Gauss 1st person view comments

Venoxile · 2003-03-15, 03:12 PM

This may already have been posted, but why is the gauss so much wider in 1st person view then in any other view? Compare http://www.planetside-universe.com/m...php?img_id=143 to http://www.planetside-universe.com/m...php?img_id=478 . Also, does it really need to take up that much space on screen? Comparing it to the cycler it takes up much more space. Is that necessary? Plus in my opinion it looks nothing like it is supposed to look like in 1st person view.

Just an observation, anyone else agree?

EarlyDawn · 2003-03-15, 03:24 PM

That's definitley a Jackhammer in the second picture, because it's wider. A FP picture of the Gauss was posted recently, much slimmer side-to-side.

simba · 2003-03-15, 03:29 PM

yeah at the same time I saw that picture I said: wtf? is that a gauss rifle?

Venoxile · 2003-03-15, 03:30 PM

Yeah you're right, another ss made it look like a gauss at the bottom as the highlighted gun, where's the gauss ss?

Timormi · 2003-03-15, 03:31 PM

yea that second pic is not a guass. Im not exactly sure what it is, but it is not a guass.

P.S. - METRIOD PRIME IS THE BEST GAME EVER

EarlyDawn · 2003-03-15, 03:34 PM

Not really sure, Ven. Planetside underwent a media explosion this week, and I'm kind of fried from all the new screenshots. Just check all of the coverage from this past week. Something tells me it was attached to the Worthplaying preview, if that helps, but I could be wrong.

(Edit- Yeah Metroid Prime is one of the finest games I've ever played, ranks up there with the System Shock series and Dues Ex, among others. It's deeply atmospheric, has a great storyline consistant with it's predicessors, and really cool visual effects. Scanner is cool if you like gathering as much nerdy info about the game's story and concepts as I do :-) the way the gun flips into different shapes to fire the various beams is execelently done. Cheers on great taste in games)

Venoxile · 2003-03-15, 03:35 PM

it's a jackhammer, as u can see in another ss, and can someone get me the gauss 1st person ss?

Venoxile · 2003-03-15, 03:52 PM

I just went through the entire media ss page, all 24 pages, and all the preview ss's. There are no gauss 1st person shots, isnt that just wierd? If a beta's out, and hundreds of people are using the gauss u'd think someone would post an ss of it.

Seer · 2003-03-15, 04:03 PM

There is footage of the Gauss rifle being used in the Gamespot video. Fire rate is slow--like 1.5 a second.

diluted · 2003-03-15, 04:12 PM

sigh.. the 2 shots u compared are NOT teh same gun. the one with the gun and no in-game IS the gauss. the other in first person looking at hacker is a jackhammer. completely different. the gmaespot vid was NOT a gauss either. its some other gun im not sure of. BUT it is shown in the video preview in gamespot 6:20 into the movie. it shoots decent speed but i dislike how large the muzzle flare is and the lighting. its a blue flare but the walls light up yellow. i hope they tweak that.

ill mess around in adobe after effects to get a screen of the gauss first person.

Seer · 2003-03-15, 04:16 PM

Edit: Oops, you're right. He equips the Gauss rifle for the first time before 7:24 and the information box stays up even after he switches to a different weapon. What threw me off was that the same "Gauss Rifle" information box was up at 9:27 while he was firing the unidentified weapon. I'd just assumed they switched the model.

diluted · 2003-03-15, 04:44 PM

i see what you mean. i wonder what weapon that is ... if you pay attention to detail he cocks it like a shotgun after each shot yet looks nothing like fletchette. oh well i have a 2.35 meg avi of the guass in action but i dont know how to post it since i have no access to an ftp or anything like that ;(

Venoxile · 2003-03-15, 05:46 PM

I have no access to the gamespot movies so it'd be nice if someone could post an ss from one of the videos of the gauss in 1st person. Does it look as good as the cycler?

diluted · 2003-03-15, 07:31 PM

the vid's resolution is too low to judge even in the high-res download of the vid. if i had hosting of some sort then i'd show but i don't.

Gammit10 · 2003-03-15, 07:56 PM

Originally posted by Seer
There is footage of the Gauss rifle being used in the Gamespot video. Fire rate is slow--like 1.5 a second.

I hope that's a bug, 'cause according to the specs, it's refire rate is supposed to be fast.