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Jupitor Engine Goodness By FedayKinn Hello there, fellow AvP fans! This is just your old pal, AthlonDude, here to give you all some more thoughts to ponder on concerning the future of AvP. With that in mind, I'll get started. As most of you know, a few months back the sequel to a very popular game was released. That sequel was none other than No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.S. Way. The sequel sported the new Jupiter Lithtech engine, similar to the one that made AvP2 possible. Being an avid gamer, and a big fan of the original, I had to pick it up just to see if it was all that I had heard it was. When I arrived home and began to install, I recall thinking that I was sure that this engine would be nothing more than an updated Lithtech engine with a couple more bells and whistles than the previous version. Well, after playing through the game, and experiencing the fullness of it, I have to say I was wrong in my initial conclusion. Advertisement First thing I noticed was that all the characters moved alot more fluently. Facial expressions changed accordingly. Eyes moved independently from the body, they weren't just painted as part of the skin. And Probably the most impressive thing of all is the lip-synching was the best I had ever seen in any game. You could almost read the lips of the characters that interacted with you. Graphics were far superior than that of the other Lithtech engines. Water effects were very well done. The Lava was absolutely gorgeous. Grass and hair looked like grass and hair, once again didn't look like a paint job. The characters looked alot less like cartoon characters, although some of them did have a cartoon quality about them. Environmental effects were nice. Steam and particle effects were pretty good. Snow was done very well, and the ice-covered stream looked like it was right out of a post card. By FedayKinn So, what does all of this have to do with the future of AvP? Well so far Monolith has put out 3 great games for Fox, and they were all received very well by the gaming community, and of course, made lots of money. With that in mind, it wouldn't surprise me at all if Fox decided to stick with a company that has brought them such good fortune. Also, this is the Jupitor engine, and by the time that another AvP game would be expected to be out, who knows how far the Lithtech engine will have advanced. While there are no definites on whether or not there will be an AvP 3, there is no telling what lies in the future for AvP. But with games like TRON 2.0 on the rise, and the current NOLF 2, it seems pretty likely that Fox will stick with a sure thing. I guess we will all just have to wait and see... By AthlonDude Comments? Flames? Praise? Mail feedback!