Shattered Horizon, putting every new rig on the test?

Unreel · 10-24-09, 09:54 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lwuC...eature=related

http://www.shatteredhorizon.com/

Dunno if u guys have known this game yet. General gamers may have never heard of Futuremark game studio, but I know a lot of u guys did. Yes, it's the one that made 3DMark. This is the very first game they made.

They just recently annouced the system requirement:
http://www.shatteredhorizon.com/support/
Man that's the HIGHEST minimum req i've ever seen.

So far I like the idea of setting, and the zero G environments that have the potential to tweak around. I can't have enough of that Alien ship level in Crysis. I hope it comes with a strong SP campaign, since so far the information focuses on MP.

They say it's coming later this year or early next year. I'd be surprised if it arrives within this year tho.

Sydney · 10-24-09, 10:02 AM

Holy crap! First game that my current rig is under recommended system :O

petteyg359 · 10-24-09, 10:50 AM

I beat the recommended hardware, but for the video card that I only meet.

UnrealAlex · 10-24-09, 02:07 PM

Eh graphics didn't wow me honestly. Crysis looked better.

hajalie24 · 10-24-09, 02:47 PM

I meet the recommended requirements, really close though.

TheGreySpectre · 10-24-09, 07:23 PM

I might have to keep tabs on it, I love sci fi games. While the video requirements are high, I am surprised a how low the hard disk space requirement is. The graphics look pretty good to be although I stopped really caring about graphics much about 2004, as long as a game has hi res textures I am happy.

shard · 10-24-09, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UnrealAlex

Eh graphics didn't wow me honestly. Crysis looked better.

Yeah. This does look like it has much higher geometry though.

Unreel · 10-27-09, 05:19 AM

OMG, this game is coming out in a week for $20...

Didn't expect this to happen.

petteyg359 · 10-27-09, 10:15 AM

If you've previously purchased a FutureMark benchmark product, you can get 25% off the pre-order and early access to additional levels.

MonkeyMhz · 10-27-09, 04:19 PM

Ill have to give it a try, BRING ON THE LAG.

MonkeyMhz · 10-27-09, 04:50 PM

Yea, the graphics didn't super wow me either. But the physics/gravity looks amazing.

I think what your seeing here is technical software gurus trying to meet a game like world, it seems as if their artists arent up to par. Regardless this is beta and anything can happen, for all we know it may end up a 2D Puzzle game.

LOL a 2D puzzle game requiring a 8800+. SOLD!.

In all seriousness, im somewhat excited to see how they will pull this off and if it will be a decent game or a benchmark with some button mashing.

OnDborder · 10-29-09, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by petteyg359

If you've previously purchased a FutureMark benchmark product, you can get 25% off the pre-order and early access to additional levels.

Would you happen to have a link for that?

SeanBest · 10-29-09, 11:19 AM

Required HDD space only 1.5GB? That sounds low?

Douken · 10-29-09, 11:34 AM

Quote:

http://www.shatteredhorizon.com/

Dunno if u guys have known this game yet. General gamers may have never heard of Futuremark game studio, but I know a lot of u guys did. Yes, it's the one that made 3DMark. This is the very first game they made.

They just recently annouced the system requirement:
http://www.shatteredhorizon.com/support/
Man that's the HIGHEST minimum req i've ever seen.

If general PC gamers never heard of futuremark they must have live in a cave for the past 15 years. I was surprised and rushed here when I saw the game just now in Steam. I said, wow, futuremark made a game? I wanted to be the news carrier but i guess I was late

Anyways, looks pretty cool.

TheGreySpectre · 10-29-09, 11:59 AM

I have not used 3dmark in quite a while, but I remember back when they released 3dmark 03 and 3dmark 05 wishing that games looked that good.

OnDborder · 10-29-09, 05:24 PM

Hmmm, go with the Steam or the Futuremark 25% discount??

jaymz9350 · 10-29-09, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OnDborder

Hmmm, go with the Steam or the Futuremark 25% discount??

It seems from their web site you get it through steam no matter how you purchase.

nightelph · 10-29-09, 11:36 PM

I remember when this was announced, it was met with much skepticism. It looks nice though and at $17.99, I may give it a try. I have a sinking feeling that despite the posted sysreqs, the rig in my sig is gonna cry; it always does on Futuremark products!

lordkosc · 10-29-09, 11:56 PM

so its just a space based fps ? nothing that exciting to be honest...

Red_LightRanger · 10-30-09, 10:06 AM

all i noticed was how terrible the voice acting was lol.

Hardin · 10-30-09, 10:15 AM

At least now people can't say 3D Mark doesn't mean anything because it's a synthetic benchmark. Now futuremark has an actual game that can be benchmarked.

ratbuddy · 10-30-09, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hardin

At least now people can't say 3D Mark doesn't mean anything because it's a synthetic benchmark.

Sure they can, and it still is. 3dmark06 and below are completely meaningless in terms of gaming performance on a modern rig, but Vantage certainly gives a good general indication of what you can expect.

Unreel · 10-30-09, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red_LightRanger

all i noticed was how terrible the voice acting was lol.

lol I wonder how come so many ppl didn't notice the guy is Finnish and he is supposed to have an accent. That was excellent voice acting there IMO, for both of them.

nightelph · 11-05-09, 12:50 AM

Been playing it for about an hour, all settings maxed at 19*12. Still feels like the graphics are turned down. Combat is interesting.

Badbonji · 11-05-09, 04:04 AM

Maxed out? AA?? Might get it if people say it is good. Will be a good test on my system, but still waiting on information from Nvidia on their new cards, but don't want to wait forever

gregers05 · 11-11-09, 12:34 AM

bump. how is this game?

lordkosc · 11-11-09, 01:19 AM

I don't know anyone who plays FPSs that bought it. :/

bounty29 · 11-11-09, 07:30 PM

I got this game the day after it came out, because I wanted a game I could get into that would really push my system. It's a lot of fun, I don't have any complaints. I've seen a few different complaints, but I don't agree with them.

I've only got one friend that has a system that can run it, and at $20 I think I'll be able to convince him to get it, and if not I'd be willing to gift it to him on Steam, it's definitely the first FPS that I've been able to get into, and it probably doesn't hurt that it looks so good.

Nightelph - Maxed at 1920x1200? What kind of framerate are you getting? If I max everything it's not playable (consistent 40+ fps) on my system, does the quad core make that much of a difference?

Sydney · 11-11-09, 07:56 PM

This game is brilliant, simply brilliant, I highly recommend it.

nightelph · 11-11-09, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Badbonji

Maxed out? AA??

Yup, look at the rig in my sig.

Why I can't get rid of the beta in my steam game list is beyond me..

10-24-09, 09:54 AM	#1
Unreel Registered Join Date: Aug 2009	Shattered Horizon, putting every new rig on the test? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lwuC...eature=related http://www.shatteredhorizon.com/ Dunno if u guys have known this game yet. General gamers may have never heard of Futuremark game studio, but I know a lot of u guys did. Yes, it's the one that made 3DMark. This is the very first game they made. They just recently annouced the system requirement: http://www.shatteredhorizon.com/support/ Man that's the HIGHEST minimum req i've ever seen. So far I like the idea of setting, and the zero G environments that have the potential to tweak around. I can't have enough of that Alien ship level in Crysis. I hope it comes with a strong SP campaign, since so far the information focuses on MP. They say it's coming later this year or early next year. I'd be surprised if it arrives within this year tho.

10-24-09, 10:02 AM	#2
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10-24-09, 10:50 AM	#3
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10-24-09, 02:07 PM	#4
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10-24-09, 02:47 PM	#5
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10-24-09, 07:23 PM	#6
TheGreySpectre Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Phoenix, Az	I might have to keep tabs on it, I love sci fi games. While the video requirements are high, I am surprised a how low the hard disk space requirement is. The graphics look pretty good to be although I stopped really caring about graphics much about 2004, as long as a game has hi res textures I am happy. __________________ Laptop: Dell Inspiron 9300 w 6800go and 1.2 gigs of ram Desktop: Phenom 9850, 4Gb Ram, Radeon 4870, 5.6Tb HD space, 4 Monitors (Primary monitor: Dell 3008 WFP 30") I'm like the old grumpy man of PC Gaming. Back in my day things were better...now get of my virtual lawn.

10-27-09, 05:19 AM	#8
Unreel Registered Join Date: Aug 2009	OMG, this game is coming out in a week for $20... Didn't expect this to happen.

10-27-09, 10:15 AM	#9
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10-27-09, 04:19 PM	#10
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10-27-09, 04:50 PM	#11
MonkeyMhz Member Join Date: Apr 2009	Yea, the graphics didn't super wow me either. But the physics/gravity looks amazing. I think what your seeing here is technical software gurus trying to meet a game like world, it seems as if their artists arent up to par. Regardless this is beta and anything can happen, for all we know it may end up a 2D Puzzle game. LOL a 2D puzzle game requiring a 8800+. SOLD!. In all seriousness, im somewhat excited to see how they will pull this off and if it will be a decent game or a benchmark with some button mashing. __________________ Desktop Rig: II X4 955BE, XFX 4890 XT, Xigmatek Dark Knight, Corsair XMS3 2x2GB DDR3 1600, MSI 790FX GD70, WD Caviar Black 1TB, Corsair 850w, Coolmaster 932 HAF. Laptop Rig: MSI-1721(GT735) Barebones/LTD/Certified Data AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual Core @ 2.2Ghz ATI 3850, 4GB RAM, 320GB Hard Drive, Blu-Ray/DVD/All in One Player, 1920x1200 Native Res, 64-Bit Vista.

10-29-09, 11:19 AM	#13
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10-29-09, 11:59 AM	#15
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10-29-09, 05:24 PM	#16
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10-29-09, 11:36 PM	#18
nightelph Display/Imaging Content Editor Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: SF Bay, CA	I remember when this was announced, it was met with much skepticism. It looks nice though and at $17.99, I may give it a try. I have a sinking feeling that despite the posted sysreqs, the rig in my sig is gonna cry; it always does on Futuremark products! __________________ Q9650 @ 4ghz, ASUS P5K 300GB V-Raptor, 640GB Caviar eVGA GTX285, 4GB 1069mhz Dominator Enermax Infiniti 720W, Dell 2408wfp Win7Ux64, NZXT Adamas Case Heat Have 4GBs of RAM and Windows reports only 3.xx? Read the Sticky!

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10-30-09, 10:06 AM	#20
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10-30-09, 10:15 AM	#21
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11-05-09, 12:50 AM	#24
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11-05-09, 04:04 AM	#25
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11-11-09, 12:34 AM	#26
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11-11-09, 01:19 AM	#27
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11-11-09, 07:30 PM	#28
bounty29 Member Join Date: May 2004	I got this game the day after it came out, because I wanted a game I could get into that would really push my system. It's a lot of fun, I don't have any complaints. I've seen a few different complaints, but I don't agree with them. I've only got one friend that has a system that can run it, and at $20 I think I'll be able to convince him to get it, and if not I'd be willing to gift it to him on Steam, it's definitely the first FPS that I've been able to get into, and it probably doesn't hurt that it looks so good. Nightelph - Maxed at 1920x1200? What kind of framerate are you getting? If I max everything it's not playable (consistent 40+ fps) on my system, does the quad core make that much of a difference? __________________ Asus Maximus II Formula\|\|Core 2 Duo E8600 @ 4.2GHz\|\|8gb Muskin Redline 420MHz 4-4-4-15\|\|EVGA GTX 295 @ 648/1404/1188\|\|Corsair 750w\|\| Raid 0 - 2x Velociraptor 300gb

11-11-09, 07:56 PM	#29
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