The new rig has gotten me back into gaming again. I’ve been goofing around with Deus Ex : Invisible War a lot these past few days, which has turned out to be pretty entertaining. The only thing that bugs me is the fact that whenever you arrive at locations that are supposed to be crowded (like train stations or night clubs), there are only ever a handful of people. I mean, they’ve got the thumping music, the crowd sounds, the shifting mirror ball lights all down pat, but there’s like 2 people on the dance floor. Is it a technology limitation? Activision was able to get away with having hundreds of soldiers storming a beach in Call of Duty without any slowdowns, so what gives?
I like how you have so much control over the storyline though; it’s almost RPG-esque with all the plot-forking. I’m also trying out Unreal Tournament 2004 a bit later, which seems to be an extremely good-looking game, and which should give my Radeon a decent workout. More later.