graphics are very outdated, I'm talking Xbox caliber graphics here. The time-shifting mechanics are a simple gimmick one only uses when absolutely required. The sound was very weak also, especially voice acting. I didn't play through the whole demo because it was simply too much.

Oh and see how some of the guns look cool in screenshots? They don't act cool though, they handle like those guns in your average FPS. Oh and did I mention they look like they are made out of paper? The green gun absolutely does.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have yet another mediocre fps.

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2006-04-20 05:14:07

Lebato FTW!

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2006-04-20 10:42:00 In reply to LEBATO (2006-04-20 03:43:19)

You're not wrong, I didn't like the demo either. My point was that the screens above look a lot better than the demo from what I can tell. I'd go as far to say that the "Xbox calibre" isn't that much of an exaggeration based on the demo I played. You can't say the shots above are "Xbox calibre" though.

Which leads me to believe that the demo code was forked very early on in development and doesn't indicate the final product. I know Atari were up against it recently but it would have been better to have no demo than do it on the cheap. Based on the state of the PC game at the minute, the demo code will end up being at least 6 months old by the time this ships, if it's on time.

Maybe Ubisoft will put it back a bit now they are publishing it. The gameplay comments are not without foundation either sadly.