Hitman: Absolution dev says game limited by current gen - Report

@gwokage Jaw Dropping, really? Matter of opinion I guess. I have the Xbox 360 version of Witcher 2 and looks no better then Dragon Age 2 to my eyes, same type of boring linear level design.

Now the Skyrim Xbox 360 version as it is today looks really good to my eyes on my TV. I believe that was developed on a CPU as well as the Witcher 2 was but it looks way better to me as far as levels, world, and creature animations, etc, etc. Not a judgement of either game just Skyrim looks really good, better example for your point, to me at least.

That all said it sounds like to me this guy is trying to explain why his game sucks to lower fans expectations, makes me nervous about buying the game now.

@Aria1368

I can't wait for the next Xbox!! its gonna be EPIC!!!

@Ultra_Taco

They know they're gonna get new consoles, most of the big studios are probably allready working on games for them. We know it's possible to deliver great games on the current gen, so there is no excuse really. I think Max Payne is a fair comparison to this game, and that turned out great on consoles.

@Hector_01 Yep , feels like an excuse to me

@Hector_01

True that, I bought my PC over a year ago, and judged from the spec rumors we've seen it's not gonna be a big leap for us with fairly high-end PC's. Maybe I'll go 560 SLI or just change the GPU, maybe go with 4 GB ram in addition to my 12 and clock my CPU from 3.4 to 4 ghz just to get with the times but most likely it's not even a necessity.

@Hector_01 That would be nice, but I don't think the console is the only thing "limiting" them.

@MarcJL31

lol

you make me laugh

@charlesdao How many times do people have to be told is not just graphics. More power means better ai, larger worlds, more things on the screen. Creativity is limited by your imagination saying I want too add all these things, but I can't because I have a ram cap.

@charlesdao Agreed.

@SingletreeAve Same old story really, I'd love to see what could be done with some big budget titles if they weren't limited by consoles, with all the resources they have, maybe Arma3 will give us a glimpse of that. I'm almost entirely a PC gamer but the problem is that most of the games on PC are really still being held back, they just look nicer than their console versions but they could look a lot better and have so much more interaction, physics, gameplay possibilities with so many extra inputs, etc. I know everyone says graphics aren't the most important thing, and they aren't, but I miss the old days when a new game or a sequel came out and I'd be like wow look at the new gameplay ideas AND be wow'd by the awesome graphics, realism, size of the environment, whatever.

@SingletreeAve yeah i think that way too but the exclusives, like the last of us on the ps3 and gears on the 360 make me buy them!

@Hey_Jay Scumbags? Why?

@neocaleb GREAT POINT!

@jack00 Because not only do you work in the industry, but you are the art director for the actual product he's talking about, right?

@the_hunger They were utilizing the full power of the 360 at launch, same with the PS3. From there they found ways to compensate for the shortcoming to make something as shiny as possible with the same level of technology - shortcuts and condensing, simply put.

It's the same reason why I can have a nice gaming rig that can run Oblivion on max settings at 400 or so FPS without V-sync enabled, but I can install a few mods that aren't resource friendly and slug my machine down to around 30 FPS and below.

The said, think about it, you can only produce so much on a Super Nintendo, a game on that console will never perform at the level of a AAA PS2 title. So what he's saying is honest, the more power they have, the more they can do. The more the CPU can process at a time, the more information can be loaded directly into memory, and so on. He's just stating the honest truth, but that doesn't even hint at meaning that his game is poor or you'll be let down. All the great developers experience this issue, and have been. Yet you've still had great experiences gaming, I'm sure.

@nocoolnamejim They'd all make this sort of comment if their vision is large enough. I mean come on, do you if the vision for Super Mario World was that of Super Mario Galaxy, they wouldn't claim the same thing? It doesn't mean Super Mario World was a poor game, but it couldn't meet the vision, it did what it could with the technology of the time.

Same issue here, it's just an honest remark. Not really any kind of "flag" against the product itself.

@abnergoinbig This article certainly wouldn't infer otherwise, if perhaps, that was what you were implying by "I'm hoping the games still good."

You can wager your bottom dollar that most developers say it, it was likely said when they were creating Hitman: Blood Money as well. That was still a fun game. Most developers just don't come right out and say it on the record.