System requierments!!

Isak · 08-09-2004, 10:50 AM

I love adventuregamers, but one thing is a little annoying. That you don't write the system requierments on the game you are testing!
Please, can't you do that? Because it's much easier instead of going to the offical website and search (which takes time, esp. if there is a big developer) and then after 10 minutes of searching find the system req.

So please, bring system requierments with the reviews!!

Thanks
Isak

Intrepid Homoludens · 08-09-2004, 03:41 PM

Very good point! So, Stinger, what's our excuse for not doing this?

bigjko · 08-09-2004, 05:21 PM

Time and space collapsed and thus hindered tabacco's efforts to put a System Requirements box in the reviews.

***Jackal*** · 08-09-2004, 05:50 PM

System requirements... for adventures? Pretty much anything newer than an abacus can run an adventure.

OK, I agree it's a pretty good idea. Bearing in mind that most stated specs are a complete joke.

Intrepid Homoludens · 08-09-2004, 06:44 PM

:eek: Oh puh-LEEZ! You just wait until Fahreinheit and Dreamfall come into the picture.

***Jackal*** · 08-09-2004, 08:04 PM

Uh huh. Now why didn't I think of those? Or Uru and BS3.

I was obviously poking fun at the other 95% of adventures out there.

Cellardoor · 08-09-2004, 11:59 PM

Or - look at the sys reqs the other way around. Many adventures don't run on Win XP, for example. Or, mention that some games do work using some kind of downloadable utility, such as ScummVM or DosBox.

Intrepid Homoludens · 08-10-2004, 03:26 AM

Dammit, there goes the other 95% he was trying to make fun of.

***Marek*** · 08-10-2004, 04:53 AM

First of all, for 95% of the games in our review index the system requirements are irrelevant. Does anyone care what machine runs The Secret of Monkey Island? Or even The Longest Journey? I doubt many people are still running a 486

Then there's still the 5%, but as pointed out in this thread, recommended system specs are not always that accurate. If an upcoming game (like Fahrenheit, or Dreamfall) has unusual requirements we'll probably mention it in the running text of the (p)review if we think it's important.

Those who really want to know the specs can look it up on the official websites, which we almost always link to. (Click on the company name).

Intrepid Homoludens · 08-10-2004, 05:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marek

If an upcoming game (like Fahrenheit, or Dreamfall) has unusual requirements we'll probably mention it in the running text of the (p)review if we think it's important.

You'd better. I'd hate to see your pretty little head on a burning stake, put there by the pissed off Luddites who, after reading our [possibly] glowing reviews, had run out and bought these two games only to watch in horror as their ten year old DOS dinosaurs died of fright just looking at the box art, let alone the reqs. :eek: ........

***Jackal*** · 08-10-2004, 05:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cellardoor

Or - look at the sys reqs the other way around. Many adventures don't run on Win XP, for example. Or, mention that some games do work using some kind of downloadable utility, such as ScummVM or DosBox.

Backwards compatibility is extremely important, but a totally different issue. The AG reviews seem to do a good job of covering that within the review.

I still think it's probably a good idea to include system requirements. More and more games will probably be taxing some people's computers (we can only hope, anyway). Could be offered through a link, so it's not cluttering up the main review page.

Isak · 08-10-2004, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jackal

Could be offered through a link, so it's not cluttering up the main review page.

What's the big deal with having a frame with system requierments under the picture frame in the reviews? I know many ppl me for once, who hasn't got a computer over 200 mhz... Mine is 166 MMX if anyone bothers

RLacey · 08-11-2004, 01:53 PM

I can see Marek's argument for not listing specs for games such as The Secret of Monkey Island, but I also see the point arguing in favour of having specs. Why not compromise, and have a little 'System Information' tab that, if a game is old, tells you whether you need ScummVM/DosBOX to run it (or indeed if it doesn't work on a modern system), or, if a game is new, tells you a little about how it runs on modern systems?

08-09-2004, 10:50 AM	#1
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08-09-2004, 03:41 PM	#2
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Intrepid Homoludens merely human Last Online: 05-17-2012 02:26 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	:eek: Oh puh-LEEZ! You just wait until Fahreinheit and Dreamfall come into the picture. __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

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Cellardoor Senior Member Last Online: 11-26-2012 01:43 AM Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 413	Or - look at the sys reqs the other way around. Many adventures don't run on Win XP, for example. Or, mention that some games do work using some kind of downloadable utility, such as ScummVM or DosBox. __________________ ...life under Calico Skies...

08-09-2004, 05:50 PM	#4
*Jackal* Hopeful skeptic Last Online: 09-18-2013 05:02 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 7,743	System requirements... for adventures? Pretty much anything newer than an abacus can run an adventure. OK, I agree it's a pretty good idea. Bearing in mind that most stated specs are a complete joke.

08-09-2004, 08:04 PM	#6
*Jackal* Hopeful skeptic Last Online: 09-18-2013 05:02 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 7,743	Uh huh. Now why didn't I think of those? Or Uru and BS3. I was obviously poking fun at the other 95% of adventures out there.

08-10-2004, 03:26 AM	#8
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Last Online: 05-17-2012 02:26 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Dammit, there goes the other 95% he was trying to make fun of. __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

08-10-2004, 04:53 AM	#9
*Marek* Puts the 'e' in Mark Last Online: Today 03:27 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,138	First of all, for 95% of the games in our review index the system requirements are irrelevant. Does anyone care what machine runs The Secret of Monkey Island? Or even The Longest Journey? I doubt many people are still running a 486 Then there's still the 5%, but as pointed out in this thread, recommended system specs are not always that accurate. If an upcoming game (like Fahrenheit, or Dreamfall) has unusual requirements we'll probably mention it in the running text of the (p)review if we think it's important. Those who really want to know the specs can look it up on the official websites, which we almost always link to. (Click on the company name).

08-11-2004, 01:53 PM	#13
RLacey The Thread™ will die. Last Online: 07-11-2012 11:25 PM Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 22,542	I can see Marek's argument for not listing specs for games such as The Secret of Monkey Island, but I also see the point arguing in favour of having specs. Why not compromise, and have a little 'System Information' tab that, if a game is old, tells you whether you need ScummVM/DosBOX to run it (or indeed if it doesn't work on a modern system), or, if a game is new, tells you a little about how it runs on modern systems? __________________ RLacey \| Killer of the Thread™ I do not change to be perfect. Perfect changes to be me.