Ya know, Angry Joe did bring up one very valid point. Dev comment requested.

[Darkfyre]

You think trailers are the truth? Your naivety is cute.

oh the irony

[darknessjw]

Because of consoles

[Zoomz00m]

The RPer in me wants to say that maybe it is because the Earth has been terraformed, meaning that the egosystem has been altered and it does not exist in the same state that it once did. Of course even then I would think there would still be some kind of...OH! look fog.

[Schwa]

The RPer in me wants to say that maybe it is because the Earth has been terraformed, meaning that the egosystem has been altered and it does not exist in the same state that it once did. Of course even then I would think there would still be some kind of...OH! look fog.

That's more of a handwave than roleplaying, though.

If Earth had been terraformed, we'd see a different "alien" weather: boulder-sized hail, etc.

[NormireX]

Since they said themselves in the promo's that there would be weather effects then I believe they need to add them at some point. Also how bout a HD texture patch for PC players, please and thank you.

[Notorious Megan]

Then make weather effects optional then, if consoles can't handle it with out frame rate dropping.

Likewise, FoV option should be available, too.

[Darkane]

I agree. That would be cool. Love it when it rains in GTA.

[Shinji Ex]

Yea the dev video I recall hinted that there was going to be weather effects

[GongStar]

xbox 360: came out 2005. that's 8 years ago in case you can't count. that's 2 more years than 6 years ago in case you can't subtract.

ps3: came out 2006. that's 7 years ago (once again, 7 is more than 6).

therefore a PC built 6 years ago had access to technology that neither console had. not to mention the fact that you can fit a lot more/more powerful hardware in a mid-full tower PC than you can in a console. and then there's the matter of the quality of the hardware in the consoles - which is pretty cheap in order to keep the price point of consoles down to the level that pre-adolescents using their mommy's cc can afford.

so yes, a PC built 6 years ago is better than an xbox (360) or a ps3.

My five year old computer had serious problems running Defiance.
Apparently my Dual Core E8400 wasn't enough.
On any graphics settings it would stutter when I turned around too fast or when I was driving. =/
I guess 6 year old computers could be seen as better on paper but I doubt for example Defiance stutters on these old *** consoles.
Games are after all made to work on them.

[ironhands]

Come one, there is weather on LOTRO, and it's a 6years old MMO that run on almost everything. Don't tell me a 6years old PC is better than an XBOX or a PS3...

I wish there are weather. Could be cool.

Everquest is 14 years old and had rain from the start. It's a nice effect, but doesn't really have any purpose beyond making it look pretty. Rather they focus on the bugs and new content right now, and worry about that later :P