Payback Release

[semyaza]

Is there any news on a release date for Payback? Seems there are a few commerical games being anounced but nothing more.

I have been waiting to play this game since the announcement on the GBA ages ago (2 years?!) but the GBA went out of fashion with me after a few months and I forgot about it until I saw the gp2x.

I have been given some money to buy it, very hard to keep when I'm in a pub

Ta!

 

[Vimacs]

"summer 2006", cant be that far away, probably august.

 

[semyaza]

So do I keep the 20 quid or drink it

 

[Squidge]

Which do you think will give you the most entertainment? If you think the drink will last you longer, then buy that instead

 

[Vimacs]

send them as a donation to a developer of a programm that you regulairy use.

 

[White Demon]

What about Vektar, for that matter? Haven't heard anything else about that, has that been released yet?

 

[semyaza]

I guess Vektar is released as you can add it to your basket on gp2x.co.uk

 

[kardasan]

how about Pay&download versions? Will they be there or not?

 

[Alex.]

So do I keep the 20 quid or drink it

Don't ask us, ask

- Alex

 

[bacteria]

So do I keep the 20 quid or drink it

I suspect you will spend longer drinking £20 of booze than playing this game; so drink it!

 

[NoidZ]

Can't the creators of payback make a 10min trail or something.

 

[Vimacs]

im sure there will be a demo

 

[semyaza]

So do I keep the 20 quid or drink it

I suspect you will spend longer drinking £20 of booze than playing this game; so drink it!

Are you saying that payback is going to be so bad that it will only last an hour or so?

im sure there will be a demo

Isnt that what is on the NAND memory already? It does look good which is why I would like to pay for it. There are more maps on Apex's website too.

 

[Alex.]

The demo was a disapointment, I never heard of a game demo that wasn't playable. Consider what's on the NAND a movie and nothing more.

- Alex

 

[hackgrid]

The demo was a disapointment, I never heard of a game demo that wasn't playable. Consider what's on the NAND a movie and nothing more.

- Alex

The old game demos was "view-only" too. (~1994, DOS)

 

[sparr]

The demo was a disapointment, I never heard of a game demo that wasn't playable. Consider what's on the NAND a movie and nothing more.

- Alex

Then you havent been around games very long. Noninteractive demos, or rolling demos, are rather common. There are at least two significant differences in a movie and a rolling demo:

A) small filesize. a video of the whole ~10 minute demo would be dozens of times as large as the demo itself is.

2) believability. post a video, how do we know it wasnt rendered on better hardware, or with mega overclock?

 

[shinneri]

Indeed the rolling demo was certainly not a video; it was actually running on the engine. Problem is, the game was running a bit too slow. I'm assuming it will run better when the final version is released.

 

[Alex.]

You are right, I forgot that it was called a "rolling" demo. I never said it was a movie, just that it has the same level of interactivity as a movie. The visuals are very nice though, a bit stuttery at times, but impressive nonetheless. I hope they'll release a playable demo by the time they go commercial, this is one of the GP2X commercial games (besides Vektar) that I really look forward to.

Cheers
- Alex

 

[Kannibaal]

Indeed the rolling demo was certainly not a video; it was actually running on the engine. Problem is, the game was running a bit too slow. I\'m assuming it will run better when the final version is released.

I copied my demo from nand to SD and the demo went smooth. So I think the demo was made for the faster SD card.

Marco

 

[bacteria]

Indeed the rolling demo was certainly not a video; it was actually running on the engine. Problem is, the game was running a bit too slow. I\'m assuming it will run better when the final version is released.

I copied my demo from nand to SD and the demo went smooth. So I think the demo was made for the faster SD card.

Marco

Are you saying that buyers of the MK2 version of the GP2x get this pre-installed onto NAND? I presume there is an easy way to remove it therefore...

The old game demos was "view-only" too. (~1994, DOS)

Often these old DOS games were either restricted to a first level or part level (eg LucasArts did this, as did Id for example), or a timeout (eg CodeMasters in some of theirs). This is far better than a scrolling, non-interactive (boring) movie.

Indeed the rolling demo was certainly not a video; it was actually running on the engine. Problem is, the game was running a bit too slow. I\'m assuming it will run better when the final version is released.

I copied my demo from nand to SD and the demo went smooth. So I think the demo was made for the faster SD card.

Marco

What's the speed of your SD card out of interest?