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denniswaterman on 07 November 2012

What an utterly condescending and piss poor technical review.

How come Leadbetter only notices when motion blur is gone (it isn't, it's used for when explosions jar your vision in Halo 4) when it's a game that's not Uncharted 3?

How come when ever a good looking 360 game comes out he always puts it down to budget rather then simply what the system can do? He did the same with Gears 3

"It's safe to say that Gears of War 3 is one of the most advanced video games of this generation, and a ringing endorsement of what the Xbox 360 is capable of handling when the right people, the right tech, a lengthy development cycle and an inordinately large budget are in play"

"Ever wondered what would happen if Microsoft spent an absolute fortune in setting up its own elite internal studio and then made the best game it possibly could - where money is literally no object? Imagine if the Xbox platform holder set-up its own equivalent to Sony Santa Monica or Naughty Dog, an elite team with an unparalleled level of knowledge about the host console platform and the talent to get the most out of it"

Oh shut up, if SSM and Naughty Dog are unparalelled, why does Rage achieve 60fps better then god of war and why does uncharted split-screen run at a lower resolution. the Gears of War 1.

It's like Forza and Turn 10 don't exist.





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Argh_College on 07 November 2012
fillet said:
VGKing said:
fillet said:
mantlepiecek said:
disolitude said:
Argh_College said:
Gears of War Judgment should aswell look amazing and Forza Horizon already looks best than anything on Ps3 anyway.

While I really don't want to contribute to the PS3 vs 360 graphics war flame, as they both are pretty limited and even by todays standards, I do have to ask...

How did Sony screw up the PS3 performance like this? A year in R&D development is an eternity. A year is the difference between 3DO and PS1. Dreamcast and PS2. PS2 and Xbox... Even if we consider PS3 and 360 a graphical draw, which I think they are with their individual strenghts and weakneses, I have to see this as a failure on the Sony side. 

All they had to do is buy a 360 in 2005, and say to their engeneers..."Look at what this is capable doing, and make sure PS3 does it better."

I don't think it is that simple. R&D should take years from what manufacturers usually say.

Besides, they are both pretty different and it is doubtful if Sony's initial target was to just be better than xbox 360. They had blu-ray, cell all that stuff, they had different plans.


Pretty much this, although it wasn't anything to do with R&D but more about being contracted to nvidia, who genuinely just didn't have anything better available that would fit a thermal model and power requirement for a closed box console. R&D wasn't the issue.

The 7xxx tech from nvidia was notably inferior to AMD/ATI, lacking in pixel and vertex shader performance. This wasn't rectified for 2 YEARS when the 8xxx series was released which blew AMD/ATI out the water.

Not slagging of the PS3, we all know the Cell when utilized to it's maximum if superior the CPU in the Xbox 360 and we all know the Xbox 360 has superior GPU and we all know PS3 exclusives look markedly better than Xbox 360 exclusives. (Except Halo 4...at last!)

Except? You're saying Halo 4 looks better than any PS3 exclusive? According to the article, Halo 4 isn't as breathtaking as God of War 3....
But these 2 games are 2 different genres. I don't really want to compare them.

If you put Halo 4 vs Killzone 3, I'd say Halo 4 wins in every level including graphics.


I'm saying Halo 4 is finally an exclusive that feels like the quality you get with a PS3 exclusive. That's a compliment to the PS3 and a compliment to the Xbox 360. I also feel it does everything well, technically, with no tricks being used.

In Graphics sure although Forza already blows Ps3 out of water.

In terms of actual game hell no.

Alan Wake , Gears of War and Halo 3 over anything Ps3 ever had and will have. Plus XBLA.



Proclus on 07 November 2012
Argh_College said:
fillet said:
VGKing said:
fillet said:
mantlepiecek said:
disolitude said:
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In Graphics sure although Forza already blows Ps3 out of water.

In terms of actual game hell no.

Alan Wake , Gears of War and Halo 3 over anything Ps3 ever had and will have. Plus XBLA.

I own Alan Wake, and I love Alan Wake, but get real, in technical terms it was a blunder.



Argh_College on 07 November 2012
Proclus said:
Argh_College said:
fillet said:
VGKing said:
fillet said:
mantlepiecek said:
disolitude said:
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In Graphics sure although Forza already blows Ps3 out of water.

In terms of actual game hell no.

Alan Wake , Gears of War and Halo 3 over anything Ps3 ever had and will have. Plus XBLA.

I own Alan Wake, and I love Alan Wake, but get real, in technical terms it was a blunder.

im not talking in technical terms here. That would go for Gears3, Forza 4/Horizon and Halo 4.



ZaneWane on 07 November 2012
Argh_College said:
Halo 4 Graphics are nothing but outstanding!

"In an era where the likes of Naughty Dog and Sony Santa Monica have defined the graphical state-of-the-art with Uncharted and God of War, Xbox 360 finally has its own shot at the title - and it's a genuinely worthwhile, lavish and occasionally even breathtaking experience."

Being compared and even saying it has a shot to the tittle agaisnt those mosnters says everything about Halo 4.

Best Looking Shooter i´ve ever played on any Console.

look at this    http://cramgaming.com/is-halo-4-the-best-looking-game-on-xbox-3763/