4 resident evil

KrackMonkey · Feb 8, 2005 at 1:39 AM

Brahma, you heard about this?

Looks like Nintendo might actually have a one-up on Sony.

http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=4310

According to various Japanese publications, the new Resident Evil 4 team is encountering a few problems porting Resident Evil 4 to the PS2. Why do you ask? Hardware, Hardware, Hardware.

One of the big issues the team over at Capcom is facing is the fact that the PS2's texture memory capacity is far smaller than the Gamecube's. In the Gamecube version of Resident Evil 4, players were treated to 24 bit textures. However, in the PS2 version, expect 8 and 4 bit textures, which is quite a downgrade.

But no sir, it doesn't end there.

Leon's polygon count, in order to run on the inferior PS2 hardware, will have to drop from the original 10,000 polygons to a mere 5,000, slightly more than Snake from Metal Gear Solid 3.

The PS2, does however, have a large Direct Memory Access bandwidth, which will allow the developers to provide a high amount of textures into the game. But, if they choose to do this, the game's framerate will drop substantially, this is due to the PS2's, as stated before, limited texture memory capacity. And, of course, any extra lighting or texture layers will slow down the framerate more. It is expected, that if all the Gamecube features are included, the PS2 version will run at less than the Gamecube's framerate.

In conclusion, Resident Evil 4 is the perfect hardware comparison between the PS2 and Gamecube. But PS2 owners, do not fear! Extras are to be included into the PS2 version, such as a gallery and making of featurette!
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bkfountain · Feb 8, 2005

of course. The ps2 is the oldest and most inferior console. Hell, even the dreamcast can hang with it and surpass it on many levels. I own all four but it's nothing new about the ps2 being shitty. Developers just have to work around it. It's nice that the GC is getting press like this, too bad it's so late though. People thought the GC was a little kiddie shitbox.

Capcom will work on getting the port right though. I seriously doubt they'll release it shitty like acclaim did with crazy taxi on the ps2.

ECILAM · Feb 8, 2005 at 9:03 AM

KrackMonkey said:

CAPCOM signed a deal with Nintendo and it is only available on Gamecube for the first year (I believe).

So...no. No PS2.
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Fuck!! Ass!!

bkfountain · Feb 10, 2005 at 6:36 PM

any of you try to get the older RE's for gamecube off ebay?

goddamn..

The Brahma Bull · Feb 11, 2005 at 4:57 AM

Can you guys just imagine the LOAD times for this game on the PS2? Its enough to make me want to cry.

BTW, I got the Handcannon for beating the game and then getting 5's on all 4 mercenaries stages with all 5 characters and lemme tell you. THE HANDCANNON ROCKS! Killed El Gigante with it in 2 shots. Once for him and once for the thing on his back. Chainsaw people go down in 1 shot.

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