Comments on: 'Ground Effect' Hands-On Preview http://toucharcade.com/2009/10/20/ground-effect-hands-on-preview/ ... keeping in touch with the latest in iPhone gaming Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:24:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Glenn Corpes http://toucharcade.com/2009/10/20/ground-effect-hands-on-preview/#comment-40013 Glenn Corpes Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:10:19 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=23119#comment-40013 The craft don't collide with each other because of future plans to allow users to race each other's ghost replays. The craft don't collide with each other because of future plans to allow users to race each other's ghost replays.

]]> By: Glenn Corpes http://toucharcade.com/2009/10/20/ground-effect-hands-on-preview/#comment-320216 Glenn Corpes Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:10:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=23119#comment-320216 The craft don't collide with each other because of future plans to allow users to race each other's ghost replays. The craft don't collide with each other because of future plans to allow users to race each other's ghost replays.

]]> By: Glenn Corpes http://toucharcade.com/2009/10/20/ground-effect-hands-on-preview/#comment-40011 Glenn Corpes Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:03:14 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=23119#comment-40011 That's a good point jimbo but the video was shot on a 2g iPod Touch which runs the game at a solid 30 FPS though it does't seem to look that smooth on Youtube. I haven't even seen the game running on a 3gs for long enough to do any accurate timings. It possibly achieves 60 FPS but the game plays at the same speed on all devices. If you have any questions about the frame rate, please go to the thread in upcoming games and ask the testers how it runs. That's a good point jimbo but the video was shot on a 2g iPod Touch which runs the game at a solid 30 FPS though it does't seem to look that smooth on Youtube.

I haven't even seen the game running on a 3gs for long enough to do any accurate timings. It possibly achieves 60 FPS but the game plays at the same speed on all devices.

If you have any questions about the frame rate, please go to the thread in upcoming games and ask the testers how it runs.

]]> By: Glenn Corpes http://toucharcade.com/2009/10/20/ground-effect-hands-on-preview/#comment-320215 Glenn Corpes Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:03:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=23119#comment-320215 That's a good point jimbo but the video was shot on a 2g iPod Touch which runs the game at a solid 30 FPS though it does't seem to look that smooth on Youtube. I haven't even seen the game running on a 3gs for long enough to do any accurate timings. It possibly achieves 60 FPS but the game plays at the same speed on all devices. If you have any questions about the frame rate, please go to the thread in upcoming games and ask the testers how it runs. That's a good point jimbo but the video was shot on a 2g iPod Touch which runs the game at a solid 30 FPS though it does't seem to look that smooth on Youtube.

I haven't even seen the game running on a 3gs for long enough to do any accurate timings. It possibly achieves 60 FPS but the game plays at the same speed on all devices.

If you have any questions about the frame rate, please go to the thread in upcoming games and ask the testers how it runs.

]]> By: formal http://toucharcade.com/2009/10/20/ground-effect-hands-on-preview/#comment-40010 formal Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:59:44 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=23119#comment-40010 ditto ditto

]]> By: formal http://toucharcade.com/2009/10/20/ground-effect-hands-on-preview/#comment-320214 formal Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:59:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=23119#comment-320214 ditto ditto

]]> By: Jimbo http://toucharcade.com/2009/10/20/ground-effect-hands-on-preview/#comment-40005 Jimbo Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:16:19 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=23119#comment-40005 Please don't review or preview games on the 3GS please, it renders your opinion completely pointless to the 40 million owners of the older hardware. Please don't review or preview games on the 3GS please, it renders your opinion completely pointless to the 40 million owners of the older hardware.

]]> By: Jimbo http://toucharcade.com/2009/10/20/ground-effect-hands-on-preview/#comment-320213 Jimbo Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:16:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=23119#comment-320213 Please don't review or preview games on the 3GS please, it renders your opinion completely pointless to the 40 million owners of the older hardware. Please don't review or preview games on the 3GS please, it renders your opinion completely pointless to the 40 million owners of the older hardware.

]]> By: jase23 http://toucharcade.com/2009/10/20/ground-effect-hands-on-preview/#comment-39956 jase23 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:54:23 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=23119#comment-39956 Shouldn't the aircraft crash if it goes right through a tree or collides with another craft while racing? Shouldn't the aircraft crash if it goes right through a tree or collides with another craft while racing?

]]> By: jase23 http://toucharcade.com/2009/10/20/ground-effect-hands-on-preview/#comment-320212 jase23 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:54:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=23119#comment-320212 Shouldn't the aircraft crash if it goes right through a tree or collides with another craft while racing? Shouldn't the aircraft crash if it goes right through a tree or collides with another craft while racing?

]]> By: TKO http://toucharcade.com/2009/10/20/ground-effect-hands-on-preview/#comment-39955 TKO Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:43:34 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=23119#comment-39955 Ah, cool. Glad no-one else has heard it. :) I'm sure there's not many people have a big old Pioneer midi system hooked up to their PC like I do.. coz it was only on that that it was getting to me. Good to know there's a good sound engineer on the case. I'm gonna put it down to an artifact of the YouTube re-encoding then. (Will let you know if I hear it in the full game, certainly.) Hey, just an idea: (If you were considering payed additional content at some point) ..how about 3d models that are similar to the real Soviet Ekranoplans? Maybe with a bit of extra weight to them (as they weren't exactly small.) :) Just a thought. I love those things. Would love to have been able to see one of them in actual ground-effect flight. Anyway, as it stands now it looks just as cool to me as when I first saw the early alpha version on these forums. It's like you've grabbed the most fun bits out of WipeOut (the combat I could take or leave) and built it round Ekranoplans. Can't wait to try it. Ah, cool. Glad no-one else has heard it. :) I'm sure there's not many people have a big old Pioneer midi system hooked up to their PC like I do.. coz it was only on that that it was getting to me. Good to know there's a good sound engineer on the case. I'm gonna put it down to an artifact of the YouTube re-encoding then. (Will let you know if I hear it in the full game, certainly.)

Hey, just an idea: (If you were considering payed additional content at some point) ..how about 3d models that are similar to the real Soviet Ekranoplans? Maybe with a bit of extra weight to them (as they weren't exactly small.) :) Just a thought. I love those things. Would love to have been able to see one of them in actual ground-effect flight.

Anyway, as it stands now it looks just as cool to me as when I first saw the early alpha version on these forums. It's like you've grabbed the most fun bits out of WipeOut (the combat I could take or leave) and built it round Ekranoplans. Can't wait to try it.

]]> By: TKO http://toucharcade.com/2009/10/20/ground-effect-hands-on-preview/#comment-320211 TKO Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:43:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=23119#comment-320211 Ah, cool. Glad no-one else has heard it. :) I'm sure there's not many people have a big old Pioneer midi system hooked up to their PC like I do.. coz it was only on that that it was getting to me. Good to know there's a good sound engineer on the case. I'm gonna put it down to an artifact of the YouTube re-encoding then. (Will let you know if I hear it in the full game, certainly.) Hey, just an idea: (If you were considering payed additional content at some point) ..how about 3d models that are similar to the real Soviet Ekranoplans? Maybe with a bit of extra weight to them (as they weren't exactly small.) :) Just a thought. I love those things. Would love to have been able to see one of them in actual ground-effect flight. Anyway, as it stands now it looks just as cool to me as when I first saw the early alpha version on these forums. It's like you've grabbed the most fun bits out of WipeOut (the combat I could take or leave) and built it round Ekranoplans. Can't wait to try it. Ah, cool. Glad no-one else has heard it. :) I'm sure there's not many people have a big old Pioneer midi system hooked up to their PC like I do.. coz it was only on that that it was getting to me. Good to know there's a good sound engineer on the case. I'm gonna put it down to an artifact of the YouTube re-encoding then. (Will let you know if I hear it in the full game, certainly.)

Hey, just an idea: (If you were considering payed additional content at some point) ..how about 3d models that are similar to the real Soviet Ekranoplans? Maybe with a bit of extra weight to them (as they weren't exactly small.) :) Just a thought. I love those things. Would love to have been able to see one of them in actual ground-effect flight.

Anyway, as it stands now it looks just as cool to me as when I first saw the early alpha version on these forums. It's like you've grabbed the most fun bits out of WipeOut (the combat I could take or leave) and built it round Ekranoplans. Can't wait to try it.

]]> By: Glenn Corpes http://toucharcade.com/2009/10/20/ground-effect-hands-on-preview/#comment-39944 Glenn Corpes Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:06 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=23119#comment-39944 Thanks for pointing this out but you might not be surprised to learn that you are the first to do so! :) The instrumental version of the music is exclusive to the game. I'd be interested to know if you notice the same thing on the original track, which can be heard on iTunes or the band's myspace page, just google "diefenbach". The guy who mastered it should know what he is doing, he is a Grammy award winning engineer, but he did do it for a favour. Hopefully it's an artifact of Youtube's compression or the settings I used making the video. The version in the game is definitely at a higher quality. Thanks for pointing this out but you might not be surprised to learn that you are the first to do so! :)

The instrumental version of the music is exclusive to the game. I'd be interested to know if you notice the same thing on the original track, which can be heard on iTunes or the band's myspace page, just google "diefenbach".

The guy who mastered it should know what he is doing, he is a Grammy award winning engineer, but he did do it for a favour. Hopefully it's an artifact of Youtube's compression or the settings I used making the video.

The version in the game is definitely at a higher quality.

]]> By: Glenn Corpes http://toucharcade.com/2009/10/20/ground-effect-hands-on-preview/#comment-320210 Glenn Corpes Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=23119#comment-320210 Thanks for pointing this out but you might not be surprised to learn that you are the first to do so! :) The instrumental version of the music is exclusive to the game. I'd be interested to know if you notice the same thing on the original track, which can be heard on iTunes or the band's myspace page, just google "diefenbach". The guy who mastered it should know what he is doing, he is a Grammy award winning engineer, but he did do it for a favour. Hopefully it's an artifact of Youtube's compression or the settings I used making the video. The version in the game is definitely at a higher quality. Thanks for pointing this out but you might not be surprised to learn that you are the first to do so! :)

The instrumental version of the music is exclusive to the game. I'd be interested to know if you notice the same thing on the original track, which can be heard on iTunes or the band's myspace page, just google "diefenbach".

The guy who mastered it should know what he is doing, he is a Grammy award winning engineer, but he did do it for a favour. Hopefully it's an artifact of Youtube's compression or the settings I used making the video.

The version in the game is definitely at a higher quality.

]]> By: monks http://toucharcade.com/2009/10/20/ground-effect-hands-on-preview/#comment-39940 monks Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:08:50 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=23119#comment-39940 Music is awesome. Music is awesome.

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