philjo jams an original drum and bass concept track.
Second video of philjo playing with his live setup. this material has never been heard before so it is a nice sneak preview of what is coming up for philjo and asps. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWgloMmbAvs
This shows gameplay from GRID. It's a replay from a 5 lap endurance car race. The Audi R10 is the fastest vehicle in the game, so despite my rubbish driving I was still able to win. An xbox 360 wireless controller for windows was used to control the car.
My PC specification is:
CPU: amd dual core 6000+ (3Ghz)
RAM: 800Mhz 3Gb DDR2 corsair set.
Graphics: Gigabyte Geforce 9600 GT (512Mb GDDR3 RAM, 700Mhz GPU, 900Mhz RAM, 1800Mhz shader clock) X2 SLI setup
Monitor: Acer 24" Widescreen flatscreen TFT 1920*1200
Sound card: M-Audio Delta 1010LT
Motherboard: Gigabyte
HDD: 4x HDD total 1680Gb space.
Game graphics settings: Ultra
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prztTySJhck
Not very comprehensive gameplay footage but nonetheless shows off the graphics and some battle events. was only 15-20 fps while recording because the graphics are almost at maximum settings. This dungeon is further towards the end of the demo.
PROS: The storyline drew me in and the graphics are impressive. Gameplay was enjoyable especially the archery. Nice user interface for skills, quests, equips etc. Outdoor areas are particularly stunning to explore. The skills tree looks interesting and using magic and melee pushes you to think tactically.
CONS: Noticed 1 or 2 glitches graphically i.e. player character knockdowns not smooth. Gameplay was not too new although I am sure there will be more in the full game. Water areas had invisible walls - massive let down and would hope this is improved for the main release. Otherwise there would be no swimming which is just ridiculous for a game like this.
VERDICT: On the demo alone, the game has too many missing elements that you can find in older RPG adventure games. This battle system shows promise, the storyline was immersive (if a little cliched), and the graphics are great. It remains to be seen whether the social ai, battle ai, and gameplay elements will be improved on for the official release.
My PC specs:
Samsung 23" 1920*1080 16:9 widescreen TFT HDTV
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCGA152fngQ
After failling to operate a Harrier, we go out on mission, take on an armed truck and a platoon and loot the area before I return to base with the swag
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSBqUtNWEVI