The first 10 minutes: The Darkness

BlimBlim
Saturday, June 30, 2007 | 11:02 PM
51 comments

Xbox 360 PS3

Who said that Saturdays where slow days? After a great GSD, here comes another excellent video with the first 10 minutes of The Darkness (360 version). It's also the first video done with Snoopers' brand new HD capture hardware, the same as mine and DjMizuhara's. More footage of this great game soon.

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The first 10 minutes: The Darkness

Snoopers

Commented on 2007-07-01 15:20:54 In reply to PlumbDrumb

PlumbDrumb> the resolution of Riddick was divided in half during the heavy scenes. That explains the render differencies.

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PlumbDrumb

Commented on 2007-07-01 15:30:35

ah. thanks snoops.

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otto12

Commented on 2007-07-01 15:40:16

this game look goods!! it looks like "The Condemmed"
but who knows!!
GreatGameplay!!

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BooMMooB

Commented on 2007-07-01 18:55:23

No doubt I'll be playing this. But there's so many good games coming these days, that this might be bought 2nd hand... Unless I can't wait... :)

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JimmySunderland

Commented on 2007-07-01 20:05:35 In reply to PlumbDrumb

Proper allocation of memory should've eliminated the aliasing. There are a number of tricks they could've used, too. Using the HDD as a memory cache, streaming levels/data directly off the disc...

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JimmySunderland

Commented on 2007-07-01 20:10:26 In reply to Snoopers

Posted by snoopers

PlumbDrumb> the resolution of Riddick was divided in half during the heavy scenes. That explains the render differencies.

Wow, that's a switch. I've found games usually look better during the cutscenes.

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anonim1979

Commented on 2007-07-01 20:27:49 In reply to JimmySunderland

Proper allocation of memory should've eliminated the aliasing. There are a number of tricks they could've used, too. Using the HDD as a memory cache, streaming levels/data directly off the disc...

That would be a solution to low res textures ( blurred ) / worse models / loding times.

Anti-aliasing requires GPU power and has big memory bandwith requirements - (DDR3 in PS3 has 20GB/s=20.000MB/s ) what would HDD transfer (30MB/s) help with - it's not "not enough memory" problem but not FAST enough (and 128bit only) and GPU too weak difficulty?

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Gjot

Commented on 2007-07-01 21:27:32

lol why did you shoot the driver at the begining, thought that was a bit harsh!

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ramiuk1

Commented on 2007-07-01 21:31:37

yes multiplayer is very very laggy,infact its the worst i ever seen,now the single player is amazing,i have completed the game now and im gonna replay it tomorrow after i completed tenchu z.
been a busy week for games but 90% of the ones released are crap.
call of juarez is annoying
vampire rain is awefull
tenchu z is not bad
this is gotta be up for game of year,last level is best in any game i played by far
hour of victory is crappest game of year so far

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Azu

Commented on 2007-07-01 21:42:59

Umm... AFAIK PS3's memory is faster than Xbox 360's, though there's less of it to be used in games since bigger amout of memory has been reserved for the current & future implementations to the OS (in-game XMB? Stuff like that) than in Xbox 360.

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anonim1979

Commented on 2007-07-01 23:04:54

No. It's roughtly the same BUT X360 has *extra* 10MB cache on the die in the GPU for "free" antyaliasing with 256GB/s bandwidth.

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blindrocket

Commented on 2007-07-01 23:58:09

I just finished the Playstation 3 version today and it was great. I didn't notice any slowdown and the aliasing isn't anything we haven't seen before in console games. It runs rather well on Playstation hardware, this engine they are using has been modified over the past seven years, IIRC.
And when watching the credits, they credit all of the video content in the game you can watch on the TV. There is a TON of it, I must have only seen an 1/8th of what is there. Maybe now that I've finished the game I'll settle Jackie Estacado next to a TV and become an in-game couch potato. ;)

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TheBeagle

Commented on 2007-07-02 00:14:26

Yep multiplayer is practically unplayable. The team is aware of this though.

"I've read all of your concerns about the multiplayer and was just online to try it out for myself... I hear you Brothers and I saw it for myself. Fortunately, the lag problem wasn't consistent. It happened with only a few matches.

Here's the deal: Starbreeze, as is common with most developers at the launch of a game, are on a bit of a vacation. They've worked 7 days a week for months now and well deserve it. However, once they get back we're going to look into what we can do about the lag problem. Emails have already been sent.

All I can ask is that you be patient for the time being.

As always, when I know more I'll let you know.

And, of course, if you have any questions you know how to reach me.

~Lord Sonatine "

Thats from the official myspace.

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mustacio

Commented on 2007-07-02 00:39:12 In reply to TheBeagle

Posted by TheBeagle

fake! (your myspace account is invalid)

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TheBeagle

Commented on 2007-07-02 01:50:49

What are you on about ?
http://www.myspace.com/thedarknessgame
Go there. Its one of the blog posts. Seeing as this is linked from the official website I would reckon its genuine.

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2PintsOfInsulin

Commented on 2007-07-02 11:59:05

Multiplayer doesn't interest me for this one anyway, so just as well.

Awesome Vid, the cinematics and sound are just amazing, esp the driving scene, it pulls you right in!

Is the (REALLY BRIGHT) contrast level down to the capture hardware, or the in-game lighting?

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Woah

Commented on 2007-07-02 13:25:02

I loved Riddick and this seems similar to it in terms of enviroments and whatnot, just a shame the A.I. seems a bit thick, that won't stop me from getting it though as it seems pretty stylish and fun.

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ramiuk1

Commented on 2007-07-02 16:19:53

AI thick,playu this game on hard and tell me they thick,the game is solid on hard mode,well i found it hard anyways.
in regards to the brightness,it wasnt like that on my TV so it must be the settings used to capture,on mine it looked sweet,the ps3 version looks even better than the 360,i played iut on the 360 and it blew me away many times

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TheBeagle

Commented on 2007-07-02 16:38:51

That AI on hard isnt smart. They just aim better and deal more damage. Its the same AI behaviour...ie. stupid. The way this video looks is same on my TV. The game has very bright lighting. Good HDR. I've just started the game again on hard to get some more achievements. Love it.

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JimmySunderland

Commented on 2007-07-02 19:47:12 In reply to blindrocket

Posted by blindrocket

And when watching the credits, they credit all of the video content in the game you can watch on the TV. There is a TON of it, I must have only seen an 1/8th of what is there. Maybe now that I've finished the game I'll settle Jackie Estacado next to a TV and become an in-game couch potato.

Maybe they should've focused more on optimizing their game engine for PS3, instead of licensing video in a weak attempt to extend playtime. The aliasing is inexcusable in this day and age.

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Sahfire

Commented on 2007-07-03 00:30:09

There is only 60 employes on the Starbreeze Team. They have done a great job once again.

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Towers

Commented on 2007-07-03 17:39:30

Does this have 4player split screen mode or just net multiplayer?

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blindrocket

Commented on 2007-07-04 05:54:16 In reply to JimmySunderland

Posted by JimmySunderland

Maybe they should've focused more on optimizing their game engine for PS3, instead of licensing video in a weak attempt to extend playtime. The aliasing is inexcusable in this day and age.

I guess so. The aliasing is there of course, but the game is so dark it's not so obvious all of the time. And it's far from game-breaking and didn't stop my enjoyment of the game at all. The game engine isn't the best in the world (been around and modified for about seven years now) and I'm just glad it runs really well on the PS3 hardware for their first attempt at a Playstation 3 game.

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mustacio

Commented on 2007-07-09 23:52:29 In reply to Towers

Posted by Towers

Does this have 4player split screen mode or just net multiplayer?

only online multiplayer and system link.

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Ablequerque

Commented on 2009-07-30 02:54:09

This message is in "Boulet Time" (TM), If you still *really* want to see it, click here

That was one of the worst first 10 mins by so far. We can't even see the game's real big deal 'dark tentacles'.

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