Recent content by EvilEwok2.0

no, ive read the books. In the books he dies after the Scourging of the Shire. But that part of the story wont be in the movies at all, so Saruman doesnt play a role in the third movie at all. They planned to kill him off at the end of Two Towers(since his role in the movies was basically...

Thats good that your not offended, it just seemed that way with all the insults and what not. I dont know why you think i have a biased outlook though. Sure, i may have been hard on Source, but i would be equally hard on doom3 on a doom3 forum. I just dont come to a hl2 forum in order to...

lol. I never said doom3 is perfect, and im well aware of its flaws. I didnt initiate a comparison on the engines, i came to a hl2 forum to discuss hl2s engine. If i like what i see, i discuss that. If i dont like what i see, i discuss that. Then there are people like you who get overly...

lol, you got one hell of a short temper. Your taking this way too personal. Source isnt perfect, get over it. You go off on this posting spree pointing out flaws in other engines as if it makes up for the flaws in source. We are here to talk about source and hl2, not other engines or games...

Whoa, getting a little hostile there, rec. I am in full knowledge that each engine has weaknesses, thats what i was discussing. Sources weaknesses. I wasnt saying other engines are perfect, and Source is not. but i dont come here to discuss other engines, i come here to discuss hl2 and Source.

lol rec, i didnt say the in-game models are 1 million polies. I was saying that the normal maps(generated form 1+ million polies) allow the low poly in-game models to appear as if they are made of 1+ million polies. But what do you mean by poorly implimented design features? And how exactly...

lol, im calm. I dont get upset over the happenings of a gaming forum. I was just having some fun, same as you. I agree, some doom3 shots are ugly. But i dont see why you guys go through them, as if this somehow excuses hl2s errors. We are here to discuss the hl2 screenshot. I dont see why...

I dont believe this. The errors will be just as visible in motion. relying on making yourself too busy with enemies to notice them is unrealistic. There will be many times when you stop and look around and check out the environment, and you will notice thats its just hollow and empty and bland...

Even if the sun is shining on the second model(eh, the one to the right), there should be alot more shadowing going on. The surfaces on the opposite side of the model still wouldnt be evenly lit by the sun. This happens a lot in hl2 and i dont know why. but man ysurfaces are evenly lit without...

no, its not muzzle flash. Look at the side, or under the guys leg. The entire model is evenly lit, not just the parts of the model that the muzzle flash would light up. This is incorrect lighting. Only the surfaces facing the muzzle flash should be lit by it. Well, thats just one example...

No, im not saying everything about hl2 looks bad. Some of the shaders look nice, and some of the facial animations are impressive. But the majority of the game looks old. It simply doesnt stack up to other truly next-gen engines. it doesnt have the realistic lighting of Stalker, or the conistent...

lol! The scan having a yellowish tent does not make up for the blatent lighting errors are tremendous lack of any detail what so ever. Not to mention the numerous deisgn inconsistencies. Thats why this thread is so off-topic, because there is nothing good at all to besaid about this pic, and...

Uhg. That screenshot looks like utter shit. The lighting is horrible. The environment lacks detail to the point that its depressing to look at. This is supposed to be next generation? Take away the little dx9 tricks and there would be nothing to look at here.

I dont think they took it out to save time. That was an early rumor when this whole thing started, that New Line was forcing Jackson to remove it due to time restraints. Here is what P.J. had to say on the situation, come to your own conclusions.....

The issue with Saruman was wraped up when his forces were cut down at Helms Deep. Showing his death would add a bit of finality, but if it doesnt flow with ROTK then it should be saved for the extended DVD. Im sure his death will be mentioned in dialogue, so people will know that he did infact...