It seems that you're using an outdated browser. Some things may not work as they should (or don't work at all).
We suggest you upgrade newer and better browser like: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Opera

×
Community
General discussionComing Soon: Cathedral(25 posts)(25 posts)
(25 posts)
Pages:
1
2
This is my favourite topic
Posted June 18, 2019
Cathedral is coming soon to GOG.COM.

Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. The orbs, placed in ancient times by the demi-god known only as Ardur, is protected by five fearsome guardians. Make your way through their dungeons, meet them head-on in combat, and see if you can best them!
Posted June 19, 2019
avatar
Maxvorstadt: Okay, a game from the nineties. But... why the high sysreqs?
Probably using 3D engine like Shovel Knight. Yes, Shovel Knight actually using a 3D engine to built the game because it's easier that way. You can check the youtube channel "Boundary Break" where they explore Shovel Knight and how it was built.
Posted June 19, 2019
avatar
Maxvorstadt: Okay, a game from the nineties. But... why the high sysreqs?
avatar
GameRager: The stores usually pump up then min REQs to be on the safe side legally/etc.
This is very true, and they became sharply more conservative (and therefore somewhat/much less accurate) about it just a year or two ago.

For particular games there can *also* be other reasons on top of that, if new code of some sort has been added, like a new GUI that wraps the old game, or if an emulator is being used, and so on -- the new code may need far more resources than the original game.

Also certain publishers seem to use the same identical set of conservative requirements for *all* of their games on Gog, rather than trying to make it more accurate for each game.

In particular, if there's a trilogy, with each game sold separately (Game I, Game II, Game III The Final Game), it's very common for publishers to use the conservative requirements for the final game on game 1 and game 2 as well.
Posted June 19, 2019
high rated
avatar
IronArcturus: What kind of save system will it have?
Hi! Since Cathedral is a persistent world, there are checkpoints scattered throughout the world. We've made great effort to put them in locations where the game is still tough, but also very fair. The game will auto save whenever you've activated a checkpoint. :)
Posted June 19, 2019
damn this looks fantastic!

ill likely pick this up day one.
Posted June 19, 2019
Achievements confirmed:

https://twitter.com/Cathedral8bit/status/1141324335237488640
Posted June 19, 2019
avatar
Maxvorstadt: Okay, a game from the nineties. But... why the high sysreqs?
lol, same question here aswell :D

I dont want to be rude but i almost wet my pants reading the min. requirements....

2.3 GHZ |◔◡◉|

The Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985. The original model was part of a wave of 16- and 32-bit computers that featured 256 KB or more of RAM, mouse-based GUIs, and significantly improved graphics and audio over 8-bit systems.
Minimum system requirements:
System:
Windows 7 / 8 / 10 64-bit
Processor:
Intel Core i5 2.3GHz or equivalent. (Recommended: Intel Core i7)
Memory:
4 GB
Graphics:
Intel HD Graphics 3000, 512 MB or equivalent (Recommended: Nvidia GM108M or equivalent)
Storage:
60 MB (Recommended: SSD)
Other:
Gamepad is recommended when playing




Google on the videocard ( dated 2014 )



Graphics Processor

GPU Name
GM108

Architecture
Maxwell

Foundry
TSMC

Process Size
28 nm

Transistors
unknown

Die Size
unknown

Codename
NV118

Released
Mar 12th, 2014

Graphics Features

DirectX
12.0 (11_0)

OpenGL
4.6

OpenCL
1.2

Vulkan
1.1.103

CUDA
5.0

Shader Model
5.1

PureVideo HD
VP6

VDPAU
Feature Set E
Posted June 19, 2019
avatar
Maxvorstadt: Okay, a game from the nineties. But... why the high sysreqs?
avatar
gamesfreak64: lol, same question here aswell :D

I dont want to be rude but i almost wet my pants reading the min. requirements....

2.3 GHZ |◔◡◉|

The Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985. The original model was part of a wave of 16- and 32-bit computers that featured 256 KB or more of RAM, mouse-based GUIs, and significantly improved graphics and audio over 8-bit systems.
avatar
gamesfreak64:
Bringing up the Amiga makes it a total apples versus oranges comparison.

The Amiga had several dedicated specialized chips for processing audio and graphics, unlike PCs and Macs of that era.

That said, my understanding was that Cathedral was a brand new game, not a resurrection of a Good Old Game; one news site says "Decemberborn's in development NES-inspired 8bit adventure"

If it really is a brand new game, then it's hardly surprising that its requirements are in the ballpark of more modern games, not 1990 games.

Did someone actually claim that this is a port of an old Amiga game?
Posted June 19, 2019
Nobody claimed that ,I just said because of the 8 bit look, the requirements suprised me, thats all :D
Post edited June 19, 2019 by gamesfreak64
Posted June 20, 2019
high rated
avatar
Maxvorstadt: Okay, a game from the nineties. But... why the high sysreqs?
avatar
RedRagan: Probably using 3D engine like Shovel Knight. Yes, Shovel Knight actually using a 3D engine to built the game because it's easier that way. You can check the youtube channel "Boundary Break" where they explore Shovel Knight and how it was built.
Yes, we use a custom engine! It's not actually 8 bit - the pixel art is only a stylistic choice, but there's nothing making it "easier" to render on modern hardware than any other sprite. And we do actually perform 3D transforms in order to create the illusion of layers. The only thing actually making it not seem 3D, is that we don't use a perspective projection. We still use modern technologies for rendering and handling scripts etc. behind the scenes :)
Posted June 20, 2019
avatar
RedRagan: Probably using 3D engine like Shovel Knight. Yes, Shovel Knight actually using a 3D engine to built the game because it's easier that way. You can check the youtube channel "Boundary Break" where they explore Shovel Knight and how it was built.
avatar
Aron_DBORN: Yes, we use a custom engine! It's not actually 8 bit - the pixel art is only a stylistic choice, but there's nothing making it "easier" to render on modern hardware than any other sprite. And we do actually perform 3D transforms in order to create the illusion of layers. The only thing actually making it not seem 3D, is that we don't use a perspective projection. We still use modern technologies for rendering and handling scripts etc. behind the scenes :)
Contact GOG to give your posts a nice orange colour. Makes them stand out as developer posts. ;)
Pages:
1
2
This is my favourite topic
Community
General discussionComing Soon: Cathedral(25 posts)(25 posts)
(25 posts)