Actually, because the whole game is procedural, RAM shouldn't be much of an issue.
Better to upgrade your GPU.

Supposedly it's coming out for PC in "early 2007" (whatever that means) last I heard

oh cool,but yeah it looks like such an interesting game...isnt it also the first game that the "sims guy" has made since the sims?

I think so, he's been experimenting with procedurally generated games for a while I guess

(his name is Will Wright btw)


*bows to Will*

haha Dude im waiting for it. And Koolio also. I've posted some pics on some other video game topic. But since the search function is dead... yea lol

I think SPORE is really crazy. I saw the 30 min conference and saw Robin Williams playing with it a lil which was quite hilarious . Speaking of requirements. Im waiting for a video card that supports DirectX 10. Right now I have Nvidia 6600 512MB Ram. Its not great but good or okay I guess. As for memory ram, should be no problem I can just add another 1 gig ram to make 2 gig ram in total lol.

yea,well im not adding ram just for spore.im thinking about gaming professionally and im gonna need a fast set-up.i have like 256 ram now lol.ill probably upgrade to like 512 or 700.its pretty hard to play games on my current settings.i had to quit WOW cause it was running to slow.quitting wow was probably a good thing tho,it was really costly plus its nerdy lol

Just go for 2GB, it's relatively cheap these days
(toss the old 256 chips)

yea,im deffinitly gunna get the most i can,i just dont know which ones will fit in my comp.

i also have a job so i can deffinitly afford it...btw did anyone play the new starfox yet?

yea the standard for memory ram right now is 1 gig. If you cant get 2 gig yet just get 1 gig.

You should get a decent video card also around $200-250 plus... and I hope you got a mother board that supports that kind of video card..

And I hope you know what Im talking about lmao. If not, dont mind me then lol

If you're getting a new motherboard make sure it supports PCIe (for a good GPU)

Any of you play Wolfenstein E.T? If not you should its good fun. I'm usually not a fan of FPS games but this game's really addicting.

my stepson is 15 - so you can see why im such a game freak
can anyone provide more info on "spore" - maybe a link - this is the first ive heard of it and sounds interesting

http://stansellseverything.ytmnd.com/

http://pc.ign.com/objects/735/735340.html

http://media.pc.ign.com/media/735/735340/vids_2.html

the video on the bottom right is about 20-30 mins long,
(and over 100MB)
but it is very much worth the view,
the way that Will Wright designed this game is sure to become a widely used method.

Breakthrough type stuff

^ thanks for the links guys ^ - looks pretty cool

Well, all the Sony Playstation fan boys who made fun of Xbox 360 for delayed releases and slow start, prepare for much of the same for yourselves.

http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/11700/PlaySt...elease-Delayed/

To continue that:

http://editorials.teamxbox.com/xbox/1725/P...ch-PostPWNED/p1

My personal favorite part:

as an xbox player i must say that im disappointed by the ps3 delay - im looking forward to seeing what this console is capable of - this was a tough review but i believe an honest one - sony is screwing up big time here - my fav part of article is this....


This is what happens when you open your big mouth and talk trash about the competition. If you fail, everyone will laugh at you. This is definitely not a good start for the PlayStation 3 and if things don’t change, the PS2 successor is destined to fail. The console is expensive, delayed and will be outdated by the time it launches. Other than the Blu-ray Disc capabilities, the PlayStation 3 won’t bring anything new in terms of interactive entertainment.

Just pray Halo 3 doesn’t come up next March or green will be a color all Sony executives will forever dream with

i agree with the last part of the article - if microsoft can get halo-3 delivered at the same time the ps3 comes out then sony is in big trouble

To me, every consoles fails equally. And its about time Sony fails because they have been killing every console since Playstation 1 came out.

I think Sony should just stay off this year and let other consoles have a chance. Especially Nintendo Wii.

Other than that, I got my sexy PC ready for next gen. I can wait for PS3 any day.

It won't just take Halo 3. Don't forget Gears of War, which they ARE realeasing in time with Sony. This was ready months ago, they are using it the way you are thinking. This was rated best game at E3, so I'm sure it will have some of the power that Halo 3 will have. Some, but not all.

Heres a hilarious link for all retro video game fans!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s3sLX8dvNw

I think its rather impressive. And those games are hard to play.

im probably buying a 512 or a 1 gig memory card,a protective case and a few games for my PSP...my paycheck came in tonight and the money is burning a whole in my pocket.

im thinking about Lumines or maybe one of the new greatest hits...also considering getting a backlog of DS or Gamecube games or also just blowing it at lunchs.

You won't have to wait, it wasn't delayed in North America...

Ya but it also means that they are facing a shortage. One that will affect North America in the end because the ones going around the world have to come from somewhere. If there is a shortage for getting the games there, the same problems will occur here after launch. If your looking at getting one then pre-order, or wait the shortage out.

here's another blow to the ps3 - assassin's creed is now being released on the 360 as well
check out the images section in link - pretty impressive

link

Assassin's Creed is awsome. Its like Splinter Cell and Hitman colliding together in the medieval time.

I also heard that the people who your going to assissinate did took place a long long time ago.

and heres something lol

Puuuure adventure games.....no other genre offers any kinda story line to their game

Best racing game ever. POLE POSITION

Nice.

I used to play that with one of those paddle-wheels on my Commodore 64.

What about RPGs? Some of those offer a great storyline.

yo will nba live be coming out for the wii?

It should be. And I dunno why but I think its a very good question....

I've checked games that are planned to be released on the Wii, and it's not on the list. I've also seen on the Ea Sports website the systems that it's comming out for, didn't see the Wii.

I think I'm going to still get one for Christmas...it was between that and an Ipod video, and I'll think I'll just use some money I get along with some of my own to pick one up.

well i fried my 360 today
checked everything over and finally phoned customer service - pleased to announce that the service was excellent on phone - they are sending a "coffin" to me and will replace whole console once they get my old one - they said it should take no longer than 2 weeks - we'll see.........

did you get the red lights of death? haha i would CRY if mine broke i play the heck out of that thing,shaping up to be my favorite game system of all time i think.

yup - the red lights of death

Wow, that has to suck. Your next one probably won't have that problem hopefully, because the later ones will have less bugs.

heres hoping - the nice thing about it is that i get to keep my hardrive - when i get new console i just put my old hardrive on it - dont lose any games , achievements etc etc
ill keep everyone updated on service and time it takes

alright cool,did you have a warrenty by the way or di you hafe to pay them a fee to fix it?

microsoft pays for everything - even shipping costs and phone calls -
pretty sure that any time under 1 year they take care of everything
if i had gotten additional coverage ( at store ) when i bought then i simply would have taken it back to store and they would have replaced for free as well - but i wasnt that smart ...or should i say ...just too stubborn and cheap to pay for it

Just got faces of war for pc...and might i say its gameplay is awesome abosolutely astounding...but its also hard

must admit im pretty impressed with microsoft so far - they said coffin would take 5-6 business days to deliver.....well i got it in 2
have sent out the old one - now just waiting for new to be returned.......

thats encouraging,the main reason i bought my 360 was i had like 4 ps2s break last gen and i just got fed up with sonys bull.it seriously took like 4 months for them to replace mine everytime and the controllers were very fragile too,i was buying a new controller every month lol.im not going to lie though,half of them broke by me hurling them into the wall when i lost a game of live/madden or i got killed on socom.

On a semi-related note, I find that the controller for Xbox 360 is just perfect. Its very comfortable and all the buttons have the perfect give-to-stiffness ratio. Its gonna be pretty hard for any controller to top that.

agreed - i know alot of people complained about the old ones but i must admit i liked them as well - i have large hands so they felt pretty good - the 360's are almost perfect for me - its a bonus that they are wireless as well - microsoft is coming out with a wireless headset to match

link

a live vision camera and racing wheel are on the way as well

You mean the big controllers for the regular XBox? I like them too, nobody I know does though. I don't get it, because they feel great for me and my hands are probably average sized.

Winning Eleven 9 is the best soccer game fors PS2. It is WAY better the FIFA. Does anyone have it?

Yep. I have it on my computer right now. Definitely way better Fifa. The good thing about the computer version is that you can download patches that fix the team names. Like East London Hammers is corrected to West Ham Utd and Red Devils or whatever its called in the game is corrected to Manchester Utd.

hmm i need some input guys,i wanna get nba live alot but im still having fun with NHL and a little bit of madden so im wondering if i should wait a week or two to pick up Live so i can get my moneys work from NHL.

im afraid if i get Live i wont ever play NHl again,or atleast for awhile.

Yeah, don't buy NBA right away. When I buy two or more games at virtually the same time, I find myself switching back and forth and end up enjoying none of the games.