low-end systems should run PS2. have hope :D

camycamera · 2012-08-04, 01:37 AM

hey guys, i thought i would like to address a problem that people are concerned about... having to upgrade their low-end PC. well, never fear, i have done a bit of research on this issue and although some might not be legit, the rest might.

anyway, i was on game-debate.com, and there was an estimate if your PC could run PS2 or not, just based purely off screen shots, videos and such. so, it turns out apparently my shitty ATI randeon 4500 (with 2gb ram) will (estimated) be able to run PS2 on MEDIUM graphics. i hope this is true. i can't run Battlefield 3 even on low settings, i can *just* run Crysis 2 on "lowest" settings (the lowest settings is "high"...

thanks crytek), and according to systemrequirmentslab.com i cant run Tribes: Ascend... that sucks.

also, on TotalBiscut's "Planetside 2 E3 Stream - Day 2 - (feat. Totalbiscuit and Margaret Krohn)" video, there was talk about the system requirements. (you can see the video below) at 1:16:45 of the video, TB asks one of the devs (forgot the dev's name) about the system requirements. he responds by saying that:

"from what you are seeing now we do have a very high spec system running, but that doesn't mean you will need a high spec system to play this game. we have TONNES and tonnes of graphical options, our programming department are just graphic nuts, they want you to be able to turn on and off tonnes of different things, so if you have a low end machine, you can turn all the settings to low or medium and you still don't loose anything from the gameplay. the gameplay is still there, and you can still feel like you are in a massive world."

that gets my hopes up that i will be able to run this game

also, i hope that the optimisation is as outstanding as Max Payne 3's. according to systemrequirmentslab.com i will be able to run max payne 3 COMPLETELY smooth, and from other videos on youtube, it has been praised for its optimisation. that is what i would like planetside 2 to do. look stunning, even on pieces of shit PC's like mine. but even if it doesn't... it is still going to be not only the best F2P SCI-FI MMO FPS, but one of the greatest FPSs ever made

what do you guys make of this?

ps: i had posted the same thing before, but i thought i would be a good idea to make a forum of this

IHateMMOs · 2012-08-04, 01:38 AM

Dear god, where have you been for the past 3 months.

camycamera · 2012-08-04, 01:40 AM

Originally Posted by IHateMMOs

Dear god, where have you been for the past 3 months.

why what happend? yes, i know there has been some posts before, but not about the video. some people are still confused, you know. not everyone knows about this.

IHateMMOs · 2012-08-04, 01:45 AM

Originally Posted by camycamera

why what happend? yes, i know there has been some posts before, but not about the video. some people are still confused, you know. not everyone knows about this.

No, no, meaning we knew this a very long time ago. But there still may be people who weren't informed, so carry on. I was never here.

OnexBigxHebrew · 2012-08-04, 01:49 AM

Originally Posted by camycamera

why what happend? yes, i know there has been some posts before, but not about the video. some people are still confused, you know. not everyone knows about this.

If you knew there were posts, why did you make a new thread?

camycamera · 2012-08-04, 01:50 AM

Originally Posted by OnexBigxHebrew

If you knew there were posts, why did you make a new thread?

about this video

OnexBigxHebrew · 2012-08-04, 02:01 AM

Kind of Derpy of TB to be like "Don't worry! This PC game has settings!" lmao.

No shit, lol.

Salad Snake · 2012-08-05, 12:26 AM

To be fair, it's still quite a mystery as to exactly how scalable this game is going to be. Even to the devs themselves.

Ninjacalypse · 2012-08-05, 12:33 AM

I've got an AMD 2.8 Quad Core, 8gb Ram, 1.5gb Radeon HD gpu.

I think I'll be good.

SpcFarlen · 2012-08-05, 12:35 AM

Originally Posted by Salad Snake

To be fair, it's still quite a mystery as to exactly how scalable this game is going to be. Even to the devs themselves.

Also there video card optimization with drivers ontop of that.

Ghoest9 · 2012-08-05, 02:25 AM

Why would you even bother speculation about this stuff for a game that has no yet reached beta.
Its not simply a matter of what you dont know - but more signifigantly GAMES THEMSELVES CHANGE DURING BETAS.

Thorondor · 2012-08-05, 07:03 AM

Originally Posted by OnexBigxHebrew

Kind of Derpy of TB to be like "Don't worry! This PC game has settings!" lmao.

No shit, lol.

It was a reference to crappy console ports that actually don't have settings.

Noxey · 2012-08-05, 08:21 AM

There's a difference between running the game and getting it to an acceptable level to enjoy it.

Almost every game that comes out there has its 'minimum specs' and if you try to play these games with these min specs it will be a single digit fps slideshow, but it will still run.

I can run bf3 on max smooth as fuark and have doubts that I will get high enough frames to play competitive once large fights break out.

See games like WoW/SWTOR/PS1 in packed capital cities, red aleart base zergs, ilum etc that's when you need performance and thats when even the better systems go to shit.

But yeah, time will tell.