GPU PhysX in Sacred 2

This video contains detailed review of GPU PhysX effects in Sacred 2: Fallen Angel game for PC.
Watching in HD is highly recommended.

http://physxinfo.com
Projects using PhysX SDK, our main page.

http://physxinfo.com/data/vreview_sacred2.html
Sacred 2 PhysX info mini-site.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• PhysX
• Sacred
• Ascaron
• Nvidia
• Ageia
• GPU
• physics
• comparison

[Fleabr]

Problem with PhysX is that's JUST eye candy, something to Nvidia use as marketing and not to really add something useful to the game. And that's the main use to the physics system on games, for example on BC2 you can actually destroy the buildings to kill people inside or partially destroy it so they can't use as cover, you can cut the wire fences to get through.

And then you get PhysX, just leaves, rocks and steam, it just seems a tech demo, not an actual game.

And yes, I have an nvidia card.

[Strondaap1]

Those leaves are annoying.

[DekenFrost]

Sure Physx is "just" eye candy, So what? Paralax mapping is just eye-candy. HDR is just eye-candy, high-res textures are just eye-candy, heck evenparticle effects are JUST eye-candy. But all these small details make a game realistic and appealing. Your GPU is for eye-candy, that's what it's for. So don't complain about features that "don't add anything" to the gameplay :P

[Fleabr]

@16mes This isn't "pushing" anything, PhysX is just flying leaves and some good looking smokes, what Half-Life 2 did in 2004 was pushing things, using physics to actually enhance gameplay, this is just useless eye candy made by nvidia to sell cards.

[16mes]

@Fleabr Maybe so but it's good to at least try to push things right now while we're still stuck with the current generation of consoles. I'm sure eventually effects like this will become a common thing in the next generation.

[Tonkeliponkeli]

@younakalibo That's buff skill. Third combat art tree. It sends pulse that stuns opponents. May be little late response :D

[tonkrogerio]

Not the best use of physx is it -.-

[sidesw1pe]

What's with all the comments about "unrealistic" effects? This is a game folks, a fantasy game - nothing about it is supposed to be realistic. PhysX makes the effects more exciting, which isn't really a bad thing. And if you don't like it I'm pretty sure you don't have to enable it. The leaves do look kinda annoying though.

[younakalibo]

What is the power of the guardian of the temple:

1:48 -> 1:50 ?

[blarson12]

Who wants all that shit flying around? No thanks. Reminds me of the bloody mess perk in Fallout3, who needs it? It also makes the game more unrealistic if its like the bloody mess perk.

[Pasechnick]

Could they make this skirt any shorter.