Forum: Bryce


Subject: Bryce 5 is "mediocre"

draculaz opened this issue on Aug 27, 2004 ยท 46 posts


draculaz posted Fri, 27 August 2004 at 6:58 AM

Attached Link: http://reviews.cnet.com/Bryce_5_0/4505-3633_7-6161215-3.html?tag=top

"Whereas true 3D modeling and animation pros purchase expensive design programs, such as Caligari TrueSpace or Form-Z, Bryce has always been the poor animator's app of choice. That's why Bryce 5.0's higher price tag ($60 more than 4.0) confuses the target audience, especially since this program--Corel's first attempt to build on MetaCreations' Bryce franchise--doesn't deliver significant improvements. While Corel has produced some outstanding applications, including CorelDraw and WordPerfect, Bryce 5.0 doesn't hold with the tradition. If you're using Bryce 4.0, stick with it or save up for a more full-featured program. "Overall, Bryce 5.0 includes a few promising additions but not nearly enough to warrant the $159 upgrade price. Plus, it's so snail-paced, you'll spend more time rendering scenes than actually creating them. Save your money and wait for the next release. We're hoping for a better Tree Lab, a lower price, faster performance, plus a ton of new textures and free wireframe models." heh... if they only knew Drac