What gamers can win and lose with Vista?

The new Windows operating system will help gamers enjoy unprecedented moments, but its tight security technologies also make it difficult.

Few people know that on January 30, when Windows Vista was officially released to consumers, Microsoft put the most expectations on the gaming community.

" Gamers are often influential people, capable of creating a taste in the market, " said Windows game director Rich Wickham. " In other words, in my opinion, they are Vista's most important customer object ."

One of Vista's most prominent features is DirectX 10, Microsoft's latest graphics technology, which allows for more realistic images, such as water ripples, smoky smoke or luster effects. shining.

Microsoft claims: only with Vista, games such as " Crysis " (a choking shooter), " Supreme Commander " (a strategy game, giving birth to a right-of-way, commanding a whole army to the player ) or " Age of Conan: Hyborean Adventures " (an attractive immersive online game) promotes "all-encompassing" and "reaching the top".

Images in the "Age of Conan" game.Source: Gamethu

In addition to excellent graphics, the software giant also advertised that Vista will help gamers install, update and control game access more easily.

A key feature is "Games Explorer", like the "My Pictures" folder but dedicated to games. It gathers all the game titles in one place, arranges them and notifies users when there is a new patch or update.

The new "Parent Management" feature can help restrict children from accessing sex games, violence, or just allow them to play games for a certain period of time, at certain times. And yet, the improved installation process allows you to start playing new games in less than 10 minutes.

The worry is the security name

But despite the adverts that sounded like bile in this ear, many analysts still expressed concern. For example, Alex St. John, a former Microsoft engineer who used to participate in DirectX development. John said that Microsoft was "overly aggressive" in securing Vista's security and quashing criticisms that Windows was too sloppy, vulnerable to viruses.

" There are many issues that are very disturbing and disappointing in Vista," John said. For example, every time a user downloads a new game, Vista warns them: "This is dangerous action ." Then when the user intends to install the game, another warning pop-up window jumps out. If the user still insists on installing to the end, Vista will require him to provide the admin password of the computer.

" I'm sure the number of people who download games as well as the number of games purchased online will be significantly reduced because of these harsh mechanisms, " John predicted. " Vista has a blanket that is both wet and too heavy on its preeminent points. Of course it does not ruin, but it will make it regretfully lost ."

Another complaint of John is that Vista will not have built-in Flash, software developed by rival Adobe. This software is used to develop many games, both video and online, so users will have to take care to install this software separately. In addition, Games Explorer tends to support installing games from CD rather than download games.

Microsoft director Wickham said the company is actively working on "solving these problems", and that game studios will appreciate this tight security process, rather than protesting. " From the perspective of a gamer, there are some minor barriers, but the benefits are huge ."

However, due to Wickham's overly optimistic optimism, John Software's technical director, John Carmack, the author of famous games like "Doom" and "Quake" remains indifferent and indifferent. with Vista. " I don't see any reason for gamers to upgrade to Vista ," Carmack said.

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