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dahuman on 02 February 2009
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windbane said:
MaxwellGT2000 said:
HappySqurriel said:

Just in reference to the visuals in RE4 PS2 vs. Gamecube

As you can see the PS2 version lacked all of the dynamic lighting and particle effects that were in the Gamcube version ... Its difficult to see in youtube videos but there was also some degrading of the ammount of geometry onscreen and the textures were (often) lower quality on the PS2 version.

The PS2 version may have had more content but was graphically inferior by quite a wide margin.

 

Not to mention it was far more satisfying to do a lot of the context sensitive cut scenes with the GC controller and reguarding the geometry and textures, they were MUCH worse on the PS2 especially if you compared the trees on GC to PS2 you could see it the best cause while GC had many branches the PS2 only had a few. It might be me and playing the GC game but the PS2 seemed easier but that may either be due to AI or just experince.

Wow. First of all, HappyRat, you are hypocrite if you are trying to say the GC version was better because the graphics were better. I see that lighting is better, but saying "wide margin" is a stretch. I'd much rather have hours of extra content than slightly better graphics.

Secondly, Maxwell Smart, the context sensitive cutscenes were more satisfying? Really? Did they change them for the PS2? Give me a break. As for the game being easier, yeah, perhaps it was the fact that YOU PLAYED THE GAME BEFORE. You may be on to something there.

Regardless, my original point is that RE4 was not exclusive to Wii. The Wii has 3 true exclusives rated 90% or higher on metacritic and during the same time the PS2 has 2 with 1 additional a month before. I'm just saying that it is very odd for the leading system to have those stats.

Maxwell, you can continue to ignore my valid points that many think Okami looked better on PS2 than the Wii if you want. Even Onimusha, who I'm pretty sure hates my guts, agreed with me there. The controls were reportedly inconsistent, as well. If you don't believe me check the reviews. The point is that the game isn't exclusive.

Edit: and for the record, regarding SMG and MP3 vs the GC versions, I am just going by comparison videos similar to the one Happy posted above. Look at them yourself on youtube. I'm not going to rehash that topic again, because most people that own Wii's have come to terms that the graphics aren't a lot better than the GC/Xbox, and it doesn't change their enjoyment of it.

It was a wide margin, wake up already, it's like trying to compare PS3 gfx to the Wii and say Wii isn't that far apart, stop smoking crack. It had finer details, more poly counts, better lighting, everything, it's not even that hard to tell.