What big games are due soon?

[Howla]

I've got Tekken Tag, RRV, SFEX, Fantavision & DOA2 for my PS2 and while they
are good games is there anything major due in the next few months. I'm
itching for Gran Turismo but this is way off. Is Driving Emotion Type S
worth a go? Also does anyone know if any future games will support Dolby
Digital - I know Sony have gone to the trouble of including a optical out,
so why can't developers make use of it? I know it is mainly used for DVD but
can you imagine playing GT in Dolby Digital 5.1 the effects would sound
AMAZING! Let me know your thoughts on this - am I the only one wanting DD in
PS2 titles? Surely not.

[Kjetil Torgrim Homme]

[Ho...@the-toon.removetomail.com]

> Is Driving Emotion Type S worth a go?

I really wanted to like this game, but the controls _are_ screwy. It
feels more like steering a soap bubble than a car. It doesn't feel
realistic at all. There is little sensation of speed, and they have
applied a very annoying blurring filter which make the graphics ugly.

Try before you buy!

> Also does anyone know if any future games will support Dolby
> Digital - I know Sony have gone to the trouble of including a
> optical out, so why can't developers make use of it?

Dolby Digital requires a lot more CPU horsepower than Dolby ProLogic.
It will probably take some time until the developers tackle this
problem, they have more pressing issues to get to grips with first
(did anyone mention the double vowels? :-)

> I know it is mainly used for DVD but can you imagine playing GT in
> Dolby Digital 5.1 the effects would sound AMAZING! Let me know
> your thoughts on this - am I the only one wanting DD in PS2
> titles? Surely not.

I agree wholeheartedly.

Kjetil T.

[Qwerty]

Kjetil,

As I understood, PS2 does not support AC3 (Dolby Digital) audio for games.
It does support it for DVD playback but not for PS2 games.

"Kjetil Torgrim Homme" <kjet...@haey.ifi.uio.no> wrote in message
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[Greg Nolle]

I don't think so but there's no proof at the moment since nobody has
bothered to try. However, I can't see any reason why the PS2 couldn't
support DD in games.

Greg.

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[Ims]

Greg Nolle <gr...@nolle.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I don't think so but there's no proof at the moment since nobody has
> bothered to try. However, I can't see any reason why the PS2 couldn't
> support DD in games.
>
> Greg.
>

HMm well you have to ask yourself whether the Sound processing unit decodes
DD, if not then something will presumably have to.

Ims