Graphics: Killzone 2 or Gears of War II?

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NJ5 said:

Jandre002 said:
Seriously I know Gears 2 will have better gameplay, but Killzone 2 is just epic in ever detail. The whole game looks like its CG. Gears 2 looks awesome, and compared to anything else I think its easily better than everything other than Uncharted.

Killzone 2 really is in a league all by itself for consoles. The only game I can metion to compare it to is Crysis. Maybe some of you are basing your opinions on old footage and need to look at the newer footage or something.

Short answer: Killzone 2.

I looked a bit at the videos, but the screenshots in the previous page are where you can best see the low polygon-count in the characters. That wouldn't be a staple of a technically excellent game, so hopefully they can fix that in the final version.

Maybe KZ2 will be superior overall, but I don't think either game can be said to be vastly above the other. Technically they're quite identical.

 

Gears 2's character models have similar low polygon counts.  They just use textures to make them look more detailed, like in these shots:

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/886/886455/gears-of-war-2-20080707034715802.jpg

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/884/884154/gears-of-war-2-20080625074315142.jpg

The main difference is that Geurrilla went with solid gray textures, and tried to provide detail via polyons.  The futurisitic armor of the marines in Gears allow textures that provide detail through 2D locks, clasps, etc.  It's more a difference in artstyle than anything else.