Final Haze Resolution Confirmed
HazeThere has been much debate over the actual resolution for Haze, especially because some hands-on experiences with the demo have been in contrast to the previously reported 720p resolution. Well, Ripten confirmed this once and for all with Free Radical's Derek Littlewood, creative lead for the upcoming PS3 FPS.
Littlewood said the final product will "indeed render at 1024x576," which is a different story than what Ubisoft recently said on the official PlayStation blog. Thing is, Haze will run at 720p because the PS3 is capable of upscaling, but this is not the same as the game's native resolution. Littlewood talks more about the situation, and why the team decided to adopt a less-than-HD resolution:
"We prioritize a nice smooth framerate over a different res. Personally, I don’t really buy the whole thing. People did the same with Call of Duty, they did the same with Halo, and they say with those games ‘It’s not running at true HD!’ And it’s like, I don’t care. If the game looks good and it runs smoothly, those are the important things to me."
When asked if the decision to use a lower resolution for gameplay came later on in the development phase, Littlewood talked about the process of creating an engine. He said that "as all the pieces slot into place, you end up realizing what sort of resolution you can run it at." While we agree to some extent with his prior comments - GTAIV barely runs at 640p, and it's still one of the best games ever - we expect a lot of confusion over resolution in games in the near future. Guess we'll have to go straight to the source for the real scoop...
Related Game(s): Haze
5/18/2008 Ben Dutka
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Advent Child
Sunday, May 18, 2008 @ 11:43:31 PM
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ThePoetRazel
Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 12:25:45 AM
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bamf
Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 5:11:02 AM
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JToTha2
Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 10:02:13 AM
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Fabi
Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 1:57:13 PM
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And yeah, why does that guy in the pic have an X-Box logo?
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coolistic
Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 2:16:29 PM
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After playing CoD4, playing Haze is like pulling your eyes out.
(I am not lying about owning a copy of Haze, in my country they start to sell the games straight as it gets here, don't ask me why)
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coolistic
Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 2:24:41 PM
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Just if somebody didn't believe me:D
But this game is nothing special in my opinion.
This is not the game that I would be dying for.
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ThePoetRazel
Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 4:59:23 PM
Also, i've not heard of Iceland's stores selling games prior to the release date before as you say. And i'm sure that these stores would be reprimanded by the producers for it.
Looks to me that this is similar to the blunder with Halo 3 were some people got it early due to an error at Amazon.
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Sunday, May 18, 2008 @ 11:00:48 PM
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