Test Drive Unlimited Comments by Dan Whitehead
Country roads, take me home.
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magicpocket
27/02/07 @ 14:01
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Shame it came out so late in the PS2 life cycle and after the 360 version, otherwise it would have had a chance to leave a blaze of glory...
Real shame :( |
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Something tells me that those screenies have been touched up.
I mean, where are the jaggies!? Will you be giving the PSP version the full review treatment also, or just a mini-mention, seeing as it's presumably pretty similar to its PStwo cousin? Edited for grammar.
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I'm absolutely gobsmacked that the PS2 version looks as good as it does and has more or less the same features as the supposedly next-gen version, which is really only next-gen because of its visuals (they weren't all that great anyway... well the cars looked lush but the scenery was far less so with lots of popup, occasional v-sync tearing and some dreadful textures).
I always thought that the concept for TDU was too ambitious for the last-gen systems but obviously not. I'm impressed that Melbourne House have pulled it off. |
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Hmm, the game sounds like it achieves some impressive technical feats, but mister Whitehead could do with learning the meaning of 'anachronistic': I don't believe that cars bouncing off you without taking damage is wrong for being something which wouldn't occur in the time-period in which the game is set. 'Bizarre' or 'unrealistic' would have been more sensible terms to apply.
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DanWhitehead
27/02/07 @ 14:32
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Anachronistic in the sense that rigid car models that bounce off each other look out of place in this time period. The one we're in now. Not the one in the game.
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GamesConnoisseur
27/02/07 @ 14:37
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Well done to Melbourne House, though the name always remind me of old Spectrum games such as The Hobbit.
PS2 holding it own quite well and thanks to very fast bus architeture, but cannot see being able to compete on same level with the next gens in the long run. But those who hasnt got the x360 version may well be tempted to try it.
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DanWhitehead
27/02/07 @ 14:49
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I'd actually buy Test Drive Victoriana, if it gave you the chance to slowly ride around cobbled streets and misty moors on a Penny Farthing.
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captainrentboy
27/02/07 @ 14:59
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The screenshots in Edge of this particular version look considerably shitter than the ones here, straaange. Anyway the game bored me silly on the 360 and would no doubt do the same on the PS2.Where's God Of War 2 dammit?
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chupachups
27/02/07 @ 15:08
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It just shows what you can do when you've had years of experience on a platform.
People disappointed with 360/PS3/Wii graphics now almost certainly won't be disappointed once the developers have had enough time to understand the console fully. |
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AtomicBanana
27/02/07 @ 15:29
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This would be great, if the handling didn't completely suck in all versions. If Bizzare made something like this, it would own.
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AtomicBanana
27/02/07 @ 16:06
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'Own what?'
I know you're just being awkward for fun, but take your pick: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.ph... |
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AtomicBanana
27/02/07 @ 20:20
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'Project Gotham Racing 4: Unlimited?
/drowns in a sea of his own drool' A man can dream.... |
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Just did some research on PC release date, several problems found in Beta which have pushed it back to at least March 20th apparently.
PC Minimum Spec: OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista CPU: Intel P4 @ 2.4Ghz or AMD Athlon 2800+. GPU: ATI Radeon 9800 256MB VRAM or Nvidia 6600 GT with 256 MB of VRAM. Video Cards with vertex/pixel shaders 2.x and above are recommended. SPU: DirectX 9.0 compatible Sound Card. System Memory : 512 MB, 1 GB recommended Hard Disk free space: 8 GB DVD drive: 8x minimum DirectX 9.0C (included)
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Turbo Esprit - damn - that was the first Grand Theft Auto. Loved it. Remember TechnoCop also? I was never very good at that one.
@Dan Whitehead: The comments about your younger sister and the game clearly show how existing game engines can be altered to appeal to girls. I know plenty of girls that like GTA, but aren't really all that into some of the themes of the game. They like the realism, freedom, exploration, driving and flying - sometimes beating people up - but that probably wouldn't make a good selling point. A good (female) game designer could take the GTA engine and make an excellent female (or child) targeted game. The Wii could run such a game easily, and with perfectly intuitive controls. The games industry needs to wake up. |
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@Kato : Mr President of Anti-Fanboyism League, I bow to you.
Can't you guys leave a comment alone, occasionally? Did it ever occur to you that yellow mentioned X360 because that's the only next gen console available right now? No way - all you can do is stamp out any enthusiasm for anything that is not XBox and then kick the corpse. Never mind the dev's achievement - which indeed looks spectacular. |
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"Typically, I've been unable to hold back and it's now slipped out, like a dirty bird."
Not being English, out of curiousity (and hopefully furthering my grasp of the English language), can anyone from the UK explain this particular idiom to the rest of us? I gather from colleagues that "dirty bird" might be a reference to loose women? Or should it be interpreted literally? Thanks in advance, K. |
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So, if I want freeform racing through city streets I fire up Midnight Club 3 Dub Edition Remix, if I want freeform racing in the countryside on an island I get Test Drive Unlimited and fire up that.
Nice choices, PS2. Me like. A pity this game probably squeezes too much juice out of the EE and other PS2 harware to be well emulated in software on the PS3. |
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