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Well, it's just a matter of taste don't ya think.
I personally would like it to have 3rd person.
I'm still going to buy it though.

I'm happy with 1st person ... as the original was ... 8)

The option to switch to 3rd person would have attracted a few more to buy ... I think ...

Blam......you hit the nail on the head once again Paddy. :)

My random thoughts on the physics accelerator..

1) It sounds awesome and obviosuly it would make gaming a lot more fun and more realistic.

2) I hope they come up with one solution that will become standard and supported by all vendors (not another X vs. Y war) and that this will be built into either video cards, chipsets or whatever because as a $300 add-on card this will not survive long. Because in order to make games take full advantage of it, these games would have to rquire it, they wouldn't be playable without the graphics coprocessor. Most likely the gameplay will rely on modifiable environments and advanced physics and won't be playable without. You can't scale this down the way yo can scale graphics between different levels of video card performance. So, how many game developers will be brave enough to release a game that requires a $300 add on? Or they will need two versions of the game. So, this has to be cheaper and it has to become a standard or it'll die.

3) It may turn out that if quad-core CPUs with math coprocessors arrive there won't be that much need for dedicated physics processor. Even though it'll be faster that even the fatest general purpose CPU the economics will decide here.

4) Despite he fact that this sounds excting, I wouldn't jump on it too soon, don't want to end up with a $300 piece of hardware that won't even serve well as a paperwight. There must be strong game support for it.

I would buy it for GRAW alone ... :mrgreen: :shock: :D :lol:

I would buy it for GRAW alone ... :mrgreen: :shock: :D :lol:

Heh...

This just reinforces the idea that you're made of money, mate. :D :mrgreen:

Well ... when it comes to games ... :lol:
... and GRAW is probably going to be among the best ... I can't help myself ... :roll:

Fair enough. :D

Normally I only get this enthusiastic about a Final Fantasy game... ;) oh, wait, and Devil May Cry... :lol:

Without having played GRAW, Paddy could be right. The first Ghost Recon was ground-breaking and incredibly good (still playable today to a degree)... no reason why this couldn't be the same.

Well... I did buy an Xbox just to play Halo, but I won't do anything like this again. $300 just to play one game? Not worth it.