Interview BioShock community Q&A

[The Idiot]

Another preview.

 

[doctor_kaz]

Eh, I will still probably get it, but I'm not sure. Anyway, levels may be better if the 360 has more processing power than the XBox (unlike those in DX 2).

I don't have an Xbox 360, so anybody have a comment on this? Is the average Xbox 360 game area significantly smaller than the average PC game?

One of the features of the engine that Bioshock is using (Unreal 3) supposedly is that it is capable of streaming huge areas/

 

[The Idiot]

Last time I heard Bioshock was based on UE2, actually.

 

[Antagonist]

Last time I heard Bioshock was based on UE2, actually.

http://www.bioshock-online.com/faq/#engine

What engine is BioShock using?
BioShock is using the Unreal engine which has been massively modified by Irrational.
Originally BioShock was being built on an Irrational-modified version of the Unreal 2 Engine known as Vengeance. Since then it has been ported to Unreal 3.0 and has once again been heavily modified.
The game also utilises Havok Physics.

 

[The Idiot]

I stand corrected. I don't follow Bioshock that closely.

 

[jeansberg]

The Unreal 2 engine is like pretty old and shit.

I liked this comment from the CVG review.

"You're not going to be frustrated by tiny-levelitis in Bioshock," promises Levine. "We're playing with the numbers right now, and there's probably around 30 or 40 creatures per area, but it's quite unpredictable. Remember, the AI creatures aren't just sitting in closets waiting to be set into motion.

 

[kingcomrade]

The U2 engine was most definitely not shit. It looked great and it also RAN great even on mediocre computers.

Remember, the AI creatures aren't just sitting in closets waiting to be set into motion.

Burn, Doom 3, burn!

 

[jeansberg]

'And shit'='and stuff', grampa.

 

[kingcomrade]

You darn kids and your pathetic command of the English language! Back in the day we knew how to avoid ambiguity, going uphill both ways in the snow.

 

[FrancoTAU]

I actually tried out Unreal 1 for the first time a little while back (go bargain bins!). I thought those graphics were pretty swell so U2 or U3 Engine sounds fine to me.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Hey, as long as the levels are big and the creatures behave how they should, then I'm ok.