+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted July 16, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted July 16, 2010 My my, how far we've come in terms of technology these days, even on consoles. Loading screens used to be standard in every game, with waiting 10-30 seconds to play ten more minutes before another loading screen was expected. This generation changed that. From Call of Duty's four to six second load for online levels to Uncharted's cutscenes where the level is loaded in disguise, we've seen amazing stuff and now come to expect it. Following the footsteps of its console exclusive brothers, Killzone 3 will not have those dreaded loading screens. And I could not have thought it would better for another game than this one (perhaps Modnation Racers can get some help too). Loading screens lasted 20-30 seconds in Killzone 2, even longer for multiplayer games. The cool 3D screens did distract us for a bit but often we sat there waiting for a turn to take on the Helghan. Herman Hulst, the managing director at Sony's first party studio, Guerilla Games, has confirmed that Killzone 3 has come a long way technologically and an example of that is the omission of loading screens. "We're excited what the PS3 can do for us and what we can do for it... (speaking of loading screens), literally everything is streamed now". This can only be good news as we can expect a more story driven game from cutscenes and the ability to always keep being in the action. Source: http://www.meodia.co...now-killzone-3/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Star Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Wooo. :D I know that this will be appreciated, as I never liked loading screens. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LingeringSoul Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 From the article (emphasis mine): Following the footsteps of its console exclusive brothers, Killzone 3 will not have those dreaded loading screens. And I could not have thought it would better for another game than this one (perhaps Modnation Racers can get some help too). Ain't that the truth. Wasn't that game suppose to be patched in the first week? My buddies and I are enjoying it, but damn, those load times need to be fixed. Back on topic though, the Killzone 3 streaming is definitely cool stuff. I actually never noticed the lack of loading screens in Uncharted 2 when I played through it, although that's probably a good thing: the good loading times are the kind that you don't notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sitris Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Man, so happy to hear this, the first Killzone (on Ps3) had that annoying freezing load screen that made me scared my PS3 had died. Guess no more heart attacks for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted July 17, 2010 Veteran Share Posted July 17, 2010 This generation changed that. From Call of Duty's four to six second load for online levels to Uncharted's cutscenes where the level is loaded in disguise, we've seen amazing stuff and now come to expect it uh wut, games have been doing that long before Uncharted, and I mean like last gen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorwing Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 nice. (Y). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Not exactly ground breaking but it's nice nonetheless (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad. Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 sweet, wish the Devs for ModNation would take note! I hate the thought of playing that game due to the load times.. but it's so fun :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Anarkii Subscriber² Posted July 17, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted July 17, 2010 This makes me a happy camper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorwing Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 sweet, wish the Devs for ModNation would take note! I hate the thought of playing that game due to the load times.. but it's so fun :( agreed, I played it at my friend's house.. and it took forever to load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh400 Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 uh wut, games have been doing that long before Uncharted, and I mean like last gen. Pretty sure God of War did this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedon Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Yup...old tech...but great news none the less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajputwarrior Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 uh wut, games have been doing that long before Uncharted, and I mean like last gen. yup its called halo 2 (Y) one of my favourite things about halo is the action just doesn't stop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soniqstylz Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Plz patch KZ2 with said technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted July 17, 2010 Veteran Share Posted July 17, 2010 I bet to achieve this all they did was dump the whole game to the HDD :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshBluebird Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Doesn't GTA do this anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted July 17, 2010 Author Subscriber² Share Posted July 17, 2010 Doesn't GTA do this anyway? What does GTA have to do with Killzone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh400 Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 What does GTA have to do with Killzone? Nothing, he was talking about the game loading during cutscenes... :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedon Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 What does a game that loads during cutscenes have to do with a game that loads during cutscenes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 What does a game that loads during cutscenes have to do with a game that loads during cutscenes? What does a game that loads during cutscenes have to do with a game that loads during cutscenes have to do with a game that loads during cutscenes? :wacko: :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedon Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 What does a game that loads during cutscenes have to do with a game that loads during cutscenes have to do with a game that loads during cutscenes? :wacko: :D Depends on how it loads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3ntury Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 What does GTA have to do with Killzone? Both have weapons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhav Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Surely the point is that they're achieving no loads with a game that graphically looks so good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xero Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Nice, but online was worse than offline. I'd be curious how much they've improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Surely the point is that they're achieving no loads with a game that graphically looks so good... Not really, as the visual effects which Killzone consists of isn't the main culprit when it comes to loading; high resolution textures and level geometry / size is what matters. Killzone 2 was touted to have some huge levels but since the engine is a heavy streaming engine, it doesn't need to load up 95% of the level from the get-go. The game has a huge amount of low resolution textures so they aren't taking up much space either - It just serves the required data into the memory as the cutscene is played and when it ends, bam you are ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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