One GIANT leap for mobile gaming... PS3/X360 quality visuals have arrived!

[KiranB28]

Epic Citadel was released a few hours ago on Apple's AppStore; it's an Unreal Engine 3 tech demo where you walk around an abandoned medieval town while trying not to drool and/or slobber all over yourself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

To anyone who has an iPhone 4, you owe it to yourself to GET THIS NOW. Not sure how this looks on a 3Gs, but feel free to take it for a spin.

 

I'm still in shock/awe that i'm looking at these beautifully rendered visuals on such a tiny device; this really sets the bar high for future portable systems to come.

 

Official Site:

http://www.epic-citadel.com/

 

Video (doesn't do it justice, but better than nothing):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtcLSXKk5To

 

 

Thoughts?

[AtheK]

very beautiful, i am waiting to see wat tegra brings to table...

[ACIDICBRAT]

[Somebody]

I tried out the tech demo on my 3gS and it looks awesome I'm curious as to how it might look on an iPhone 4

 

edit: btw, it's like 75mb download

[Jigsaw]

Does one actually do stuff like play or just walk around looking at things in this game?

 

 

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[KiranB28]

Does one actually do stuff like play or just walk around looking at things in this game?

 

 

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The (free) tech demo is just a slice of the pie:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK9PCpN4MrI&feature=player_embedded

 

 

Here's a peek at the game running on the iPad:

 

[Somebody]

Played it a little more. Had frame rate problems in certain areas at a few times but it must be better on the iPhone 4. Sounds are nice and visuals are great.

Controls feel fine too. You can move the character by move the virtual left analog stick and you can look around by swiping at any part of the screen. You can also move by just tapping on the road ahead and the player moves to that place like a strategy game.

By the look of my battery when I played the game for just a little while I'd be surprised if the battery lasted even an hour while playing the game.

 

Some of the screenies I took :

The bloom effect was nice

The flying eagles was a nice touch

Pretty large area for a tech demo

Falling leaves

[Nikushimi]

The graphics looks stunning. Very promising indeed...

[Death Stryke]

Brilliant. That A4 chip inside these devices is real powerful. Apple will kill everyone again as usual

[jDaMn]

But... does it have two analog nubs?

[Bulovski]

Ideal for adventure / puzzle games - may not be practical for shooters.

[pArth]

Looks amazing

 

Now only if they release a gamepad attachment for iphone/ipad. Cannot play hardcore with touch :|

[Choron ka raja]

Wow, these visuals are way better than winpho7 games. On second thought, its just a tech demo, and not a proper game, probably running on maximized cpu usage. Graphics will get worse, once you add the code for player movement control, decision algorithms, and other blah-blah stuff. Plus, battery lifetime is also not considered in this demo, so, I can safely say, final visuals will be hardly any different, than the games already developed for iphone.

 

 

And, comparison to PS3 or 360, as mentioned in thread title, just doesn't feel right. Mobile gaming has still a lot more to do. Also, virtual analog sticks are dumb, by the looks of it.

[K3K]

very beautiful, i am waiting to see wat tegra brings to table...

 

jeez, given how hopelessly fragmented android alread is dont think any game dev is gonna waste time on tegra.

[Death Stryke]

Wow, these visuals are way better than winpho7 games. On second thought, its just a tech demo, and not a proper game, probably running on maximized cpu usage. Graphics will get worse, once you add the code for player movement control, decision algorithms, and other blah-blah stuff. Plus, battery lifetime is also not considered in this demo, so, I can safely say, final visuals will be hardly any different, than the games already developed for iphone.

 

 

And, comparison to PS3 or 360, as mentioned in thread title, just doesn't feel right. Mobile gaming has still a lot more to do. Also, virtual analog sticks are dumb, by the looks of it.

 

What a conclusion! Nostradamus much? They already demo'ed 2 people playing the a game yesterday with all those blah blah stuff you were talking about. Besides, they will obviously optimise the code further. Seen the demo of Rage on the iPhone btw? It is just as good as this if not better

[Joy]

With visuals like these , what they intent to do with battery life on a mobile phone , which is the key factor ??

[L33TWiZaRd]

LoL @ battery life....maybe we will have to start carrying spare batteries

 

I'm gonna go and download this onto my itouch 3g

[AtheK]

jeez, given how hopelessly fragmented android alread is dont think any game dev is gonna waste time on tegra.

 

wat do you know about tegra

[Death Stryke]

Frankly, other than games like doodle jump or flight control, every other fighting game etc eats up the battery. Right now there is no battery technology which can reduce that. Maybe the devs will find a balance between quality vs battery life. But I dont think they can do much.

[Joy]

Yeap that's the main limitation of portable gaming , I had to buy a spare Sony long lasting 1800mah battery for the PSP for 2.5k from PA to get 8 hrs of gameplay compared to 3-4 hrs of default battery.

 

The battery technology has to get to serious heights if we are ever to see graphics like that in gaming regularly on portables.