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ConstantineXVI
on March 3, 2012
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Valve working on 'Steam Box' gaming console with h...
It's a rail shooter because of control issues, not power. Drop your phone in a dock attached to a gamepad, and those issues disappear.
mgcross
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According to Carmack, it's on rails to reduce file size (texture LOD):
http://toucharcade.com/2010/11/19/john-carmack-on-rage/
teamonkey
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And then some. On the 360 Rage comes on 3 8GB DVDs. The megatexturing method that Carmack favours is intensely data-heavy.
jiggy2011
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Look at screenshots of both, the iphone version looks great for a portable game but there are differences in the level of detail.
Most iphone/android fps games look like PC games did ~2003
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