Bingoo said:
talkingparrot said:
We've seen the footage of the game in action, analyzed the screenshots, and debated on its validity in the shooter space. Now the question comes- (We aren't talking sales or gameplay), is Resistance 2 the best looking console shooter to date?
My take: Yes.
1. First off, I've heard some people complaining about the textures, and thats a big myth. The textures in Resistance 2 are better than Gears of War 2.
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Secondly, the game has an insane lighting engine. Resistance 2 just recently added self shadowing and the reults are fantastic. Just look at the shadows in this photo:
3. The environment is VAST. There are ships flying in the air, explosions all over the place, and tons of enemies on screen at one time. Notice in this photo there are planes in the background, explosions going off by themselves, two goliaths, and one chimera. In the Co-Op there are moments where there are over a hundred enemies of all sizes coming after you.:
4. An INSANE amount of character detail. While doing ALL of what I mentioned before, the game manages to have characters as detailed as Metal Gear Solid 4's Snake. Look at this guy:
5. Finally, Animations!! The game uses Motion Captured (not an easy feat) animations for the characters. Both the running and death animations were captured at a Sony Mo-Cap facility in Santa Monica. Here is an example of a Mo-cap death:
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Take off the fanboy goggles and use some better pics of gears. WAYY To many fanboys in this
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I'm quoting this post because I think people should see it, clearly Gears 2 has more going on in terms of graphics (textures etc).
Resistance 2 is goregous as well, such a big improvement since the last I saw of in-game (footage 3 months ago). Still Gears 2 is better, especially in the detail on character models.
Also TalkingParrot, lighting effects was a big no-no as a "advantage" of Resistance, the only really lighting effects are shadows and sheen, which we've seen in many games thus far. Still brilliant looking. But look at the first of the new screenshots of Gears (new being not posted in OP), light breaks through the smoke and there is a bit of glare because the camera hits the suns light directly (one of the R2 shots shows that aswell, but not the light breaking the smoke).
Honestly, I won't call it yet, but based on what we've seen, Gears 2 as of right now. Wait until both drop before you start these stupid threads.
