WAR system requirements revealed

That's still farking *loads* of HDD space.

hmmm, my PC is only a 2.2GHz... time to replace it! the ol gal has had a good 5 years of running, but she has been whining a lot in this heat lol

I'm thinking that MMOs really should target laptop users, which are beginning to replace the powerful desktop PC in many homes. After I'm done at work, I don't want to sit in an office chair, staring a monitor like I do at work. Of course they still need to look pretty, but make them downscaleable. And no, downscaleable like the way Crisis is playable but looks worse than Far Cry when ran on a med-spec machine doesn't cut it.

jlaakso- yup.

What MMO game developers need to consider is that most laptops and budget desktops use integrated graphic chips and that is what the majority of casual players are using. That is one of the key reasons World of Warcraft has done so well, it can run well on integrated graphic chips thereby maximizing its user subscriber base.

jlaakso and jakeblaine have made some intelligent comments. I agree.

i think these requirments are pretty decent for a game shiping now, i think they straddles the 2 camps of - eek! this looks like piss! and - omfg my eyes are bleeding its so nice, but 3fp could be dicey in raids.
If you dont want to sit on a hard office chair staring at a monitor you got a few choice's * beckons closer* - 1 forget about the pc go outside and take the dog for a walk, get some fresh air, sunlight etc! a bit conventional? *nods sagely* 2 buy a lazy boy chair so you can sit in comfort - but you will still be in some sort of chair and still looking at a monitor - not impressed eh..*nods* or - and this one will take a bit of planning..

3 - You connect your pc to your HDTV and get a bluetooth keyboard and mouse, thus you can lie on the couch / sprawl on the bed while you do your mmo bussiness *note - there may be a chance of falling asleep during boring raids and being kicked from said raid and/ or maybe guild if this option is employed* your hard work and dedication through the seting up of this option, will all be retured to you with interest through a smug sense of superiority at your own self comfort, especially when you hear those other poor fools on TS/vent complain that this 5 hour raid has broken their backs and made them nearly blind, by siting on a hard chair and staring at that 17inch monitor they were to tight to upgrade.

*not option three assumes the ownership of at least 1 HDTV of more than 37inches and the purchase of one HDMI connector cable of appropriate length, allied to a graphics card that can be conected in this fashion. Also 1 working bluetooth mouse and keyboard must be purchased and installed during this solution. All costs and labour must be born out of the individuals own pocket. -

Now my old son, you are ready to relax like the dude after sparking a camberwell carrot, that nagging lower lumbar back pain will be a thing of the past and you will fell almost high on your own sense of self satisfaction at the gaming nirvana that you - yes you! - set up with your own hands. You can stretch theatrically, making appropriately satisfied sounds till somone asks you why you sound like a cat who just fell into a 10 gallon vat of cream - at such times you can wax lyrical, about the ridiculus ammount comfort you are in at that moment, and conversely, ask them why THEY..yes they! are making do with the currently untenable situation that there poor bottom seems to find its self.
But hey, if they start raggin on you, or get long winded, you dont have to worry you just chill out and drift off, happy in the knowledge that the soothing sound of your snores coming through teamspeak, will act as soothing background noise to those in less comfort than you ( read - everybody ) its the least you could do... *smiles*